Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7729, for Conrad Tippong, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Tippong, Conrad
S 7729
Born in Penn.
Carded
CONTENTS

12.738 North Carolina Conrad Tippong
of Lincoln in the State of North Car. who was a pni. in the company commanded by Captain Randolph of the Regt. commanded by Col. M c Dowell in the North Carolina line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May '33 Lincolnton, N.C. and sent Vardy M c Kee
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 15
$75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Miller Clerk Book E. Vol. 6. Page 57
Order to pay Jan 17, 1837.

Conrad Tipping or Tipp 23121

North Carolina
Lincoln county
} In this 10th day of February 1833. personally appeared before me the under signed a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Lincoln aforesaid, and a member of the county court of pleas & quarter sessions Conrad Tipton commonly called Conrad Tipton, aged about eighty eight years who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier for three months under the command of General Rutherford and Colonel Christopher Bateman and his captain was a Conrad Rudolph. He was a resident of the county of Lincoln & State of North Carolina aforesaid when he enter- ed said service; but the year, month, or day, from his great age & infirmity of body he is unable at this time to recollect. Nor has he any claim on long continued in his profession to aid him as to those facts. He was marched under said officers against the Cherokee tribe of Indians & went on to the Valley Towns and travelled through a very rough & unpolished tract of country & was very much exposed & suffered many privations of badly even forts. At the said Valley Towns General Rutherford was to have joined the Army of South Carolina, but said Army reached the place before said Rutherford and had an engage- ment with the Indians, defeated, & dispersed them, consequently General Rutherford & his Army had no fighting to do. And after serving three months and obtained his discharge (which is now lost) he returned home to the county of Lincoln aforesaid He was again drafted & entered the service of the United States as a private soldier & served another term of three months under the command of General Charles

Mr Dawell of Burke county North Carolina and Colonel Joseph M c Dowell of the same county. Captain M c Dowell now remembered. He was marched again to the Cherokee nation of Indians as a mounted infantry soldier, but they did not have any engagement with said Indians as they had obtained some information of the approach of our Army & fled. He obtained his discharge (which is now lost) & returned home. But the particular time when he entered said service or when it terminated he does not now, for the reasons before mentioned, now remember. He entered again into the service of the United States as a drafted soldier in the light infantry service under the command of the said Colonel Joseph M c Dowell & served a term of three months against the said Cherokees. They had a small skirmish with said Indians, who fled without coming to any general engagement. He then obtained his discharge (which is now lost) & returned home. But the particular time of entering said service or the termination of the same he does not now re- member for the reasons before stated. Nor has he any documentary evidence to prove the above facts contained in his profession or com- plaint. Nor does he know of any person within a convenient distance of him to prove his service as above stated. All the aforesaid officers and nearly all others who served with him have long since departed this life. Nor is there a Chero- kee living now in his neighborhood who could certify for him as the Act of Congress requires.

The clergymen who were acquainted with him about the periods of his services & some are still alive, he has therefore to depend upon tradition for any evidence to corroborate the statement set forth. 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 sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Conrad his  Tippong
J. H. Hays
I Susannah Barringer wife of Mathias Barringer of the county of Lincoln & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that I reside in the same neighborhood in which the said Conrad Tippong resides that she has been acquainted with the said Tippong for about sixty years that I recollects the times, or nearly about the times said Tippong was drafted to go against the Choctaw Indians under the command of Generals Rutherford & McDowell. That said Tippong went off from the neighborhood & remained absent for the space of time mentioned in his declaration that I understood, & it was so reported & believed in the neighborhood where I & the said Tippong reside that said Tippong was a soldier in the militia service and did serve as he hath stated that her brother served with the said Conrad Tippong under General McDowell who is now an inhabitant of this county, and that I conceives, in the statement of facts as the said Tippong has set forth Susannah her  Barringer sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me J. H. Hays

I Mathias Barringer of the county of Lincoln & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that I have been a resident of the neighborhood in which Conrad Tiffong Resides  Resides for upwards of sixty five years & have been well acquainted with the said Conrad Tiffong commonly called Conrad Tiffons ever since my childhood and do further certify that it was reported & so understood & believed in said neighborhood that said Tiffong was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he performed the services as he has stated & that I concur in the same opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above said Before me J. Stacy Jp
And the said undersigned a justice of the peace of the County of Lincoln & State aforesaid do hereby declare his Opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states them and that Susannah Barringer and Mathias Barringer are Residents in the County of Lincoln and who have signed the foregoing certificates are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that from the great age & infirmity of the said Conrad Tiffong he is unable to attend the Court of the County. J. Stacy Jp
The following interrogatories were propounded to the applicant for a pension on account of services in the militia state troops
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the state of Pennsylvania about three or four miles from Philadelphia but the year I do not now remember
2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer I have none
3 rd When were you living when called into service; where

have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer I was living in the County of Lincoln when I was called into service, and have lived in the said County since the Revolutionary and do now live in it 4 th How were you called into service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer I was drafted
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service?
Answer the commanding Officers were as I have before named Generals Rutherford and McDowell and the general circumstances of the service I have already stated in the above declaration
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom and what has become of it
Answer I did obtain discharges from Generals Rutherford and McDowell but the same are now lost
J. Stacy Esq.
1 st to Carolina } 2 nd to County } Wardry W. Bee Clerk of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that J. Stacy Esq. whose signature & attestation is to the above proceedings is and was an acting Justice of the peace at the date of said attestation & signature and that the same J. Stacy is his proper signature given under my hand & seal of Office at Lincolnton this 22 nd day of February 1853
Wardry W. Bee by J. L. Alexander De

23121
Conrad Tiffong
or
Conrad Tippets
Lincoln county
North Carolina
Ramsey as parent 9 mo. 1831
Vardry McBee, Lincolnton, North Carolina,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Conrad Tiffong, Lincoln co. N.C.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafts 3 private Capt. Randolph Gen. Ruthford Col. Bateman Cherokee towns 88 Lincoln county N.C. Two credible witnesses prove the service of the applicant as set forth.   do. 3 cavalry Gen. McDowell Col. McDowell   do. 3 private same colonel  
Not able from loss of memory to make declaration more detailed.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( a ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 his 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."
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 state that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington.

Post Office
Dayton Ohio. June. 13 1837
James & Edwards Esqrs.
Consumption of Post Office.
1835.
Inspection for inspection the papers.
4. Conrad Dippeng former under the Act of June 1832. paid on the 18 March 1836 - 1 year due. . . . . $20.
Matthew Van der. same paid 27 May 1836 - 1 year due. . . . . 35.33
James
your obed. Servt.
Richd. Root
Agree

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File No. 7729
Court Fiftieth
Dis Rev War
Act: June 1 th 32
Index:—Vol. Deb , Page 275-
[Arrangement of 1870.]