Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4365, George Grove, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn
George Grove

NUMBER
R.4365
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CONTENTS
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30.822
The application of
George Grove
for a
Pension

(No 1)


R. C. Hale
Bellefonte
Center County
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
Centre County} SS

On this 26th day of August AD 1834 personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas of Centre County before the Hon Thos. Burnside and his associates now holding said Court George Grove a resident of said county of Centre aged eighty two years, past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of June 7th 1822. That he enlisted in the army of the United States (word crossed out) on or about the tenth of May 1776 at Lancaster Pennsylvania in Captain Thomas Stoutsbury's company of infantry of the tenth regiment, second brigade (whether of Continental or Penna. Militia he cannot say for certain) under the following officers The Brigadier General of this brigade he cannot speak of with certainty owing to loss of memory consequence on his extreme old age but thinks it was General Maxwell. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Thomas Walker-That he enlisted to serve during the war-That from Lancaster Captain Stoutsbury's company marched and joined the regiment on the Delaware river near Bristol the winter of 1776 & 77. Captain Stoutsburys company passed in the hills of Chester county near the Paoli- In the spring of '77 they joined the main army under General Washington and he was wounded in the leg with a bayonet at the battle of Germantown- the winter of 1777 or 78 was passed in winter quarters with the main army at Valley Forge- In the summer of 1778 he was with the army when the British troops evacuated Philadelphia, but was not in the battle of Manmouth his company having been dispatched up the Delaware but soon after joined the main Army under Washington & was with it through out the summer of 1778- The winter of 1778 & 1779 he passed in winter quarters with the main army and remained with it until the month of
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January 1781-having passed the winter of 1779 & 80 in winter quarters near Kingsbridge on the North River where Gen. Heath commanded- The summer of 1780 was passed with the main army under Washington in New Jersey, sometimes on the Delaware and some times on the North river & late in the fall of 1780 his regiment went into winter quarters near to Norristown and sometime in the month of January he was taken sick & sent to the Hospital at Lancaster Pa where he lay for three months as near as he can recollect when he received a discharge from a man the name of Smith whom he thinks was Quarter Master and was conveyed home by his family-This discharge he has lost having left it at his fathers house in with his mother when he came away and it is now not to be found. And he here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state.
And he further states that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood that can testify as to his services but that William Wilson Esq. & Rudolph Micholian can do so
George Grove
his   X  mark
Sworn & subscribed in open court this day and year aforesaid before me
Jas Gilliland Prothy.

And the said George Grove further states being first duly sworn that he knows of no person now living who can testify from personal knowledge as to his services.
George Grove
his  X  mark
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 26th August AD 1834 before me
Jas. Gilliland Prothy.
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We William Wilson & Rudolph Mulhollan residing in Boggs township Centre County hereby certify that we are well acquainted George Grove who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Wm. Wilson
Rudolph Mulhollan
Sworn & subscribed in open
Court this 26th August AD 1834
before me
Jas Gilliland Proth.
And the said court do here by declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Wilson & Rudolph Mulhollan who have signed the preceeding certificates, are residents in Boggs township Centre County and are credible persons & that the statement is entitled to credit
Judges of the Court
W Warnside
Isaac McKinney
Jacob Kryder
I James Gilliland Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas of Centre County Pa. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application George Grove for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this
29th day of August AD 1834
Jas. Gilliland Prothy.
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State of Pennsylvania
Centre County
Personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for said County
George Grove, who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of
memory he cannot recollect, the full particulars of his services in the Revolutionary War, but that to the best of his knowledge and recollection, they are correctly set forth in his application for a pension acknowledged
in open Court the 26th of August last, with the exception that the year in which he served as a volunteer in a rifle company commanded
by Captain Stoutsberry, under Colonel Walker, is put down, as being in the regular service. That he volunteered in this company in as near as he can recollect, the month of May 1776, and after serving in it a year or thereabouts as near as he can recollect in the month of May or June 1777 he in company with a quarter
part of said volunteer company enlisted to serve in the regular army, to serve during the war, that Captain Stoutsberry still commanded said company that the colonel's or Lieut Colonel's name was Huber or Hubler as this deponent thinks, but at this distant time cannot speak for certain, and that the other
facts as set forth in the above declaration as taken in Court the 26th August are just true to the best of this deponent belief. And further this deponent saith not--
George Grove X his mark
Sworn & Subscribed this 17th day of
September AD 1834 
W.C. Wilch
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Centre [illegible]

I, James Gilliland Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Centre certify that William C Welch is a Magistrate as written [or “within”] & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 17th day of September 1834

Jas. Gilliland Prot.
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June 29, 1937
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George Gove – R.4365
George Hoffman – W.C.4589

Mr.  J. H. Brant
Stephens City
Virginia

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.4365, based upon the military service in that war of George Grove.

George Grove was born January 10, 1753, in Sussex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

George Grove married March 17, 1786, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Catharine. They were married by the Reverand Mr. Shultz. The date and place of birth of Catharine and the names of her parents are not shown.

After the Revolution, George Grove lived in Lancaster, Dauphin and Centre Counties, Pennsylvania.

August 26, 1834, while a resident of said Centre County, George Grove applied for pension and stated that while a resident of Chestnut Hill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted May 10, 1776, and served one year in Captain Thomas Stoutzberry’s Company of Riflemen, under Colonels Thomas Walker and Hubler in the Pennsylvania troops, that he reenlisted in 1777 for the duration of the war, served under some officers, that he was in the battle of Germantown where he was wounded in the leg by a bayonet and that he continued to serve in said troops until January, 1781, when he was taken sick, sent to the hospital at Lancaster, soon after discharged and taken to his home by his family.

His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.

In 1835, George Grove was residing in Warrior’s Mark Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and in 1845, in Reserve Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in which latter place he died September 23, 1845. In 1852, his widow, Catharine Grove,
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was living in Reserve Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The date of her death is not shown.

It was stated that both soldier and his widow received pensions from the state of Pennsylvania.

No reference was made to children.

The widow stated that Jacob Grove attended her wedding to George Grove, but she gave no relationship of Jacob to her husband.
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George Hoffman
W.C.4589

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in War of 1812 claim for pension, W.C.4589, based upon the military service in that war of George Hoffman.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of George Hoffman are not shown.

George Hoffman enlisted in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and served from September 1 to December 4, 1814, as a private in Captain Henry Good’s Company, Pennsylvania Milita.

He died in Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1830 ot [or] August 17, 1832, both dates were given by his widow.

The soldier married March 16, 1810, at Maytown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ann Heagle. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.

February 20, 1854, Ann Hoffman, then a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, George Hoffman, in the War of 1812. She was granted forty acres of land on Warrant No. 101057, under the Act of September 18, 1850. March 22, 1855, this widow applied for the additional bounty land which was due on account of the service of her said husband in the War of 1812. She was then residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and gave her age as sixty-six years. She was granted one hundred twenty acres

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of bounty land on Warrant No.14086, under the Act of March 3, 1855.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the numbers of the warrants, the acreage and the acts under which said warrants were issued.

Ann Hoffman, widow of George Hoffman, was allowed pension on her application executed May 6, 1871, while residing in Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At that time she gave her age as eighty-seven years.

She died March 17, 1872, at said Bainbridge.

It was stated that George and Ann Hoffman had a large family of children, two only survived their mother, Julia, wife of Christian Epler and Elizabeth, wife of John W. Brown, both residents of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. No names of other children are given.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.


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No.38.326.

George Grove decd.
Act 7" June 1832.
Penna.
[illegible] May 1832.
4365

Evans & Fant
[illegible]
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Papers of George Grove.

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George Grove 
Pennsylvania
Suspended

[crossed out] See letter 16 [illegible] 1837 Hon. R. Biddle dt 15 January 1838 
T Howard July 7 18[?25 or 45]
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31.822
George Grove
Pennsylvania

not on roll

Hon. R. Biddle
M.C.
Pittsburgh Penn
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State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County
On the Seventh day of November AD 1835
personally appeared before Thomas Burnside, Esquire, president
and Joseph Wilson and Joseph Adams , Esquires, his
associates. [illegible] of the Court of Common Pleas of the 
county of Huntingdon afi??said, George Grove, a
resident of Warriorsmark township in said county and state,
aged eighty two years on the tenth day of January
last, who being first sworn according to law doeth on 
oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress,
passed 7th June, 1832.
 That he entered the service of the United States under the    
 following name a officer, and served on hereinafter stated
That in the month of May 1776  he volunteered in Captain
Thomas Stantsberry,s company of riflemen [?] at Chestnut
Hill, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in which he remained until
the month of May or June in the year following. In
May or June 1777 he enlisted in the regular army to
serve during the war ---- Was in the battle of Germantown
where he was wounded with a bayonet on the leg. The
winter of 1777 & 78 was passed in winter quarters with the
main army at the  Valley Forge.  That in the summer
of 1778, he was with the army when the British army
evacuated Philadelphia, but was not in the Battle of 
Monmouth, his company having been dispatched up the
Delaware-- but soon after joined the main army under
Washington near Trenton, and  was with it through the
summer of 1778. The winter of 1778 & 79 he passed in
winter quarters with the main army, and remained
with it until the month of January 1781; having passed                             the  winter of 1779 & 80  in winter quarters near  King's
Bridge on the month prior where Gen. Gates  commanded 
The summer of 1780 was passed with the main army in
New Jersey under Gen. Washington; sometimes in the Delaware,
&  sometimes on the north river.  Late in the
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fall of 1780, his regiment went into winter quarters near Norristown, and sometime in january he was taken sick, and sent to the Hospital at Lancaster and said afterwards was discharged. That the names of the officers under whose immediate command he was while in the regular army, were, Brigadier Genl William Manfield, * Col. - , Captain Stoutsberry, and Lieutenant Walker - as far as he now recollects - 
That he received his discharge at the Hospital, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as before stated, from one William Smith, whose military title, or office, he does not now recollect; that, as near as he can recollect, he remains in Lancaster County, between twenty & Twenty five years; from there, that he removed to Colemans Works in Dauphin County, thence to Harrisburg,in said County; therein to Centre County; and thence, in April 1833, to Mannermark Township, Huntingdon County, where he now resides.
[signed] George Grove, x, his mark
*the name of the Col he does not recollect

Interrogatories 1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. - I was born in Sussex County, in the state of New Jersey in the tenth day of January A.D. 1753.
Interrogatory 2d, Have you any record of your age? And if so, were is it?
Answer.- I have my age recorded in my father's family bible, now in my possession.
Interrogatory 3d. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? And where do you now live?
Answer. - When called into service, I was living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and
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Since the revolutionary war, I have lived in Lancaster, Dauphin, Centre, and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania. I now reside in Monmouth township, in the last mentioned county, as before stated.

Interrogatory 4th How were you called into service? Were you drafted? did you volunteer? or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer:-
This interrogatory answered to the best of deponents' recollection in the foregoing declaration.

Interrogatory 5th Name some of the officers who were with you during your service; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer.- This interrogatory also answered to the best of deponents recollection in the foregoing declaration.

Interrogatory 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? and if so, by whom was it given - and what has become of it?
Answer.- I received a written discharge from William Smith, on leaving the hospital at Lancaster, as stated in the foregoing declaration - and gave it to my mother who afterwards died - and have not since seen or heard of it, and do not know where it is.

Interrogatory 7th. Name some of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and also who can testify to your character for veracity, and
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their general belief of your service as a soldier of this revolution.
Answer. - Elijah Sharp, and John H. Stonebraker

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the eleventh day of November A.D. 1835.
[signed] George Grove x his mark
[signed] Th Burnside P Judge

Here Elijah Sharp and John H Stonebraker residing in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Grove who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years old; that he is reputed and beleived in the neightbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, adnd that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & Subscribed in open court this eleventh day of November A.D. 1835.
[signed] Elijah Sharp x his mark
J H Stonebraker
[signed] Th Burnside Prec Judge
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatiories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states; and the Court do further that it appears to them the Elijah Sharpe and John H. Stonebraker an resident of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and an creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Th Burnside
[signed] Joseph McCune
[signed] Jos Adams

State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County Ss

I David R Porter, Prothyof the Court of Common pleas of said county of Huntingdon, do Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Grove for a pension.
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Huntingdon, the eleventh day of November A.D. 1835
[signed] D R Porter Prothy
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31923
George Grove
Pennsyl'a
Hon. J. Henderson
H.R
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George Grove
Laid over
(Nr 3)
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Huntingdon County Ss
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Huntingdon Personally appeared John H Stonebraker and Thomas McQuey whose Statement is Entitled to credit who being duly Sworn according to law do depose and say that they are well acquainted with George Grove that he is aged and destitute without property or any arrable means of Support
[signed] J H Stonebraker
[signed] Thomas McQuey
Sworn and Subscribed this 28th day January AD 
Before Me
[signed] James Perry 

I do hereby Certify that the above named J S Stonebraker and T McQuey are respectable and men of veracity so far as I know them 
Feb 4th 1836
[signed] Jno Hassan
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25/ Hasson Huntingdon
Petition
of
George Grove
for a
Pension
HR Feb 16, 1835.
Pennour
proof of
respectability of
Witnesses who
state povity
No bill
documents withdrawn
by Reuben C. Hale
of Bellefonte
Hasson
Centre
A Petition and documents
of George Grove
a soldier of the Revolution
praying for relief
Feb 5, 1836
Biel Gratuity & [illegible line]
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To the Hon. the Senate & House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met
The petition of George Grove a resident
of Warrior Mark in Huntingdon County
Respectfully represents
That your
petitioner served in the Pennsylvania line of the
Army of the Revolution, from the month of May 1776
until the month of January 1781, that he is aged and
destitute, without property or means of
support. And he therefore prays your honorable
body to grant him a pension for said services
and he will ever pray &c
George Grove
X his mark
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J[illegible] at pa
Oct 16

J. L. Edwards Esq

Hon R. Biddle
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R Biddle encloses the application of George Grove for a Pension

[Illegible] of Reps.
16 Oct. 1837
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War Dept. Pen Office
Oct 16th 1837
Sir
The
declaration of George
Grove has been examined and
filed with suspended cases.
He alleges to have enlisted
for the war in Capt. Stoutsberry's company of the Pennsylvania line in 1777
['for the war' crossed out] and that
having been taken sick in 1781, he
was put into the Hospital at
Lancaster and soon after discharged.
His name is not found in the
roll of those who served in the
Pennsylvania line. There is ['the name of' crossed out] one person of the name of Grove
on said rolls, who was an Invalid but not George. The applicant
has heretofore been required to prove
his service in the manner pointed out in note j. in the enclosed printed
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printed sheet. [“It is under [illegible]” crossed out] This he has not done.  It is indispensably necessary that the regulations should be complied with in this respect in order to a favorable decision.  

[Written vertically along the right-hand side]

Con. R. Biddle 
Oct 16. 1837
Pa

Hon. R. Biddle
Member of Congress
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny Ss.
Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared John Sweisshelm who on his solemn Oath doth depose and say that he was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and is now a Pensioner as such That he was at a battle at or near the encampment called the "White Horse" about twenty six miles from Philadelphia; that from circumstances empressed upon his mind a man of the name of George Groves, he believe was acting as a Solider of the Revolution at "Valley Forge" That from sundry Conversations with the said Geo Groves he is further convinced that his statement with regard to his services in the War of the Revolution in true Deponent further says that from age and infirmary he cannot recollect all the Circumstances which could justify him in stating that the said Geo. Grove was a Soldier of the Revolution, but that he verily believes he was. Deponent further Saith that he is now about 84 years of age & that he has no interest in the application of Geo Groves but to do justice to a poor and honest man
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 12th day of December AD 1837
[signed] C Carethers
[signed] John Sweisshelm
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny Ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County George Grove who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the process length of his service and the names of the officers under whom he served but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned to his declaration filed with Suspended cases in the Pension Department That to the best of his recollection he volunteered in Capt. Thomas Montberry's Company of Militia in Bucks County in 1777 and served in that Company for three months; has he immediately enlisted thereafter for three  years or during the war that he served under Generals Gates and Washington at the Battle of Germantown in which he recd a severe bayonet wound in his knee by which he was prostrated that as soon as he was able to creep he with the assistance of his Comrades some of whom were also wounded he crept into an adjoining wood from which he was conveyed with others to Skippack Creek and from that place was sent to winter quarters at Valley Forge where in consequence of getting cold in his wound it became worse he was then moved to Lancaster & sent to the Hospital there, where he remained until Spring. As soon as he got measurable with he joined the main Army and continued in the service up to the vols of the Pennsylvania line of troops and after the
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troops were pacefull of whom he was one, he returned to Camp and Continued in the service until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis Some time after which his honourable discharge was given to him. That he gave it to his Mother on his return home for safe keeping that he saw it in her possession about ten years afterwards and after her decease he believes it has been either lost or mislaid so that he has not been able to procure it from that period. Deponent further saith that he does not now recollect the names of the Officers under whom he served.  That age and disease have impaired his faculties he verily believes otherwise he thinks he could have recollected the names of his officers That he is now upwards of Eighty five years of age. That he served for the Space at least of three years and nine months as a Private in the service of the United States and that he has no witness now alive who can prove his service except the Witness in the foregoing deposition 
That he is now in poverty and needs the assistance of his Country for his support. He therefore for such his services claims a pension
[signed] George Grove x his mark
Sworn to and Subscrived this thirtieth day of Dec AD 1837 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County 
[signed] C Carethers
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny Ss
I the within named Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that Iam personally acquainted with the within named John Sweisshelm and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit
Given under my hand and seal the 30th day of Dec AD 1837
[signed] C Carethers
[hand drawn seal]

State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County Ss
I James Sogan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that C Carethers Esq. by whom the above certificate was given was at the giving the same and still is a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such free faith and credit are and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this second day of Dec 1838
James Sogan Pro.
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Hon R Biddle
Jan 15 1838
Pa
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War Dept. Pen Office
January 15, 1838
Sir,
The amended declaration
of George Grove and the affidavit
of John Swierhelm in support of his
claim have been ex'd & filed with his
other papers in this office.
The witness had no personal knowledge of the
applicant's services, but states that he
was a soldier himself and believes
from the statements made by the applent [applicant]
that he served as a solder in the
army, such testimony is not sufficient
to authorise the admission of the claim
The testing shall be positive, and derived
from a personal knowledge of the
alleged services.
Hon. R. Biddle
H. R
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[An envelope or cover for a letter addressed to]

Commissioner of Pensions Offices
Washington CIty
D.C.

[A round stamp, with location around the edge and date in the center]
PITTSBURGH Pa.  JUL 3

July 7 45

Geo Grove
pa
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Pittsburgh July 2 1845,
Not being in possion [possession] of your name I address this letter as you find it. I write to you at the request of George Grove of Reserva [Reserve] Teanship [Township] Allegheny Co. Pa. one of the Soldiers in
the U.S. Service during the revolutionary war,
He informs me that he employed S Kingston
Esq an atty of this place, who was killed at the late five in our City and his papers destroyed, to procure him a pension from the U.S. As Mr Kingston is now dead and none of the papers can be found, I write you for the purpose of learning what is necessary to be done to enable him to procure a pension, will you have the goods info to forward me the rules and instructions of the office in the case, and you will greatly
oblige, I am sir very Respectfully your obeed Svt.
T. Howard
Atty for G. Grove
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T Howard
July 7 1845
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Pension Office
July 7 1845

Sir
In the case of George Grove I have to inform you that his papers are on our files. His claim has not been admitted for the want of positive testimony of his service, derived from personal knowledge of the persons who may testify in the case.


T Howard Esq
Pittsburgh Pa

31822.Pa
32 SMh
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[Writing in two columns, left side]

George Grove-

F.S. Evans is hereby authorized to act as my substitute in the case of George Grove.

L. M. Drury

Apr 16. 1851

[Right side]

Geo Grove [lined out]
George Grove decd.
pa

Act 7 June 1832

Let 1 May ‘52

Evans & Fant
Present
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To the Hon, the Senate & House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 
The Petition of Catharine Grove-
Respectfully Represents that your petitioner makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension on account of the services of her husband Geo Grove who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania Line, and who was a pensioner under an act of assembly of this commonwealth.
That She the said Catharine is a resident in Reserve Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania, aged 85 years, that She is the widow of Geo Grove who was a Soldier in the revolutionary war, That She has no documentary Evidence in support of her claim other than the application and evidence accompanying the same filed in the proper office at Harrisburg upon which a pension was granted by an act of assembly passed the 31st day of March 1836 to her husband the aforesaid Geo Grove to which the application and evidence your petitioner refers for proof in this her application - 
She further saith that she was married to the said George Grove in Lancaster County Pennsylavnia by the Rev M Shultz a Minister of the Gospel that they were married in Warwick Township in said County on the 17th day of March 1786 (to the best of her recollection, having no family reccord of her said marriage the same having been lost or destroyed more than 20 years since. That there were several of her husbands friends
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present at said Marriage but does not know where they reside if living, that Jacob Grove were among the persons present at said marriage and believes that he is now residing in Huntingdon County as she has been informed that the aforesaid George Grove died on the 23d day of September 1845 in Reserve Township aforesaid and that She said Catharine still remains a widow since the decease of her said Husband - That at the time a pension was granted to her said husband he lived in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania from which place he removed to Allegheny County in said State.
And prays that a pension may be granted to her on account of the Service of her said husband in the revolutionary war - 
And she will pray -
[signed] Catharine Grove x her mark

Geo Watson
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Washington July 18th [Illegible]

Hon Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

I have been informed that the applicant for a pension in the enclosed papers is one of my constituents  Be so good as to consider it and inform me your conclusions

Most Respectfully Yours

John F. Collins
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Washington Dec 18th 1851

Sir

We herewith enclose the papers of George Grove, Act 7th June 1832.
This claim appears to have been before the Pension Office some years since, and although disallowed, there must have been service performed, as pensions would not have been allowed to George Grove, and also to his wife by the State of Penna as will appear by reference to the records at Harrisburg Penna.
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant
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[Illegible] Evans & Fant
May 1st 1832
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Pension Office
May 1 1852

Gent.
The papers in the case of George Grove of Pa have been filed under the Act of 7 June 1832. These papers were here in 1834 as is shown from a letter from this office to R.C. Hale mge of Bellefont [Bellefonte] Pa of the 3d of Oct of that year. They are now filed again as also the letter. without any additional evidence, I return the letter that may know the objection.
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June 29, 1937

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BA-J/EEL
Mr. J. H. Brant
Stephens City
Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Abraham Brand or Brant, George Grove, Michael Zimmerman, Jacob Hoffman, John Noftzar and Jacob Smith, all of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Jacob Zimmerman, of Berks County, Pennsylvania, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and George Hoffman and and Christian Brand, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, soldiers of the War of 1812.

A careful search of the records of the records has been made and no claims for pension found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Jacob Zimmerman or Jacob Smith, as described by you or of Abraham Brand or Brant, Michael Zimmerman, Jacob Hoffman or Huffman, John Noftsgar and the War of 1812 records do not show that claim for pension was ever made to the United States based upon service in that war of a Christian Brand or Brant. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.

It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of those soldiers, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.

The record of George Grove who served in the Revolutionary War and George Hoffman, who served in the War of 1812 are furnished you herewith.

[handwritten] 4365

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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DELCO
REPLACEMENT
PARTS

ENGINES
REPAIRED

J. H. BRANT
FARM LIGHTING PLANTS and BATTERIES
TELEPHONE 10-M
STEPHENS CITY, VIRGINIA
(6 MILES SOUTH OF WINCHESTER)
June 22, 1937

[Stamped] RECEIVED
JUN 24 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. 21
READER #

Daer Sir-
I shall greatly appreciate your aid in finding, if there were any, pension records of the following direct line descendents of mine, all from Pennsylvania Some of the names herein presented I have close or definite proof of being my direct ancestry, others I shall know from pension records or whatever information you may have to help me.
Revolutionary War
Abraham Brand of Lancaster County, PA.; George Grove of Lancaster County, PA.; Michael Zimmerman of Lancaster County, PA.; Jacob Zimmerman of Berks County, PA. Jacob Hoffman of [handwritten Huffman] of Lancaster County, PA., also shall be glad to have information of George Hoffman of Lancaster County, PA.; and Christian Brand of Lancaster Co. PA
War of 1812
George Brandt of John Fulmer's Company, Second Brigade, First Division, Penn 'a Militia in the service of United States under Command of Col. John Thompson.
All of these but probably a few later moved to Somerset County, PA. which County was formed from Bedford County about 1799. Perhaps one or two have removed to Westmoreland County and may be found on the pension rolls there.
I found records of these men in the Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth and Sixth Series. Part I have definite family connections and others partly so. I therefore appreciate any information you may be of assistance to me.
May I hear from your office?
Very truly yours
[handwritten] J. H. Brant
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DELCO
REPLACEMENT
PARTS

ENGINES
REPAIRED

J. H. BRANT
FARM LIGHTING PLANTS and BATTERIES
TELEPHONE 10-M
STEPHENS CITY, VIRGINIA
(6 MILES SOUTH OF WINCHESTER)
June 14, 1937.

[stamped] RECIEVED
JUN 8 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. 17
READER #

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir-
For historical and genealogical purposes I shall be glad to receive information on the service record of Abraham Brant who served in the Revolutionary War, and who later emigrated to Somerset Cpunty, Pennsylvania. This man is my great, great grandfather. i thank you.

Very truly yours
[handwritten] J. H. Brant

P.S. Variations in the spelling may occur as Brand or Brandt; Abraham as Abram.
J.H.B.
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[A file jacket, writing on the right side]

[A stamp reading “REJECTED”]

4365

P. O.

George Grove

Service:

Enlisted: ________________, 18   . 
Discharged: _____________, 18   .  

Printed list of 1852 shows cause of suspension

Application filed: _________, 18   . 
“Not admitted for want of position testimony”

Alleges:

Re-enlisted: 

Attorney:
P. O. 

______ Recognized.   ________ Contract
______ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ________, 18

[Handwritten vertically along the left-hand side]

1937 – June 29 / Hist to J. H. Brant – EEL
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[An index card, preprinted, with individual information handwritten]

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

NAME                             Grove, John

GRADE                           Private

LINE                                New Hampshire

WARRANT NUMBER   3140

ACREAGE                      100

ISSUED                          July 21, 1789
                                        to Ladd & Cass ----

__________

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.