Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,914, for John Kippers, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Kippers John
S 15914
CONTENTS
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Missouri 30.156
John Hipsers of Monroe Co in the State of Missouri who was a private in the Louisiana command by Captain Stubblefield of the regt commanded by Col. Parker in the Virginia line for three years 1781-1783
30.156
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Sept 1835 - and sent to O. W. Clemens, Monroe Co Mo.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 - $360. - Semi-annual allowance ending
$360. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm H Wilson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 9 Page 66

33.113
John Kippen Missouri
sent 2 yrs. for 1778 for 2 yrs. $80 on Roll
report to Mr. L.
As the name is on the roll in the military line in 1812 the individual was required to be mustered but he was not found for muster all the other persons in the company were mustered

State of Missouri } County of Monroe } ss
on the 20 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty five personally appeared before the judge of Missouri Circuit Court for the County of Monroe and State of Missouri the same being a court of record of Record John Raper son a resident of the said County in said State aged seventy four years March next the 20 th of said month who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following amended declaration upon the new suit to the war department dated the 27 th of August 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 or 1779 with a certain Lieutenant Colonel whose Christian name as now recollected was John and lived in _____ Regiment, the number not now recollected of the Continental line under the following named officers - General Charles Scott Col. Heath, Col. Parker Major Biddle and was marched to South Carolina from Delaware in the State of Virginia under Col. Hawes that on the arrival of Col. Buford in South Carolina he was placed under his command and was in the engagement at the Waxhaw in which engagement Col. Buford was defeated by Col. Tarleton and in that engagement he the said John was wounded by three Labe cuts in the head and two thrust of the bay with the one in the left shoulder & the other in the right

and that he the said John was then taken prisoner and paroled by the said Col. Garleton which said parole has been lost - That whilst in the service in the said enlistment he was at different periods under the command of Captain Stubblefield Fairy, Board, & John Wallace the last named of whom was killed in said Buiford's defeat and commanded the company - on that day to which he belonged - being embodied corps called into service by competent authority and that he the said John was in the service fifteen months and five times during which the service was pursued he was not employed in any civil pursuit. That at the time of his said enlistment in the county of Augusta in the state of Virginia - that after the reception of the said parole he was not again in the service of the united states as an enlisted soldier on the continental establishment That the said enlistment was for eighteen months and a period from that time after the date of said parole - that after his enlistment as aforesaid he was taken from the said county of Augusta to Fredericksburg in Virginia and from thence was marched to Williamsburg in the said state & from Williamsburg to Petersburg and from thence the latter place having been detached as one of the regiments to secure the Battle Prisoners at Chesterfield Court House being marched thither and having staid at that place  there a few months, he was then marched back to Petersburg and after a short stay at Petersburg was marched to South Carolina as before stated - and the said John served as a soldier in the said establishment for the term of fifteen months in the continental establish- ment into the service as the said John did not par- out the said 18 months according to the enlistment aforesaid he was taken prisoner at the battle

to the waters in Buford's defeat and the said John served out his time of an enlistment commission in the year 1778 or 1779 under the feet in enlistment the term of service which he performed was two years and as such was also in any civil pursuit during the said enlistment. That in the march from Detasburg to South Carolina he crossed the Roanoke river at Halifax the Cape fear river also the Great Pee Dee river from their mouth to Camden in South Carolina and from Camden on the march crossed the waters and fell upon the Congaree and mounted upon it and took corner and meeting with Col. Washington of the horse on his retreat from back Troop Santee to Murray ferry there being met by Col. Buford he Col. Buford took the command and remained at said ferry in the neighborhood during the siege of Charleston and after its close the horse which was taken to the Washington at which place the defeat aforesaid took place — that the said John also entered under Captain Mathew He breeched in the year 1776 at Point Pleasant in Virginia on the Ohio and having run out his time aspiravit of service he was honorably discharged by General Hand at said Point Pleasant and that the said B. Chapman is lost In the said John Hippers hereby relinquishes any claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension bill of any agency in any state sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid and that the said Hippers knows of no other testimony than that which is here produced now living who can testify in relation to his services.
John Hippers

He appeared in open court Edward Turner a clergyman resident of said county in the vicinity of the applicant Charles Brantchen a respectable citizen also and resident of said county and make oath that they are well acquainted with the applicant that he is reputation and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that in common with their opinion, we also believe him to be of the age mentioned by him in his application, and that he served as stated, known to us to be true in open court.
Known to me in open court this 3rd day of April 1835 Edward M. Holden Clerk Edward Turner Charles Brantchen
And the said board do hereby declare the opinion that the above named applicant was a revolution ary soldier and lived as the states David Todd Judge of the morris circuit, unto at my hand this 20th April 1835.
David Todd
I Edward M. Holden Clerk of the morris circuit board do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of application of John Clippes of said county for a pension for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of April 1835.
Edward M. Holden Clerk
Edward M. Holden Clerk

And the court further certifies that it appears to him that Edward Farnes who has signed the preceding certificates is a clergymen resident in the said county and state of Michigan and that Charles Crutchfield who has signed also the same is a resident in the said county and is a credible person (and that this statement is in little to full credit David Fodd Judge of the Monroe Circuit Court here to wit my hand this 20 th of April 1835.
David Fodd

aw Rev. War Section.
Nov. 8, 1888.
Rev. J. M. Tucker, House of Representatives.
In re: John Kippers- War of Revolution, Survivor File 10814.
You are advised that from the papers in the pension claim above noted, it appears that John Kippers was born March 4, 1758, and enlisted from Amherst Co. Virginia, in 1778 and served as a private for two years under Captain Nicholas Brackle; he also served from 1779, for fifteen months under Colonels Stubblefield, Paine, Howard, and Adams; and Colonels Heath, Parker, Hanes and Eu- ford. He was wounded at the battle of Wauhatchie, by three saber cuts in the head and bayonet thrusts in the left shoulder and right hip, and he was also captured and pa- roled.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1835, while living in Monroe Co. Missouri.
There is no date on file as to family.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

Suspended.
See letter of June 1835 to P. Williams (Munroe C. H.)

I 159/4 INVALID.
File No. 159/4
John Kippers Dis Rev War
Act: John 7. 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1920 Aug. 10. Heir to Mrs. M. A. Meuser's and 1922 Sept. 8. Heir John W. Rucker and 1922 Sept. 20 " Mrs. M. A. Romine - Ev.

State of Mason { ss County of Mason }
this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid John Thompson of lawful age and made oath of upon his oath said that the reason why he the said affiant did not long ago apply for a pension to the war department as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the Virginia line under the act of March 18th 1878 is because he the said affiant always was of opinion that no person except the indigent and poor who could not otherwise support themselves without the aid of the Government was entitled to a pension under the said act aforesaid, until about six months before I made my first application to the war department which let a result of the county of Greenbrier and State of Virginia and then being properly informed upon the intention and operation of the said act aforesaid immediately made preparation and made application to the war department for my pension as a revolutionary soldier in the Virginia line and this affiant's testimony since his revolutionary services in the revolutionary war have been such in a pecuniary point of view that he the said affiant could break out very well without the aid of the Government

and the Government being much in debt in consequence of the revolutionary war this officer would not in his application have applied for a pension under the said act even if he had been properly informed upon the subject - but now being now in need of the aid of the Government in my old age than he might have therefor upon my present situation and being properly informed in relation to the said act made my application to the war department this officer further saith that upon his first enlistment in the Virginia line this officer enlisted for two years and was under Capt. Mathew R. Buckel at Point Leasant at the mouth of Big Bear Creek and served out the two years and received my discharge at the said point and received my full pay from Capt. R. Buckel at 25 cents per day in kind or in paper which makes $182.25 cents for the two years - I then enlisted again for 18 months and was then mustered to Fredericksburg - Chazyburg and a lighter unit for 200 and then put under the command of Capt. Stubbfield I think and at Fredericksburg I received my pay for 8 months at 25 cents per day in kind or in paper who received for all his company this officer was then mustered from there to Peters- burg and then received my pay as a soldier for 8 months more from Capt. Howard at Petersburg and had received before the payment by Stubbfield and the payment by Howard at Petersburg my pay from Davis Capt. and other but the payment made at Petersburg was the last made to me as a soldier in the war - but the whole amount I received under the 18 months enlistment I do not now recollect but recollect that I received four payments from Stubbfield on some gain and from some other Capt. and one from Howard the last payment there being many changes of the men and different officers in the time between many as 20 or during the period I then was mustered to the south under the command of Col. Hays & Capt. Howard as mentioned in my declaration
John Skipper
Subscribed to my word being the 25th day of July 1885 Calb. Wood S.P.

State of Missouri County of Morgan } 53
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and State of Missouri Charles Crutchfield of Randolph and made oath that John Rippes now a resident of the County of Morgan and State of Missouri came to my father's house in the State of Virginia who then lived in the County of Henry and State of Virginia fresh wounded on the head with two or three cuts on the head and he the said Rippes remained at my father's house until his wounds got nearly well perhaps four or five or six months and he the said Rippes said he had just come from the battle in South Carolina and that he the said Rippes then had received three wounds upon his body at Buford's defeat at the battle of the Yamacraw - and according to the best of my recollection, he came to my father's house in the County of Henry State of Virginia in the year 1780 and had my appearance of a soldier and recollect very well that it was then known  spoken of by my father and many other persons who saw Rippes that he was a revolutionary soldier and had received his wounds at Buford's defeat. The said John Rippes afterwards went to the County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia and settled in that County and some years afterwards the said Rippes again came to my father's house in the County of Henry and State of Virginia and this affiant knows him the said Rippes to be the same man and same Rippes who was at my father's house in the year of 1780 then just from Buford's defeat and the said Rippes has since moved to the State of Missouri and County of Morgan and I positively know him to be the same man who came to my father's house in the year 1780 wounded as above stated just from South Carolina and as he said from Buford's defeat.

and when the said Riffey moved to the state of Mo I was unable from my knowledge of the said Riffey to give a full description of the said Riffey person and scars on his head on which side the largest but was, it being on the right side of the head, and upon seeing the said Riffey in this state and on examination in find the said scars of wounds he had on his head when he came to my pasture here as before stated and I never knew no other man by the name of Riffey in the year 1780 nor since only the sons of the said John Riffey and I am possible satisfied that the said Riffey now in Missouri is the identical person who came to my pasture from first wounded in the Battle of Shiloh and State of Va in the year 1861 and all have frequently talked upon the subject of the revolution and the Battle of Shiloh and Buford's defeat and the said Riffey has a perfect knowledge of all the circumstances of the war in Virginia and in South Carolina and that the John Riffey must be about seventy five or eighty years old and he is now in my house and I know him to be the same man who was a soldier in the revolution and came to my pasture in the year 1780 wounded as above stated.
Charles Grinstead
Subscribed to as true before me this 25 th day of July 1885 Colt. Isaac J. P.
I Caleb Wood a justice of the peace for the county of Monroe and state of Missouri do certify that Charles Grinstead the above affiant is a man of truth and respectable character and that he said when on oath is entitled to full faith and credit in his single bond to me and that the above is true to the best of my knowledge this 25 th day of July 1885
Caleb Wood. Justice of the Peace

State of Missouri 5 set County of Monroe } I Ebenezer W. McBride Clerk of the County Court for the County of Monroe Do hereby certify that Colel Trood Esquire whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate of Acknowledgement is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts and deeds as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony Whereof I as clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office Done at Paris this 6 th day of August 1835 -
Ebenezer W. McBride clerk
State of Missouri } County of Monroe } I Samuel Courtwright one of the Judges of the county court of Monroe County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Ebenezer W. McBride whose signature and seal is annexed to the foregoing certificate is acting clerk of the Monroe county court & state aforesaid that due faith and credit should be paid to all his acts and deeds as such
Given under my hand this 8 th day of August A.D. 1835
Samuel Courtwright Presiding I M. C. C. Mo

Pension
July 17-1920
Dear Siss; - I write to ask if you can give me any information about my Great Grand- Fathers service in the Rev. War. all I have is his name, John Kipfer of Greene brier County, state of Virginia.
I thank you. In advance
Mrs M. S. Meissner Atlanta Missouri R 4.

Filed in Open Court. April 20 th 1895.
Edward M. Holden — Clerk —

State of Missouri
Marion County
George Lee aged Eighty years being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and served in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war.
That John Kippers served under the following Officers in the years of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven to Seventy eight for the term of two years in General Hains Regiment and in Capt. Matthew Atkinson
Company which was stationed at Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kanawha river for the purpose of keeping up the Garrison at that place and to protect the western Settlements in Virginia against the inroads of the Indians. The deponent further states that his recollection is not perfect as to the date of the said John Kippers enlistment or discharge but is positive as to his term of service about the time above named. The deponent also states that from common report he believes that the said Kippers served eighteen months (after the above named term of service had expired) in the Continental service in which he was wounded and taken prisoner at Blueford's defeat. The deponent states that he saw the wounds which the said Kippers said he received at that defeat.
GEORGE LEE

I John A. Colby a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Marion do hereby certify that the within Affidavit was made and signed by the said George See a man long and well known to me as a person of the strictest veracity & most unblemished Character. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and Seal this 2 d day of January 1835.
John A. Colby (Seal) a Justice of the peace for Marion County Ill. O.

M. A. ROMJUE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Revolution #1
MACON, MISSOURI
Sept-20-1922
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension Certificate of John Kippers a Revolutionary War Soldier - He served from Virginia - and enlisted from Amherst Co. Va - He moved to Monroe County Missouri - in 1832 - and applied for a Pension in 1835 - I am very anxious to secure this record - John

Kipkers is my great, great great grandfather -
Thanking you for any information you may give me I am
Very Sincerely
(Mrs M.A.) Maude N. Rourque, Macon, Box 212. Missouri,
Mrs.

W. W. RUCKER 2d DISTRICT MISSOURI
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
September 7, 1922.
Honorable H. L. Vandervort, Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Vandervort:
I am anxious to learn the army service of Mr. John Keppers who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Amherst County, Virginia, and was pensioned by your Bureau in the year 1835. If you can give me any information relative to this service I will appreciate your kindness very much.
With kind regards and best wishes, I am
Very truly yours,

M. A. ROMJUE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
MACON, MISSOURI
Aug 31-1922.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War service of John Kippers - or a copy of his pension certificate - John Kippers served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia but came to Monroe County Missouri in 1832 - and died and was buried in Missouri - He In 1835 he made application for a pension - which was allowed.
I am very anxious for this

information - I wrote to your Department some time ago but have not heard from you -
I thought my letter might have been lost in the mails so am writing again -
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter
I am
Very Sincerely
Mrs Mande N. Romque, Macon,
Box 212.
Missouri,

M. A. ROMJUE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
MACON, MO.
Aug-18-1922.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me the Revolutionary War record of John Kippers. He enlisted I think from Amherst Co Va - but lived in Greenbrier Co Va after the war and moved to Monroe county Missouri about 1832. I think he was allowed a pension - would you also please tell me how long he drew this pension and the date of his death - also whether or not he gave a record of his family.
Very Respectfully
Box 212
Mrs. M. A. Romjue Macon, Missouri;

Monroe C.H., mo May 16 th
D. S. ...
To the Honorable, the Secretary of the War Department Washington City D.C.

no
6 June 1835 Pension Office

6 June 1835 Pension Office
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Dear Sir,
If there should be any objection or informality in this declaration as so filed as to inform Mr. Kipps as soon as possible and if sufficient also inform him and if insufficient send if you please the necessary directions & request of the war department in relation to his claim John Kipps Law by G. Williams

Monroe at No 3 Aug 15 th
Free
To the Secretary of the War Department Washington City D. Columbia

Wallis
Sept. 1911
Union Office

1000 5000 Morrow County Mo August 10 th 1885-
Dear Sir
I inclose the affidavits of Phipps & Chittenden upon the subject of Phipps Devision which is all the evidence that we can procure at present that we know of in relation to his revolutionary services - which we think makes the matter conclusive as to his new identity of Person - but any difficulty still exists in the mind of the pl can inform me upon that subject and if his pension be given inform also as soon as know- ing.
respectfully Yours &c.
D. Williams
for John Lewis

Certificats
Filed in Open Court April 20 th 1888 Edward W. Holden. — Clerk —

State of Virginia Greenbrier County } To wit:
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Lewis Allen Alderson, a Minister of the Gospel, in regular communion with the Baptist Church, who, after being sworn, deposeth and saith as follows, to wit:
I, the undersigned, have been acquainted with Capt. Geo. Kipps for a number of years, having been raised a near neighbour to him, and believe him to be upwards of 70 years of age. I have heard the said Kipps frequently speak of his having been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and of his having received several wounds while in service. It is the general opinion of the neighbourhood, as well as the opinion of myself that the said Kipps was in the Revolution as above stated. Given under my hand and seal this 21st day of October 1831.
Lewis Allen Alderson
Sworn to, and subscribed this 21st day of October, 1831, before me James Jarrett
State of Virginia } To wit: Greenbrier County }
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Joseph Alderson, who, after being sworn, deposeth and saith as follows, to wit:
I, the undersigned, have been acquainted with Capt. John Kipps for upwards of forty years, having lived a near neighbour to him for and believe him to be about 74 or 75 years of age. About two years ago the said Kipps left the neighbourhood, and set out for Missouri, where we are informed he now resides. I have frequently heard the said Kipps speaking of his having been in the Revolutionary war, and of his having received several wounds in Buford's defeat. I have also frequently heard him speak of having been enlisted under Capt. Matthew Arbuckle, who, with his company was stationed at Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha. It is the General opinion of the people in this neighbourhood, as well as my own, that the said Bro. Kipps served as a Soldier at the mouth of the Great Kanawha, with the said Matthew Arbuckle, and also, that he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, as above stated. Given under my hand this 21st day of Oct. 1831.
Joseph Alderson
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this 21st day of Oct. 1831.
James Jarrett

State of Virginia Greenbrier County } to wit:
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, William Garaway, who, after having been sworn, deposeth and saith as follows, to wit:
I, the undersigned, have been acquainted with the Capt. Geo. Kippers, for about forty years, having lived in the same neighbourhood probable, and believe him to be now about 75 years of age more than that length of time. On several occasions, I have heard him speak of having been in the Revolutionary War, and of having received several wounds while in service. In September 1832, the said Kippers set out for the western country, and I understand he now resides in Monroe Co. in the State of Missouri. It is the general opinion in the neighbourhood, as well as the opinion of myself that the said Kippers was in the war as above stated. Given under my hand this 21st day of October 1834.
William Garaway
Sworn to, and subscribed in the presence of me, this 21st day of October 1834.
James Larrett

John Kippers, Va. Service.
No claim on file on account of ser- vices of above sol- dier, other than S. F. 15,914.
F.W. Jan. 21, 1909.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 2 years Pvt. Matthew Schuchert Va.   1779 12 months Stubblefield Keith   Pain Shackelford   Howard Shackelford   Adams Shackelford  
He was captured at the Battle of Red Bank, 3 times in head and leg, and in left hand, right hip, he was also captured & paroled.
Battles engaged in, see above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Red Bank in Cumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 21, 1835. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Monroe Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, born Mar. 4, 1762. Place not stated.
Remarks: He lived in Cumberland Co. Pa. after the war and moved to Mo. about 1832.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.