Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7631, for Henry Stroop, Pennsylvania
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                  NUMBER
Continental (Pa)     Stroop, Henry      S.7631
CONTENTS
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26.473
Pennsylvania
Henry Stroop
[illegible] in the State of Pa
who was a Lt. in the Company command
by Captain of the [illegible] command
by Col [illegible] in the [illegible] 
line for [illegible]
[illegible]

scribed on the Roll of [ illegible] the
the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
pence on the 4th day of March 1831

ficate of Pension issued the 15 day of [illegible]
and [illegible]

[illegible] to the 4th of Mch 13   1200.0
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept  200.
[illegible]
recorded by
Vol

See letter to [illegible] A Ray
July 24, 1846
Let to [illegible] return 1837
Wm Damon Oct 20 18[illegible]
Same Dec 10/58
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Henry Stroop
17 April 1818.
Lieutenant
Admitted
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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
On this seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me, Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the
Pennsylvania District, personally appeared Henry Stroop of Delaware County who being duly sworn deposes and declares, that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common enemy as a Lieutenant in the army on the Continental Establishment
that on the day of A.D. 1777 at Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania he was commissioned as a Lieutenant of of a Company in the Regiment of Artillery Artificers of the Pennsylvania Lines on the Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Flowers and served untill the Regiment was disbanded the time of service of the men having expired in the year 1782, and he believes after Cornwallis surrendered he served as a volunteer during one Campaign in the Jerseys before entering into the United States service

That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, that he never has received, or  been allowed any Pension by the laws of the United States that he is a resident citizen of the
United States, and that his commission awas entrusted to [illegible] Master William Bowls who took it with him at York to procure a settlement and never retuned it
Henry Stroop

Sworn and subscribed this 17th day of April A. D. 1818 before me
Richard Peters
I am satisfied that the applicant is
indigent circumstances
Richard Peters
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Henry Stroop
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware
County being a Court of Record
I Henry Stroop aged about sixty Eight years do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Regiment of Artificers and Artillery Commanded by Colonel Benjamin Flowers of the Pennsylvania line - That I had a commission as a Lieutenant in said Regiment as set forth in my original declaration sealed as I believe on the 17th day of April 1818. Also that I am the same person to whom a Pension Certificate No 8548 hath been granted. And I do further 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 provision 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 in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me. Nor have I any Income or property other than the following. The necessary clothing and bedding for myself and family Excepted To Wit
One dining table Value  $5.--
One Breakfast table  Value 3.--
One Tea Table  Value 1.--
12 Chairs  Value 6.--
one Desk Value 4.--
One Eight day Clock Value 25--
And Irons, Shovel & tongs  Value 4.--
Two looking glasses  Value 4.--
6 Table & Tea Spoons of Silver Value 12.--
Carried forward   $64.00
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Amount brot forward $64.00
Tubs & buckets  1.50
Pots & Kettles 3.
Crockery ware 3.
One horse 20.
One Cow 20.
One Small Waggon 18.
Two Pigs small 1.75
one ten plate Stove 12.
and other small articles 3.
Total amount - $145.75
And I do further swear that I am by occupation
a House Carpenter, but am unable to do much labor, owing to my having a rupture, and the sinews of my fingers being contracted with Rheumatism. Also that my family consists of My Wife about Sixty five years of age and one Granddaughter about Eight years of age / my own Children Seven of them being of age and residing elsewhere.
(signed) Henry Stroop
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this Twenty Sixth day of July A.D. 1820
Benj Pearson
Prothy

July 26, 1820 It is the opinion of the Court
that the total value of the property in the aforegoing statement is one hundred and forty five Dollars and Seventy five cents
Benjamin Pearson
Prothy

Delaware County
Pennsylvania ss.
I Benjamin Pearson Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do certify that the said Court is a Court of Record accessing according to the course
of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction until
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meteal in amount, and keeping a Record of their proceedings. Also that the aforegoing is a true copy of the Original which remains filed of
Record in the said Court. Witness my hand
and the Seal of the said Court at Chester the
Twenty Ninth day of July A.D. 1820
Benjamin Pearson
Prothy

Delaware County ss.
Benjamin Pearson Esquire Being duly affirmed saith that Henry Stroop the aforegoing deponent did on the 26 day of July last and now doth reside in the Township of Upper Darby in said County.
Benjamin Pearson

Affirmed & Subscribed before me Sep. 27. 1820
John Caldwell
Justice of Peace
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Henry Stroop
Act 32
Pa Roll

Cole

Wm Damon
Pauliboro
Gloucester
N.J
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Know all men by these presents that I Charles Stroop of the Township of Greenwich in the County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, do make and appoint William Damon of
the Township County and State aforesaid, my attorney, for me and in my name and my use to demand [illegible] for and receive of the United States, or the representative or representation of the same or any other person or persons all debts due and demanded
whatsoever which are due and owing or of Right belonging unto me one of the children or heir of Henry Stroops Deceased and
to use all lawful means for the recovery thereof and to compound and agree for the same, and to do all other acts concerning the premises as fully in every respect as I myself could do,
if personally present.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this first day of June in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred and fifty five.
Charles Stroop
Sealed and delivered 
in the presence of
James M. Wolf

26473
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June 18th 1855
The Commissioner of Pensions will please [illegible] William Damon to act as my agent in reference to the claim, to which the within Power of Attorney applies.
Charles Stroon
Witness present
James M. Wolf
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This is to certify that in reviewing the Marriage
Record of the German Reformed Congregation in the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, I find the following entry viz
November17th 1774
Henry Stroop Susanna George according to
said entry it appears that Henry Stroop
and Susanna George were united in the bounds of matrimony by the then Paster of the said Congregation on the seventeenth day of November AD one thousand seven hundred and seventy four
Witness my hand and the seal of the said
Congregation this eighteenth day of February A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
G S Higle, Secretary
of the G. R. Congregation
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
July 16, 1926
M.D.
Mr. Frank F. Bell
920 Santa Fe Bldg.
Dallas, Texas
Sir:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, 8. 7631, that HENRY STROOP served as a volunteer during a campaign in the Jerseys, no officers or date stated. After said service and sometime in 1777 he was commissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Lieutenant in Colonel Benjamin Flower's Continental Regiment of Artillery Artificers and served until sometime in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818 at which time he was about sixty-six years of age and was living in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was not living June 1, 1855, but the date of his death is not given.
He married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1774, Susanna George who was born about 1755. There were seven children, all of whom were of age in 1820 and in that year reference was made to a granddaughter
aged eight years, her name not stated. The only child's name that is stated is that of Charles Stroop who lived in Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1850.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Henry Stroop
D
Pa ad 1832
Cole
Anderson [crossed out]
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[information too light to read]
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Admitted
St. Artillery
Artificers $400.
drop from roll under
Act 18 March 1818
A. Ray Esqr
Present
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766
Henry Stoop
[illegible] Ogden
M R Nourse Sub
with declaration
Presented 9 Aug 1828
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District of Columbia,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SCT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden the Attorney mentioned in the annexed power from Henry Stroop do hereby constitute and appoint M R Nourse my true and lawful Attorney and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the said Henry Stroop was granted. 

Witness my hand and seal this eighth day of August 1828

WITNESS: J.L. Brightwell
Aaron Ogden L.S.

BE IT KNOWN, That on this eighth day of August 1828, personally appeared before me, MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public, the above named Iron Ogden, and acknowledged
the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed
[illegible[
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Revolutionary Claims.
(C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Stroop of Darby in the county of Delaware in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Col Aaron Ogden my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a Lieutenant in the Artillery regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred twenty eight
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
A  Pettite

Henry Stroop (L.S.)
John [illegible]
Before me, Andrew Petteteand [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in the City of
Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Henry Stroop
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this second day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty eight.
A Pettite [illegible]

I John Conrad Clerk of the Court of the county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Andrew Pettit before whom the foregoing power of attorney, was acknowledged, is an Alderman of the City of Philadelphia.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the (L.S)
said Court, this second day of August in the year 1828
John Conrad
Clerk

[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, Michael Nourse, Noty Public in the  county of Washington in the District of Columbia personally appeared this day, [illegible] Nourse [illegible] the attorney
named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this [illegible] seal this 9th day of August in the year 1828
[illegible]
[illegible]
I, Clerk of the Court of the County of in the State of do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing affidavits sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
[L. S.] said Court, this day of
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Henry Stroops
Declaration
with [illegible]
to
A Ogden
M R Nourse / Sub
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Revolutionary Claims.
A.
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved on the 18th of May, 1828, I, Henry Stroop of Darby in the county of Delaware, in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such [See footnote: *] to the end of the War at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Artillery regiment of the Pennsylvania line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation
certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, [See footnote: +] Four hundred & Eighty dollars
[Signed] Henry Stroop
Witness my hand this second day of August
in the year One thousand Eight hundred twenty eight
[Signed] Henry Stroop
Before me, [See footnote: &] Andrew Pettite An Alderman of the of city of Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared this day,
Homer Mark appeared this day Henry Stroop Martin Porter and John Fisher, of the said county, who did severally make oath that Henry Stroop, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this second day of August
in the year one thousand Eight hundred thirty eight
[Signed] A Pettite
[illegible]
I, John Conrad, Clerk of the Court of the County of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify, that Andrew Pettit, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, an aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this second day of August A.D. 1828
[Signed] John Conrad
Clerk
*Here insert, To the end of the war, or (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement.
+Here insert, The sum of
dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of. If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
&A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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S Anderson
for
H Stroop

Recd 25 Feb 1879
774
M Sysbury Dickens
Chief Clerk

Treasury Department
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House of Rep
Feby 24th 1829-
Sir
Enclosed you will receive a copy
of the declaration of Henry Stroop
as he wishes to know if he is entitled
to the benefit of the law past last May
making provision for certain officers
and soldiers of the revolution
An answer is respectfully solicited
Most respectfully
Saml Anderson

Mr. S. Dickens
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To
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washinton City
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Phila [Philadelphia] July 12th 1834
Sir
You will be pleased to consider
me as relinquishing my pension under the
act of March 18. 1818 for the purpose of
obtaining the benefits of 7th June 1832
I entered the service in 1777 as a Lieut.
and was attached to Col. Benjamin
Flowers Regt of Artillery Artificers and
continued therein until the surrender
of Cornwallis, when we were discharged
and I retired, considering myself subject, and willing to take the Field
again should my services be required
in the acquisition of independance
I herewith return my petition certificate granted me under the former Act.
and have to request that the amount
which may be due under the act
of June 1832 be paid to my attorney Henry Hazel Esqr.
I have recd
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my pension under the act of March
18th 1818 up to the 4th March 1834 from
the Bank of the U. States at Philadela [Philadelphia]
and declare that my name appears on
no other agency
I am most Respectfully
Your most [illegible]
Henry Stroop
to
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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8548
Pennsylvania
Henry Stroop
of Delaware cy [county] in the State of Pennsyla [Pennsylvania]
who was a lieutenant in the regiment commanded by lonel [Colonel] Flowers
of the Pennsylva [Pennsylvania] ne, [line[
for the term of five years
nscribed [Inscribed] on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20. Dollars per month, to commence the 17 of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of March 19, and sent to the pensioner at
Chester, Delaware Co., Pa.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. 211.91
Semi-anl [annual] all'ce [allowance] ending 4. Sept. 1819  120.
$331.91
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
See letter 5 Sept 1828 to Sec. of War

Continued

Decree copied for Hen And
Feb 23 1829
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Washington May 21, /55
Sir
Having been authorized by Power of Atty to 
make enquiry relatin to a
Claim for additional pay and County land
Supposed or believed to be due the heirs of Henry Stroop and late a Pensioner resident of the State of Pa (and from which state he drew his pension) I respectfully request that a
report may be made to me in the case
whether said heirs are entitled to bounty land or
commentation pay. upon my return from
Charleston S.C. and the presentation of my authority which will then be produced
William Darmon
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Nothing is due
He recd
all he was entitled to as
pension and was not entitled 
to land
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Delaware County ss

Personally appeared before me Hugh Lloyd Esq. a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Delaware George Seville and Doct Morris C Shallcross two respectable Citizens of said County who being by me duly qualified according to Law doth depose and say that they are well acquainted with Henry Stroop the within applicant and do verily believe that he is in reduced circumstances in life and that he needs the assistance of his Country for Support, and, that full faith and credit may be given to any statement he may have made in oath relative to the present application for a pension, to the best of his knowledge and belief 
[signed] Geo. Seville
[signed] Morris C Shallcross 

Affirmed and Subscribed by the said George Seville and Morris C Shallcross before me this Second day of February A.D. 1819
[signed] Hugh Lloyd

Whereupon it appearing to the satisfaction of the subscriber a Judge before whom the aforegoing deposition was taken that Henry Stroop is in reduced circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Country for support, I do therefore transmit the testimony in this case to the Secty of the Department of War of the United States Witness my hand this Second day of February 1819.
[signed] Hugh Lloyd
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Delaware County ss.
I Benjamin Pearson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Do Certify that Hugh Lloyd Esquire
before whom the within depositions were taken is and was at the time of taking the same
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and authorised. And that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such. And that the name of Hugh Lloyd thereto subscribed is the proper signature of the said Hugh Lloyd Esquire. Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Chester in said
County the second day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Benjn Pearson
Prothy

I Benjamin Pearson above named do certify that I have been for more than twenty years well acquainted with Henry Stroop whom it is said is an applicant for a pension from the Government of the United States for services rendered as a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution and verily believe that full faith and credit may be given to any fact which he may have stated on Oath or Affirmation
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and I do further certify that I know he is in reduced Circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for Support. Witness my hand Feb 2 1819.
Benjn Pearson

I State the fact that Henry Stroop is in bad circumstances and is in need of assistance from
his Country for Support.
Feb. 1819

Judge U.S. East Dist of [Pennsylvania]
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
next in Pennsylvania,
at the Bank of the
United States
Phila [Philadelphia]
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, Henry Stroop of Delaware County, Penna [Pennsylvania] late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and Eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of March one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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John Robb Esq
Chief Clerk
Pension Office

Mr. Gordon
Will please say whether this man was
entitled to or received land
R Sedder
[illegible] Sec
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Washington D.C
December 8th 1858
Hon. George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Will you please call up the case of Henry Stroop of Pennsylvania under the Act of June 7th 1832. and let me know its condition
Respectfully your
Obt [Obediant] Servant
William Damon
Pension Office [illegible]
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The name of Henry Stroop, is not returned
on the list of Revolutionary Officers among
those entitled to, or who have received Bounty
and from the U. States, nor does his name
appear on the Records of the Penna [Pennsylvania] Continental line or on any record in this [illegible] as an officer or private of the Corps of Artillery artificers of the Revolution.
Room No 18
Dec 10/58
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1913 [illegible] Hist. to Katherine Hills S.L.M.
1926 July 16 list to Mr. Frank T Bell.
See letter in case of John Stroop S MCS
1926 July 30. Photo of 12 pages [illegible] to Mr. Frank F. Bell. MHF

Rev War
7631
INVALID

File No. 7631
Henry Stroop
Lieut Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1 B, Page 359
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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[notepaper]
[stamped upper left] U.S. Pension Office Jan 17 1913]

1315 Riggs St N.W.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir, 
I have an ancestor, who was a revolutionary soldier, whose pension record I would like very much to have, Henry Strope of Pennsylvania. I think he was a Lieut. any information, your records may give concerning him, will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly
Miss Katherine Hills
Jan 16th 1913

[written along left edge] P. S. Henry Strope lived in N.Y. State at one time
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Request for Photostating   3-2006
(To be prepared in duplicate.)    Ex. AWF

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 3720  Date July 26 '26
Subject Rev. War cl. S. 7631 Henry Stroop
1 copies of 6 pieces consisting of 12 pages to be
forwarded when completed to the Rev. 1 1812
Division.
Remarks:
Approved:
MMFinch
acting Chief Division.
Chief Clerk.
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6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
July 22 1926
Chief Rev. Sect.
I have this day received from
Frank F Bell
M O. [Money Order] No. 27836
for $5.00 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith
Certified copies of 12 pages mailed July 30, 1926 and Finance Div notified also that $2.95 to be returned to sender.
MMF

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
HCL
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[letterhead]
UVALDE PAVING COMPANY
Builders of Roads and Pavements
920 SANTA FE BUILDING
THE UVALDE ROCK ASPHALT PAVEMENT
Dallas, Texas

[stamped] Finance Division Jul 22 1926 Bureau of Pensions

[typewritten letter]
July 17, 1926.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I wrote you about two months ago on the following matter, and have not had the courtesy of an acknowledgement or reply, but presume that you have no authority to answer letters without sufficient funds to cover said cost. [hand written: history furnished July 16]

I desire complete data concerning the application for pension, beneficiaries and payment to whom and copies of all papers connected therewith in the matter of Lieut. Henry Stroop [handwritten note above name "37631"], Delaware County, Pa., Artillery Artificer, Continental Army, Revolutionary War. He served from 1778 for two and half or three years, and perhaps before that time. 
[handwritten note left margin - "12 pages to be copied"] 
I also desire the same data on Isaac Attmore [ handwritten note above name "AW no Rev, no Old War"], (sometimes spelled with one "T") in the war of 1812. He was in the First Company, First Brigade, 3rd Division, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
If you cannot give me the above information, please advise where and how I can get it. I desire this information in order to complete some family genealogical records.
Enclosed you will find money order for $5.00 to cover the cost of this service and self-addressed, stamped envelope for your reply.
Yours very truly
Frank F Bell
[stamped left lower margin] U.S. Pension Office Jul 20 1926]

FFB-Mc

UVALDE ROCK ASPHALT 
Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
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July 30, 1926

Frank F. Bell
920 Santa Fe Bldg.,
Dallas, Texas

Sir:
I have to advise you that you are herewith furnished photostat copies, certified, of original papers in Revolutionary War pension claim of Henry Stroop, S. 7631, the cost of which is $2.05 (twelve pages, fifteen cents per page, twenty-five cents for certification), and $2.95, the balance due you on Money Order for $5.00, forwarded to this Bureau by you, will be returned to you in due course, by Chief Disbursing Clerk, Interior Department.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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RECORD DIVISION.
3 - 525,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., , 19
In reply to your request of, received for a statement of the military history of Henry Stroop a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau,
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1782
RANK.
Lieut.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN,
COLONEL.
Benjamin Fleming
Continental Regt
of Artillery Artificers
STATE.

Also served at [illegible] volunteer during one campaign in the [illegible] no officers or dates stated.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Apr [illegible] 1818 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Delaware Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, [illiegibe] Died previous June 1855.
Remarks: Soldier was in Philadelphia Penn. Nov. 17, 1774 Susanna George. In 1830 his wife is believed to [illegible] old and there were [illegible] children all of [illegible] and a granddaughter [illegible] There are no records of children other than Charles who lived in Greenwich, Gloucester Co. NJ [illegible]

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
8- 2856
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C W Advit
Inv File
#7631
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Henry Stroop Lieut
Arty Penn. Line
Delaware
To Record. Ref or old Books
Invalid - Wid.
#7631 Adt-Fin
OK
Not allowed Act 1828
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766   774
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,
3 Sept 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Henry Stroop 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 commission, and, if so, what commission, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an
application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension or what other
evidence has been exhibited to that Department of his having been an officer in the Continental line, and of the time of his service
Richard Ruth
The Hon. the SECRETAR
OF WAR.
Letter from the War Department 6 September 1828
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766
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 23. 1828
Henry Stroop of Darby in the County of Delaware, in the State of 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 army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end
of the war, at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Artillery regiment of the Pennsylvania
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, 480) dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of (not stated)
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
26th August 1828
[The following paragraph was crossed out: "It appears by the records in this office that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to
in the line, amounting to"]

It further appears that Henry Stroop is now on the pension list of the Pennsylvania agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
The Revolutionary records in this Office
furnish no information whatever in relation to
the services of Lieutenant Henry Stroop of the
Pennsylvania line-
Peter Hagner Aud
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Media Delaware County Pa
October 21st 1852
Hon. J G Heath Com of Pensions
Sir
the heirs of Henry Stroop requested me to make enquiry whether he is entitled to any computation or back pay or any allowance whatever made to him by law or [illegible] as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Mr Stroop was a Soldier in said war in the
Regiment of Artificers and Artillery commanded by Col. Benjamin Flowers of the Penna [Pennsylvania] line, and held a Commission as a Lieutenant in [illegible]
Regt and to whom  a pension Certificate No
8548 hath been granted. He has been dead some years since.
Any information respecting the claims of the Heirs will be thankfully rec' [received] by them
and oblige
Your Obt Servt [Your Obedient Servant]
Joseph Weaver