Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8332, for Samuel Pope, New York

SERVICE
New York
Pope, Samuel Phebe
NUMBER
R. 8332.
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26522 Indiana
Samuel Sipe of Shelby in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Glance of the regt commanded by _____ in the New York line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of March 1834 and to H. S. Robin Shelbyville
Years to the 4th of March 120.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending March 20.00 $140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ann Gray Clerk, Book 3 Vol. 8 Page 124

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Indiana
Shelby County 3/6.
On this twelfth  fourth day of February 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Shelby Superior Court of Shelby County now sitting Samuel Pike a resident of Sugar Creek Township in the County of Shelby and State of Indiana aged seventy two years on the 25th day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated: To wit as nearly as he can recollect. He entered the service of the in the fall of the year 1776. He lived at that time, about twenty five miles above New York, city near North River. He does not remember the name of the County, but it was in the state of New York near a town called Warwick. He was an apprentice of one Cornelius Bogart, who was at that time the draftsman, and he this claimant went at the above mentioned time though less than fifteen years of age as a substitute of the said Bogart, as a private soldier of the Militia, under Captain Elover. He does not remember the names of any other officers of this Company except Sergeant Cook. Lieutenant Rosegrant He does not know the number of the Company, nor does he believe it was attached to any regiment, in the service. This Company was raised for the purpose of guarding the frontiers & preventing the friends of the enemy from carrying provisions etc. to the enemy which was then in the City of New York under General Clinton. The Company was constantly on duty going backwards & forwards. The first march was down the river in the direction of the City of New York, in pursuit of fifteen Tories or refugees who had murdered the Mail Carrier of the American Army. They drove the Tories into a swamp near near Pumpkin River in the state of New Jersey, & took one of them prisoner, who when put into the block house, had his trial, was condemned to be hanged & on the day appointed for his execution died of the small-pox. The rest escaped. From the block house they returned to Warwick the place whence they had started. During this engagement on various occasions & for various objects they visited, Paramus, Hackensack, New Bridge, Garastown at Garastown they were posted the greater part of the three months. During this term they were attached to none of the regular Army, but saw them frequently making and retaking. The names of the officers of the regular Army which he remembers during this term of his service were Gen. Washington, Gen. Green, Gen. Kirby. Col. Morgan, Gen. Wayne. With Col. Morgan he was well acquainted. The truth Green was at that time an aid of Gen. Washington but is not certain. He was in at least three skirmishes during this term & had several men killed. One of these was

at New-bridge, one near Warrenton, where the refugees had murdered a man & robbed the house . They killed two of these refugees, & another of them near Paramus, all of these were with refugees. They had several other skirmishes which the location of which he does not now remember. He does not remember either the day or the month when he entered the service at this time, but thinks it was in October. He served three months, as a substitute as above stated. He was discharged at the end of three months verbally, but received no written discharge.
The next engagement of this applicant was he thinks, commenced in the month of June 1778. He resided at the same place as at the commencement of his first engagement. He volunteered as a private soldier of the Continental under the same Captain Glover same Sergeant Cook. The engagements of the company were the same as before mentioned. The principal part of this engagement they were employed up North River, between his home & twenty miles up. Between They were not during this time connected with the regular army, but frequently as before saw them passing & repassing. The officers of the regular forces so far as he knows, were much the same as before. He served at this time two months. He does not remember the day or the month when he entered the service or was discharged. thinks it was early in June He received no written discharge. He was in no battle or skirmish during this engagement. But some short time after he volunteered he was marched to join the army in the expected battle of Monmouth, but his company did not arrive till the battle was over. It was a remarkably hot day. They assisted to bury the dead. Morgan & Wayne the trenches were both in this engagement, General Lee was also. He was guilty of misconduct. He was sent to attack the rear, - Washington afterwards came on with a reinforce- and met Lee fleeing, has faintly thinks he having deserted his own men. When he met Washington he used insolent language in conversation with him. He was afterwards cashiered & bore no command afterwards; after this they returned to their old station near Warrenton, & were engaged the balance of the two months up the river, as above stated. He thinks he was discharged some time in August.
In the fall of the year 1778 he thinks in September does not remember the day of the month, residing at the same place, under the same officers & in the same company as before he volunteered as a private soldier of the Continental in the service of the United States. His company was stationed at a black house, on the public road leading from Phil- adelphia to Warrenton, on the line between N. York and N. Jersey, between Warrenton & Hopewell plains. He does not know the name of the black house. Here his company he served one month, their duty being to guard the said black house. as they The regular army, as before, frequently passed and repassed. The officers with which he was acquainted were

as those before mentioned). There was no engagement in this town. The Tories made their appearance frequently but were kept off by the guards. He was discharged at the end of one month, probably, in October as he thinks. He does not remember the day of the month when he entered or left the service. This block house was about two miles from the place where he lived. There was a mill in the same neighborhood called Continental Mill, which they guarded at the same time with the block house.
About the first of November 1778 he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier of the Militia, under the same officers as in the former engagements. He volunteered. Lived at the same place as before. The employment was the same as before, to wit guarding the frontiers against the refugees & Tories, & preventing them from carrying provision to the enemy. Immediately after entering the service at this engagement he was called to his company was called to pursue a party of Tories who were conveying horses to the enemy in the city of N. York. They caught up with them when crossing the little ferry at Hackensack N. Jersey, where they had an engagement with them & took them, being eight men & eight horses. They then returned to the block house mentioned in the account of the last engagement, which they considered their head quarters. They scouted around the country for about 20 miles around the country for several months, till about the first of February. At which time, the sleighing being good they heard of a company of Tories in four sleighs who had been to New York with provision for the enemy, & had exchanged the provision for goods such as silk, gauze &c. They caught up with this party on the road from N. York to Sopris, about 20 miles from the latter place, took the sleighs horses goods & men, who were tied & let go. Their property was detained. They frequently saw the regular army as in former engagements. Officers the same as before. He served at this term six months. Was discharged about the first of May 1779. No written discharge.
In all of the before mentioned engagements he served as a private soldier of the Militia, and was a volunteer in all except the first three months when he was a substitute for a private when  who he thinks was drafted. The great length of time which has elapsed, & his youthfulness at the time the events above related happened, added to the fact that he is now rendered entirely helpless by a severe stroke of the palsy, these he alleges as a reason why he does not remember more minutely the events particulars of his services. The events above are related as far as he has a distinct recollection. The four terms of three months and six months, making together twelve months, were attended with much privation danger & exposure. He was born in the year 1761 in the state of N. York, at the place mentioned above as

as his place of residence during the several campaigns described. He was born on the 25th day of March 1761. He has a record of his age in a bible, now in his possession. Not having been attached to any Continental or regiments militia he cannot specify any. None particularly than he has already done. He has no documentary evidence of his service, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He states the names of John Hendricks, Lewis Morgan, Rafael Dunn, Ralph Coalscott and James Ray persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution. During the whole of the engagements above mentioned he was engaged in no civil pursuit, but was in constant employment as a soldier & on the alert. The company in which he served was at such time regularly organized & called into the service. After he quit the service he lived eight or ten years at the same place he had lived during the service (he then moved) to Purnpton plains in St. Lawrence, lived there two years, moved to Washington County Pa., lived there six or eight years, moved to Ohio, to the part now called Warren County, lived there thirty one years, then moved to Shelby County Indiana where he now lives. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever 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 territory.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Samuel his Pope
25: 785 Samuel Pope In the neighborhood of the above named Samuel Pope & Ralph Coalscott residing in the same neighborhood hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Samuel Pope who has served the above declaration that we believe him to have been 72 years of age the 25th of March last that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Lewis Morgan Ralph Coalscott
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Lewis Morgan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said applicant & that Ralph Coalscott who has signed the same is a resident of the same neighborhood & that their statement is worthy of credit.
Erasmus Powell, Judge of the Probate Court of Shelby County, Ind.
I, Sylvan B Morris Clerk of the Shelby Probate Court of Shelby County Indiana hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Pope for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12th day of February 1834 Sylvan B Morris Clerk.

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Index Paper
Application for Pension
Clendana

State of Indiana } In the Probate Court of Shelby Shelby County ss } County. May Term 1839
On this fifteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, Personally appeared in Open Court in the "Probate Court of Shelby County" aforesaid Phebe Pope a resident of the said County of Shelby aged Sixtyeight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to certain Widows." That She is the widow of Samuel Pope who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary War - That the said Pope was always reputed to have served as a Soldier of the Revolution and she this deponent verily believes did serve as such in the manner described in the application which the said Samuel Pope heretofore in his life time made - for the purpose of procuring a Pension under the act of the 7 th June 1832 - This deponent has not nor does she know of any documentary or other evidence by which she can establish the services of the said Samuel Pope as such Soldier except by the Proof furnished by him in his life time (and now in the War department) to procure his pension above stated - The said Samuel Pope in his life time about the commencement of the year eighteen hundred and thirty four made his application to the War department of the United States and obtained a Pension Certificate for his said services as a Soldier in the words following to wit: "War department. "Revolutionary Claims. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Samuel Pope of the State of Indiana who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary war is entitled to receive Forty dollars and 62 1/2 Cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year - Given at the War Office of the United States this Fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. Saml. O. Cass. Secretary of War." Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

That the said Samuel Pope received a pension of the United States according to said Certificate in his life time and that she this applicant received a small residue of pension after his death which had accrued to the line of his decease and surrendered to the War department the said Certificate also. She the said Phebe Pope further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Pope on the 22 nd day of July 1790 near at Jefferson in the County of Green in the State of Pennsylvania her maiden name was Phebe Lee - She was married to the said Samuel Pope by James Bell a Justice of the peace of said County of Green - she does not believe that any record of said marriage was kept - her said husband Samuel Pope died in the said County of Shelby Indiana on the the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four about the time above stated. That she has never been married to any other person - Phebe X Pope mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written in Open Court
Sylvan Bellorris Clerk
State of Indiana } Shelby County ss }
Personally comes now in Open Court in the Probate Court of Shelby County Indiana Catharine Wier (late Catharine Pope) who being first duly sworn on her oath saith, that she is the daughter of said Phebe Pope the above applicant & the eldest of her children as she has always been informed - that she this deponent is now about forty five years of age, that her said Father Samuel Pope in his life time was always reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier from her first remembrance, that he received a Pension as such previous to his death, and that he died in the said County of Shelby on the third day of February 1837. leaving the above applicant Phebe Pope his widow
Catharine her X Wier mark
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this 16 th day of May 1839
Sylvan Bellorris Clerk

State of Indiana } Shelby County ss } Personally Comes now in Open Court in the Probate Court of Shelby County Indiana on this 15 th day of May 1839 - Jacob Ulrey who being first duly sworn on his oath, saith that he has been well acquainted with Samuel Pope late of Shelby County (and his wife & family) deceased, for the space of between twenty five and thirty years, - that the said Samuel Pope was always reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and received a pension therefor in his life time, - That said Samuel Pope and Phebe Pope his wife the above applicant had a numerous family of Children - and that the said Samuel Pope died in the said County of Shelby on the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, he was present at the time of his death, that he left his widow Phebe Pope the above applicant.
Jacob Ulrey
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this 16 th day of May 1839
Sylvan Bellorris Clerk
We Jacob Ulrey, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Pope, late of Shelby County, Indiana, and Sylvan Bellorris Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the facts in regard to the death of the above applicant, Phebe Pope, and the above witnesses, Calhoun Wirt and Jacob Ulrey, are believed to be true and correct, and that their statements above are entitled to credit.
Jacob Ulrey Executor. Probate Court No. 6 - Sylvan Bellorris
State of Indiana } Shelby County ss. } I, Sylvan Bellorris Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court, and - Ex officio Clerk of the Probate Court of Shelby County, in the State of Indiana, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify the foregoing declaration of Phebe Pope, and the depositions of Calhoun Wirt and Jacob Ulrey, are

the true proceedings in the application of Sarah Pike for a pension, had before the said Probate Court of Shelby County,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Probate Court at Shelbyville this 19 th day of June A.D. 1839
Sylvan Belloris Clerk

January 11, 1926
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BA-J/REL
Samuel Pope-R.8332
Miss Myrtle Armstrong 1005 Elm Street Shelbyville, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Pope who served as private in the New York Troops and received pension while residing in Shelby County, Indiana.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.8332, based upon the military service in that war of Samuel Pope.
Samuel Pope was born March 25, 1761, near Warrick, New York, about twenty-five miles above New York City. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing near said Warrick, Samuel Pope enlisted in October, 1776, and served as a substitute for Cornelius Bogart to whom he was apprenticed, as a private in Captain Glover's New York Company; during this tour of three months he was engaged in three skirmishes with the Tories and refugees, one at New Bridge, one near his home and one near Paramus; he volunteered early in June, 1778, and served two months as a private under the same captain; he volunteered in September, 1778, and served one month under the same captain and was stationed at a block house near his home; he volunteered again about the last of September, 1778, and served six months under same captain and was in an engagement near Hackensack, New Jersey, and in another at a place about twenty-five miles above New York City.
Could not identify sol. as his captain in NY troops
After the Revolution, he continued to reside near Warrick, New York, for eight or ten years; then moved to Pompton Plains, New Jersey, and lived two years; thence to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and lived six or eight years; thence to Ohio, to what was later Warren County, and lived thirty-one years; thence to Shelby County, Indiana.

Samuel Pope was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1834, while residing in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
He died in said Shelby County, February 3, 1837.
The soldier married Phebe Lee. They were married July 22, 1790, near Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, according to a statement by his widow of July 27 or 28, 1790, in Morgan Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, according to the statement of Job and Sarah Smith who were present at the wedding. No relationship of Job or Sarah Smith to the soldier and his wife was shown. In 1839, Phebe Pope was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Shelby County, Indiana; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not stated.
It was stated that Samuel and Phebe Pope had a "numerous family of children". The only name of a child that is given is that of Catharine Pope Weir, their oldest child, who, in 1839, was aged about forty-five years and resided in Shelby County, Indiana.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Phoebe Pope of Samuel Indiana Suspended
Dec 3 rd Ap 1839 to Royal Church to be reinstated
Act July 1838

Samuel Pope Ind c Act 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen. Officer.
Aug t 31. 1839
Dec 3 Feb 1837 paid that pen y H

Dear Sir
Hamilton 23 rd Dec - 1839
Inclosed you will receive the certificate of proof for Mrs Pope which you took some time since will not satisfy the Secretary at War until you be so good as to have it amended if you can, and if you get it amended and will return it to me I will have it sent on to Mr Royal May here. Since the Packetback it will show me when to write to send all by mail
W B Bonney Esq
Yours &c John Reilly

Shelbyville Ind. Feb. 12
Hon S. S. Edwards, Dr Sir, Enclosed I transmit the declaration for a pension of Samuel Pope, who served 12 months in the revolution: Be so good as to address communications in relation hereto to me at Shelbyville Shelby County Ind.
H. H. Robison Atty for Appli.

1005 Elm Street Shelbyville, Indiana. Nov. 10, 1935.
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs:
I should like to have the Revolutionary service of Samuel Pope , who served as a private in the New York Militia and who was pensioned in 1851 while living in Shelby County, Indiana.
I shall appreciate your effort in getting this information for me.
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Myrtle Armstrong
Myrtle Armstrong.

1936-Jan 11 - sheet 3 Miss Myrtle Armstrong ELL
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1332
P. O.
Philo Pope
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of Application filed: _____, 18
suspension: - "For proof of service from the Alleges: South Carolina records."
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Royal Mayhew
Nov 4, 41
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Pen: Offin
Nov: 4, 1841
Sir
The additional testimony in the case of Mrs Phebe Pope widow of Samuel Pope, died has been ext & filed with her other papers. Under the present regulations under act of 7 July 1838, positive proof of service is required. The said proof was exhibited under act of 7 June 1852. Perhaps some evidence may be obtained on application being made to the Sec of State of New York, at Albany, who has record evidence of service of the New York times in his office
✓ OS 5690. at 38
Royal Mayhew Esq. Shelbyville. Ind.

C O P Y
War Dept. Pen Office Sep 3rd 1839
Sir:
The papers in the case of Mrs. Phebe Pope widow of Samuel Pope, decd, have been examined and filed with suspended cases, excepting the paper containing the affidavits of Job and Sarah Smith, which is herewith returned in order that their credibility may be certified by the magistrate before whom the affidavits were made. If there be a family record of the marriage or births of the children it should be exhibited. If there be none the claimant should state the fact under oath. It would appear from the husband's declaration that he had a family record containing the date of his birth. Perhaps said record was (probably meant for would) contain proof as above mentioned.
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Royal Mayhew, Esq. Shelbyville Ind a

The State of Ohio Butler County ss Before me Wales B. Bonney a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came Job Smith and Sarah Smith of Oxford Township in said County who being duly sworn affirmed according to Laws depose and say that Phebe Pope widow or relict of Samuel Pope deceased now living near Shelby- ville in the State of Indiana was married to the said Samuel Pope on or about the 27 th or 28 th day of July in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred and ninety in the township of Morgan in the County of Washington & State of Pennsylvania by James Bell a Justice of the peace and that they were present at the marriage of the said Samuel Pope with the said Phebe Pope at the time and place above mentioned and further their deponents saith not
Sworn to and subscribed Job Smith at Oxford in said County Sarah  her  Smith of Butler this 5 th day mark of June A D 1839 before me W B Bonney JP
The State of Ohio Butler County ss. I John Reily Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County aforesaid Certify that Wales B. Bonney Esquire above named before whom the above stated depositions of Job Smith and Sarah Smith were taken, was at the taking thereof a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace in the said County of Butler In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at Hamilton the seventh day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine John Reily

The State of Ohio } Butler County } p
I Walter B Bonny a Justice of the peace within named for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Job Smith within named and some acquainted with his wife Sarah Smith also within named, and that they are persons of credibility and I verily believe that their Statements within made are entitled to credit given under my hand at Oxford this 17th day of August A D 1841
W B Bonny Justice of the Peace

8332
Shelbyville Tenn.
Oct 17
free
3 rd Nov 1841
Mrs Allisand
Hebe Pope
Genl James L. Cummins Counselor to Genl Lewis Washington City D.C.

State of Indiana
Shelby County ss. Be it known that on this 25 th day of October 1841 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace of said County, personally came James Barngrover of said County who being by me duly sworn, on his oath saith, That he is well acquainted with Theba Pope of said County who has made application for a pension from the United States, he knows her to be the widow of Samuel Pope late of Shelby County deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner in his life time - And that the said Widow - Theba Pope still lines remains unmarried in said County of Shelby - James Barngrover
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of October 1841. And I certify that the above named James Barngrover is a man of respectability, and his statement above entitled to credit -
October 25 th 1841 - John Morrison Seal Justice of the peace
State of Indiana
Shelby County ss. I Sylvan B Morris Clerk of the Court of the County of Shelby aforesaid do certify that John Morrison is a Justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name at Shelbyville this 25 th day of October 1841.
Sylvan B Morris Clerk

Shelbyville Oct. 25 1841
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commr of Pensions
Enclosed are papers relating to the Application of Phebe Pope widow of Samuel Pope for a pension. The Application together with the Original Certificate of Samuel Pope were forwarded in 1837 - and the enclosed testimony of Job & Sarah Smith sent back to have their Credibility certified.
Owing to the death of a son in law of the old widow, (who attended to her business, or miscarriage of papers ) and the neglect of the Magistrate Romney, the paper was never returned until a short time since when it was sent to her by an acquaintance.
On account of the delay I have thought it amiss proper to send the matter contained in this Sheet, hoping that the proof may be sufficient.
Very respectfully yours, &c.
Royal Mayhew