Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14145, for Esquire Phillips, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Phillips, Esquire.
S. 14145
Carded.
CONTENTS

N o 11.941 Pennsylvania
Ebenezer Phillips of Warren in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Averill of the Reg t , commanded by Douglass in the Connecticut line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 1833 and sent to J. Galbraith Franklin
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 5 Page 45

Esquire Phillips
22/10
the Eng to the city 1. in 1. 1. 100

State of New York Cortland County
(3)
Levi Philips of the Town of Homer, in the County of Cortland and State of New York, aged Sixty Six Years being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that he is a Brother of Esquire Philips, of Pine Grove, in the State of Pennsylvania  in the County of Luzerne  State of Pennsylvania , and that he knows him to be the identical person, that he represents himself to be - this deponent says, that he was personally knowing to Esquire Philips, going a two Months tour of Militia duty in the Connecticut Troops of the Army of the Revolution, he said Esquire Philips went from the Town of Preston Windham County & State of Connecticut, to Fort Griswold, or Fort Trumbull, near, or at New London in said State, as a Substitute for his Father Jonathan Philips, this deponent says, that the said Esquire Philips went as a Substitute, or was Draughted or Enlisted, as a Soldier, from the aforesaid Town & County, to New London, as many as four or five different times, in the years, from sixteen hundred ninety six to the close of the Revolutionary War this deponent says, he thinks that the said Esquire Philips, was out at different times as much as Nine Months at least, in the whole, and perhaps more this deponent recollects, that it was said Colonel Ledyard, commanding, the Troops to which he belonged
Levi Philips Sworn and Subscribed before me this 19 th day of November 1832
Levi Philips
I Certify that I am well acquainted with Levi Philips who has subscribed, and sworn to the above Affidavit & that he is a Man of truth & veracity, & respectable in his neighborhood -
L. G. Canfield Justice Peace

State of New York
Cortland County Clerks office
I SamuelATCHKISS b- Clerk of the said County do Certify. That Lizar B. Canfield Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly Commissioned and sworn. his acts therefore in that Capacity are to be regarded as such. Also that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe his name to the within subscribed to be his own proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand & the Seal of my office this 19 th day of November A.D 1832
SamuelATCHKISS b- Clerk

(4) Certify that Joseph Gardner who was sworn to the foregoing Deposition is a clergyman residing in Pinegrove in this County. and that Isaiah Jones who also was sworn as aforesaid is a magistrate of this County on whose testimony reliance may be placed - Certified Dec 6 1832
Henry Shippen Provt of 6 Dist
Warren county ss
I, Robert Miles, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the application of Egrin Phillips for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office of the said Court at Warren this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Robert Miles Proth

Warren county p.
On this seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty then personally appeared Esquire Phillips, who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth 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 services; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades. For five months I served as a private in Captain Merrill's service, not under a civil contract but in the service of the country, from the 1 st of November until in April following as stated in my foregoing declaration, and that the word "six" as contained in it was mistake of calculation of the person who drew up the declaration - For one year I served under the same officers as stated in my foregoing declaration, as will be seen by referring to it, and then would seem to have been an oversight in the Department in marking it but as three months. For three months I served as a private as a substitute for Elijah Phillips as stated in my foregoing declaration - For three months I served as a private, as a substitute for my father Jonathan Phillips as stated in my foregoing declaration - For six months, I served as a waiter under Col. Pease at the pay of a private not under a civil contract, but as a soldier in the service - And for much service I claim pension - The opponent further states that he served in taking care of the sick and burying the dead as stated in the foregoing declaration but cannot state the time with any kind of precision as to claim for it.
sworn and subscribed in open Court the 7th day of June A. D. 1833.
Esquire Phillips
M. M. Hodges. Prothry

Warren County, P.
(5)
I Walter M. Dodge Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Warren aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the proce- -dings of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County in the matter of the amend- -ed declaration of Osquin Phillips for a pension!
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the seventh day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Walter M. Dodge. Proth.

22,113
Esquire Phillips
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Admitted 2 years $80-
John Saltrough Esq. Franklin Venango County

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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. Those 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 Esquire Phillips of Pine Grove Warren County Pennsylvania
   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.     1775 Enlisted for 6 mos but served only 5 6 6 waiter Capt McVickie Col Douglas None from Preston in Penna thru Rhode Island to North Kingstown New London County Connecticut aged 73 years Living witness   1776 Drafted for 1 year but served only 5 months minute man " "   shortly after the day he was discharged 3 Pirate Seaman   again time not specified 6 Waiter   the claimant says, he served in all 2 years & 6 mos!  
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) _____ 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 (7) 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 (m) 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 he 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 [i] 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.
He showed shew satisfactorily to the Dept. whether his services as waiter were under a civil contract—

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 4 th 1832
State of Pennsylvania } Worms County } 4 th
On this Seventh day of September A.D. 1852 personally appeared in open Court, before Henry Shippen Esquire President and Isaac Connelly and Josiah Hall Esquires associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Worms in and for the County aforesaid, Esquire Phillips a resident of the Township of Pine Grove in the County of Worms and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. "In the year nineteen hundred and seventy five about the first of November I entered the service of the United States under the command of Captain James Avernill in the Town of Preston in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, and served in the capacity of a Waiter to the said Captain Avernill six months. Cap t Avernill commanded a company of militia of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Douglass of the Town of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut, the Lieutenant's name was Cook and the Ensign's name was Elisha Fletcher. Immediately after I enlisted we marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, from thence to Greenwich, and from Greenwich to a place called Odayke-Newton, from thence we marched to South Kingstown and from thence to North Kingstown where we were stationed until we were discharged, we were discharged in the first of April nineteen hundred and seventy six and was at the time the British were in possession of Rhode Island. In the Spring following I again enlisted in the service in the same company

of militia commanded by the same officers as minute men for the term of one year, one company and officers volunteered - an Order had previously been sent to raise a certain number of men in the town where I lived - Our Company was composed of men who volunteered from the three militia companies in the town of Preston when I lived - Our officers also vol- unteered from each company, soon after the company was organized we were ordered to march to Sturminster Point , where we joined Colonel Galloway's Regiment and remained under his command - Colonel Douglass, had a letter before this time, a General's commission - we remained at Sturminster Point about two months and when then were frequently sent out upon scouting par- ties; the corps to which I belong was called the How- -itzers - after remaining at Sturminster Point two months we were ordered to march to the Little White Plains  on North River near to Adams  New York - we got there immediately after the battle, which was fought at that place - While we remained at the Little White Plains we were sent off on a scouting party and fell in with a party of British and Tories a place a few miles distant called the Great Swamp, we had a skirmish with the party and made prisoners of seventy British & Tories - and got one hundred and fifty head of cattle and sheep - we marched with the prisoners to Norwich Town in Connecticut - we were then ordered to march back to Little White Plains which was at that time our head quarters - we continued at Little White Plains two months and were then ordered to march to New London and were stationed there the remainder of the year and until we were discharged - our service was exceedingly hard and severe during the whole year

(2) I returned home and remained about three days I then went as a substitute for one Elijah Phillips and entered the service in the company commanded by Captain William Avery at Fort Griswold a private soldier - I remained in the Fort three months - Colonel William Ledyard commanded the Fort at that time - at the expiration of three months I was discharged and went home - the day before I arrived at home, my Father was drafted for a three months tour in the militia - when I arrived home he was about to start I told him I would take his place which I did do and returned again to the Fort Griswold and served three months in the Fort under the command of the officers of the Fort at the expiration of which I was discharged Colonel Ledyard called on me the day I was discharged and wanted me to enlist as his Waiter and told me if I would do so he would return me a nine months man and that I should draw my pay - I did enlist and served under Colonel Ledyard at Fort Griswold six months - I believe Colonel Ledyard commanded also in the Fort at New London across the river - I was back & forth and forwards between the Forts with Colonel Ledyard frequently - While I was waiter to Colonel Ledyard he received a Generals commission at the expiration of six months he gave me a discharge and I went home - I was not again in the service until the taking of Fort Griswold at which time I was called out but did not arrive until after the battle I assisted at that time to take care of the sick and wounded and also assisted to bury the dead - I served during the Revolutionary war two years and six months besides the service which I rendered after the taking of Fort Griswold in taking care of them

in taking care of the sick and attending to bury the dead - which was but a few days - In answer to Intersg says he had discharges but has lost them - Has searched for them often - was born in Preston Connecticut - After the war lived at Bennington Vermont about eight years - Then moved to Homer in Cortland Co New York - Then moved to this County of Warren Pa about Seventeen years ago - He had heretofore searched & inquired for some one who could prove his actual service but has found no one - Has a nephew the Rev Palmer Phillips, who knows the depo- nents reputation as a soldier of the Revolution for many years - and Isaiah Jones Esq who has known him for several years - he hereby affirms that his name is not on the annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state Sworn and subscribed to in { open Court this 7 th Sept. 1832 {
Esquire Phillips
R. Miles Pratt
We Joseph Gardner a clergyman residing in the Township of Pine Grove in the County of Warren and State of Pennsylvania near Isaiah Jones residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Esquire Phillips who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood when he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion { Sworn to and subscribed in { Joseph Gardner open Court this 7 th Sept. 1832 { R. Miles Pratt { Isaiah Jones
And now December 6 th 1832 This case having been postponed for further testimony the Court declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and on the additional testimony of Levi Phillips now produced & heard, that the applicant Esquire Phillips was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further Certify

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Phillips Ser. File 14 148
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1. 1775 Apr. 1. 1776 James Anvill Douglas Conn.   The following day 1 year Pvt. Same, Anvill Gallap   About 3 days after 3 mos. Pvt. William Anvill William Ledyard   * Immediately after 9 mos. at Fort Griswold under Col. Ledyard   * was called out & served a few days at Tapping St. Fort Griswold. was called out & served a few days at Tapping St. Fort Griswold.   * substituted for his father Jonathan Phillips  
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at Great Swamp  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Preston, New London Co. Conn.  Date of application for pension, Sept 7. 1832 His d. was at  Residence at date of application, Pine Grove Twp. Warren Co. Penn.  Age at date of application, 73 yrs. born at Preston Conn.
Remarks: _____

RECEIVED IN THE PENSION OFFICE
RECEIVED
UNITED STATES PENSION OFFICE
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

LEE PHILLIPS
CELORON, N. Y. July 16 19 04
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
14145 My Great Grandfather Squire Phillips a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution was a Pensioner until about 1848 to 1850 I wrote to the War Department and stated that fact - They advise that - I apply to the Pension Dept for the data on file there He died near the year 1850 and drew a pension until his death. Any information that you can give me will be heartily appreciated Respectfully yours Lee Phillips

Apr 22-1902 Mrs. J. Belovan Curtiss James town N.Y.
1909 July 24 Hist. Soc. Lee Phillips V.L.M.
Clear
14145 INVALID.
File No. 14145
Esquire Phillips Prin. R.R. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 296
[Arrangement of 1870.]