Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,892, for Philip Philips, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Philips, Philip Betsey
N. 26,892
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 25 March 1836. age notified 20 Aug 39
Dead
12.004
District of Columbia —
Philip Phillips —
of Alex — in the State of — who was a M 1 : — in the Company commanded by Captain George — of the Reg t — commanded by M c Creathur in the Va. line for 7 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Columbia at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1833 — and Sub st Ch ar . Heale, Alexander
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept — 11.66
58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice — Clerk, Book E. Vol. E Page 115

Alaska of Columbia
Betsy Philips widow of Philip Philips dec d
who died on the 9 th March 1836 of Alexandria in the State of Dist of Columbia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain George of the B th commanded by R. Henryweather in the Va line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist of Col a at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 9 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of August 1838 and deliv d to Rev d Dr Will present
Arrears to the 4 th of March 53 $46.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 11. 66
$58.32
Half pay Pension { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838, Section the }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 233
cut: sent to Rev. Dr. Heite, Alex a D.C. Aug. 8 1838

WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE, July 17, 1838.
The following rules, prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War, in order to carry into effect the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," are published for the information of applicants under that law.
1. Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when he died. It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof, as to service, must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster-rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. Every applicant will make a declaration according to the subjoined form, before a court of record, setting forth, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year, (if possible,) when he entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, was a volunteer, or substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched, with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and, also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. From the best sources of information, evidence must be derived as to the period of the death of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, and the time when it took place, must be clearly established; and it must also be shown that the widow was never afterwards married. Record-proof, as to the marriage, is always required, whenever it can be obtained. In a case where the town, county, parish, church, or family records afford no proof as to the period when the marriage took place, the fact must be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons, whose credibility must be certified by the officer who may administer the oath. And, in order to prevent any mistake or improper use that may be made of the affidavit of an officer who may have the custody of records, from which he may make transcripts of the record, in relation to a marriage, the officer who may give his affidavit will, instead of copying the figures contained in the record, certify "that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows:" [Here copy the day, month, and year, in letters and figures, in exact conformity with the original. Then let him add the following words:]
"I, A. B., above named, depose and say: that I hold the office in the county, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A. B., Clerk of the (or rector, or pastor, as the case may be.)
Sworn before me,
C. D., Justice of the Peace."
And then will follow the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the magistrate who may administer the oath. Where no record proof exists, other than the family record, the original record must be produced and sworn to by the person in whose possession it has been kept.
3. In a case where the service of the deceased officer or soldier is clearly proved by record or documentary evidence, or the affidavit of a commissioned officer, showing the grade and length of service of the deceased, the particulars in relation to the service are not required to be set forth in the claimant's declaration; but she must swear in positive terms that she is the widow of the person

whose service is thus proved. And no claim whatever can be sustained without positive proof of service.
4. In every case in which the deceased officer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pensioner so described, as to enable the Department to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus facilitate the investigation of the claim of the widow.
5. Applicants unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, before a judge or justice of a court of record of the county in which the applicant resides, and the judge or justice will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
6. 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 of the Territory, or of the proper officer or clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a 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.
7. The widows of those who served in the navy or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
Says (TERRITORY OR DISTRICT) { ss : OF Columbia
On this eighth day of August 1838  Elizabeth Phillips personally appeared before me chief Judge of the District of Columbia , a resident of Alexandria in the county of Alex a D.C. aged sixty eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Philip Phillips who was a Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.  private in the Army of the United States and received a pension from the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Phillips on the 14 th day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine that her husband, the aforesaid Philip Phillips died on the 9 th March day of March 1836 ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated, and that she has not been married since his death .
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
M c Branch
AN ACT
Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any person who served in the war of the revolution, in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died, leaving a widow, whose marriage took place after the expiration of the last period

of his service and before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, such widow shall be entitled to receive, for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, in virtue of said act, if living at the time it was passed: Provided , That, in the event of the marriage of such widow, said annuity or pension shall be discontinued.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted , That no pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest, in any annuity, half pay, or pension granted by this act, shall be valid, nor shall the half pay, annuity, or pension granted by this act, or any former act of Congress, be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any process in law or equity; but shall enure wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same; and that, before a warrant shall be delivered to any person acting for or in behalf of any one entitled to money under this act, such person shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be administered by the proper accounting officer, and put on file, that he has no interest in said money, by any pledge, mortgage, transfer, agreement, understanding, or arrangement, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any other person.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of War shall adopt such regulations and forms of evidence, in relation to applications and payments under this act, as the President of the United States may prescribe.
APPROVED, July 7, 1838.

Virginia I Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the County Court of Frederick, do hereby certify that it appears from the register of marriages recorded in my Office that Philip Phillips and Betsy Soover were lawfully married by the Reverend Christian Street on the 14 th day of May 1789. (the fourteenth day of May one thousand Seven hundred and eighty nine) In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and in the Sixth third year of the Commonwealth.
T. A. Tidball
  1838  68    1789  27    49   

Philip Philips
a
Pensioner under the Act of Congress of June 1832

District of Columbia } Alexandria County } J. P.
On this, the 3rd day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, Philip Philips, a resident of Alexandria in the County of Alexandria in the District of Columbia, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was drafted into the Militia and entered the service of the United States in the Company of Capt. William George, of the Loudoun County Militia, in July the fall of the year 1781 and was under Col. Merryweather and Major Herkimer, and was in the service altogether, seven months. That he resided at that time in Loudoun County in Virginia where he was raised - That he was not in any battle - That he marched thro' the country from Loudoun County to York Town and through various parts of the country, and he refers to the affidavits of Eleazer Thomas, hereunto annexed and the Certificates of the Rev. Elias Harrison and James Walker - That he has no record of his age and never had a written discharge and never held a Commission.
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.
Philip his X Philips mark
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Edm. S. Lee CC
District of Columbia } Dist. County of Alexandria }
We Elias Harrison, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Alexandria, in the County of Alexandria and James Walker, a Mechanic, residing in the same Town, hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Philip Philips, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years old; - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Elias Harrison
James his X Walker mark
Sworn and subscribed, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the Town & County of Alexandria in the District aforesaid by Messrs Elias Harrison & James Walker this the 27 th day of October 1832 - both of whom, are credible persons. Given from under my hand. Adam Lynn

And the Court doth further 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 revolution- ary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Elias Harrison, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the Town of Alexandria aforesaid, and that James Walker who has also signed the same is a resident of the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
District of Columbia, } to wit. Alexandria County, }
I, Edmund J. Lee, Clerk of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Alexandria, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Philips for a pension; and I do further certify that Adam Lynn, whose name is signed to the fore- going affidavit of Elias Harrison and James Walker, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Alexandria, duly com- missioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, & the seal of said Court, this 19 day of February 1833.
Edm: J. Lee, C.C.

Pay WIDOW, &c.
26892
File No. 26892
Betsey Philips Wid of Philip Philips Barnes
Act: July 7th 1838
Index:—Vol. P , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 27
Betsy Philips widow of Philip Philips, private $23:33 per ann.
— W. Col. Role act 7 July 1838
Hand cut: to Rev. Dr. Hill, present

To what time was Philip Phelps, act 1832, Dis. Columbia, last paid?
J. L. Edwonds Aug. 8. 1838
to the 4 th  March September 1835 JH

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 9 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Philip Philips a Pensioner on the Roll of the District of Columbia Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1835, to the 25 th March, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

I hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Phillips - She has lived for about ten years in Alexandria, as the wife of Philip Phillips, & the mother of his children - & has uniformly sustained the character of an industrious & pious woman, & sustains that character still. I was acquainted with her family & connections in & about Winchester before her husband removed from that place. my acquaintance with her was of a general nature only - as she belonged as a member to the Lutheran chh at that time, - she occasionally attended my ministry, & was esteemed a pious & consistent character. I know nothing about her marriage, further than she was looked upon as the lawful wife of P. Phillips. I further state, that I know that she is in good estimation by a numerous acquaintance at this time in Alexandria
Aug t 8 th 1838
W m Heill Pastor of the B d Presbyterian chh Alexandria D.C.

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For Mr Edwards Head of the Pension Office United States Washington
$23:33 per
ann

Sir. I have the honor to transmit you the Papers of Philip Philips, a Pensioner. in order that you may at your convenience do what you may deem proper in the premises, when you call come up to your City, which will be on Monday or Tuesday week.
I am very respectfully Your ob t Servant
Chas. M c ale
Abp y 7. March 1833

I further certify that the deponent Elenor Thomas is a credible person, and that Francis W. Luckett is entitled to the credit of his statement herein made is entitled to the credit. Francis W. Luckett
London County Court Virginia
This day personally came before me Francis W. Luckett a native of the Prince Edward County, Elenor Thomas an resident of said County, who made oath that he served in the Rev. army at the same time that Philip Phillips was on - Thomas was in Capt. Hugh Douglass Company of London Militia and Phillips was in Capt. William Geages Company of London Militia - This was in the fall of 1781 - The said Phillips is now applying for a Pension under the Act of June 7. 1832 of any other term of service than the one referred to, the said Thomas knows nothing. — E. D. Ayers Attorney known to me before me this 24 th Sept. 1832. J.P. Francis W. Luckett
I certify that Francis W. Luckett is a legal trustee of London County Court of that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 24 th day of Sept. 1832.
J. Burns Clerk of London County Court.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Philips, Philo GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3417 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 31, 1789 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.