Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,487, for Uriah Tippie, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Tippie, Uriah
Susannah
NUMBER
W. 25.487
B.L. Wt. 6034-160-55
CONTENTS
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6386, Act March 3, 1855
March 21, 1855
Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased, private
"War Revolution"
1st
Capt. N. Patterson
Penna. Militia
2nd
Enlisted Dec 1776
Discharged Feb. or March 1777
War Revolution
[illegible] Widow now a Pension [illegible]
Pa. Militia
Ad: [illegible] Sept. 5, 1855
A. G. Brown, Atty.
Athens, Ohio
Letter to A. G. Brown, May 25, 1855
Letter to A. G. Brown, June 26, 1855
Vol. T. Page 91
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29.988
Ohio
Uriah Tippie of Athens County in the State of Ohio, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Patterson of the Regiment commanded by Col. [blank] in the Pa. militia line for six months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July 1835 and sent to A. G. Brown, Athens, Ohio
Arrears to he 4th of March 1835 $80
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1835 $10
$90
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. Allison, Clerk, Book E.2, Vol. 8, Page 57.
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A. G. Brown Dec 1, 1853
4998
Ohio Line
Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars [blank] cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 6th day of March 18[illegible] and sent to A. G. Brown, Athens, Ohio.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 3, 1853, Page 169, Vol. A (32)
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State of Ohio, Athens County Ss.
On this twenty sixth (26th) day of January in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five (1855) before the Court of Probate (being a Court of Record) within and for said County of Athens in the State of Ohio, personally appeared Mrs. Susannah Tippie, a resident of Athens Township in said County of Athens, aged seventy-
four (74) years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3, 1853. That she is the widow of Uriah Tippie, late of said Athens Township, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, Ohio Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, at the rate of Twenty dollars ($20,00) per annum, under the act of June 7, 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the Uriah Tippie on the thirty first (31st) day of January in the year eighteen hundred and five (1805), that her husband, the aforesaid Uriah Tippie, died on the twenty seventh (27th) day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight (1848), and that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that he was the widow of the said Uriah Tippie at the passage of said act of February 3, 1853, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a Pension.
Susannah Tippie [her mark]
Attest
Phineas Pierce
A. G. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year first above written before me, Jacob C. Frost, Judge of said Court.
In Testimony whereof as such Judge, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Athens in said County, the date aforesaid.
J. C. Frost
Probate Judge.
Phinehas Pierce and A.G. Brown, residents of said Athens Township in the County of Athens and State of Ohio, being first duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are well acquainted with Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased, and whose name is above subscribed, that she subscribed the foregoing declaration in their presence, and that they know her to be the identical person whom she represents herself to be.
Phineas Pierce
A.G. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed before me this January 26. 1855, and I certify the said Phinehas Pierce and A.G. Brown to be credible persons.
J C Frost
Probate Judge
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Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie
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I, the subscriber, do hereby certify that on the 31st day of January last past, Uriah Tippy and Susana Chadwick was lawfully joined in wedlock by me.
This 20th day of February, An Dom 1805
Wm. Harper, Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio
Washington County, SS.
I, Davis Gellen, Judge of the Probate Court of said Washington County, do hereby certify that the above is truly and correctly copied from the original certificate of the Marriage of Uriah Tippy and Susanna Chadwick, on file in the Probate office of said County.
In Witness whereof, I hereto set my name and affix the seal of said Court at Manetta this 20th day of January A.D. 1855.
Davis Gellen, Judge Probate Court.
Manetta, January 20, 1855
Dear Sir,
Above is a certified copy of the of the marriage you wanted. There is no record of marriages so far back. The above will answer your purpose as I have certified others as above for the same purpose.
Yours, etc.
Davis Gellen
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32929
State of Ohio
Athens County, SS.
On this 21 day of February in the year 1835 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting, Uriah Tippie, a resident of Alexander Township in said County, in the 76th year of his age, who being first 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 June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1st That he was born on the 16th day of July, as he believes, in the year 1759, being now in his 76th year, at Monmouth C.H.
2nd That he has no record of his age, and being entirely illiterate, he knows not that any was ever made, but he derived the knowledge of his age verbally from his parents.
3rd That he was living in Tinicum township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at the time of his first entering the service of the United States, as he believes in the year 1776; that the next year (1777) he removed with his father's family into Allen Township, Northampton County, where he resided afterwards during the continuance of the war, at or soon after the close of which, he married and removed to McKeesport in the same County, where he remained three years, and removed thence to Tulpehocken, thereafter one season to Greensburg, thence after about six years, to Athens County, Ohio, where he has ever since continued to reside.
4th That he first entered the service as a volunteer in a company raised and commanded by Capt. Nicky Patterson at said Tinicum Township, for a tour of two months, in August or September (being as he remembers very hot weather) in the year 1776, and marched thence with said Company to Newtown, Pennsylvania, thence to a place called the Yorryshouse, within about 21 miles of Philadelphia, where the company, about 75 in number, was quartered, as a guard of provisions and stores and remained until sometime in October or November, (the weather, as his recollects, having become quite cold) when the company was dismissed, and he returned home, having served, as he verily believes, the full term of 2 months, a considerable portion of which time he was sick of a fever.
That in the month of December of the same year, about Christmas as he well remembers, he again volunteered for a tour of some two months, in a company raised and commanded by the same Capt. Patterson, who was a merchant and tavern keeper at said Tinicum and marched directly to the Delaware River where the company joined General Washington's army, and a few nights after, crossed over to Trenton, where he was present and engaged in the battle that ensued. That his company was again detached, crossed the Delaware and marched to a place called Bustleton, where they remained until about the first of March (being as his remembers very muddy weather), when they were dismissed and he again returned home, having served out a full tour of 2 months, mostly engaged in the most arduous duties.
That in the fall of the same year (1777) (the month and day he cannot recall with precision, further than that it was cool weather), having as before stated, removed to Allen Township, Northampton County, he again volunteered for a tour of two months, in a company raised and commanded by Capt. Frederick Coons, at said Allen Township, and marched thence to a place called the Milk House Tavern: thence in the night to Germantown, thence, without having been closely engaged in the battle which occurred at that time, to a place called Frankfort Bridge, where
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the company was employed as a guard, to prevent the Tories from carrying provisions into Philadelphia, to the British, and remained at that place until dismissed, when he returned home, as he believes, about the commencement of winter, having served at that time a full tour of 2 months.
That having remained at home till sometime in the ensuing Spring, as he thinks in May 1778, he enlisted for a tour of seven months in a company raised and commanded by Capt. Vannatta of Minisink, Lieu Robert Fish, Sergeant Hallett, and marched to Easton, thence after a few days up the Delaware to a station commanded by Col. Jacob Stroud, where he remained 5 months, when for the purpose of returning home to assist his father with the consent of his officers, he placed an able bodied substitute in his [illegible], who served out the remaining part of his term of his enlistment; and that his services, (including two months by substitute) amount to one year and one month.
5th That he does not recollect the names of any field officers under whom he served, except the before mentioned Col. Jacob Stoud, at his station on the Delaware, and a Col. Miller, whom he sometimes saw at Frankfort Bridge. That he recollects seeing many other officers at Trenton, and at the other forts where he served, but does not remember their names. That he has a distinct recollection of the desertion to the British, of the Drummer of his company, whose name was Joseph Patterson and who was the son of his captain, which occurred the first tour he was out.
6th That he does not remember receiving any written discharge, it having been the custom, if he remembers right, to dismiss this company without common or formal discharge at expiration of the term of engagement.
7th That he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows no person now living whose testimony he can procure. That he is well known to G. C. Biene, Judge, B. Carrier and G. Walker, Col. E. Dorr, Gen. J. Brown and many other respectable persons who he doubts not would willingly testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution. That he is also well known to Rev. Asa Steams who has lately removed from the County, and also to Rev. Shurtliff, and to Rev. Dr R.G. Wilson.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pensions except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or Territory.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Uriah Tippie [his mark]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Bartlett, Clerk
I, Matthew Moore, residing in the County aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Uriah Tippie, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be 75 years of age, as he has declared, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I fully concur in that opinion.
Matthew Moore
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry Bartlett, Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Matthew Moore, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Township of Athens in said County of Athens, and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit and the court further certifies that in their opinion, the attendance of a Clergyman known [illegible] witness without too much expense and inconvenience to the applicant, could not at this time be procured.
I, Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uriah Tippie for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 21st day of February 1835.
Henry Bartlett, Clerk
State of Ohio
Athens County, SS.
Before me, A. G. Brown, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally came Nathan Woodberry of [illegible] in said county, a Revolutionary pensioner, and whom I certify to be a highly respectable and credible person, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that some 20 or 25 years ago, Uriah Tippie lived or near neighbor to him, and he recollects to have heard him at that time speak often of his having been out in the Militia service during the Revolutionary war, and particularly of his having been in New Jersey in some expedition and how fully he believes him to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
Nathan Woodberry
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of March 1835.
A.G. Brown, J.P.
Before me personally appeared Christopher Wolf, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that between twenty five and thirty years ago, Uriah Tippie resided some time in his now neighborhood in Athens Township, and that the recollects to have heard him at that time speak in a positive manner of his having been a soldier during the Revolutionary war, and he has never heard a doubt expressed, and he fully believes the said Tippie to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he served as he has stated in his declaration, and that he believes him to be at least 75 years of age, as he has stated.
Christopher Wolf
Sworn and subscribed this 14th day of March 1835, and I certify the said Christopher Wolf to be a credit person.
A.G. Brown, J.P.
Before me personally appeared Rev. Robt G. Wilson, D.D., President of the Ohio University, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says, that he has had considerable acquaintance with the above named Uriah Tippie for six or eight years past, and believes him to be at least seventy five years of age as he has stated, that he has always found him to be a very honest simple hearted man and as he believes hopefully pious, and he would place entire reliance in his statement as a man of truth and from what he has heard respecting him from others, he believes that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier and he has no reason to doubt the truth of his statements respecting his services in his declaration.
Robert G. Wilson D.D.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of April A.D. 1835.
A.G. Brown, J.P.
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Uriah Tippie
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State of Ohio
Athens County, ss.
I, Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that A. G. Brown, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of the taking of the same, and still is, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures to the same are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 11th day of April 1835.
Henry Bartlett, Clerk
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State of Ohio
Athens County, SS. 
On this 15th day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths for general purposes, Susannah Tippie, aged 74 years, a resident of Athens Township in said County and state, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, first as a volunteer in a company raised and commanded by Capt. N. Patterson at Tinicum in Pennsylvania in which he served a term of two months from August or September to sometime in October or November 1776, and second, as a volunteer in a second Company raised and commanded by said Captain Patterson, in said Tinicum, in December 1776, and served a term of two months or upwards in said Company, until sometime in February or March 1777, and third, as a volunteer in a company raised in Northampton County, Pennsylvania and commanded by Captain Frederick Coons, in the fall of 1777 and served in said company a term of two months, and fourth as a volunteer for a term of seven months, in a company raised at Minisink, and commanded by Captain Vannatta (Robert Fish, Lieutenant, Hallett, Sergeant), in the month of May 1778 and served in said company of five months, as will appear by reference, which she hereby makes, to the original Declaration and proof filed by the said Uriah Tippie in or about the year 1834, in support of his claim to a Pension under the act of 7 June 1832.
She further states that she was married to the said Uriah Tippie at Athens in the County of Athens (then Washington) on the 31st day of January A.D. 1805, by William Harper, Esq., a Justice of the Peace of said, then Washington County, and that her name before her said marriage was Susannah Chadwick, that her said husband died in Athens Township in said Athens County on the 27th day of June AD. 1848, and that she is still a widow, for proof of which said marriage and the death of the said Uriah Tippie she hereby refers to her declaration and accompanying documents on file in the Pension Office, in support of her claim to a Pension as the widow of said Uriah Tippie under the act of 3d February 1853.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land granted by the act passed March 3d, 1855, and she hereby declares that she has not applied for or received, and she is not entitled to Bounty Lands except as above stated, as she believes, and she hereby appoints A.G. Brown of Athens, Ohio, her Attorney to prosecute her claim and receive her documents.
Susannah Tippie [her mark]
Attest: Phineas Pierce
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned with its prosecution. 
H.T. Brown, Notary Public
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State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
Before me, personally came John A. Ford and James H. VanBibbes, residents of Athens Township in said County, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn say that they were present and saw Susannah Tippie sign her name (by making her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And that they, said deponents, reside in said County of Athens and
State of Ohio, and that they are disinterested witnesses.
John A Ford
J.H. VanBibbes
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of March 1855, as witness my hand and seal of office. 
Henry T. Brown
Notary Public
State of Ohio, Athens County, ss.
I, Joseph M. Dana, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do certify that Henry T. Brown, whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. And I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Athens in said County, this 15th day of March, A.D. 1855.
J. M. Dana, Clerk
6836
Bounty Land
Act of March 3, 1855
Mrs. Susannah Tippie
Widow of Uriah Tippie
War of the Revolution
No. 95
from A.G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
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Allisan
11 July 1835
Allowed for six months
$20.00
A. G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Athens Ohio, July 4, 1835
Sir,
Your letter of the 17th June, has been received in relation to the application of Uriah Tippie for a Pension. You (after stating that his affidavit had been received and placed on file with his other papers) say that his claim for services under his enlistment cannot be allowed without direct proof being exhibited. Any better proof than he has furnished, I believe must be wholly out of his power and direct proof by living witnesses certainly cannot be obtained in this part of the country, if at all. Mr. Tippie is an entirely illiterate man; but sustains an excellent character of honesty, integrity and veracity. His memory appears also tolerably good for a man of his years: it could incite no surprise, however, that he should be unable to detail the circumstances of his services in a connected manner after so long a lapse of time. If the records of the Department furnish nothing positively contradictory of his statement respecting his enlistment under Capt. Vannatta or Fannatta, as he pronounces the name, and his services under Col. Stroud, I should suppose a strong presumption should be raised in his favor. The histories of the period which I have examined, though they mention the name and some movements under Col. Stroud, yet do not descend to such particulars as would
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include the mention of any of the circumstances detailed by Mr. Tippie, I would solicit, however, in behalf of this aged, and as I believe, worthy applicant, the most favorable consideration of all the circumstances of his case, and if you do not think that a pension for the whole time claimed by him can be properly and consistently granted, that he may receive a certificate for such part as you may consider sufficiently established. I am myself the son of a Revolutionary officer and am influenced by my sympathies for an aged and poor man whom I deem worthy and not by any mercenary considerations or motives. Your polite and considerate attention to all former applications through me, and to the suggestions I have sometimes made encourage my present boldness and the frankness of my language.
Very Respectfully,
A.G. Brown
J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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22.927
Ohio
Uriah Tippie
Suspended
See letter to A. Brown, Esq.
Athens, Ohio
27 April 1835
same 17 June 1835
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Increase of Pension
Susannah Tippie
From A. G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
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State of Ohio, Athens County Ss.
On this 6th day of September, 1855, before me, a Notary Public within and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally came Susannah Tippie, to me well known, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that she is the widow of the identical Uriah Tippie who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, under the act of 7th June 1832. That since the decease of her said husband, she has been allowed a continuance of said Pension at the rate of twenty dollars per annum from the 3rd day of February 1853, under the provisions of the 2nd Section of the act of that date and is now in receipt of the same. She further states that as she is informed and believes she is entitled to an increase of said Pension from the 4th of March 1831 to the death of her said husband, which occurred June 27, 1848, and from said 3rd day of February 1853, during her life. She therefore herewith returns the
Certificate she now holds and asks that a new certificate or certificate may be issued to her for such amount of Pension as she may be entitled to by law. And she hereby appoints Hon. A.G. Brown of Athens, Ohio, her Attorney to prosecute her said claim and to receive a new certificate or certificates issued.
Susannah Tippie [her mark]
Attest:
P. Pierce
Henry T. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in said claim. As witness my hand and seal of office.
G. W. Brown, Notary Public
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No. 6836
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March. 21, 1855.
Uriah Tippie
Rev. War
Warrant No. 6034-160-55
A. G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
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Copy of Co: rec: of Mar
[illegible] 27th [illegible] 48. Cert: of A:
three [illegible]
"[illegible]"
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Capt. N. Patterson  2 Mos.  Aug. 1776
Capt. N. Patterson  2 Mos.  Dec. 1776
Capt. F. Owens      2 Mos.  Fall 1776
Capt. VanEllen      5 Mos.  1778
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Athens, Ohio, Jan 26, 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commission of Pensions
Dir Sir,
Enclosed I forward the application of Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased, aged 74, married January 31, 1805, and whose husband died June 27, 1848, for a pension under the Act of Feb 3, 1853.
Very respectfully yours,
A. G. Brown
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Susannah Tippie
A.G. Brown
From A. G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
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State of Ohio, Athens County, Ss.
I, Joseph M. Dana, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify, that at the August Term, 1848, of said Court, satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said Court, that Uriah Tippie was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, was a resident of said County of Athens in the State of Ohio, and died in said County and State in the year 1848 on the 27th day of June, and that he left a widow whose name is Susannah Tippie.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Athens, this February 17th AD 1855.
Joseph M. Dana, Clerk
by L. W. Brown, Deputy.
State of Ohio, Athens County, Ss.
Before me, Henry Brown, a Notary Public in and for said County, personally came John Brown, a resident of the Town of Athens in the County of Athens and State of Ohio aforesaid, aged sixty eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that in the year 1805, at the time of the marriage of Uriah Tippie to Susannah Chadwick, he was and has ever since been a resident of that part of Washington County, afterwards [illegible] into the present County of Athens in said State of Ohio, that he was well acquainted with the said Tippie and wife up to the time of his death, and that, as he believes, the maiden name of the said Susannah Tippie, now the widow of the said Uriah Tippie, deceased, was Chadwick, being the family name by which she was called and known.
John Brown
Subscribed and sworn, this February 23, 1855, before me; and I certify that the said John Brown is a credible person.
H. G. Brown
Notary Public
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Court of Common Pleas, (??) County, State of Ohio Oct. 13, 1834.

    We Isa Steames a Clergyman residing, in the county of (??) and John Brown residing in the said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Uriah Tippie who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy-faive years of age as he has declared; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we fully concur in that opinion.
                                                 //s//
                                             Asa Steames 
                                             John Brown

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid in open court.

                     //s//
     Henry Bartlett Clerk
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J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Athens, Ohio
April 11. 1835
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I herewith forward the application of Uriah Tippie for a Pension under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1832. The old gentleman has been particularly unfortunate in having his application delayed from various accidental causes, until so late a period. At the October time of the Court of Common Pleas of this County in 1834, he procured the attendance of Rev. Asa Steam, a Clergyman, and Gen. John Brown, a citizen of the County, who subscribed and made oath to the certificate required by the regulations from the War Department, but owing to the pressures of other business and some other slight causes, the full action of the Court was not obtained at that time. I have, however, detached the certificate aforesaid from the declaration then made out, and forward it herewith for the satisfaction of the Department, particularly as Rev. Asa Steam has since removed from the County and his attendance could not be procured at the last term. The other papers must speak for themselves. I have only to regret some unavoidable awkwardness in their appearance and manner of preparation and to express the hope that these circumstances may not be permitted to weigh against the just claims of an innocent and honest an old man as any of my whole range of acquaintances who have made similar applications for the bounty of their country.
Should any further explanations or references be desired, they will be cheerfully and readily furnished. I will add the interest I take in these matters is not mercenary and I would be at no less pains to prevent frauds upon the Department, than to forward the claims of those I deem to be worthy applicants.
The answer of the Department, or any communications on the subject of the present application may for convenience, be directed to me and will meet with prompt attention.
Very Respectfully,
A. G. Brown
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[illegible] 3rd Feb 1853
Ohio
[illegible]
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J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
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Athens Ohio June 6, 1855
Sir,
In compliance with your suggestion, Mr. Uriah Tippie has endeavored to state somewhat more particularly the circumstances of his last tour of service. Owing to his infirmities, he was not able to attend to your suggestions sooner. If any further or other information be deemed requisite, if in my power I will cheerfully seek and forward it for the satisfaction of the Department. I have myself no doubt of the veracity of Mr. Tippie, nor as to the truth of his statements generally; notwithstanding, there may be some slight inaccuracies from lapse of memory
and his total ignorance of letters.
Very Respectfully,
A.G. Brown
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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Brief in the case of Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah, Athens County and State of Ohio, act 3rd February 1853.
Claim ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of $20 per annum. Copy of County record of Marriage in file. Pensioner died 27 [illegible] 1848, as per the Certificate of the County Court report of the [illegible] Auditor.
[Illegible] and identity is established by the affidavits of three credible affiants. 
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A. G. Brown, Esquire
Athens, Ohio
Name and residence of Agent
S. C. [illegible],
Examining Clerk
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6836, Act March 3, 1855.
March 21, 1855.
Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased, private
Capt. N. Patterson, Penn. Militia
War of the Revolution
Entered December 1776.
Discharged Feb. or Mar. 1777.
Original brief enclosed
A. G. Brown, Attorney
Athens, Ohio.
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Uriah Tippie
Affidavit
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State of Ohio.
Athens County, ss. 
Before me, A.G. Brown, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally came Uriah Tippie, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the identical Uriah Tippie whose declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 was made before the Court of Common Pleas of said Athens County, at February Term 1835. That in regard to his enlistment under Capt. Vannatta, for a term of 7 months, he recollects it was about the commencement of very warm weather and be believes and is very confident it was in the month of May and as he supposes, in the year 1778. That he recollects that his enlistment took place at the Public House or tavern of one Conrad Orider in Allentown at the crossroads 2 1/2 miles from his father's. That on his enlistment he recollects he received from the listing officer 20 dollars bounty, in continental money as it was called, that he thinks the name of the listing officer was Powell Canovian, that within two or three days after his enlistment, he marched to Easton on the Delaware, and from there up the Delaware towards the Indian Country, to the station commanded by Col. J. Stroud at his own residence, a short distance below Minisink. That from Col. Stroud's, his company made several excursions into the Indian Country. That he recollects particularly Lieutenant Robert Fish, who was with the company in these expeditions, who was a man about 40 years of age, and had great
experience in fighting against the Indians. That he recollects particularly Lieutenant Fish's directing the company in marching through the Pine swamps to keep about a rod apart, so that in case of their coming upon the Indians lying in ambush, there might not many be exposed to the danger at the same moment. That after he had been out 5 months, by consent of his Captain, he placed on John Couts, an able-bodied man, as a substitute in his place to serve the remaining two months of his time, and he afterwards understood that said Couts was killed
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in an expedition against the Indians, that he recollects receiving from Col. Stroud 5 pounds or one hundred shillings, States money, as it was called, for two months' pay due to him being as he remembers at the rate of fifty shillings a month. That he does not particularly recollect the time or the manner of the person from whom he had received his preceding three months' pay, but it is his impression that he received the whole through the hands of the said Col. Stroud, that he recollects that said Col. Stroud had a large farm, mills, etc., and was considered a man of great wealth in those parts, that at the time mentioned, as well as he recollects, there was only Captain Vannatta's Company at Col. Stroud station, and of this he is very confident, and that the business of said company was to guard the country against the Indians; that above Col. Stoud's then were several hundred men stationed, as he believes, mostly militia at Minisink, Dickerstown, etc., that after his return home, the next year, or the year but one after he recollects that he was employed as a Wagoner, in conveying the baggage of Gen. Sullivan's army from Easton to Wyoming. That during the time his company lay at Col. Stroud's, they were very frequently out an expeditions into the Indian Country, sometimes scouring the country for 40 or 50 miles, generally in the direction of Wyoming, being frequently out for a number of days in succession; and that he does not now recollect any more material circumstances than those he has related respecting his said tour of service.
Uriah Tippie [his mark]
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd day of June A.D. 1835.
A.G. Brown, J.P.
State of Ohio
Athens County, SS.
I, Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that A.G. Brown, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, is a Justice of the Peace of said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
Henry Bartlett, Clerk
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Athens, Ohio, March 15, 1855
Hon. S. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I present additional claims for Bounty Lands from the following pensioners.
Nov 13 - Timothy Goodrich
Nov 14 - Elijah Pilcher
Nov 15 - Susannah Tippie
Very respectfully yours,
A. G. Brown
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Filed February 1, 1855.
Susannah Tippie
Widow of Uriah
Athens, Ohio
Act / 53
$20. per annum
Commencing Feb. 3d 1853
Revy.
A. G. Brown, Attorney
Athens, Ohio
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
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[illegible] Office
March 2, 1855
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. Randall
J. Atkins, Esq.
Third Auditor, Treasury
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Uriah Tippie died 27 June 1848, paid.
Robert J. Morrison
Auditor
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Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Susannah Tippie, widow
[illegible]
Reg. 3 Mar 1855
Admitted 3 [illegible] 1855
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Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Susannah Tippie, widow, 6998
[illegible]
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No. 6836
Susanna Tippie
252
A.G. Brown
Athens, Ohio
June 18, 1855
Ex. Ohio
Case of Uriah Tippie, Deceased
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Athens, Ohio, June 18, 1855.
Hon. L.P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Your favor of 25th May ulto. is received, stating the suspension of the claim of Mrs. Susanna Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, for Bounty Land, No. 6836.
A Pension at the rate of $20 per annum, was granted to said Uriah Tippie in 1833, under the act of 7 June 1832, upon evidence deemed sufficient at the time. May not this evidence now be considered as of Record, for the purposes contemplated by the 3rd Section of the Act of 3 March 1855? If otherwise held, many otherwise meritorious claims must fail, as there probably remains no source from which other "Recorded Evidence" could be supplied.
Very Respectfully,
A. G. Brown
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Susannah Tippie, widow, Uriah Tippie
Boynton
March 1st, 1855
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 25487
Susannah Tippie, Widow of Uriah Tippie
Private, Rev. War
Act: Feb 3d 1853
Index: Vol. T, Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Ohio
Susannah Tippie
[illegible]
Boynton
Feb 1, 1855
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No. 6896
Susannah Tippie
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Athens Ohio Aug. 30, 1855.
Hon. J. Minot, Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I forward, as additional evidence, in the case of Susanna Tippie, Widow of Uriah Tippie, No. 6896, abstracts from the Secretary of States Office of Pennsylvania, showing the service of said Uriah Tippie in the war of the Revolution, which I trust will be considered sufficient to establish her right to a Warrant for 160 acres under the act of 3d March 1855. Proof of her Marriage was filed with her application for continuance of her husband's Pension under the Act of 1853, to which reference may be had, and will save the expense and trouble of procuring the same evidence again from a distance. If deemed requisite to procure a renewed copy of the Marriage Certificate from Washington County, please advise me accordingly.
Yours respectfully,
A.G. Brown
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No 5456
Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah
Let. to A. G. Brown, February 5, 1855
Act 53
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Athens, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1835
Hon. J. Minot, Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith I forward the application of Mrs. Susannah Tippie for an increase of Pension on account of the services of her late husband Uriah Tippie, in the war of the Revolution, with accompanying documents. The certificate from the Secretary of States Office of Pennsylvania shows a term of service of Seven months from June 15, 1780, to January 15, 1781. The abstract from the "General muster Roll of the Fourth Battalion of Northampton County Militia" of 14th May 1778, in which the name of said Uriah Tippie appears, does not specify any term of service, but his original Declaration, filed in 1833, states that he performed three tours of two months each, besides said term of seven months, making thirteen months in all, the deceased, though illiterate, was intelligent, and of undoubted veracity, and was doubtless correct in his general statements except probably in precise dates.  The name of Capt. VanEtten, for instance, was so pronounced by him, as to be mistaken for "Vannatta." The Secretary of Pa. states that many of the old papers and Rolls, have become scattered or deformed. We found the name of said Uriah Tippie with others to a Petition in 1779, apparently a remonstrance against some conduct of Col. Witzel in relation to the Northampton Battalion from which it is inferred said Tippie was [illegible] in service. The paper is too dilapidated to be intelligibly abstracted.
I hope Mrs. Tippie's application may receive favorable attention.
Respectfully,
A.G. Brown
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6034
160 acres
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No. 6896
Susannah Tippie, widow of Uriah Tippie, deceased
Additional evidence
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[Stamp: Sold by John C. Clark & Son, 63 Dock Street, Philadelphia]
(Extract No. 1.)
"A General Muster Roll of the Fourth Battalion of Northampton County Militia"
Field Officers:
Colonel: John Sigfried
Lieut. Col.: Nicholas Kern
Major: James Royd
Adjutant: Abraham Levan

Captain: John Ralstone
Lieutenants: 1st Adam Clendenin, 2dn Joseph Brown
Ensign: William Kerns
Privates Class No. 5.
No. 25: Thomas Horner
No. 26: James Cloyd
No. 27: Robert Doak
No. 28: Thomas Herron
No. 29: Uriah Tippe
No. 30: William Hasler, John Walker, James Doak
"1778, Received May 14th, Return of the Fourth Battalion of Northampton County Militia"
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(Extract No. 2)
"A Muster Roll of a Company of Volunteers Northampton County now in the Service of the United States commanded by John Van Etten Captain. Entered June 15th 1780"
Commissioned Officers:
1. Capt. Johannes Van Etten
2. 1st Lieut. John Fish
3. 2nd Lieut. John Myer
4. 1st Ensign Henry Bush

No. Sergeants
1. Thomas Johnston, Enlisted June 15th
2. Samuel Hellett, Enlisted June 15th
3. James Scoby, Enlisted June 15th

Privates
No. 55. Abraham Wisner, enlisted June 15th
No. 56. Uriah Tippy, enlisted June 15th
No. 57. Paul Reeser, enlisted June 15th
No. 58. Ballfer Weaver, enlisted June 15th

"The whole pay of the within Company is near about ₤ 1906"
"I do swear that the within muster Roll is a true State of the Company without fraud to the United or any individual to the best of my knowledge.
Johannes Van Etten, Captain
Mustered at Fort Penn January the 15th 1781 in the absence of the Muster Master.
Jacob Stroud
Lieut. Col.
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[Stamp: Sold by John C. Clark & Son, 63 Dock Street, Philadelphia]
(The following endorsement is made on the back of the above Return)
"Muster Roll of Captain Van Etten's Company of Seven months men in Northampton County 1781. January 15th"
Secretary's Office
Pennsylvania, SS.
I do hereby Certify that the above and foregoing are true and correct Extracts from the original papers as the same remain on file in this Office.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg this Twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five and of the Commonwealth the Eightieth.
John M. Sullivan
Deputy Secretary Commonwealth
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[Stamp: Sold by John C. Clark & Son, 63 Dock Street, Philadelphia]
"Muster Roll of Captain Van Ettens Company of Seven Months Men in Northampton County"
"A Muster Roll of a Company of Volunteers, Northampton County now in the service of the United States, Commanded by Johs. Van Etten, Captain, "
Commissioned Officers
1. Captain: Johannes Van Etten Entered June 15, 1780
2. 1st Lieut.: John Fish
3. 2nd Lieut.: John Myer
4. 1st Ensign: Henry Bush
Privates
No. 53: Peter McCoy, enlisted July 24th
No. 54: John Halum, enlisted July 24th
No. 55: Abraham Wisner, enlisted June 15th
No. 56: Uriah Tippy, enlisted June 15th
No. 57: Paul Reeser, enlisted June 15th
No. 58: Ballfer Weaver, enlisted June 15th
No. 59: George Steater, enlisted June 15th
I do swear that the within Muster Roll is a true state of the Company without fraud to the United States or any individual to the best of my knowledge.
Johannes Van Etten, Captain
Jacob Stroud, Lt. Col.
Mustered at Fort Penn January the 15th, 1781, in the absence of the Muster Master.
Jacob Stroud, Lt. Col.
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"A General Muster Roll of the Fourth Battalion of Northampton County Militia
Field Officers
Colonel: John Sigfried
Lieut. Colonel: Nicholas Kern
Major: James Boyd
Adjutant: Abraham Loran
Sixth Company
Captain: John Ralstone
First Lieutenant: Adam Clendenin
Second Lieutenant: Joseph Brown
Ensign: William Kerns
Class Fifth
Privates
No. 25. Thomas Horner
No. 26. James Cloyd
No. 27. Robert Doak
No. 28. Thomas Herron
No. 29. Uriah Tippe
No. 30. William Haslet"
"1778, Received May 14th, Returns of the Fourth Battalion of Northampton County Militia"
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Secretary's Office
Pennsylvania, Ss.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed are true and correct extracts from the original papers as the same remain on file in this office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five and of the Commonwealth the Eightieth.
John M. Sullivan
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth