Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14715, John Trimble, Penn.

SERVICE
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Penn.
Trimble John
S 14715
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CONTENTS

Kentucky
John Trimble
of Harrison in the State of Ky. who was a M r in the Compy commanded by Captain Robinson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bohannon in the Pen a line for 14 mon: from 1778-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of $46 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jan: 33 and sent Hon: R.M. Johnson. House of Reps.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept- 1832  69.99    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33  23.33     $93.32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book (2) Vol. 9 Page 62
Date of death not on list

In o Minble S o Declaration & 10 15017 ✓
John ...

State of Kentucky Harrison County
On this 20 th day of September 1832 before me Henry O. Brown Judge of Harrison Circuit Court which is a court of record, now sitting appeared John Smiley a resident of Harrison County in the State of Kentucky aged upwards of seventy five years, having been born in the month of March 1756. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the law of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated: That in February 1778 he entered the service for two months as a volunteer under Capt. Francis Taylor. Ewing was his Lieut. and Smiley was his Ensign. Whilst serving this tour he was detached under Capt. Hughes to the Jerseys whilst Gen. Washington was lying at Valley Forge - for some bullocks, in company with Capt. Robinson of the Militia - to conduct 5 bullocks to the Valley Forge for the use of the army. For the service of this tour he has Capt. Taylors discharge. The regiment in which he served this tour was commanded by Col: Bohannon The Brigade by Gen d Lacey
That he marched from Cumberland County Pennsylvania (where he at that time resided) to Valley Forge thence on the Expedition for bullocks aforesaid and served the balance of his time there - That the duties he performed whilst in this tour of service consisted of marching from home to the scene of action - guarding the people from taking provision to the British in Philadelphia. That on the 5 th day of April 1779 he enlisted into the service of the United States with what was called the Nine months men under Capt. Eberharter Brady

10 Commanded by Colo: Commanded by Genl Joseph Brady - which term of nine months he faithfully served and at the end thereof he was discharged as was the balance of his fellow soldiers without a discharge - That afterwards he entered the service of the United States for three months under Capt. George Vance Major David Vance, Colo David Dunlap (As he believes) and Genl Broadhead Service - both of these latter being continental officers The object of the expedition was against the Indians towards Sandusky or that region - On these several ex- peditions he went from Cumberland County Pennsylvania - Whilst in the nine months tour his services consisted of marching from home to fort Pitt and assisting in guarding the country from the Indians and he marched
and on the three months tour he went from Cumberland County Pa through Bedford to Fort Pitt - and was then discharged - That he also served a tour of fifty days as a volunteer under Capt and rec. a discharge for the same which is lost or mislaid - The object of service of this tour was to go against the Indians at Sandusky He was march from Cumberland County towards fort Pitt but before he reached that place he was discharged & rec. his discharge as above said That he believes that he was in actual service of the United States of about fourteen months in full & complete time - He states that he was born in Cumberland County

Pennsylvania on the date above mentioned - He states that he believes the records of his age is among his relatives in Pennsylvania - it was recorded in his father's Bible which is among them. He states that he united four years in Westmoreland County Pa - after the Revolution then moved to Fayette County - Thence to Harrison County where he now resides & has resided ever since - That he knows of no person by whom he can prove his said services except William Woodruff who is now present & who served with him the whole of said nine months tour, into which he was enlisted & was armed & equipped & served as a soldier - also by Isaac Egnaw who saw him in the last period of service two months above mentioned, & who is now present in court - 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 age of any state or territory whatever -
John Grumble
We William Woodruff & Luke Melner residing in the county of Harrison and state of Kentucky, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Grumble S r who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be upwards of seventy six  eighty years of age; That he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion
William Woodruff Luke Melner

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
State of Kentucky ss
I Andrew Moore Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Trumble for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of Office this 28 th day of September 1832 in the 4 th year of the Commonwealth
A Moore
The applicant is a man of veracity to be believed. Wm Wood & L. K. Miller are men of credibility.
Rh. Johnson 1 st Jan. 4. 33
Redistributed

April 12, 1932
BA-J/AWF Can XXXXXXXXXXXX John Trimble S. 14715
Mr. Henry C. Tindall, 2nd The Nassau 162 Luckie Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to John Trimble, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14715, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Trimble.
He was born in March, 1756 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said Cumberland County, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows- from sometime in February, 1778 in Captain Frederick Taylor's company, was detached and served under Captains Hughes and Robinson and Colonel Bohannan, and was discharged March 22, 1778; from April 5, 1779, nine months in Captain Ebenezer Brady's company; a little later, three months in Captain George Vance's company in Colonel David Dunlap's regiment. He also served a tour of fifty days, no details given.
After the Revolution he lived four years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and then to Harrison County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, then a resident of said

Harrison County.
There are no data relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the above noted Revolutionary War pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
John Trimble, S. 14715 Certificate Number 4336 Issued January 19, 1833 Rate $48.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

John Trumbull his hand aged then John one hundred and fifty
John Trumbull
John Trumbull S.E. 147

Camp at Boits Town March 22 nd 1778
These are to certify to all to whom it may concern that John Trumble of Beaver Dam served his time two months in the militia service and hath returned himself as became a soldier and now is discharged & permit him to pass to Cumberland County Shermans Valley where he was at the time of his discharge

For and in consideration of services rendered in assisting me to procure my pension from the United States, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. I promise to pay N.B. Coliman Ten dollars. Given under my hand this day of 1832
Attest

1940, Oct. 12 - Summary for Elsie Scoble - M.L.B.

1907 Feby. 19. History to Mrs. Ben K. Woolverton letter in S. file 40552 Richard Talbot.
1925 Oct. 30. Photos mailed to Ashley T. Cole. An 1929. May 25. Hist. to Mrs. Winifred M. Miles. See her letter in William Trimble W. 8791 recs.
1931. Feb. 12. Hist. to Mrs. H. D. Clay. Letter in case Joshua Fry. S. 37947 - E.E. J.
1932 April 12. Hist. to Henry Sindall 2" recs.
Perman
14715 INVALID.
File No. 14715
John Trimble Rev. Rev. W.
Act: June 7th 1932
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 3 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

February 12, 1931
Mrs. W.D.Clay 311 East "F." Street Ontario, California
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14715, that John Trimble was born in March, 1756, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said Cumberland County, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
From February, 1778, in Captain Frederick Taylor's Company, was detached and served under Captains Hughes and Robinson and Colonel Bohannan, and was discharged March 22, 1778; from April 5, 1779, nine months in Captain Ebenezer Brady's Company; a little later three months in Captain George Vance's Company, Colonel David Dunlap's Regiment. He also served a tour of fifty days, no officers given.
After the Revolution, he lived four years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and then to Harrison County, Kentucky, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832.
There are no data as to family.
The above is the history of the only soldier named John Trimble, who was pensioned while residing in the state of Kentucky, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on STB

May 25, 1929
Mrs. Winifred M. Miles 228 Beech Street Highland Park, Illinois
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14715, it appears that John Trimble was born in March, 1756, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said Cumberland County, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
From February, 1778, in Captain Frederick Taylor's Company, was detached and served under Captains Hughes and Robinson and Colonel Bohannan, and was discharged March 22, 1778; from April 5, 1779, nine months in Captain Ebenezer Brady's Company; a little later three months in Captain George Vance's Company, Colonel David Dunlap's Regiment. He was also served a tour of fifty days, no officers given.
After the Revolution, he lived four years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and then to Harrison County, Kentucky, where

he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev
"The Nassau," 162 Luckie Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia. 4 March, 1932.
The Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Sir:
Kindly forward me a copy of the application for a pension for Revolutionary service of John Trimble , Sr., who was born in Va.; died in Harrison County, Ky., in 1842, where his Will is recorded. Also copies of any family papers on file with the application.
Thanking you for the courtesy.
Yours very truly, Henry C. Tindall II.

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Oct. 19. 1925
Chief Rev. Sect. Division.
I have this day received from Ashley T. Cole  M.O. No. 566345 for $ 2.85 requesting
photostat copy post-office address as per
letter herewith.
1925 Oct. 31 Copies mailed Finance Div. Not AW
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H.C.L.
Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. AW
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2587
Date Oct 21 25
Subject John Trimble
SIH71N- Red
1 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 5 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the Red & Blue Ware Sect Division.
Remarks: b
Approved:
A.E. Wilson
Chief Division. Sect.
Chief Clerk.

ASHLEY T. COLE COUNSELOR AT LAW 30 EAST 42 ND STREET NEW YORK TELEPHONE 8700 VANDERBILT
RECEIVED PENSIONS
October 17, 1925.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me certified photostat copies of the papers in the following claims:
S. 14715, John Trimble, Penn. Troops. S. 22559, John Trimble, N. Y. Troops. S. 32024, John Trimble, S. C. Troops.
Under date of October 16th you advised me that there are five pages in the first claim, three in the second and six in the third, making fourteen pages, at fifteen cents a page, or $2.10, and that the charge for certification would be twenty-five cents for each claim, making the total charge $2.85, for which I enclose money order to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very truly yours,
Ashley T. Cole B
Enc.
1.5 14 160 150 210 275

Section.
Oct. 16, 1925.
Ashley T. Cole, 30 E. 42 St. New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that photostat copies of papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims named below will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification in each claim, if that is desired.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
In the claim, S. 14715, of John Trimble, Penn., Troops, the number of pages to be copied is five.
In the claim, S. 22559, of John Trimble, N. Y., Troops, the number of pages to be copied is three.
In the claim, S. 32024, of John Trimbel, S. C., Troops, the number of pages to be copied is six.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

LE LAW STREET NEW YORK ONE 8700 VANDERBILT
October 13, 1925.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 12th advising me that you have records of three soldiers of the name of John Trimble apparently bearing the numbers S. 32024, S. 22559 and S. 14715, and that photostat copies of the papers in all of said claims would be furnished if desired. I would be obliged if you would advise me at your convenience as to the cost of photostat copies of the papers in all three claims, for which I will promptly remit.
Thanking you for your kind attention to my request, I am,
Yours very truly,
ATC:B.
S 14715 Pa - John Trimble - 5 pages S 22559 N Y John Trimble 3 " S 32024 S John Trumbel 6 " ✓

John Trumble Kentucky for 1778 print 14 months $46.66
Oct. 29
Ky. Han. Lewis 15017
Rev. John Trumble Washington City Md.
REC'D

Sir
Cynth Ky Oct 20 th 1832
In closed you have the declaration of John Trumble - in order to procure a pension, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - If there is any deficiency I hope you will point it out to us - If not please forward an answer, directed to me at this place, relative to the claim, its extent, nationality &c. together with his certificate &c
Respectfully
W. B. Bleasdale Attor: for Mr. Trumble
Hon L. C. G. S. Secy War U.S.