Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16225, for Job Phillips, Connecticut

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Ohio 19.853.
Job Phillips.
of Athens Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. comm. by Captain Bansom of the Regt. comman by Col. Dury. - in the line line for two years. Conn. aw
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. - at the rate of 80. Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of Sep. 1833. and sent to A. H. Brown. Athens. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. 2 00. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Sep. 33. 40.
d. Jan. 22, 1835
$ 2 40
{ Revolutionary Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by H. H. Salma Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8. Page 20.

24. 193 19.853
Job Phillips Athens 6 th Ohio
Ent 29 July 1779
Resid 10 Dec
Return
Adm 2. years $ 80
Adm p of G. Brown
Henry Bartlett
Athens 6.6.
Athens County

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
29. April 1837 again 29. June
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 Job Phillips
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Enlisted for a term of War Served for more than two years at one time Range Colt Bensen. Colt Dugay- 92 years Wyoming Pennsyl va In a certificate a Blenheim  
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 days 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 (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 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 years, 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 place 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.
The applicant miles state particularly his length of service in Durkee's Regt.

The name of Job Phillips appears on the Canaan treaty role as Gollams. — Col Durkee's Regt.
Enl 29. July 1779.
Dischar d 10 Dec r " — This is all the evidence of his service from our rolls. — In his amended declaration. He claims two years service as Corporal & Serf. — The papers are again returned see note
The applicant claims to have served, under Capt. Ransom and Spaulding, in the grade of a Corporal & Serf from the Spring of 1776 till sometime in August 1778, besides the above period which appears on the rolls; that period, probably being requisite to complete the term of his enlistment for three years, exclusive of absences on furlough.

State of Ohio, } ss.
Athens County.
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to before me this 26th day of February 1833. My Commission expires July 10th 1833. I am a Notary Public in and for the State of Ohio. My Commission expires July 10th 1833.
* On this 26 th day of February 1833, personally appeared before me Elijah Hatch one of the judges of the court of common pleas for said county - Job Philips a resident of Canaan township in the county aforesaid - aged 72 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 provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776. He enlisted at Wyoming in Pennsylvania in the spring of said year listed for during the war, his Captain's name was Samuel Ransom. Lieutenant Simon Spalding served as a ranger on western frontier more than two years at one time  then joined the army at Valley Forge joined a regiment. Commanded by Colonel John Duryea. Major run Sumner was in the battle Millstone, was in a battle at Brantbrook, was in a battle at Elizabethtown. was in was in a battle at Mud Run, was in the battle at Germantown, then was went to Valley Forge for winter quarters, then went to Lancaster, from thence was sent to Wyoming - before they got there the place was destroyed by the Indians, then returned to the Delaware river, joined a guard commanded by Colonel Jacob Stroud, then got a pass from said Colonel Stroud to go into the country to take care of his family till called for. He never was called for, and never joined the army afterward. He then supposed and still supposes that he never was called for in consequence of losing his property at Wyoming and the destitute situation of his family.
† Brantbrook Department says

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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Job P. Phillips (ment.) before me, an associate judge of Athens Co. aforesaid - at Canaan Township in said County, the day & year above written. Elijah Hatch  3 / 2 associate judge
We Asa Stearns a Clergyman residing in Athens County, and John Brown residing in the same. Hereby certify that we we are well acquainted with Job Phillips who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 92 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Asa Stearns before me. Elijah Hatch  3 / 2 associate judge. John Brown
And I Elijah Hatch judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant, a revolutionary soldier and served as as he states. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev d Asa Stearns who signed the foregoing certificate he is a clergyman residing in Athens County and that John Brown who has signed the same is a resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Elijah Hatch  3 / 2 associate judge

And I, the said Elijah Hatch, Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, as aforesaid, do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, to wit: for the term of two years, certain, and an indefinite period, over; the applicant from extreme age being, of very infirm mind and body, and his memory much impaired and rendered very indistinct; he being, wholly unable to attend for the purpose of being examined in open court. The said Job Phillips heretofore applied for a pension under the provisions of the act of 1818, to and on that occasion procured affidavits of persons then living, but since deceased to prove his services, which were forwarded to the Hon. Saml. F. Vinton, member of Congress from Ohio, who states in a letter, that the former papers relating to the case of this applicant were filed by him in the War Department, where they probably remain, and to which reference may be had.
E. Hatch to Associate Judge
And I the said Elijah Hatch, Judge as aforesaid, further certify that Asa Stearns and John Brown, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the County of Athens & State of Ohio, are credible persons, that they are personally well known to me, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio,
Athens County. ss.
I Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify Elijah Hatch before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time therein specified to wit the 26 th day of February A. D. 1833 and now is one of the Associate Judges of said Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Athens aforesaid, duly commissioned by and acting under the authority of said State and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal at Athens in said county this 2 nd day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three —
Henry Bartlett Clk

(Supplementary to Declaration of Job Phillips.)
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Athens in the State of Ohio, Job Phillips, who I am satisfied is the identical Job Phillips mentioned in the original Declaration to which this is supplementary, and who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and says that on account of extreme old age and 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: He served in a company commanded by Capt. Ransom as a Private from the early part of Spring (before the season for complaining) 1776, to end of that year, mostly in the scouting service guarding the then western frontier; a period he thinks not less than nine months. In the winter Capt. Ransom resigned, and the command devolved on Simon Spaulding, who had till that time served as Lieutenant. Ensign Herman Swift also resigned. The deponent then continued to serve in the same company for some time as a Private, when a Sergeant Pasco died, and the deponent was appointed a Corporal, in which grade he served until after the Massacre at Wyoming. When he was permitted to return to his family, but he cannot state with any precision the length of time he served in the grade of Corporal, thinks it was more than a year. He is confident he served in all not less than two years and five or six months. He thinks the company was not all the time attached to Durkee's Regt. His company, he thinks, joined Durkee's Regt soon after the Battle of Germantown, in 1777, at Valley Forge, and continued attached to the same until after the Massacre, when they were marched to a station in the Delaware commanded by Col. Stroud. He states that at the time Capt. Ransom resigned, Capt. Robert Durkee also resigned who was a half brother to Col. John Durkee, and was afterwards killed at Wyoming. Besides the officers named in his former declaration he also mentions the name of Major Col. Russell who had both his thighs broken by the leaping of a Sturgeon into the boat in which he was creeping North River, in consequence of which he died. The deponent states that he was born in Rhode Island was brought up in Plainfield Connecticut, removed thence into New York when about 16 years of age, thence to Wyoming in Pa. thence, before the close of the war into Vermont, thence to Cooperstown N. York, thence again down the Susquehanna into Pennsylvania & from thence into Ohio, where he has resided about 30 years past. He has no written record of his age. He received a parole at the time of leaving the service in 1778, which he preserved for a number of years, until during his residence at Cooperstown, when he sent it by a Mr. Huntington for the purpose of obtaining his arrears of pay, by whom it was lost. For his services in the grades of a Corporal and Private for not less than two years & five or six months as he has stated above, he claims a Pension. Job Phillips mark
Sworn & subscribed before me, at Canaan Township, this 23 rd day of May, 1833.
A. G. Brown J.P.
I further certify that the foregoing deposition was reduced to writing by me, in presence of the deponent, who appears to retain a vivid recollection of actions & events in which he was engaged during the early part of the Revolutionary war; his recollection of the names of a great number of officers & soldiers with whom he served is remarkable, but he retains but very little power of connecting his recollections together in such a manner as to form a connected or intelligible narrative. I am satisfied however from the manner of his testifying that his statements respecting his services are essentially correct. A. G. Brown J. P. Peace
I Henry Bartlett, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens county, State of Ohio, hereby certify, that A. G. Brown is a justice of the Peace in & for said county duly commissioned and sworn; and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the official seal of said court, this 24 th day of May, 1833.
Henry Bartlett Clerk

Further Supplement to the Declaration of Job Phillips.
State of Ohio,
Athens County, ss.
Canaan Township August 8, 1833.
Before me A. G. Brown a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Job Phillips, named in a Declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the Law of June 7, 1832, to which this affidavit is supplemental, who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says; I enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1776, in for part of the year, in what month I cannot tell more than the dead, I enlisted at Wyoming in a Company commanded by Captain Samuel Ransom, I think for three years or during the war. The first year we were not out much, our business was to watch the Indians. We drew pay, but found our own provisions and arms. All the guards on the Susquehanna & Delaware found their own provisions and arms I think they did - for we did. I was in the battle of Millstone where we took a number of wagons, and other things. We wintered I think at Millstone, in 1776. The next year we were ordered to join General Washington's Army. In that year I was in the battle of Germantown, some of my company were in the battle of Brandywine, but I was not there. I was in the battle at Red Bank. I was in a severe skirmish at Boundbrook. I think in the same year, I remember General Lincoln was with us at Boundbrook. I left him there, when I was called in a detachment to go to Short Hills. I wintered in 1778 with the Army at Valley Forge. In the Spring of 1778 we were ordered over into Jersey, were afterwards ordered to old Lancaster, were then ordered to go against the Indians who were coming down towards Wyoming; before we got there the Indians had massacred the people that were there. When we found it was too late to save Wyoming we were ordered to join a guard commanded by Col. Jacob Stroud on the Delaware. I was soon after paroled to go home and take care of my family. I do not remember being called out again that year. I remember I was in the Army afterwards at the Northward. I remember being on the North River and at Morristown. I cannot remember any more distinctly than I formerly stated how long I served. I believe I served the most of three years in the grades of a private & corporal. I think I am justly entitled to a Pension for the time from the Spring of 1776 till I was discharged, as I was always ready to join the Army when called for, and was only absent on furlough to take care of my family. If the proof of the first part of my service is not considered sufficient, I hope I shall at least be allowed for six months in Durkee's Regiment.
Sworn & subscribed before me this,
8th day of August, 1833; and I do
certify that the above deposition was reduced to writing by me, as nearly as possible in the exact words of the Deponent.
A. G. Brown J.P.
Job Phillips. his mark

Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Athens in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that A. G. Brown of Job Phillips & Elisha Alderman was at the time of taking of the Depositions, contained in this Sheet of Paper, and still is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Athens, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures to said depositions purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Athens in said County, August 12, 1853.
Henry Bartlett Clerk
Oral

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Job Phillips a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 16.225.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1776 2 years Pvt + Samuel Bansom John Durkee Conn.   Corpl. Simon Spalding Jacob Stroud        
Battles engaged in, Millstone  Jan 1 Dec 1777 , Red Bank  Apr 1777 , Elizabethtown  June 1778 , Red Bank  Oct 1777 , Red Bank  Oct 1777 . Residence of soldier at enlistment, Entered at Wyoming, Pa. Date of application for pension, Feb. 26. 1833. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Canaan Twp. Athens Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, 92, born in R.I., raised in Plainfield Conn., moved to N.Y. when 16 years of age, later to Coopersburg N.Y. Remarks: Soldier's wife and children, names not stated, were living in Wyoming Pa. in 1778. He died Jan 22, 1835.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

16.225 INVALID.
File No. 16.225
Job Phillips Pri Rev war
Act: June 7" 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 444
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dacey - 4-1903 Mrs. Norman L. Cramer Oneida NY,
1913. Dec 73 - Hist. to Mr. L.H. Phillips. M.13 H
1927 Dec 10 - Photo to Jay H. Whitney M.H.

Job Phillips Amended Declaration
24/193
...and as person ...character... ...that full credit is due to his statements A.B. & Co. own J.P.

State of Ohio, 3
Ashe County p. 3. Before me A. G. D. own a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally came Elisha Alderman of Homer Township in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says, that he has been well acquainted for 85 years past with Job Phillips, named in a declaration made before Hon. Elijah Heath on the 26th day of February, 1833, in order to obtain the benefit of the Law of June 7, 1832. That he well remembers hear- ing the said Job Phillips and his wife, who was then living, relate many circumstances in respect to his services and sufferings in the Revolutionary Army, and especially respecting the Massacre at Wyoming, where his family resided; that he recollects particularly the impressions made upon his mind at the time by these relations, he being then young, not exceeding 20 years of age. That he recollects hearing them relate that the said Job Phillips was in the Army where he had been a long time when the Massacre of Wyoming occurred, that his wife and children, with others, fled through the wilderness, to find her husband, that they were followed by a cow belonging to the family, which at first caused great alarm lest she should be the means of betraying their route to the savages, but that the cow proved of the means of saving their lives, by furnishing them with milk when they could obtain no other sustenance. That when they came in the neighborhood of the army, she (his wife) accidentally fell in with her husband who was engaged in some duty, and could only stop with her a moment, but gave her a dollar which was all the money he had at the time; that in the evening he got leave and came to her again; that soon after he obtained a furlough to return home with his family to see to his affairs and provide for them as well as he could; but, that afterwards, (how long afterwards the deponent does not remember that they stated,) he was called out again, and served for a consid- erable time longer; how much longer he does not particularly recollect as  has been stated, as it made a much less impression upon his mind than the tale of sufferings which the old man used to relate with tears in his eyes. That the said Job Phillips, though always a poor man, has always sustained a good

character for truth and integrity; and that till within a few years past his memory appeared to be good, and that he has no doubt that any inconsistencies or contradictions which may appear in his later statements are owing to the failure of his memory, and not to any intention to misstate or mislead. Said the deponent further says, that he was personally well acquainted with Daniel Phillips, son of the said Job Phillips, who is now deceased, and whose deposition was taken before Hosea Alderman Esq., at Ames Township in said County of Athens, on the 18th day of February, 1831, that the said Daniel Phillips was of an age to remember the circumstances of his father's being in the army, and that he has no doubt of the truth of the statements contained in said affidavit, and further this deponent says not.
Elisha Alderman Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of July A.D. 1833, and I certify that the said Elisha Alderman is personally well known to me, that he is a Licensed Exhorter in the Methodist Ep le Church, and a person of good moral character & unimpeachable veracity & that full credit is due to his statements.
A.G. Brown J.P.

Athens, Ohio. Aug. 19. 1883
Sir,
The interest awakened in my mind by the peculiar circumstances attending the case of Job Phillips, his extreme age, infirmity and poverty, and my firm conviction of the justice of his claims, notwithstanding the obscurity consequent upon his failure of memory as to particular dates and times, has induced me to overcome the repugnance I feel in causing further trouble to your Department, by again soliciting your attention to this so oft repeated, but hitherto unsuccessful application. I would even venture to hope, that upon further investigation and comparison of the statements of the applicant, (disconnected as they seem,) with the events of history, he may be considered entitled to the full amount of Pension claimed by him; that is for at least two years . No reasonable doubt can exist of his having served more than one and a half years, besides the term upon record from July to Dec r 1779. Should it not be considered, however, by the Department, that he is entitled to a full Pension, such is his poverty that an allowance for any portion of the time which he claims to have served would be acceptable and highly beneficial to his sinking existence. Besides eliciting a few additional facts & circumstances from the applicant himself, I have taken the Deposition of Mr Elisha Alderman, containing traditional & circumstantial evidence; and have enclosed, herewith a Deposition of Daniel Phillips, taken on occasion of a former application under the act of 1818. A Deposition of Oliver Bennett, who served with the applicant, wintered with him at Valley Forge in 1777-8, and last saw him, during the battle of Germantown, in the ensuing summer, is said also to have been taken on a former occasion & forwarded to your Department, and not returned.
Permit me further respectfully to solicit attention to the following facts & circumstances recorded in history, and which I have been induced to examine since taking the last Deposition of the applicant — The Department doubtless possesses yet more ample means for elucidating the subject,

Gordon's Hist. Am. Revolution, Bdit. Londons. 1788, Vol. 1, page 185, speaking of the Wyoming settlement, it is said "It had increased so by a rapid population, that the settlers sent a thousand men to serve in the continental Army, &c." At page 190, speaking of the murder of Capt. Bedlock, it is added, "And his two companions, Capt. Ransom & Durgan, (were) thrown alive into the flames & held down with pitchforks." This is doubtless the Capt. Samuel Ransom, under whom the applicant alleges that he enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served, in guarding the settlement, until the ensuing winter when, by the resignation of Ransom, he came under the command of Capt. Spaulding; — The applicant states that he wintered at Millstone the winter of 1776-7 — was in a battle at that place, when a number of wagons &c. were taken. was also in a severe skirmish at Boundbrook, where he remembers Gen. Lincoln to have been present. — Gordon's Hist. Vol. 2. page 416 — speaking of the campaign of 1777, Jan. 20. it is said. "Gen. Dickinson, with about 400 militia & 50 of the Pennsylvania riflemen, defeated near Somerset Court House, on Millstone river, a foraging party of the enemy of equal number; and took 40 waggons, upward of 100 horses, beside sheep & cattle which they had collected." further on — "For though his troops were all raw, he led them through the river middle deep, and gave the enemy so severe a charge, that although supported by three field pieces, they gave way & left their convoy" A very similar statement, but still more minute was made to me by the applicant, which I did not at the time think of sufficient importance to be put down in his deposition. — Further on. page 455. — April 15. 1777 it is said. "Gen. Lincoln was posted with only 500 men fit for duty at Boundbrook & when Lord Cornwallis formed the design of attacking this post, and chose the morning, of the 13 th for its execution. & the applicant mentions also being, in a battle at Mud Island — In Gordon's Hist. Vol. 3. p. 6 — under date of Nov. 1777. it is said "Upon his [Col. Smith's] removals the command devolved on Lieut. Col. Russell of the Connecticut line, but he being, exhausted with fatigue, and totally destitute of health, requested to be recalled." The principal attack was sustained on the 18 th Nov. This is probably the same Lieut. Col. Russell, mentioned by applicant as having been killed afterwards in crossing the North River — I have not the means of knowing whether Col. Russell belonged to

Durkee's Reg't or not. Should the Rolls show this to be the fact; or should it appear that the Capt. Spaulding, mentioned by applicant, and whose name also appears in History belonged to that Reg't, it could leave no reasonable doubt of the applicant having served in the same previous to 1779. — In Marshall's Life of Washington, Edit. Phil a 1832. Vol. 1 page 280, speaking of the affair of Wyoming, it is said. — "Col. Butler was desirous of awaiting, the arrival of a small reinforcement under Captain Spaulding, who had been ordered by General Washington to his aid on the first intelligence of the danger which threatened the settlement &c." and, page 282, in the letter of General Butler to the Board of War, it is said. "A lieutenant Colonel, a major & five captains, who were in company in the militia, all fell. Col. Durkee, & Capt. Hewitt & Ransom were likewise killed" — "The little remains of Hewitt's company (which was about fifteen) are gone to Shamokin, and Capt. Spaulding's company, I have heard are on the Delaware." Several hundreds of the inhabitants are straggling in the country destitute of provisions." — Page 283. "The inhabitants generally abandoned the country, and in great distress, wandered into the settlements on the Mt. It is stated to me that his father after obtaining a furlough, took his family and removed the same year into Vermont, where he commenced building a log cabin to shelter his family during the winter, but before completing it, the ensuing spring or summer, after having got in a small crop, was called out again to rejoin the Army. Of this last term of service, the applicant appears at times to retain no recollection at all, or other times but a very faint recollection. This may probably be owing to the service in 1779 in which he was saying being much less active & arduous than in the preceding years. On the whole it appears impossible but that the applicant must have been in the service for a much longer period than appears from the Rolls of 1779; and although it appears that the applicant cannot specify precisely the periods & lengths of time he served, yet there is no doubt in the minds of those who have been accustomed to hear him converse, that he was engaged more than two years; and consequently merits a full pension for the few remaining years of his life. Of this the Department must judge. I have endeavored to throw all the light on the subject in my power for our motives of humanity alone

The motive by which I am actuated, will I trust, be considered a sufficient apology, for the freedom I have used in addressing you with earnestness in behalf of a destitute and friendless old man, at present dependent wholly upon the charity of a grand daughter and her husband, who are themselves in the lowest circumstances of new beginners in a wooden country.
With sentiments of the highest consideration and respect,
Yours, A. G. Brown
J. L. Edwards Esq.
War Department
James M. [?]
James L. Edwards Esq.

State of Ohio } personally appeared. Before me Hosea Athens County } Alderman a justice for said County Daniel Phillips and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he lived in W oming in the State of Pennsylvania and that Phillips of that place was in the continental service he cannot tell at what time he listed but he had him in some time before the Massacre of Weyoming which was in the year 1778 he some time in the month of July he saw him in the army he then got a furlough to go and take care of his family and in the fall or win- ter he was called out again and staid till near spring he well recollects that it was in Captain Ransom Company that he listed in but he does not know or remember the regiment nor line he served in the time has bin so long since                      Dated the 15 th of February 1831 I do hereby certify that I have bin acquainted with Daniel Phillips upwards of twenty years and he has done a good character and his testimony is not to be doubted in the least degree and I still further state that he is not interested Hosea Alderman, J. P.
The State of Ohio } Athens County ss } I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for the County of Athens aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Hosea Alderman before whom the above Deposition of Daniel Phillips appears to have been taken, was at the time of taking said deposi- tion and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Athens aforesaid, duly commissioned by & acting under the authority of said State & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Athens this 19 th day of Feb: A.D. 1831. -                      Henry Bartlett Clerk By A.B. Walker D. Clerk

Will you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary service or rather, Pension Record , of Job Phillips who served as a patriot from Conn. and oblige
Yours truly,
Mrs. Norman L. Cramer
59 Broad St.
Oneida, N. Y.
Oneida N.Y.
Dec. 30, 1902

Commissioner of Pension Washington D.C.
Kindly give me Record of Company etc of Job Phillips who served in the Revolution War of 1776-80. He was from N.Y. or R.I. and drew a pension for years.
Respectfully L. H. Phillips Bank Commerce Bld Pittsburg Kansas

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
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PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
19660
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. Please furnish work specified below.
December 12, 1927 192
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 3 pages from Rev. War pension claim of Job Phillips, Conn. Troops, S. 16225.
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see M. M. H. Finch 5033 541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved: A. D. Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch or Division.
NOTE: No order "RECEIVED SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
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Table with 2 columns: Item, Quantity. Rows include: Addressograph from lists, Envelopes, size, Proof list, Labels (submit sample), Fill in letters, Cards, size, Pay rolls, Corrections, Tabulation sheets.
Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $..45 Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $.
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Dec 12 1927
Chief Rev. 1812 Mass Sector Division
I have this day received from
Say H. Whitney
cash in the amount
of $ 45/100, requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Copies made Finance Dept noted - Dec 16 1927 M.M. [initials]
O. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
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Washington, D. C. December 12, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
I desire photostatic copies of three pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Job Phillips, Connecticut Troops (S. 16225) to be used for genealogical purposes. Not certified.
Jay W. Whitney 310 Atlas Bldg Tulsa, Okla.
Jay W. Whitney 310 Atlas Bldg., Tulsa, Okla.
Received payment 45 cents December 12, 1927
Margaret M. A. Finch Rev.&1812 Wars Section