Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Joseph Higden, Not Rev. War Whiskey Rebellion And Wayne'S War-1795 Enl. In Md. Appl. For Pension - Ky.
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Service -|
Not Rev. War [underlined]| 
Whiskey Rebellion and|
Wayne's War - 1795|

Higden, Joseph|
Enl in Md. appl. for pension - Ky.|

Number|
Old War Inv. Rej. 21040
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18493
Joseph Higden
Washington Co
Kentucky

Rejected service
performed in the year
1794, being subsequent to
the war of the Revolution
See letter 11 age 33 to J. Hughes.

Jno Hughes [illegible]
Springfield
Kentucky
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Higden
County of Washington in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court. [handwritten]
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  69[handwritten]
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. |
Septr - In 1794 [illegible]
[illegible]
May 1795
up to May 1798

Duration of service.|
Years, Month Days.|
       0---|
        6---|
he states he [illegible]
[illegible] in that campaign
for three years|

Rank.|
As a 
private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whome he served.|
Gen. Smith Co Carlisle|
Captn Bealls|
same Captn Major Long|
Colo Stepoterson|
Gen Morgan

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Prince Georges Maryland
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  living
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  not authenticated

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jno H Ashton [signature]
Examining Clerk.
This was a gainst the Insurgents
in Pensylvania - [handwritten]
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*after he recovered from the smal poc which he
*with 96 of the recruits [illegible] immediately 
after he enlisted

by [illegible]during his three years 
Service Gen. Wayne left the army. and died
immediately after at Preskili on the lakes
and Gen James Mckeys Suceeded.
  He served as a corporal for the three
years.  Which  [illegible] be seen by [illegible]
[illegible] in the war department and 
received his discharge 15th May 1798 at
Knoxville Tenn. which has been lost.
     He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever [illegible]
Pension or annuity [illegible] and 
declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of [illegible] of any State
      [illegible] and inscribed to [illegible]

his
Joseph Higden
X
mark

J. Peter Higden of the County of Washington
State of Kentucky State that Joseph Higden
was born 18th october 1763 in Charles County
State of Maryland and that he entered 
with this deferment on the 15 of Sep 1794
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J. Peter Higden of the County of Washington
State of Kentucky State that Joseph Higden
was born 18th october 1763 in Charles County
State of Maryland and that he entered
with this deferment on the 15 of Sep 1794
by a volunteer the Militia Service and
marched against the insurgents in 
Pensylvania for 3 months and said 
Joseph Higden enlisted as a volunteer
for six months longer under the same
apt. of Josiah Ferdah Beale
under General Daniel Morgan whilst
Gen. Sam Smith the General in the three
months went to congress and raised
the pay.  This [illegible] deal personally
know that said Joseph by enlisted
in the service as a Regular but he
[illegible] seen his discharge from the Regular
Service which is now lost and he 
re'd information of his enlisting in the 
regular army and saw many persons
who told him he had enlisted.

his
Peter X Higdon
mark
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The right of assembling
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Washington County Sch
Joseph Higdon 18493 At a County Court held for Washington County
on Monday the 22d [illegible] of October 1832 Joseph Higdon
an applicant for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier [illegible]
[illegible] came into Court and made oath to
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State of Kentucky washington [?]
On this 22nd day of October personally appeared in the court before the justices of hte court of Washington County now sitting Joseph Higden a resident of  Washington County, state of Kentucky, aged 69 who being first duly sworn, according w law, did on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed Jan. 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named years in a service as herein stated - in 1794 on the 15th of September he enlisted as a volunteer in the militia in the county of Prince George State of Maryland under Josiah [?] Beall as captain __ Carlisle Colonel and Gen. Samuel Smith and served three months against the insurgents [?] in Pennsylvania.

He then on the expiration of his three months service without quitting the army entered as volunteer of six months longer under the same captain [?] Col. Stephenson of Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] and General Morgan the old Rev.d [revered?] General of Virginia. Stationed on the Monongehela River above Elizabethtown at Bently's [?] farm during the time of his six months service was in no battle during that time.
He then on the 13th of May 1795 for three years enlisted in the regular service of the United States under George Salmon. Ensign
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the Monongehela River at the militia station in Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] & there went in and joined the army at Fort Washington on the Ohio, where Cincinnati now is, where he stayed[?] four days. Then took[?] of the line of March Headquarters at [?] territory when General Anthony Wayne commanded.
Entered in the company of Capt. Cook of _ state in the 4th regiment of regulars. [?] Major Peters a Dutchman. Thomas Butler of Pa. Colonel. three months afterward, Capt. Whm Preston of Va. took Capt. Cooks place, who resigned and served under him during the rest of the service.
He was in no battle. the Indians the August afterwards, the Indians came in to treaty at Greensville about 75 miles from Fort Washington on the road to Detroit. He was commanded to different forts. To fort Detroit. He was stationed at fort St. Clair[?] about two months. He was detached to various places, to Peckiwa [Piqua?] on the Miami River to build Block Houses. Likewise to Makinaw. To Niagara. To various places that he cannot recollect. He with the regiment was detached to Knoxville in Tenness[ee] in the year 1796. When he was kept for the purpose of keeping white settlers of [off] the Indian lands until commissioners were appointed
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[X crossed with a line perhaps a *] after the recovered from the small pox which he 
[X underlined] with 96 of the recruits took at Pittsburg immediately after he Enlisted

[The lower part of the document is covered up with a piece of paper]
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[Small piece of paper]
[O?] Inn Rej. 21040
Joseph Higden
Whiskey Rebellion
Also Wayne's War - 1795
Ky Agency
Bo B. L. Wt issued
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[Small piece of paper with numbers 4974 written at the top in a different style  and thicker than the pen and ink script below]
Joseph Higden
Kentucky
Rejected service performed in the year 1794 being 
Subsequent to the War of the 
Revolutionary
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Higden [hand written signature] which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? yes [hand written]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes [hand written]

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes [hand written]

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? no [hand written]

VI. Has he given names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes [hand written]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7,1832? yes [hand written]

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? yes [hand written]

IX. Has the clerk given his certificate? yes [hand written]

X. is the clerk's seal affixed ?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes [hand written]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? no [hand written]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? no [hand written]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?

XIV. [footnote marker, single cross]If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes [hand written]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes [hand written]

XVI. [footnote marker, double cross]Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? no [hand written]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 5 not answered [hand written]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______ year __________ months, and ___________ days, I served as a ________________ For ______________________ months and _____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

21.040-- [hand written]

P. O.

Joseph Higden [hand written signature]

Service: Enlisted Sept 15, 1794 in Md Colo Carlisle to Suppress Whiskey rebellion in Pen' - after which he entered the regular army Serving on frontier 1795 + 6  [hand written]

Enlisted: ________, 18    .

Discharged:_____, 18    .

Application filed: ____,18    .

REJECTED [Stenciled Hand Stamp at slight upward angle]

Alleges:


Re-enlisted: Sept 15, 1794 in Md  Colo Carlisle, Whiskey Insurrection [hand written]

Attorney:
P.O.

__________ Recognized.  _____ Contract.

_______Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _______, 18     .