Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10054, John Gebhart, Md.

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Md.     Gebhart, John     W.10054
           or Gephart           B.L.Nt. 96.097-160-55
            Phebe

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let 12 Dec '41
to P. Keller
Let to J Anderson 2 May 1837

[Written vertically on left margin
310352]

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[Left side of this column has been torn off therefore some areas are not readable]

Ohio 30.871
[double underline]

John Gebhart 
[illegible] Co in the state of Ohio
[illegible] was a drummer in the corps commanded
Captain Renstzell of the regt commanded
Murdock in the Maryland Line
for 9 months from 1777
[double underline]

scribed on the Roll of Ohio
the rate of 33 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[double underline]

tificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov
1836 and Sent to Isaac
Stephens Eaton, Ohio
[double underline]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $182.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 37 $16.50
$199.00
[double underline]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recoded by Wm L Allison Clerk,
Book E 2 Vol. 8 Page 23

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Increase 6.962
Ohio
[double underline]

Phebe Gebhart (16)
widow of John Gebhart
who served in the Revolutionary
Md
war, as a Drummer
[double underline]

Inscribed on the Cinn Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars -----
cents per annum, to commence on
the [following lined through: 3d February, 1853.]
27, July 1868  Ded. pmts. made
[double underline]

Certificate of Pension issued
31st day of Oct, 1868
and sent to N. F. Wilson
Piqua
Ohio
[double underline]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 159 Vol. H
J N Smith
Ck
Sent

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Date of widow's death not on AB

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[Left column]

Act Md 3p (19)
310352 Nov 17/60
Phebe Gephard
Wid of
John Gephard
[illegible]
[written vertically across column]
96.097 issued. Decr 19th 1860

Capt. Rentzell Cd
Col. Murdock Reg. Md.
Mil.
Rev Service
__________

Pensioner
Ohio 30871-32
M

Alld. 1 60 day, Div. 18/60
W.H.W.
_____

N. I. Wilbur
Piqua
Ohio

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Ed Butt

Vol G. page 42.

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(1)
The State of Ohio } On the Seventeenth day of November in the
Montgomery County } Ss  year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty four personally appeared before
me Henry Hipple one of the Associate Judges of the [word scratched out] Court of
Common Please in the County of Montgomery & State of Ohio John
Gebhart a resident of Miami township in the County & State aforesaid
aged seventy five years on the fifteenth day of August inst. who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the
act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.  That he entered the service
of the United States, volunteered six months under the following named officers, & served as
herein stated.  In the Summer if 1777 in June shortly before the harvest
he volunteered in the Militia at Georgetown in Maryland (now
District of Columbia) where he then lived.  He served as a Drummer in
a company commanded by Capt. [word scratched out] Reinesell, he does not
recollect the names of the other company officers, the regiment was
commanded by Col. Murdock, General Smallwood & Col. Gest
were with the troops where he served & during that period Genl.
Smallwood had the command of the Maryland Militia, the
Company to which he belonged marched from Georgetown to
Baltimore, after remaining at Swan Creek in the neighborhood
of that city some time, the Company was marched [word scratched out] back
to Georgetown to await further orders, & in a short time between
two & three weeks, was ordered to march & join Genl. Washingtons
Army at head quarters.  Deponent was in the Battle of [word scratched out]
Germantown & was slightly wounded by a bullet in the right
breast, in the ensuing winter he was discharged at a place called
the White House or White Marsh, he does not recollect the exact
time of his discharge, but knows it was about Christmas, the whole
period of service in this tour from the time he volunteered first and
joined the company June 1777 untill his return home to George-
town early in January 1778, was six months.  In the latter
part of June or the first of July 1781 he cannot state the exact
time (date) but recollect well it was before harvest, he again volun-
teered for a tour of nine months as a Drummer in a company
commanded by Capt. John Nichols at Georgetown, aforesaid the
the company was held in readiness to repel invasions, the company
performed exercise every day once or twice drew their regular rations
but was not actually marched from Georgetown untill fall, about
the time Corn Wallis had surrendered, we marched to Frederick-
town in the State of Maryland & was there imployed in guarding
the prisoners taken at Yorktown.  Deponent served & suffered
much fatigue & cold in said company untill the ensuing March
when he was discharged at Fredericktown.  The whole period of his
last mentioned service from the time of his volunteering as before
stated in June or July, 1781 until discharge in March 1782
was nine months.  He has stated the officers names of the regular
officer who were with the troops where he served, & the continental
militia regiment as far as they are in his recollection.  He received
his first discharge from Col. Murdock who commanded the
regiment to which his company belonged.  And his second from
Capt. John Nichols.  They have both been long since lost by mov-
ing to & fro.  He is known to John Brown David Winters both clear-
Hyman, & to Daniel Gebhart, Philip Gebhart, Daniel & William Keller,
Lewis V. Larose, Andrew Small, James Brown residents of the same--

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County with the Deponent & most of them in the same
township & neighborhoods, who can testify as to his veracity
& character & belief of his services as a solider of the revo-
lution.  Deponent further states that, as he was informed by
his parents, he was born in Tulpenhochen in the State of
Pennsylvania on the fifteenth day of August 1760 he has no
record of his age.  His Father had one in his family Bible
but the deponent knows not what has become of it.  He was
living at Georgetown as before stated, when he entered the service
had lived there from the time he was eight years old, his father
having moved from Pennsylvania to Georgetown.  After the
revolutionary war, deponent went to Virginia, where he
resided in different counties of that state, viz, Rochingham
County at Smith Creek, Bath County, at Cloverdale where
he lived nine years at the warm springs, & the last place
of his residence in that state was at Point Pleasant on the
Ohio where he lived eighteen months.  In the month of Oct. 
1821 he removed from Point Pleasant to the neighborhood
of Mismisburgh in Montgomery County & state of Ohio
where he has resided ever since.  Deponent served as a
volunteer & a drummer as before stated two different
tours of duty, making in the whole, the period of
fifteen months.  He has no documentary evidence & he
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who
can testify of his services.  At Georgetown the Company
were paraded every morning & evening & the roll called, and
were held in readiness at a moments warning wherever their
service might be required; He served upwards of three months
at Fredericktown as before stated.  He further declares that
he was (vis) unable from bodily infirmities to attend the court
at the County Courthouse, and he relinquishes every claim to a
pension or an annuity (whatever) except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency
of any State.

Where & in what year was you born?  answer: I was born in Tulpenhochen
in the state of Pennsylvania on the 15th Aug. A.D. 1760 by information
Have you any record of your age (& if so, where is it)?  answer:  I have none, my
Father had one in his family Bible, I know not what has become of it.
Where were you living, when called into service, & where have you lived since
the revolutionary war, & where do you now live?  Answer:  I volunteered at Georgetown
in Maryland, went to Virginia where I have resided in different counties of that
State, as stated in my Declaration. In  the month of October 1821 I moved to the
State of Ohio near Mismisburgh where I have resided ever since
How were you called into service?  Answer: I volunteered
State the names of the regular officers, who was with the Troops?  answer: Capt.
John Nichols, Col Murdoc, Drum Major John Mimm, General Smallwood,
Col Gest, & Capt Reinsell.  Genl. Smallwood commanded the Maryland Militia

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During my services I encountered many hardships & suffered hunger & cold
for our Liberty.  I was wounded by a bullet at a battle of germantown in my right breast.
Did you ever receive a discharge?  answer:  I have received two, the first from Col.
Murdock for six months, the second from Capt. John Nicholas for nine months.
What has become of your discharges?  Answer:  I am unable to tell, they have been lost long time
State the names of persons to whom you are in your present neighborhood
acquainted & who can testify to your character for veracity, & their belief of your
services as a soldier of the revolution? answer:  The present John Brown &
Lewis V. Larose & many others who are not present.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid  John Gebhart
before me
Henry Hipple A. Judge

I John Brown a Clergyman resident of Miami Township in the County of Montgomery
& State of Ohio, do hereby upon oath certify & declare that I am & have been
acquainted with John Gebhart about nine years who has subscribed &
sworn to the above Declaration, that I believe him to be 75 years of age
& that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been soldier in the revolution.  Sworn to & subscribed
before me
Henry Hipple A. Judge   John [illegible] Brown

I Lewis V. Larose a resident of Miami Township in the County of Montgomery & State
of Ohio, who upon oath doth say & declare, that he has been acquainted with John
Gebhart, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration for about 13 years
& concur in opinion & belief with John Brown the Clergyman.

Sworn to & subscribed before
me
Henry Hipple A Judge   Lewis V. Larose

In Persuance of the different declarations I Henry Hipple one of the
Associate Judges of the County of Commonplease within & for the County of Montgomery
& State of Ohio aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation
of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. &
I further certify, that it appears to me that John Brown who has signed & sworn
to the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Miami Township in said County
near to the residence of said applicant.  And that Lewis V. Larose who has also signed
& sworn to his proceeding Certificate is a resident of Miami Township in the County of
Montgomery & State of Ohio, & is a creditable person & that his statement as well as that
of the Reverend Brown is entitled to the fullest credit. & I further certify
that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmities attend court & all the foregoing Declarations contain the
original proceedings of the matter.

Given under my hand & seal this Seventeenth day of November A.D. 1834

Henry Hipple A Judge  Seal

The State of Ohio Montgomery County Ss:

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and now is one of the associate Judges
of the Court of common pleas within
and for the County of Montgomery
aforesaid, and that all his acts as
such are entitled to full faith & credit.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
official seal at Dayton
this 17th day of November A.D.
1834.

Edward W. Davies clk

[The following note appears on the left side and is circled]
The decla
ration & affida
vits, consist of
one sheet of
paper only.
E.W.H. clk

[Written vertically on left side]
Mr. JH Crane

[Written vertically on right side]
22.328
John Gebhart
Ohio

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State of Ohio
Miami County Probate Court;

On this 3rd day of December 1860
Personally apeared before me Joseph Pearson
Judge of the Probate Court of the said county of
Miami, in open court; said court being
a Court of Record and the Judge thereof be-
ing ex-officio the clerk thereof, Phebe
Gephart a resident of Piqua in the county of
Miami and State of Ohio aged sixty five years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declarations
in order to attain the benefits of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd
day of February 1853 granting pensions to the
widows of persons who served during the Rev-
olutionary War; that she is the widow of John
Gephart who was a Pensioner of the United States
for his services in the war of the Revolutionary
and drew a Pension at the rate of thirty three
dollar per year (as this deponent believes from
her recollection) and which pension she said
John Gephart drew at Cincinnati Ohio up to
the time or near the time of his death, that the
Original Pension Certificate was surrendered
to the General Government by this deponent
after the death of the said John Gephart when she
applied for and drew about seventeen dollars the
amount of pension due on said Certificate at
the time of the death of the said John Gephart.
(The evidence filed at the time of her drawing
said pension and to said certificate she here-

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by refers to and makes a part of her evidence in
this case)

She further declares that she was married
to the said John Gephart in the county of Mason
and State of Virginia in July 18[number is smudged]6 (1816) by one
Andrew Wadkins a Justice of the Peace and that
her name before her said marriage was Phebe
Vansickle; that her said husband the said John
Gephart died in the County of Montgomery and State
of Ohio (where he resided at the time he applied for
and secured his pension) on the 23rd day of Sep-
tember 1845 and that she has not since mar-
ried but remains his widow; She further says
that she was not married to the said John Gephart
prior to the 2nd day of January Eighteen hundred 
but at the time above stated.

She further says that there is no Public
or Private record of her said marriage.

She hereby appoints N. F. Wilbur of Piqua
Ohio her attorney to prosecute her said claim
and to receive for her her Certificate of Pension
when issued.

Phebe Gephart

Sworn to and subscribed in open court before me
on the day and year aforesaid.

Joseph Pearson
Probate Judge

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I Joseph Pearson Judge of the Probate Court
in and for the County of Miami and State
of Ohio and by Law ex-officio clerk of my
said Court do hereby certify that Phebe
Gephart who swore to and subscribed before
me the foregoing Declaration has produced
this day before me in Open Court satisfac-
tory and competent evidence by witnesses
residing in Piqua in said County of Miami
and State of Ohio to prove to the satisfaction
of said Court that John Gephart described in
the Declaration of the said Phebe Gephart was
a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he died
in the County of Montgomery and State of
Ohio about [begin underline] fifteen [end underline] years since and I
further certify that she has also produced
before me in Open Court satisfactory evi-
dence that the said Phebe Gephart was
the lawful wife of the said John Gephart
and that they resided together in good
repute as man and wife for at least
twenty five years before the death of the
said John Gephart and that the said
Phebe Gephart has not married since
his the said John Gepharts death. Of the truth
of all of which the said Court is fully satis-
fied.  In testimony whereof I Joseph Pear-
son have this 3rd day of December 1860
set my hand and she seal of said Court
at Troy in said County.

Joseph Pearson
Probate Judge

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[Circular stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
DEC 
6
1860

Piqua Miami Co O
Dec 30th 1860

Geo C Whiting Esq
Comr of Pensions

Dr Sir, I enclose to you the
application of Phebe Gephart for a Pension as
a widow of John Gephart a Revolutionary Pen-
sioner.

Phebe Gephart has Bounty Land Application
No 310,353 now before your department to which
reference is made.

Please Examine

Very Resfly
N. F. Wilbur

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State of Ohio }
Miami County }

On this 12th day of Novem-
ber 1860 personally came before me a Notary
Public in, and for said County and State
Phebe Gephart aged sixty-five years a resid-
ent of the County of Miami and State of Ohio she
being by and first duly sworn says on oath
that she is the widow of John Gephart who
was a soldier in the War of the Revolution
and who was pensioned for his services
therein at the rate of Thirty Three dollars per
annum as the deponent believes from the
best of her recollection.  That her said husb-
and resided in the County of Montgomery and
State of Ohio at the time he secured his pen-
sion and that he resided in the same county
to the time of his death and he drew his pen-
sion at Cincinnati.  She says that her said
husband drew his pension until about six
months of the time of his death and the amount
due him at the time of his death this depon-
ent drew as his widow soon after his death.

She says that her said husband the said
John Gephart died in the County of Mon-
tgomery in the State of Ohio on the 23rd day
of September in 1845 or (1846).

That she was married to the said John
Gephart in the County of Mason and the State of
Virginia about four miles from Point Pleasant
in June [number struck out] 1816 by Andrew Watkins a Jus-
tice of the Peace and that her name before

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her said marriage was Phebe Vansickle.
She further says that there's no public or
private record of her said marriage.

She makes this declaration in order to
obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled
under act of March 3rd 1855 and she appoints
N. F. Wilbur of Piqua Ohio as her attorney
with power of substitution to receive her
warrant when issued.  She further says that
she has never married since the death of the
said John Gephart but continues his widow.
She also says that she has not received or before applied for Bounty Land.

Phebe Gephart

We Phebe Conover & Margaret Conover
residents of Phiqua Miami County Ohio
declare on oath that the foregoing declar-
ation was signed and acknowledged by
Phebe Gephart in our presence and that
we are well acquainted with the said Phebe Gep-
hart and know her to be at the time un-
married and the widow of the said John
Gephart and the said Phebe Conover for her-
self further declares that she was at the house
of the said John Gephart above mentioned and
saw him die thus.  She knows that his
death took place in Montgomery Co O about
the time set forth in the above declaration 
to 14 or 18 years since.  She also says that the
said Phebe Gephart has not since marr-
ied.  She knows that the said John Gephart's who
died at the time of[illegible] was a Revolutionary

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Pensioner.  She further says that she was acqua-
inted with the said John Gephart and Phebe Gep-
hart for ten or twelve years before the death of the
said John Gephart and that they resided together
in good repute as man and wife during the whole
of said period and was regard as lawfully
married man & wife and had a large family
of children. The deponent says that she never
heard the fact of this lawful marriage ques-
tioned.


Phebe X her mark Conover
Margaret X her mark Conover

The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn
to and subscribed before me on the 12th day of November
1860, and I certify that I know the affiants to be cre-
dible persons that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be and that I have
no interest in the result of this application and
am not concerned in its prosecution.

J. F. McKinney
Notary Public

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April 1, 1936

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
JOHN GEBHART
W. 10054
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Lula Gebhart Hunt
Box 45
Concordia, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of John Gebhart who was
pensioned on account of his service.

You are furnished herein the record of John Gebhart as found
in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10054, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War.

John Gebhart (name appears also as Gephart) was born August 15,
1760, in Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not
shown.  When eight years of age, he moved to Georgetown, in that part
of Maryland which was later the District of Columbia.

While residing in Georgetown, Maryland, John Gebhart volunteered
in June or July, 1777, served as drummer in Captain John Nichols' or
Reinsell's company, Colonel Murdock's Maryland regiment, was in the
battle of Germantown in which he was slightly wounded in his right
breast by a bullet, and was discharged in December, shortly before
Christmas, following, and reached his home in Georgetown sometime in
January, 1778.  He volunteered in June or July 1781, as drummer in
Captain John Nichols' Maryland company, remained in Georgetown in
readiness to go any time, until after the surrender of Cornwallis,
then marched to Fredericktown, Maryland, where he assisted in guarding
prisoners taken at Yorktown, and was discharged in March, 1782.

After the Revolutionary War the soldier moved to Virginia, where
he lived at Smith Creek, Rockingham County; in Cloverale, Bath County,
for nine years; at Warm Springs; then in Point Pleasant on the Ohio
River for eighteen months, and in October, 1821, moved from Point
Pleasant to Mismisburgh, Montgomery County, Ohio.

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John Gehart was allowed pension at the rate of $33 per annum
from March 4, 1831, on his application executed November 17, 1834,
at which time he was a resident of Miami Township, Montgomery County,
Ohio, was still living there in 1840 and died in that county
September 23, 1845.

John Gebhart married in June or July, 1816, about four miles
from Point Pleasant, in Mason County, Virginia, Phebe Vansickle;
the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Phebe Gebhart or Gephart, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 3, 1860, at which time she was 
aged sixty-five years and a resident of Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.
In 1858 she stated that she had been living there eight years.

John Gebhart and his wife, Phebe, had seven children but no
names were designated.

In 1834, reference was made to Daniel and Philip Gebhart who
were neighbors of the soldier, John Gebhart, in Montgomery County,
Ohio.  In 1860, one Daniel Gebhart was residing in Miami County,
Ohio.  In 1868, one Daniel Gebhart and John N. Moore, both of Miami
County, Ohio, made affidavit jointly in behalf of soldier's widow,
Phebe, their relationship to the family or to each other not shown.

Very truly your,s

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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[Two columns]
[Left column]

1911, July 26 - Hist [illegible]
Mr. C. I Kephart
1912 June 14. Mrs. H. L. Hunt c
1912 July 2. Mrs. Hunt advised that only
one [illegible] is [illegible] to each applicant c
[illegible] 15, Hist to Mrs. Lula Gebhart Hunt
1920 Feb 3 Mrs. Hunt advised that only [illegible]
______________________________________

1930 Mar 23. Mrs. Hunt avised
that this is the only soldier
under any spelling and another
history sent her in lieu of
one lost.  aw.
______________________________________

1920 Aug. 30: Hist. to Mrs. L. B. Hunt, [illegible]
______________________________________

1920 Oct. 7 Hist. to C. L. Kephart
1935, Dec. 14 Hist to Mrs. J. H. Stephens
(see ltr in [illegible] p. 37190[illegible] (Henry Kephart)
1936 Apr 1 - Hist to Lula Gebhart
Hunt MLB
_______________________________________

1936 Oct [illegible] - Ad. Mrs. Lula Geb-
hart to obtain date of death
of sol. & his widow ok
_______________________________________

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[illegible]
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 10054
Phebe Gebhart
Wid
John Gebhart
Drumr Rev. War

Act: February 3rd '/53. July 27th '/68

Index:--Vol.  A, Page 268

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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(20)

96097

100 Acres

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[illegible]
6,962

Ohio Cincinnati
[double underline]

Phebe Gebhart
widow of John.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a drummer.
[double underline]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 33 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
[double underline]

Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of Dec. 1860
and sent to
N. J. Wilbur
Piqua Ohio
[double underline]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page [illegible]59 Vol.
[Remainder of page torn off]

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No. 7591  (13)


Phebe Gephart
widow of John decd.
Miami Co. Ohio
_______

Admit at rate $71.33 
annum to commence Feby. 3d. 53.

Certificate to
N. J. Wilbur
Piqua. Ohio

Act Feby. 3, 1853

[Written vertically on right margin]
310.352 B. Land alld. 160 acres - Dec. 18/60

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Two columns]
[Left column-written vertically]

(8)
Pension Office Dec. 6/60
Morton J. Atkinson Esq.}
3d. Auditor [illegible]

Sir:  Please state the death of the
within named pensioner, John Gebhart, where & to whom
the last payment was made.

Respectfully
John Robb
[illegible] Comm. Pensions

[Right column]

3d. Auditor's Office
Decr. 8 1860

Sir:

John Gebhart, 
Ohio, Act 1832, died
22 Sept. 1845, and
his pension has been
paid in full to that
date to his widow
Phebe Gebhart.

Very Respy
M J Atkinson
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq}
Commr. of Pensions}

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Phebe Gebhart

Payment to be made at Cincinnati,
by
J. C. Green,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Ohio
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March


Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 159, Vol. H

Geo T. Getty Clerk.

[Circular stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
OCT 21 1868
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Exd.
J.T.T.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853,
Phebe Gebhart,
widow of John Gebhart, (10)
who was a drummer in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of thirty-three
dollars and ------- cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this twenty eighth day of December
one thousand eight hundred and sixty

J Thompson
___________
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.

Commissioner of Pensions.

[Following written diagonally across face of document]
Payment due on this certificate from 3d February 1853, to [illegible] September 1860 inclusive [illegible] Pension Office calculation
$250 25/100 (9)

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Revolutionary claim

Declaration & [illegible]
of John Gebhart


Address. Isaac
Stephens Eaton O.

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The State of Ohio }
Preble County } Ss.  Before me Isaac Stephens a
Justice of the Peace within and for the county of
Preble aforesaid came personally John Gebhart
aged seventy six years who being by me 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
and in making this Statement has a [intellgible] that he cannot
be mistaken.  That he served not less than the peri-
ods mentioned below and in the following grade
during my first tour of duty mentioned in my
Declaration.  I served as drummer for nine
months and in and during my second tour
of duty mentioned in my declaration I served
as drummer six months making in the aggre-
gate fifteen months all of which time I was in
actual service and for such services I claim
a pension.

Sworn to and subscribed  John Gebhart
before me this fifth day
of September 1836.
Isaac Stephens JPs

The State of Ohio Preble County Ss

I Francis A Cunningham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for said County of Preble do hereby certify that Issac
Stephens Esquire 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 his official
acts.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal
at Eaton the fifth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty six.

F.A Cunningham Clerk
Preble Com. Pleas

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Sir.

My Pension Certificate or any other commun-
ication you may make on the subject of
this application address to [begin underline] Isaac Stephens
Eaton [end underline] Ohio

John Gebhart

J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City

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admitted.
9 months.

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(2)
The State of Ohio }
Preble County } Ss.  Before me Isaac Stephens Justice of 
the Peace in and for said county came personally
John Gebhart aged 77 years who being duly sworn
says that in the summer of 1777 in the month
of July about the close of harvest he volunt-
eered at Georgetown in the State of Maryland
as Drummer in a company of Maryland
Militia commanded by Capt. John Nichols after
joining the company they were marched to Baltim-
ore and from there to Swan Creek in the
neighborhood of Baltimore where they were
stationed for a short time say about three
weeks or a month.  They were then march-
ed back to Georgetown where they remained
something like three weeks awaiting for
further orders.  They were then marched
and joined the main army under
the command of General Washington 
this was sometime before the battle of German-
town was fought.  He knows because he was in
that battle during this tour and was slig-
htly wounded in the right breast by a
bullet in the engagement.  He remained
in the service until sometime in the month
of December shortly before Christmas, when
he was discharged at a place called White
Marsh this was shortly before or about Christ-
mas [word scratched out] he knows because he did not get
home until some time in the month of
January 1778.  During this tour deponent
says he done six months actual service in
continuation.  That he was actually in the service
from some time in July 1777 until he was dis-
charged about Christmas following and he knows
that he did not get home after his discharge
until some time in January; and to compute
the time of his entering the service until he 
got home would make full six months

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He further states that some time in the latter
part of June or first of July shortly before
harvest in the year 1781 he again volunteer-
ed as drummer in a company of Maryland
Militia commanded by Capt. John Nichols.
The company remained at Georgetown and
done duty every morning and evening
that is they were paraded every morning
and evening and the roll called, drew their
rations and were held in readiness
to march at a minutes warning for about
six months until some time before Christ-
mas.  Shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis
at Yorktown they were marched to Frederic-
ktown to assist in guarding the prisoners
which had been taken at Yorktown and
that he remained at Fredericktown on duty
in guarding the prisoners until some time in
the month of March when he was discharged.
The Deponent says he done three months
actual service this tour over and above
the six months spent in drilling or training at
Georgetown.  He says he has always considered
that he ought to be paid for the six months
spent at Georgetown in drilling and training
as he done no other business during that time and
he has always counted that time as making
a part of his claim. But he says if he is
not legally entitled to pay for it or if it
cannot legally make a part of his time
for which he would be entitled to a pension he is wil-
ling that it should be stricken from his claim
on account of service.  His claim will
then be for six months service his first tour
and three months service during his last
tour which would make in the aggregate
nine months service and he does [illegible]
that he did serve not less than nine
months in the capacity of drummer as of

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during the War of the Revolution he says he
cannot give the precise dates and circums-
tances relative to his service on account of
old age and the consequent loss of memory.
He has no hesitation in saying that he done
nine months actual service as before stated
besides the six months training at Georgetown
and he thinks he has now made a [word scratched out] correct
history or statement of his service at least as
much so as he is able to do and he thinks he
has always made the same in substance.

Sworn and subscribed before me
5. October 1836 }   John Gebhart
Isaac Stephens J.P.

I further certify that the above John Gebhart is
a man of good moral habits and that his
character for truth and varasity is good.

Isaac Stephens J.P.

The State of Ohio Preble County Ss

I Francis A Cunningham Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of Preble County hereby certify
that Isaac Stephens Esquire, before whom the
above affidavit was made, was at the time time of
taking said affidavit an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified; and that full faith and credit
are due to his official acts, and that the
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal
at Eaton the 5th day of October
AD 1836

F A Cunningham Clerk
Preble Com Pleas

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(18)
State of Ohio }
Miami County } ss; On this 13th day of November
1860 personally came before me
a Notary Public in and for said county and
state Daniel Gephart a resident of Miami Co O.
who being by me first duly sworn says on oath
that he was acquainted with John Gephart of
Montgomery Co O who was a Revolutionary sol-
dier and who drew a Pension as such and
knows of his own knowledge that he [word struck out: did] the said
John Gephart decd in said County of Montgomery
above fourteen years since, this deponent
was present at the time of his death and saw
him die.  He also says that the said John
Gephart left a widow who is still alive to wit
Phebe Gephart; that the said Phebe Gephart is
still the widow of the said John Gephart and has not
married since his death.  He says that he knows
nothing of the marriage of the said John & Phebe
Depart but knows that the said John & Phebe
Gephart resided together in good repute as man
and wife and were so regarded, that as such
they had seven children who were claims by them
as lawful children.

Daniel X his mark Gephart

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year aforesaid and I certify that I believe
the deponent to be a credible person and that I have
no interest in this claim and am not concerned
in its prosecution.

J. F. McKinney
Notary Public

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[Circular stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
NOV
17 
1860

[Written vertically next to circular stamp]
310352

Pigua Miami Co O
November 14 1860

Sir

I enclose to you the application of Phebe Gephart
widow of John Depart a Revolutionary Pen-
sioner for Bounty Land.  Please examine them.

Very Resfy
N. F. Wilbur

Geo C Whiting Esq
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Page 34

recd Otc 17
John Gebhart
Ohio

Page 35

(3)
Eaton Ohio
8. Pt. 1836

Sir

Yours of the 20th [illegible], relative to the
application of John Gebhart for a pension
is received and I here with enclose another
sworn statement of Mr. Gebhart relative to
his services during the Revolutionary war.
The amended Declaration which you refer
to, in which he is made to say he served
nine months during his first tour of duty
was an error or misunderstanding on me in drawing up his State-
ment.  I had not at that time made myse-
lf fully acquainted with the history of his
services and the old man is a German
& some what hard of hearing consequently
he cannot converse understandingly with
the same facility that persons can who
are not so situated.

I made him fully acquainted with your object-
tions to his claim.  He stated unequivocally 
that he served six months his first tour
and three months during his last exclusive
of the six months drilling at Georgetown
and for myself I have no doubt of the
truth of his statements and such is the opin-
ion of his neighbors. His character is that of
a moral temperate old man.

My own opinion is that he served about four
months during his last tour instead of three.
He says they marched from Georgetown before
Christmas thinks perhaps in December for
the weather was cold but he knows it was
soon after the surrender of Cornwallis, which
was if I am not mistaken, the 19th or 20th Octr.
He thinks they marched within 2 or 3 weeks after
& he knows he says that he was not discharged
until March--according to this statement
this tour would be four months instead of
three.  However he only claims three
months this tour

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Very Respectfully Yours
 Isaac Stephens

J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions

Page 37

3 [illegible]
K74
Dec 10, 1840

Pension Office
Ohio

Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Sec. War
Washington
D. C.

Page 38

Miamisburg Montgomery Co. Ohio
Dec. 4. 1840

Honorable J. R. Poinsett,
Sec. of War.

Sir,

John Gebhart of this place who is a pensioner
of the Revolution, received but thirty three
dollars per annum, his certificate bearing date
Nov. 25. 1836 & recorded in Book E. 2 Vol 8 Page
23.  & being for services rendered as Drummer
in the army of the Revolution he states
that he was drafted for 6 months & served
three months under General Smallwood & Col.
Modoc, Captain John Nichols. & that he
served as volunteer nine months under
the same officers.  & for all his services he
received but thirty three dollars per annum.
He thinks if justice be done him, he ought
to receive ninety six dollars per annum.

Will you have the kindness to inform me,
if there would be any prospect of said Gebhart
having his pension increased & receiving arrears
of pension, & how to proceed to obtain it
for him.

With high regards
I am Sir
Your Obt. Servt.
Philip Kellar

Page 39

[Circular stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OCT 21 1865
PENSION OFFICE


N. F. Wilbur
Piqua, Ohio
Atty for Claimant

Page 40

11 [circled]
State of Ohio }
Miami County Probate Court }

On the 16th day of October
1868 personally came before the Probate Court
being a Court of Record Phebe Gebhart and
made oath that she is the identical Phebe
Gebhart, aged 69 years, a resident of Piqua
Miami County Ohio to whom was issued
the following Pension certificate; to wit;

Department of the Interior, Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2d Section
of the Act of February 3d 1853 Phebe Gebhart
widow of John Gebhart who was a Drummer
in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on
the Pension Line, at the rate of [begin underline Thirty three [end underline] doll-
ars per annum commencing on the 3d
of February 1853 and continuing for life un-
less she should again marry; in which case
the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.  Given at the Department of the Interior
this 28th day of December 1860.

J. Thompson, Secty of Interior
Seal [within a circle]
Examined & Countersigned
-----Commissioner of Pensions

That she is the the widow of the above named
John Gebhart who was a Drummer in the
war of the Revolution, that she now rest-
des in Piqua Miami County, Ohio and
previous to her removing to Miami

Page 41

County, where she has resided for the last [begin underline] Eight [end underline]
years.  She resided in Montgomery County
Ohio when her husband the said John
Gebhart died, and from which county he
for many years drew a Pension gran-
ted to him in his lifetime as a Revolution-
ary soldier.

She says she has never married since the
death of her said husband John Gebhart but
remains his widow.

She makes this Declaration in order to
obtain the increase of Pension to which she
may be entitled under the 13th Section of the
Act of Congress approved July 27th 1868 and
she hereby refers to the evidence filed upon
her application when the Certificate above gi-
ven was issued.

She hereby constitutes and appoints
N.F. Wilbur of Piqua Ohio her new and
lawful attorney to prosecute her claim.
Her Post Office Address is Piqua, Miami Co O.

Phebe Gebhart

Attest, W. N. Foster
D. Frank Foster

and on the same day and year also
came John H. Moore and Daniel
Gephart two credible witnesses residents
of the County of Miami and State of Ohio

Page 42

who being by me duly sworn declare on
oath that they are and have been intimately
acquainted with Phebe Gebhart above named
who subscribed the above declaration in their
presence and know that she is the identi-
cal Pensioner named in the Certificate a
copy of which is given in her Declaration.
That their acquaintance with her has been [word scratched out]
for the last 10 years and from that acqu-
aintance they know she is still the widow
of John Gebhart above named and has not
married since his death.  They say they are
not interested in this claim.

John H. Moore
Daniel X his mark Gephart

Attest
C. N. Burns
D. Frank Foster

The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed by the above named wit-
nesses after the same had been by me read to
and explained to them and I certify the
witnesses are credible and that I have no
interest in this claim and am not con-
cerned in its prosecution.

W. N. Foster
Probate Judge

Page 43

[Circular mail stamp]
DAYTON
JAN
10
O

[Written vertically]
Mr. Cole
Phebe Gebhart
Ohio

FREE

Jas. E Heath Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

Page 44

Dayton Jany. 10th 1851

Jas E Heath Esqr
Com of Pensions

Dr Sir

Mrs Phebe Gebhart,
Widow of John Gebhart, a revolutionary
pensioner -  who died on the 23rd day of September
1845 - has requested me to write for in-
formation respecting her pension.  She says
that some time in the Spring of 1846 she recd
the balance of pension, due at the time of his
death - and that Esqr Thos B Tilton, forwarded
his certificate, for the purpose, as she thought
as a preparatory measure to secure her pension.

As she has never heard any thing more of
said Certificate she is at a loss to know
how to proceed in establishing her claim.

She was married to said Gebhart, prior
to the 1st of January 1800.

She is a worthy old lady without
the means to live comfortably - and I should
feel happy to assist her.

Please answer

Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
John Anderson J.P.

Page 45

Brief in the case of Phebe Gebhart, widow of John, decd. (7)
Miami County and State of Ohio
allowd. act Feby 3d. 1853.

[Double underline]

Claim, ("original," [following scratched out: or "for increase.")]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

The husband of claimant was a pensioner, Act
[illegible] 7th 1832, at the rate of $33. per annum.
Marriage, death of husband, widowhood & identity
by widow of the pensioner satisfactorily proven.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Admit at the rate of $33. per annum, to com-
mence Feby 3d. 1853.

N. J. Wilbur, Esq }
Piqua, Ohio}
Name and residence of Agent

W. H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.

Page 46

2d Sec Act Feb 3 1853
[double underline]

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,

A pensioner in the roll of Ohio at $33. per annum
Certificate returned with her application for increase
by Act of July 27 1868.

Personal identity of widowhood shown

Admitted Oct 22 1868 to a pension at $96. per
annum to commence July 27, 1868. deducting
pay since.

Name and residence of Agent. 
N. F. Wilber
Pigua
Ohio

W E Trask
Examining Clerk.

Page 47

b. 1760 Penn. serv. Md.
d. 1845
m. 1816 Phebe Vansickle, Mason Co. Va.

[Circular stamp]
PENSION
D
U. JUNE S.
10 
1912
OFFICE

Page 48

No. Geabhart
Gep
Kep
Cap

Miss Wilson says send W. 10,054.

127 W. 26th St.
Kearney, Nebr.
June 8, 1912.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I am anxious to get
my record clear to be able to
join the Daughters American Revo-
lution, and would like what
you may be able to furnish from
government registers, relative to
John Geabhart, born about 1756
probably enlisted from Virginia,
married a Miss Wallace of

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Virginia; entered Revolutionary
War at age of fourteen years as
drum major, served until close of
war, received a pension, died
at age of ninety-two years at
Dayton, Ohio.

Name may have been spelled
Caphart or Kephart, genealogists
think.

Information will be gratefully
received and I await your reply.

Thanking you in advance
am very truly yours,

Lula G. Hunt
Mrs. H. L. Hunt with arrow pointing to Lula G. Hunt
Kearney, Nebr.

Page 50

Gentlemen,

The John Gebhart I am
interested in knowing about, served
in Revolutionary War, entering as
drummer boy, wounded at Germantown,
re-enlisting & served 5 years after
he recovered from wound.  Was married
at Point Pleasant, Va before the
West Virginia was cut off from Virginia.
I want all the details I can get
& where & when he & his wife died
& where they are buried.

Thank your for early attention.

Mrs. Lula G. Hunt
Branson, Mo.
9/27/36

[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 11:45
RECEIVED
SEP 30 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #26

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[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing to 11:45
RECEIVED
SEP 30 1936
MAIL SUB-DOV.
VETS. AMD.
READER #26

Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen

I am desirous of obtaining
information regarding John Gebhart, who
served in the War of the Revolution.  I 
want to know how long he received a
pension, how much he got a month,
where he died, when he died and
where is he buried?  When his wife died
& where is she buried.

Thanking you in advance for
all details you can give, am yours
very truly.

Mrs. L. G. Hunt
Branson, MO
Sept 8, 1936

[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 3:15
RECEIVED
SEP 11 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #26

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[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 3:15
RECEIVED
MAR 9 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #26

Page 53

Pension Bureau  only 1
Washington DC

Gentlemen:  

Please give me record of
John Gebhart [note in left margin: only one] Revolutionary War.  When
was he pensioned how much did he get
a month.  Whom did he marry?  Where was
his place of residence during the Revolution?
I would like a copy
of his application for pension

Thank you for your reply,
Yours very truly

Lula Gebhart Hunt
Box 45
Concordia, Kan
3/6/36

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Bureau of Pensions,  [Illegible note in top right corner]
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of the very discourteous letter, issuing from
your department, in reply to my inquiry relative to the war record
of John Gebhart; there were two John Gebharts from Pennsylvania who served
in the Revolutionary War, one of them is my ancestor, but I do not know
which; I would like data on both of them.  I think that I am entitled to
this consideration, as our family have paid taxes for hundreds of years,
in this country, my father, grandfather, great grandfather and great, great
grandfather have served in the wars, our family is patriotic, and have al-
ways been proud of it and our country.  What difference does it make if I
have made inquiry before?  I did get a reply relative to one of the Jon
Gebharts, but that was lost in a handbag with other valuables, which I
neglected to mention in my letter.

[Handwritten note] As she has lost 
former copy send another
to her

[Circular date stamp]
PENSION
MAR
U. 22 S
1920
OFFICE

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2

If I do not receive the information desired, at this time, I will take
it up with the Congressman from this district and if necessary the
letter I received will be presented to our Senator, and to the Presi-
dent himself; I would like the pension record of both John Gebharts
and will thank you for early reply.

(Mrs.) Lula Gebhart Hunt
719 West Fifth St
Concordia, Kansas.
March 19 1920

[Circular date stamp]
PENSION
MAR
U. 22 S.
1920
OFFICE

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Rev. Sec
[illegible]

War Department, Bureau of Pensions
Washington,D.C.

Please give me a line on John Gebhart, a drummer in the War of
the Revolution, 1776.  Did he ever receive a pension? Or did his
Wife?  Will thank you for early reply, and all information it is
possible for you to give.  Yours very truly,

Mrs.Lula Gebhart Hunt
719 west Fifth St
Concordia, Kansas.
Jan 17 1920

[Circular date stamp]
PENSION
D
JAN
U. 20 S.
1920
OFFICE

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[Illegible note in left margin]

Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington,D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the war record of my paternal great-grandfather
John Gebhart who was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary War; I wish to
get my credentials for joining the D.A.R., and will be grateful for all
information possible. Thanking you in advance and awaiting an early
reply.  I am yours very truly,

Lula Gebhart Hunt.
Concordia, Kansas.
Oct 9 1914

[Handwritten note] Miss Wilson said
send transcript
10,15,14. [Capital letter C with straight line through it]

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Bureau of Pensions,

Washington,D.C.

[Circular date stamp]
PENSION
D
U. AUG S.
4
1920
OFFICE

Gentlemen;

I have had one proof such as I am seeking to-day, but same
was lost in the mails, and it is very necessary that I have a duplicate
at once; am willing to pay for same, if that is your custom.

I want the proof that John Gebhart who was a drummer boy in
the Revolutionary War, was granted a pension, and the date; please give
me all the information you have.  Will thank you for [begin underline] immediate [end underline] attention

Mrs.Lula Gebhart Hunt
719 West Fifth St
Concordia, Kansas
July 31 1920

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[Western Union Telegram form]
[Top left side of form is a table enclosed in box]

CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL
Telegram
Day Letter Blue
Night Message Nite
Night Letter N L
If none of these three symbols
appears after the check (number of
words) this is a telegram.  Other-
wise its character is indicated by the
symbol appearing after the check.

[CENTER OF FORM]

WESTERN UNION
[Symbol of West Union]
TELEGRAM

Newcomb Carlton, PRESIDENT  GEORGE W. E ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

[Top right side of form is a table enclosed in box]
CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL 
Telegram
Day Letter Blue
Night Message Nite
Night Letter N L
If none of these three symbols
appears after the check (number of
works) this is a telegram.  Other-
wise its character is indicated by the
symbol appearing after the check.
[double underline across the entire form]

RECEIVED AT
[illegible] 13 ML  1920 AUG 24 AM 10 08
CONCORDIA KS 23

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
X70 ea
WAHINGTON DC

FORWARD IMMEDIATELY PENSION RECORD AND ALL INFORMATION JOHN GEBHART
DRUMMER BOY REVOLUTIONARY WAR

MRS H L HUNT.

[Oval date stamp]
CHIEF CLERK
AUG 24 1920
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[Handwritten note] I sent another report of service in reply to
her telegram & her letter of July 31, 1920, she again
says on July 31 that she has lost
her copy and I suppose I must believe
her
AW

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San Francisco Calif
July 14. 1911.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

If you have in your records
the names of

Andrew Kephart (or Gebhart) 
John Kephart [hand written note] W.10054]
Michael Weisel (or Wisel)

who probably served in the Revolutionary
War from Pennsylvania, will you kindly
give me what information you may have
as to their dates of birth & death, names
of wife & children if given, in what division
of army served and any other information
regarding them that may be readily available.

Thanking you in advance for
anything you may be able to do, I am

Very respectfully

C. I. Kephart
3657 - 17th St.

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Rev H
1

1616 22nd St. NW.,
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 18, 1920.

Commissioner of Pensions,

Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Will you kindly inform me, from your records, whether
John Kephart (or Kephard, or Gebhardt, or Gebhart), who served
in the Continental Army during the Revolution, was granted a
pension.  If so, I should like to receive a complete statement
of the information contained in his applications, etc., as to
birth, residence, service, and so on.  If several were of the
same name, perhaps it would be well to give data for each.

The particular John Kephart (or Gebhardt) who was my
ancestor was from Pennsylvania and served from 1776 to 1780,
in Muhlenberg's brigade, of Col. Haussegger's Regiment, later
commanded by Lt.-Col. Ludwig Weltner, in Sullivan's division.
I think it was the 2nd Penna. Regiment.

Please also give same information concerning his brother
Jacob Kephart (or Gephardt).

Very truly yours,

C. I. Kephart.

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AW
Rev. War Section

March 23, 1920.

Mrs. L. G. Hunt,

719 West Fifth St.

Concordia, Kans.

Madam:

In reply to you letter of the 19" instant, you are
advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of
a solider of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or
bounty land has been made on account of his services and a
careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on
file on account of the services of any soldier named John
Gebhart under any spelling of that name other than John Geb-
hart the Revolutionary War pensioner W. File No. 10,054,
whose history is herewith furnished you.

Very respectfully,

G W Saltzgaber

Commissioner.

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[illegible initial] L.M.

Rev. War Section.

February 3, 1920.

Mrs. Lula Gebhart Hunt,

715 West Fifth Street,

Concordia, Kansas.

Madam:

In response to you letter dated the 17" ultimo,
you are advised that you have been twice furnished the history
of John Gebhart ( W. File No.10,054 ) who was a Drummer and
the only pensioner of that name found on the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau.  Owing to the lack of a clerical
force available for the purpose it is not the practice of the
Bureau to continue to furnish the same statement to any person,
therefore it is unable to aid you further in this matter.

Very respectfully,

G W Saltzgaber

Commissioner.

[Handwritten note] This is the impertinent
letter referred to.

Again searched the records 
under Gebhard
Gebhart
Gephard
Gephart
Geaphard
Geaphart
Kebhard
Kebhart
Kelphard
Kelphart
Keiphard
Keiphart
etc

AW
Mar. 23, 1920

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Rev. War Section.

July 2, 1912.

Mrs. Lula G. Hunt,
Kearney, 
Nebraska

Madam:--

In reply to your letter dated the 21" and received
the 24" ultimo, you are advised that the War of 1812 records of
this Bureau fail to show that a claim for pension was filed on
account of the services of Thomas Geabhart.

The history of John Gebhart or Gephart, W. File
#10,054, Rev. War., was furnished you under date of June 14, 1912
and it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than
one such statement to the same person.

Very respectfully,

J.L. Davenport

Commissioner.

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December 24, 1935

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John Gebhart, W. 10054
Henry Kiphart, S. 31190
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. John H. Stephens
41 Osborne Street
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John and Henry Kephart (or Gebhart)
said to have received land in Huntington County, Pennsylvania,
also, the War of 1812 record of Jesse Ringler who served in the
Berlin Rifle Company for Pennsylvania and had wife named Mary.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in
the War of 1812 of a Jesse Ringler, under any spelling.  Such
claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard
to soldiers of the War of 1812.  Land located in the territorial
limits of the State of Pennsylvania was not granted by the United
States, but may have been given by the state from which the soldiers
served.

Records have been found of one soldier named John Gebhart
and Henry Kiphart (all spellings of name searched) and they are
furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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O. W. and N. Division
3-525.
______

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., _______,190__

36-57 [handwritten]

In reply to your request of 14", received 20"
for a statement of the military history of John Gebhart or Gephart
a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his ([following word struck out: or] & his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.  W. 10,054
[double underline]
[Five columns - left to right]
[First column with information provided]

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
June or July 1777
June or July 1781
Dec. 1781 [struck through]

[Second column with information provided]
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
6 mos.
9 mos.
3 mos [struck through]

[Third column with information provided]
RANK.
Drummer
"
[Fourth column with information provided]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Nichols or Reinsell
John Nichols
COLONEL.
Murdock
"
[Fifth column with information provided]
STATE.
Md.
"
[double underline]

Battles engaged in, Germantown, where wounded in right breast by bullet
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Georgetown, Md.
Date of application for pension, November 17, 1834, cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Miami Twp. Montgomery Co., O.
Age at date of application, b. Tulpehocken, Pa. Aug. 15, 1760 (d. Montgomery Co., O.
[begin underline] Sept 23, 1845 [end underline]
Remarks: M. Mason Co., Va. July -, 1816 Phebe Vansickle.  She was
al. pens. on an apl. exec. Dec. 3, 1860, while a res. of Piqua,
Miami Co., O., age sixty-five years.  [Following has been lined through: No further family data.  The above noted is the only John Gebhart (or Kephart) found on the Rev. War pens. records.]
(1914) They had seven children - no names stated.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
31793b5m10-07

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After Rev. he resided at Smith Creek, Rockingham Co. Va.
Cloverdale, Bath Co. Va.
Warm Springs
Point Pleasant

Oct. 1821 neighborhood of Miamisburg, Montgy
Co. Ohio

June or July 1777 = 6 mos.
"   "   " 1781 = 9 mos.

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December 24, 1935

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[Handwritten note vertically:  Mailed without review. [illegible]]

JOHN GEBHART
W. 10054
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. John H. Stephens
41 Osborne Street
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim, W. 10054, based upon service in the Revolutionary
War of John Gebhart.

John Gebhart (name appears also as Gephart) was born August 15,
1760, in Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not
shown.  When eight years of age, he moved to Georgetown in that part
of Maryland which was later the District of Columbia.

While a resident of Georgetown, Maryland, John Gebhart volun-
teered in June or July 1777, served as drummer in Caption John
Nichols' or Reinsell's company, Colonel Murdock's Maryland regiment,
was in the battle of Germantown in which he was slightly wounded in
his right breast by a bullet, and was discharged in December, shortly
before Christmas, following, and reached his home in Georgetown
sometime in January, 1778.  He volunteered in June or July, 1781,
[word crossed out with handwritten note to omit next time] as drummer in Captain John
Nichols' Maryland company, remained
at Georgetown in readiness to go any time, until after the surrender
of Cornwallis, then marched to Fredericktown, Maryland, where he
assisted in guarding prisoners taken at Yorktown, and was discharged
in March, 1782.

After the Revolutionary War the soldier moved to Virginia, where
he lived at Smith Creek, Rockingham County, in Cloverdale, Bath County,
for nine years, at Warm Springs, then in Point Pleasant on the Ohio
River for eighteen months, and in October, 1821, he moved from Point
Pleasant to Miamisburgh, Montgomery County, Ohio.

John Gebhart was allowed pension on his application executed
November 17, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Miami Township,
Montgomery County, Ohio, was still living there in 1840 and died in

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that county September 25, 1845.

John Gebhart married in June or July, 1816, about four miles
from Point Pleasant, in Mason County, Virginia, Phebe Vansickle;
the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Phebe Gebhart or Gephart, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 3, 1860, at which time she was
aged sixty-five years and a resident of Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.
In 1868 she stated that she had been living there eight years.

John Gebhart and his wife, Phebe, had seven children but no
names were designated.

In 1854, reference was made to Daniel and Philip Gebhart who were
neighbors of the soldier, John Gebhart, in Montgomery County, Ohio.
In 1860, one Daniel Gebhart was residing in Miami County, Ohio.  In
1868, one Daniel Gebhart and John H. Moore, both of Miami County, Ohio,
made affidavit jointly in behalf of soldier's widow, Phebe, their
relationship to the family or to each other not shown.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator


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October 2, 1936

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BA-J/[illegible]
[Handwritten note: Our W.10054]

Mrs. Lula G. Hunt
Branson
Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish  further
information in regard to John Gebhart, whose Revolutionary War rec-
ord you desire.  You state in your letter of September 8, 1936,
that you desire to know how long he received his pension, the rate
per month, where and when he died and where buried and the date of
death and burial place of his wife.

As stated in report to you of April 1, 1936, John Gebhart was
allowed pension at the rate of $33.00 per annum, beginning March
4, 1831, at which time he was a resident of Miami Township, Mont-
gomery County, Ohio, and was still living there in 1840 and died
in that county, September 23, 1845.  The exact place of death and
the place of his burial are not stated in the papers on file in the
claim for pension, W.10054, nor is the date of death of his widow,
Phebe Gebhart given or the place of her burial.  As stated in
same report to you, she was a resident of Piqua, Miami County, Ohio,
when she made her application for pension in 1860 and was still
living there in 1868.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John
Gebhart, you should address The Comptroller General, General Account-
ing Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

John Gebhart
Certificate No. 30871
Issued November 25, 1836
Rate, $33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

For information in regard to the date of last payment of pension

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and the date of death of his widow, Phebe Gebhart, who received
also $33.00 per annum, you should apply to the same officer and
cite the following data:

Phebe Gebhart
Certificate No. 6962
 Issued December 28, 1860
Rate, $33 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Ohio (Cincinnati) Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.