Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,679, for Hugh Huston, Other
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                      NUMBER
Continental   Huston, Hugh       S. 41679
res. of Ohio
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3292
Ohio 4
Hugh Huston,
Capt Jurdan
private
Pennsylvania line [illegible] 3 years
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

subscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of Sept. 1818
and sent to John Thompson, Esq.
Chillicothe, Ohio.

Arrears to 4th of Sept.1818. 4 mo. 25/30.                  38.66
Semi-anl. [semi-annual] all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00
                                                                                        $86.66

died Aug 17, 1823
A.B.

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818.}

[The following is written along the center fold.]
Certificate sent 16 June 1821 to Caleb Atwater, Esq. Circleville Ohio
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Hugh Huston
3,192 March 1819

[illegible letters in the center of
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[Handwritten]
State of Ohio
Pikeaway County [illegible]
On the 24th day of July 1920, 
personally appeared in open court it being 
a Court of record for the said County
Hugh Huston aged seventy one years and a
resident in said County and state co h
being first duty sworn according to law,
doth on his death declare that he served 
in the Revolutionary war asfollome to mix- [uncertain spelling]
in Captain John Jordon's company of Artilary [sic]
artifecnd [uncertain spelling] belonging to the Pennsylvania line
and that he entered said service in the month
of June 1779 and was discharged in the 
year 1782 by Col. Hamton [uncertain spelling] and that his
original declaration was dated the 10th day
of April 1818 and that he has received
four payments as a pension at Chillecothe
in said state: it is numbered 3192.
and I do solemnly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the 
18th day of March 1818 and that I have
not since that time, by gift, sale or in any 
manner disposed of my property or any part
thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it
as to bring my myself within the provisions
of an act of Congress, [unknown word] as an act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the 
land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War, [unknown word] on the 
18th day of March 1818. and that I have
not nor has any person in trust for me 
any property or securities, contracts or debts
due to me, nor have I any income other
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than what is contained in the schedule hereunder [uncertain spelling]
[unknown word] and by me [unknown word].

This declarant also stated on his oath,
that he is a Tailor by trade and that he
is very infirm and unable to follow his calling,
owing to a severe pain he has had in his breast
[obtained?] by a fall, also this deponent further 
states, he has five in family including him
self, that his wife is seventy years of age, 
that his son John is twenty two years of age,
that his daughter Rebecca is twenty four
years of age, that his grand-daughter Eliza
Read is thirteen years of age.

The following is an accurate schedule of
all the property that [unknown words].
One log house and two lots of 1/3 of an acre in each
in the small village of Bloomfield in the 
County aforesaid ............ $75.00.
One Cow ............. 12.00.
also I have owing to me  ....... 7.00.
also four chairs and one table and
some [unknown word] worth about 5.00.
And I owe about [underlined] Ten Dollars - further
this Deponant saith not. 
[right justified] Hugh Huston

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court 
this 24 day of July 1820.
[right justified] Andrew Huston [unreadable]
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State of Ohio
Pickaway County
I, Andrew Huston, clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and
schedule thereto approved are truly copied 
from [a line of text is crossed out and replaced with] the originals on file in my office [continuation of original text] and I
do further certify, that is is the opinion of the 
said Court, that the total amount in value of
the property exhibited with approved schedule is
seventy nine dollars.

In testimony which I have
hereunto set my hand, and
affixed the seal of the 
Court, on this 4th day of
August 1820.
Andrew Huston clk. [clerk]
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Hugh Huston
[illegible] found to be
correct.
Ohio
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The State of Ohio  Let.
Second Circuit
Be it remembered that on the
tenth day of April Anno Domini one thousand & eight
hundred and eighteen, Personally came before me the
subscriber Presidents of the Courts of Common Pleas
for the second Circuit in the state of Ohio, Hugh Huston
who after being sworn on the Evangetists of Almighty God
depsoeth that he is sixty nine years of age and a
resident of Harrison Township Pickaway County and
State of Ohio, within the said second Circuit, and
that he the said applicant enlisted in June Anno Domini
one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine for the
term of three years in Captain John Jourdons Company
[the word Company is crossed out on this line] was discharged in the year one thousand seven
hundred and eiqhty two (one month and seven days before 
the full term for which he enlisted expired). "Honorably"
and that said service was performed in Pennsylvania
line of Artilery Artificers, discharged by Colonel Sumpton
at Philadelphia, and the discharge was in writing,
and same lost or destroyed - and further this applicant
saith not.
Hugh Huston
Sworn and subscribed before me
April 10. 1818
John Thompson:
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And the said afficiant being being further examined deposeth and
saith that from his reduced circumstances and ability of
constitution he needs the assistance of his country for support
and further this affidavit saith not.
Hugh Huston
Sworn to and subscribed
before me 10 Apr 1818
John Thompson:

State of Ohio
I John Thompson President
of the Courts of Common Pleas for second Circuit
do certify that  [a word is crossed out] the above testimony satisfies me
that the above applicant is entitled to a pension.
Given under my hand and seal this 10th April A.D.
1818.
Done at Chillicothe John Thompson

The State of Ohio Ross County, Seh.
I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the county aforesaid Do hereby certify that John Thompson
Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to
have been made, was at the time doing the same
President Judge of the Second Circuit of the Courts of
Common Pleas including the said County of Ross
and that the signature of John Thompson is in his own
hand
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writing, Duly commissioned and qualified as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
County, this tenth day of April 1818 and
in the 10th year of this state.
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
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July 22, 1932

BA-J/MLB
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Hugh Huston
S. 41679

Mrs. R. E. Warden
Bliss Street, Southmont
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Hugh Huston.
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the paper on
file in pension claim, S. 41679, based upon the Revolutionary
War service of Hugh Huston.
He enlisted in June, 1779, place not stated, served as a
private in Captain John Jordan's company of artillery artificers,
and was discharged in 1782, having served three years lacking
one month and seven days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April
10, 1819, while a resident of Harrison Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, aged sixty-nine years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife aged seventy years (name
not given), to his son, John, aged twenty-two years, daughter,
Rebecca, aged twenty-four years, and to a grandchild, Eliza
Read, aged thirteen years, but did not state the names of her
parents.
There are no further family data in this claim.
Hugh Huston died August 17, 1823.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER

[Handwritten note added at bottom of letter] Date of death on
Agency
Assistant to Administrator
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41679
INVALID
Revy [Revolutionary War]
File No. 41.679
Hugh Huston
Rev [illegible] War
Act 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page [illegible]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Handwritten notes to the side of the form]
1926 Dec. 7-Hist to Mrs. C. M. 
Dudd. [illegible]
1932, July 22. Hist. to Mrs.
R. E. Warden. MLB
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Bliss St. Southwest,
Johnstown, Penna.   July 3d- 1932

Pension Department
(Revolutionary War)
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Hugh Huston served in the
Revolutionary War, received a pension and
died in State of Ohio in 1823.

Will you kindly give me any
family names, or necessary information found
in his papers, that might assist me in
making family connections of this man?

Thanking you very sincerely for
this information, I am
Very truly yours
(Mrs.R.E.) Elsis Ellwood Warden
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[The following names are in the letterhead.  The seal of the DAR is between the two lists of officers.]
REGENT, Mrs. R.S. Tombaugh                            CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, Miss L. Belle Troy  
VICE REGENTS, Miss Lena Buell                        TREASURER, Mrs. Charles Boyer
                             Mrs. M.H. Rix                            REGISTRAR, Miss Sue I. Silliman
CHAPLIN, Mrs. R.E. Dean                                     HISTORIAN, Mrs. C. M. Dudd
RECORDING SECRETARY, Mrs. E.H. Andrews   PARLIAMENTARIAN, Mrs. L.S. Perrin

Abiel Fellows Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Three Rivers, Michigan

[The following is the letter sent by the DAR chapter.]
Oct. 7/26
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

From your records can you give me
information relative to Ensign Jonas
Walker who served in Capt. Duncan's
Co., Col. Sargent's Regiment, Vermont
Militia during the Revolution, as follows:
(a) date of birth (b) date of death (c) wife's name.

Can you give me the same information
concerning Hugh Houston (Huston) who
served in Col. Thomas Clark's Company
First N. Carolina Battalion, his name appearing
upon a roll dated Sept. 8. 1778,
showing that he enlisted June 15th 1776
for 3 years, and bearing rotation "Sick Princetown."
(over)
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Also this same information relative to
Hugh Huston, private and [illegible] in Commissary
Gen'l. of Military Stores Dept., Cap't.
Jno. Jordan's Co., Penn. Regiment of Artillery
and [the word officers is crossed out and replaced with] artificers. Enlisted June 10, 1779,
discharged May 3, 1782.

If a pension was paid any of the
above, will you give name and address
of pensioner.

Will you also pleases give all the above
information relative to Samuel Huston, private
in Cap't. Victor du Pont's Company, Delaware
Volunteers, War of 1812.

All theeabove data is from the War Dept.
records.

Very truly yours,
Lillian R. Dudd, Sec'y
(Mrs. .M.) D.A.R. - Abiel Fellows Chap.
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[illegible note in upper right corner]
Rev &1812 Wars Section

December 7, 1926

Mrs. C. M. Dudd
Three Rivers, Mich.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 41679 it appears that Hugh Huston
enlisted, place not stated, in June 1779, served as a private
in Captain John Jordan's Company of Artillery Artificers and
was discharged in 1782, having served three years lacking one
month and seven days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April
10, 1818 while a resident of Harrison Township, Pickaway County,
Ohio aged sixty nine years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife aged seventy years, son
John aged twenty-two years, daughter Rebecca aged twenty-four
years, and a grandchild Eliza Read aged thirteen years, the
names of her parents not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.