Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3972, for Thomas Strain, Pennsylvania

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Service:  Penn

Strain, Thomas

S.3972

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See letter to Hon L Cass S War 15 May 1834 (T Strain is dead)

So to Hon T L Hamer HR  4 Feb 1835

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Ohio
7913.
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Thomas Strain
of Highland Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the Regiment commanded by Col. Rogers in the Pennsylvania line for Eight months from 1776

26.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of April 1838 and sent to J A Trimble Hillsboro, Highland Co. Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $53.32
Semiannl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 - $13.33
(total)  $66.65
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Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.-

Recorded by Wm R Pa, Clerk

Book E Vol 8 Page x24

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7312

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State of Ohio in the County of Highland

On this day of August eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before me James Bell, Clerk of the Court of comon pleas now sitting, Thomas Strain a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pased June 7 1832.  

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

Field officers. Gen. Hand, Maj. William Hayse and Col Cunningham, Company officers, Capt. Timothy Green and Lieut William Allen, 2nd Lieut William McCullock. That to the best of his recollection, on the first day of June 1776 he volunteered and served under the above named
officers until the first of december and that his place of residence was in Hanover Township Lancaster County Pennsylvania.  that he marched from thence to Flowertown & thence to Amboy, thence to New York thence to Long Island, where the Americans were defeated and retreated back to New York but was soon led to abandon the City and retired to the white Plains.  in the course of this March he was in several skirmishes and also in the battle of the
white Plains, no particulars further.

And he further declares that to the best of his recolection on the tenth of November (1777), he was drafted and served under the following named officers;  field officers Col. John Rogers, Maj Nelson, Company officers capt Joseph M Clare two months

Thomas Strain (his mark)

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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state

Thomas Strain (his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Samuel Bell

We Allen Wimble & Jn H Trimble residing in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well
acquanted with Thomas Strain who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in

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the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Allen Trimble
Jn. A. Trimble

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter [text crossed out] that the above named aplicant [applicant] was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that [text crossed out] Allen Trimble & John A Trimble who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the above named county and state and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Samuel Bell clerk of the court of Highland Society Ohio do hereby witness that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the aplication [application] of Thomas Strain for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 day of [text crossed out] August 1832
Samuel Bell  Clk
H. C. P.

State of Ohio in the County of Highland ss.
On this 21st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court James Colier a resident of [illegible] County, the state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law states that he was well acquainted with Thomas Strain during his services in 1776 (as above stated) and that to the best of his knowledge his statements are correct.
James Collier

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Bell Clk

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7.913
Thomas Strain
Ohio

Ad. for 8. Mon
from 1776

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J. A. Trimble
Hillsboro
Highland County
Ohio

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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Strain
Co. of Highland in the state of
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?    Open Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  76

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period
10/June  In 1776 volunteered.
Nov.   1777 drafted.

Duration of Service
Years,   Months,   Days.
               6
               2

Rank.
As a 
private
   "

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Green    Col Livingham
Cap. McClure   Col Rogers

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  [illegible]  Battle White Plains

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   traditionary and one Living Witness

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
The Living witness is not certified as be credible

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

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Rev. Soc

MRS. CLARENCE S. WOODWARD
Past STATE REGENT
200[illegible] SCOTT STREET
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

January 14 1923.

Pension Office:
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

Can you give me copy of pension of Thomas Strait from Lancaster Co Penn. for Rev. service?

Very sincerely
Ruth Wassell Woodward

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Rev War

3942
INVALID.

File No.  3972
Thomas Strain
Pri. Pa. Line

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 356

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1914. Nov 30: history to Mrs. P. B. Zink.  Letter in 8. F. 26261.
Alexander McBride.  M. 13. H.

1920 Aug. 30, Hist to Mrs. Bertha F. Putnam. En.

1920 Feb. 4, Hist. to L. J. Fenner, a[illegible]

1923 Feb. 3 - Hist. to Mrs. Clarence S. Woodward - allt.

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HILLSBORO OHIO
SEP [illegible]
6 [illegible]
19[illegible]

Mr. F. D. Byington,
Commissioner
Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.

I did not reply to any of these letters as they are all in same handwriting dated same day same kind of fake about it all
AW

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U. S. PENSION OFFICE 
K
SEP 23 1921

Hillsboro, Ohio
July 8, 1921.

Mr. F. D. Byington,
Commissioner
Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir

I wish to know if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover Township Lancaster Co., Penn, June 1. 1776. as a  private in Rev. War, under Capt. Timothy Green & Col. Cunningham enlisted Nov. 10 1777 under Capt Joseph Smith McClure, Col John Rogers of Penn, received a pension for service.

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If so, please send me a copy of the pension.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Yours Respectfully - 

Mrs Flora Strain McConnaughey
North High St
Hillsboro, Ohio.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

Hillsboro, Ohio
July 8, 1921.

Mr F. D. Byington,
Commissioner,
Pension Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

I wish to know if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover ["Co" crossed out] Township Lancaster Co. Penn. June 1 1776 as a private in Revolutionary War, under

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under Captain Timothy Green and Colonel Cunningham enlisted Nov. 10, 1777 under Capt Joseph McClure Colonel John Rogers of Penn. received a pension for service.

If so, please send me a reply & copy of pension.

Thanking you for kindness in advance, I am,

Yours Respectfully,

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Mrs. Leone McConnaughey Rodgers
Hillsboro, Ohio,
Highland Co., Ohio
Collins Ave.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

Hillsboro, Ohio
July 8, 1921

Mr. F D Byington,
Commissioner,
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

I wish to hear if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover Township, Lancaster, County Penn. June 1, 1776, as a private in Revolutionary

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war, under Capt Timothy Green and Colonel Cunningham enlisted Nov 10, 1777, under Capt. Joseph McClure Colonel John Rogers of Penn. received a pension for service.

If so, please send me a copy of the pension.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness 
I am - Yours Resp.

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Mrs. Lizzie Starin Walker
Hillsboro, Ohio
338 W. Walnut Street

Stamp:  U.S. PENSION OFFICE
SEP 23 1921

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Cleveland, O.
July 8, 1921.

Mr. F. D. Byington,
Commissioner,
Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C.,

Dear Sir: - 

I wish to know if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover Township, Lancaster Co., Penn. June 1, 1776. as a private, in Rev. War, under Capt Timothy Green & Col. Cunningham, enlisted Nov. 10, 1777. under Capt. Joseph McClure, Col John Rogers

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of Penn. received a pension for service.

If so please send me a copy of the pension

Thanking you in advance

I am - Yours Respectfully,
Mrs. Louainna Strain Hill
3876, West 19th, St., 
Cleveland, Ohio.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
K
SEP 23 1921

Hillsboro, Ohio 
July 8 1921

Mr. T. D. Byington,
Commissioner.
Pension Dept
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

I wish to know if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover Township Lancaster Co Penn. June 1, 1776, as a private in Rev. War. under Capt Timothy Green and Col Cunningham enlisted Nov 10 1777 under Capt Joseph McClure, Col John Rogers of Penna received a

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Pension for service, If so,
Please send me a
copy of
the Pension
Thanking you in advance
for your
Kinds,
I am
Yours Respectfully
Wife Elizabeth Walker
338 W. Walent
St.
Wills &
Ohio
S
of

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BREIF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Strain which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigning for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No clergyman [illegible] as to others 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?    no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  [cross symbol] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?    yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?   no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?    yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. [symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  If not, which of them is not so answered?   yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ---- year ---- months, and --- days, I served as a ------ For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a ------;  and for such service I claim a pension.

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four  months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely stats they served two years in the militia, &c, without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicants served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, eh was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he mist prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, aud the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of the member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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Norfolk, Virginia, January 1, 1921

Mr. G. W. Salzgaber,
Pension Department, 
Washington, DC.

Dear Sir:

I wish to know if Henry Wilkin of Virginia received a Land Grant for Virginia service in the Revolution. Our family have believed that he received Illinois land for his Revolution service, and know that if he did, you will be able to tell me.

Also if Thomas Strain who enlisted from Hanover Township, Lancaster county, Penn. June 1, 1778 as a private under Captain Timothy Green, and Colonel Cunningham, enlisted Nov. 10 1777 under Cap. Joseph McClure, Colonel John Rogers of Penn. rec'd a Land Grant or Pension for service. If so please send a copy of Pension and record of the Land Grant.

Thanking you in adavcne for your kindness, I am
Respectfully yours,
(Mrs.) Leah Isabelle Fenner

Address- 135 Kimball Avenue
Chesterfield Heights,
Norfolk, Virginia.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
8 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.,.............., 19.....

In reply to your request of ..........., received ........... a statement of the military history of Thomas Strain soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his ["(or his widow's)" crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S. 3.972
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
June 1, 1776
Nov. 10 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE
Dec. 1, 1776
2 mos

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Timothy Green.
Joseph McClure
COLONEL.
Cunningham
John Rogers

STATE.
Penn.

Battles engaged in, Several Skirmishes, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hanover Twp, Lancaster Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, Aug  21, 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Highland Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 76 years
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his  family
Respectfully,

Commissioner.

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Rev Soc

Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:--

Joseph O Post born in New Jersey, 1754 was my g-grand father and served in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey.  He moved to Washington County, Pa. 1784 and lived there until 1831 when he moved to Richland county, Ohio, where he died Nov. 3, 1831. We think he received a pension as
his brother David served with him and was a pensioner.  His first wife was Anna Hoppin, and 2nd was Sarah Munson, who died 1828 in Washington county, Pa. Will you send copy of pension if he rec'd one.

Thomas Strain lived in Washington County, Penn 1790 and had service in Revolutionary War. He received a pension for service, our family claim, if so I would like a copy to finish my papers for Patriots and Founders Society. Thanking you for a reply, I am,

Respectfully yours,
Mrs Bertha Finley Putnam
218 S. Monore [Monroe] St.
Chicago, Ill.

July 31, 1920.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
AUG [illegible] 1920