Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7584, Stephen Giffin, Penn.

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what ever to a pension or an anuity Except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
Stephen [his mark] Giffin

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James McGibeny asst Judge

I the Said James McGibeny do hereby declare that my opinion is that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States.  And I further certify that the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court
James McGibeny asst Judge

The State of Ohio
Knox County

I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that James McGibeny Esqr. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified; & full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.  And I do further certify that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & append the seal of said County at the Clerks office in Mount Vernon this 24 day of August 1832.

Alexr. Elliott Clerk

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Febry 6th 1838
the undersigned Citizen of Licking County Ohio being well acquainted with Stephen Giffin do cheerfully united in feeling with the foregoing citizen of Knox in behalf of said Giffin & add our testimony to theirs sustaining the honest & honorable character of Mr Giffin
[above handwritten]
[signatures below]
Wm Mitchel
David Moore
Marlove Fowler
Daniel Allbaugh
Nathaniel Kirkpatric
John Arbuckel
Aaron Conger
A. D. Larason
J. R. Marriott
[above written horizontally at the top of the page]
Petition of Stephen Giffin-- [illegible] for a pension
[underlined]
March 5 1838
Ref to the Committee on Rev Pensions
[double underline]
[illegible]
200 Rev Pensions
[above written vertically in the center of the page]

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2.
three months and left the service the first day of December same year marched from Hunterstown York County Pa to Charlisle thence to Stonetown [now Huntington] thence to McCormicks fort thence to Potters fort in Penns Valley thence to Canoe Valley, thence to Sinking Valley thence to Lead Mine thence to Potters Fort thence to Watsons Fort thence to Potters Fort and there discharged. Question first Where and in what year were you born? Answer. In Lancaster County Pa in July 19th 1753. A. 2. Have you any record of your age and if so whare is it? Answer. Yes. from my Fathers family bible. Ques. e. Whare ware you living when called into service. where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live. Answer. York County Pennsylvania. emigrated from there to Westmoreland County Pa. thence to Licking County Ohio in the year 1812 and now reside in Knox Co. Ohio. Q. 4#. How were you called into the service? Ans. Drafted and volunteered both 5th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served? Answer. Capt. Thomas Campbell. and Capt. John Reed and Cols. John Thompson, Generals Putnan, Washington & Green & Wayne. Ques. 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? Anser. Yes. by whom was it given Answer. By Genl Green. Question what has come of it. Answer. it was burned with rubbish papers. Did you ever receive a Commission? Answer. Yes. By whom was it given. Answer . Do no recollect. what has become of it. Ans. resigned and gave it up. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a revolutionary soldier. Answer Revd. Henry Harvey & Robert Dillon He also states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony 
[all handwritten]

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17 [in upper right corner of page]

any State only on that the State of Ohio with the small pension allowed under his former declaration the certificate of the allowance of which pension is herewith sent and surrendered to the Department declarant having never accepted or received any thing under said certificate. The said declarant being interrogated as required by the rules prescribed by the pension office further states that to the best of his information he was born in Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania in July 1753. He has a record of his age which he took from his fathers bible more than 50 years ago & transcribed the same into his own Bible which he still haz. He was living in York County Pa at the several times when called into service as herein before set forth. From York County he emigrated with his family about the year 1796 to Westmoreland County in the same State. From Westmoreland County he emigrated with his family in 1814 to Licking County in the State of Ohio where he continued until about 5 years ago , when he moved into Clay Township Knox County in the last named State where he has ever since and still continuez to reside. 
The manner of hiz being called into service he has already described in the foregoing declaration. Declarant did not consider himself as a substitute in any of the said sericez because he waz not hired in the ordinary way of employing substituez but he leaves the question for others  to decide whether his servicez of 2 months, wherein he voluntarily took the place of Ensign Forgay as before described would or would not place him in the character of a substitute, the facts are submitted as they actually occurred. Declarant has already specified the names of such

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Pension office 11th May, 1829 [written horizontally at top of page]

[illegible written vertically underneath above ]

[illegible] John H Eaton
Secretary at War
Washington [written vertically at center of page]


Free [written  vertically at bottom right of page]

Pension [written upside down at bottom of page]

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 12th, 1839. [handwritten]

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Stephen Giffin, -- [handwritten] a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio [handwritten] Agency, at the rate of Twenty three [handwritten] Dollars and thirty three [handwritten] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, [handwritten] has been paid at this Department, from the 4th [handwritten] of March, 1831, [handwritten] to the 4th Sept., 1838, 7 1/2 years, [handwritten]   
Respectuflly, yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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Millersburgh, Holmes Co. Ohio,
March 30th, 1839~

Hon. J. L. Edwards,

Sir,

By reference to your files, you will find that a certificate for a pension was granted to Stephen Giffin of Knox Co. Ohio, The old man thought himself entitled to a layer one those the department had granted refused to accept of it, withdrew the papers and presented his case to the consideration of Congress; Not being able to succeed in obtaining an report from the committee on revolutionary pensions ; and as He age and decrepitude accompanied with a destitution of means to support his old frame, and through the persuasion of his neighbours, has at last considered to accept of the amount named in his certificate and as the certificate has to be renewed, I have to inquire of you what steps are necessary for him to take 
All the papers are in file in clerks office of the H. R. together with the certificate which issued from your office. he came in under the acts of [illegible]  -- If it is only necessary to establish the fact of his existence, I can say that he was living since my arrival home -- and I presume that the Mess[illegible] from your office can process the papers, before application

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Just a seal on this page. You can see writing bleeding through from other side.

the seal is round with numbers around the outside edge.  

Inside reads:  RECEIVBED Nov 22 1933 Mail Sub DIV.
[Last two lines inside seal are too light to read]

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This appears to be the back of Pg 107

Request for Stephen Giffin 
Rev-Sgt, 1 Sgt & Ensign
Pa Troops

In lower right is the stamp 
Round with numbers around outside 

Inside is notes: RECEIVED Aug 1, 1935
 Mail SUB-DIV  
READER 12 
VETS. ADM.
The stamp is upside down.

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Giffins, Joshua
Grade   Private
Line New Jersey
Warrant   Number 8363
Acreage  100
Issued  August 3,1791 to (not shown)