Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,703, for John Inskeep, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

New Jersey

Inskeep John
Sarah

NUMBER

W. 4703
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let 29 May 1838
Non L. Reily

11804

Pennsylvania

John Inskeep

Of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain (blank) in the N.J. Regt. commanded by Col. Newcomb in the Pa line for 

5 mo. 12 dy  Lieut. Insk
3 mo. 17 dy   V. Ark
1 mo. 20 dy.  Sebring company
6 mo. 2 dy. Quarter Allentown
2 mo. 8 dy   Pri. Car

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 243 Dollars 97 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of June 1833 and sent to Jas Bayard  Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $487.94
Semi-anl. allowance 
ending 4 Sept.                                   121.98
                                             [total]  $609.92

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 5  Page 29
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2081

Pennsylvania

Sarah Inskeep widow of John Inskeep who died on th3e 18th Dec. 1834 of Phila. Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Lieut. 2nd in the company commanded by Captain - of the regt. commanded by Col Newcomb int he N. Jersey Mil. 

5 mo. 12 dy Lieut. Insk
3 mo. 17 dy V. Ark
1 mo. 20 dy. Sebring company
6 mo. 2 dy. Quarter Allentown
2 mo. 8 dy Pri. Car

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 243 Dollars 97 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 18 Dec. 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June 1838 and sent to Non. L. Reily N. R

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept. 38

$121.98

Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3
Recorded by Wm S. Allison, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2, Page 141

[handwritten]  Date of death not on aB
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia ss.

On this second day of June A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County and State aforesaid.  Sarah Inskeep resident of the city of Philadelphia, aged Eighty one years last January; who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth declare and say that she is the widow of John Inskeep deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the New Jersey Line during the Revolutionary war.  And that she was married to the said Lieutenant John Inskeep on the twenty second day of January, in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy eight, by Thomas Denny Esq. who was a Justice of the Peace in the County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, as will more fully appear by reference to her certificate of Marriage annexed to her declaration filed in the War Department.  And that her husband remained in the Service for some time after they were married, and acted as commissary, as will more fully appear by reference tohis Declaration and proof thereto annexed.  And that the mistake as regarding her marriage in her declaration, originated by the person who copied it, instead of putting the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight as it should have been, it was written seventeen hundred and eighty, and when the said Declaration was read to her in the presence of the Judge, she did not discover the mistake.

Sarah Inskeep

Affirmed and subscribed before me
Ard. Randall
Judge Com. Pleas Phil. County

I do hereby certify that the above named affirmant Sarah Inskeep is well known to me as a highly
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Respectable and Intelligent old lady, and that due faith and full confidence should be given to her above statement.

Arch. Randall
Judge Com. Pleas Philad. County

Philadelphia County ss.

I Robert Morris, [illegible] of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia City and County hereby certifies that Archibald Randall before whom the foregoing deposition was made was at the time & still is an associate Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified.

Witness my hand & the seal of the said court this 2nd June 1838

Robert Morris Clerk

Wm. L. Reily NR
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3480
7480

Sarah Inskeep
Pennsylvania

admitted
sent [illegible]
$243.97


Hon. L. Reiley HR
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia ss.

On this twenty second day of May A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County and State aforesaid, Sarah Inskeep, resident of the City of Philadelphia, aged eighty one years last January; who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on her solemn affirmation make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.  That she is widow of John Inskeep, who was a Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War in the New Jersey Line; and that he entered service at the commencement of the war, as will more fully appear by reference to his declaration and proof thereto annexed filed in the War Department in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two; and received his pension from the United States until his death, which took place on the eighteenth day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty four; and then, William Duane Jr. applied to the Girard Bank for his arrests of Pension, which was paid, and the certificate left at the said Bank; and further declares, that she was married to the said  Lieutenant John Inskeep, on the twenty second day of January, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, by Thomas Denny a Justice of the Peace in Gloucester County, and int he State of New Jersey, which will more fully appears, by reference to her annexed Marriage Certificate. and that her husband remained in the Service some time after they were married and acted as commissary in the army and she further declares that she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husband's death, the said
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John Inskeep, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.  And she further declares that she makes this Declaration before me a Judge of the said court on account of her bodily infirmity to appear in open court and I the said Judge do hereby certify that the said affirmant is unable to appear in open court in consequence of her bodily infirmity.

Sarah Inskeep

Affirmed & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid

Archibald Randall
Judge Com. Pleas. Phila. County

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss.

Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the Honorable Archibald Randall before whom the foregoing and annexed declaration on oath and affirmation were made and by whom the annexed certificate was made and given and whom his own proper handwriting has  hereunto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas which is a court of Record duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith  and credit are and ought to be given as well in Court of Judicature as the [illegible[

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Philadelphia this 24th day of May AD 1838
Robert Morris
Prothy
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Be it remembered that on the Twenty second Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight personally come before me Thomas Denny Esq. on eof the Justices of the Peace for the County of Gloucester, John Inskeep Esq. & Sarah Hulings and was by me joined to father in and pronounced man and wife in the presents of subjects, witnesses & family {illegible]

Thomas Denny

Jessica Hillman
Desine Hillman
John Stokes
Abgill Hewling
Joseph Inskeep
Mary Thorne
Mary Inskeep
Wm. Wanreson
[illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia ss.

On this twenty second day of May AD. 1838 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County and State aforesaid Ann Inskeep, who being first duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say that she is the daughter of John and Sarah Inskeep, and that her father died on the eighteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four and that her mother has remained his widow ever since his death.

Ann Inskeep

Affirmed and subscribed before me
Arch. Randall
Judge Com. Pleas. Phila. County

I do hereby certify that the above named affirmant Ann Inskeep is a lady of high respectability and is entitled to the utmost confidence as a witness

Arch. Randall
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia ss.

On this twenty third day of May AD 1838 personally appeared before me an alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the said city and State, Samuel Brooks a resident of the said city who after being duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say that he was personally acquainted with John Inskeep who was always reputed and believed to have been an Officer during the Revolutionary War; and said Declarant know him to be a Pensioner under the United States as he Affirmant is Executor to the Estate of the said John Inskeep, who died on the eighteen day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty four And that his wife Sarah Inskeep has remained his widow since the period of her husband's (the said John Inskeep) death

Sam Brooks

Affirmed and subscribed before me
John Thompson
Ald Just. Peace

I certify that the above named Affirmant, Samuel Brooks is a gentleman of respectability and entitled to the most implicit confidence as a witness

John Thompson
Al. & Jus. Peace

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss

I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify
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that John Thompson Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the within certificate was made and given and whom his own proper handwriting has thereunto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for the City of Philadelphia and ex Officer a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified  to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in County of Judication are as thereon.

In testimony whereof I have herein unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 24th day of May AD 1838.

Robert Morris
Prothy
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of Pennsylvania
Eastern District  ss.

On this seventh day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the District Court of the United States in and for the eastern District of Pennsylvania now sitting in the City of Philadelphia John Inskeep a resident of the city of Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia and state of Pennsylvania aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath do make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1833.

That he was born in January 1757 (as recorded in the family bible) in the county of Gloucester & Province, now State) of New Jersey near Haddonfield a village situate about six miles east of the city of Philadelphia where he continued to reside until the month of June 1776 when he entered the service of the United States under the following named field officers. Viz. Silas Newcomb of Cumberland County N.J. Colonel - Bowes Reed of Burlington County NN.J. Lieutenant Colonel - and Ebenezer Howell of Salem County N,.J. Major which officers were appointed by an ordinance of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey passed about the middle of June 1776, in compliance with a Recitation of the Continental Congress passed about the 3rd of June in that year requiring the said Province to furnish immediately 3,300 of their Militia to reinforce the Army at New York to be continued in service until the 1st day of December following.  The said field officers met at Gloucester about the eighteen day of June 1776 for the purpose of appointing Company officers when Joseph Matlack was appointed Captain of one of the Companies - John Hammet first Lieutenant John Inskeep (the present applicant) second Lieutenant - and John Hampton Ensign which said officers forthwith commenced enlisting a company and in the court of a few days engaged between fifty and sixty young men mostly of respectable families who were mustered by Thomas Sinnickson Esquire Muster Master
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Muster Master the 26th of June and on the 27th of the same month the company left their rendezvous at Haddenfield (having received marching orders) for Cooper's Ferry opposite to Philadelphia where they remained two or three days waiting for some camp equipage.  They then embarked in boats furnished by W Cooper in which they proceeded across the Delaware as far as Trenton - whence the company marched on through to Princeton to New Brunswick where they halted a day or two and at which place the officers received their commissions signed by Samuel Tucker Present and William Patterson Secretary of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey.  After resting a day or two at New Brunswick the company marched on for New York where they arrived on the 6th or 7th of July and remained about twenty days awaiting the arrival of some other companies to join the regiment.  On the 27th or 28th of July the Regiment to which this applicant was attached was ordered over to Long Island and was stationed  near the Yellow Mills on the north side of a creek and extensive marsh situate about 11 miles & a half east of Red hook and Gowen's Cove at which post they continued until the memorable battle of Long Island on the 27th of August in which the regiment of this applicant was not actually engaged but had the mortification to witness the defeat of a body of American troops under command of Lord Sterling which was posted on the south side of said creek and marsh in plain view and within less than half a mile distance, which after being routed by a supervior British force attempted to escape by crossing the said creek & marsh where many were drowned, and others mired and shot in that situation by their pursuers.  After the defeat of Lord Sterlin's Brigade, Colonel Newcomb's regiment ( to which this applicant was attached) not being  able from their situation to afford them any support was ordered to retire within the lines near Brooklyn where they remained until the American Army retreated from Long Island in the night of the 28th & morning of the 29th of August to New York from which place after halting some time the regiment received orders to march to Fort Washington where they encamped near the fort until about the middle of October when they marched by way of Kingsbridge to White Plains the British army following them.  On the 25th of October the British appeared in view of the American Lines and an action commenced by the firing of cannon.  The principal force of the British was directed against a commanding
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situation occupied by General McDougal's brigade which was well supported for some time by the Delaware battalion & some other troops but being overpowered by numbers was obliged to retreat within the lines.  An attack on the American lines was expected the next morning but was prevented it was supposed by a heavy fall of rain.

About the 1st of November General Washington marched in the night from White Plains to the neighborhood of Peekskill the Jersey troops (among whom was the present applicant) were afterwards ordered to cross the Hydson which they did about the 12th of November and Marched down the west side of the river to Fort Lee, where they arrived on the same or the next day after, Fort Washington (on the opposite side of the river) capitulated a day or two after which Fort Lee was evacuated.  The British having crossed the Hudson below in great force it became necessary in order to avoid being hemmed in between the Hudson and Hackensack rivers, for General Washington by a hurried march to cross the latter river by a bridge which after crossing was broken up.  General Washington with his whole force there crossed Acquackanauck bridge and arrived safe at Newark where the army halted some days, the enemy following slowly through in great force.  General Washington with his feeble army & daily growing more so - was obliged to retire from Newark to New Brunswick where the time expired (say December 1, 1776) for which the Jersey troops were raised and they being barely clothed and many of them without shoes could not be prevailed upon (notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the officers and the personal influence of General Washington) to continue in the service a few weeks longer, but abruptly took their discharge.  the officers (including the present applicant) being thus left without troops to command retired to their respective homes.

On the 15th or 16th of December 1776 a number of the said officers and among them this applicant being aware of the great want of cavalry in the army met at Haddenfield & determined at once to form themselves into a volunteer troop of horse and being joined by several other gentlemen of character & propriety altogether between twenty and thirty put themselves under the command
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command of Benjamin Randolph an old acquaintance and friend of Genl. Washington who was or had been a Colonel of Militia in Philadelphia & had removed his family into Jersey where it was expected the enemy would soon get possession of the city.  the members of this troop immediately set about equipping themselves for active service and in a few days say on the 26th or 17th of the same month marched from their rendezvous at Haddenfield and joined the army near Trenton on the 1st of January 1777 when they were most cordially received by Gen. Washington to whom most of the company having been in the service were Personally known.  He requested that the troop would act as his escort or body guard, which distinguished situation was gladly accepted and on the next day (the 2nd of January) the attack of the British at Trenton was made when our little troop was actively employed.  About midnight we were ordered roused to renew the fires & then to join the General, when the whole army except a few of the guards marched in profound silence on the back road toward Princeton our troop always near the person of General Washington.  A little before sunrise on the 3rd of January General Mercer who commanded the advance fell in with two British regiments a mile or two below Princeton on their march to join the army we had left at Trenton, when a smart action commenced and some of the militia retreated in disorder which gave Col. Randolph's troop active employment to rally them and for which they were complimented by General Washington.  As the first onset General Mercer was mortally wounded but on the arrival of the main body commanded by General Washington in person who was much exposed the enemy were attacked with great energy and after a short but severe conflict were touted, leaving on the ground a number of killed & wounded besides about 200 prisoners taken.  Some valuable officers & men of the Americans were also killed & wounded.  Immediately after the battle General Washington marched with the army by way of Somerset to Puckerin - where they took refreshments and rest having been extremely fatigued.  The army then marched to Morristown where they went into winter quarters.  At the instance of General Washington (he being almost without cavalry) this applicant and same others of col. Randolph's troop continued with the army and were actively employed in carrying dispatches from Headquarters to various military posts and
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and to the governors of different states until the 22nd or 23rd of February when some cavalry having arrived, we were discharged with many thanks from the General.  The troopers found their own horses and being almost constantly on the road were subject to ordinary tavern expenses for which they were poorly remunerated.

In the Spring of 1777, it was thought advisable to strengthen the works on the Delaware river below Philadelphia and to increase the obstructions in the river to prevent the enemy from passing up with their ships in the event of their taking possession the city.  In March, several attachments of Jersey Militia were ordered to rendezvous at Billingsport for the purpose of improving the works and assisting in erecting and sinking Chevauz-de-fuze in the river several hundred of the Pennsylvania Militia under command of Major Boyd were also employed in the same service.  On the 25th or 26th of March Lieutenant Col. Josiah Hilman was appointed and took command of the several attachments of Jersey Militia then about 300 which were occasionally relieved by others.  This applicant being a lieutenant in the Militia was appointed Quarter-Master to Col Hilman's command in which capacity he acted until the 28th or 29th of September 1777 when the fort on the river at which they were stationed after being destroyed was evacuated on the approach of a strong British force under Col. Sterling which crossed the river below from Chester.

On the 1st of October 1777 this applicant was appointed issuing commissary (in place of one that had retired by reason of indisposition) the garrison at Red Bank or Fort Mercer composed partly of militia and partly of col. Green's regiment of continental troops. Col. Joseph Hugg being a purchasing company supplied the provisions.  This applicant acted in said capacity until the 20th of November when this fort was also evacuated.  He was not in the fort when it was attacked on the 22nd of October by Count Donos with a body of Hessians having been ordered by Col Green the commanding officer, after the fort was besieged to take a few soldiers & remove the provisions to a place of safety and drive the fat cattle to the margin of the river under cover of the row-gallies. The next day after the defeat of the Hessians this applicant returned with the provisions to the vicinity of the fort. The city of Philadelphia having been taken possession of by the British army the latter of September
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September, the village of Haddenfield situate about six miles east of Cooper's ferry opposite to the city became a military post & rendezvous for the different detachments of volunteers & militia which were commanded by Col. (afterwards Genl.) Ellis - It being apprehended that the British would make occasional incursions (which they did) into the country Col. Ellis was desirous of having a volunteer company of artillery raised to assist in the defense of that post and the neighborhood which was so much exposed to predatory visits from the enemy -At his suggestion therefore a company of about forty persons of character associated themselves many of whom had served as officer in the state troops and militia - Capt. Hugg who was somewhat acquainted with artillery service was appointed captain of the company.  Franklin Davenport (afterwards General Davenport) Capt. Lieutenant. John Inskeep - the present applicant- first Lieut. and Samuel Denny second Lieut.  The company was organized forth with and commenced military duty on the 2nd or 3rd of December 1777.  Col Ellis having provided two brass six-pounders the company endeavored by almost constant exercise to make themselves acquainted with artillery duty.  They continued in the service (occasionally performing cavalry duty also as they mostly kept horses) until the 20th of March following when they were discharged it being necessary for most of them to attend to their agricultural and other private concerns.

Toward the end of March 1778 (he believes on the 26th) this applicant was appointed by the Legislature of New Jersey and assistance in the Quarter Master department under Col. Moore Foreman with instructions to purchase a number of horses & equipment for the cavalry of the United States and deliver them to col. Moylan who commanded a regiment of horse in the continental army and to render an account of his purchases to Col. Forman their deputy or assistant Quarter Master Genl. who supplied the funds for the purpose.  This service ended the latter end of July (the 27th or 28th) 1778 when his purchases being completed & his accounts settled this applicant was allowed (as he now recollects) pay equivalent to that of a Capt. which was insufficient in the depreciated state of the currency to bear his expenses as the nature of the service made it necessary to live mostly at public houses.

From the latter end of July 1778 until January 1780
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this applicant was obliged to retire from public employment partly in consequence of infirm health occasioned as he believes by exposure in the campaign of 1776 from which he had not fully recovered and partly to attend to some very pressing concerns of a private nature.

Early in January 1780 (the 3rd or 4th) this applicant was again called into service in consequence of the Company General having informed Genl. Washington that it was no longer in his power to supply the army with provisions, he being without funds or credit.  Thus circumstanced the commander in Chief adjusted the expedient of requiring from each county in the state of New Jersey provisions according to its means, and the same time addressed a circular letter to the Magistrates stating the urgent wants of the army and requiring their greatest exertions to furnish a supply forthwith and deliver the same to persons appointed to receive them.l

Great exertions were accordingly made and one or more agents appointed in each country to collect provisions. This applicant was appointed for the county of Gloucester and exerted himself to the utmost riding from house to house to collect provisions in which he succeeded beyond expectation although the county had been a good deal exhausted by reason of previous calls.  This extraordinary effort furnished an abundant but temporary supply which was soon exhausted, when the commander in Chief was again obliged to resort to the same expedient and also made a requisition on the Legislature for supplies in consequence of which this applicant was at their instance continued as assistant commissary of purchases until the 28th of April 1786 during which time he collected considerable quantities of provisions which he caused to be delivered according to directions to Col. Joseph Hugg an assistant commissary of purchases.

At the expiration of this period on the 28th of Ap9ril 1780 the services of this applicant terminated.

Recapitulation
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Recaptitulation of the different terms, grades & dates in which the applicant served viz-

1st term - Entered the U. States service in Col. Newcom's regiment - 18th June (as lieut.) & served to Dec. 1 1776. say - 5 mos. 12 days

2nd - Joined a volunteer troop of Horse under Col. Benj. Randolph (in which he served as a private) Dec 16 1776 discharged Feb 22 1777 -2 mos 8 days

3rd - Appointed Quarter Master to Col Hilman's command at Billingsport - March 26 1777  served to Sept. 28 1777 - 6 mos. 2 days

4th - Appointed Sebring commissary to garrison at Fort Mercer -Oct 1 1777 served to Nov. 20 1777 - 1 mos. 20 days

5th - Appointed 1st Lieut. of Capt. Hugg's Com. of Artillery Dec. 3 1777 served to March 20 1778 - 3 mos. 17 days

6th - Commenced purchases of horses & e for U.S. Cavalry - April 4 1778 continued till July 28 1778 - 3 mos. 23 days 

7th - Appointed Assistant Commissary to collect provisions -  Jan 4 till April 28 1780 - 3 mos. 24 days.

[total] 26 months 16 days

In the whole two years two months and sixteen days during which period this applicant was in the service of the United States and held the commission of Lieutenant (though he served in the various capacities above mentioned) and was not employed in any civil pursuits.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

This applicant doth hereby further declare on his oath that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his revolutionary services except John gill and Benjamin Burrough whose affidavits are hereto annexed.  This applicant having destroyed between two and three years since his original commission as a lieutenant in Col. Newcomb's regiment received as before stated at New Brunswick - likewise all letters, books and papers having any relation to his services in the war of the Revolution together with a great mass of mercantile official and those papers which were deemed useless and from the length of time they had been accumulating had become burdensome and the applicant further declares that after diligent
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enquiry for several months past he has not been able to find or hear of any contemporary survivor who served with him that could testify to his services.  In the absence therefore of documentary evidence this applicant cannot in consequence of partial failure of memory by reason of old age swear positively as to the dates or precise length of time he served at each period - but according to his best recollection and he has bestowed much thought on the subject he believes them to be correct as before stated and his belief is strengthened by a comparison of the dates of the different terms of service as stated in his narrative with the various events public as well as private of this period of his services.  but according to the best of his recollection and belief he served not less than the periods mentioned and in the grades above stated - amounting together to two years two months and sixteen days.  And for which service he claims a pension

John Inskeep

Sworn & subscribed 7 of June 1833 in open Court
Jos. Hopkinson
District Judge

We William White Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of the Dioceses of Pennsylvania residing in the city of Philadelphia and Alexander henry residing in the same city hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Inskeep who has subscribed and sworn to the above & foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that  he is reputed and believed int he neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier and officer of the Revolution and that we concur int hat opinion.

Wm White
Alexander Henry

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court

Jos. Hopkinson
Dist. Judge
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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 John Inskeep the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that William White - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the city of Philadelphia and that Alexander Henry who has also signed the same is a resident in the said city and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Francis Hopkinson Clerk of the District Cout of the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of John Inskeep for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this seventh day of June A.D. 1833.  In the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the said United States --
Fra. Hopkinson 
Clk Dist. Ct.
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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County ss.

Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for said County personally came John Gill one of the people called Quakers aged seventy three years and upwards a person to me well known and worthy of full credit who alleging himself to be conscientiously  scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to Law upon his solemn affirmation deposeth and says that he was well acquainted with John Inskeep in the year 1776 at which time the said Inskeep resided at or near the village of Haddonfield in said County of Gloucester in which village this affirmant also resided at the same time and  has ever since resided at or near said village,.  That he knew the said Inskeep when he was a lieutenant under Capt. Joseph Matlack who commanded a company in Colonel Newcomb's regiment of Jersey Militia in the five months service which company marched from their Rendezvous at Haddonfield as nearly as he can now recollect about the latter end of June 1776 for New York, and was as he has been informed and believes on Long Island where Colonel Newcomb,'s Regiment was stationed when the British Army landed there.  This affirmant also knows the said John Inskeep to have been engaged after the Campaign of -76 above mentioned as an officer in the Revolutionary War for a considerable time.  He believes several years part of which time he thinks was in the Quarter Masters or commissary department; but does not now recollect precisely how long nor in what particular grades he served except the first as a Lieutenant in the year 1777.  This affirmant has known the said John Inskeep who has mostly resided in the City of Philadelphia since the Revolution and believes him to be at least 75 year of age - Witness the signature of this affirmant

John Gill

Taken & affirmed before me this 21st day of May AD 1833

Thomas Redman
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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County ss.

Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county personally came Benjamin Burrough aged seventy one years and upwards  a person to me well known and whose testimony is worth of full credit who alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to Law upon his solemn affirmation deposeth and says That he was  well acquainted with John Inskeep during and ever since the Revolutionary War, that he knew him as a Lieutenant in Joseph Matlack's Company- in the five months service in Colonel Newcomb's Regiment of Jersey Militia in the year 1776 & at which time the said John Inskeep resided on or near Haddonfield in the said County of Gloucester in the neighborhood of which place this affirmant then resided and has mostly since so resided.  Capt. Matlack's Company marched from their rendezvous at Haddonfield as near as this affirmant can recollect about the latter end of June 1776 - for New York and was stationed as this affirmant has been informed and believes with Col. Newcomb Regiment on Long Island where the British Army landed there.  This affirmant also knows that John Inskeep was engaged as an Officer in the Army of the
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Revolution for several years:  but he does not recollect the time, or in what particular grades -
witness the signature of this affirmant

Benjamin Burrough

Taken & affirmed before me this 21st day of May A.D. 1833

Thomas Redman

State of New Jersey

I John Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Redman Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Gill and Benjamin Burroughs were made, was at the doing thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Gloucester, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature of the said Thomas Redman subscribed to the said affidavits is genuine - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Woodbury in said County this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred thirty three.

Smallwood Clk.
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BA-J/ILL
John Inskeep
W, 4703

Mr. Frank B. Steele
1227 - 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Inskeep, pension claim, W. 4703.

That data which follow are found in the papers on file in the pension claim cited by you, based upon service in the Revolutionary of John Inskeep.

John Inskeep was born in January 1757, near the village of Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey.  The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of GHloucester County, New Jersey, John Inskeep was commissioned in June 1776 (commission signed by Samuel Tucker, Present of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey) 2nd lieutenant an dserved as such in Captain Joseph Matlack's company.  Colonel Silas Newcomb's New Jersey regiment, marched to Long Island, was not actively engaged in the battle of the Island but was in the retreat in New York City, then marched to White Plains, was in the battle there December 1776, a number of the officers of the New Jersey troops, among them John Inskeep, being without commands and aware of the great need for cavalry in the army, met in Haddonfield, New Jersey and volunteered their services for a troop of horse.  They were joined by a number of other gentlemen "of character and property", numbering between twenty and thirty in all, put themselves under the command of Colonel Benjamin Randolph, who had lately come to New Jersey to reside and who was an old friend of General Washington, procured their own horses and equipment and on January 1, 1777, joined the army near Trenton, were cordially received by General Washington who requested that the troops act as his escort or guard; the next day the troop was in the battle at Trenton, and on January 3, in the battle of Princeton, "being always near the person
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of General Washington"; during this battle, the troop rendered signal service in rallying some troops that had fallen back in disorder when General Mercer Fell mortally wounded; after the battle of Princeton, the army went into winter quarters at Morristown and the troops we=as actively employed in carrying dispatches from headquarters to various military posts and Governors of states until February 22 or 23, when, some cavalry having arrived at camp, the troop was relieved from further duty;  March 25, 1777, JohnInskeep was appointed quartermaster umder Colonel Josiah Hilman and served until the latter part of September 1777;  October 1, 1777, he was appointed issuing commissary under colonel Joseph Hugg, Purchasing Commissary, was stationed at the fort at Red Bank, and served until that for was evacuated, but was not present at the action when the fort fell:  the city of Philadelphia having been taken by the enemy, a volunteer company was raised to protect the village of Haddonfield, which became a military post, and john Inskeep was appointed 1st Lieutenant in Captain Hugg's company of Artillery under Colonel Ellis and served from December 3, 1777 to March 20, 1778;  about March 26, 1778, he was appointed by the Legislature of New Jersey as assistant in the Quartermaster Department under colonel Moore Foreman, Deputy Assistant commissary of purchases for the county of Gloucester, New Jersey and served in this capacity until April 28, 1780.  His entire service amounted to two years, two months and sixteen days.

After the Revolutionary War, John Inskeep resided in the City of Philadelphia, where he was livign when he was allowed pension o his application executed June 7, 1833.  He died December 18, 18334, the place not stated.

John Inskeep married January 22, 1778, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Sarah Hulings;  the date and place of her birth and anmes of her parents were not stated.  He was then John Inskeep, Jr.

Sarah Inskeep, widow of John Inskeep, was allowed pension on her application exxecuted May 22, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged eighty-one years.

The only name of a child of John and Sarah Inskeep that is given is a daughter, Ann Inskeep, who made affidavit in 1838, in Philadelphia.

2.
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Abgill Hulings, Mary Inskeep and Joseph Inskeep were present at the marriage of John Inskeep, jr. and Sarah Hulings;   no relationship between these persons and said John and Sarah was shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:

Sarah Inskeep, widow of John Inskeep
Certificate 42081
Issued June 4, 1838
Rate $245.97 per annum
Commenced December 18, 1834
Act of July 4, 1836
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

#.
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Philad'a
June 2nd 1838

The Hon. S. Reily

Sir

I must beg the liberty of apologizing for troubling you so often and hope I may have an opportunity to serve you, which I feel bound to do in however you may so require my services.

I have herewith forwarded the deposition of Mrs. Sarah Inskeep, l explanatory of the mistake in her declaration sent to the War Department as required by the report to you under date of the 29th Oct.  Have the goodness to have the enclosed sent to J.S. Edwards Esq. requesting his report at the earliest date.

In your next letter write me word what amount of money can be raised for carrying out our views in establishing our paper.

I am Sir

Very Respectfully
Your Obat. Svt.
Joshua J. Moore
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Sarah Inskeep
Pennsylvania

Suspended

See Let 29th May 1838
Hon L. Reily
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John Inskeep Pa. Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?

Pen Office
May 29 1838

Died 18 Dec. 1834 paid to that period
JH
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Admd
Inskeep's claim
for the following
service: 
66.66
 5.33
------
8.33
1.11

m. days
Lieut Jabz 5 12 $72.00
Pri Cav 2. 8 9.44.33
Quamt Mater 6. 2 3
Lieut Atty 3. 17 59.44
Issuing Con
missary 1. 20 22.21
243.97
13.33
8.88
22.21
Issue cert: Hand to
Mr. Bayard
Present
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Philadelphia
June 10, 1833


Hon Lewis Cap
Sec. of War

Sir

I have the honor to transmit herewith the application of John Inskeep for a Pension and request that it may be referred to the proper officer for examination.

With great respect
I remain
Yr. mos. ob. ser.
Jas Bayard
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Philadelphia
June 10, 1833

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office

Sir

I transmit herewith the application of Mr. John Inskeep for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - and take the liberty of asking you early attention to the case, which conforms in all respects I believe with the regulations of the Department and will therefore give no trouble in its examination.  I expect to be in Washington next week when I shall have the honor of waiting upon you & hope the case will have been determined.

Very respectfully
Your Ob. serv.
Jas Bayard
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Philad. 
June 20 1833

Sir

I have this moment received your letter dated on the 15th - Mr. Inskeep's papers were prepared and sent on to your office by James Bayard Esq. - a day or two before the date of my letter - He is now at Washington and has probably seen you or the Judge.  I will write to him and let him know you had not got the papers on teh 15th.

With great respect
Your ob.s.
Jos. Hopkinson
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May 7, 1938

BA-J/EEL
John Inskeep W.4703

Mrs. J.H. Cochran
203 N. Bartlett Street
Medford, Oregon

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ebenezer Higsby, of Pennsylvania, John Inskeep of Pennsylvania or New Jersey, [blank] Mason of Massachusetts or Maine, Benjamin Ferris, of South Carolina or Goergia, General Greene, of Georgia and Major James Retherford of South Carolina.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to simply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.  The history of John Inskeep is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.4703, based upon his military service int he Revolutionary War.

John Inskeep was born in January 1757, near the village of Haddonfield, Gloucester County New Jersey.  The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of said Gloucester County, John Inskeep was commissioned in June 1776, commission signed by Samuel Tucker, Preseident of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, 2nd lieutenant and served as such officer in Captain Joseph Matlack's Company Colonel Silas Newcomb' New Jersey Regiment, marched to Long Island, was not actively engaged in the battle on the Island but was in the retreat to New York city, then marched to White Plains, was in the battle there and in the retreat of the army through New Jersey; about the middle of December, 1776, a number of officers of the New Jersey Troops, among them being John Inskeep, being without commands and aware of the great need for cavalry in the army, met at Haddonfield, New Jersey, and volunteered their services for a troop of horse.  They were joined by a number of other gentlemen.

[handwritten in the margins: 
Did not find John Inskeep in [illegible] identified Capt. Matlack & Col. Newcomb.]
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"of character and property", numbering between twenty and thirty in all, put themselves under the command of Colonel Benjamin Randolph, who had lately come to New Jersey to reside
and who was an old friend of General Washington, procured their own horses and equipment and on January 1, 1777, joined the army near Trenton, were cordially received by
General Washington who requested that the troop act as his escort or guards the next day the troop was in the battle at Trenton and on January 3, in the battle at Princeton, "being always near the person of General Washington": during this battle, the troop rendered signal service in rallying some troops that had fallen back in disorder when General Mercer fell mortally wounded; after the battle of Princeton the army went into winter quarters at Morristown and the troop was actively employed in carrying dispatches from headquarters to various military posts and Governors of states until February 22 or 23 when some cavalry having arrived at camp,
the troop was relieved from further duty: March 25. John Inskeep was appointed quartermaster under Colonel Josiah Hilman and served until the latter part of September, 1777: October 1, 1777, he was appointed issuing commissary under Colonel Joseph Hugg, Purchasing Commissary, was stationed at the fort at Red Bank, and served until that fort was evacuated; but was not present at the action when the fort fell; the city of Philadelphia having been taken by the enemy, a volunteer company was raised to protect the village of Haddonfield which became a military post and John Inskeep was appointed 1"[st?] lieutenant in Captain Hugg's Company of Artillery
under Colonel Ellis and served from December 3, 1777 to March 20, 1778 about March 26, 1778, he was appointed by the legislature of New Jersey as assistant in the quartermaster or Department under Colonel Moore Foreman, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General and served until about July 28, 1778, early in January, 1780, he was again called into service and was appointed assistant commissary of purchases for the county of Gloucester, New Jersey and served in this capacity until April 28, 1780: his entire service amounted to two years, two months and sixteen days.
After the Revolution, John Inskeep
resided in the city of Philadelphia, where he was living when he was allowed pension
on his application executed June 7, 1833.
He died December 18, 1834, place not stated.
[Handwritten text on the right margin]
Coned[Could] not identify any of these officers
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John Inskeep married January 22, 1778, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Sarah Hulings, date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not stated.

Sarah Inskeep was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, John Inskeep, in the Revolutionary War on her application executed May 22, 1838, at which time the was aged eighty-one years and resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The only name of a child of John and Sarah Inskeep, that is given is daughter Ann Inskeep, who made affidavit in 1838, in Philadelphia.

Abgill Hulings and Mary Inskeep were present at the wedding of John Inskeep and Sarah Hulings, but their relationship was not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Inskeep (W.4703), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office Records Division, this city and cite the following data:

Sarah Inskeep, widow of John Inskeep
Certificate No. 2081
Issued June 4, 1838
Rate, $243.97 per annum
Commended December 18, 1834
Act of July 4, 1836
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours


A.D. Hiller
Executiv3e Assistance
to the Administrator
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3-595

O.W. and N. DIVISION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Mar. 2 1906

Searched by     GILL
Original No. (blank)
Certificate No.  (blank)
Claimant,  (blank)

Soldier, John Inskeep
Service  Rev. War

Remarks:  No claim except Wid. 4703
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4703
Jno Inskeep
June 7, 1833 born
Philla 1757 Gloucester N.J
June 76 Glouster NJ
Capt. Jos. Mattack
Col Silas Newcomb
Sv- 5. m  12 d
Dec 76
Cps
Col, Benj Randolph
prv 2-8
Mar 77 - Col Helman
Or nr  6-2
Oct 77 Gel
Comming 1-50
Dec 77
Apr Hugg [illegible]
Sh 3 -17
Apr. 78 [illegbile] 3-23
Jay 80 Commiss-3, 24
-
But Princeton
Mar Sarah Hulings
Jany 22 1778  Gloucester NJ
D. Dec. 18, 1834
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Blank form 3-595.  No information provided.
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Wid. File 4703
John Inskeep
Rev. War

L. M. H.

March 2, 1906

Mr. E.T. Gill,
Haddon Farms
Haddonfield, New Jersey

Sir:  

In response to your letter dated February 27, 1906 and received in the Bureau March 2, 1906, you are advised that the papers in the above noted claim show that Hon Inskeep, Fur, was born in January 1757 near Haddon field, Gloucester Co. N. J. , and served from JUn3 18, 1776 to December 1, 1776, as a 2nd Lieut. in Capt. Joseph Matlack's Co., col. Silas Newcomb's N.J. Regiment.  From December 16, 1776 to February 22, 1777 as a Private in Col. Benjamin Randolph's Troop of horse which served as General Washington's body-guard at the battles of Trenton and Princeton; from March 26, 1777 to September 28, 1777 as a Quartermaster under colonel Josiah Hilman from October 1, 1777 to November 20,1777 as an Issuing Commissary; from December 3, 1777 to March 20,1778 as a 1st Lieut. in Capt. Hugg's Co. of Arty., Col. Ellis' Regt.; from April 4, 1778 to July 25, 1778 as assistant Quartermaster; and from January 4, 1780 to April 28, 1780 as an Assistant Commissary.

His claim was allowed on an application executed June 7,1833 at which date he was a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He died December 13, 1834.
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He married Sarah Hulings, January 22, 1778 in Gloucester Co. New Jersey.  Her claim was allowed on an application executed May 2, 1838, at which date she was eighty-one years of age.

Their daughter Ann Inskeep, testified in the claim.

A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed on account of the Revolutionary War service of a John Inskeep, other than the above.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Organized April 30, 1889
Incorporated by Act of congress June 9, 1906

National Headquarters, 1227 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.

1938-1939

Office of the Secretary-REgistrar General
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Washington, D.C.

October 1, 1938

Bureau of Pensions
c/o  Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Attention:  Revolutionary War Section

Gentlemen:

We have been informed that one John Inskeep filed pension claim W.4703 for service in the Revolutionary War.

It will be much appreciated if you can send us a copy of this claim.

Very truly yours,

Frank B. Steele
Secretary-Registrar General

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203 N. Bartlett S
Medford, Ore.,
Apr. 12, 1938.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:

If you have the Military Record for the following Revolutionary
soldiers will you please send it:
Ebenezer Higsby or Higby, Pennsylvania
John Inskeep, Pennsylvania or New Jersey
_______Nason, Mass.or Maine
Benjamin Norris So. Carolina or Georgia
General Greene Georgia 
Maj. James Rotherford So. Carolina

A stamped addressed envelope is enclosed for your convenience. ret Apr 20

Thanking you very much for your trouble, I am
Yours truly,
(Mrs. J.H.) Frances N. Cochran
Chapter Registrar,
Crater Lake Chapter, D.A.R.
1881
[stamp]  RECEIVED APR 18 1939
MAIL SUB.DIV
VETS ADM READER 30
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[Blank Letterhead. The following is printed across the top of the Letterhead.]

The Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company of California
GEORGE I. COCHRAN, PRESIDENT

LEE A. PHILLIPS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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Feb. 27, 06

Hon. H.O. Loudenslager

My Dear Sir

In reply to your favor of 19th, first I will state that John Inskeep enlisted at Gloucester N.J. Dec 1776 private, Col. Benj. Randolph's regiment applied for pension Jun 7, 1833 from Phila. born, 1757, married Sarah Hurling June 22, 1778 at Gloucester N.J.- pension granted , he dying Dec 18, 1834 was continued to his widow

#4703 widow Rev. War - 

I would appreciate very much indeed an official copy of all concerning Jno Inskeep both the one claim refused to and any other you may have on your records.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am

Vy. truly

E.T.Gill
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4508 Springfield Ave.
Phila. Mar. 18th 1903

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir.
The late Sarah [underlined] Inskeep [underlined] (widow of John Inskeep.) Who died in Jan. 1842 [crossed out] widow [crossed out] drew at her death a pension. Wil you inform me of on what grounds & whose services this was granted her.

Yours truly,
HE Wallace

[Stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 24 1903
FILES]
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4703

Revy Widow, & c.

File No. 4703

Sarah Inskeep
Wid.
John Inskeep
Lieut. N.J. Militia

Act:  July 7 36, Sec. 3rd
Index: - Vol. A, Page 366

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mch. 27 1903
His. to H. E. Wallner, Phila. Pa

1906  March 2 - History to E.J. Gill. M.B. H.
1938 May 7, Hist to
Mrs. J.H. Cochran E
1938 Nov. 14 Hist. to Frank B
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