Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,366, for Tobias Sype, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Penn. Sype. Tobias W, 3.366
Aumney
or Anna Maria
CONTENTS
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22671
Pennsylvania
Tobias Sype
of York in the State of Penn. 
who was a Private in Co. commanded by Captain Quiggle of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Penn. line for 6 1/2 mos. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Penn. 
at the rate of 21. Dollars 60 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov. 1833 and Lieut. David Corey. York, PA

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. 5417
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34

54.17
10.83
____
$65.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer, Clerk, Book E, Vol. five, Page 53
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7111 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Aumney Sype, 
widow of Tobias Sype, 
who was a Private, in the Pennsa Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 64
cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued in the 7 day of July 1846 and sent to David Corey
York Pennsa

[Act of March 3, 1843]
[illegible] 1844
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2 Page 116
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York County State of Penn

Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please of said County Tobias Sype. Who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed the 7th of June A.D. 1832. That he entered into the service of the United States about the 1st of July 1776 in Capt. Quiggles company in York County Penn, Col. Swopes Battalion for three months he having been drafted for that term of time that he marched through Lancaster & Chester Counties to Philadelphia thence through Trenton, Princeton, Brunswick, Elizabethtown & Newark to Fort Lee where he remained in service until the 16th of November 1776 and was then honorably discharged at Fort Lee immediately after the Battle of Fort Washington having served about four months and 16 days which discharge he has lost. That he was again drafted in A.D. 1782 in Capt. Pennington's company at York to guard and keep secure the British prisoners at a place called Camp Security in the County of York and served for two months and was honorably discharged by Captain Pennington which discharge he has lost, that he actually served in the Revolutionary War six months and a half and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, that he is 72 years of age and has resided in York County from his birth, that Philip Miller can testify to his service and [illegible] and known in his present neighborhood can testify as for his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present. 

Tobias  Sype
X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me 

Geo. Barney
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We Geo. Schmucker clergyman residing in the borough of York and Lewis Shive residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Tobias Sype who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood that he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Geo. Barney
G. Schmucker
Lewis Shive

York County SS
Philip Miller Personally appeared before me aged 82 who being duly sworn doth depose and say that the above mentioned Tobias Sype was drafted in York County about the first of July 1776 in captain Quiggle's company and that he did serve in the manner and for the length of time in colonel Swope's battalion by him mentioned in his declaration that the deponent was drafted at the same time and served in the company the same length of time and that he did serve two months in Capt. Quiggle's Comp [illegible]

Geo. Barney
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Ques. by Judge State the names of some of the Regulars who were with the troops where you served such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service

Answer I do not recollect the name of any of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where I served. I was acquainted with Sol. Swipe, Captain Dirt, Capt. Long and Capt. Snyder, Capt. McDonald all officers of Col Swopes Battalion. I was also with Major Austen who commanded the fort and Camp Security and Capt Pennington and Capt. Ford.

Ques. by Judge Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it

Answer I received two several discharges one signed by Capt. Quiggle and the other signed by Capt. Pennington which discharges I have lost

Ques. by Judge State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution

Answer Andrew Marlborn Jacob Leel Michael Welt George Sydle all can testify to my character and their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution

Sworn to and subscribed before me this second day of February 1833

Geo. Bounty
Tobias Sype X his mark
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Pennsylvania
York County, SS

I, John W Hetrick, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that the honorable George Barmitz, before whom the amended declaration was made and depositions were taken, is and was, at the time of signing his name thereto, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please aforesaid, and as such is duly commissioned and qualified, and declares the signatures to the same, to be in his proper handwriting 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court and York Borough, this 14 day of September 1833

John W. Hetrick [illegible]
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[illegible]
[illegible, possibly German?]
[illegible] 17
law 1784
[illegible]
[illegible] D 7
[illegible] 1786
[illegible] 
[illegible] 21
1787
[illegible] 
[illegible] 20
1789
[illegible]
[illegible] 2 october
1791
[illegible]
[illegible] 2 [illegible]
1793
[illegible]
1795
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State of Pennsylvania York County

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County John Sype who being by me duly sworn according to law says he is the son of Tobias Sipe & Aumney Sipe is his Mother and that his father Tobias Sype was a United States Pensioner at the rate of Twenty one Dollars and Sixty Seven Cents per annum and that he died on May 20th 1839 in York County Pennsylvania, and that the present is now fifty two years of age, that he was born in October in the year 1791


Sworn to and subscribed May 20th 1843 before John Wilson
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York County

I John A. Wilson a Justice of the Peace in & for the Said County do certify that the Written Named John Sype is worthy of the full credit on his Oath or otherwise. In Witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal at York in the Said County the May 20th 1843

John A. Wilson Seal
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

On this 20th day of May AD 1843 Personally appeared before me the subscribed President Judge of the Court York & Adams Counties in the States of Pennsylvania Aumney Sype a resident of said county aged Years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her declared oath make the following declaration in order to claim the Benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 and the Act of Congress passed thereby March 3 1843 [illegible] entitled in that granting half pay of pensions to certain widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Tobias Sype who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War on the Pennsylvania line as specified in her former declaration now in the Pension Office and that he was a pensioner of the United States in York Court and a Resident of said County and was allowed a pension of twenty one dollars & Sixty Seven Cents per annum. She further declares she was married to him the said Tobias Sype in December 1783 as stated in her former declaration now in the Pension Office, by Parson [illegible] a Clergyman of the Lutheran Church at York, Pa who that her husband the aforesaid Tobias Sype died on the [illegible] day of May 1839 that she was not married to him prior to him leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January AD 1794 as the [ilegible] above stated That the [illegible] is a true record of her Children's Ages born to Tobias Super her husband Taken from the [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of May AD 1843

D Durkee
Aumney Sype X her mark
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State of Pennsylvania 
York County SS.

I William Ilgenfritz Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that  Hon. Daniel Durkee before home the within deposition was taken etc. was the presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. And do also certify that John A. Wilson Esq. before whom the foregoing and annexed depositions were taken is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signatures to said purporting to be his are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of said court May 20th 1843
W. Ilgenfritz Prot.
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Translation

In re: Tobias SYPE
W 3366
Rev. War. 

The following is a translation of the attached leaf in German script:

Toby (?) Serb

A daughter born to the world on September 17, 1784
A daughter born to the world on September 7, 1786.
A daughter born to the world on April 21, 1787. 
A son born to the world on November 20, 1789. 
A son born to the world on October 2, 1791. 
A son born to the world on January 3, 1793. 
A son born to the world on January 1, 1795.
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February 10, 1938

Mr. C.H. Hunter
1214 Grant Street
Evanston, Illinois
RA-J/EEL
Christopher Sype - S. 40551
Tobias Sype - W.3366

Dear Sir; 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 40552, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Christopher Sype. 

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Christopher Sype are not shown. 

Christopher Sype enlisted at Bedford, Pennsylvania, in 1777, served as fifer in Captain Harvey's Company, under Colonel Piper in the Pennsylvania troops; his company was engaged in the recruiting service and recruited cerebral hundred soldiers in different parts of Pennsylvania for service in the Pennsylvania regiments. He was discharged in 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 8, 1828, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and resided in York County, Pennsylvania. He stated that he received a pension of $40.00 per annum from the state of Pennsylvania. 

He died October 10, 1832, place not shown. 

There are no data as to the family of Christopher Sype. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Christopher Sype (S. 406551) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Christopher Sype, Certificate No. 20165, issued June 10, 1830, rate $8 per month, commenced January 1, 1828, Acts of March 18,
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1818, and May 1, 1820, Pennsylvania Agency. 
......
Tobias Sype
W. 3366 Copied from Asl. F. 


The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3366, based upon the service in that war of Tobias Sype. 

Tobias Sype (Seib) was born in 1761 in York County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given. 

While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, Tobias Sype enlisted July 1, 1776 in Captain Quiggle's Company, Colonel Swope's Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged November 16, 1776. He served in 1782, two months in Captain Pennington's Company, guarding British prisoners at Camp Security, in York County, Pennsylvania. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 2, 1833, then a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, where he had always lived. 

He died May 17, 1839. 

Tobias Sype married in December 1783, in York Pennsylvania, Aumney or Anna Maria, her maiden name not stated, nor date and place of her birth. 

Soldier's widow Aumney (Anna Maria) Sype, was allowed pension on her application executed September 13, 1839, at which time she was about seventy-four years of age and living in York County, Pennsylvania, 

The following data relative to the children of Tobias and Aumney or Anna Maria Sype are shown:

A daughter...born September 17, 1784
A ""... 7, 1786.
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Children of Tobias and Aumney or Anna Maria Sype, continued: 

A daughter...born April 21, 1787. 
A son..." "November 20, 1789. 
A "' ...October 2, 1791. 
A ""...January 2, 1793. 
A ""... 1, 1795. 

In 1839, their daughter, Elizabeth Syple (?), of York County, Pennsylvania, was about fifty-four years of age, and their son John Sype, was of York County, in 1843 and stated that he was born in October, 1791. Names of the other children are not designated. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid ad possible the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Aumney Sype, widow of Tobias Sype (W. 3366), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Aumney Sype, widow of Tobias Sype, Certificate No. 7582, issued August 29, 1843, rate $21.67 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1836, Pennsylvania Agency. 
......

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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7582
Pennsylvania

Aumney Sype widow of Tobias Sype who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17th May 1839 of York Co. in the State of Penn who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Quiggle of the ______ commanded by ______ in the Pennsylvania line for 6 1/2 Months

Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 21 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of August 1845 and sent to David Corey Wilkesbarre, Penn. 

Whole amount due...$108.35

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 165

Let to David Corey June 7th 1845
Date of death not on AB
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Payments to be made at Philadelphia by PA US. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Pennsylvania

Capt. Quiggle
Col. Swope Battalion

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol 5. Page 53 by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United Stated of the 7th June, 1832, Tobias Sype of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty one dollars and sixty-seven cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. 

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Aumney Sype
Pa
Act 7 July 1838


W.D. Allison
Prest
Mar 31, 1843
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

Personally appeared before me the
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7190

Aumney Sype

Act 3rd March 1843 and 17 June 1844

No 719

Admt $21.67 per ann
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

On this 21 day of April AD 1845 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, county aforesaid Aumney Sype, a resident of said count aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. 

That she is the widow of Tobias Sype who was a United States pensioner of York County and state aforesaid dec'd and the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 was twenty one dollars and sixty seven cents per annum.

She further declares that she still remains a widow.

[illegible] Sype alias Aumney Sype

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.

Samuel M Barnitz
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Pennsylvania
York County

I William Ilgenfritz, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that Samuel M Barnitz Esq before whom the within deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was at the time of doing the same, and as such Justice of the Peace is duly commissioned and qualified and that the within signature purporting to be his, are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at York, this 2 May AD 1845

W Ilgenfritz
Pro
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York, May 7 1845

Sir:

Herewith I send you the documents in the case of Anna M Sype to obtain and a pension for one year up to the 4th March 1844 and continue her name on the pension roll agreeable to the Act of Congress of 17 June 1841.  There is now two years pay due her under the Acts of Congress of 1843 and 4.  She has never received one payment for the Five years pay under the Act of 1838.  You can send me her pension certificate to enable her to obtain the balance due her.

David Corey
Ag for A M Sype

J L Edwards

I Samuel N Barnitz Esq before whom the within deposition was taken do hereby certify that I am a descendant of the Germans and am conversant with the German language and that the name of Aumney is an abbreviation of Anna Maria.  That the name of Anna Maris Sype and Aumney Sype is the same name and person, and that I know her to be the same person, who drew a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838

Witness my hand the 11th day of June 1845

Saml M Barnitz
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I George Barnitz Esqr one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas in & for said County of York and State of
Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Aunry [Aumney] Sykes 
is not able to attend or appear in oppen [open] Court in consequence
of Bodily infirmity
York September 13 1839  Geo. Barnitz

State of Pennsylvania County of York} ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber
[illegible] One of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas
in for said County Sovina Miller
a Credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to
law saith that she is well acquainted with Aumry
Sype and was also well acquainted Tobias Sype dec [deceased] 
And that in the year 1784 in December She was
married to Tobias Sype as she was Credibly informed
by them deponant was not present at the time but knows
they lived together as man & wife from the time they were [illegible] 
untill he died    Sworn to & Subscribed before this 14th Sep 1839
Geo. Barnitz     Lovina [her * mark] Miller

Know all men by these presents that I Aumry Sype
of York County Pennsylva [Pennsylvania] do make constitute and
appoint David Corey of York Pa to receive my pension
Certificate from the Secretary of War 
Aumry [her X] Sype 
[drawing of a round seal with the word seal written inside]

Witness my hand and Seal
this 13 day of September 1839
Geo. Barnitz

State of Pennsylvania County of York } SS
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the
Judges of the Court of Comm Pleas in and for
said County Aumry Sype and Acknowledged the 
foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free Act and deed
for the uses & purposes therein mention in
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
Geo. Barnitz   [drawing of a round seal with the word seal written inside]

[in the bottom margin, written sideways...]
216.70
_______
10

21/75
______
108.35
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State of Pennsylvania }
County of York }
On this 13 day of September A Domine 1839
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County
of York and State of Pennsylvania Aumney Sype
a resident of said County aged 74 years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make this
following declaration in order to Obtain the provisions made
by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled an Act
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she
is the widow of Tobias Sype decd and that he died May 17
1839 And that he was a United States pensioner as will appear
by his pension Certificate dated 29th day of November 1833
And signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War

She further declares she was married to the Said Tobias Sype
December 1783 by person [parson] Kertz a Clergyman of the Luthran [Lutheran] 
Church at York, and that she has no Record of her marriage
nor is their [there] any record to be found on the Church book 
Parson Kertz & Marriages at the time she was married
And that she Still remains the widow of Tobias Sype and has 
not been married since his death and that she was not
maried [married] to him prior to his leaving the Service but the
mariage [marriage] took place previous to the 1st of January one
thousand seven hundred and ninety four
Viz At the time above stated [crossed out: and that]
{Aumney [her X mark] Sype

Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 13th day of September
A Domine 1839
Geo. Barnitz
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[large X] 6176
Aumney Sype
of Tobias
Pennsylvania

Act 7, July '38
admd.
mo 6.15 - [illegible]

$21.67.

David Corey
Wilkesbarre
Pa
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State of 
Pennsylvania
York County SS
I John W Hetrick Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do certify
that George Barnitz, Esq before whom the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledgements were taken is and was at
the time of taking and certifying the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such, and I further believe the signature to the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at York this 30th day of September AD 1839
John W Hetrick
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsyl
County of York
Personally appeared before me the Subscribe
(illegible) one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for County Elizabeth Sype a credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that she is the daughter of Amney Sype and that her father Tobias Sype died May 17th 1839 and that she was born in the year 1785 and is now fifty four years of age and knew they lived together as man and wife from deponents' infancy until he died. Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 17 September A D 1839
Elizabeth Syple

Geo Barnitz
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Amey Sype
allowed under
Act 7 July 1838
18. Sep 1843
Despe Amney Sype
Act 1838
W Allison
Pres
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Will Mr. Edwards be pleased
to have the pension certificate returned
from Wilkesbarre and enclosed to me.
Mr. Corey has requested it to be delivered
to me.  If suffered to remain in the
Wilkesbarre P. Office, it would be returned
in due time as a dead letter.

Respectfully
Wm Allison
Sept 16. 1843
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[on the left, written sideways..]
Wm L Allison
Sept 11, 43  Prest.

[written in the center of the page..]
certificate issued [illegible] sent
to D Corey.  Wilkesbarre Pa
[illegible initials]


[on the right, written sideways..]
Aumney Sype
Pa
Art 38 rejected
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Aumney Sype, Pa. Act 7 July 1838
rejected case. I am requested to
have this case reported to me
Some additional proof has been exhibited
Wm L Allison
Sep. 11, [illegible number]
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[illegible word stamp]
[partially illegible round stamp reading: LKESBAR (WILKESBARRE) ]

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D C 

[handwritten sideways on the left...]
See 6203
June 22nd 1843
Pa.
July 7, 1838

Mary Innois
Aumney Sype
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Wilksbarre June 16 1843

Sir
Enclosed I send you the documents in support of the Claim
of Mrs Mary Innais to obtain her a pension will you Examine 
them in there [their] turn and let me know the Result, If all is 
Satisfactory Grant her a pension and send it to me at York.  
I am now in Wilkesbarre but shall return home in a few days
I also Send you the Second declaration of Mrs Aumney Sype 
Mr Allinson will go call on you for an Answer to her Claim
for a pension Jacob Innais the husband of Mary Innais
was a U States pensioner and died in York County as stated
in her declaration & there is no marriage records in Either place
where they were maried [married] Respecfully your Obt Svt [Obedient Servant]

Hon J L Edwards }
David Corey
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Sir
Therewith I return you the Claim of [illegible] Aumney Sype with the explanation in relation to her Christian name, Twas her right to obtain her pension certificate and did obtain it, and afterwards was present when she signed a power of atty to obtain the amt due. Thereon, and acknowledge the same before John A. Wilson, Esq. I think twas a witness to it.  I think I wrote the power of attorney myself. The first letter I wrote in her name I intend for A not D which would make Aumney instead Dumney Sype I was agent for Tobias Sype her husband and obtained his pension and since his death I have been her agent and know her to the same person she represents today to be and the same person that did draw a pension under the Act July 7th, 1838.
Yours with respect
David Corey
Hon I L. Edwards Esq.
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28486(crossed out)  22,671
Tobias Sype
Penn-a
Adm b. mo 15 days
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered.

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
Days. 

Rank of the claimant. 

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.

Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service.

Proof by with the declaration is supported. 

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming 
 the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
On this  ___  day of  ___   personally appeared (a) before  ___   A. B. a resident (b) of  ___  in the count of   
 ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ years, 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___, with  ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:  

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [hand with pointing finger icon] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  ____  A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I _________ of the Court of _______
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of  _______ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
 _____ day of _____ & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ 
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
 _____ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, 
resident in the _____  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident 
in the _____ 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____ 
Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
 _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ____ day of _____ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?} 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the apartment to determine to what amount of pension he is entited. In a case where the applicant, by by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his tion he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For____year____months, and____days, I served as a ____. For____months and____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" [in italics]. is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. [all in italics] In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [all in italics] [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses [entire phrase underlined by hand] and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. ☞ Then the notes from [a] to [i] area all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Amney Sype
Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let. 3 January 1840 to D. Covey
husband died after the passage of the lot
of 7 July  1883. 
Let to W.S. Allison 28th Apl 1843

Act 7 July 1838
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TRANLATION

In re: Tobias SYPE
3566
Rev. War.

The following is a translation of the attached leaf in German script:
Toby ( ? ) Seib
A daughter born to the world on September 17, 1784.
A daughter born to the world on September 7, 1786.
A daughter born to the world on April 21, 1787.
A son born to the world on November 20, 1789.
A son born to the world on October 2, 1791.
A son born to the world on January 3, 1793.
A son born to the world on January 1, 1795.

From German by Matteossian 1/26/37
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 33.66
Amney Sype
Widow
Tobias Sype
Pri. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 21st.

(Arrangement of 1870.)

Jan 28 list to Henry (illebile)
and
Feb. 10 list fur
H. Hunter, Elias
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF YORK COUNTY
Founded 1895
York, Pennsylvania
December 18, 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly let us know what personal
records you have for Tobias Sype of York County,
Pennsylvania who was granted a pension in 1833 for services in the Revolution?
Very truly yours
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY
H.J. Young
H. S. Young, Researcher

HJY: S
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C. H. HUNTER
1214 GRANT STREET
EVANSTON ILLINOIS

December 28th, 1937.

Nelson Vance Russell, Chief
Division of Reference,
The National Archives,
Washington, D. C.

Tobias Sipe,
Rev. Soldier
Pennsylvania
Captain Peter Trines Company.

My Dear Mr. Russell.
TOBIAS SIPE, son of Charles Sipe (or Carl Seib)
As of record in York County History as having
listed in Captain Peter Trines' Company. No other
information at hand.
The particulars we desire for our family record, is
the name of his father and mother; the date and place of his birth date and place of his death, name of wife; names of his children, and date of enlistment, etc.
Sincerely,
G. Hunter
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January 27, 1937

Tobias Sype
W. 3366
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Henry J. Young Historical Society of York County
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Tobias Sype of York County, Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
pension claim, W. 3366, based upon the service of Tobias Sype in the Revolutionary War.
Tobias Sype (Seib) was born in the year 1761
in York County, Pennsylvania. The names of his
parents were not given.
While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania,
he enlisted July 1, 1776, served in Captain Quiggle's company, Colonel Swope's Pennsylvania regiment, and
was discharged November 16, 1776. He served in 1782, two months in Captain Pennington's company, guarding British prisoners at Camp Security in York County,
Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed, February 2, 1833, then a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, where he had always lived. He died May 17, 1839.
Tobias Sype married in the month of December 1783 in York, Pennsylvania, Aumney or Anna Maria. Her maiden name is not stated, nor date and place of
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birth.
The widow, Aumney (Anna Maria) Sype, was allowed
pension on her application executed, September 13,
1839, at which time she was about seventy-four years
of age and living in York County, Pennsylvania, where
she continued to live in 1845.
The following data relative to the children of 
Tobias Sype and his wife, Aumney or Anna Maria, are 
found in the claim:
A daughter born September 17, 1784
A daughter " September 7, 1786
A daughter " April 21, 1787
A son " November 20, 1789
A son " October 2, 1791
A son " January 3, 1793
A son " January 1, 1795.
Translation from German [illegible]
In 1839, their daughter, Elizabeth Syple (?) of
York County, Pennsylvania, was about fifty-four years
of age, and their son, John Sype, was of York County
in 1843, and stated that he was born in October,
1791. Names of other children not designated.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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February 10, 1938
Mr. C. H. Hunter
1214 Grant Street
Evanston, Illinois

Bi-J/MMH/oel

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters of December 28, 1937, addressed to the National Archives, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Charles (or Carl), Henry, Andrew,
Philip, Emanuel, Christopher, Joseph, Tobias and George Michael Sipe, (Sipes, Seib, Sype, Sypes, Sieb, Siep, etc.), all of whom served in the Pennsylvania troops.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Philip Sipe who served in the Pennsylvania troops nor of a Charles, Carl, Henry, George
Michael, Michael, Andrew, Emanuel or Joseph Sipe. All spellings of that surname were used in the search of the records.
The record of the only George with above surname was furnished you January 4, 1935, as found in the claim for pension, R.9619, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished
by the Veterans Administration, the custodian of these claims. Your letter was referred to this office for reply because the pension records are here.
The record of one Tobias Sype, only, and of one Christopher Sype, only, both of whom served in the Pennsylvania troops, have
been found on the Revolutionary War pension records. Their above, might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator,