Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3089, for Jacob Justice, Pennsylvania
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Service.
Penn.

Justice, Jacob
Elisabeth
or Elizabeth

Number
W. 3089
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State of Pennsylvania 
Beaver County SS

  On this 19th day of January A.D. 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber an associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Beaver James Alworth and David Justice residents in the county of Beaver aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths respectively declares that they were prior to the revolutionary war well acquainted with Jacob Justice late of this county of Beaver deceased and Elisabeth Justice his wife who made application in the month of September last for “ half pay and pension to certain widows” under the act of congress passed 7 day of July 1838, That the said Jacob and Elisabeth resided from th enclose of the revolutionary war in the same congregation and neighborhood with the said deponents until they removed to the western country, The deponent James Alworth, That the said Jacob and Elisabeth were reputed at all times during the acquaintance with them to have been married some time between the years 1784 & 1790, That they lived together as man and wife and as such they were always reputed by the publik and the deponant David Justice says that at the time of his own marriage which took place in 1790 his brother Jacob Justice and Elisabeth his wife had at least two children John and James born to them-
 The deponents say that the above with the facts stated in their depositions which accompanied the declaration of the applicant-
Elisa and Justice in September 1838 is all they know in relation to case

                             James Alworth
                               David Justice

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of January AD 1839
           John Nisbet
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State o fPennsylvania
Beaver County ss

  Be it remembered that on the 19th day of January A.D. 1839 personally came before the subscriber an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Beaver (it being the court of. record) Elisabeth Justice a resident of the county of Beaver who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration additional what she made in the month of September last, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the seventh day of July 1838 entitled  “An act granting half pay and rations to certain widows” That she was married to her late husband Jacob Justice in the month of August A.D. 1784 or 1785, but no record thereof was kept by either of them, That her said husband being unable to write she kept a record of the date of the births of her children in a family Bible on two blank or partly blank leaves, both of which are town and last with the exception of the scrap attached to this deposition which contains the dates of the births of her two oldest child John and James in her own hand writing
                  Elisabeth Justice

Sworn and subscribed 
before me this 19th day of January A.D. 1839
  John Nesbit

I do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Judge Nesbit and that his name affixed to the foregoing deposition and know it to be his proper hand writing
                                      Tho Henry
Washington City
Feby 6th 1839
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[scrap of paper, which is mostly illegible]

birth 29 
November
John Justice
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[ scrap of paper]
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6895

Pennsylvania

Jacob Justice of Beaver Co. in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Irvine of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of the war.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 21st of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of Feby 1819 and sent to the Hon. Robt. Moore 
House of Rep U States

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818- 4 14/30   35.75
Semi-and. all’ce ending 4th March 1819  48.00
                                                                 ________
                                                                 $:83.75

{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818

Discontinued
Beaver County
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Dead

Letter to Hon T. Henry 23 Jany ‘41
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16th April 1838
from 4 March 1840 to 7 Aug 1840: At Notified 28 July 1841

1816
Pittsburgh Penn.a

Elizabeth Justice widow of Jacob Justice dec.d
who was a Penu [?] pensioner under the Act of
23d April 1827
of Beaver Co. in the State of Pa. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Rippey of the Regt. commanded  by ———— in the Pa. line for 6 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh. Pa. at the rate of 80 Dollars~~~~~Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate issued the 12th day of Feby. 1839 and sent Hon. T. Henry H of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838.      $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending             40.00                4 March 39.                                        —————
                                                              $240.00


{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk 
Book A.      Vol. 2d.        Page 155
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State of Pennsylvania 
Beaver County Ss

  On the 26th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County Elisabeth Justice a resident in the township of North Beaver in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid aged about seventy three years who being duly sworn according law doth on her solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the seventh day of July A D 1838 entitled “an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows” That she is the widow of Jacob Justice Deceased who served as a private in the army of the revolution under Captain William Rippey with whom he first enlisted, in Cumberland County in the state aforesaid, but the name of any other officer under whom he served, or the year when he enlisted she does not recollect. That he the said Jacob Justice was placed on the pension list for Pennsylvania agency about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 15th day of May A D 1828 and that he received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and that he died the 23d day of April 1829.
  And she further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Justice on the 12th day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty four in Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania by the Rev Robert Casper. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service. That the took place previous to the first of January A D 1794 at the time
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before stated. That she has no documentary evidence to offer in proof of her marriage nor does she know of any person living that was present at her marriage except David Justice. That she had seven children by the said Jacob Justice five of whom are now living. That she and her husband removed from Franklin County ( formerly a part of Cumberland County aforesaid about the year 1796, & that from bodily infirmity she is unable to go to Court 
          
                                           Elisabeth Justice
Sworn and subscribed before 
me the 26th day of September
A D 1838
John Nisbet asst Judge}
Beaver County Ss

  Personally came before before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Beaver County David Justice who being duly sworn saith that he was an inmate in the same house and family with the above applicant Elisabeth Justice at the time of and prior to her marriage with Jacob Justice and was at the wedding. The particular year the marriage took placed he does not now recollect, but from several circumstances he knows it was after the close of the Revolutionary war probably one or two years. That from that period until the death of the said Jacob he was well acquainted with them both and further that the said Elisabeth still remains the unmarried widow of the said Jacob Justice 

                                    David Justice
Sworn and subscribed before me the 
26th day of September A D 1838
Jon Nisbet Asst Judge
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Beaver County Ss

  Personally came before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver James Alworth. And being duly sworn saith that he resided in the same neiborhood and attended the same church with the above named applicant Elisabeth Justice and her deceased husband Jacob Justice for many years both before and since their marriage. That although he was not present at solemningation [?] of their marriage yet living as before stated the notoriety of thierry marriage was well known to him and others but the year when it took place he does not recollect but from his knowledge of the return of the said Jacob from the army after peace was established he knows the marriage was subsequent to the close of the war of the revolution 

                        Jas Alworth
Sworn and subscribed before me 
this 26th day of September A D 1838
John Nisbet Associate Judge }

Beaver County Ss

    Personally came before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County John Clark who being duly sworn saith That the foregoing Elisabeth Justice and her husband Jacob Justice were residents in the County of Beaver on the first of December A D 1802 & from that period to the death of the said Jacob resided in the same place during which time they both sustained good moral characters. That they raised a pretty large family were always associated as man and wife. & further that the said Elisabeth Justice the above applicant still remains unmarried,

Sworn and subscribed before me 26th Sept 1838
                                 John Clark [?]

John Nisbet Associate Judge
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Beaver county Ss

  I John Nisbet one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for Beaver County do hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with John Clarke Esquire  James Alworth & David Justice the within and foregoing named deponents for upwards of thirty years, that they are men of integrity whose characters for credibility and veracity are 
unsullied; 
      Given under my hand this 26th day of September A D 1838
                    John Nisbet

Beaver County Ss

(seal) 

  I John Nisbet one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County before whom the latter named hereby certify that from the old and infirm State of health of said Elisabeth Justice, she would be unable to attend and appear in open court to make her declaration to obtain a pension at aforesaid given under my hand & seal the 9th day of Nov 1838
                      John Nisbet

Beaver County Ss 

  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I John A Scroggs Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Beaver duly commissioner and sworn and that full faith and trust is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Beaver this 9th November 1838
                  John A Scroggs Prothy
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Jacob Justice
6,895
  March 1820
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Beaver County Ss the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

  On the 18th September 1820 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for Beaver County Jacob Justice aged Sixty five years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath name the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 That he the said Jacob Justice enlisted in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company Commanded by Captain Rippy  in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel William Irvine in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve under the said Captain Rippy during the time of one year and then reenlisted in the Company Commanded by Captain Alexander Porter and that he continued to serve in said troops during the war~ He was discharged from said service at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania 
That he was in the Battles of the three rivers, Brandywine, Pesly [ can’t find any reference to this battle] was there wounded and taken prisoner and remained prisoner for nine months and nine days then exchanged, also Elizabeth Town point the Green Spring in ____ and there wounded and the Battle of Monmouth and that he has no other evidence of his said services except what accompanied his former application to the office dated the 29th day of April 1818, he was placed on the pension list Pennsylvania agency as well appear by his Certificate signed by the Secretary of War bearing date the 9th day of February 1819 
S. 6895 and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 also that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any past things with
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with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled and act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since ___ ___ nor has any pension trust purpose and property Securities Contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed

Schedule

one hundred & fifty acres of Land
Hous hold & kitchen furniture $10.00
2 horses
Three cows
three Spring calves
8 Sheep
2 hogs 
                      Jacob jJustice
                             his  x mark

Deponant saith his occupation is a farmer but unable to labor for to suppose this family being crippled ^ from the wounds he received in the war
That his family consists of himself and wife & now a sickly old woman and one daughter aged 19 also unhealthy one Son going in ten years

Sworn to and declared this 18th day of Sept. 1820 in open Court
                       Jacob Justice
                          his x mark

Tho. Henry Prothy
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Pennsylvania 
Beaver County Ss

  I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court 
 Ad I do further certify that it is the said court that the total amount in balance of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven hundred & Eleven dollars & fifty cents, The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Beaver the 10th November A. D. 1820
       Tho Henry Prothy
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Jacob Justice
 (Private)

Col. Irvine’s Penn Regt

1777 for the War

21st April 1818

Admitted-
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Beaver County Ss

  on the 21st day of April 1818 before me the subscribers one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Jacob Justice a resident in said County of Beaver aged sixty seven years who being by me first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain person engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that he the said Jacob Justice enlisted for one year in Cumberland County Pennsylvania in the winter 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Rippey in the Sixth Pennsylvania regiment commanded by the laite General William Irvine that he continued to serve in said corps as in te Service of the United States until the winter 1777 when he was discharged from service at Carlisle that he reenlisted the same winter in Captain Alexander Parkers Company in the same regiment then the seventh Pennsylvania regiment for during the war, that he continued to serve in said regiment or in the service of the United States to the end of the war and peace was concluded with Great Britain, when he was discharged at Philadelphia by Major William Moore that he was in the Battles of the three rivers in Canada at Couch Bridge in Delaware, Brandywine Peoly [ Paoli] in Pennsyla and the Green Spring in Virginia, that he was wounded and taken prisoner at the Peoly [Paoli] and remained a prisoner nine months when he was exchanged, and that he was wounded a second time time at the Green Spring, that he is very much crippled by reason of his wounds and severe fatigue and att___ this unable to labor and in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support that he put his discharge into the hands of Captain John Hughs of Carlisle to ___ his donation land and never seen it since, and that he hath no other evidence of his said services now in his power, and that he hath not been heretofore placed on the pension list by any law of the United States —

                                Jacob Justice
                                      his X mark

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 
           Dav’d Donnan
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I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Justice did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy ( I seen him frequently in the army) and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the court to be affixed the 21d day of April 1818~~

                      Dav’d Drennan

  Pennsylvania Beaver County Ss

           I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County do certify that David Drennan Esq: Who made the above Certificate was at that time & now is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County to all whose official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Beaver the 17th day of July A D 1818
                            Tho Henry Prothy



from the best information and __ my belief Jacob Justice stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
                         Robert Moore

Jany 27 1819
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N. C. A.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

September 7,  1927

Mrs. Elisabeth M. Jordan
201 Elm St.
New Castle, Pennsylvania 

  Madam:

  I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3089, it appears that JACOB JUSTICE enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the winter of 1778 and served one year as a private in Captain William Rippey’s Company in Colonel William Irvine’s Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in the battle of Three Rivers.
  He enlisted in the winter of 1777 in Captain Alexander Parker’s Pennsylvania Company and served until the close of the Revolution; he was in the battle of Brandywine, was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Paoli but was exchanged after nine months, was in the battles of Monmouth and Elisabethtown and was wounded at the battle of Green Springs in Virginia.
     omitted battle of Couch Bridge as could to verify such a battle, probably Chad’s Ford

   He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He then stated that he was sixty-seven years of age. In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-five years of age.
         He died April 23, 1829.
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  He married August 12, 1784 or 1785, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Elisabeth, her maiden name not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 26, 1838, at which time she stated that she was about seventy-three years of age and was a resident of North Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  She died August 17, 1840.
  They had seven shoulders but the only names given are John who was born November 29, 186, James who was born Sept 13, 1789 and Joseph who was a resident of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1841. In 1820 Jacob Justice, the soldier, stated that he had a daughter aged nineteen years and a son aged nine years.
  In order to make a search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau for any other soldiers surnamed Justice the full name is essential and you should furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
                    Respectfully,
             
                           E. W. MORGAN
                            Acting Commissioner
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Act - 1828
Settled at Treasury
Caused with 
Ad OW hi__
File # 3089

John Clarke Pro
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I Jacob Justice of North Beaver Township in the county of Beaver in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six I enlisted in the continental line o father early of the Revolution for one year, in Captain Rippyes company; I again in seventeen hundred and seventy seven enlisted during the war and continued in it service until and continued in its service until its  termination at which period I was a private in Captain Andrew Irvine’s company ( Iand I believe the seventh regiment ) of the Pennsylvania line- I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the fifteenth of May seventeen hundred and seventy eight-
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight on the pension list of the United States 

Witness my hand this fifteenth day of July 1828
                     Jacob Justice
                         His X mark

State of Pennsylvania 
   Beaver County Ss

  Before me John Nisbet a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Beaver and state aforesaid personally appeared this day James Alworth and John S Alworth of the said County who did severally make oath that Jacob Justice by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated,
             Ja’s Alworth
                 John S Alworth

Sworn and subscribed before 
me this 15th day of July 1828

    John Nisbet
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Beaver County Ss

  Before me John Nisbet a Justice of the peace in and for the said County personally appeared Jeremiah Batman of the County aforesaid and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he this deponant knew Jacob Justice by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed and knew him to be an enlisted soldier in the Pennsylvania line in the army of the Revolution in the years 1776 & 1777 and that he continued in the service a private until the termination of the war when he was discharged

                              Jeremiah Bannon
                                 his X mark

and further saith not
sworn and subscribed before
me this 15th day of July 1828
           John Nisbet 

I John Clarke Prothonotary of the Court of the County of Beaver in the State of Pennsylvania do certify that John Nisbet before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly commissioned to administer oaths

  In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of July in the year 1828
         John Clarke Pro
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584.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

No. of Original payt. 428

Treasury Department 
     August 2. 1828

  Jacob Justice, of North Beaver township in the County of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, has applied to the Secretary of of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “ An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until termination, at which period he was a private in captain Irvine’s company, in the 7th regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eight dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing 
      The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
        By order of the Secretary 
             A. Dinkins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
            Third Auditor’s Office
                  Aug 5 1828

  It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Jacob Justice in the Pena a Line
  It further appears that Jacob’s Justice is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826
    Peter Hagman Audt
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H R. Washington 6th July 1839

Dear Sir,
  
  I enclose you additional evidence in the case of the widow of Jacob Justice.
  There is no certificate of the Prothy, that John Nisbet is a Judge. I presume it was thought unnecessary in as much as there was a certificate to the former papers in this applicants behalf
  Neither is there any certificate by the Judge as to the credibility of the two witnesses, That I presume was also thought not necessary because there such a certificate with the former document.-
  I hope and believe the proof to be sufficient 
I knew old Jacob Justice for a long time prior to his death, he and the family highly respectable
   
  I have the honor to be with great respect
           Thos Henry

Hon J L Edwards
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H R Washington city 7th Dec 1838

  Hon J. L. Edwards,

  The case that I wanted to know about and whose name I found not recollect is the widow of Jacob Justice. Please inform me of the result in that case.

  I have the honor to be ____
   Great regard
        Thos Henry
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WIDOW

Revy

File No. 3089
Elizabeth Justice
Widow
Jacob Justice 
Pri. Rev. War.

Act July 7, 1838
Index:- Vol. A, Page 386

(Arrangement of 1870)

1927 Feb. 17. photos mailed to Mrs. F. G. Simmonton AW
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Jan. 8, 1906
Hist to J. S. Du Shane

39796

INVALID
Revy

File No. 39,796
Jacob Justice
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:- Vol. G [?] , Page 265
(Arrangement of 1870)
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Dr. W. E. Jackson, President 

NEW CASTLE CHAPER 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

Dr. H. W. McKee, Vice-President
H. K. Gregory, Secretary 
C. P. Shaw, Treasurer
J. S. DuShane, Registrar

[stamped as follows] 
O. W. & N. __
Feb 16 1906
Files
Office of Registrar
New Castle, Pa. Feb. 14th 1906

Commissioner of pensions,

  Dear Sir,

  Will you please me the personal and military history of Jacob Justice as is contained in his application for pension. He served in the Pennsylvania Line Troops and applied for and received a pension about 1819.
  This information is desired for the admission of one of his descendants to the Sons of the American Revolution.

  Yours truly 
         J. S. Du Shane
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THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

Subject:

            New Castle, Pa., April 21st 1927

Department of the Interior.
(Old War and Navy Division-525)
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

  Is it possible for me to obtain a copy of the grant of pension to Jacob Justice, Private, enlisted from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the Company of Captain Samuel Rippey, in the Winter of 1776. Colonel was Wm. Irvine.
  Thanking you for a prompt reply, and assuring my appreciation of information, in regard to this Revolutionary soldier, I am
                           Yours very truly,
                     [signature] Elizabeth M. Jordan

   Mrs. Elizabeth M. Jordan,
        201 Elm Street,
           New Castle,
                 Pa.

[stamped as follows]
U. S PENSION OFFICE
R 
Apr 25 1927
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THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY 

Subject:

New Castle, Pa., April 18th, 1927.

Bureau of Pensions.
Old War and Navy Division,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

  Will you kindly give me a statement of military history of Jacob Justice, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who enlisted as a private from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, under Dap’t [Cap’t] Samuel Rippey, in the Winter of 1776. 
  I will greatly appreciate the fullest information you can give. Thanking you in advance, I am
               Yours very truly,

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Jordan,
 201 Elm Street,
  New Castle, Pa.

[stamped as follows]
R
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
Apr 19 1927
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THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
                                                     
Subject:

New Castle, Pa., April 18th, 1927.

Bureau of Pensions.
Old War and Navy Division.
Department of the Interior.
Washington, D. C.

  Will you kindly give me a statement of the military history of James Justice, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who enlisted from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  He was one of six sons of John Justice, of that County, Jacob, we know was a Revolutionary Soldier, if there are any other justices form Cumberland County, who spell their name          J U S T I C E, will you kindly give me records of their service, also.

  Thanking you in advance, I am
  Yours very truly,

  S. H. RHOADS,
         Agent.

(Mrs.) Elizabeth M. Jordan,
 201 Elm Street,
  New Castle, Pa.

[stamped as follows]
U. S PENSION OFFICE
Apr 19 1927
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6769

3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Finance Division

Feb 8 1927.

Chief Rev. War Section Division.

I have this day received from Mrs. F. G Simonton draft No————-
for $2.35 in payment of photostat copy as per letter herewith,
1927 Feb 17 Photos mailed & Finance Div Notf.
AW

O. J. RANDALL
    Chief Finance Division 
                              H.C.L.

C 10
L 11
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____
 Phone Branch 476

__ regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 12698
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [illegible initials]

Feb. 10, 1927.

Chief, Division of Publications,
 Room G 137.
  Please furnish work specified below.

Bureau ordering Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FO RLINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job photstat copies of 14 pages from the Rev. War pension claim, W. 3089, Jacob Justice

No. of copies 1 of each page.                                Shall form be kept standing    No
For further information see A. J. Wilson
Room No. 5033
Phone No. 541

Approved: O L Laubnd
Chief Clerk of Bureau Reed
Chief of Branch AG Wilson

Note: No order made “SPECIAL” unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

[stamped as follows]
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
Feb 11 1927

CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph ___ single or double space? ___
Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? __ Facsimile signature?___
Assembling
Stapling  Once? Twice? Side? End?
Addressograph from lists____________
Envelopes, size
Proof list______
Labels (submit sample)___
Fill in letters ______
Cards, size______
Pay rolls_____
Corrections___
Tabulation sheets____

Photostat  X size    actual.     Official use?_____ Repay. yes $ 2.10
Blue Print size ______  Official use? Repay____

Remarks___________

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___ 1812 Wars

United States 
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington
Feb 1, 1927.

Mrs. F. G. Simonton,
Edenburg,
Lawrence County, Penn.

Note ad on Envelope
F. G. Simonton
New Castle, Pa.
19. E Washington St

[envelope addressed to:]
U/ S. Dept of the interior
 Bureau of Pensions
  Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec.
   Washington D. C.


  Madam: 
             Herewith is returned the check of F. G. Simonton, to the order of the U. S. Dept. of the Interior, for two dollars and thirty-five cents, which was forwarded in your letter of January 26, 1927, in payment for certified copies of papers from the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3089 of Jacob Justice and his widow Elizabeth.
  By reference to the bureau letter of January 22, 1927 giving you instructions as to the mode of payment for such copies, you will see that it was stated that checks should
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3-2233

Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division

Jan 31, 1927

Chief Rev. War Section Division.

I have this day received from Mrs. F. G. Simonton check No ______ for $2.35, requesting 
 photostat copy ) as per
 post-office addresses is crossed out

letter herewith.
Check not certified
* Please return to sender 
returned Feb. 1, 1927. AW

O. J. Randall
    Chief Finance Division
                   H. C. L.
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1812 Wars

February 1, 1927.

Mrs. F. G. Simonton,
Edenburg,
Lawrence County, Penn.

  Madam:
          Herewith is returned the check of F. G. Simonton, to the order of the U. S. Dept. of the Interior, for two dollars and thirty-five cents, which was forwarded in your letter of January 26, 1927, in payment for certified copies of papers from the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3089 of Jacob Justice and his widow Elizabeth.
  By reference to the bureau letter of January 22, 1927 giving you instructions as to the mode of payment for such copies, you will see that is  was stated that checks should be certified and made to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. Upon receipt of such a check, the copies will be made for you.

  Respectfully,
   WINIFRED SCOTT,
       Commissioner.

The check was on Lawrence Savings & Trust Co. of New Castle Pa
dated Jan. 27, 1927-
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[‘ Arthur L. Russell, President’ is crossed out]
[‘ George W. Cageby, Treasurer’. is crossed out]
[‘J. S. DuShane, Registrar’ is crossed out]

NEW CASTLE CHAPTER 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

[stamped as follows]
 FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPER’S DESK
JAN 31 1927
Bureau of Pensions

Edenburg Pa Jan 26 1927
Newcastle Pa

United States, Department of the Interior
  Bureau of Pensions
     Washington D. C.

Sirs-:

n. nFind i closed check of two dollars thirty five cents.(2 35/1000 for which please send me a photostat copy of the pension papers of Jacob Justice and his widow Elizabeth (Revolutionary War)

  I understand there are fourteen pages at fifteen cents per page- plus twenty five cents certifications fee.

  Yours truly-
 (Mrs. F. G.)Nellie H. Simonton
       Edenburg,
             Pa.

Lawrence Co.

[stamped as follows]
U. S. Pension office
Jan 28 1927
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& 1812 Wars

January 22, 1927.

  Francis G. Simonton
Edenburg, Penn.

Sir:

  I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3089 of Jacob Justice and his widow Elisabeth, the name will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
  The number of pages to be copied is fourteen.
   The proper amount should be forwarded t this bureau, by money order, or certified check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).

  Respectfully,

  WINFIELD SCOTT,
      Commissioner.
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New Castle - PA.
19 W Washington St.

F. G. Simonton,
Edenburg, Pa.

New Castle, Pa.
Jan. 20th, 1927.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

  I would like to have a photostat copy of the pension papers of Jacob Justice, a Revolutionary Soldier, who lived and died in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County ( Beaver County previous to 1847), Pa.
  Will you please inform me how many pages this record contains and what the cost of a photostat will be so that I can forward the amount ?
  If this is not the proper department, will you please forward this letter to the right party.

  Yours very truly,
       [signature] Francis G. Simonton,
                           per M. C.

Francis G. Simonton,
Edenburg, Pa.

FGS: C

Jacob & Elisabeth Justice

[stamped as follows]
U. S. Pension Office
Jan 21 1927
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H R Washington City 22 Jany 1841

Dear Sir

  Joseph Justice of Mercer County Penna asks for information as follows,
  His mother drew a pension, under the five year pension law, as the widow of Jacob Justice a Revolutionary Pensioner 
She died the 17th Augt. last. There was due her at her death $36.92 or about that sum. Mr Justice wished to know whether it will be necessary to take out letters of Adm. in order to get the money. 
Please send a form to meet this cas and give all necessary instructions.
  Your immediate attention to this will much obliged 
        Your friend & Obt Servant
             Thos. Henry

Hon J. L. Edwards
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Elizabeth Justice widow of Jacob
Pennsylvania 
Suspended
See let. 20 Nov 1838 to Hon Thos Henry.
__ 8 Dec 38

Act 7 July 1838
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
   Second Comptroller’s Office,
        July 20th 1841.

Sir: 
  Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” The childr. of Elizabeth Justice, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa Agency,, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838. has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March 1840, to the 17th August 1840.

  Respectfully yours,

    Altion K. Parris
       Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
   Present.