Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39013, for Philo Philips, Rhode Island
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Service [Print] 
R.e.l.

Philips, Philo or Phillips

Number [Print]
S. 39013

Contents [Print]
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(No. 1,923)
Rhode Island

Philo Philips
Capt Brown Private
Rhode Island Line
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In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 4th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued on the 29th of July, 1818 and sent to David Howell Esq.
Providence R Island

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
5 mo. 1/30
$40.26

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

3 Years
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[handwritten]

Shilo Phillips
1,923.
29 July 1818
(Sept. 1818.)
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[printed with handwriting]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, &c. District Court, Special Term, June Fifth A. D. 1820
On this Fifth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District, Philo Phillips (a man of Colour) aged 68 years, residing in the town of Providence in said District County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he served five years in Col. Greenes and Col Clancys regiments with Rhode Island Line
that he made a previous declaration on the fourth day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 1923 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Philo his X mark Phillips ['x' between first and last name]
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Philo Phillips, Viz - 1 table, 5 old chairs, 1 pot, 2 kettles, some knives & forks and this declarant further saith that he is dependent on his daily labour and his pension for support That he has no trade or occupation that he is in a bad state of health being afflicted with the Rhumation [sic] That he could not support himself without his pension, and  that he has a wife who has been blind for the last five years
Philo his x mark Phillips ['x' between first and last name]

Rhode Island District
District Court
Sworn to and declared in open court on the Fifth day of June 1820 before David Howell District Judge
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 1820
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing considerable [illegible lined out] - cents [lined out] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of June 1820
Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court
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I Philo Phillips of Providence in the District of Rhode Island (a man of Colour) on solemn oath do declare and say that in the month of June 177[illegible] I enlisted in the continental army of the United States in Capt J Brown's Company in Col Olney's regiment in the Rhode Island line as a private soldier. In which service I continued untill the 15 June 1783 when I [illegible] my discharfe signed by George Washington which discharge is hereto annexed -- I further [illegible] that I am now in reduced circumstances & [illegible] in need of the [illegible] of my Country for support.

Philo Phillips his mark
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Rhode Island District [2 or L]

Be it remembered that on this fourth
day of April 1818 came before me here
within named Philo Phillips and made
solemn oath to the truth of the d[illegible]-
ion to [arrow, which] his work is offered - in writing
whereof I have hereto set my hand &
have caused this Seal of the District [foust?]
for [illegible] District to be hereto officed
David Howell
District Judge
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December 19, 1928

Daniel L. Phillips
18 East Main Street
Jewett City, Connecticut
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.39013, it appears that Philo Philips or
Phillips (a man of color) enlisted in June, 1778 [ink smudge] served
as a private in Captain Z. Brown's Company, Colonel Greene's
and Lietenant Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regi-
ment, and was discharged June 15, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 4, 1818, while a resident of Providence, Rhode Island.
In 1820, he was aged sixty-eight years, a resident
of Providence, Rhode Island, and then referred to his wife
but her name is not given.
There are no further data on file relative to his
family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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39013
INVALID
Reif
File No. 39013
Philo Phililps [sic]
Lw Rer [illegible]
Act: 18th March 18th
Index:- Vol. 3, Page 392
Arrangement of 1870.
1928- Dec. 19, Hist.
to Daniel L. Phillips
ME. E.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Philo Phillips, soldier
in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faithful-
ly served the United States five years
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS
15th June 783-
[signature of George Washington]
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
[signature]
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Head-Quarters, June 15th, 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive
Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclama-
tion thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on
Furlough.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

[a hexagonal stamp stating THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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Jewell City, Conn. Nov. 2. 1928.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear sirs;
Will you kindly at your early convenience
give me a statement of the military history
of Philo Phillips, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War. He is supposed to have been a colonial
man; that he belonged to a R. I regiment;
and that he was a pensioner.
A full account of his service in
the War as revealed by the works
in your office will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly
Daniel L. Phillips,
18 East Main Street,
Jewell City,
Conn.