Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2164, John Dehuff, Continental Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Penn.
Dehuff, John
S. 2164
CONTENTS
carded

6173
Ohio. Pittsburgh Agency -
John Dehuff - of Jefferson in the State of Ohio - who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Francis of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Plu. a: line for 10 months -
scribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency. at the rate of 33 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feb. 1831 and Sub. from A. H. Leavitt, A R
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 49.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 Mar: 33 16.67 66.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book (D) Vol. 2 Page 129
See letter 26 Jan 35 to N. L. C. - do. to P. Agt. April 23. 1835
Letter 20. April 1837 New Agent Order to pay 2 April 1838. Order to pay 18 April 1839.
let 14 July 41 then P. H. Kelley

State of Ohio, Jefferson County ss.
On this 29. th of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting, John De Knuff, a citizen and resident of Island Creek township, in said County of Jefferson, aged Seventy four years, the 7. th of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7. th of June 1832: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That in the year 1777, in the latter part of the summer of that year, he was drafted in the Pennsylvania Militia, and attached to a company commanded by Capt. George Francis, of the town of Lancaster, in said state: He thinks the Regiment was commanded by Col. Jacob Klatz, also of Lancaster; He is not certain whether his Regiment was attached to the Brigade of Pennsylvania Militia under the command of Gen. Irwin, of Carlisle, or the Brigade of Gen. Potter, of Penns Valley of said state, but he thinks the former: Under this draft he served two months , being the term for which he was drafted; and was discharged with his whole company, at a place called the Hoppe , in Chester or Philadelphia County: He, with his regiment, was present at the battle of Germantown, but before the Regiment was actively engaged, the American Army was ordered to retreat. About two years after his discharge as aforesaid, probably in the year 1779 (though this declaration is not positive as to the year) he volunteered in a Regiment of Pennsylvania troops, at Carlisle, in said state; the name of the Captain to whose company he was attached, he is unable to state, but he remembers that the Regiment

was commanded by Col. Thomas Gibson, of Carlisle: He went with his Regiment up the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, for the purpose of driving off the Indians and protecting the frontier: He was at Fort Freeling on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, during his service as a volunteer under Col. Gibson, where Capt. Boons had been killed shortly before by the Indians. He does not remember the precise length of time he was in the service as a volunteer under Col. Gibson, but believes the term did not exceed six weeks: The Regiment was discharged at the town of Northumberland. In the following year (1780) in June or July, he was again drafted into the Pennsylvania Militia, from the town of Carlisle, where he then resided: He was drafted for seven months, and served under the command of Capt. Blythe, of Canoecheague, in Cumberland County Penn a : He marched under Capt. Blythe, on a western expedition against the Indians, as far as the town of Bedford: after remaining at Bedford about one week, the company was ordered back to Philadelphia, passing through the town of Lancaster. On the return of the company to Philadelphia, it was placed under the command of Capt. McElhatton of the regular army, then the commandant of the garrison at Philadelphia. After staying a week at Philadelphia, the company was ordered to join the American army, then in New Jersey, and did join it at Morristown in said state - at Morristown, the members of the company had liberty to join such other companies or regiments as they pleased, and this declarant attached himself to Col. Proctors Regiment of Artillery, belonging to the continental line: He remained at Morristown with the army until the expiration of his term of service, when he received a written discharge from the service, signed by Major Custis, of Col. Proctors Regiment. Declarant cannot state the precise date of his discharge - it was his discharge has been lost or destroyed, by time or accident

very shortly before the revolt of the Pennsylvania line: He knows that he served in this draft, at least seven months, & he thinks longer. While the army lay at Morristown, and this declarant was with it there, he became acquainted with a number of the regular officers of the Pennsylvania line; among others with Col. James Ross, Col. Hubley, Col. Stewart, & with Capt. Doyle, & Capt. McElhattan & others. He further states, that he has no documentary evidence of any kind or description to prove the facts of his service, discharge &c. and that he knows of no one now living, by whom he can substantiate the facts herein set forth: He was born in the town of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 7 th of March 1758: He has a record of his age, contained in his father's bible, now in his possession, & this is the only record thing, that he knows of: He is known to the Rev. John C. Tidball, James Hunter , and & John Markle Henry Swearingen, who have been acquainted with him for several years, & will testify to his good character for truth & veracity, & their belief in the truth of the facts stated in this declaration: He has lived for the last twenty five years in Jefferson county, Ohio, & previous to that, in the State of Pennsylvania.  Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Attest James Ross Wells Clerk      John Dechuff
We John C. Tidball a clergyman residing in the township of Honey Island Creek, & James Hunter John Markle of said Jefferson county, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Dechuff, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, & that we believe him to be in the seventy fifth year of his age: that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, & believe him to be a man of good character for truth & veracity.  Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.  John C. Tidball John Markle  J. Ross Wells Clerk

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the of therein named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that the Rev. John C. Tidball, is a clergyman, resident in Island creek township, in said Jefferson County, and that John Markle who has also signed the same, is a resident of said township and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sep. 25. 1839.
Ohio
$33:33 per am I James Ross Wells, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Dechuff for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 4 th day of September A.D. 1832.
James Ross Wells Clerk
John C. Tidball John Markle

January 25, 1940
Inez Pinchon Ben Lomond Hotel, Room 530 Ogden, Utah
BA-J/AWF John Dehuff S. 2164
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.2164, based upon service of John Dehuff, in the War of the Revolution.
John Dehuff was born March 7, 1758, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not given.
John Dehuff enlisted late in the summer of 1777, served two months as private in Captain George Franciscus' company, Colonel Jacob Klotz's Pennsylvania regiment, and was in the battle of Germantown. He volunteered at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, sometime in 1779, served six weeks in Colonel Thomas Gibson's Pennsylvania regiment, out in pursuit of Indians, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna. While residing in said Carlisle, he enlisted sometime in June or July, 1780, served in Captains Blythe's and McElhatton's companies, was transferred to Colonel Proctor's Artillery Regiment, length of this service, seven months.
John Dehuff moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was living in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he had lived about twenty-five years. He died March 25, 1843.
The soldier, John Dehuff, married May 18, 1790,

Susanah Antis. She was the daughter of Rhinehart Antis, who it was stated was a soldier of the French and Indian War, and he was referred to in 1843, as "late of Braddock Fields, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania". Susanah Antis was born, reared and married on "beautiful land bordering on the Monongahela River". The name of her mother is not given.
The widow, Susanah Dehuff, survived her husband, John Dehuff. A son, John A. Dehuff, gave his address in 1843, Island Creek Post Office, Jefferson County, Ohio.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
John Dehuff Certificate #6173 Issued February 25, 1833 Rate $33.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio, Pittsburgh Agency.
Very truly yours
R. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

182 Island Creek Nov 27 th J. J. Edwards Esq q
Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir,
I have thought my correspondence with the " Department " on the subject of Pensions had forever closed, but recent events have otherwise determined it, and made it my duty reluctant as I am to open this correspondence with you. My Father whose name being upon the Pension list, departed this life on the morning of the 25 th March, in the 86 th year of his age. He has left a widow the sharer of his fortunes, for fifty three years, being married on the 18 th of May 1796. Being appointed his Executor and settling his affairs, and among other things have to make provision for his aged widow. The law granting Pensions to widows I am entirely ignorant of, never having made any particular enquiry on the subject until very lately. What evidence or information you may require on the subject you will please communicate, if my Mother's case comes within the range of the Act. It may not be amiss to give something like a history of her family and marriage. Her Maiden name was Susannah Antis . Daughter of Rhinehart Antis late of Braddock's Field, Alleghany County Pa.

Rinehart Antis was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and for his services had conveyed to him a portion of that beautiful land bordering on the Monongahela River by "King's Patent."
At this place my mother was born and married.
The marriage ceremony being performed by William Wilkins Esq. of Pittsburgh, probably a connection of Judge Wilkins the member of Congress from the Pittsburgh District. If deemed necessary then facts can be proven Would Mr Edwards have the goodness to reply to give me the necessary information, if so, please direct your letter to Island Creek Post Office Jefferson County Ohio.
I am Sir very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt
Wm H. H. C. J. L. Edwards Washington City
John A. Deh. Dehuff

Dec 1. 1843
FREE
Charles Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City D.C.
On the margin of C. Dec 1. 1843 from Sarah

184 Island Creek Nov 27 th J. J. Edwards Esq d
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir, I have thought my correspondence with the "Department" on the subject of Pensions had forever closed, but recent events have otherwise determined it, and made it my duty reluctant as I am to open this correspondence with you. My Father whose name being upon the Pension list, departed this life on the morning of the 25 th March, in the 86 th year of his age; he has left a widow the sharer of his fortunes, for fifty three years, being married on the 18 th of May 1796. I being appointed his Executor am settling his affairs, and among other things have to make provision for his aged widow. The law granting Pensions to widows I am entirely ignorant of, never having made any particular enquiry on the subject until very lately. What evidence or information you may require on the subject you will please communicate, if my Mother's case comes within the range of this Act. It may not be amiss to give something like a history of her family and marriage. Her Maiden name was Susannah Antis , daughter of Rhinehart Antis late of Braddock's Field, Alleghany County Pa.

Rinehart Antis was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and for his services had conferred to him a portion of that beautiful land bordering on the Monongahela River by "King's Patent."
At this place my mother was born and married.
The marriage ceremony being performed by William Wilkins Esq. of Pittsburgh. probably a connection of Judge Wilkins the member of Congress from the Pittsburgh District. If deemed necessary then facts can be proven Would Mr Edwards have the goodness to reply to give me the necessary information, if so, please direct your letter to Island Creek Post Office Jefferson County Ohio.
I am Sir very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt
Hoon H. P. C. J. L. Edwards Washington City
John A. Dehuff

Pension Agency, North Western Bank of Virginia,
Wheeling, Ap r 13 th 1839
Dear Sir:—
I enclose for inspection records (of John Schuff pension: Act z June '37
Respectfully
John Brown for Alwoods Pension agt
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pension Washington D.C.

North Western Bank of Virginia
March 30th 1837
J. S. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Sir Sir I herewith transmit you the Pension Voucher of John Schuff, a pensioner at $33 33 / 100 , per annum, of Jefferson County Ohio, under the Act of June 7th 1832, claiming his pension for one year up to 4 th March 1837. I will await the return of the Voucher and your order respecting it
I am yours Respectfully
Arch d Woods
John S. Browne Pension Agt

Merch. ts & Manuf. rs Bank Pittsburgh 15 th April 1835.
Sir I herewith transmit the Pension paper — of John Schuff, who has not applied for his Pension for two years; — in conformity with your instructions your letter of 21 st ult.
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant for the Pension Pat. Henry Care
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.

Andrew Agnew NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VIRGINIA, Wheeling, March 26 1838
Dear Sir,
I enclose for inspection, vouchers of John Schuff, Auditor. Ac 17 June 1832 - claiming from 4 of March 4 th 1837 -
Yours very respctfully A Wood Hen agt J. Stuart Brown
J. Edwards Esq Comptroller Washington

January 25, 1940
Inez Pinchon Ben Lomond Hotel, Room 530 Ogden, Utah
BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that your great great grandfather was Henry DaHuff, born in 1789, in Columbiana County, Ohio, that his ancestors may have come from New York, or Holland. You request that the Revolutionary War records of this office be searched for the record of any soldier with surname "DaHuff".
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of a soldier with surname "DaHuff", nor do the War of 1812 records show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of any soldier with surname DaHuff, DeHuff, or Dayhoff.
The Revolutionary War records of Abraham Dehuff, John Dehuff, and George Dayhoff, are furnished you herewith. It is hoped that these records will be of interest to you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
See her letter in this pension claim - John Dehuff - S. 2164

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
1.9.2164
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Dehuff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1777 1 mo. George Francis Jacob Klatz Penn.   1779 6 mo. Thomas Gibson   June July 1780 { Bluth D'Elhatton   Transferred Proctor's Arty. Regt.   Served Seven months  
Battles engaged in, German Town
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Carlisle Pa. in 1780
Date of application for pension, Aug 29 1832 His ch. was at
Residence at date of application, Island Creek Twp. Jefferson County Ohio.
Age at date of application, March 7 1758 at Lancaster Penn.
Remarks: D. March 25 1843
Soldier mar. May 18 1790 Susanah dau. of Philip Hart Anter. In 1843 he was referred to as "late of Braddock Fields Alleghany Co. Penn." A son John A. Dehuff was a resident of Island Creek in 1843
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

FIRE PROOF
HOTEL BEN LOMOND
350 ROOMS
350 BATHS
OGDEN-UTAH
January 1, 1940.
T. E. FITZGERALD, MANAGER
Bureau of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am looking for information which will enable me to join the D. A. R. I am wondering if you would be in a position to help me. My great-great-grandfather was Henry DaHuff, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1789. We do not know if his ancestor was born in Ohio, in New York, or in Holland. This man later came into Indiana, which is my home. Could you tell me if you have a DaHuff on record as having received a Revolutionary pension and if so, what is his name, and where was he from? I shall greatly appreciate this information. I have all I need in the family bible, excepting this one man, and as we do not know any more about him than I mentioned above, I thought if he had been a revolutionary soldier, that you would have his name on your list. If not, and he was killed in the war, would you have a record? If not, advise me how to get in touch where these records are kept.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
Inez Pinchon Inez Pinchon Room 530 Ben Lomond Hotel Ogden, Utah
30 A. G. Q.
JAN 5 1940
RECEIVED
no DaHuff in Rev.

OR/rw
1st Ind.
War Department, A.G.O., January 12, 1940. - To the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C. (Attention: Miss Nevitt).
1. Attention is invited to that part of the basic communication which relates to pension records. The writer has been informed of this reference by letter, a copy of which is attached.
1 Inclosure: Copy AG letter.
E. S. ADAMS Major General, The Adjutant General. By [signature]

(COPY) WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE WASHINGTON
OR/rw
January 12, 1940.
Inez Finchon, Room 530, Ben Lomond Hotel, Ogden, Utah.
Dear Madam:
This is in reply to your letter of January 1, 1940, in which you request to be informed if any man surnamed DaHuff served in the Revolutionary War. You also request to be informed if any DaHuff received a pension.
The surname DaHuff has not been found on the records on file in this office of officers and soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War.
The collection of Revolutionary War records on file in this office is incomplete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the Manuscripts and History Section, State Library, Albany, New York.
All pension records are in the custody of the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C., and your letter has therefore been transmitted to that Administration for consideration in regard to your request to be informed if any DaHuff received a Revolutionary War pension.
Very truly yours,
E.S. ADAMS. Major General, The Adjutant General. By ff

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Kindly give me the military record of John Dehuff, born in Lancaster, Pa., March 7th, 1758 and died in Ohio March 25th, 1843. According to information I have he enlisted from Carlisle, Pa., in 1779 under Colonel Thomas Gibson for six weeks. He was also drafted in June or July 1780 in the Pennsylvania Militia from Carlisle, where he then resided, under Captain Blythe and Colonel Proctor, serving seven months, and applied for a pension August 29th, 1832 from Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he had resided for twenty-five years.
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Act: June 7, '32
Index: — Vol. A , Page 92
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