Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7730, for Philip Titman, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Titman, Philip

NUMBER
S. 7730
 
CONTENTS
Carded
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16.762
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North Carolina
Philip Titman
of Lincoln in the State of NC
who was a pri in the
commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col
Hooper in the N.Jersey
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of No Carolina
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sept. 33
and said DRenchard
Lincolnton No Ca
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833
75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 15
$90

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J Rice Clerk.
Book E Vol. 6 Page 57

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Paid at the Treasury under the
act of April 6th 1838 and
and 23d 1842 from Sept 4th 1840
10th Feby 1841. Agent notified
Oct 6th 1842
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GIDEON, FRINIER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept 21st 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States
, and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension
agents, the legal Rep of Philip Titman, decd
Pensioner on the Roll of the N. Carolina-
Agency, at the rate of - Thirty
Dollars
and
Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1840, to the 19th Feby 1841-
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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18570
Philip Titman
N.C
Admitted
Private 9 mo
$30
14.
Intg. 12. 7
P. 328
D. Reinhardt
Lincolnton
N C
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BRIEF
in the case of Philip Titman
County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? About 85
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
enlisted In 1779
Duration of Service.
Years Months,
9 [months]
---
Days.

Rank.
As a
Private
or Waggoner
 
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Forgeman
Col Hooper

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Essex New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect the clergyman
& citizen not certified to by the Court
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
[illegible] Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration
P. Titman
18570
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State of North Carolina 
Lincoln County On this 30th day of October 1832
personally appeared before the
Justices of the County Court of Lincoln, Phillip Titman
a resident of the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina  (formerly & during his service a citizen of New Jersey/
did, aged about 85 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 provision of the act of Congress
passed June the 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the
army of the United States in the spring & he thinks
the month of May 1779. with Capt John Forgeman for
nine months, in the Regiment commanded
by Col Hooper. After his enlistment, he was ordered
to the management as driver of a waggon & a
and was employed in hauling provision from Easton
to New Windson in New Jersey he received a discharge
from Capt Forgeman. and about 15 years since, it
was distroyed, by his sister in law, with whom he
resided, & has resided with untill the last 15 or 18 months
& remembered by his sisters law. He was a citizen of Essex
County, Township of Oxford New Jersey when he enlisted
shortly after the date of the revolution, removed
to Lincoln C No A. where he has resided since.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declare
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency
in any State aforesaid

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Philip Titman

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier & served as he states

J Holland JP (LS)
AH Hoyt JP
Sankin Stove JPa
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I Vardy McBee Clerk of the County Court of the
County of Lincoln, now in session, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phillip
Titman for a Pension. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this
31st day of October 1832.
Vardsy McBee

We Daniel G. M. Daniel a Clergyman residing in the County of Lincoln N.C. and James Witherspoon residing
in the same County hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Philip Titman, who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be about 85 years of age; that he is reputed &
believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to
have been a soldier of the revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Tell Vardy McBee  Clerk of said Court

D. Gill, Daniel
Jos Witherspoon

Personally appeared in open Court. Catharine Armstrong
lately, Catharine Tillman, who being duly sworn according to
Law, doth on her oath declare, that she then a citizen
of New Jersey & the wife of John Titman, now deceased
& brother to the above named Philip Titman, knew of his
Philips enlistment, & that he did serve about 9 months
as stated and did enter the service about the spring
of 1779 as stated; and further states, that about
15 years since she saw the discharge from Capt Forgeman to
Philip & believing it useless had distroy it
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Catharine Armstrong
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State of North Carolina
Lincoln County  July Sessions 1833
Phillip Titman appeared in open Court
& being sworn according to Law makes the
annexed declaration as amendatory to the
foregoing
That he was born in Sussex County
Grinage township in the State of New Jersey
that he has no record of his age but
he believes he is Eighty seven years of age
that from the opinion of his Sister in law
Catharine Armstrong he is confirmed in
that opinion

that he has no documentary evidence
and has no other witness that he knows of
to prove his services
but that he entered the
service for Nine months & served out that
line and received his discharge

Sworn to in open court VmBee CC
July Sessions 1833

Philip his x mark Gilman

We the undersigned members of the Court are
well acquainted with James Witherspoon & Catharine Gilman (now Catharine Armstrong, the foregoing witnesses both of Lincoln County N.C. & certify
that they are entitled to credit
Larkin Stowe [illegible]
And Holt JP
J.Holland. JP
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Rev. War.
S. File 7730
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Philip Titman
Correct Christian name

on File Jacket
Sharlobe Philip
A.H.M.
Aug 11/04
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Revy War
7730
INVALID.
File No. 77
Philip Titman 
Pri Rev. War 
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 375 
Arrangement of 1870.]
Philip Titman Aug 13/04
Records corrected
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P Titman
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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
which require further proof or explanation. 
Philip Titman

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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
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 amout of pension
he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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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
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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 revoluthensey
service? Yes
 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? witness
XIV. 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?
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? the Court has not
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 an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? 1.2.7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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; Foryear
-- months, and --- days, I served as a . Forand
days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
months
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too inpensions
are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
definite, and without specifying the tours; the names of the
and other particulars respecting their service.
This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magisto
the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.