Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 761, George Humphreys, Continental (Va.)
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SERVICE
Continental (Va) 
Humphreys, George 
Hull, Mary     

NUMBER
W. 761 
B.L. Wt 1401-100
B.L. Wt 60-60-55

(Former widow.)
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Duplicate Certf. Issued
25 " Oct 1877. Aud...


2227
Illinois, Springfield

Mary Hull, widow of George Humphreys who served in the Revolutionary war  as a private of cavy (?)

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100--Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Dec / 53 and sent to Richd M. Young
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 193 Vol.
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45,685     April 6/33

Act March 3/33
Mary Hull ^formerly Widow of George Humphreys

Dec (unclear?)

...Service in the war of the Revolution + was a Pensioner of the U. S. ... is now a Pense... of July 3d 1853
War

Contl. Cine
Ad 60....

(Rest unclear)
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Cert No. 624
Revy

Name: George Humphreys
Rank: Dragoon  Comp'y Hughes
VA Line

Allowed: Oct 1828
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[round black ink stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
US
JUN 1 885
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WIDOWS
[3-405.]
(Pensioner Dropped)




APR 1 1885
U.S. Pension Agency,
Chicago, Ills
MAY 26 1885

Hon. J.C. Black,
Commissioner of Pensions

I hereby report that the name of Mary Hull, Wid, Geo. Humphrey, who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency under Certificate No, 2227 and who was paid at $100 per annum to June 4, 1884 has been dropped because of death.

Very respectfully,
Ada Sweet
Pension Agent.


Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.
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No. 1401
George Humphreys
Priv.
Va. 
Old Jos: [Watson?]
Ag. D. C.
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BOUNTY LANDS 
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES-INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION

STATE OF Indiana
County of Gibson

I, George Humphreys aged sixty four years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of "during the war" in the dragoon regiment under the command of Colonel White and afterwards served in the aforesaid regiment under the command of Colonel White and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the aforesaid regiment, commanded by Colonel White of the Virginia line, and when I was a (1) private I received a discharge after, or at the close of the war which is lost or misplaced, long since the (?) which I lost it I am not able at this time to state.

I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:

THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, George Humphreys aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON, of Washington City, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my (2) hand and seal, this tenth day of October A.D. 1828
George Humphreys
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45685
Declaration 
of Mary Hull of Lus. 
a widow of George Humphreys, for 
Bounty Land, on 
account of services
rendered in the Revolutionary
war, under act of March 3rd 1855. 

Richar M Young atty
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Declaration for Bounty Land for the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war, under the act of Congress of March 3rd 1855
State of Illinois
County of Edwards sct. 

This day personally came before me Adam Emmerson, a Justice of the Peace, within, and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Hull aged 49 years, a resident of the County of Edwards and State of Illinois, who being first duly sworn according to law, declares upon her oath that she is the identical Mary Hull who lately applied for, and received a Certificate of Pension as the widow of George Humphreys deceased, for services rendered by him in the revolutionary war. That she was married to the said George Humphreys in Clay County, Illinois on the 25th of February 1838, and the said George Humphreys died April 10, 1840 - That she then married Pelie Hull December 19, 1843, who also died sometime in the year 1850 - since which time she has been a widow. That her maiden name before her first marriage was Mary Rose. That the said George Humphreys was a United States Pensioner at $96 per annum, and was paid as such at the Pension agency at Vincennes in the State of Indiana. That the application and papers of Mary Hull for a pension as the widow of the said George Humphreys under the act of February 3, 1853, were filed in the Pension office at Washington City, on, or about the 27th of July 1853;
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and a certificate of Pension was issued to her, dated December 28, 1853, for $100 per annum from February 3, 1853 for life or during widowhood. That she is now regularly drawing said pension at the Springfield Pension agency in Illinois semi-annually, and is still a widow. She refers to the Declarations and accompanying papers on file in the Pension office at Washington City, of the said George Humphreys and herself, upon which their Pension Certificates were issued, for evidence of the truth of her said statements.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres of bounty land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1855, and declares that she has never heretofore received any bounty land whatever under any act of Congress.

And finally she hereby [constitutes] and appoints Richard M. Young of Washington City her attorney to present her said claim for Bounty land, and to receive her land warrant when ready for delivery.
                                             her
Two witnesses - attest: Mary X Hull
                                            mark
James Kenner
Semple Shelly

State of Illinois 
County of Edwards sct. 
                             The foregoing Declaration was signed, attested, and signed to by the said Mary Hull the 24th day of March 1855 before me as a Justice of the Peace.
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I further certify that James Kenner and Semple Shelby that subscribing witnesses to the said declaration are resident citizens of the County of Edwards, who being sworn testified and said, that they were personally well acquainted with the said Mary Hull and know her to be the identical person she describes herself to be, in, and by her said declaration; that she is now a widow and living in the County of Edwards and State of Illinois. I also certify that said persons are credible witnesses, well known to me as such, and that I am not interested in this application for bounty land. Given under my hand and send this 24th day of March 1855.
Allen Emmerson, Just.
Justice of the peace of Edwards County
Illinois

State of Illinois 
County of Edwards sct.

I Walter L. Mayo, Clerk of the County Court, within, and for the County of Edwards and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that Alan Emmerson, Esq., now is, and was at the time of signing and sealing his above certificate, a Justice of the Peace duly elected, commissioned, and qualified to office, that the above is his genuine signature and in his own proper hand writing - and that he is a Justice of the Peace for Edwards County, Illinois. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of the said Court at the Clerk's office in Albion this 24th day of March 1855.
Walter L. Mayo, Clerk.
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873

G. Humphreys
recd. Augt. 25 1828
achd. 30
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act of Congress for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828, I George Humphreys aged sixty four years of the county of Gibson in the State of Indiana do hereby declare that I inlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution in the fall of 1781 in a company of Light Dragoons at or near the Town of Williamsburgh Virginia for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination at which time I was a private in Captain Hughes company or troop of Light Dragoons in the first Regiment commanded by Colonel White in the continental line and preceded thereto he served in the eighteen months service in the foot and I also declare that I afterwards was discharged at Richmond, Virginia and received a certificate or some papers the contents of which I do not now clearly recollect, I believe I afterwards sold some of these at a discount and I am of the impression some of those papers then received was the certificate for the money I was intitled
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to under the resolve of Congress mentioned and all and allowed to by the late act of Congress and the the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, but to say certain I cannot. I further certify or declare that I was not on the 15th Day of March 1828 on the pension list o the United States.
George Humphreys

State of Indiana
Gibson County sct.
             Be known that on the 6th day of August 1828 personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the County afd. [aforesaid] duly [empowered?] to administer oaths George Humphreys who signed the above declaration and made oaths that the said is correct to the best of his recollections and belief given under my hand and seal this 6th day of August 1828.
S. L. Boicourt
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State of Indiana sct.
Gibson County

Before me Samuel L. Boicourt a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Gibson in the State of Indiana personally appeared Waller Wilson and John J. Neely who did severally make oaths that George Humphreys by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed - is ginerally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner and thence stated.
Witness my hand and seal this 6th day of August 1828. S. L. Boicourt.

State of Indiana sct.
Gibson County
           I John J. Neely Clerk of the Circuit Court in office for the County of Gibson in the State of Indiana do certify that Samuel L. Boicourt before whose the foregoing affiants were severe was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. I certify whereof I have hereto set my hand and officed the seal of [folded corner] said Court at Princeton this 6th day of August A.D. 1828.
John J. Neely, Clerk GCC
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State of Illinois
Edwards County
On this 20th day of June in the year 1853 personally appeared before Subrcriber Judges of the County Court in and for said County and State Mary Hull, a resident of said Edward County aged forty seven years, who being duly sworn, according to said oath, on her oath makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made of the Act of Congress, passed 3rd day of February in the year 1853 that she is the widow of George Humphreys who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars a year and he resided in said County of Edward and State of Illinois and that the agency at which his pension was paid was at Vincennes, Indiana - as she is informed and very believed, she further declares that she was married to the said George Humphreys on the 25th day of February - in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty Eight, that her husband, the aforesaid George Humphreys died on the tenth day of April in the year 1840, and that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that after the death of he said husband George Humphreys, she was married to one Pelie Hull on the 19th day of December 1843 and that the said Pelie Hull her said second husband died on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year 1850. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the said act of third of February 1853 and is she a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Witness
Walter L. Mayo
William Woods, Jr.
       her
Mary X Hull
       mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above witness before Alan Emmerson, County Judge of Edward County, Illinois, in Open Court.
Alan Emmerson, County Judge
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State of Illinois
Edward County
On this 20th day of June A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me judge of the County Court for said County and State William Custis and Semple Shelby --- residents of the County and State aforesaid two credible witnesses each above the age of twenty one years, who being, first duly sworn according to law, declare that they were personally acquainted with the within named George Humphreys and Mary Hull formerly Mary Humphreys and wife of the said George Humphreys during the life time of the said George Humphreys and that they lived in said Edward County as man and wife and were so  reputed for many years pervious to the death of the said George Humphreys and that the said George Humphreys died in said Edward County about the time [before?] mentioned and further these deponents say not except that they are disinterested witnesses.
Wm Curtis
Semple Shelby

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this 2[?] day of June 1853 before me.
Alan Emmerson, Judge

State of Illinois 
Edward County
On this 20th day of June A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me Judge of the ab. County Court of the said County Thomas Hardner and George D. Garner --- residents of said State two credible witnesses who being above the age of twenty-one years, who being first duly sword according to law declare that [ace?] within named Mary Hull formerly Mary Humphreys was after the death of the said George Humphreys intermarried with one Pelie Hull as they have been as they have been
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informed and truly believe and that the said Pelie Hull departed this life about the year 1850 and that they are disinterested witnesses and they further declare that the said Mary Hull is now a widow as they believe from general repeat. 
Thomas Garner
Lorenzo D. Gardner

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this 20th day of June 1853 before me.
Alan Emmerson

State of Illinois 
Edward County
I, hereby certify that Alan Emmerson Esq., before where the foregoing declaration and affidants  were made, and who has therefore subscribed his name was at the time of so doing, Judge of the Circuit Court for the said County of Edward and State of Illinois, duly [commeasured?] and sworn,
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the County Court of said Edward County at Albion Aus. 20th day of June A.D. 1853
Walter L. Mayo, Clerk
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State of Illinois
Clay County
I, L. L.. Allender, a justice of the peace in and for said county certify that I joined together in the bonds of matrimony Mr. George Humphrey, Miss Mary Rose on the 25th of February 1838.
L. L. Allender, Justice 

State of Illinois
County of Clay
I, Francis Apperson, Clerk of the County court of Clay County hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Certificate of the Marriage of Mr. George Humphrey and Mis Mary Rose as appeared on Record in this Office.
In Witness whereof I hereto set my signature and the seal of my office. Done in Louisville this 10th day of July A.D. 1853.
Francis Apperson, Co. Clerk.
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April 12, 1922
Hon. E. E. Brooks
House of Representatives
   In re: George Humphreys-War of Revolution
                                              Widow File 781

   You are advised that from the papers in the above noted pension claim, it appears that George Humphreys rendered eighteen months service in the Infantry, no details of which service are stated, after which he enlisted at Williamsburg, Virginia in the fall of 1781, and continued to serve until the termination of the War, at which time he was a private in Captain Hughes' Company, of Colonel White's First Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed May 15, 1828, while living in Gibson County, Indiana, aged sixty-four years. The date and place of his birth are not on record. He died in Edwards County, Illinois, April 10, 1840.
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    He married in Clay County, Illinois, February 25, 1838, Mary Rose. She re-married December 19, 1843, Pelie Hull, who died in 1850, and she was allowed pension on account of the services of George Humphreys, on her application executed June 30, 1853, while living in Edwards County, Illinois, aged forty-seven years. In 1877, she resided at Farmersville, Tulare County, California.
    The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau Fail to afford any information in regard to a George Humphrey, under any spelling of that name, who was stated to be a Frenchman who came to America with General LaFayette.
    Herewith is returned your letter from the Adjutant General, U.S. Army.
            Very respectfully,
                  Washington ?
                   Commissioner
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Certificate No. 2227

APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE PENSION OF Mary Hull Old act. 
FROM St. Louis
TO Salem
Report 10-9-76-M
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

State of Illinois, County of Edwards, ss:
On this 16th day of August 1876, before me, a notary public personally appeared Mary Hull former widow of George Humphreys late a Private of Cavalry in the Revolutionary War,  now a PERMANENT resident of the County of Edwards, in the State of Illinois, who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the Third day of February 1853, upon the list of Army pensions, at a rate of eight dollars and thirty three 1/3 cents per month, from the Third day of February, 1853.

That said Mary Hull was last paid at the Pension Agency of Salem Illinois to the 4th day of March, 1876, but now desires and applied for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of, the Pension Agency at Salem Illinois, she now being a permanent resident of resident of Edwards County Illinois, and her name having been transferred to the Agency at St. Louis Missouri. My Post Office address is Albion, Edwards County, Illinois.
        her
Mary X Hull, Pensioner or Guardian
       mark

Witness, J. H. Morris
F. B. Thompson

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
H. J. Strawn, N.P. 

EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY
State of Illinois, County of Edwards, ss. :
I, H. J. Strawn a notary public, in the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: tho affidavit of Francis B. Thompson that Mary Hull, who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which she exhibited before me, numbered 2227, and bearing the date at the Department of the Interior the 28th day of December 1853, and signed by R. McClelland Secretary of Interior
Given under my hand at Albion, Ill. the 16th day of August 1876.
H. J. Strawn, N. P.
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State of           , County of                    , ss:
I,                   , Clerk of the                      Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that                               is                      , duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the              day of                ,  18    , and will expire on the           day of                  , 18      ; and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this          day of          , 187    

                     , Clerk
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60

60 acres
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In reply to your request of ____________, received _____________ for a statement of the military history of George Humphreys a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

Date of Enlistment or Appointment       Length of Service       Rank             
                                                                       18 months                                                                                  Fall 1781                                                    to termination of war Private                                            
 
Officers under whom service was rendered                                State
Captain                                          Colonel                
In the foot             
Hughes                                            White                                1st Continental Dragoons


Battles engaged in, __________________________________________________________________
Residence of soldier at enlistment, He enl. at Williamsburg, Va.
Date of application for pension, May 15, 1828. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Gibson Co. Indiana. 
Age at date of application, 64 yrs.
Remarks: soldier married Clay Co., Ill. Feby. 25, 1838. Mary Rose; he died in Edwards Co., Ill, April 10, 1840 and she married Dec. 19, 1843 Pelic Hull who died - 1850, and she was allowed pens. as widow of George Humphreys on he application was executed June 20, 1853 while 47 yrs. and a res. of Edwards Co., Ill. In 1877 she resided at Farmersville, Tulare Co., Calif.
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Rev. War Section


June 8, 1922

Hon. E. B. Brooks,
House of Represenatives.

In re: George Humphreys- War of Revolution w. 761

You are advised that in the above noted pension claim, it is not stated that George Humphreys had any other wife that Mary Rose whom he married February 25, 1838.
Herewith is returned the letter of Mr. W. A. Stansfield of Mount Carmel, Illinois.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commisioner
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

March 3, 1924

Mrs. Harriet J. Walker
The Trenton, 427 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Madam:

I have to advise you that for the last payment in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.761, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
Mary Hull, former widow of George Humphreys, Certificate 2227, issued December 28, 1852, rate $100 per annum commenced February 3, 1853, Springfield, Illinois Agency, Act February 3, 1853,
Respectfully

Commissioner
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Rev. War Section.

November 17, 1914

Mrs. Susie K. Persinger,
Hotel Plaza
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Madam:
In response to your letter of the 11" instant, you are herewith furnished the history of George Humphreys, W. File No. 761, Rev. War, and advised that there is no provision of law under which the descendants of a Revolutionary War soldier are entitled to pension or arrears of pension.
Very respectfully

G. M. Saltzgaber
Commisioner
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The Trenton
427 South Olive St.
Los Angeles, Cal. Jan-23, 1924

Hon. Washington Gardner
My dear Sir--
   Will you kindly give me information regarding the last payment of pension allowed to Mary Ross-Humphrey-Hull who was allowed a pension fo service of her first husband (George Humphrey) in the Revolutionary war? I think she removed to Tulaire county, California. I also would like to know the place of residence when the last pension was given her.
    Thanking you in advance for courtesy 
    I am 
    Truly yours
    Harriet J. Walker
(Mrs.)
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E. B. Brooks
23d Dist. Illinois

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C.

June 6, 1922

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

My dear Sir:
   Please find enclosed a letter from Mr. W. A. Stansfield of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, who desires further information in regard to the record of George Humphrey, and his first wife.
   I shall very greatly appreciate in if you can furnish the information desired, or if you are unable to do so, if you will inform me where same might be obtained.
   Will you kindly return Mr. Stansfield's letter with your reply.
   Very truly yours.
E. B. Brooks

EBB/G
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E. B. Brooks
23D Dist. Illinois

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C.

April 10, 1922

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

My dear Sir:
   George Humphrey, a Frenchman, came to this country with LaFayette and served through the Revolutionary War. He afterward married and settled in Virginia, from there going to Montgomery County, Kentucky.
   Information is desired as to the service of this man according to your records. I am enclosing a copy of a letter from the War Department. The relatives of the man state that the Geo. Humphrey, private, Captain Watts' troop, 1st Regiment Light Dragoons Continental Troops. If you have further information regarding this man, or can give me more detailed information regarding any other George Humphrey, I shall appreciate it. May I ask you to return the letter of the War Department to me.
   Very truly yours,
   E. B. Brooks
EBB/G
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Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 11, 1914
Mr. E. C. Teiman,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:-
   I am advised by relatives that my great grand father Mr. George Humphreys served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war long in 1783 and 1784 as a private in the 2nd Troop 1st Regiment Light Dragoons Continental Troops, also later with the Virginia Line of the Continental Establishment.
Can you tell me if he received
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full pay for his services or any other information - I am sure he served longer, but I am unable to establish further record so far. Will thank you for any further information. He was very young, perhaps only seventeen years of age when he entered the service and we think there is some back pension due his ancestors.
   Very Truly Yours
  Susie Humphreys Persinger
   Hotel Plaza
   Colorado Springs
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Widow, etc.
File No. 761
Mary Hull former widow George Humphreys, Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:- Vo. 4, Page 354

Ajust at Salem to retain pensr. that his name is retained on Salem Rolls certf to Pensr.
1877 March 3. To pensioner, sig her of above action 
1877 July 10: P.A. for report and as to P.C.
1877 Sept. 10, Pensir. 

Reimbursement Sec. 4718, R.S.
Requisition for $36.94 to the Secretary, as requested by the Auditor 5771
Sept. 1/85 J. B. G.
1914 Nov. 17 History to Mrs. Susie H. Persinger 
1922 April 12. Hist. to Hon. E. D. Brooks
1922 June 8. Hon. E.D. Brooks certified. No other wife named.
1924 Mar. 3 Mrs. Harriet J. Walker informed as how to obt. date of deal. MCS.
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624 (handwritten, then space) 873 [handwritten, then space] 890 [handwritten]
No. of Original payments 624 [underlined]
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
Allowed
act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Augt. 30. 1828

George Humphreys, of [blank space] in the County of Gibson, in the State of Indiana, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit 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 its termination, at which period he was a [illegible]  Dragoon [?] in captain Hughes's troop 's company [strikethrough from the apostrophe to word company], in the Fifth [illegible insertion] regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty 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.  
B..[illegible]  of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR’S OFFICE
5. September 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to George Humphreys in the Virginia Line
It further appears that George Humphreys is now on the pension list of the [strikethrough] any agency, has been so since the 3. March 1826 at [strikethrough] the [strikethrough] rate [strikethrough] of [strikethrough] dollars [strikethrough] per [strikethrough] month. [strikethrough]
SEE #369 Act of [illegible] - Peter Hagner 
" #761       "
" #198       "
" Ref #5378
[Illegible]
[Illegible] Virginia Books page 42 [illegible]
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Aug 3 1829                            Pension Office   
                                                29 Sept. 1853

Sir,

Please certify the time to which the victim [illegible] since was [illegible], on the date of his death,

Very Respectfully,
S. Cole
For [illegible] from

George Humphreys,
Oct. 14th May 1828. $100.00
Per an - Paid to 4th March 
1840 - no date of death on our Books

F Burt
Auditor

Francis Burt _____
Hurd Auditor, [illegible]
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Payment to be made at Springfield by Isaac B Curran

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Illinois

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 193 Vol. 17

G T Getty, Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 8, 1853,

[Handwritten vertically] Cancelled
[Handwritten vertically] Cancelled
Mary Hall formerly widow of George Humphreys who was a private of Dragoons in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One hundred dollars and ----- cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1954 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior, this third day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
[Struckthrough] R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
[Struckthrough] S. [illegible]
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Brief in the case of Mary Hull, formerly widow of Geo Humphreys. [I?] Edwards County and State of Illinois
act 3d. F'eby: 1853

Claim, ("original," [strike through] or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under teh act of 15" May. 1828.

Recom evidence of Marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

[signed] Rich d M. Young, Esqr
Name and residence of Agent Present.

[signed] J.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Brief in the case of Mary Hall, former widow of Geo. Humphrey’s, Edwards County and State of Illinois, act 3rd Feby. 1853.

Claim, (“original,” [crossed out] or “for increase.”)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 15 “ May, 1828.
Record evidence of Marriage.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Richd. M. Young, Esqr., Present.
Name and residence of Agent

J.C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Chicago
BRIEF FOR A DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE
In the Case of Mary Hull widow of George Humphreys
_______Count, and State of _______
Act___________

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE FILED 25 June 1877.

PROOF EXHIBITED:

Pensioned by left to 2.227 as per [illegible] attached

Pension Agent reports last payment to 4 March 1876

Claimant alleges her pension certificate was lost in the mail while being transferred from St. Louis Mo. Agency to Salem Ill. Agency.

Submitted for Duplicate [Oct?] 17, 1877

[signed] M. L. Powell
Examining Clerk.

Name and Residence of Agent:

Claimant
Farmersville
Tulare Co. Cal.
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A.D. 
A.D.
[written sideways on left side of page: These instructions must be strictly observed.]

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
A blank space is left at the close of Applicant's affidavit that the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate may be set forth.  In case of loss of certificate, it should be shown that proper efforts have been made for its recovery.

The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity.  The witness must swear that he or she well knows applicant to be the same person described in his or her affidavit, and the magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity.

When a person acting as agent or attorney for a pensioner losses the certificate, the affidavit of that person, duly authenticated is also required.

The official character and signature of the officer before whom the affidavits are made must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office.

STATE OF  California COUNTY of Tulare, 88:

On this 16th day of June, 1877, before the subscriber, a Deputy County Clerk for said county, personally appeared Mary Hull, who on oath declares that she is the Mary Hull, wid of Geo Humphrey,  ad 3 [Feb?] 53 Rev War who belonged to Company :__". in the ____Regiment of Rev War, in the service of the United States, in the war Revolution; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ill; that she received a pension certificate numbered ____ and bearing date the 28 day of Dec,  1853; that she was last paid at Salem Ill Agency, to include the 4 day of Mch 1876; that she has not bartered, sold, assigned, or pledged her pension certificate, or any interest therein; but that on or about the 30 day of [Sp?] 1876 at [strikethrough] or near [end strikethrough] Salem Ill
I was transferred to the St. Louis agcy - and then I was transferred back to Salem Ill agcy and in the last transfer my pension certificate was lost in the mail.

My Post Office address is Farmerville Tulare Co California
                                                 her
(Signature of applicant) Mary  X Hull
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Also, personally appeared V.B. Humphreys, who on oath declares that he well knows Mary Hull, who has executed the foregoing affidavit, to be the identical pensioner named therein.

(Signature of witness)  V. B. Humphrey

Sworn to an subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid, the contents being first made known, and I certify that the affiants are persons of veracity.

[Signed} John [G?] Knox Dep Co Clerk

[seal attached]
of Tulare County Cal.
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Application for a New Certificate
By 

Department of the Interior Pension Office
June 25 1877 

Filed by
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State of ___, County of___, ss: I, ___ Clerk of the ___ Court of the county and State aforesaid, certify that ___ is a ___, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ___ day of ___, 18, and will expire on the ___ day of ___, 18__, and that his signature above written is genuine. 

Given under my hand the sale of said ____
this __ day of ___, 187_.
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Records and Accounts Division
Department of the Interior
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C., June 6", 1877
Respectfully returned to Mrs. Mary Hull
Farmersville
Fuolumme leo
California
the members of my certificate 2227 and I drawn form the Salem Ills Agency when I last drawn
Mary Hull

The data given in the inclosed communication is insufficient to enable this Office to identify the case. Please indorse on this Jacket the number of the Pension Certificate, or the name of the Agency at which payment was last made, and return, with inclosure.
J A Buthy
Commisioner
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What disposition of certificate, as shown by records of Salem roll? in Jany 1877 
Salem Roll makes no note of certificate

R. & A. Div. 
Department of the Interior
Pension Office, 
Washington, D. C. ___ 187_. 
Chicago, Ills
Sir:
Please in the case of Mary Hull Certificate No 2,227, to fill out the blank below, and return this sheet. 
Very respectfully, 
J.A. Bentley
Commissioner.

Last payment was made March 10" 1876 at the rate of 8 1/3 dollars, to 4" March 1876/ 
What objection to duplicate certificate? She alleges that certificate was left at Salem Agency no obligation. Original certificate not formal among Salem papers, 
Aau Sweet
Pension Agent
9/22 1877
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Farmersville Tulare Co
California
February 18th 1877
Commission of Pensions,
Washington  D. C. 
Dear Sir
I have lost my original certificate [illegible] I ave wrote Several letters of inquiry 
but have failed to get any word from it. I wrote to Pension Agt Saml Louis 
[illegible] And he advised me to write to you. the number of my Certificate 
is 2227 dated December 28th 1853. I haven't drawn Since last March.
I always got my Pension at Sauget Illinois But went to me 
And Wm Mackin Said I
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would have to be transferred to me to get my Pension. 
And I sent off my Certificate to make the transfer
And could never get it any more. Since which time I have
come to California. Can I get my Pension here or will I have 
to send back to Illinois.
Please send me my Certificate And write me in regards to
getting my Pension as I am a poor woman I not able 
to find any Atty to collect for me-
I am  Sir very [illegible]
Mary Hull
P.S. I am a Revolutionary Pensioner
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[left hand page]
2227
Illinois
Mary Hall formerly widow of George Humphries
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a private of. Dragoons
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on  the 3rd February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension used the 
3rd day of October 1853
and sent to Richard M Young Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act 
February 3, 1852, Page 193 Vol. A
[right hand page][written vertically]
This Certificate should have been paid
to Mary Hull Look at the [illegible] written L. [illegible]
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[oval black ink stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AUG 19 1876
PENSION OFFICE
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State of Illinois
Edwards County
     I Francis B Thompson being duly sworn (?) and say that I have know Mary Hull formerly Mary Humphreys a Pensioner under Pension Certificate No 2227 ever since AD 1836 and that the party now applying for a transfer to the Salem Illinois Agency is the identical Mary Hull name Pension Certificate No 2227
        F. B. Thompson MD
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 day of August AD 1876
H J Shawn N. P.
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Washington City
July 27, 1853

Hon Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
     Enclosed I send you the application of Mary Hull of Edwards County Illinois formerly Mary Humphrey's widow of George Humphreys, for a revolutionary Pension under the Act of Congress of February 3rd, 1853. He was a revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum and paid at the Pension Agency at Vincennes Indiana. You will please send the Certificate of Pension to my address when ready for delivery.
     Very Respectfully
      Your Obt. Servant
      Richard M. Young