Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,676, Philip Transue, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Transue, Philip
R 10676
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County } ss
On this fifth day of February personally appeared Philip Frantz a resident of the township of Price in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid aged Seventy nine years and six months, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832: That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Lieutenant Bought and served under the following named officers: Colonel Bought Lieutenant - He enlisted in Easton guarded the Militia stores and the gaol and prisoners in Easton - He afterwards went to guard some prisoners through Lebanon to Elizabethtown in said state, then back to Easton and there he served the six months out and was discharged - He got his discharge but has since lost it - After this he went to Trenton and there enlisted for one year This last enlistment was in the year 1777 under Captain Smith From Trenton he marched to the Rising Sun about five miles from Philadelphia - He was then sent through the woods between Philadelphia and Germantown and was stationed in the woods, and remained there until the battle of Germantown - The company to which he belonged was ordered up and marched to join General Washington at the battle of Germantown, but before they came to Germantown they met Washington's army about two miles from Germantown - He then remained near Philadelphia until his year was out and he was discharged - This discharge is also lost - He then went to Allentown and there he enlisted a third time but soon after was taken sick with the camp fever and was sent home The declarant says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - That during the time of his service as aforesaid he was a private soldier - He was born in the year 1759 in Lower Saucon Township in Northampton County - He says that he has a record of his age which is at his residence in Price Township aforesaid - He lived in Williams Township in Northampton County in the state of Pennsylvania when he first enlisted - He lived since the revolutionary

in Lower Saucon Township in Bethlehem Township and Williams Township in the county of Northampton and now lives in Price Township in the county of Monroe and State aforesaid. He obtained his first discharge from Colonel Hooper or Stuber. He states that he knows Stillgard and Bowman, Elisha Posteng and John Boorem, who are neighbours of his and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier. 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.
Philip his X Transue mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in the presence of us Wm Davis Snyder
We Elisha Posteng and John Boorem residing in the Township of Price in the county of Monroe, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Transue who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Elisha Posteng John Boorem
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that Elisha Posteng and John Boorem who have signed the preceding certificate are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Snyder clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Transue for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of February Anno Domini 1839
Snyder Prob.

In the Matter of the application of Philip Transue for a Pension Commonwealth of Penn a County of Northampton SS
On this 14 th — day of November in the
Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-four, Personally appeared Before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County Mary Christinah his Transue the widow of the Brother of the above named applicant (who I Certify to be a woman of Credibility and her statements entitled to Credibility and belief) and being duly Sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she has known Philip Transue the above named applicant from her earliest days, that they lived as neighbours in Williams Township near Easton Penn a in 1776 that in the Spring or Beginning of the Summer of that year, she well recollects that he was en enlisted as a Soldier at Easton aforesaid and Continued there Stationed during the Summer to guard the Military Stores and guard the Prisoners who were there Confin'd as it was said under the Command of Col Hooper — That in the fall of the same year he came home and remained home a short time, and again enlisted and started as a Soldier toward Philadelphia, and was absent from home about One year, that she understood at the time and since, and now Believes that he was in the Service the whole time he was absent
Sworn & Subscribed
November 14 th AD 1834
Before me
Mary Christinah his X Transue mark
Francis J. Smith
State of Pennsylvania Northampton County ss
I William Sebring prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Francis Smith before whom the above Affidavit was made, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County duly commissioned & qualified to act as such and that full faith of credit is due to all his official acts & that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my Hand and the seal of the said Court at Easton the tenth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred of thirty-five
W. SEBRING Prothon.

Power of Attorney of Abraham Transue Son of Philip Transue claimant for Revolutionary pension under Act July 7. 1832
Isaac N Coffin Attorney. Washington D.C.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Munroe } ss :
Be it known that before me, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared * Abraham Francis a resident of Paradise Township in the county of Munroe in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that he is † one of the sons of Philip Francis of the county of Munroe and State of Pennsylvania who was a revolutionary ‡ Soldier Deceased and that he believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints ISAAC N. COFFIN, of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In witness whereof, Abraham Francis has on this Fifteenth day of October 1852, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
Witness: Isaac Burnett
Abraham Francis 
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this 15 th day of October 1852.
J. M. Burnett
J. P.
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Munroe } to wit:
I, Michael A. Dreher clerk of the Court of Common Pleas , of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Michael A. Burnett before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged and affidavit made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this Twelfth day of October 1852.
M. A. Dreher Clerk.
* Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
† Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words, "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, "son or daughter of," and name of the former unsuccessful applicant.
‡ Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was.
NOTE.—When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.

Suspended
See letter to Hon. D. D. Wagener H. R. 16. Jany. 1835 do, 18 March Feb: 1839 let 9. N. Coffin, Sep. 22/53
Act of June 1832

10,676
P. O. Philip Transue
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

David D Wagener
Member of Congress
Washington City

Easton Jany 10. 1835
My Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find the application of Philip Hannan for a Pension, which you are respectfully asked to lay before the Board of Pensions. The old man as you observe lies in Price's Township Pike Co. which in this season of the year is almost almost out of the world. He was therefore obliged to make his declaration before a Justice of the peace. It is not as formal as I would wish, owing to the inexperience inexperience of our Justices of the peace; I would like you to make a representation of the character of the Justice of the peace and those aid concerned in this application, that this old man may receive some for he is now I am informed almost in a state of starv.
Respectfully & Truly &c.
D. D. Wagener Esq.
W. P. Woodhead

Washington Aug st 8 th 1853.
Sir.
In the Revolutionary Pension case of Abraham Suspended Tranmer of Pennsylvania under the Act of June 7 th 1832 — the Declaration & papers for which are on files of the Pension Office, I herewith transmit 1 st my Power of Attorney to act on the case, —
2 d In compliance with the requisition of the Pension Office for the Colonel's name under whom he served in order to an inspection of the Rolls of the Office — I herewith transmit letter to me of Hon ble M c W Dimmick of July 29 th stating that the Colonel was — Colonel Hooper.
I therefore respectfully request that the Rolls may be examined under the present information and that I may be informed of the result.
I am With the Highest Respect Your Obed t Serv t
Isaac N. Coffin.
Hon ble Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

I enclose you the application of Philip Transeau for a Pension.
Your attention will oblige
Yours Respectfully, David D. Wagener July 14, 1839

Enclosed I send you an old Soldier's application for a Pension. Please examine & inform me the result.
Your friend David I. Magener Indn. Mo.

Letter Hon. W. M. McDermott

Sturtevant July 29 1853
Dear Sir
Your letter under date of 6 th June last, was shown me by Mr Abraham Fraunce of this County, in which you say that the Government requires the name of the Colonel under whom the father served in the Revolutionary War
Mr Fraunce says he has made all the enquiry in his power and has not been able to ascertain with positive certainty the name of the Col. But his impression & belief is that the name of the Col was "Hooper" Col Hooper.
He desires me to say that he hopes this information will be of service to you in the prosecution of the Claim
Very Respectfully Yours
M c Dunnough

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Pike ss
Personally come
Philip Transue
On this 14 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-four personally appeared Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County Philip Transue a Resident of Price Township in said County aged Seventy-five years the 20 th of August last, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as hereinafter stated - In the Spring of 1776 he came up from his place of residence in Williams Township Northampton County to Easton a distance of about Six miles in the same County, and Enlisted for Six months under Colonel Hooper and Left Folk, and Drew a musket and was stationed with Sixty other men to guard Prisoners who were there in Jail and Two military Stores, one immediately at the Junction of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and the other up in the Town of Easton all in the same neighborhood - He remained thus stationed until the Six months for which he enlisted had expired and then received his discharge and went home, but his discharge was afterwards lost - That he remained home a short time and then went down to Durham in Bucks County and enlisted for One year at that place under Captain Joseph Smith they marched from there down the River the River Delaware until opposite Trenton and there remained Six weeks or Two months and then marched on to the near above Philadelphia & stayed there a short time and then marched further on on about Two or three miles below Germantown where they remained in Winter quarters until Spring (Still under the Command of Capt Smith) In the Spring they went out from that place in the surrounding Country in small detachments to protect the Inhabitants and prevent the enemy from coming with Country, they remained in that kind of duty until fall when the Battle was fought at Germantown, when the Battle was fought commenced the Company to which he was attached was about Two miles off, the ground shook under their feet and they remained under arms at that place Two or three hours and then received orders to march up; they did so, But Before they arrived the Battle was won, they then encamped the other side of Germantown and remained there until the year for which he enlisted had expired and was then discharged, he received an Honorable discharge in writing which is also lost.

making the whole time in which he was in actual Service Eighteen months - which on his oath aforesaid he says, he faithfully did Service - He has no Documentary Evidence and knows of no person who can testify to his Service, except that in the  except that in the  affidavit is annexed  affidavit is annexed neither is there any Clergyman in his neighbourhood who can testify to his reputation, That he is now aged and infirm and unable to attend Court which sits at Milford a Distance of  miles, 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 any  the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Penn a .
Sworn and Subscribed November 14 th A D 1834
John Price Justice
Phillip Furse
Before me the Subscriber the Justice of the peace within named within and above personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace all neighbours of the within named Philip Furse the  the  affidavit  affidavit  sworn  sworn  duly  duly  sworn  sworn according to Law, say that they are all well acquainted with him the within named Philip Furse who has sworn and subscribed the within and foregoing Declaration, that they have known him a number of years, that they believe him to be above the age of 75 years that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to be a Soldier of the Revolution, that they never heard it doubted; and that they concur without hesitation in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed November 14 th A D 1834 John Price Justice
Kenny Cory Lemery George Doubleday James Giltgust

I John Price the Justice of the peace Before named, Before whom the within and foregoing Declaration was made, and before whom the foregoing affidavit was also made, Do hereby Certify that the Said Philip Francis is from old age and infirmity unable to attend Court which Sits at Milford at Distance of miles that he has always been respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution that he has years since told his the same story that is stated in his Declaration that he is Considered a man of good moral Character and his statements entitled to credit - and I also further Certify that the neighbours who has signed the foregoing affidavit are men of high Standing and Credibility and their statements entitled to full Credit and Belief - Witness my Hand the day and year first above written
John Price Justice
Commonwealth of Penn a County of Pike ss.
I John A. Broadhead Notary Public Notary, of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify that John Price, Before whom the foregoing Declaration and Affidavit was made and who has signed the above certificate was at the time thereof, and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified so to act in and for the said County, and that full faith and Credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his Official acts as such, that he is a man of Credibility and good moral character, and his name thereunto subscribed in his proper hand writing and his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Affixed the seal of the said Court at Milford this Twenty ninth Day of December A. D. 1834.
J. A. Broadhead Notary