Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8279, for Reuben Place, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
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Place Reuben
Y 8279
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Reuben Place's Pension Application under Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
Presented by his Attorney W m B. Ferris Columbus Ohio

United States of America.
STATESMAN JOB OFFICE.
THE STATE OF OHIO,
Secretary of State's Office.
I, HENRY W. KING,
SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Almon Stark whose attestation is herewith annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof, an acting Associate Judge , within and for the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio, duly Commissioned as such; that he is the proper officer to take such attestation; that his attestation is in due form; and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have herewith subscribed my name, and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus, the 22 d day of September , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one .
Henry W. King, Secretary of State.

State of Ohio county of Delaware SS
On this 18 th day of September A D. 1851 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Judge of the  Common Pleas Court of the State in and for said County and State the several persons whose names are hereunto annexed, and whom I certify to be respectable and reliable citizens of this vicinity, and who being duly sworn according to law, on their oaths make the following declaration. That they have been severally well acquainted with Reuben Place of Delaware County and State of Ohio for the periods set opposite their names that during that time he has been universally reputed to have been in the Revolutionary War. That this reputation has never been doubted to their knowledge and that they fully believe such to be the fact. They further declare that the said Reuben Place is in our opinion a man of truth and veracity - that such is his general reputation and they declare that they are severally disinterested in this matter, being only influenced in thus stating the fact, by a conviction that said Reuben Place is fully entitled to the benefit of the Revolutionary Pension Laws of the United States
has known him 9 years has known him 15 years has known him 35 years William mark Shaver Richard H. Hodgson

Sarah Hodgson has known him 35 years Zurab Gogava has known him 30 years
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and I certify that the said affiants are all persons  persons of truth and veracity and worthy of all credit.

State of Ohio
County of Delaware ss
On this 18 th day of September A. D. 1851 personally appeared Reuben Place before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty eight years, (and concerning whom I certify that I believe him prevented from bodily infirmity and extreme old age from attending in open court) a resident of said County and State, 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 A. D. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein named.
That in or about the month of July A. D. 1777 or 78, the Indians being very troublesome, and continually committing depredations upon the settlements, ruthlessly destroying the houses and property of the settlers and murdering the women and children, the people of his neighborhood capable of bearing arms were called in, made into service, to protect the settlements. That he was attached to a Company of Pennsylvania Ranges, who were dressed in a Dark Green uniform, that he resided at the time of entering

the service as aforesaid about two miles west of the Delaware river in the State of Pennsylvania with his father Philip Place - that he does not now recollect the name of the County in which his father lived - that the said Company of Rangers was under the command of Captain Henry Shoemaker, Major Nelson, and Colonel Jacob Strodes; That from the time he was called into the service until the close of the war, he was actively engaged in performing the various duties of a frontier Ranger that he was dismissed each fall, re- maining at home during the winter months and generally resuming the duty of a Ranger about the first of May of the following spring, and that he continued to serve as aforesaid until the close of the war. That he cannot positively state the events which transpired during the time of his service, in the exact order in which such events were transacted, but the follow- ing are among the principal of such said events. That about the first service he rendered was to help build Captain Henry Shoemaker's fort, which was sit- uated on or very near the Delaware river and on Capt Shoemaker's farm, that That he helped to build Captain Scam's fort which was situated about 7 miles west of the Delaware River, that he
Reuben Place

helped to build one wing of Bill Smith's fort which was situated on the Bushkill and that the said wing which he helped to build was made of pitch pine logs. That he was at this time about 15 years of age. That he was at Pemptack and was in a battle fought there, with the Tories and Indians commanded by one Butler (one of whose parents as he thinks was a negro, the other an indian) It took place as he very likely believes during the month of July, and the whites drove back the Indians. That immediately after this action he was stationed at Col. Jacob Stroud's fort and remained there some six weeks the fort being commanded if he rightly remembers by Major Nelson, and that from this fort he went home and remained till the following Spring when he was called into service on or about the first of May. That Captain Smith's company served about the same time and was occasionally in company with Capt. Shunk's command, and that the said Capt. Smith's company was engaged, as he very likely believes in service of the same nature as that in which this affiant was engaged viz. as Rangers employed in guarding the frontiers.
He further states that he was present and engaged in the battle fought at Beaver Brook State of Pennsylvania between the Tories and Indians commanded by Butler and Brant and the Rangers and New York Militia commanded as he thinks by

Colonel Frawson. That this action was fought according to the best of his recollection some time in the month of July and that about three hundred militiamen were killed that among the officers killed were Capt John Captain William Tyler and Colonel Frawson was shot from his large brown horse and fell into the brook which he was endeavoring to cross. That after the battle when the Indians and Tories had retired they were sent back to the scene of action for the purpose of burying the dead, and that the bodies smelt so offensively that it was impossible to perform the burial. That they then went to Captain Shoemaker's fort where they staid one night, and were then ordered to Colonel Jacob Stoudt's fort for the purpose of protecting the women and children who were assembled therein from the surround- ing country, and that they remained here some six weeks during which time they were kept in a continual state of alarm and anxiety by the continual soldiers  invasions depredations of the Indians and were daily expecting to be attacked by a large body of Indians that from this place he was ordered to Capt. Henry Shoemaker's fort where he remained some 30 days and then it being late in the fall he went home and remained during the winter. That while he was stationed at Colonel Stoudt's fort the last above mentioned time the fort was frequently visited by many officers who were elsewhere stationed, for the

purpose of consultation and that among them were the following to wit; Captain Horn Captain Chamberland, Captain Benjamin's
That he thinks the next series rendered by him, after leaving as aforesaid Capt Henry Sherman's fort was on the Ten mile River from which place all the women and children who had escaped the tomahawk and knife of the Indians were collected and taken into Captain Derritt's fort, for protection and defence.
He further states that while in performance of his duty as a Ranger at or near Bill Smith's fort the men attacked by a superior force of Indians and retreated through the fields of rye (which were ripe and soon already harvested) and were hotly pursued by the Indians but accomplished the retreat safely.
That these (the aforesaid) are the principal events connected with his services, and that he continued to serve every summer as aforesaid from the time of entering the series as aforesaid, until the close of the war, - that he never received any written discharge, and that he never received one cent of pay as compensation for his services. That the following persons were among those his officers, fellow soldiers and messmates in said war and service to wit James Placer, who if now living would be

ninety six years of age, and Peleg Place who if now living would be ninety two years of age, but who departed this life the said Francis at the State of New York about twenty years ago and the said Peleg Place (who was a regular pensioner of the United States on the Revolutionary Roll on account of the services performed at the same place and time, and under the same officers as is herein claimed by this affiant, that said Peleg drew a pension of ninety six six dollars a year up to the time of his death, which took place on or about the 13 th day of August A. D. 1838. at Delaware County Ohio. That the widow of the said Peleg drew also a pension in right of the said services of the said Peleg, from the said period of his death until she also departed this life at the County of Allen and State of Ohio some four or six years ago.
This affiant begs leave to refer the re- spondent, in support of this his application to the proofs filed, and produced by the said Peleg, although he does not know that said proofs would directly aid him therein, but the general facts stated must be the same as herein set forth if true, that he knows of no person now living whose testimony

he can procure to prove his said service neither has he any documentary evidence to offer. That this affiant services swears most positively that he was in actual service under the officers herein-before mentioned, and in performance of the services herein before mentioned from the time of his entering the service as aforesaid, until the close of the war.
He further declares that he resided, at the time of entering the service, with his father, in Luzern County the State of Pennsylvania; that after the war he continued to reside in said County for the period of 8 years, that from thence he removed to the North Branch part of the Susquehannah River, that he does not recollect the name of the County but thinks it was Luzern, and that he continued to reside at said North Branch until December A.D. 1818, when he removed to Delaware County and State of Ohio, where he has ever since continued to reside.
That the following named persons knew him while he lived on the North Branch of the Susquehannah River, but does not now know whether they are living or dead, to wit Daniel Sterling John Sterling, John Nickelson, William Panes, Solomon met Bundt, John met Bundt, Cornelius Woodcock.
That the following named persons

To wit, Cornelius Woodcock, Thomas Caney, Elijah Caney, Jacob Rosa- crance, Samuel Landen, Joseph Patrick Richard H. Hodgesdon, are acquainted with him in the County where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declares that his name is not found on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or of any and  other State  agency of the State of Ohio
Claimant's signature Reuben his X Place mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Simon Attk { Judge as aforesaid
We Ira Chase, a clergyman residing in Porter Township Delaware County State of Ohio, and Richard H. Hodgesdon a resident of Stringtown township in the afor- said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Reuben Place who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 88 years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been in the Revolu- tionary war, and that we concur in that opinion.

Ira Chase Richard W. Hodgdon
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Monroe Stock } Judge as aforesaid
And I the said Judge do hereby declare it to be my opinion after a thorough investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and that he is prevented by reason of bodily infirmity and extreme ad- vance of age from attending in open Court. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Ira Chase who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Porter Township Delaware County State of Ohio and that Rich- ard W. Hodgdon is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Monroe Stock } Judge as aforesaid
And I the said Judge further certify that upon putting the following questions to the said Reuben Place the following answers, as annexed were given,

1 st Ques. Where and in what year, were you born? Ans. I was born in Duchess County New York on the 30 th day of January A.D. 1763
2 nd Ques. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. There is a record which is in my daughter Abigail Roberts, possession, and who resides in Union County Ohio
3 rd Ques. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Ans. At the time of entering the service I resided in Lancaster State of Pennsylvania, with my father from whence he removed shortly after the war to the North Branch of the Susquehanna River where I have continued to reside until A.D. 1818 when he removed to Delaware County State of Ohio, where he has ever since resided.
4 th Ques. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. I was pressed or called into service as stated in the foregoing declaration.
5 th Ques. 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 service.

Ans. The only answers which I can give to this question are embodied in the above declaration.
Ques. 6 th Did you ever receive a written discharge from service, and, if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received a written discharge.
Ques. 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 belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Cornelius Woodcock, Jacob G. Rosacane, Charles Hodgson, Benjamin Benedict, Richard H. Hodgson, Joseph Patrick Samuel Gauden, Ezra Stephens. William Shaffer.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written, and I certify that all interlineations and erasures were made prior to the signing of this my certificate.
Almon Stock { Judge as aforesaid.

State of Ohio County of Delaware ss On this 18 th day of September A D 1851, before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County and personally came State, Cornelius Woodcock a respectable and reliable citizen of this County and State who being duly sworn according to law on his oath declares as follows! That he has been acquainted with Reuben Place now a resident of Delaware County Ohio, for a period of 45 or 50 years. That when he first knew him he Place, resided in Luzerne County and State of Pennsylvania, and that afterwards for a period of 30 or 35 years the said Place resided in Delaware County Ohio. That during all this period the said Place has represented himself to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that as far as his knowledge extends this has been his general reputation, and he states that this reputation has never been dis- puted to his knowledge. That said Reuben Place is in my opinion a man of veracity and is generally reported such in the neighborhood where he resides. He further states that he has no interest whatever in this matter being only influenced in thus stating the fact, by a conviction that said Reuben Place is fully entitled to the benefit of the Revolutionary Pension Laws of the United States.
Cornelius Woodcock sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written, and I hereby

2 certify that the said Cornelius Wood- cock is a man of truth and veracity and worthy of all credit,
Simon Stark { Judge as aforesaid

I know all men by these presents that I the sub- scriber have appointed, and do hereby appoint William B. Davis of Columbus Ohio, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name to receive from the Secre- tary of war Paymaster General Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury, or any officer or officers authorized to pay the same, all moneys of every kind, na- ture and name, due me for extra pay, bounty, clothing money, withheld pay, commutation money, pension money, or any other dues of my kind nature and name, due me from the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned or any other officers of the United States, and I do hereby request said officers, or any or either of them, to pay said to my said amounts to the said Mrs B. Davis, and I do hereby give the said Mrs B. Davis full power to endorse all drafts pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges, and to do any other act, which I could do if present in person
Witness my hand and seal, this 18 th day of September A.D. 1851. In presence of N. Campbell, Reuben X Place John Brocklehurst mark State of Ohio } County of Delaware } ss
On this day of September A.D. 1851, before me a Judge Court Common Pleas in and for said County and State personally appeared Reuben Place and acknowledged that he had executed the foregoing instrument, and I certify that I know him to be the person described in the same Given at Hinton Township the day and year aforesaid M. C. Clark } Judge as aforesaid

No Reuben Place Ohio Act June 7. '32 ~~~~~ Letter to WB Davis Dec 3/57
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Service: _____
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Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
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