Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40289, for Hugh Porter, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn.

Porter, Hugh

Number
S.40289
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S 4-593

Ohio

Hugh Porter of Derry township in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by colonel McCoy of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of Three years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence o [on] the 8th of August 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of Sept. 1819 and sent to Ja. M Ball Esq
Cambridge Ohio

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819.  12__. 24/31 & 4/30.                             
                                                                    103:25
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 4th March 1820  
                                                                       48:—
                                                                    ————
                                                                $ 151:22

Revolutionary claim, }
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued

R

_____ Sent to Ja. M. Ball Esq 11 Nov 1820.
Cambridge, Ohio
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Hugh Porter
Private
Col McCoy Regiment
Pennsylvania Line
1776 3 years

The deposition of 2 witnesses certified by the Judge to be credible proving the service or ___ on the continental establishment as required.
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Hugh Porter of Derry Township in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, farmer, upon oath maketh the following declaration: ____ That the said Hugh Porter on the 22nd or 25th day of August (the particular day this declaring doth not remember) in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six enlisted for the term of three years in Captain Samuel Millers company of rifleman, in Col. McCoy’s regiment in the Pennsylvania line.- That the whole of the said term of three years, and was, about the last of October or beginning of November ( the precise day this declaring doth not remember ) in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy nine, honorably discharged- That the declarant received written certificate of his discharge, and that he has lost the same by time and accident -
That the declarant is sixty three years of age infirm, and from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support -
And he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the law of the United States.

Hugh Porter
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State of Ohio }
Guernsey county }

  On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me the subscriber, on of the Associate Judges of the Court of common Pleas for the said County of Guernsey the before named Hugh Porter and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the aforewritten declaration by him made - And it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Hugh Porter served for more than nine months at one period of the war of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy - and also that from is reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support- I hereby certify this testimony in this case, __ the proceedings had  ____, to the secretary of the department of War - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day above written-

  James Leeper } Associate Judge GS
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State of Ohio
Guernsey County Ss

  I Zaccheuas A Beatty Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County, Do hereby certify that the within signed James Leeper Esquire is and was at the time of signing the same a duly elected Commissioner and acting Associate Judges of said Court and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such as will in courts of Justice as ____ Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Cambridge the Twenty Second day of August Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

 Z.  A. Beatty. __ _ G.C
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Hugh Porter
14590 [? 14.593]
Ma 20

Ja M. Bell
Cambridge
Ohio
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The State of Ohio Guernsey County Ss

  On this 19th day of July A. D. 1820, personally appeared before the court of Common pleas for the County of Guernsey in [‘the’ is crossed out] said State of Ohio, being a Court of  record for the said County in open Court Hugh Porter age sixty seven years, resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, as a private in the eighth regiment commanded by Col. McCoy in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Miller and that he the said deponent enlisted about the middle August A. D. 1776 for the term of three years and served as a private in said Company belonging to said Regiment about three years two months and a half, at the expiration of which said term he this deponent received an honorable discharge, which said discharge has been lost by time, or accident to this deponent. this deponent further states that the original declaration in his behalf for the purpose of obtaining a pension was made on the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that under Andy by virtue of said application, a pension certificate was issued from the War Department numbered 14,593 to this deponent - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person
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  -in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit one mare worth from seven to ten dollars and also one saw and six pigs- This deponent further states that he does not at present pursue any business being unable from infirmity and old age to work or transact any business which might conduce to his support, that he has a wife who is about 69 years of age, and who has been blind about ten years and therefore disabled from contributing in any manner to the support of the family 
And also a daughter about thirty years of age, who has also a son now about 9 or 10 years old, but who never was married and who are the only persons residing with his family who contribute to his support, the Christian name of the wife & daughter of this deponent, and also the name of the Daughter’s son all residing with this deponent are- Jane wife of this deponent 
Margaret his daughter, and Hananiah the son of my daughter. 
  (______)
                        Hugh Porter
Sworn to & declared in open Court, before the said Court of common pleas for said County this 19th day of July A. D. 1820.
         
  Attest
         C P Beatty SS. K. G. C.

The State of Ohio }
Guernsey County} Ss  

  I Cyrus P. Beatty Clerk of the Court of common pleas for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total
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amount in value of the property exhibited in this aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 16th day of August A. D. 1820.

  C. P. Beatty CLK G.C
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Washington County Ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

  Personally appeared before me the subscribed  a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Jospeh Porter who being sworn as the Law directs deposeth and saith that Hugh Porter was voluntarily enlisted in the service of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six and served three years and to the best of this deponents knowledge was Honorably discharged- 
                               Joseph Porter 

Sworn to and subscribed this 2d day of August A. D. 1819
Before one James Orr [?] Justice of the Peace

Pennsylvania
Washington County Ss
  I Thomas H. Baird ____ Judge of the court of common pleas for the 14th Judicial district of Penna. do hereby certify that I am person acquainted with the above deponent Jospeh Porter & that he is a person of good character 
_____ my hand this 2d Augt. 1819.
                   Th H Baird
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State of Pennsylvania 
Kingston County Ss

  I William Lample prothonotary of the court of common pleas for said county do certify that James Orr, Esquire, before whom the with in deposition was taken, is and was at the time a Justice of the peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned as such and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to and his official acts.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Washington, the second day of August, in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
                        Wm Lample prothy.
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December 2, 1932.

BA-J/ADY
Hugh Porter
S. 40289

Mrs. P. M. Kestler,
302 North Cascade Avenue,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Dear Madam:

  Reference is made to your letter relative to one  Hugh Porter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
  The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 40289, based upon his military service in that war.
  Hugh Porter enlisted, place not stated, in August 1776, served as a private in Captain Samuel Miller’s Company of Riflemen, Colonel McCoy’s Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged about the first of November 1779.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1818, while a resident of Derry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, armed about sixty-three years.
  In 1830 soldier’s wife, Jane, her maiden name not stated, was aged about sixty-nine years, his daughter, Margaret, was aged about thirty years and her son, Hananiah, was about ten years old. 
  In 1818 on Robert Porter made affidavit in Harrison County, Ohio, in support of the soldier’s claim, relationship not stated. In 1819 one Joseph Porter made affidavit in Washington County, Penn, in support of the soldier’s claim, relationship not stated. There are no further family data.
  [side note] Date of sol. death not on A.B.

             Very truly yours,
                        A.D. HILLER
                        Assistant to Administrator.
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Hugh Porter == 184
Ohio
Schedule
Rec. 12 Oct 1820
Hugh Porter
14.593
6. Sept 1819.

Cambridge O 6th October
L _____
Washington City
Dis of Col____
James M: Bell [? Ball]
Cambridge, Ohio
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Cambridge. (O.) Oct 4. 1820

Sir-
  Enclosed is the declaration __ of Hugh Porter a Revolutionary Soldier made under a Law of the Act Congress- If his name is continued on the pension list, and a notice is given, the notice maybe sent to me at this place_

  Respectfully __
  James M. Bell


Secretary of War} 
Washington }
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to the Honorable Benjamin Tappin Esq:

  President o fate Court of Commonpleas of Guernsey County, and his associate Judges of the same Court. 
  We the undersigned Subscribers do certify that we are well acquainted with the bearer Hugh Porter ( a Revolutionary Soldier) that we know him to be a man of good Moral caracter [character] and of steady habits 
We also Certify that he possess neither loss as nor living for his support and that his aged consort have been deprived of sight these many years
We therefore are free in certifying to the Honorable Court that in our opinion the said Hugh Porter is Justly entitled to a share of that support that Congress has wisely appropriated for the relief of the war worn soldier


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James Leeper Esq
Judge of Guernsey Cty-State Ohio
Case Hugh Porter
Second, Sept 1818
Cambridge O
Endorsed

[written upside down as follows]

Hon John Calhoun
Sec of war
Washington
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Cambridge (O) Aug. 21. 1818-

  Sir,
   I enclose the declaration of Hugh Porter, a Revolutionary soldier, together with the Judges certificate, Ss- I also send some other papers, at the old gentleman request, which although not strictly formal, will be perhaps satisfactory -
  I have the honor to be 
  Very Respectfully, 
   Y  ____________
Ja. m. Bell

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secy of war
Washington
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Recd Aug. 20 1819

Cambridge Ohio 17th August _______

Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secy of War
Washington City

____
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Cambridge, Aug 14- 1819-

Sir-
  I enclose the papers of Hugh Porter for a pension with the additional proof required.-
 The old gentleman hopes that his claim will be attended to as soon as may convenient- as that he may receive, (if his claims are admitted) his pension on the fourth day of September next.-
  
  I am your hble Servant
          Ja. M. Bell

Hon J. C. Calhoun
Sec of War
Washington
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June 8, 1910.

Mrs. Helen M. Townsend,
 Athens, Ohio.

Madam:
  In reply to your letter dated the 24” and received the 26” ultime, you are herewith furnished the history of Hugh Porter, Sur.. File No. 40,289, and are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to show that claims were filed for Joseph Porter and Archibald Wilkins of Pennsylvania troops.
  
  Very Respectfully,
    Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of___________, received____________ for a statement of the military history of Hugh Porter a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) [“or his widow’s” is crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
  S. File 40.289

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Aug 22 or 25, 1776 till __ Nov. 79

Length of Service.

Rank.
Pri

Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain. Samuel Miller Rifleman

Colonel.
McCoy

State.
Pa.


Battles engaged in, [check mark]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]

Date of Application for pension, Aug. 8 1818

Residence at date of application, Derry twp, Gurnsey Co., Oh

Age at application, 63

Remarks: 1820 referred to his wife Jane at 69 yrs. & daughter Margaret at 30 yrs & herr son Hananiah at 9 or 10
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Colorado Springs. colo.
Nov 21, 1932.

Commissioner of Pensions;

Washington. D. C.

Dear Sir:-
  Will you please send me the record of Hugh Porter Pension request, War of Revolution, who was a pensioner

  Respectfully
  Mrs. P. M. Kestler
302 N. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs. Colo.
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[this page has only a stamp on it]

Received Nov 25 1932
Pension Files _ _ _ - Divisìon
Receipt _______
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3-871.

Aor
Record Division
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.

Briefed by W. T. C.
Claim No. 6/1/10 [?]
Certificate No.________
Claimant__________
Soldier Hugh Porter
Service Pa. Rev.
Additional Service____________
No. ______ claim, State records______, 190_
No claim, combination records_____, 190_
Remarks:
No claim as above except OWIF 40,289.

______Chief Division
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Athens, Ohio
May 24, 1910.

Com of Pensions,
 Washington, D. C.

  Dear Sir:
      Please send me the Revolutionary War Record of Archibald Wilkin of Cumberland Co. Pa., during the War but a resident of Washington Co., Pa., at the dates pensions were granted, and of Jospeh Porter of Cumberland Co. Pa., after the War, of Washington Co., Pa., also of Hugh Porter of Cumberland Co., but a resident of Guernsey Co., Ohio, when he received a pension in 1819.

  Very respt.
  Helen M. Townsend.

May 27 1910
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[this appears to be the back of a hand written page. There are two stamps on it as follows]

Pension Office
E
U. S. May 26 1910


Record Division 
May 27 1910
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40 289

Revy
INVALID

File No. 40,289
Hugh Porter
Pri Rev War

Act 18 March 18__
Index:— Vol. S, Page 398
(Arrangement of 1870)

1910 June 8, Hist to Helen M. Townsend /C
1932 Dec. 2 Hist to Mrs. P. M. Kestler. A.D.Y.
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State of Ohio.     }
Harrison County } Ss

{Seal}

 on this 6th of August 1818  personally appeared before me Archie McGrew a justice of the peace in and for said County Robert Porter and on his solemn oath deposeth and saith that Hugh Porter was Enlisted in 1776 and serv’d three years and to the best of this deponents Knowledge was honorably discharged 
                                          Robert Porter 
Sworn and Subscribed
Witness
Archd McGrew
Justice of the peace

The state of Ohio }
Harrison County }
  I Alexn Henderson one of the associate Judges of said county do here by certify that the above named Robert Porter is a credible person - given under by hand and seal this fourteenth day of July A. D. 1819.

          Alexander Henderson } Associate Judge
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State of Ohio Harrison County Ss

  I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said Harrison County do hereby certify that Alexander Henderson Esquire 
[“before” is crossed out] by whom the within certificate is subscribed was at the time of subscribing said Certificate and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Harrison duly Commissioned and qualified In Testimony whereof I have hereunto se my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadis this 15th day of July A. D. 1819
                   Wm. Tingley Clerk

State of Ohio Harrison County Ss
[seal]
  I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for said County of Harrison do hereby certify that the within named Archibald McGrew Esquire before whom the within Deposition appears to be and been taken and whose name to the same is subscribed was at the time of taking and Subscribing the same and now is one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit ought to be given. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this Seventeenth day of August A. D. 1818~

 Wm. Tingley Clerk