Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6375, for John Lipse, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Lipse, John n Lepse
R. 6375-
CONTENTS

32.941 John Lipse Illinois
supp.

State of Illinois
County of Hancock. Be
On this tenth day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty five personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon Richard M Young Judge of the Circuit Court of said County John Lipse a resident of the said County of Hancock & State of Illinois aged One hundred and two years. who being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty god doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was  Voluntarily in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Maj Gen Geo Washington & served in the first Regiment of Volunteers of the (not assembled) line under the following named officers: Maj Gen George Washington Commander in Chief Col. Lewis Maj. Corn. Captain Iwan Lieutenant Armstrong Captain Serving Two Years that he left the service after at the close of Two years, that at the time he entered the service he was residing at Redstone in the State of Pennsylvania & after enlisting he started with said Regiment of Volunteers under command of Maj Gen Washington for York. that before he arrived at York, he was attacked with the yellow fever, & was left at General Washingtons Plantation & after remaining there until he recovered from his sickness he rejoined the army again & continued in the service of the United States until the close of the Two years as a private soldier.
Interrogatories propounded by the Court, Where & in what year were you born Answer by Declarant. I was born in the County of Tyrone in Ireland in the year 1733.
2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? Answer I have not at this time I had a record which was burnt at Riddles Station in Kentucky.
3 rd Where 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 at Redstone in the State of Pennsylvania when I enlisted  volunteered & after the termination of the Revolution I went out to Kentucky where I was engaged in defending the frontiers against the Indians was some time at Riddles Booms & Brians Station since that time I have lived in Mercer County Kentucky & Rutherford County Tennessee I lived 20 years & have lived in the State of Illinois am now a resident of Hancock County in said State,

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 a volunteer in the first Regiment of Volunteers.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the Troops, where you served; such continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Answer. General George Rogers Clark, Colonel Simon & Trigg, Maj. Corn, Maj. Harland, Captain Ward & White & Armstrong. Lieutenant Armstrong, & from my advanced age, & feeble health I am unable to give a circumstantial account of the nature of my services, during the war.
6 th did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Answer I did receive a discharge it was given by Washington & was burnt up with the rest of my papers & things at Riddles Station in Kentucky at the time that place was burnt.
7 th 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 beliefs of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. Joseph McEubbin Present McEubbin & Thomas H. Owens Con a clergyman
And he (the said John Gipse) hereby relinquishes every claim 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 sworn to & subscribed in open court this day & year aforesaid
John his Gipse
Mr Thomas H. Owens a clergyman residing in the county of Hancock & State of Illinois & Joseph McEubbin & Present McEubbin residents in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gipse of said county, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be one hundred & two years of age - of veracity, & that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day &

year a fore said
Thos H Owens Pleasant X McEubin Joseph McEubin
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & 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 William  James Thomas D. Owens, Joseph McEubin & James Pleasant McEubin the former a clergyman & the two last who has also signed the same are residents in the said County of Hancock & State aforesaid & that they are creditable persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
Richard M. Young
Circuit Judge of the Circuit Court of Hancock County Illinois
State of Illinois Hancock County
I Wesley Williams Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hancock County State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Lipton for a pension to Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & thirty five & of the independence of America the 59th.
Wesley Williams Clerk of Hancock Circuit Court Ill
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of Hancock & State of Illinois John Lipton who being duly sworn deposes & says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively to the precise length of his term of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below as a private soldier - I served two years and for such service I claim a pension Subscribed & sworn to before me John X Lipton his mark this thirteenth day of April 1835 S. Seaward  White Justice of the Peace

STATE OF ILLINOIS, } HANCOCK COUNTY. } ss.
I, WESLEY WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court of said County, do hereby certify, That Edward White whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, was, on the day of the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, regularly commissioned, and qualified, as appears of record, and that as such, full faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given to all his official acts.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, at Carthage, in the County aforesaid, the
2 day of May A. D. 1835. Wesley Williams Clerk.

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San Francisco March 11 1888
J. G. Edwards Esq.
General Post Office
Washington D.C. 205
has

Carthage Mo.
17 th August 1835
Sir your of the 30 th May. from being directed to Clerk of Court has laid in the office since. Some time since Subj Mr one, having a knowledge of it. the individual who made the application said some six weeks after the date of his Declaration and before an answer was received from the War Department as the Individual who made out the Declaration for applicant. I was on perusing your letter inclined to think that that portion which speaks of his enlistment was misread as I have a distinct recollection of applicant having stated that he enlisted under General Washington at the commencement of the War & I thought I so made out Declaration

& if it is not so made out - it must be a clerical error, of mine the applic- ant was very far advanced & his memory deficient. there was times when he could. recollect, portions of his services, He was. Engaged in the wars of the Western frontiers. in which Linn was an officer & it must be from that circumstance that Linn's name was made use off through mistake of at all. applicant spoke of being Engaged during the Entire revolutionary war. but from lack of memory would only apply for part for & claim Two years. the heirs of Linn. are in indigent circumstances. & much in want of assistance as the support of the applic- ant for many of the last years of his Life has been a burden they are able able to bear. & if there is any way by which they can receive that remu- neration to which applicant was entitled I think it would be in aco- =dence

with the spirit of the Law. will the Department please inform me in what way to proceed so as to secure to the heirs of Depeau his pension or such parts as he may be entitled to. Some information on this will be thankfully recd. by yours Respectfully
James W. Woods

August 4, 1937
John Lipse R. 6375 BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of John Lipsie, who died in the year 1835 in Illinois.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 6375, based upon the service of John Lipse in the Revolutionary War.
John Lipse (as the name is shown in the claim) was born in the year 1733 in the County of Tyrone, Ireland. The names of his parents were not stated, nor is it shown when he came to this country.
John Lipse stated that while a resident of Redstone, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in the year 1775, served as a private two years, some of the time in Captain Swan's company and in Colonel Linn's regiment, and during this service he was sick with yellow fever.
After the Revolution he went to Kentucky, and while there, was engaged in defending the frontiers against the Indians, stationed at Riddle's, Boone's, and Brian's Stations; length of this service and names of officers were not given. He then moved to Mercer County, Kentucky, to Rutherford County, Tennessee, and thence to Illinois.
He applied for pension April 30, 1835, on account of his service in the Revolutionary, then living in

Hancock County, Illinois.
The claim for pension was not allowed, as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
Reference was made on August 17, 1835 to the heirs of the soldier, John Lipse, but the date of his death and names of heirs were not stated.
The application for headstone for John Bipsie is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

6375
P. O. _____
John Sipse Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleged The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as:
Re-enlisted: "Claim to be made by widow or children"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .
19 22-00-19-then to M. S. Jones and 19 27-then to See letter in John Sipse no 1836 1837. Aug 4. link to Memorial Branch and

Suspended per letter 20 May 1835 to W. Williams Carthage P.O. do J. M. Woods. 11 Sept '35
6375
1832

War Sept. 12. 1864 Sept 11. 1835
In your letter of the 17 th ult., respecting the case of John Lipse die d has been received. When papers are sent to this office without any letter showing by whom they were sent as was the case with Lipse's it is one rule to communications made for  this office to the clerk with the Clerk of the Court before which the declaration was made. To obtain what would be due from 6 March 1831 up to the time of Mr Lipse's death, the parties interested should make a new declaration, showing the names of persons  the officers names under what officers the deceased served, the period of service, and the place where the service was performed, which should be supported by the testimony of witnesses who had a personal knowledge of the service. If there be a widow, she should appear at the same time in open court and prove her relationship to the deceased, and the time of his death. If there be no widow the child or children of the deceased if any, and if neither, then the legal representative, should

proceeds in like manner as above directed, and the opinion of the court should be given on the whole matter,
J. W. Woods Apr 10. 1835
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. p. 129
James W. Woods Esq. Carthage, Illinois

Wesley Williams May 30, 1835
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Record Vol 28. p. 42

War Dept; P.M. Office May 30, 1885-
Sir,
The declaration of John Lipse has been ex d & filed with suspended case in 1775 this office. He alleges to have enlisted in Pennsylvania under Col. Linn for two years. There are no enlistments at so early a period for two years, nor did Col Linn command a reg t belonging to the continental establishment. The applicant should amend declaration in which he should set forth particularly the services performed by him and all the circumstances connected therewith as required in the enclosed printed blank.
Wesley Williams Esq Clerk Hancock County Court, Carthage, P. O. Illinois.

ILLINOIS PRINTING COMPANY
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Sept 18/22
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Please note the enclosed letter and reply, and advise concerning the Revolutionary Soldier John Lipkie. His Grand-daughter (Mrs. Wm Booz) moved with him from Greensburg "Kentucky" in 1832 when she was two years old. Her death, six years ago makes it impossible to verify what information she had already given the Regent of the D.A.R whereby they put up markers on his grave and the tablet on the Court House. They think he had a pension. Thank you for reply at your convenience. Yours truly H. J. Jones. % Illinois Printing Co Danville Ill.

Rev. S. J. Jones
ILLINOIS PRINTING COMPANY
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Sept 7/22
Pension Dept - Rev. Soldiers -
Dear Sir - Can you give me information of War Service of John Lipsie. Revolutionary Soldiers from Kentucky, born 1732 - moved to Hancock County, Illinois in 1832; died in 1834, buried in Belknap Cemetery, Hancock County, grave marked and name on tablet in Hancock County Court House as a Revolutionary Soldier . Understand that he had a pension. If any fee is necessary for reply, please advise, Thank you for attention. Yours truly
M. S. Jones To Illinois Printing Co. Danville Illinois
Received A. G. O. SEP 12 1922

Rev. and 1812 War Section. Ans
December 1, 1927
Mrs. B. D. Austin Whitney Nebr.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 6375, it appears that John Lipse or Lepse was born in 1733 in the County of Tyrone, Ireland.
While residing at Redstone, Pennsylvania, he alleged that he enlisted in 1775 and served two years as a private under Captain Swan and Colonel Linn.
After the Revolutionary War he moved to Kentucky, where he served in defending the frontier against the Indians. Length of service and officers not given.
He applied for pension April 30, 1835, while a resident of Hancock County, Illinois, but the claim was not allowed, as satisfactory proof of his service, as required by the pension laws, was not furnished.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev War Section.
awf. October 19, 1922.
M. S. Jones, c/o Illinois Printing Co., Danville, Illinois.
Sir;
Rev War From the papers in the pension claim R. 6375, it appears that John Lipse or Lepse was born in Tyrone county, Ireland in 1733 , and while residing at Redstone, Pennsylvania, he alleged that he enlisted in 1775, and served two years as priv. under Captain Swan and Colonel Linn.
After the Revolutionary War he moved to Kentucky, where he defended the frontier against Indians.
He applied for pension April 30, 1835, while living County in Hancock, Illinois, but his claim was not allowed, as satisfactory proof of his service, as required by the pension laws, was not furnished.
There is no date on file as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.