Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,850, for Philip Main, Virginia
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Service Va
Main Philip Means
Number S13,850
carded
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Nicholas Main (Illegible) 5, 1856 No.11857 sburgh (Pittsburg) lip (Phillip) Main, also Means, Beaver Co,  in the State of Penn who was a Private in the company command (commanded) (by) Captain Waggoner of the Regt commanded (by) Col Ward in the Virginia (line) for 2 years.  Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh (at) the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum (to) commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of July 1833 and sent to Jos Hemphill, Beaver Pa.  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  $40.00 =$200.00  Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832  (Recorded) by D. Brown, Clerk  (Book) C  Vol. 5.  Page 84
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Pennsylvania Beaver County On the 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared before Joseph Hemphill and Thomas Henry Assaceaate (Associate) Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Philip Main a resident of said County and State of Penna in the eighty sixth year of his age who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That he entered the service in the month of August 1776, by enlisting under Ensign Halta...(illegible) & placed under the command of Captain Waggoner & first Lieutenant was Pressly Neville, in the Regiment command(ed) by Col James Woods, the battalion commanded by Major John Neville; he enlisted on Georges Creek up the Monongahala above Redstone Old Fort, then in the State of Virginia but now Pennsylvania. He was first marched to what was then called Fort Pitt ( now Pittsburgh), was then sent under Lieutenant Connaway Oldham, to guard provisions down the Ohio river to the Mouth of Big Canawa, after staying a few weeks at the month of Canawa, returned to Fort Pitt & was stationed there until the next spring, In the month of April 1777, marched from Fort Pitt, through Virginia by the way of Winchester, from thence to Lancaster Penna, from thence to Philadelphia, crossed the Delaware above Trenton at Carrells Ferrey & Joined the grand army at Bonbrook (Boundbrook) in Jersey in the fall of that year was in a battle near Elizabeth Town, the enemy was beaten, The deponent with the troops to which he was attached returned to Penna and stationed at the Valley Forge, soon after he returned from Jersey was in the battle of German Town which was in the month October 1777. That winter was stationed at Valley Forge, took sick and was sent to a hospital at the Yellow Springs, Penna. Went there about the first of April 1778 & remained there until about harvest, returned to his company again, and was marched across the Jersey to the White Plains in York State, from thence marched to West Point, from thence was marched back through Jersey, and went with his Lieutenant to Winchester & there got a furlow to go and see his friends on the Monongohala, in the Spring following
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following, he started to join his company again which was in the spring of 1779, went to  Winchester from thence to Fredricksburgh, he there met with General Muhlenburgh was informed by him that his Regiment was taken prisoners at Charleston South Carolina by the British. deponent directed by General Muhlenburgh to remain at Fredricksburg there were but few troops there, but a number of officers. He was sent with two others by General Muhlenburgh to Guard a Prisoner across the James River to Chesterfield and delivered him to Colonel Davis, stayed that Summer season at Fredricksburgh, and in September was discharged by General Muhlenburgh, This discharge has been, out of the possession of deponant, for a long time, he gave it to a Wm Shepherd in the Assembly in Virginia to procure him back tatiens (illegible), it was never returned to him. He never received a commission always acted in the Capacity of a private,  Deponant was born in Gloucester County in the State of Jersey, in 1747. have no record of his age.  when he entered the service he resided in Virginia up the Mononghola (Monongahela) since the revolution he has lived in Virginia and Penna for rising the last thirty years he has lived in Beaver County Pennsylvania where he now lives. That he was placed on the Pension Roll under the act of Congress passed 1818. but stricken off the roll under the act of 1820,  From his long acquaintance in this Country he might name hundreds of respectable person who have a knowledge of his character for veracity & truth among whom he will refer to Genl Samuel Power & Sampson Piersall Esq. He has no knowledge of any person that could testify as to his services within any reasonable distance except an old feeble man named John Crail whose testimony it would be very hard & dificult to procure, nor has he any documentary evidence, other than what is filed in the war department, when he made his former applications, for a pension That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
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Agency of any State,
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year first written
Joseph Hemphill
Thos Henry
Philip Main
PM his mark

We Samuel Power & Sampson Piersall Esquires residing in the County of Beaver, hereby Certify that we have been acquainted for the last thirty years with Philip Main, who has subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be the age he states, that he has always sustained a good character for veracity and truth, That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Hemphill 
Thos Henry
Samuel Power
Sampson Piersall

The Subscribers Joseph Hemphill & Thomas Henry associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Beaver County, before whom the foregoing declaration & examination of Philip Main was made, do hereby Certify that they have long been acquainted with Said Philip Main, that he has always sustained a good Character for Veracity and truth, and that it is our opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the Said Philip Main was a revolutionary Soldier & Served as he States, that he is old & very deaf, so much so that it would be very inconvenient & dificult to take his examination in open Court
And we do further Certify that the General Sameul Power & Sampson Piersall Esqr. are both residents of Beaver County, Who have signed the above Certificate, and that they are Credible persons, and whose Statement is entitled to full credit 
Certified the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Hemphill
Tho. Henry
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State of Pennsylvania
Beaver County SS
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings for the application of a pension by the said Philip Maine and that Thomas Henry and Joseph Hemphill Esquires who subscribed the foregoing proceedings are Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twelfth day of September A.D. 1832
James Logan Prothy
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Philip Main
Mean

VA
entitled
15.134
March 1820

Hon R Moore
22 Dec 1820
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Beaver County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Philip Main on the 19th day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open Court of record for the County of Beaver, Philip Main and Sixty eight years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in (?) order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that the said Phillip Main enlisted at Browns Co. near to Union Town in Pennsylvania for Eighteen months and before the time expired reenlisted again for three years in September 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Andrew Waggoner in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Woods in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental Establishment that he Continued to serve in said Corps untill (until) in August 1779 he was discharged from said service at Fredericksburgh in the State of Virginia that he was in the Battles at Elizabethtown, Germantown and he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except what accompanied his former application to the War office dated the 21st day of May 1818 he was placed on the pension list Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his certificate signed by the Secretary of war bearing date the 7th day of September 1819 No. 15.034 And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any way disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so 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 the 18th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
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Schedule of [illegible]
1 horse
2 Cows
12 Sheep
15 Hogs & Shoats
ninety four acres of land
with a Cabbin home &
Barn very much out of
order

Philip Main
x his mark

Declararent further Saith that his occupation is as a farmer but unable to labour much afflicted & Cripled his family Consists of a wife Sixty five Years of age & very infirm a son named John between twenty & twenty one Years of age a daughter between Seventeen & Eighteen Years of age
Sworn to and declared
the 19th September 1820 in
open court

Philip Main
x his mark
Tho. Henry Prothy

Pennsylvania
Beaver County ss} I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas &c in and for Said County do Certify that the foregoing oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the records of Said Court And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the Said Court that the amount in value of the property Exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is three hundred & fifty two dollars, In Testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Beaver the 15th day of November 1820
Tho. Henry Prothy
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AWF

Rev. and 1812
War Section.
December 15, 1925
Hannah A. Parks
1429 West 9th St
Beaver Falls, Pa.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13850, it appears that Philip Main or Means was born in October 1747 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
While residing "up the Monogahelain Virginia" later Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1776 and served as a private in Captain Andrew Waggoner's Company, Colonel James Wood's Virginia Regiment, he was in the battles of Germantown where h e was injured in right eye and Elizabethtown, and was discharged in September 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 3, 1819, while a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, he referred to a daughter, aged between seventeen and eighteen years; in 1821, he referred to
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four sons (and families), who had served during "late war" at Fort Maigs and Erie; in 1826, he referred to his wife, aged sixty-four years; but did not give the names of any of them.
He stated that in 1826, he had a son, John, aged between twenty-two and twenty-three years.
Soldier died April 19, 1835.
There is no further data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT.
Commissioner.
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Philip Means

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Philadelphia at the U.S Bank

Recorded
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War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Philip Means late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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AW
Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

April 5, 1927.
Dr. R. H. Main
Barry Ills.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 13850, Philip Main, or Means died April 19, 1835, place not stated.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of _______, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip Main or Means a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 13,850
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[1] Mch to Aug 76
[2] Fredericksburg Va
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1] discharged
[2] Sept 1779
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew Waggoner
COLONEL. 
James Wood
STATE.
Va.
sustained injury of right eye in the Battle of Germantown.

Battles engaged in, Germantown, Elizabethtown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, "Up the Monongahela in Va (now Pa.)
Date of application for pension, June 3, 1819, His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, born in Oct 1747 in Gloucester Co Jersey.
Remarks: 1820 - son - est 17 or 18 yrs old; in 1821 he ref to 4 sons (& families) who had served during late war at Forts Meig & Erie; 1826 he ref. to his wife  - 64 yrs. & son John about 22 or 23 yrs. Soldier died Mch 19, 1835
[illegible]

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Beaver Falls, Pa
Nov 7, 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
I have been referred to you by the War Department. I am very eager to get the complete war record of one Phillip Main a private in the Revolutionary War. The said Phillip Main served in Captain Andrew Waggoner's Company, 12th Virginia Regiment He is also designated in

[Stamp]
PENSION
NOV
U. 10 S.
1925
OFFICE
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the 4th 8th and 12th Virginia Regiments, and 8 Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. James Wood. His name first appears on the company muster roll for March, 1777 and last appears in November, 1779.
We shall appreciate any information that you may be able to give us.
Respectfully yours
(Miss) Hannah A. Parks.
1419 West 9th Street
Beaver Falls.
Pa.
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1907 Sept. 11. Hist. to Dr. R. H. Main from catalogue C
1911 June 7. to F. A. Main - C
1911 Dec. 4. Mrs. Lila M. Shriver. C
1913 June 4. Mrs. Margaret Raithel. C
1913. Nov. 4. to Alvin N. Main. C
1916 Feby. 10. Mrs. H. B. Lee. C
1923 - Apr. 28 - Hist to Mrs. J. C. rickey. MMHF
1925 - Dec 15 " " Hannah A. Parks AWF
1927. Apr 5. Dr. R. H. Main given date of death. AW.

Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 13, 850
Phillip Main alias Means
Priv. Rev. war

Act: June 7th,, 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Philip Means
Private
76 to 79
Wood Virginia
Regt.
on Roll
Admitted
21 May 1818
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F. L. SHRIVER
EDWARD E. SHRIVER
BARRY C. SHRIVER

SHRIVER CLOTHING COMPANY
PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS
November, 27. 1911
Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sirs-: Will you send me a copy of enlisting papers of Philip Main Nov 8 1776 - Captain Andrew Waggoner's Company and Colonel James Wood's Regiment - 12th Va Line.
And oblige
Lela Main Shrivers
Pittsfield, Illinois.

[Stamp]
PENSION
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NOV
U. 29 S.
OFFICE.
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Philip Means - Pvt - 
Va. line - 
Not allowed
Act 1828
Penn - 
Exd Auditor Ad Wds
Rej & old Books.
DDS
The Record Lies
Nov 20/85
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OW Rej
#
20.403
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PIKE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
DR. F. MARION CRANE
PRESIDENT. PITTSFIELD.
DR. R. H. MAIN
SECRETARY. BARRY.
BARRY, ILLINOIS. Aug. 14th. 1907
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:- Please send me a certificate of the war service of Philip Main who served in the Co. of Capt. Waggoner, Col. Woods' Reg. of the 12th. Virginia line in the Revolutionary War.
Yours truly,
R H Main

13..850
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S 13850
Ack June 5, 1911

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PENSION
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JUN
U. 1 S.
1911
OFFICE.
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GRADUATE OPTICIAN | R. R. TIME INSPECTOR
F. A. MAIN,
JEWELER
PITTSFIELD, ILL.
WATCHES, CLOCKS | HAND PAINTED CHINA | JEWELRY, SILVERWARE
Pension Dept. May 29 - 11.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: Please send me the war record of Philip Main, Private, Capt. Waggoner's Co. Col. Wood's Regt. 12th Virginia Line.
Yours very truly
F. A. Main
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Rev Sec
1100 Jersey St.,
Quincy, Ill. Feb. 12 '23
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of the war record of Philip Main of Capt. Andrew Waggoner's Co., Col. James Wood's Reg. of the 12th Va. line. Does he in making his pention affidavit mention his daughter Katherine?
Yours truly
Mrs. J. C. Rickey

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PENSION
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FEB
U. 16 S.
1923
OFFICE.
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Ellwood City, Pa
May, 23, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Old War & Navy Division,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Being a descendant of Philip Main and wishing to join the "Daughters of the American Revolution", I respectfully request a copy of any records of his military service that may be in possession of the department.
A letter from the War Department, Pension Office #15034 dated Dec 22, 1820 spells the name Philip Means.
beg to receive,
Very respectfully,
Margaret Raithel
#445 Glen Ave, Ellwood City, Pa.

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PENSION
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U. 26 S.
1913
OFFICE.
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Rejected
ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20403'
Consolidated with I.J. 13850
Acts of July 14,1862 and March 3,1873.
Philip Means
Pri
Capt. Wagner
 Va Line
  Revy War

....... other claim.
-----, 187 , -----
     Clerk

Application filed:   . 18  ,

Not allowed Act of 1828
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        Oct 31, 1913

    Pittsfield , Illinois,

Department of Interior,
   Bureau of Pensions,
    Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen; - Please send me the record of Philip Main, (alias Means) a soldier of the Revolutionary War, enlisted in Colonel James Woods Regiment, I2 " Virginia.

                       Your truly,

                        Alvin N. Main
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                                               [illegible]
                                                 Rev
                                                  sec.

    Scottsdale, Pa
            February 2, 1916

Dept of Interior
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

     Please send me the Revolutionary War Record of Philip Main alias Means and oblige.

                        Very respectfully,
                         Mrs. H. B. Lee
                         209 Edwin Ave
                          Scottsdale
                              Pa.
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                                      ans question

               Dr R. H. Main
                  Barry, Illinois
                                            Feb 20. 27

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

    Dear Sir, Can you give me the exact date of death of Philip Main a private in Capt. Andrew Waggoner's Co. Col James Woods' Reg. 12th Virginia line (Continental Regular) Pensioned June 3, 1819 - living 1834 in Beaver County Penn.

                    Yours truly
                     R.H.  Main

   P.S. I think he died sometime in 1834.  At the time of his death he was living in North Sewickley Township, Beavers County Penn.
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[illegible] 1839
  Pensions Office

             [stamp] FREE

[stamp]   Beaver May 31 

    Lewis Cass  Secretary of War
        Washington City

     $80 per ann
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Beaver May 30th 1833
Lewis Lee Js Esquire Secretary at War
Dear Sir
Inclosed you have the certificate of Philip Means late a pensioner some time since he received a letter from the war department stating that his claim had been examined and that he must return his former certificate of pension or account for its none production which he did by stating that it had been lost or mislaid, and that he had made diligent search for it but could not find it, but since that time he has found it in one of his old book pockets here with you have it inclosed, he wished me to state that his case is a very hard one being old feble & poor and that if his claim is a good one the relief could not come too soon to his aid
Yours Respectfully Philip Means by Joseph Hemphill
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Recd. Feb 16 1827
1 March 1823
Philip Main Pa
Beaver Town 1st Feby 1827
Hon JS Stephenson, H.R.
S Stevenson Esquire
Member of Congress from Pa City Washington
Free
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Beaver 31sy Jany 1827
JS Stephenson Esquire
Sir
Herewith I forward to you the application of Mr Philip Main to be replace on the Pension List of the US & with it Mr Mains request to present it to the proper department he is in needy circumstances & anxious to know as soon as possible his fate. Your attention to this business will I have no doubt be [illegible] a correspondent expression of gratitude by him
I am with sentiments of respect & esteem
Yours
John Clarke
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791
Revolutionary Claims. Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
Treasury Department, 5 Sept 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Philip Means under the above mentioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be please to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records i the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard [illegible]
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
War Department Bounty Land Office 15 Sept 1828
Philip Means a soldier of the Virginia line, is not returned as entitled to land from the U. States, or has a warrant issued for him
E. Stephens
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791
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
Treasury Department 14 Feb 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Philip Means under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on and application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
[illegible]
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
Letter from the War Dept 5 March 1829
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78R. 791
Revolutionary Claims.
Treasury Department Aug 25 1828
Philip Means, of in the County of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Waggoner's company, in the twelfth regiment of the Virginia line; and that he has not received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office
By order of the Secretary, A. Dunkin
Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office. 29th August 1828
It further appears that Philip Means is not now on the list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
The name of Philip Means cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gravity of Eighty dollars were issued.
Peter Hagner [illegible]
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General Land Office February 14 1829
The name of Philip Means does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond, Virginia, so far as they have been received.
GW [illegible] Commissioner
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15.034
Pennsylvania
Philip Means of Beaver County in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Wood of the Virginia [illegible] for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 21 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep 18 and sent to David Drennan Esq Beaver Town Pennsylvania
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1819 123. [illegible]
semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar 1826 48.0
$171.80
18 mo 11/31 4/30
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
Discontinued
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Notification sent to the Hon Mr Moore 22 Dec 1820. House of Representatives Copy of Attorney  Gen'ls opinion sent 28 Dec 1821 to applicant Beaver Town Pa.
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From Philip Means, Beaver Town, Pa and by [illegible] copy of Atty. Generals opinion 28 Dec 1821
Beaver Town
17th Dec 1821
Rec 27 Dec 1821
The Honorable JC Calhoun Esq.
Secretary at War
Washington City
Mr. Edwards
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Beaver County August 6 1821
JC Calhoun Esq Secretary at War
Sir, Agreeable to the presiding of an Act of Congress [illegible] to pensioners passed Nov 1818 I made application, and received a pension Certificate, and a pension of twenty six dollars per year, until deposed of it by the presiding of the Act of 1820 - agreeable to the presiding of that act, I made a schedule of my property before the proper court and as I must presume I have been stricken from the list. Concerning however that it is in your power under particular circumstances to the place persons on  the list, I have thought it proper to draw up at statement for your information, During the War of the Revolution I was enlisted in Capt Waggoners company of the 12th Regiment commanded by Col. Woody of the Virginia Line under the command of Brigadier General Scott, and served for a period of four years, part of that time I was employed in the State of New Jersey giving check to the British Forces there, I was afterwards in the Battle of Germantown, at which time my right eye was seriously injured by powder as to render it almost useless ever since, shortly after I procured a furlough and with my Lieutenant returned home, on my way I got my foot frozen, so that [illegible] not been able to do much labor since, after that time I lived for some time with Genl [illegible] and labored for him, from there I came to the western county, and on the opening of that county South & west of the Ohio under the act of 1792 passed bye the state Legislature. I settled on a trade of land, after sometime under