Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13481, Robert Humbel, Penn.
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Service 
Penn. 

Humbel, Robert 
Humble 

Number 
S. 13481
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Plymouth April th 28 1816 I am this day 
Fifty seven years Old I give you a record of your ages 

Your father was born December th 4 1749 

I Was Born April th 28 1759 
We was Maried October th 2 1785 

Our first child a Daughter named Sidney 
Born April th 22 1786 

Our second child a son named Caleb 
Born April th 14 1788 

Our third child a son named Bennet 
Born. Feburary th 15 1790 

Our forth Child a son named Morris 
Born December th 4 1792 

Our fifth Child a son named Bennet 
Born August th 7 1795 

Our sixth child a son named Morris Born 
April th 4 1797
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April th 28 1816 

Fifty seven years is past and gone 
Now since the time that I was born 
And whats to come will soon be gone 
And I must to the dust return 

And when my life and hours are gone 
I pray I may to God return 
Who gave me breath & life at first 
And rise triumphing from the dust 

April th 28 1817 
Another year so lived to see
The Lord has kindly dealt with me 
His Mercy and goodness my tongue cant express 
My desires and wishes I pray he'l accept 

April 28 1818
This day I am fifty and nine 
And soon my breath I must Resign 
Days months and years how soon there gone
O never never to return
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Lord makes us understand thy law 
Shew what our falts have been 
And from thy Gospel let us draw 
Pardon for all our sins 

I pray we all prepare maybe 
when this life doth end 
To be with Christ who is our life 
And have the Lord our friend 

This writing I would you keep
To read when I am gone 
that you can see your age 
And know the time you were born 

I your Mother this has wrote 
for you my sons to keep Mr Humaston
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Bennet died June th 29 1794 
with the canke (probably "canker") rash
Morris died July th 7 1794 
Morris Died May th 7 1828 Aged 31 
Your Father died February
th 21 1837 
Caleb Died July th 29 1839
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4054
Kentucky

Robert Humble*
Woodford in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Street of the Reg(iment) commanded
by Colo. Hubly in the Pennsylvania
line for two years from 1778

Robert Humbel*
Records corrected May 1/06
Incribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Jan/
1833 and sent Colo. R.M. 
Johnson H.R.

Arrears to date of Sept 1832                      120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 40.00

                                                         Due 160.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk
(Boo)k D Vol. 9 Page 43

(On right side of page) (torn at top)
Suspended
21 Mar. 1834
Hon. J.C. Breckenridge
10 June 1854.
Same June 19, 1854
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State of Kentucky
Woodford County | On this 8th day of November 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the county of Woodford county now sitting Robert Humble a resident citizen of s(ai)d county & State aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 1828 or the act passed the 7th day of June 1832 as his case may appear to the honorable Secretary of War--viz,, I Robert Humble seventy eight years of age do hereby solemnly declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States in the year 1777 and took the oath of allegiance to the United States (tho I was born in England) and in the month of February 1777 I enlisted in the City of Philadelphia where I then resided in Capt. Harman Stouts Company of the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental line commanded at the time by Col Adam Houbly (or Hubly) for three years or during the war and I then marched up the Delaware and crossed at Trenton to Quibbletown gap in New Jersey where I joined my Regiment, the British having then  retreated to New Brunswick and from thence I went with some wounded men to the Hospital at Morristown where I was stationed As a steward to draw Provisions for the sick about three months. I then Joined my regiment in Pennsylvania and in September I was engaged in the Battle of Brandywine when my Regt constituted part of the front line on the left , and after the battle we retreated to Chester and then to the Valley-forge where we built Hutts and staid (stayed) all winter where we suffered al-most every hardship and Privation, but previous to this time about the first of October we made an attack.

{Note: Probably means Major Adam Hubley of the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment}
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upon the British army who had occupied Germantown and I was engaged in that Battle , and Genl Wayne was our General, and then we took up our quarters in the winter at Valley Forge when I was made a Sergeant and in the spring 1778 I was engaged as piquet guard very often between  Germantown and Philadelphia, and when the British evacuated Philadelphia we were ordered to pursue them, but previous to our marching Col Morgan had the Priviledge of selecting from our Regiment such of the men as he pleased to reinforce his Rifle Regiment- and I was selected as one. The names of my Captain I cannot recollect, but I marched in Col Morgans Regiment and was in his line in the Battle of Monmouth-(previous to this time I was with Genl Wayne at Paoli when the British attacked us  in the night and killed many of  our men this was not long after the Battle of Brandywine) after the Battle of Monmouth I again Joined my old company and Regiment and we thus returned towards the Scotch plains & Morristown where we remained some time, and the winter of 1778-9 we lay at the Mill stone Hutts in New Jersey and in the spring we were stationed at Morristown, and about the 1st of July Capt Stout  resigned and returned home he being sickly and he was succed (succeeded) by his Lieutenant Jacob Staker and we marched with Genl Wayne about the middle of July 1779 against Stony Point on Hudson River, we marched in the night through the Hills and ravines and marched on the back and reached the gates before we were dis covered and we stormed the place- and we again in a short time returned toward Morristown and the winter of 1779-80 and lay at the Mill stone Hutts, and in the year 1780 we spent in New Jersey at Morristown, Mill stone, Elizabeth & other places watching the motions of the enemy and In 1781-I continued in the service and when Genl
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Washington collected the army to march against Lord Cornwallis I marched with him to Little York--previous to this I have omitted to state that Col Hubly resigned or left he Regiment at Valley Forge and he was succeeded by Col. Nevill, and he was succeeded by Col Harrington or Hunton, who was my Colonel of the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment at the siege of York when I aided in Capturing Lord Cornwallis and the ballance of the war I was marchd back into Pennsylvania and my Regiment was discharged at the close of the war near Carlisle. The reason why there was a change in my Colonels was as understand by consolidating the Regiments. I humbly solemnly aver that I acted as a Sergeant in my company from the time of my appointment at Valley Forge the winter 1777-8 until the end of the war when I was honorably discharged from Capt. Stakes company of the 10th Regiment of Pennsylvania in the continental line when the whole Regiment was disbanded, and I acted as a faithful soldier until I was thus discharged. I further state that I have long since lost my discharges and have no documentary evidence of my services and I do not know of any person by whom I can prove my services except Stephen Shelton & Isaac Halley, both of whom saw me while in the army. I further state that soon after the act of 1818 passed I made application for a pension, but I returned too much property and on that account I was refused, and when the act of 1828 passed I again applied but having no person who could aid me my evidence of my services was deemed insufficient and I now again make applications when worn down with age and debility hoping that I have discovered evidence sufficient to entitle me to a pension as I solemnly aver that I enlisted in
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February 1777 & served until the was ended having been engaged in all the battles I have named, my enlistment was for three years or during the war and I faithfully continued during the war and was finally discharged in the spring 1782 when my Regiment was disbanded. I further relinquish all claim to any pension from the United States or annuity except the present and I am not now a pensioner of the United States or of any state. After the war closed I moved to Caroline county Virginia when I married and in the year 1810 I removed to Kentucky Woodford county where I now reside. Witness my hand this 8th day of November 1832.

(signed) Robert Humbel

Woodford county viz-) This day Mr. Ahmed Rucker a clergyman residing in s(ai)d county and T.W. Sellers residing in the same county and do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Humble who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be of the age he has stated and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in this opinion, and we further certify that he the s(ai)d Humble is a respectable citizen and  a man of veracity, Witness our had the 8th day of November 1832.

(signed) Ahmed Rucker
(signed) T.W. Sellers

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and pulling the interrogatories presented by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Ahmed Rucker, who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman
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Robert Humble
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R. Humble's 
Decla(ration)

Woodford Co.
T.W. Sellers
Mortonsville
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resident in Woodford County, and that Thomas W. Sellers who has also signed the same is a resident of said County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John McKinny Jun. Clerk of the Court for this County of Woodford do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter application of Robert Humble for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office at Versailles this 8th day of November 1832 and in the 41st Year of the Commonwealth

(signed) John McKinny Jur. clr ct. (clerk of court)

(seal affixed at left)
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Sp. Lt. R.M. Johnson
H.R.
Dec '22 1832
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Brief in the case of (handwritten) Robert Humble
of Woodford Co. in the State of Ky
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? (handwritten) Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? (handwritten) 78

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
(handwritten) Enlisted Feb in 1777

Duration of Service.
Years (handwritten) 3
Months (handwritten) in Spring

Rank.
(handwritten) As a Serg. 1778

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
(handwritten) 10 Penn Line, Capt. H. Stout
(handwritten) Col Adam Hubly or Houbly

5. In what battles was he engaged? (handwritten) Germantown, Monmouth

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? (handwritten) Philada. Pa.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (handwritten) Correct the witness who saw him at Valley Forge 1778

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

(handwritten) appl(lie)d in 1818 & 1828 
H.H.S. Examining Clerk.
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State of Kentucky
Franklin County
Scl.
I James W. Batchelor Notary Public in and for the County and state aforesaid do Certify that Satisfactory proof was this day exhibited to me that Robert Humble a pensioner under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, died on the 26th day of March 1840 and left Ann Humble his widow, who died on the 8th day of February 1841 and left Nancy Matthews and Abigail Dougherty, who are her only living children.
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix my official Seal, and subscribe my name this 12th day of November 1851.

(signed) Jas. W. Batchelor
Notary Public Franklin County Kentucky
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13481
INVALID
(handwritten at left) Rev War
File No. 13,481
Robert Humble
Priv. Rev. War
Act June 8th 1832
Index: Vol 1, Page 186
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Robert Humbel*
Records corrected
May 1/06.
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Robert Humble
Kentucky
from 1778 private
to end of war $80

R.M. Johnson
H. of R.

(faint at bottom) by order of M.E.
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I Richard M. Johnson, Member of the House of Representatives U.S. do hereby certify that Robert Humble an applicant for a Pension from the State of Kentucky, Woodford County, is a man in whose oath the utmost confidence may be placed; and that Stephen Chilton, a witness in his case is a man of highly respectable character; and I also certify that T.W. Sellers is a Justice of the Peace; and that the signature affixed to said Chilton's affidavit is in said Sellers's hand writing. Given under my hand this 28th Dec. 1832 at Washington.

(signed) Rh. M. Johnson
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See Mr. Waldo

Relieve within [illegible]
J.M.M.

[illegible
Breck-ge

Hon.
J.C. Breckinridge
HH
Jno. M. McCalla
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The papers in the case of this of Robt Humble (Rev war) are suspended at the pension office. Mr. Trabue was agent. 
Mr. Waldo told me the other day he would have them examined and write to me. I left as a memorandum a letter to me from L. Hord of Frankfort Ky.

(signed) J.C. Breckinridge

Since the above memorandum was made I have rec(eive)d a letter from Pension office. Say the papers contain no proof ("positive" crossed out) record, or parole. This can hardly be, as I understand the pension was paid for some years. Will you please look at the papers, and see the state of case.

Yours
(signed) JCB
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(at left)
Kentucky Rolls
Act 7th June 1832
$80 per annum

(at right) 
Pension Office
7th July 1854

Robert Humble:
To what time paid?
When did he die?

(signed L.P. Waldo Jr.
for bond

To.
Francis Burt Esqr.
Third Auditor
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Robert Humble, Act 1832. $80 per annum,
paid to 4 March 1839. 

(signed) F Burt, 
Auditor
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County Sct (Supreme or state court?)
This day personnally appeared before me T.W. Sellers one of the commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Stephen Chilton of credible character and standing and made saith that he was a soldier in the war of the revolution that he was born in the county of Culpepper in the state of Virginia that he served in the Virginia line in the war of the revolution that he was with the army during the winter of its encampment at Valley forge near the city of Philadelphia that during that winter he was acquainted intimately with Robert Humble who was a sergeant in the regiment commanded by Col. Houbly (or Hubly) that he was frequently on scouting parties under the said Humble whose regiment belonged to the Pennsylvania line that he had an intimate acquaintance with him and he believes he was one of the best
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Sergeants he knew during the war of the revolution that his acquaintance with the applicant was limited to that winter that he never saw him afterwards untill he saw him in Kentucky many years since and that he is now his neighbor.
Given under my hand and seal this 28th day of November 1832.

(signed) T.W. Sellers J.P. (seal)
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L. Hord Frankfort
To Hon. J.C. Breckinridge
Mar 31 '54
Robert Humbles pension
See Mr. Waldo
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Frankfort March 31. 1854
Hon. J.C. Breckinridge
Dear Sir,
Some of your constituents in this County are interested in the claim of Robert Humble de(cease)d to a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.
From what I have been able to learn, from a conversation with Mr. S.F. Trabue who was formerly the agent, the annual payments were regularly made on the claim, until some years back, when further payments were from some cause suspended.
Trabue informed me that all the papers in the case were in a bundle together in the Pension Office, and could easily be found upon application. I may possibly be mistaken as to the Pensioners given name, but I think it is Robert. The favor I ask of you on behalf of the heirs who are among the most needy people of our County, is to go to the Pension Office examine the papers & ascertain what is the difficulty & what further proof if any is required to obtain payment.
I hope that you will be able to do this, without serious interruption to your Congressional duties.
It will confer a favor upon me personally as well as be a great service to those interested.
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The news of your difficulty with Mr. Cutting was borne ("upon" crossed out) with lightning speed to the West, and for a while a painful interest was felt as to the result. Up to this time your friends have not heard of a hostile meeting except a report since contradicted and the sincere hope is I believe universal here, that the matter may be honorably adjusted with a resort to arms.
Trusting that this result may be attained before this communication can reach you I subscribe myself very truly your friend

(signed) L. Hord
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Frankfort Kentucky
November 12th 1851

Sir
I herein inclose to you the Declaration of Robert Humble praying for An increase of pension that is due Ann Humble, the widow of Robert Humble de(cease)d under the act of the 7th of June 1832.
Your will please inclose to me at Frankfort Kentucky the Certificate of allowance.
Respectfully Yours,
(signed) [illegible] S.J.F. Trabue

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington City
D.C.