Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41727, for Martin Kephart, Maryland
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Md. 
Kephart, Martin
NUMBER
S. 41727
CONTENTS
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72 333
R
Ohio
Martin Kephart
of Stark County in the state of Ohio who was Private in the 1st regiment commanded by Capt Stricker of the Maryland line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of July 1819 and Sent to Samuel Coulther Esq Canton Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819                    70.63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819        48.00
[illegible] 21  4                                       $118.63
                30  31
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Pd. July 5, 1832

[second half of page:]
Con@
Dec 28
1821. + [and] 
Sent to 
Hon. John
Sloan, 
House 
of
Reps

[written same page vertically:]
Duplicate certificate filed 10 Sepr 1820 _ and sent to Sam Coutler, Canton Ohio.
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At a court of Common Pleas began and held at the Court House with the Lewis [illegible] of Canton within and for the county of Stark in the State of Ohio on Monday the 26th day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty one
There being Present The Honorable 
Benjamin Tappan Esq President
of the fifth circuit of the courts of Common Pleas in the state of Ohio for which circuit the County of Stark is included and
John Hanover
Thos Hurford and
James Clark Esquires
his associates and Judges of this same court when holden[illegible] in this county of Stark these and others came into court, Martin Kephart an old Soldier and files his affidavit under the Act of Congress entitled  "An Act to providing for certain persons engaging in the Land and Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" prepared [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818 and this act supplementary thereto whichever [illegible] affidavit is on the words and figures that as today  "State of Ohio Stark COunty on the 26th day of March 1821 Personally appeared in open court int he Court of Common Pleas You said ? County of Stark the same being a court of record Martin Kephart aged sixty years resident in the aforesaid county of Stark being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and Saith and on his oath doth declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that is to say in the Maryland Line he entered in the fall of the year 1775 in the first regiment commanded by Col William Underwood in the company commanded by George Stricker being a Rifle company in which company he continued one year when the company was made a musket company that he continued to serve in the same company (altho the captain was discharged and same regiment for for years when he was discharged  his discharge  ? to the office in Philadelphia with intention to draw his pay and it never was returned that he was ? following Battles to wit in the Battle of Long Island in the Battle of White Plains in the Battle of Trenton (when Washington Conquered the Hessians) in the Battle of Princeton in the Battle of Monmouth and also in the Battle of Brandywine and Battle of Germantown besides a member
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number of inferior skirmishes that he received a pension certificate on a Declaration as he believes date the tenth day of June 1818 which was lost a duplicate of which he now holds dated 16th day of September 1820 without number  That he is by profession a cooper but from old age and infirmity he is unable to work any being severely attacked with the Palsey [palsy] so that he is frequently confined to bed that his family is a wife near sixty years old not able to work but very little from age and general infirmity one Daughter my oldest child who is blind and from infancy of course is a constant charge not being able to support herself one other Daughter about fifteen of age and no more than able to support herself 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 other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with interest thereby so as 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 Papers [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1816 and that I have not no has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or Debt due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
The following is a schedule of my property

Thirty acres of Land worth/$100/00
1 Bay mare/ 35/00
1 Bay Colt/ 15/00
1 old sorrel mare/"/00
2 Cows/24/00
2 Heifers/9/00
9 head of sheep/13/50
16 Head of ?/16/00
[illegible]/1/20
1 Shot [illegible] and pouch/5/00
1 Axe/1/25
1 Lot of old Iron/1/00
1 Lot of Cooper Tools/10/00
1 Crop Cut Saw/5/0
1 Jack screw/3/00
1 moll and 2 Iron Wedges/2/00
1 lot of old Hogsheads Barrels and Casks/8/00
1 log chain and one fifth chain/5/00
1 lot of grain in the straw/7/00
2 stacks of Hay/6/00
1 Cutting Box/1/50
[another line cut off and illegible]
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Amount brot forward/268/45
1 Pitch fork and one Lun [illegible] fork/1/75
[illegible line]/8/00
1 plough/5/00
1 Hedgh [illegible]/2/50
1 Grind Stones + [and] 1 Sythe/"/75
1 Small lot of Corn/"/75
1 mares Saddle and Saddle Bays/5/00
10 acres of Grain in the Ground/10/00
5 Cups and Saucers + [and] one Bowl/"/27 1/2
7 Tin Cups/"/44
1 milk strainer [ illegible] one oil can and one 
    funnel/"/50
1 ]Bason [basin]/"/50
2 Iron Ladles/"/37 1/2
one Coffee Pot/"/25
1 stone [illegible] Bottle/"/37 1/2
9 Pewter Plates/1/06 1/4
1 Pewter Bason [basin]/1/00
9 Earthen Crocks and 1 Pitcher/"/62 1/2
1 Dough Trough and Thee [illegible] Bread 
    Baskets/"/37 1/2
7 knives + [and] forks/"/10
4 Table spoons/"/37 1/2
8 wooden Buckets/1/00
1 spinning Wheel + [and ] Reel/2/00
1 Flap Hochle [illegible] + [and] Cards/1/00
3 Chairs/ / 75
1. 1 Gall [illegible] Kettle/3/50
1 Iron Pot/1/37 1/2
1 Dutch Oven/1/25
 3 Corn Howes 2 Mattocks + [and] one 
      Shovel/3/00
314.39

Martin Gebhart  his mark
Sworn and subscribed in  Open Court at [illegible] Stack County this
March 26th 1821
Signed W.m  Raynolds Clk
whereupon the Court order it to be certified that it appears by disinterested Testimony to the satisfaction of this court that the said Martin Kephart is possessed of property to the Value of three hundred and fourteen Dollars and Thirty nine cents And no more
A Record
Att
W.m Raynolds Clk
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The State of Ohio
Stack County
3
In Testimony that the above is a true copy of the records of the Court of Common Pleas of Stack County Ohio - 
I hereto sign my name and affix the seal of said County at Court on this 24th day of November 
Anno Domini 1821
W.m Raynolds Clk

[star-shaped seal]
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Canton Ohio
11 June    Free
Hon Secretary at Warr
Washington City

[below appears upside down on page]
One Case 903
Samuel Coulter
Ohio
Common post
Received 23 June 1818
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State of Ohio Stark County   
On this 10th day of June in the        4   
year of 1818 before me the subscriber one of the  associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and State personally appears Martin Kephart aged Sixty years resident in said County of Stark who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That the said Martin Kephart enlisted in Fredericktown in the State of Maryland in the Company Commanded by Captain George Stricker of  the 1st Maryland Regiment that he continued to serve in said Corps in the service  of the United States until the year 1780 when he was discharged from the Service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey - that he was  a member of skirmishing parties - [That he was wounded in the thigh with a musket ball at Princeton + [and] that the skin is yet on his body] and that he is in reduced circumstances and  stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence  [illegible] in his power [illegible] of his Service - [The said Deponent also States that he sent his discharge 12 or 15 years ago to the War office where it [illegible] be and that he hath never rec.d any Pay, Pension, half Pay or Land, or Land Warrant for his [illegible] services
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Saml Coulter Judge
[illegible possible signature]
Samuel Coulter Judge as above states I Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that said Martin Kephart did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the time of (at least) nine months on the Continental  establishment and [illegible] the preceding  and testimony taken and has before me to the Secretary of War [illegible] to the [illegible] of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Certified at Canton in Stark County Ohio this 10.th day of June 1818
Saml Coulter Associate Judge
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Stark County Ohio     5    
In Testimony that Samuel Coulter Esq inge of the  now ? of the ? Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Stark by lawful authority acting as Justice?  I hereto sign my name and affix my Seal of Office at Canton on 6? June 1818
W..M Raynolds Clk

I do Certify that the above applicant Martin ? Kephart is in such Circumstances as to need assistance from his Country he is poor and infirm and has no other way to Support him self with a [illegible] fammily but his own Labor
7th of May 1819 - Saml Coulter Associate Judge

I do hereby Certify that Martin Kephart is poor and in such circumstances as to require assistance from his Country for Support 6th of June 1819
Saml Coulter  Associate Judge

Auditors office Annapolis 5th Apr. 1819
I hereby certify that it appears from the Muster Rolls Remaining in the Auditors office that Martin Kephart Enlisted as a private in the First Maryland Regt. on the  [blank space] and was discharged on the 27th Dec.r 1779
Ths. Karney Aud.t
State Md
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.  , [space], 19__

S.F.41727

In reply to your request of ____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Martin Kephart a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [last entry struck through] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT./LENGTH OF SERVICE/./RANK./OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED./STATE

Fall of 1775/Dec 27 1779/Pvt./CAPTAIN George Stricker/ COLONEL. Wm Smallwood/1st Md

Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton where he was wounded, Brandywine, Germantown,+ [and] Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Frederick town Md.
Date of Application for pension, June 10. 1818. His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Stark County, Ohio.
Age at application, 60 years. Died July 5, 1832.
Remarks:  In 1821 Soldier referred to his wife nearly 60 years old and to his two daughters the youngest of whom was 15 years old.  No names are stated

Respectfully,   

Commissioner.

6-2856
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[Oval receipt stamp]
RECORD
FEB 3 1922
DIVISION
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Rev Sec

4 Iowa Circle, N.W., 
Washington, D.C.

Feb. 2, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Will you kindly send me an abstract of family data 
given in pension papers of the following persons who served 
in the Revolutionary War, for genealogical purposes, viz., 

Martin Kephart, of Starke Co., Ohio. 
Private, Maryland Continental Line.  Placed 
on roll July 7, 1819, commenced June 10, 1818.
Annual allowance $96; total received $1351.89.
Died July 5, 1832, aged 74 years. 

George Keiphart (Kephart), of Jackson Co., Ind. 
Private Maryland line; placed on roll Oct. 
12, 1819; commenced Jan. 31, 1819; annual 
allowance $96; total paid $532.87.  Died 
Aug. 18, 1824, aged 70 years.

Henry Kiphart (Kephart), of Henry Co., Ky.
Private, Virginia militia; placed on roll 
Jan. 20, 1834; commenced March 4, 1832; annual 
allowance $20. [Following lined through: total paid $60.  Died 1834 or
1835, aged 73 years.]  Said to have been living 
in 1840.

Respectfully,

C. I. Kephart

[Circular receipt stamp]
PENSION 
D
FEB
U. 3 S.
1922
OFFICE
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[Two columns]
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41727
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 41,727
Martin Kephart
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"

Index:--Vol. [illegible], Page 269

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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1922 Mch. 3 Hist. to 
C. I. Kephart.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.

State of Ohio 
County of Stark --- ss.

On this 8 day of August 1820; before 
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of 
Stark personally appeared Martin
Kephart who, on his oath, declares that he is the 
same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded 
by Captain George Stricker in the regiment 
commanded by Colonel Smallwood in 
the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the 
pension roll of the state of Ohio that 
he has not received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal 
of the Secretary of War [remainder of paragraph lined through]

Sworn and subscribed to, before }
me, the day and year aforesaid. }  James Williams } Justice of the Peace
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Stark County Ohio Ss

In Testimony that James 
Williams Esq is now one 
of the Justices of the peace 
in said County of Stark by 
lawful authority acting as such 
I hereto sign my name and 
affix the seal of said County 
at Canton 8th day 1820.
Wm Reynolds Clk