Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,563, John Fishback, Conti. Va.
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(3-1776 )

SERVICE
Conti.
Va.

Fishback, John
Patty

NUMBER
R. 3,563

CONTENTS
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State of Kentucky Sct
On this the 18th day of September 1839.
personally before the undersigned, appeared Patty Fishback a resident of Bracken County and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Fishback who was a private in the
Militia of Virginia, having been drafted as she
was then informed and believes (not being present) in the year 1780, for six months, which time she always understood he served out. He was under the command of Captain James Winn and Col William Washington, that as she has always been informed her said husband was at the battle of the Cowpens in January 1781. - She has frequently heard him speak of his military services and of his having been in that engagement. She states that her father William S. Pickett resided about three miles from Philip Fishback's, the father of said John Fishback, and
during his absence in the army, she was at his fathers house, being well acquainted with the
family. That she was married to the said John Fishback in the County of Fauquier, State of Virginia where her father resided, on the 24th day of November 1785 and that said John Fishback died in Bracken County and State of Kentucky on the 22 day of January 1810. and that she has not again married. That the service of the said Fishback ended after that engagement some time in 1781, but at what particular time
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she does not know. That she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the service. But
the marriage took place previous to the 1st
of January 1794. at the
time above stated
Patty Fishback
her X mark

Sworn and subscribed on the day
and year above written, before me
the undersigned a Justice of the
Court of the County of Bracken
being a Court of Record and I
do further certify that from the
advanced age, and frail, weak
and decriped [decrepit] state of said Patty
Fishback, she is unable to attend the said
Court of said County for the purpose of
making her declaration
Solomon Taylor

Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
I John Payne Clerk of the Court
for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Solomon Taylor whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate was at the date of said signature one of the Justices of the Court for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn as such and that the aforesaid signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand this 20th September 1839
together with the seal of my said Office
hereunto affixed
[seal:  LL]
John Payne
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State of Ohio, Athens County
On the 28th day of January 1839. Before me J.
Haskenson a Justice of the peace in said County, came the undersigned Anna Reade of said County and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was born on the nineteenth of January 1760 in Fauquier County
State of Virginia on little river when her
father Philip Fishback then resided and
where she resided until she was married which
was on the eighteenth day of February 1785
and resided and remained in the same County
until the year 1791 then removed to loudon [Loudoun] Virginia from thence she removed to the state of Ohio Ross County from thence to Athens County in the State of Ohio where she now Resides. That about the year 1780 my brother John Fishback then resided with his father drafted as a militia man in State of Virginia  and entered the service under eighteen
James Winn in the regiment commanded by Col William Washington and further state it
he served in said regiment in the state of
South Carolina he was drafted for six months
as I understood then and ever since and served
the same further that I know that Cap
Winn resided in the neighbourhood of my
father and I know him well
Further this deponent saith in the year
1785 that the above named John Fishback
married to Patsy Pickett of the of Virginia
Fauquier County and that I was present
at the time of marriage and that the said
Patsy is now the widow of said John Fishback
deceased. further this deponent saith not
Anna Reade
her X mark
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I J Haskinson a Justice of the peace for the
Township Canan in the County of Allens
and state of Ohio do hereby certify that the
aforesaid Ann Read were first duly sworn
to testify the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth and that the afforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me
the subscriber

In testimony where of I have hereunto set
my hand this 28th day of January 1839
J Haskinson Justice of the peace

I do here certify that I have known the above
named Ann Read for many years and do believe what she has stated to be facts as stated in said deposition. Given under my hand day and date
above written
J. Haskinson Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Athens County I Joseph dana Crerk of the Court of Common pleas of Athens County aforesaid do here certify that Joshua haskinson Esq whose name purports to subscribed to his certificate of the deposition of Ann Read and at the time of his subscribing said certificate an acting Justice of the peace in & for the township of Canan in said County of Athens duly elected and qualified and this the name purporting to be his hand wrighting is in truth his and familiarly known to me in testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 29th day of January 1839
Joseph Dana, Crerk
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State of Kentucky Bracken County Sct
Before the undersigned Joseph T. McKibbin
a justice of the peace in and for the County
aforesaid personally appeared Alexander
Fishback and being sworn states-
That he is fifty years of age in July last and
one of the Children of John Fishbach deceased
formerly of Bracken County aforesaid and
Patsey his wife -  now a widow residing in said
County that the said John Fishback departed
this life the 24th of January 1810. that the said
Patsy is yet a widow and resided in Bracken
County aforesaid ever since.
Alex Fishback
Sworn to and subscribed 
in my presence this 18th
day of November 1839
and I do further certify
that I have known the said
Alexander Fishback for
many years and consider
him a man of truth &
veracity & his statements
entitled to credit
J. T. McKibbin J.P

Bracken County Sct
I John Payne Clerk of the Court
for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph T. McKibbin Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made, and whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the date of said affidavit and signature an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, as well as an acting Justice of said Court duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose official
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acts as such full faith and credit is and ought
to be given as well in Courts of record as there out

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this 22d day
of November 1839.
John Payne

Alexander Fishback
No. 6
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State of Ohio, Meigs County

On the 2d day of February A.D. 1839. Before
me David Norris a Justice of the peace in said
County the undersigned Letitia Piler of said County and after being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith, that I was born on the 12th day of October A.D. 1770 in Faquier [Fauquier] County and State of
Virginia on Little river, when my father Philip
Fishback did there reside and where I did
also reside until after I was married which took place on the 27th day of April A.D. 1797. from which place I removed to Hampshire County Virginia in the same year I was married from thence to Athens County [crossed out: from] in the State of Ohio, from thence to Meigs County and State aforesaid. there I now reside to the best of my recollection about the year 1780. my brother John Fishback then living with his
father was drafted as a militia man in said
State of Virginia, entered the service under Capt. James Winn, and as I understood in the regiment commanded by Col. William Washington, also that he served in said Regiment in the State of South Carolina __
he was drafted for three months and served six before he returned, as I understood
there and ever since without contradiction and further I know that Capt. Winn resided in the immediate neighbours of my father's and I know him well. Further this deponent saith not.
Letitia Pilcher
her X mark

I David Norris a Justice of the peace in and for
the township of Orange, County of Meigs, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the said Letitia Pilcher signs to the within deposition,
was duly sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing
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but the truth, and that the aforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me the subscriber.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this February 2nd A.D. 1839.
David Norris Justice of the Peace

And I do state that I have known the said Letitia Pilcher for many years, that I believe her to be of the age she states herself to be, that she has always been considered to be a person of veracity, that from her statements
I believe the facts to be as she states them to be, that she is worthy of credit. Given under my hand this February 2d 1839.
David Norris J.P.

The State of Ohio, Meigs County Sct
I Marcus Bosworth, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County of Meigs do hereby certify that David Norris Esq before [crossed out: the] whom the foregoing deposition was taken and who has
subscribed his name thereto, was at that time
and now is an acting justice of the peace in
and for said County, duly commissioned and
[crossed out: granted] qualified and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts as such.  I do further certify that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County, this 4th day of February A.D
W. Bosworth, Clerk
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State of Virginia
Fauquier County [illegible]

The deposition of Mary Strother aged 83 years who being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that her brother, John Fishback was drafted in the militia in Revolutionary service in the year 1780 for six months sevice in the Fauquier County Virginia Militia, and
marched about the first of October under the command of a Captain James Winn, and returned home in the month of March 1781; having as she understood, served his full tour of duty
Mary Strother
X

I James Pickett a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Fauquier aforesaid do hereby certify, that the forgoing
deposition of Mary Strother was this 17th day of June, in the year 1841, duly sworn to, and subscribed by the said Mary Strother before me - Witness my hand and seal.
James Pickett [handwritten seal:  seal]

I James Pickett Justice of the peace as aforesaid [crossed out: do further] aged 66 years, do further certify, that I was intimately acquainted with the above named John Fishback in 1783, and a number of years after; also a Dempey Jackson, and have heard them narrate together; the scenes of their militia service - particularly - the part they acted in the battle at
the Cowpens (Capture of Tarltons foot soldiers) -  Jacksons consolation in battle - that Fishback stood in front rank before him as some shield against Brittish bullits.
witness my hand and seal 17th day of June 1841
James Pickett [handwritten seal:  seal]
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Virginia, Fauquier County, to wit:
I, Alexander J. Marshall, Clerk of Fauquier County Court, hereby certify, that James Pickett is a magistrate as above; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and annexed the seal of my said office this 3d day of August, 1841, and in the 66th year of the Commonwealth
A. J. Marshall C.C.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
June 24, 1940
WASHINGTON

Honorable C. Jasper Bell
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

BA-J/M CS
John Fishback, R. 3563

My dear Mr. Bell:

Reference is made to your request for a transcription of data on file in the pension claim of Patty Fishback, widow of a Revolutionary War soldier, John Fishback, R.3563, which information is desired by Mr. N.D.Jackson.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, R.3563, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Fishback.

John Fishback was the son of Philip Fishback who resided on Little River in Fauquier County, Virginia, before the Revolutionary War. The date of birth of John Fishback and the name of his mother are not shown.

John Fishback married November 24, 1785, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Patty or Patsey Pickett. She was the daughter of William S.
Pickett and was born in Prince William County, Virginia, date not given, and moved with her father, when she was about seven years of age, to Fauquier County, Virginia, and settled on Little River about three miles from
the home of Philip Fishback.

In 1796, John and Patty Fishback moved to Mason County, Kentucky, and in 1805 moved to Bracken County, Kentucky.

John Fishback died January 22 or 24 (both dates are shown), 1810, in Bracken County, Kentucky,

As the widow of John Fishback, Patty Fishback applied for the pension that might have been due her on account of the Revolutionary War
service of her husband and she made the application September 18, 1839,
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at which time she was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Bracken County, Kentucky. It was alleged that while living in Fauquier County, Virginia, John Fishback enlisted in 1780, served as private in the Fauquier County militia under Captain James Winn, was in the battle of Cowpens and guarded a ferry on the Catawba River in South Carolina, a part of the time was under Colonel William Washington and he returned home in March, 1781, having served six months. The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of the alleged service was not furnished in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.

Reference was made to the children of John and Patty Fishback but the only only name given is that of a son, Alexander Fishback, who was born in July, 1789, and in 1839 was a resident of Bracken County, Kentucky.

The soldier's sister, Mary Strother, was eighty-three years of age in 1841 at which time she was living in Fauquier County, Virginia. The
name of her husband was not shown. The soldier's sister, Anna or Anne Reade, was born January 19, 1760, in Fauquier County, Virginia, on Little River, married February 18, 1785, (name of husband not shown) left Fauquier
County, Virginia, in 1791, lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, then in Ross County, Ohio, then in Athens County, Ohio, where she was living in 1839. Another sister of the soldier, Letitia Pilcher or Peliher, was born October
12, 1770, in Fauquier County, Virginia, married April 27, 1797, (name of husband not shown), moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, in the year that she was married and from there moved to Athens County, Ohio, thence to
Meigs County, Ohio, where she was residing in 1839.

In 1841, James Pickett, aged sixty-six years, was Justice of the Peace in Fauquier County, Virginia, and he stated that he knew John
Fishback in 1783 but it is not shown whether James Pickett were related to Patty, the soldier's wife.

There are no further data on file relative to family of John and Patty Fishback.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left side]
May 1 / 80 Conditonal
Phil. T. South
White
[separation line]
Jan 4 /81 Gen. Knefler informed that no allowance can be made
White
[separation line]
July 23 '96 statement to Mrs E J Holmes
Denver, Colo.
LWB
1911 Mch 20, Hist. to Mrs. Ralph McKee. L. [illegible]
1911 Apr. 1 Hist. to Khadjah M. Grant
1915 - Mch 2 Hist. to Mary E. D. Clements
1920 Feby 4 Hist. to Mrs. Clyde H. Huffman
1931 - Jan 24 - Hist. to W. T. Van Alstyne EEL
1934. Sept 21 - Hist. to E. H. Fishback EEL
[separation line]
1940. June 24. hist to Hon. C Jasper Bell for Mr N.D. Jackson. MCS

[right side]
[stamp:  REJECTED]
3563
P.O.  Patty Fishback
Service:
Enlisted: ____________, 18
Discharged:__________,18
Application file: _____, 18
Alleges: Printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection
Re-enlisted: as follows:  "her husband did not serve six months"

Attorney:_______________________________
P.O. ____________________________________
_________________________________________
____ Recognized.   _____________ Contrac
___ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ____, 18
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Patty Fishback
of
John
Kentucky
---
Rejected
---
See let. 28 Feb 1840
[illegible] G. Davis
copy of same sent to G. Davis} Dec 11, 41
husband did not serve six months
[illegible] 9 Aug 62 [illegible] G. Davis
Act 7 July 1838
1838
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State of Kentucky
Fleming County
On the 7th day of August 1839
Before me John P. Mitcalfe a Justice of the peace in said County Came the undersigned
Eli Metcalfe of said County and after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith. That he was born on the 13th day of November 1768 in Faquier [Fauquier] County in the State of Virginia on Little River where my Father John Metcalfe resided, and where I resided until I was married which was on the sixth day of January 1788 and resided and remained in the same County until the year 1794. Then I removed to the state of
Kentucky Mason County, Thence to the County of Fleming where I now reside. That I resided within about three miles of Philip Fishback the Father of John Fishback and was well acquainted with family previous to the time that the said John Fishback
was drafted as a Malitia man in the year 1780 in the said State of Virginia, and entered the service under Capt James Winn and as I understood in the Regiment commanded by Col William Washington also that he served in said Regiment in the State of South Carolina
he was drafted and served six months before he returned as I understood then and ever since without contradiction and further I knew that Capt Winn resided in the immediate neighbourhood of Philip Fishback's and I
[illegible strikethrough] knew him well.

This deponent further saith. That I have frequently heard the said John Fishback and some of his messmates immediately after their return from the army speaking of being in the battle of the Cowpens in the State of
South Carolina, and afterwards [illegible strikethough] at afferent periods of their lives
and further this deponant saith not
Eli Metcalfe
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Fleming County State of Ky SCT

I John P Metcalfe a Justice of the peace in and
for said County do certify that aforesaid Eli Metcalfe signed to the within deposition was duly sworn to the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth, and that the aforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me the subscriber.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of August 1839
John P. Metcalfe J.P. [seal mark?]

And I do state that I have known the said Eli
Metcalfe for many years that I believe him to be of the age he states himself to be that he has alway been considered to be a person of veracity that from his statements I believe the facts to be as he states them to be, and that he is worthy of credit.
Given under my hand this 7th August 1839
John P. Metcalfe J.P.

State of Kentucky
Fleming County Set
I Geo. M. Stockton clerk of the Fleming County
Court certify that John P. Metcalfe Esq is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his to genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 21st day of August 1839
Geo M Stockton Clerk
Heming County Court

Deposition of Eli Metcalfe
No. 4
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Declaration of
Patsey Fishback
Kentucky 6677
No. 1 [underlined]
563
Hon G. Davis
HR [House of Representatives]
c
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State of Kentucky Sct.
On this the 18 day of September 1839 personally before the undersigned, appeared Patty Fishback a resident of Bracken County and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Fishback who was a private in the militia of Virgina, having been drafted as she was then informed and believes (not being present) in the year 1780 for six months, which time she always understood he served out he was under the command of Capt. James Winn and Col. William Washington, that as she has always been informed, her said husband was at the battle of the Cowpens in
January 1781 _ she has frequently heard
him speak of his military services and his having been in that engagement. She states that her father William S. Pickett resided about three miles from Philip Fishback the father of said John Fishback and during his absence in the army she was at his fathers house being well acquainted with the family, that she was married to the said John Fishback in the County of Fauquier State of Virginia where her father resided on the 24th day of November 1785. and that said John Fishback died in Bracken County State of Kentucky on the 22 day of January 1810 and that she has not
again married. That the service of the said
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Fishback ended after that engagement sometime in 1781 but at what particular time she does not know.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794. at the time above stated

Patty Fishback   her X mark

Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Court for the County of Bracken
being a Court of Record. and I do further certify that from the advanced age and frail, weak and decriped state of said Patty Fishback she is unable to attend the said
Court of said County for the purpose of
making her declaration.

Solomon Taylor
Kentucky
Bracken County SCT.

I John Payne Clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid do hereby atty
Solomon Taylor whose signature is affixed
foregoing certificate was at the date of said signature one of the Justices of the Court for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn as such and that the aforesaid signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand this 20th Sept. 1839. together with the seal of my said office hereunto affixed.

John Payne
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State of Kentucky Sct
Bracken County
On this day personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County Reuben Gill, who being sworn deposeth and saith. That he is a citizen of said County and has resided there about forty years. that he is about sixty six years of age, that he was born in Westmoreland County Virginia and left Virginia at about thirteen or fourteen years of age, and previous to his removal to Bracken he resided in Mason County
Kentucky, that about the year 1805. John Fishback dec'd settled a neighbour to him in Bracken & he was well acquainted with said Fishback until his death which took place some five or six years afterwards,
that he has frequently heard said Fishback speak of his services as a soldier during the revolutionary war and that he had served under General Morgan & that he was in the Southern army at the battle of the Cowpens.
It has been many years since these conversations were had and many circumstances have been forgotten, but that from the impressions made on his mind he has no doubt but that said Fishback was a soldier during the revolutionary war. That his acquaintance with the family has continued until the present day. that his wife [strickthrough: wife] Patsy now lives in Bracken County, and is yet a widow. Sworn & Subscribed
- Reuben Gill

Sworn to before me August 15th 1839}
J. T. McKibbin J P

I Joseph T. McKibbin do further certify that I have
for many years been well acquainted with the above
Witness Reuben Gill, that he is generally reported a
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man of veracity, and entitled to credit.  Given under
my hand august 15th 1839.
J. T. McKibbin JP

State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
I John Payne Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Joseph T. McKibbin whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates was at the date of said certificates an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn, and that the said certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 16th day of August 1839.
John Payne

Reuben Gill
deposition

No. 5
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State of Ohio
Athens County on the 28th day of January 1839
Before me J. Hoskinson a Justice of the peace in said County came the undersignor Ann Reade of said County and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was born on the nineteenth day of January 1760 in Fauquier County State of Virginia on little river where her father Philip Fishback then resided and where she resided until she was married which was on the eighteenth day of February 1785 and resided and remained [strikethrough:  there] in the same County until the year 1791 then removed to Loudon [Loudoun] County Virginia from thence she removed to the State of Ohio Ross County from thence to Athens County [strikethrough: of] in the State of Ohio where she now resides. that about the year 1780 my brother John Fishback then resided with his father was drafted as a malitia man in said State of Virginia and entered the service under Captain James Winn in the Regiment commanded by Col William Washington and as I understand it he served in said Regiment in the State of South Carolina he was drafted for six months [strikethrough: and] as I understood then and ever since and served the same further that I knew Capt Winn resided in the neighbourhood of my father and I knew him well

Further this deponent saith in the year 1785 that the above named John Fishback was married to Patsy Pickitt of the State of Virginia in Fauquier County and that I was present at the time of marriage;; and that the said Patsy is now the widdow of said John Fishback decased further this deponent saith not
Anne Reade
her x mark
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T. J. Hoskinson a Justice of the peace in and for the Township of Canaan in the County of Athens and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the aforesaid Ann Reade was first duly sworn, to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the aforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me the subscriber

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of January 1839
J Hoskinson} Justice of the peace

I do hereby certify that I have known the above named Ann Read for many years and do believe what she has stated to be facts as stated in said deposition given under my hand day and date above written
J  Hoskinson} Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio
Athens County 
⎬

I Joseph Dana Clerk of the Court of Court of Common Pleas of Athens County aforesaid
Do hereby certify that Joshua Hoskinson Esq. whose name purports to be subscribed to his certificate of the Deposition of Anne Read is and at the time of his subscribing said Certificate an acting justice of Peace in & for the Township of Canaan said County of Athens duly elected commissioned and qualified and that the name purporting to be his hand writing is in truth his and familiarly known to me

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed my seal office this 29th day
of January AD 1839
Joseph Dana Clerk
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[illegible]  25
Aug 14
Mr Alexander Fishback
Augusta Bracken County
Ky

Hon. G. Davis  H. Rep
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Mrs, Fishback
Papers
Copies
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[illegible]
State of Kentucky Sct. Bracken County.
On this day personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County, Reuben Gill, who being sworn, deposeth and saith that he is a Citizen of said County, and has resided there about forty years, that he is about sixty six years [strikethrough: old] of age, that he was born in Westmoreland County Virginia, and left Virginia at about thirteen and fourteen years of of A age, and previous to his removal to Bracken he resided in Mason County Kentucky that about the year 1805, John Fishback deceased
settled a neighbour to him in Bracken, and he was well acquainted with said Fishback until his death which took place some five or six years afterwards,__That he has frequently heard said Fishback speak of his services as a soldier during the revolutionary war, and that he had
served under General Morgan, that he was in the Southern army at the battle of the Cowpens. It has been many years since those conversations were had, and many circumstances have been forgotton, but that from the impression made on his mind, he has no doubt but that said Fishback was a soldier during the revolutionary war.  That his acquaintance with the family has continued until the present day, that his wife Patsey now lives in Bracken County, and is yet a widow.
Sworn and subscribed
{ Reuben Gill___

Sworn to before me
August 15th 1839.
J. T. McKibbin J.P.

I Joseph T. McKibbin do further certify that I have
for many years been well acquainted with the above
witness, Reuben Gill, that he is generally reputed a
man of veracity, and entitled to credit. given under
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my hand, August 15th 1839.
J. T. McKibbin J.P.

State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct

I John Payne, Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify, that Joseph T. McKibbin whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates, was at the date of said certificate an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the said certificates are genuine

[seal:  L.L.]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 16th day of August 1839
John Payne
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State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
Before the undersigned Joseph T. McKibbin a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Alexander Fishback, and being sworn states, that he is fifty years of age in July last and one of the Children of John Fishback deceased formerly of Bracken County aforesaid and Patsey his wife, now a widow, residing in said County - that the said John Fishback
departed this life the 24th of January 1810, that the said Patsey is yet a widow, and resided in Bracken County aforesaid ever since
Alexander Fishback

Sworn to and subscribed
in my presence this 18th
day of November 1839.

And I do further certify
that I have known the said Alexander Fishback for many years
and consider him a man of
truth and veracity and his
statements entitled to credit
J. T. McKibbin J.P.

Bracken County Sct.
I John Payne, Clerk of the Court
for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Joseph T. McKibbin Esqr before whom the foregoing
affidavit appears to have been made and whose
signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificates
was at the date of said affidavit and signature
an acting Justice of the peace in and for said
County, as well as an acting Justice of said
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Court, duly commissioned and sworn, to all
whose official acts as such full faith and
credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts
record as thereout
[seal: L L]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office. this 22d day of November 1839.
John Payne

Mrs. Fishback
Papers
Copies
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State of Kentucky, Fleming County
On the 7th day of August 1839, before me John F. Metcalfe a Justice of the peace in said county, came the undersigned Eli Metcalfe of said County, and after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he was born on the 13th day of November 1768 in Faquier County in the state of Virginia on Little River who my Father John Metcalfe resided, and where I resided until I was married, which was on the 6th day of January 1788, and resided and remained in the same County until the year 1794, then I removed to the state of Kentucky Mason County, thence to the County of Fleming where I now reside. That I resided within about three miles of Philip Fishback the father of John Fishback and was well acquainted with the family previous to the time that the said John Fishback was drafted as a Militia man in the year 1780 in the said state of Virginia, and entered the service under Capt. James Winn, and as I understood in the regiment commanded by Col. William Washington, also that he served in said Regiment in the state of South Carolina. He was drafted and served. Six months before he returned as I understood then and ever since without contradiction, and further I knew that Capt. Winn resided in the immediate neighbourhood of Philip Fishback's and I knew him well.

This deponent further saith, that I have frequently heard the said John Fishback and some of his mefsmates immediately after their return home from the army speaking of being in the battle of the Cowpens in the State of South Carolina, and afterwards at different periods of their lives. And further this deponent saith not

Eli Metcalfe
Fleming County, State of Kentucky Sct 
I John P Metcalfe a Justice of the peace in and
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for said County, do certify that the aforesaid Eli Metcalfe signed to the within deposition was duly sworn to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and that the aforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me the subscriber.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of August 1839. 
John P. Metcalfe J. P. M. [underlined]

And I do state that I have known the said Eli Metcalfe for many years, that I believe him to be of the age he states himself to be, that he has always been considered to be a person of veracity--that from his statements I believe the facts to be as he states them to be, and that he is worthy of credit.  

Given under my hand this 7th August 1839. 
John P. Metcalfe J. P. 

State of Kentucky, Fleming County Sct.
I Geo M Stockton, Clerk of the Fleming County Court certify that John P. Metcalfe Eqr. is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[seal: L. L.]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 21st day of August 1839. 
Geo. M. Stockton clerk 
Fleming County Court.
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Letitia Pilcher
Deposition

No.2
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State of Ohio
Meigs County

On the 2nd day of February
---1837 Before me David
Keris a justice of the
peace in ---County the and
-ersigned Leticia Pilcher of __ County and after being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth andsaith that I was born on the twelfth day of October in 1770 in Tauguire County in the State of Virginia in Little River where my Father Philip Fishback did then reside and where I did also reside until after I was married which took place on the 27th day of April in 1797 from which place I removed to Hampshire County Virginia in the same year I was married
from thence to Athens County in the State
of Ohio.  From thence  to Meigs County of state
aforesaid there I now reside.  to the best of my
recollection about the year 1780 my brother
John Fishback then living with his Father
was drafted as a militia man in said State of
Virginia entered the service under Captain Joncy Minor and as I understand in the regiment
commanded by Col William Washington also
that he served in --- regiment in the State of
South Carolina he was drafted for three months
& served six before he returned as I understood
the & ever since without contradiction and
further I know that Capt. Winn resided in
the immediate neighbor of my Father and I knew
him well Further this deforment with with not
her
Leticia Pilcher
mark
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I David Norris a Justice of the peace in and for the Township of Orange County of Meigs & State of Ohio do hereby Certify that the aforesaid Letecia Pilcher signer to the within deposition was duly sworn to testify to the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth & that the aforesaid deposition was reduced to writing by me the subscriber In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this February 2d AD 1837 David Norris} Justice of the peace And I do State that I have known the said Letecia Pilcher for many years that I Believe her to be of the age she state herself to be that she has always been considered to be a person of veracity that from her statement I believe the facts to be as she states them to be that she is worthy of credit Given Under my hand this Feb. 2d 1837 David Norris JP The State of Ohio Meigs County SS} I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Meigs do hereby certify that David Norris Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken & who has subscribed his name thereto was at that time & now is an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to his official acts as such.  I do further certify that the
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foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.  In testimony where of I hereunto set
my hand & the seal of said count this 4th day of
February AD 1839 & of our State the 37th

M Bosworth Clerk
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Deposition of Ann Reade  No. 3
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War Department, Pension Office, February 28, 1840.  
Sir, The papers in the case of Mrs. Patty Fishback, widow of John Fishback, deceased, have been examined.  It is alleged that he was drafted and served six months from 1780, and was at the battle of the Cowpens.  The Virginia militia were not drafted at the time alleged for a term exceeding three months, and none who were so drafted served so long as six months. The act of 7 July, 1838, does not provide for any widow whose husband did not serve six months.   The claim has therefore been rejected, and the papers filed in this office.  
I have the honor to be, 
very respectfully,
your obt. svt. 
J L Edwards

 Hon. Garret Davis, House of Representatives.
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Mrs. Patty Fishbacks account of her husbands service in the revolutionary war.  She says that she was born in the State of Virginia Prince William County and removed with her Father William Pickett in to Faquier [Fauquier] County of said State when she was about seven years of age and settled on little River in said county with in about three miles of Phillip Fishbacks where she became acquainted with his family and his son John from that time which was several years before the war  commenced.  And about the year seventy nine or eighty he was drafted as a militiaman for the time of three months but served six before his return he was marched to South Carolina under Capt James Winn who lived in the neighbourhood and was put in the regiment commanded by Col William Washington and joined general Morgans army and was in the Battle of the Cowpens and afterwards was detached to [illegible] a [illegible] on the Cawtaba [Catawba] river in said State of south Carolina for the further term of three months and then returned home And from that time until our marriage
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whic was in the year 1785 and afterwards as long as he lived he and his companions would talk of the transactions in the service of the army and she further says that in the year 1796 She with her husband removed [crossedout: with her husband John Fishback] to the State of Kentucky Mason county and from there to Bracken County of said state where he Deceased in year 1810
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Hon. Garret Davis February 28, 1840. O. C.
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War Dept. Pen Office 
Feb. 28, 1840 
Sir, 
The papers in the case of Mrs. Patty Fishback widow of John Fishback dec'd have been examined.  It is alleged that he was drafted and served six months from 1780, and was at the battle of the Cowpens.  The Virginia militia were not drafted at the time alleged for a term exceeding three months and none who were so drafted served so long as six months.  The act of 7 July 1838, does not provide for any widow whose husband did not serve six months.  The claim has therefore been rejected, and the papers filed in this office.  Hon. Garret Davis.  H.R. F. 6677 act  7 July 1838
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[illegible] February 26th 1840

Sir, 

I herewith enclose to you the papers of Patsy Fishback connected with her application for a (crossed out word) pension. Will you have the goodness to examine them as soon as your engagements will allow. If they are not regular please return them & suggest the points of defect. 

With great regards yr obt [your obedient] servant
Garrett Davis [underlined]

J.L. Edwards Esq
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Honble Garrett Davis
Wm Fishbacks pension

[Upside down]
G Davis

Genl. Jno Payne
Brookville
Ky

[Stamp 1]
FREE

[Stamp 2]
WASHINGTON CITY 
MAR
D.C.
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Washington 1st March 1840

Dear Genl (?),

I herewith enclose you the reply to my note enclosing the papers of Mrs Fishback to the Department. I regret exceedingly that she cannot get her pension but hundreds of applications have been rejected on the same ground. And the treasury is so low that an attempt to extend the principle to cases such as hers would be impossible. You have observed that the Government have applied to congress for permission to your five millions of treasury notes Now is not the President a [illegible] chap to be asking enough to pass laws prohibiting nothing but gold & silver from being used in payment of public debts paying its officers for the future in gold &silver, destroying credit that is private credit & yet from time to time asking to ruin the credit of the government by the issue of paper to meet demands against it. 

The late desperate movement of the party to that in the [crossed out word] from New Jersey the administration candidates is upon the poll books embracing upwards of two hundred [illegible] & spurious votes failed by the casting of the speaker, - a good many of our man being culpably absent. I have not yet heard from the Court of Law off. on the subject of old Mr. [illegible] longs patent - So soon as I do, I'll advise you. 

Truly Yr [your] friend Garret Davis
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139.
Pen Office 
Augt 9, 1842

Sir,

The affidavit of Mrs. Mary Strother in support of the claim of Mrs. Patty Fishback widow of John Fishback decd has been examined and filed. The claimant alleges in her declaration that her husband served a tour of six months in the Viginia militia from October 1780 to March 1781 for which she claims a pension. Her pension was rejected because the militia of that state did not serve so long as six months under one engagement and no evidence is entitled to a pension for life unless six months service was performed by her husband. The Testimony of Mrs. Strother is not sufficient to authorize the admission of the claim of Mrs. Fishback.

Hon G Davis
H.R.

E

OC/6677 at '38/
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DO

Genl. John Payne
Augusta
Bracken County
Ky:-

[Stamp 1]
FRANKFORT
NOV
19
KY

[Stamp 2]
U.S. PENSION
DEC 31 1830
OFFICE
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Wm. Fishbacks
Papers
________
Enclosed G. Davis
FEby 17th 1840.
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Frankfort 18 Nov. 1839.

Dear Genl.
Incld. yours of the 4th next: some days ago & in the press of my business, I forgot to obtain your Copy - I hope no inconvenience will result from that delay. I now enclose it -
Yr. fd.
Tho. S. Page
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Cincinnati July 26th 1877

Judge Swing, 
Sir,

I promised your wife a short time ago, when I was in Batavia, that I would send her some records of the Fishback family in my possession. I thought I had the entire family record of John Fishback- but I was mistaken it being the family record of John Hathaway that I have. I have delayed writing until I could see my Aunt- Mrs. Dr. A C Kemper who has been away from home- and who takes great interest in such things, and who has much more of the old records than I have. I saw her this morning. She says she has no records at all of the
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Fishback family- the only thing of interest she has is a copy of the will of John Fishback. 

I have one or two stacks of old letters that may be of interest and can show the relationship between the Kempers and Fishbacks. 

Extract from a letter from John Kemper of Litig Pre - to Rev James Kemper of Walnut Hills Ohio. Date Jan. 28 1814. "He my grandfather lived in a village called Missa, three leagues from the City or town of Liegen, in the Circle on Principality of Nassau-Grigen, about 20 leagues, or 60 English miles from Coellu or Cologne/in German Collu on the River Rhine." 

Extract from answer to above; James Kemper to John Kemper, June 24 1814. "Twelve families settled in Licking Run (in Virginia) each on their own farms about the year 1719, when my father was two years old, their names were Kemper, Holtzclaw, Two Fishbacks
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Hoffman, Utterback, Warner, Martin, perhaps Coons, Wayman, Handback and Hitt, They settled first at Germania about 20 miles South of Licking Run, where their place was called Germantown and is to this day. My grandfather (by my mother) came in after them, and was their minister, for several years, and until his death, he was of the reformed Calvanistic Presbyterian Church, and is said to have been a man of great learning His name was Hagar." [name underlined]

The following is the line of descent, and the connection between the two families. 
John George Kemper - Never left Germany
John Kemper - Settled in Virginia in 1719.
John Peter Kemper (his eldest son) Born
(Dec. 25 - 1817. O.S.
Elizabeth Fishback- his wife the daughter of John Fishback - was born Feb 13, 1723 O.S.
They were married Dec 7-1738 O.S. They had nine children.)

The said John Fishbackis [name underlined] wife's maiden name was Agnes Hagar, [last name underlined]
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John Hathaway- was born May 17 1773 O.S.
Sarah Fishback his wife born April 21-1739. Married Dec 26-'54
Their eldest child was + Judith Hathaway.

Rev. James Kemper- 6th child of J.P.K. & E.F.
Born Nov 23-1753.  W.S.
& Judith Hathaway-his wife-born April 26, 1756-Married July 16, 1772
David Rice Kemper their 11th child born May 28 1792
Hugh F. Kemper his eldest child-born FEb 18 1824
WMK

I am very sorry I have nothing more satisfactory to give you.  But we are continually on the lookout and seize eagerly upon every scrap of information relating to the family in all its branches;  and if I should ever come across anything of interest, I will let you hear of it.

Respectfully
Willis M. Kemper
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Res -
Rej - 3563
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V

[Vertical]
B.L.
OW
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LETTERHEAD
Cost of a Patent.
First Government Fee......$15.00
Specifications.......10.00
Drawings......5.00
First Total........$30.00
The above is the cost for making an **application;** if a patent is allowed, there is an additional coast of Second Government Fee.......$20.00
Solicitor's Fee........10.00
Second Total......30.00
Making in all.......60.00

S.F. Townsley
Manager
Bethel Ohio
Phil. T. South
Manager
Washington City, D.C.
Branch office of Townsley & South
Attorneys & Counselors at Law
Solicitors of Patents and Claims
No. 1755 Penn Ave N.W.
Washington City, D.C.

Special Notice
Having been for a number of years officially connected with the executive Departments of the United States, and having had a large and varied experience in the Claims business, We feel warranted in assuring our clients full satisfaction in our business relations with them.  We prosecute all classes of claims, either before the Departments or before Congress.  We refer to our clients in every State in the Union.
END LETTER HEAD

April 29th 80

Sir:  Judge ?? of the U.S. Court S.D. Ohio has written us with reference to the claim of his relative Mrs. Patty Fishback, widow of Judge John Fishback, who was a member of the Virginia Militia, War of the Revolution, having served six months in 1780.  His widow made application for pension in 1839, which was rejected Feby 28, 1840 by his Honor J.L. Edwards, the then Commissioner.  We desire now to enquire of this widow or heirs of Judge Fishback are not entitled to a pension or the half pay under the Acts of 1828 and 1832?  An early reply is respectfully requested.

Very respectfully
Phil T. South
1755 Penn Av
City

To the Hon. Comr of Pensions
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Sir:  Referring to the within letter and in the matter of a second letter from his Honor Judge Turig we have to renew our request contained in our letter of the 29th April - viz:  whether or not the heirs of this soldier are not entitled to the arrears of half pay under the Acts of Congress of 1828 and 1832 up to his (the soldier's) death.
Very respectfully
Phil T. South
1755 Pa Av
City


File in Rejected Rev War claim No. 3563

STAMP
Department of the Interior
Pension office
May 13, 1880
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NOW and B:
LCW

Department of the Interior
Pension Office

Washington D.C.
May 1, 1880

Sir:

In response to your letter of April 29/80 you are informed that the claim of Polly [Patty] Fishback as widow of John Fishback a soldier of the Revolutionary War File No. 3563 was rejected in 1840.

"As the widow of this soldier is dead, no allowance of pension or arrears of pension can be made to the heirs."

Attention is called to section 4742 and 4742 Revised Statutes.

Very respectfully
OPG Clarke
Acting Commissioner
JWM

Phil T. South Esq.
1755 Penna Ave.
Present
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Southern District of Ohio
Cincinnati
Nov 30, 1880

Hon. W.P.Fishbeck

Dear Bro.
I enclose you the pension papers of Grand Mother Fishbeck.  I can't see why there should not be a pension in the case as one of the children is still living.
We are all well
Love to all
Your Bro
P.B. Swing

P.S. I think all the papers are on file and the case might be examined by the department if the additional facts of the death of the applicant and surviving of one child may properly presented by
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an affliction on his part.  The papers there might be used as evidence otherwise it might be difficult to procure evidence of service &c.  If anything is done it ought to be attended to without delay as Uncle L??? is very feeble and I think it would have to come through him.  Let me hear from you
P.B. S.
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LETTERHEAD
Law Office of B .G. and H.P. Willis
Will practice in the Counties of Bracken, Robertson, Mason, Harrison and Pendleton

Brooksville, Ky.
Feby 21st 1880

Mr. P.F. Swing
Batavia O.

Dear Sir
Enclosed please find the papers.  In arranging my grandfather's old papers I have found a great many relating to the War of 1812, in which he took an active part, of great historical value;  also many relating to the history of families, as in the case of the ones I send you.  The former I am putting away and preserving, the latter I send to present members of those families, where they care to have them and I think will take a pride in preserving them.  If I come across anything else of interest to you, I will forward it.  My wife joins me in regards to all our friends.

Yours truly
H.P. Willis
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N.O.W and BS
LCW

Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, DC January 5, 1881

Sir

In response to your reference of certain papers relative to the claim of Patty Fishback as widow of John Fishback File No. 3562 Revolutionary War, you are that the claim was rejected in 1840 and the title was not revived until Act of March 9 1878 which provided a pension to the widow of a soldier who had rendered a service of fourteen days during the War of the Revolution.
As Mrs. Fishback died without having filed a claim under Act of March 9 1878 no allowance of pension or arrears of pension can be made to any person.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner

Fred Knefler Esq.
Indianapolis Indiana
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U.S. Courts
W.P. Fishback, Master in Chancery

Indianapolis, Inde. Dec 1 1880

Gen. Fred Knefler
Pension Agent

Dear Sir

I hand you herewith the papers relating to the application for pension made by my grandmother Patsy Fishback the widow of John Fishback who performed service as a soldier of the Revolution.

Since the application was made Grandmother has died and there is now living an only child Thomas Fishback aged 87 years who is the son of John and Patsy Fishback.

Under existing laws is Thomas Fishback entitled to a pension as the only surviving child of John?  Or would the administrator of Patsy Fishback the widow be entitled to anything for distributive ?? the child or grandchildren of John Fishback?

Respectfully yours
W.P. Fishback
(over)
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Please note that the proof shows that while
the term of service for which John Fishback was drafted was three months - he really served six months.
C J F
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Fred Knefler
Pension Agent
United States Agency for Paying Pensions

Indianapolis, Ind. Decbe. 27 1880

Hon. J.A. Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
Mr. Fishback the Master in Chancery of the U.S. Court here has placed in my hands the enclosed papers in reference to a Revolutionary Pension claim of his uncle, and requested that the same may be forwarded to you for your consideration.

I enclose the papers herewith and respectful-
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ly request that you be pleased to have the matter investigated and inform me what can be done in the premises.

Very respectfully
Fred Knefler
U.S.P.A.

STAMP 
US PENSION OFFICE
Dec 31 1880
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Hutchinson, Kan 3/17, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Marth (Patty) Fishback of Bracken County, Kentucky made application for pension Sept 18, 1839 due to her as widow of John Fishback, a Revolutionary soldier (Virginia).
In support of her claim she filed an affidavit setting forth the service of her said husband.
I am desirous of obtaining a copy of that affidavit and will pay any necessary expenses.

Record division
Ref. 3563 Rev. War.

Yours very truly,
Khadijah M. Grant
210 East 1st Ave.
Hutchinson, Kan.

Regent of Uvedale Chapter, D.A.R.

STAMP
US Pension Office Mar 29 1911
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Paris, Ky.
Jan 17-'20

Dear Sir
Will you please look over the record and see what Fishbacks served in the Revolutionary War?  I am especially interest in Dr. Philip Fishback of Fauquier or Culpepper Co. Va. and his son John Frederick
Respt.
Mrs. Clyde H Huffman
Paris, Ky.


STAMP
US Pension Office
Jan 23 1920
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March 14 1911

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Mrs. Martha (Patty) Pickett Fishback of Bracken County Kentucky (formerly of Fauquier County Virginia) made application for pension Sept 18 1839 due to her as widow of John Fishback a Revolutionary soldier.

In support of her claim
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she filed an affidavit setting forth the services of her said husband.
I am desirous of obtaining a copy of that affidavit and will willingly pay any necessary expenses.

Yours truly
U.L. McKee

Address
Mrs. Ralph McKee
18 Central Avenue
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
New York
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Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City

Jam 3, 1931

Pension Bureau
Washington, DC

Gentlemen:
I shall appreciate your courtesy in sending me a copy of the pension record of John Fishback, which is recorded in your office as:-Record Division V.L.M. Ref. 3563, Rev.War.
The information is required in order to establish a claim for eligibility in this Society, and I would thank you if you will give this matter your early attention.
Very truly yours
Mr. T. Van Alstyne
Secretary

McC.

STAMP
US Pension Bureau
Jan 5 1931
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Military Service Dep't 
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:-
Please inform me if you have any records of the military service of the descendants of John Philip Fishbach.  John Philip was born in Farquier [Fauquier] Co. Virginia, and was the son of John born in Germany.

Very Truly
Mary F. Drone Clements

54 Englewood Ave.
Brookline, Mass.
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Junior High School
Anderson, Ind.
Elvin H. Fishback, Principal
Sarah L. Walters, Asst Prin

STAMP

Rec'd Sep 4 1934

The Veterans Administration
Washington, DC

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me information concerning one William Fishback who lived in or near Spencer County, Kentucky, near Taylorsville in the year 1839?

1.  Question  Was he on the list of pensioners of the Revolutionary War in 1832?
2.  If so, what was his middle name, his father's name and his address (William's) at that time?
3.  Where was William Fishback born?
4.  If you did not have this man on the pension lists, what man by the name of Fishbach of Kentucky was on the list?

This information will be greatly appreciated.

Yours truly,

E.H. Fishback
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LETTERHEAD

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Committee on Elections No. 1
Washington, D.C.

Seventy-sixth Congress

STAMP
Jun 22 1940
Mail Sub-Div
Congressional #1
Vets Adm

June 21, 1940

General Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear General Hines,
It will be appreciated very much if you would direct that a transcript of the pension papers in the case of Patty Fishback, widow of John Fishback, File No. RF3.563, including the deposition of James Pickett.

Mr. Fishback was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

This information is desired for the information of Mr. N.D. Jackson, one of my constituents, about whose family this information pertains.

Sincerely yours,

C. Jasper Bell
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau

John Fishback Ref 3563

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:
1780
Length of Service:
-
Rank:
Pvt.
Captain:
James Winn
Colonel:
William Washington
State:
Va

Claim was rejected on the ground that her husband did not serve six months as required by the Act of July 7, 1838 under which she applied for pension

Battles engaged in:  Cowpens
Residence of soldier at enlistment: enlisted in Va.
Date of application for pension:  Sept 18, 1839
Residence at date of application:  Bracken Co. Ky
Age at date of application:  She was 79 yrs

Remarks Soldier, son of Philip Fishback, married in Fauquier Co. Va. Nov 24 1785 Patsy of Patty born in Prince William Co., Va. daughter of William S. Pickett.  Soldier died in Bracken Co., Ky Jan 22 or 24, 1810.  In 1839 Alexander, one of the children was 50 yrs old.  No other names stated.

Very respectfully
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[Top left corner is torn - first letters are unreadable]

& N. Div.
. rej. 3553.
L. W. B. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.   July 23, 1806

Madam:

Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of William Pickett and John Fishback, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:-
A very careful search has been made for the name of William Pickett, and from the data given his name has not been found upon the Revolutionary Pension records on file in this Bureau.  This Bureau is, therefore, unable to furnish any information concerning him.   Such of the original master and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension office, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original Sates.
Patty Fishback, widow of John Fishback, made application for pension September 18, 1839, at which time she was residing in Bracken County, Ky., and 79 years of age, but her claim was
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rejected on the ground of insufficient proof that her husband rendered six months' service in the Revolutionary War, as required by the Act under which the claim was filed.  In her application she alleges that her husband enlisted in the year 1780, and was under the command of Capt. James Winn and Col. William Washington, and that her father, William S. Pickett, resided about three miles from Philip Fishback, the father of her husband, the said John Fishback;  and, during his absence in the army she was at his father's house- being well acquainted with the family;  that she was married to the said John Fishback in the County of Fauquier, State of Virginia, on the 24th day of November, 1785;  and that her husband, the said John Fishback, died in Bracken County, State of Kentucky, on the 22nd day of January, 1810.

Very respecfully,

Commissioner.

Miss Elizabeth Fishback Holmes,
1900 Grant Avenue,
Denver, Col.
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Mr. William T.Van Alstyne
Frances Tavern 
Corner Broad and Pearl Streets
New York, New York

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.3563, that John Fishback was the son of Philip Fishback of Fauquier County, Virginia.  The date of his birth is not given. 

He married November 24, 1785, in Fauquier County, Vigiinia, Patty or Patsey Pickett, the daughter of William S. Pickett.  She was born in Prince William County, Virginia, date not given, and moved with her father when about seven years of age to Fauquier County, Virginia.
(hand-written in margin)
& settled on Little River

In 1796, John and Patty Fishback moved to Mason County, Kentucky, and about 1805, to Bracken County, Kentucky.

The soldier died January 22 or 24 (both dates appear in the claim), 1810, in said Bracken County.

His widow Patty, applied for pension September 18, 1839, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Bracken County, Kentucky, and stated that her husband, John Fishback, while residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, enlisted in the year 1780, exact date not given, served three months as a private in Captain James Winn's Company, Colonel William Washington's Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of the Cowpens; & that he was afterward detached and served three months, officers names not given, guarding a ferry on the Catawba River in South Carolina.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish
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proof of six months military service as was required by the pension laws.

Children are referred to, only name given is that of a son, Alexander Fishback, who was born in July 1789, and in 1839, was residing in Bracken County, Kentucky.

Very truly yours

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Note:  The remainder of the letter is hand-written

James Pickett was a JP in Fauquier co Va in 1841

sol's sister
Mary Strother
was 83 yrs old-
1841 & lived in 
Fauquier Co Va

sol's sister
Ann ' Anne Reade (underlined)
was born Jan 19, 1760
in Fauquier Co Va & on Little River
in  1839 lived in Athens
Co. Oho
was mar on Feb 18, 1785 - name of her husband not stated
rem. in Fauquier
Co until 1791 -
then moved to Loudan
Co Va - thence to Ross
Co Ohio - "   "  Athens Co Ohio

sol's sister
Letitia Peliher (underlined)
was born Oct 12
1770 - Fauquier
Co Va & in 1839
lived in Meigs 
Co Ohio
Mar, 27 Apr 1797 > name
of husband not shown
moved to Hampshire Co Va - in 1797
thence to Athens Co O.
"   "   Meigs Co O.
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Mr. E.H. Fishback               
Junior High School            
Anderson, Indiana

BA-J/EEL
John Fishback-R.3563

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Fishback, who resided in Spencer County, Kentucky, in 1839, or the record of any other soldier with surname Fishback, of Kentucky, who drew a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a William Fishback or similar spelling.  The record of John Fishback, the only soldier of that name who applied for pension while residing in the state of Kentucky, has been found and his history is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.3563, based upon the service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

John Fishback was the son of Philip Fishback, who resided on Little River, Fauquier County, Virginia, before the Revolutionary War.  The date of birth of John Fishback and the name of his mother are not shown.

John Fishback married November 24, 1785, in Fauquier County, Virginia, Patty or Patsey Pickett.  She was the daughter of William S. Pickett and was born in Prince William County, Virginia, date not give, and moved with her father when she was about seven years old to Fauquier County, Virginia, and settled on Little River. [hand written: about 3 miles from home of Philip Fishback]

In 1796, John and Patty Fishback moved to Mason County, Kentucky and, in 1805, moved to Bracken County, Kentucky, where the soldier died January 22 or 24 (both dates are shown), 1810.
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On September 18, 1839, Patty Fishback, then aged seventy-nine years and a resident of Bracken County, Kentucky, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of her husband in the Revolutionary War and stated that said husband, John Fishback, enlisted in 1780, exact date not given, while a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia, served three months as a private in Captain James Winn's Company, Colonel William Washington's Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle of the Cowpens;  that he was afterward detached and served three months, officers' names not given, and guarded a ferry on the Catawba River in South Carolina.

Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws. 

Children are referred to :  the only name given is that of son Alexander Fishback, who was born in July, 1789, and in 1839, was a resident of Bracken County, Kentucky.

Soldier's sister, Mary Strother, was eighty-three years of age in 1841, and resided in Fauquier County, Virginia.  The name of her husband was not shown.  Soldier's sister, Ann or Anne Reade was born January 19 1760, in Fauquier County, Virginia, on Little River, married February 18, 1785, name of her husband not shown;  left Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1781 lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, then in Ross County, Ohio;  then in Athens County, Ohio, where she was residing in 1839.  Still another sister of the soldier was Letitia Peliher.  She was born October 12, 1770, in Fauquier County, Virginia;  married April 27, 1797, name of her husband not stated;  in the year that she was married moved to Hampshire County, Virginia;  thence to Athens County, Ohio;  thence to Meigs County, Ohio, where she was residing n 1839.

In 1841, one James Pickett was a Justice of the Peace for Fauquier County, Virginia:  no relationship to the widow Patty Pickett Fishback was shown.

There are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.