Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8599, Peter Grass, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Grass, Peter
S. 8599
CONTENTS
carded

23/94 Virginia Peter! Grafts
He was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Col. ——— in the Va. Line for 13 Mos.
Return the pay
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov 1833 and sent to A. W. Quarrier Clk
Arrears to the 1 st of Sept 1833. $108.33 Lieut. allowance ending March 21. 1834
$130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 1/2 Page 15
see letter to J. M. Lowrey June 12. 1835
Aug 24
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1838 to the 4 th March 1838. Agt notified 27 Feb 1839.
Letter to Hon. G. W. Sumner & 3 and . 6. Jan'y 1862.
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1840. to 4 March 1841. Agent Notified 23 rd Feb 1841

25575
Adm't as appt'd 13 mo. $43.33
66.66 21.66
108.33

nor does he know of any other person by whom he could procure them. He has lived in the County of Kennebec about eight years. The applicant, during each period of service, above stated was a private soldier.
The hereby requests my claim when due to a pension on account, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state book to, and include the day and year given -
in open court
Attest A. W. Danner Atty
Peter Grop
We Hamilton Mann and James F. Strangins - residing in the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Grop who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion, that we believe him to be about eight years of age, that he is separated, and believe him in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
from the day of his application
in open court
Attest A. W. Danner Atty
Hamilton Mann James F. Strangins

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the Bar by order, that the above named applicant was an extraordinary holder and holder as he states. And the said Court further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighbor- hood of the applicant, and that it appears to them that Hamilton Mann and James F. Stranahan who have signed the foregoing certificates, are each gentlemen of great respectability and worthy of entire credit and belief in the statements made by them — In testimony of all of which the Justices forming said Court have hereunto set their hands the 15 th day of November 1833 in open Court
A Donnelly John P. Turner Lewis Ruffin Wm Ellison
Virginia Kanawha County To wit
I Alexander W. Duanis Clerk of the County Court of said County of Kanawha do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Graff for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

my hand and the seal of said Court being the seal of my office this 19 th day of November 1833 with and in the 58 th year of the Commonwealth
A. W. Duanier Clerk
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1833

State of Virginia
Kanawha County To Wit.
On this 12 th day of November 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Kanawha County, now sitting
Peter Gray, a resident of Reed River in the County of Kanawha and State of Virginia, aged twenty eight 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 act of Gray passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and record as therein stated. That in the year 1777, he resided in the town of Staunton, Augusta County Virginia, and was that year drafted as a private in a company of rifle men raised in said County of Augusta, commanded by Capt. Thomas Smith, Lieutenant Charles Barkley. This company was designed to unite with other forces in the different parts of West Virginia, to protect the frontier, and repel the hostile Indians. The said company marched from Augusta, to North Union, now Lewisburg in the County of

Greenbrier, where they remain about a week and was there "joined" by several companies, from the counties of Raleigh, Fayette, Raleigh and Greenbrier, and were formed into one Regiment, commanded by Col. Adair, Dechaineux and George Skillman, and Maj. Saml. Mac- Dowell. From Lewisburg, the Regiment was marched through the mountainous region, by sections that place, and the Ohio, there a very rugged wilderness, to Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha. The fort at Point Pleasant was then commanded by Capt. Ar- buckle. Another division of the army under com- mand of Genl. Hand, was to have descended the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, and to have united with the forces then collected at Point Pleasant, with a view to a vigorous attack on the Indians on the Scioto & c. Sickness was lay at the mouth of Kanawha, some for a few weeks, when intelligence was brought that Hand's army would not be able to form a junction as contemplated, the season being far spent, and cold weather already set in. The Division to which the applicant was attached, was then disbanded at Point Pleasant, and the soldiers made their way back to their homes. The applicant received no written discharge from the service, and does not believe that any

of the soldiers died - He served in this town full three months - He was in no engagement with the Indians during this time - It was while he lay at Fort Pleasant, that Cornstalk, his son Eutlipico & Red Hawk, who were hostages in the fort, were killed by the enraged soldiers, who were provoked to this violence by the murder of some of their friends, by the Kanawha River, during an armed excursion on the morning of that day - In the spring of 1778, the applicant was again drafted from Augusta county into a company of Rifle men commanded by Capt William Anderson, and was marched to the fort at Clarks Creek, the Indians being troublesome, and having again attacked some of the forts in Greenbrier - At this time he was in constant service for another period of three months - In 1778, in April, the Indians annoying the north western part of Virginia, the applicant was again drafted into a company in Augusta commanded by Capt William Rainard and, was marched to the West Fork of Shenandoah, where he and his company, was on duty for a period of three months - After his return from Shenandoah, and in the same year, an alarm was given, that the British forces designed an attack upon Richmond and other James River Towns - The applicant was then again drafted, into

a company commanded by his former Captain, Thomas Smith, and was ordered to Richmond, where he remained, and in the neighborhood about a month, and on half-pay - The alarm having passed over, the applicant and his company were discharged at Richmond, and returned home - he does not recollect where the said officers were, during this last service - his company was attached to other regiments at Richmond, and was under officers, with regiments out at Richmond, or for other quarters of the state, and not known to the applicant. For the year 1780 the in the spring of the year, the applicant was appointed by Col. Mathews of Augusta to guard the Magazine in Staunton, in said County, which the said Mathews informed the applicant was equal to an active tour of duty, and would be considered in lieu thereof - he served in this latter capacity three months, and was then sent by Col. Mathews, as one of the guards, to transport powder from the Magazine at Staunton, to Point of Forks on the James River, below where the present town of Lynchburg is situated - After this service, he was again discharged, - this was the last duty he performed - he received no written discharge at the expiration of any of the several periods of his service - he has therefore no documentary evidence to prove any of said services

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
P.F. 85-99
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Gross 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 3 mos. Pvt. Thomas Smith Adam Dickinson George Shillaber? Va.   Spring 1778 3 mos. " William Anderson ✓   Apr. 1779 3 mos. " William Kincaid ✓   1779 1 1/2 mos. " Thomas Smith ✓   Spring 1780 3 mos. " Quartermaster Winton Mathews  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fronton, Augusta Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov 12 1893. His el. was of
Residence at date of application, Hind River, Kanawha Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 70 yrs
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 28 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Grass, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Pa Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 2 nd of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jany 8 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Graft, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Forty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward N. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Rev.-1 6A 26.
Denver, Colorado, Dec. 1st 1916
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly tell me whether a pension for services rendered during the Revolutionary war was issued to either Frederick Grass, Henry Grass or Peter Grass. They were all in the Virginia Continental line during that war. Also, was there ever a pension issued to the widow of either of these men. Will your records tell me where they lived at time pension was issued?
Yours very truly,
Jno. Grass,
690 Lafayette St.

Reborn
8599
1916 Dec 20 Hest to John Grass
INVALID.
File No. 8599
Robt. Grass
Dis. Mar. War
Act: June 15 82
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]