Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5341, Philip Huiet, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     
N.C.

Huiet, Philip
or Hueit

NUMBER
R. 5341

 CONTENTS
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Pension claim of 
Philip Hueits Heirs
Henry Hueit Administrator

Philip Hueit died
14 May 1846-

Henry Hueit 1 - Simon
Hueit 2- Philip Hueit 3
Michael Hueit 4 - Mary
Repler  5 - Fanny Loree 6
Catharine Starr  7 
Elizabeth Leighty 8 and 
Sarah Eichelberger  9
children living -

Henry Hueit Admr [administrator]
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State of Ohio 
County of Montgomery

On this 30th day of August A.D One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty
six personally appeared in open court, before the Probate court held
in the city of Dayton within and for the county of Montgomery
and state of Ohio now sitting Henry Hueit a resident of the Town 
of Miamisburg in the county of Montgomery and state of Ohio.
aged 62 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order for himself 
and his brother & sisters hereinafter named; to obtain the benefit 
of the act of Congress, passed June 7 1832.
That he is the Administrator of the goods and chattles, rights and 
credits which were of Philip Hueit, late of Montgomery County
Ohio deceased, and that he is also a son of said deceased, and 
that there are living nine children of said Philip Hueit deceased
as aforesaid whose names are as follows to wit: Henry, Simon,
Philip, and Michael Hueit, sons; and Mary Resler, Fanny Loree,
Catharine Starr, Elizabeth Leighty, and Sarah Eichelberger,
daughters of said deceased, that since Philip Hueit died on the
14th day of May A.D. 1846 that he left no widow his wife having died
Ten days before him. That he the said Philip [deceased] [crossed out word] Hueit deceased
Entered the Service of the united states, under the following officers
and service as herein stated as nearly as declarant can
state from his own knowledge and from what information he
received from his said Father personally. under General
Gates, in the company commanded by Captain
Tobias Whitesel, he was drafted and entered the service in
the year of 1780 for the Term of six months, as a private he was
and continued in actual service in said company said
full Term of six months but was only partially paid the gov-
ernment still [are] [crossed out] is in arrears for part of said six months service
He resided in Gilford County, state of North Carolina and on starting
in the service of the united states company of Captain Tobias
Whitesel he started from Gilford Court House in said County
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and State. that said six months services were performed 
in the Revolutionary War he was in none of the Battles 
but was advancing towards the Battle ground of Camden, 
and was met ten miles from Battle ground by the soldiers 
who were retreating from that engagement after the defeat
of said General Gates at Camden. Said Declarant cannot 
distinctly recolect [recollect] the season of the year or the exact day 
commencement of his said Fathers services but distinctly 
recolects [recollects] of hearing his father say that it was during the 
warmest season of the year that at the end of said Term 
of six months he was honorably discharged but the Certificate 
of discharge ( if he ever had one ) is lost, that no witness who has an 
actual knowledge of the services of his father, Philip Hueit, is now living 
to the knowledge of this Declarant that he has no record Evidence 
of said services except a certificate from the Comptroller of the 
State of North Carolina showing a partial payment to said 
Philip Hueit for said services which Certificate is hereto attached 
and made part of this Declaration. That his Father Philip Hueit 
was not engaged in any civil pursuit during said term of service 
that he served in the field the whole of said Term of six months- 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or 
annuity except present, and declares that his name is not in the 
pension roll of the agency of any state

Sworn to and subscribed this day and 
year aforesaid                    
Henry Hueit 

E [Bartlett] Bailtile Depy Clk [Deputy Clerk]

 Questions by the court [crossed out]
Where and was what your father Philip Hueit [crossed out]
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Mr William Derickson and Henry Heineke both residents of
Montgomery County in the state of Ohio upon our oaths Declare that
we reside in the vicinity of the foregoing applicant and of the late
residence of Philip Hueit deceased on whose accord and for whose
services the foregoing claim is founded and that we believe the 
applicant to be of the age he represents himself to be and know him 
to be the son of Philip Hueit said deceased and that he is a credible
person and a man of truth and veracity. We further state that we
were acquainted with said Philip Hueit in his life time and from
our acquaintance with him we believe he was when he died of the age
he represented to have been by the said applicant and that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a 
revolutionary soldier as is stated in the foregoing Declaration and
that we concur in that opinion
William Derickson
Henry Heincke

State of Ohio Montgomery County
I William Goudy a Justice of the peace within and for said county and
State hereby certify the foregoing certificate was sworn to before me and
subscribed in my presence on the 7th day of Aug. 1836 and further
certify that Henry Heincke who has signed said certificate is a regular
minister of the Gospel of the Lutheran Church in this vicinity in good 
and regular standing and a resident of this county and that William
Derickson who has signed the same is a resident in the same county
and vicinity and is a credible person and that their statement is
enstilled to credit
Wm Goudy J.P.
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Questions
1 Where and in what year was your father Philip Hueit Born

He was born in Berks County Pennsylvania on March 8th 1754
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2nd Have you any record of his age; and, if so, 
where is it?
We have not. The records were destroyed by fire.

3rd Where was he living when called into service; where
has he lived since the Revolutionary War; and where
do you now live? and what is your age

In North Carolina Guilford County. has lived since the 
revolution until 1806 in Lincoln County of the same state. he removed
from there Illinois Grant. v from there to Ohio. and died in 
Montgomery County of said State. my age is sixty two years on 
the 30 day of Jany [January] last

4th How was he called into service; was he drafted, 
did he volenteer [volunteer], or was he a substitute; and if a substitute
for whom
He was drafted for six months term into the service

5th State some [crossed out] the names of some of the Regular Officers
who were with the troops where he served. such 
continental and Militia regiments, as you can recolect [recollect]
hearing him speak of in his life time and the general
circumstances of his servicese [service]
The Captain of his company was Tobias Whitesell under
Gen. Gates. [General Gates] He was at Camden guarding prisoners and at the Cowpens.
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6th Did he ever receive a discharge from service; and if so,
by whom was it given, and what has become of
it
He did but was also destroyed by fire when his house
burnt.

7th State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighborood, and who
can testify as to your Character for veracity and their
belief of your Fathers services as a soldier of the
Revolution
William Derrickson + Henry Heinicke
Henry Huiet

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year above written
E [Bartlett] Bailtille Depy Clk [Deputy Clerk]

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the
above named applicant is the son of Philip Hueit 
deceased and that his said father, was a Revolutionary
soldier and served as stated by said applicant and
the Court Further certifies that it appears to them
that Henry Heineke [Heincke] who signed the preceding certificate is a 
clergyman resident in the county of Montgomery and state of Ohio
and that William Derickson who has signed the same, is a 
resident in the same county and state and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit

I Joseph G Crane judge of the probate court aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Henry
Hueit son as aforesaid for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 
20th day of Aug. AD 1856 [August 20, 1856]
Joseph G Crane
Probate Judge
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller Office

I George W. Brooks Comptroller of the Public accounts in
and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
it appears of Record in my office among the 
payments made by said State to sundry persons
for military services in the Revolutionary war as following

Philip Huiet
Book W No. 2 Page 37 £29.15 Wilmington district

In testimony whereof I
have here unto Subscribed
my name and applied the 
seal of office at Raleigh
this 14 Feby AD 1856 [February 14, 1856]

Geo. W. Brooks
Comptroller
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State of Ohio Montgomery county, ss.
I, [Crossed out: George W. Brown] Adam Miller, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said County, do hereby
certify that William Goudy before whom the foregoing
Declaration and Affidavit hereto attached appears
to have been made was, at the time of subscribing the
same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, 
duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. and that the signature thereto attached is genuine
In witness whereof I, the said Clerk, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Dayton, in said 
County this 20 day of August A.D., 1856 [August 20, 1856]
Adam Miller Clerk
By Deputy
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Philip Huiets
Estate
Letters of Administration
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State of Ohio, Montgomery County, ss.

To all who shall see these presents, greeting:

Whereas, Philip Huiet late of the County of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, died intestate, whereby it becomes expedient that the Probate Court within and for the county aforesaid, should appoint some suitable and trusty person or persons, to collect and administer, all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, and credits, of the said Philip Huiet deceased, whereof he died possessed:

Know ye, therefore, That the said Probate Court, have appointed, and by these presents do appoint Henry Huiet 
administrator of all, and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said deceased; hereby granting to said administrator all and singular, the power necessary, and by law required, to enable him to take an inventory of, collect, sue for, and  recover all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said deceased; and  out of the same, or such part thereof as shall come to his hands, the debts of the said  deceased to pay and discharge according to law; and of the rest and residue of said goods,  chattels, rights, and credits, to make a just and lawful distribution, and the same fully to administer in all things, as by law required. 

And the court do appoint William  Derickson Wm Goudy and Sarah Woods to appraise, on oath  or affirmation, all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said deceased. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the Seal of our Probate Court, at Dayton, 
this 20 day of Augt A.D. 1856
Joseph G. Crane Probate Judge
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December 12, 1938
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BA-J/MCS
Philip Huiet, R.5341
Mrs. C. H. Jenkins
2040 E Street
Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R.5341, based on the military service of Philip Huiet.
He was born March 8, 1754, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown. 
It was stated that while he was living in Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served six months as private in Captain Tobias Whitesel's North Carolina regiment. 
From the close of the Revolution until 1806 he lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina; from there he moved to the "Illinois Grant" and from there to Ohio. 
Philip Huiet died May 14, 1846, in Montgomery County, Ohio.
His wife, name not given, predeceased him by ten days. 
He left the following children; Henry who was born January 30, 1794, Simon, Philip, Michael, Mary Resler, Fanny Lorse, Catherine Starr, Elisabeth Leighty and Sarah Eichelberger. 
On August 20, 1856, the above mentioned Henry Huiet, while a resident of Miamisburgh, Montgomery County, Ohio, applied for pension for himself and brothers and sisters on account of the service of his
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father. The claim was not allowed as there was no provision of law whereby the children of a soldier of the Revolution were entitled to pension.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Philip Huiet. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1907 Jan. 21 Hist. to J. M. H. Moyer [initials] AW
1909 June 19 Hist. to Nettie B Murray [initials] V.L.M.
1910 Mch. 7  Hist to Mrs. Stephen Clevenger and Irma M. H. Mayer.
1910 Mch. 31 Hist. to Nelson J Quinn
1916 May 10 Hist. to W. H. Quinn.

1928 Jan. 13 hist to W. Clair WIlson on Wcs
1938 Dec 12 hist. to Mrs. C. H. Jenkins, see later
in Rcr. Chn. John Huitt 
W. 3682  WCS

Acts of JUly 14, 1862 and March 1873 [crossed out]
REJECTED [stamped diagonally]
5341
P.O. Philip Hueit
Service: ________, 18  .
Enlisted: _______, 18  .
Application filed: ____, 18  .
Alleges: _________
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: ________
P.O. ______________
____ Recognized. ____ Contract.
____Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _____, 18  .
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December 12, 1938
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. C. H. Jenkins
2040 E Street
Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of the following Revolutionary War soldiers: Philip Huiet, Sr., who was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, served from Guilford County, North Carolina; David Huett (Huiart Huiat, who dies in Lanier Township, Preble County, Ohio, and administration was granted on his estate December 13, 1821, and John Huitt, who served as Sargeant in the North Carolina troops and was pensioned for his service, all of whom were brothers. 

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of David Huett, under any spelling of the surname. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. It is suggested that information in regard to the military service of that solider might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city. 

The records of John Huitt and Philip Huiet are furnished [to] you herewith. 

Your self-addressed air mail enevelope is returned with the records. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 War Section  [initials] W.C.S.

January 13, 1928

W. Clair Wilson
McVeytown 
Pa. 

Sir: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5341, it appears that Philip Huiet was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1754. 
It was stated that while he was living in Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain Tobias Whitesel's North Carolina Company. 
From the close of the Revolution until 1806 he lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina. From there into "Ill Grant" from there to Ohio.
He died May 14, 1846, in Montgomery County, Ohio.
His wife, name not given, died ten days before he died. 
[handwritten] predeceased by 10 days
He left the following children: Henry who was born January 30, 1794, Simon, Philip, Michael, Mary Reeler, Fanny Lores, Catherine Starr, Elizabeth Leighty and Sarah Eichelberger. 
On August 20, 1856, the above mentioned Henry Huiet, while a resident of Miamisburgh, Montgomery County, Ohio, applied for pension for himself and brothers and sisters on account of the service of his father. The claim was not allowed as there was no provision of law
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whereby the children of a soldier of the Revolution were entitled to pension. 
This is the only soldier by the name of Philip Huiet (searched under all spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and there is no record of Jacob Huyett, Christopher and George Huyett and a John Huyett was born March 10, 1743, and who died December 25, 1813, searched under all spellings of the name. 
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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O. W. and N. Division
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau or Pensions, Washington D.C.
Ref. 5341
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Philip Huiet, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) son's application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. 1780
Length of Service. 6 mos.
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. 
Captain. Tobias Whittsel   Colonel. ---
State. N C

The claim was rejected on the grounds that children were not entitled to pension.

Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Co N.C., Since Rev. & until 1806 in Lincoln Co N. C.
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1856
Residence at date of application, Miamisburgh, Montgomery Co, Ohio
Age at date of application, 62

Remarks: Soldier was born in Berks Co, Pa Mar 8, 1754 and died in Montgomery Co, Ohio May 14, 1846. his wife  (name not stated) died ten days prior to soldier. He left 9 children viz. Henry, Simon, Philip, Michael, Mary Resler, Fanny Loree, Catherine Starr, Elizabeth Leighty and Sarah Eichelberger
Very Respectfully, Commissioner. 

20581b3m11-05
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McVeytown, Pa.
U.S. Pension Department, June 20, 1927
Dear Sirs, -
Do you have in the files of your department the records of the Revolutionary War service of any of the following five sons of Peter Huyett who settled in Berks Co. Pa. in 1737?
1. Jacob Huyett born April 23, 1732; died April 2, 1802.
2. JohnHerferichin  Huyett born March 18, 1743; died Dec. 25, 1813.
3. Christopher Huyett born 1744; lost in the Revolution.
4. George Huyett born Oct 6, 1747; killed in the battle of Germantown where he is said to have served as a Colonel of the Continental army.
5. Philip Huyett born 1754; died 1822.
The name may be spelled Huyett, Huyette, Huit, Hewett or Hewette.
Thanking you,
I am,
Yours truly
W. Clair Wilson
McVeytown, Pa.
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[stamped] U. S. Pension Office A Feb 19 1910

305 E. Franklin St
Troy O. Feb 17, '10 [Troy, Ohio, February 17, 1910]

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Gentlemen, -
When my D.A.R. papers were verified, it was done with  these words: verified by certified statements of persons who had heard Philip Huiet and other
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Rev. soldiers relate their experiences Said statements on File with app - of son Henry in Pension Bureau and examined by Ruth M Grisivold (Pealer Genealogist N.S.D.A.R.) My national no. D.A>R. is 660539 and the ancestor's name is Philip Huiet, Sr., Rev. Soldier. Papers verified by Rej. File 5341
AW - O. N.. and N. Division
It is my desire if possible to have a copy of these statements. Will you kindly tell me how to procure them? Also, if it be not asking to much will you send a copy of Philip Huiet's record to his granddaughter Mrs. Stephen Clerenger, N. Main St., Winchester, Indiana?
These favors will be so much appreciated and will be willingly paid for if necessary.
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Thanking you so very kindly in advance and trusting that we may receive early replies,or rather, in our order. I remain 
Sincerely
Irma M Huit Moyer
R5341
U. S. Pension Office A Feb 19 1910
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[stamp in upper left corner reads] U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 10 1907
[initials written by hand over stamp] C W H

305 E. Franklin St. 
Troy Ohio 
Jan 7, '07 [January 7, 1907

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington DC
Dear Sir: -
I am desirous of obtaining a copy of the pension certificate of my ancestor Philip Huiet who lived during that
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period in Lincoln Co. North Carolina and I judge enlisted from there - as he did not leave there until 1806.
He served as a Revolutionary soldier and afterward rec'd [received]  a pension.
Enclosed find self-addressed stamped envelope. ( I wish to become a member of D.A.R.)
Trusting that there may be no trouble in tracing same. I remain
Very Sincerely - Irma M Huiet Moyer
305 E. Franklin St., Troy Ohio
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[Top word of stamp illegibly faded begins with R ending in D] 
RECORD DIVISION 
MAR 29 1910.
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 Quinn & CO. 
Dealers in Coal and Coke, North Cherry Street, Phone 52 Eaton, Ohio

Plaster, Cement, Lime and Hair 
Sewer Pipe Paving Brick

March 25th / 10 [March 25, 1910]

To the Honorable Commisioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 
WIll you kindly give me the war record of Philip Huiet. A soldier of the Revolutionary war, from North Carolina.
I will gladly pay any expense attached to the above if you will inform me what it is.
Very Respectfully Yours. Nelson J Quinn

U. S. Pension Office A Mar 28 1910 [stamped, March 28, 1910]
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3-595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Jan 11, 1907 [filled by hand]
Searched by Gill [filled by hand]
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Philip Huiet [filled by hand]
Service, Rev. War [filled by hand]
Remarks: no claim except Rej 5341 [form filled by hand]
 Chief of Division.
[form] 18624b5m6-05
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[stamp in bottom right corner]
U. S.  PENSION OFFICE G 
 JUN 11 1909

[June 11, 1909]
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Dayton - O - June - 9 - '09 [Dayton, Ohio, June 9, 1909]

Dept of the Interior
Washington D.C.
Bureau of Pensions-
I have once before asked for the military history of Philip Huiet. Sr. a soldier of the Revolutionary war, O.W. and N. Division, Rev File - 5341 - but have failed to receive a reply.
WIll you please be prompt in this matter. My Gt Grandfather Philip Huiet Sr enlisted in (1780) as a 

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office G Jun 11 1909
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private served as such for 6 mo under Capt Tobias Whitesell - State of North Carolina enlisted at Guilford Co N. C. and after Rev. resided in Lincoln Co. N. C. until (1806) when e emigrated to Ohio. left nine children of which my grandmother Frances or (Fanny) Loores was one.
I find the following History of my Gr grandfather in the public library of Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio, [stamped]
 LLD

Finest flouring mill built by Philip Huiet on the Miami (River) in the north part of Miamisburg (1812) Had a contract for 500 lbs of flour for the army in  (1812) Mill
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[Finest Mill] moved in 1872 - to present site by L Magenheimer.

Also from same History. A distillory was erected in (1836) on a lot adjoining the Sycamore Creek culvert on the west side of the canal by Simon Huiet (a son) who carried on the business untill 1842 when it was sold to M. D. Whitridge Etc
My Gt Grandfather was of French and Grem [German] descent - born in Berks Co Penn March 18 1754 - entered the service at the age of 26 in 1780 from Guilford Co N.C. & served 6 mo under Capt Tobias Whitesell. After Rev. resided in Lincoln Co N. C. He and his wife Eliz [Elizabeth or Eliza] brought up to adult age 9 of a family of 11 children. 
The family moved in (1806) to Utica Ind but in 1807, failing in health, Philip moved to Preble Co O. [Preble County, Ohio] thence to Montgomery Co in (1812) there he bought land and erected the first flouring mill in the Tp [township] on the  Miami R. [Miami River]
This was about 6 yrs before the present
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City of Miamisburg was laid out
During War of 1812 he had a contract for 500 lbs of flour for the army. 

He was granted a pension & died at the age of 92 yrs in Miamisburg May 14 1846. his daughter Frances or Fanny Huiet Loree married Daniel Loree to them were given 2 sons and 2 daughters of which my mother Sarah Huiet Loree Billman was the youngest. 
Please be prompt in this matter. I want this record to be able to join the D.A.R. my cousin Irma Huiet Moter who got it through her grandfather Simon Huiet had no trouble whatever, and I am trying to get it through my grandfather Fannie Loree who were brother and sister and both children of Philip Huiet Sr.  
Very Respy [very respectfully?]
Mrs Nettie Huiet Loree Billman Murray
or Nettie B Murray
The Ins Co
Dayton Ohio
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[stamp in bottom right corner] 
U. S. PENS OFFICE O 
 MAY 4 1916

[U. S. Pension Office O, May 4 1916]
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[handwritten note] Rev. Sec. 2
Telephone, Worth 51st

W. H. Quinn & CO., Inc.
General Contractors
103 Chambers Street.

New York, May 3rd 1916

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC

Gentlemen
I desire to get a History of the Huiet family especially of Philip Hewit [Philip Huiet] a soldier of the Revolution. I want a certified copy as I want to use it in joining the "Sons of the Revolution" as he is my great grandfather. Finally let me know what  it will cost and we'll send you the money - awaiting your reply. 
Your Respectfully
W M Quinn

enclose copy
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Miamisburg O.   Jun 15th 1858
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City  DC

Sir about one year ago I at your request forwarded to your office further proof in the Pension Claim of Philip Huiets heirs having heard nothing of you since will you be kind enough to inform me how the case stands by this time - what has been done if
anything or whether the additional proof is sufficient
which I sent you

Very Respectfully -
Henry Huiet
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Janry 29, 1858
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 15th inst, you are informed that the claim of the heirs of Philip Huiet
cannot be allowed.

If Philip Huiet was entitled to a pension at his decease but has not been allowed one his children cannot receive the amount he was entitled to at his decease

The Secty of the Interior has decided that no child of a deceased revolutionary soldier is entitled to receive the amount of the unadjusted pension he was entitled to  at his decease.

To Henry Huiet Esq
Miamisburg Ohio
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Philip Huiet 
Ohio - Original 
[3 stamps]

To the Comissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 
D.C.

[Illegible]

Anderson
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Pension claim Philip Huiet heirs, additional evidence

Philip Huiet - Ohio, original
[no papers on file]

[illegible]

[stamp]
MIAMISBURGH
JUN 13
O.

No [illegible] has been filed with this evidence - I cannot tell to whom I should direct correspondence.

[sideways text]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, DC

EW Rhett [initials unclear]
July 16/'57

FREE
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No
Philip Hueit dec'd [deceased],
Ohio
Henry Hueit Sep 2 1856-
    "        "      Jany; 29" 1858

5341

June 7 1832
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Philip Huits heirs
for a Pension
Ohio - Jan - 1887 [faded date]
Henry Huit
Ceole

[Sideways text]
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

[stamp]
Miamisburg
[illegible month]
16
O.
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The State of Ohio, Montgomery County SS

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in unto for said county Jacob Wenger who being duly sworn acording to law deposeth and saith that he is 75 years old and has been a resident of the Town of Miamisburgh County of Montgomery and State of Ohio for 28 years and that he was acquainted with Philip Huiet deceased in his life time for 30 years that he was intimate with him until he died that he waited on said Philip Huiet in his last sickness 30 days that said Philip Huiet often told him that he was a Revolutionary soldier that he served in Captain Tobias Whitsel's company in the state of North Carolina, he often spoke of starting out from Gilfords Court house in North Carolina this deponent saith that in the last hours of his life the recollection of the times he had in the service came fresh into his mind he related to me while on his death bed the whole circumstance meaning the [illegible] where he was drafted to be Gilford County [illegible] Gilford Court house and the Company Tobias Whitsel (as Capt!) he also named some of the places where he had been one of the places is Camden and I believe he named the place of Cowpens but he said he never was in a Battle but once came very near it this deponent further saith that even after said Philip Huiet was so far gone that he could scarcely speak he heard him articulate the name of Captain Tobias Whitsel he also spoke very much of one [blank], La Rose [probably John Jacob LaRose, Miamisburgh OH], he claimed him as an associate in the Revolution.
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This deponent further saith that he was acquainted with one Tobias Whitesel who is now deceased who was a resident of this county and said Tobias Whitesel often told him that he was a son of the Captain Tobias Whitesel of Gilford County North Carolina who he said did serve as Captain of a Company in the Revolutionary war and further that he had a personal knowledge of Philip Huiet serving as Private in said Company of his father this deponent saith that he knows that Philip Huiet + Tobias Whitesel both emigrated from North Carolina to the State of Ohio - that he often heard Philip Huiet speak of making an application for a Pension once heard Tobias Whitesel tell him to do that they were both old and he Tobias Whitesel could be a witness for him he knowing the fact of his Philip Huiets) services this deponent saith that said Philip Huiet and Tobias Whitesel were very close men when they died and also both were honest and respectable men so considered by this community - this deponent further saith that Philip Huiet was believed by all here to have been a Revolutionary soldier

[signature illegible, presumably Jacob Wangur]

Sworn to and disclosed before me this 13 day
of October AD- 1884 and I certify that the appicint
above [illegible] and whose genuine [illegible] appears
above is a credible person.
Wm Goudy
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio Montgomery County ss

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said
county of Montgomery and State of Ohio personally came, Solomon Whitsel a resident of Miami township in Montgomery county Ohio aged 62 years who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is a son of Tobias Whitsel late of Montgomery County Ohio deceased and grand son of Captain Tobias Whitsel of North Carolina, that his (affiants) Father emigrated from the State of North Carolina to his certain knowledge that his fathers family and Philip Huiets family were intimately
acquainted he said affiant often heard [?] his Father and Philip Huiet
speak together of their acquaintence in North Carolina that it was and yet
is known generally that both his Father & Philip Huiet were emigrants to Ohio from North Carolina that he since affiant has the words from his Fathers mouth that he in the United States service in the Revolution
was a teamster for his father [?] Tobias Whitesel in North Carolina where
he was so young that he cried scarcely put the collars on the horses that he knew the fact of Philip Huiet being a soldier in his fathers company while he was Captain in the Revolutionary War he heard his father speak of starting off in the service with his father [?] Tobias Whitsel from Giffird
Court House in North Carolina that wherever the circumstance was spoken of Philip Huiet was always spoken of in connection with said services or as he had hence them both call it (a six months Tour) that these facts stated are recolected more distinctly because he heard his father and Philip Huiet speak of these things often and it was known in the familys through out and also in this neighborhood that Philip Huiet was a Revolutionary Soldier that affiants Father died about four years ago and was 80 years old at his death affiant says he knows no other

Philip Huiet from North Carolina.
Solomon Whitesel
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Sum to and subscribe before me this
23d. day of May 1857, and I hereby
testify that the applicant subscribe the
same in my presence and that he is to
one well known and is a credible person

Wm Gordy J.P.

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Sessions Claim of 
Philip Huiet heirs

State of Ohio, Montgomery County, SS.

I, Adam Miller Clerk of the Court of Commons Pleas, of said county, do hereby certify that Wm Gordy before when the foregoing Declaration of Affidavits hereto attached appears to have been made was, at
the time of subscribing the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that the signature thereto attached is genuine.

In Witness Whereof, I, the said Clerk, have hereunto set my  hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Dayton, in said county, this 12h day of June A.D., 1857

Adam Miller Clerk
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State of Ohio: Montgomery County, SS.

I, [handwritten] Adam Miller [/handwritten] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, do hereby certify that [handwritten] Wm Goudy [/handwritten] before whom the foregoing [handwritten] Declaration of Affidavits [/handwritten] hereto attached appears to have been [handwritten] made [/handwritten] was, at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that the signature thereto attached is genuine.

In Witness Whereof, I, the said Clerk, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Dayton, in said county, this [handwritten] 12 [/handwritten] day of [handwritten] June [/handwritten] A. D. 1857

[handwritten] Adam Miller [/handwritten] Clerk.

By......Deputy.