Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18425, Peter Grow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Grow, Peter
S. 18425
Scarded
CONTENTS

Ohio
No 13462
Peter Groom
of Meigs Co in the State of Ohio who was a Join in the Com commanded by Captain King of the Reg commanded by Col Marshall in the Mass . No time for Six months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of July 1833 and sent to Marcus Boorworth Chester O.
arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sep. 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 9.

State of Ohio } ss Heig's County }
On this Thursday Friday of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of common Pleas now sitting Peter Grow a resident of Chester in said county of Meigs aged sixty nine years who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers Viz. Brigadier General Patterson Col. John Marshall Sergeant Major Long and Captain King he was one of thirteen soldiers that the town of Dudley State of Massachusetts furnished to fill up the 10 th Regiment of the continental line he marched to West Point in New York stayed there about one month then marched to a place called Topann in New Jersey stayed there about four or five months marched back to West Point and was there discharged served Six months was there when the British Spy Major Andre was hung he believes it was in the summer of 1780
He has no documentary evidence of his service
He knows one certain Andrew Webster living that was one of thirteen soldiers aforesaid that served the same time - That he hereby relinquishes every claim right or interest except the present - That his name is not on the Pension roll of any State or organ except  except  the  the  one  one  to  to  which  which  he  he  was  was  admitted  admitted  the  the  day  day  of  of  his  his  discharge  discharge  and  and  that  that  he  he  is  is  now  now  residing  residing  in  in  the  the
Full of my studies on age 67 Peter Grow I hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Grow who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the date aforesaid

Amendment to the Declaration of Peter Grow, which will be found upon the other page, the Peter Grow who then states & declares, before the said page, on the same day of year that he was born in Oxford Madi- son Co. Mass. April the 30th 1763, that he lived there twelve years, when  that he removed to Dudley Mass, where he re- sided during nine years (except the time he spent in the service) removed to Vermont & lived there 18 years & removed to Washington Co. Ohio, & there resided two years, then removed to Athens Co. Ohio which is now where Mays he has ever since resided & still resides to wit: at Chester in Mays Co. Ohio That I enlisted in Dudley Mass about the last of May 1780 arrived at Westport about the first of July, left there about the first of August, as stated on the other page that he was discharged about the 10th December, but that his discharge is lost. That he has no record of his age but that it is probably recorded on the Town Clerks Book in Oxford  Dudley Mass where he was born In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th day of October AD 1832 of our State the 30th J. B. BOWORTH Clerk
The State of Ohio
Meigs County ss
I Marcus Bowworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said coun- ty do hereby certify the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Grow for a pen- sion In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th day of October AD 1832 of our State the 30th
J. B. BOWORTH Clerk

And the said court of common Pleas of the said county of Meigs do hereby declare their opinions after 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,
and who have signed the within declaration are residents in said county of Meigs and are persons of credibility and that their statements are entitled to credit
The State of Ohio
Meigs County
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the court of the Common Pleas for said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Grow for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office
this 10th day of October A.D. 1832 of our State the 30th A.B. McMillan Clerk
State of Ohio Washington County
Before me Horace Tamaone of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid Personally came Andrew Webster who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that one certain Peter Grow now of Chester Meigs County Ohio is one of thirteen soldiers which went from Dudley Massachusetts furnished by the Township of Dudley to fill up a continental Regiment. No. 10 went to West Point New York stayed there about one month then went to New Jersey Orange Town or Tappan and stayed there or four months then returned to West Point and stayed until we were discharged I the said Andrew Webster being one of the
Peter Grow 15051

same soldiers and served six months in the Revolutionary war in the summer of 1780 he believes but knows none was hung while they were there the above is a true statement as the deponent verily believes
Andrew Webb
Sworn to and subscribed this 4th day of September 1832 before me
Horace Learned a justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Washington County ss I, George Dunbar, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify that Horace Learned, Esquire, who hath signed his name and affixed his seal to the within written certifi- cate of a Deposition taken before him was at that time and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the Township of Waterford, in said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified agreeably to law; and that full faith and credit are, and ought to be given to all things by him thus certified, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Marietta, in said County this Seventh day of September Anno Domini, one thousand, eight hundred thirty two.
Geo. Dunbar, Clerk

15.059.
Peter Groom
Meigs County Ohio
Adm. L. Mearns
$20. —
M. Bosworth
Chester
Meigs County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13 th July - 1833
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 subj ced 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 Peter Groom
   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.     Last May 1788 6 Col. Marshall Cap. King 69 years Dudley Mass. Living Witness and Traditionary  
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 tours, 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 places 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.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Peter Grown S.F. 8425-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1780 6 mos. Pvt. King John Marshall (10) Mass.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dudley Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct 9. 1832. F.W. Ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Chester Meigs Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b. at Oxford, Worcester Co. Mass. Apr. 30. 1763.
Remarks: No data as to family.

Rev. S. C. Cincinnati Ohio Jan 15 - 1917.
Pension Bureau:- Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please write me what the records say of Peter see declaration Gross Revolutionary soldier from Vermont, as I am hunting up data to be used for admittance to the D. A. R.
By doing this you will greatly oblige
Mrs Jennie Gross Kiefer. 2605 Vine Street

H. J. H. Rev. Sec.
Goldfield, Nev.
July 3, 1919.
U. S. Pension Office Washington D. C.
I am seeking evidence of the pensioning of Peter Gros. Revolutionary soldier who enlisted at Dudley, Mass. in May 1780 private in Capt. Kings Co. served six months
Address
Mrs Carl A. Gies Registrar Montezuma Chapter D.A.R. Goldfield, Nevada

Received of Mr Garland. Interior Department Inspector. present address, Pension Bureau
55 cents for certified photostat copies of two pages from the Revolutionary War Pension claim of Peter Grow, Mass Troops Survivor File 18425.
✓ 55 cents cash paid Aug 30. 1923 - received by A B Wilson
REV. WAR SECTION

Cyd
M 233 BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
AUG 31 1923 192...
Chief Gen. War Section Gen. War Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from Mr. Garthwaite Interior Dept. Inspector Cash No.  56 for $ 100 , requesting post office address as per letter herewith.
Copies delivered in person to Mr. Garthwaite Div. of Finance Div. mfk AW Sept 8 23.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL [Signature] Chief Finance Div.
  (MF 42)  Date  Sept 7, 23    Name  John Bunn    No.  118425    Photographic copies wanted of  1    pieces, consisting of  2 pages.    Remarks:     Serial No.  Exr.  REV. WAR SECTION  Div.     McMurray  Chief       Low Clerk.   

18 425
INVALID.
File No. 18,425
Peter Grow
Pri Rev Mar
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 Jan'y 26 Hist. to Genl Rev. H. Davis. Letter in P.F. 36566 Ebenezer Grow 1916 July 19 Hist. to Mrs. Carl A. Gies. 1917 April 27 Hist. to Mrs. Jennie Kiefer 1923 Sept. 8. Copies delivered to Mr. Gartland in person, aw

State of Ohio
Washington County
§ § §
I hereby certify that Andrew Webster the person that who was sworn before me to testify in the case of Peter Grow to obtain a pension under the Law of 7 th June 1832 on the 4 th day of September 1832 is a man well known to me and is a man of credibility given under my hand and seal this 17 th day of April 1833
Horace Learned Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio Washington County
I hereby certify that Andrew Webster of Waterford in said County the signer of a deposition taken before Horace Learned a Justice of the Peace to prove the services of Peter Grow (of Chester Meigs County) in the revolutionary army said deposition dated 4 th day of Sept r 1832 is a man of credibility that I have been acquainted with him twenty five years given under my hand and seal this 17 th April 1833
Robert Leget — § § § Justice Peace
The State of Ohio § George Dunlevy, Clerk of the Court of Com- Washington County § mon Pleas within and for said County, do certify that Horace Learned and Robert Leget whose several certificates are above written, were on the 17 th day of April last past and now are, acting Justices of the Peace in and for the Township of Waterford in said County, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand, eight hundred & thirty three.
Geo. Dunlevy, Clerk

The State of Ohio Meigs County p 3
Personally appeared before me John C. Bestow an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for said County John McClanathan residing in Chester Meigs County Ohio, & Lucian C. McClanathan formerly of Chester aforesaid but now a resident of Watertown Washington County Ohio who being duly sworn depose & say that they are well acquainted with Peter Grow who has subscribed & sworn to a declaration to which this is attached that they are believe him to be sixty nine or seventy years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that they concur in that opinion sworn to & subscribed before me this 31 st day of April 1833 John M c Clanathan
John C. Bestow Associate Judge Lucian C. M c Clanathan I John C. Bestow one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Meigs do hereby certify that John M c Clanathan & Lucian C. M c Clanathan who have signed the above are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit, that they are residents of the places above represented & further that there is no clergyman in the immediate vicinity that has resided here for a considerable length of time Chester April 1 st 1833 John C. Bestow associate Judge of P.
The State of Ohio Meigs County p 3
I Marcus Bonartha Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that John C. Bestow Esq. is one of the As- sociate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that full

faith & credit are sought to be given to his official acts as such In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said court at Chester, this first day of April AD 1833 of our State the 31 st
M. B. John Ritt Clerk