Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5926, for Peter Kimble, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Kimble Peter
NUMBER
R 5926
CONTENTS

Declaration of Peter Kimble a Revolutionary Sol dier Pennsylvania
Monmouth Beck
J. S. Monmouth Clerk of the County Court State of Penn - do hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of the original Certificate of a discharge of said Peter Kimble from the service of the Continental Congress - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 22 nd day of September A.D. 1839

I Elias Hook Clerk of the County Court House of Green County do hereby certify that Col McMillan whose name appears to the at- certificates is a Judge of said Court duly qualified for same -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 nd day of September A.D. 1834
Elias Hook Clerk
32, old Resolutions of John Temple & Constitutional Law Committee

Pennsylvania } On the 23rd day of May Greene County Pa. } in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four. before me Asa Mc- Clelland one of the Associate Judges in & said county personally appeared Peter Kimble a resident of Slippery Town- ship county aforesaid aged 84 years 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as follows, viz:
That in the year 1777 he was drafted to in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Rethcart in Col John Forbes Regiment, for three months and served as a drummer, and was marched to New York - That immediately after- wards he was drafted in captain in the company commanded by Capt. E- tley in Col. Ephraim Martin's Regiment and served as a drummer and was march- ed to Elizabethtown in N.J. - That when he had served the above three months he was drafted in Cap- tain Smith's company in the Regi- ment commanded by Col. Campbell for three months, as a drummer and was marched to Elizabethtown, Peekskill and Egg Harbor. - That after serving out these three months he was again drafted in Captain Bond's company, in Col. Campbell's Regiment, for three months, & served thereout as a drummer, & was marched to Fort Washington, and up & down the North River, during the service

That immediately after the last men- tioned three months service, he was enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Howell, for and during the war in the Rebel- ment commanded by Col. Freeman - That he was marched first to Fort Lee, then to Fort Washington, then to New Ark in N.J. then to Springfield, where he was wounded in the shoulder That having got his arm broke at Springfield by carrying a log, he hired a substitute who was in the battle of Brandywine during which time he remained he remained in Monmouth in consequence of his arm being broken - after remaining about two weeks at Monmouth he was engaged for some time in recruiting soldiers for the army, - That as soon as his arm got well, which he thinks was about two months, he again entered the army in Morris Town, in N. Jersey, & was marched to Rockledge, Egg Harbor, Monmouth, Reading and Lancaster, in Pennsylvania and back to Morris Town. That from Morris Town he was marched towards New England, & he does not recollect the name of the place through which he passed, - That from there he returned to Fort Lee, and was discharged there.
The Deponent states that he was born in Rockaway Morris County, New Jersey in September 1750 - That he had a record of his age in his Bible, which was burnt in his house. That he lived in Morris County N.J. when he was cal- led to the service - That since that Res- olution, he lived about three years in Berkeley County Virginia, and then the county in Pennsylvania where he now resides - That he received a discharge but it was burnt in his house. Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the

premise, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Deponent expresses states that by reason of the remoteness of his residence, at the extremity of the county, he is unable to refer to a clergyman to substantiate his veracity and reputation for truth, but he can prove his veracity by John Pitt and William Wood and their belief of his services as a follower of this Resolution.
Sworn and subscribed John Pitt The day & year above said
Isaac Whelchel
We John Pitt and William Wood both residents of Green County, Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Kemble who has been & subscribed the foregoing declaration - that we believe him to be 84 years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier, & that we concur in that opinion. John Pitt
Mark William Wood
The applicant makes the following answers to the questions proposed by the War Department
 1. That he was born in Morris County N.J. in the year 1750  2. He had a record of his age, but it was burnt in his house  3. He served one year in the militia one year & he thinks five years as an enlisted soldier  4. He served in Frederick County about three years He resided about ten years in Berkeley Co. Virginia & has since resided in Greene County Penna  5. He served a discharge, but it was burnt in his house 
John Pitt

Green County } Pennsylvania }
I Asa Mitchell Judge as aforesaid on being ordered my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after printing the interrogations presented by the Com. say! That Peter Smible who has been & endeavored to forging declaration, was a revolutionary soldier & here as he states. And I do further certify that John H. & William Wood who have signed the forging certificate are both citizens of the aforesaid County, and credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. and I further certify that Peter Smible the affi- -davit is so aged & infirm as to render him entirely unable to attend the Court at its sittings.
Asa Mitchell
Asa Mitchell

REJECTED
5926
P. O.
Peter Kimballe
Service:
Peter Kimble
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Rejected Sect. of 1852 gives reason for suspension! Period, length & grade of service, names of company and field officers required. Application filed: _____, 18 and a response from the state records at Trenton for or against the service.
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
_____, 18

Rejected Heart Rel letter to Sept 34 to John P. Helans Waynesburg, Green Co., Pa. Rel letter 9/22 Jas & No. A. Stewart See the same letter July 3 '46
5926 R 5926

Waynesburg Pa Nov 26
Hon. James L. Edwards
Free
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
(D.C.)
Peter Poland Pa.

Waynesburg Greene County Penna
Nov. 26. 1834
Enclosed are the papers of Peter Poland, an applicant for the benefits of the Pension Laws. The not annexing the certificate by the Covert, was a mere oversight in the midst of pressing the business of court. I sent for the application at our recent court. (held last week) & he states that his services are set out as minutely as his his memory in his age advanced life permits, in the present Declaration. I therefore return the same.
In relation to the application of Peter Kimble (the papers of which you have returned) his case is a certainly a hard one. No one doubts of his having served in the Revolution. I have ascertained since the papers were sent on, that Captain Longstreet of this county would certify to a six months service not set out in the Declaration on file, by hiring a substitute, who served in his (Longstreet's) company. Kimble I presume thought he was not entitled to pay for that service & therefore did not set out. I understand Kimble was an active party in the Indian war here in this country, after the Revolution.
I am inclined to think that Kimble's case is that of a number of the Army Militiamen with which I apprehend you are acquainted. It is known that a number of the Militia of Army were returned by their officers as deserters , when in they had served out the term for which they understood they were engaged, & left their companions & engaged immediately in others.
Is the decision in Kimble's case irrevocable? Or would the establishment of the above facts have any influence in inducing the Department to change its determination?
Respectfully yours John Shilaw

Waynesburg Pa Sept 2/44
Feb
Hon Jas L Edwards
Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Friend
32.644 Peter Kinble Pennsylvania

32.044. Peter Kimble Pennsylvania
Encl. from J. Lewis Washington City D.C.
Washington D.C. 22/11 Hon. Jas L Edwards
22/11/11

To J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Washington City D.C.
Enclosed is the application of Peter Po- land & Peter Kimble for pension, to which I respect- fully beg your attention at as early a date as is con- sistent. I have returned the application of Kim- ble the length of time, with the expectation that he would be able to procure proof of his entitled service, & as he is exceedingly old & infirm, he was unable, till recently, to see the persons whom he thought would be able to recollect & testi- fy for him. He now informs me that but one of the persons knows any thing of his regular service, and he only recollects to have seen him in service after his enlistment, but does not know when he entered the service, how long he served nor when he left it. Concern- ing that that testimony alone would be insuffi- cient, to satisfy the Department as to that part of his service which is required to be proved by five persons. I advised him to send on his papers immediately, & if his name is not found on the rolls in the Department to ask for a pension for his militia service on- ly - as the applicant is very old & infirm & just on the brink of the grave, & exceedingly poor, & if deferred much longer, he may not live to enjoy it. I beg leave to repeat, that I should be thankful for your early attention to these applications - & if appropriate are made, that if it is consistent with the arrangements of the De- partment, they may be made payable at Pittsburgh
Respectfully
Your Obedient
Wm Phelan
Waynesburg Greene Co Penna Sept. 22. 1834

Mr Fanny Pillsbury
Aug 3. 46

Pension Office
Decr. 3 Tues.
1846
ix
In reply to your letter of the 23 rd  inst  ult I have the honor to inform you that the general Muster Roll of the New Jersey Line in this Office shows that Peter Kintke enlisted in the first Regiment of that Line in Capt. Silas Seaver's Company on the 1 st January 1777 and is marked as having deserted the 1 st Muster. on the Rolls of that Company for June and July, he is still returned as a deserter, and the pay Rolls of said company for the whole of that year does not bear his name - which is conclusive that he did not perform his obligations as a soldier, thereby forfeiting all pay then, and all claim to a pension now.
Hon. James Pollock House of Reps