Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3244, Samuel Grimson, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lesson
Grinson, Samuel
St. 3244
Sarah
B.L. Wt. 2444-100
CONTENTS

Let to Hon. T. M. Brougham 18 Dec 1832
Reported

W 4922 Phil. Pennsylvania Sarah Grimsen dec. widow of Samuel Grimsen who died on the 1812 in the State of who was a private in the Comp y commander by Captain — of the Reg t commander by Col. Butler in the Penn a time for 2 years
Founded on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cent. per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831 & end 23 March 1837 when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of January 1859 and sent to Hon. Chas. W. Pitman, House of Reps.
Swears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Payable to surviving children to wit —
Sarah Grimsen { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the Chas. Clerk, Page 368 Recorded by Book D. Vol. 2.

7050 Sarah Grimsaw died wid of Samuel Pa at 4 July 1836.
Marrid before the Penn Pennsylvania. husband died 1814 widow died 23 March 1837
See Mrs Grimsaw's aff'd with case of Leonard's son get 18 Mar 1818. His now wife Mary not 3 March 43. Same William's widow enrolled to bury him 1820 yet alive — on Roll 16 P. Regt
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the Act of Congress of 4 th July 1836 State of Pennsylvania Dauphin County ss
January
On this twenty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty Right personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Dauphin State of Pennsylvania Sarah Grimson a resident of Derry township in the County of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July fourth 1836, That she is the only surviving child of Sarah Grimson and Samuel Grimson both now deceased, that her Mother the said Sarah Grimson was the widow of Samuel Grimson who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution that she has frequently heard both her father and Mother speak of the time they were out in the Revolutionary War her Mother very often telling her of her being with her father during most of the War and cooking for the soldiers that she has heard them say that he enlisted twice one of which times he served under Col n Butler of the Pennsylvania line, and that he was to have got land from the United States but that he never received it she remembers that about twenty years ago an old soldier by the name of Leonard Spong who was applying for a pension came to our house and that Mother and the said Spong had a long talk about the time when they were in the War, and that the said Spong got her Mother to go with him to a Magistrates and give her evidence about his being out at the time Father and Mother were out as he had some trouble in getting his pension she has no old papers or other documents proving the service of her Father but she has no doubt but that the records will show he was out as she has often heard him

and Mother talk about those things she further declares that she does not know the time when or where her father and Mother were married but knows they were living together as Man and Wife before the close of his services not only from what she has heard them say but also from the ages of the children who were older than her but who are now dead she also declares that her father the said Samuel Grimson died in the fall the Malitia was at Baltimore during the last war and that her Mother remained a widow from that time until the day of her death which occurred on the twenty second or twenty third day of March one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Attest Thomas Horster
Her
Thos Pansy
Sarah J Grimson
State of Pennsylvania
Mark
Dauphin County ss. 3
I William D Boas Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin State of Pennsylvania being a Court of record held at Harrisburg in and for said County of Dauphin State aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Samuel Grimson was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and died in the township of Derry County of Dauphin in the State of Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and forty in the fall of said year - that he left a widow named Sarah Grimson and two children only named Sarah and Leah that the said Sarah Grimson widow of the aforesaid Samuel Grimson did not intermarry but remained a widow and died in the township of Derry in the County of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven on the twenty second or twenty third day of March in said year leaving but one child named Sarah Grimson who still survives and has made the above declaration and that Leah Grimson the other child named above deceased without issue I also certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the Court in the case of the Application of Sarah Grimson In testimony
over

whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this twenty first day of January One Thousand eight Hundred Forty eight at Harrisburg William D. Boas Prothys.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities.
State of Pennsylvania } Seventeen the day of January County of Dauphin } one thousand eight hundred and fifty
I, Sarah Grimson heir at law of Samuel Grimson do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Samuel Grimson did enter the service in 17 , for the term of and served as a Private in the Regiment No. Three under the command of Colonel Butler, of the Pennsylvania line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the Revolutionary War.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Samuel Grimson on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore, I apply for said land as his only child Sarah Grimson
Know all men by these presents, That I, Sarah Grimson aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint George M. Phillips to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Jeremiah Yantz Sarah Grimson Adam Brop Jr
Personally appeared the abovenamed Sarah Grimson subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. This 17th day of January 1850.
Attest, Jeremiah Yantz Henry Lightmeyer Justice of the Peace Adam Brop Jr
In testimony that the above written Henry Lightmeyer was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Harrisburg this Eighteenth day of January A.D. 1850.
Stephen Miller, Prothonotary

Samuel Grimson, dr.
No. 2444.
Mr. Geo. M. Phillips Washington D.C.

Samuel Grimson, a private of the 3 d Reg t Pennsylvania, is entitled to bounty land — see printed list —
On examination of the Pension papers of Sarah Grimson, dec d . Widow of Sam d Grimson, dec d . She is found inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia, and a Certificate of Pension (for $80. per annum) issued the 9 th Jan y 1850. payable to the surviving Child to Wit, Sarah Grimson, and sent to the Hon d Chas. H. Pitman of the Ho. of Representatives —
In connexion with the Pension papers above referred to, is the Certificate of the Court of Dauphin County Pa d duly authenticated by the Seal and Certificate of the Clerk of said Court, showing that Sarah Grimson, is the daughter and sole surviving heir at law of the aforesaid Sam d Grimson, dec d .
Wm Gordon - Clk
April 25 th 50

WIDOW, &c.
Rev.
File No. 3244
Sarah Grinson
Widow
Samuel Grinson
Pai. Rev War
Act: July 4. 1836.
Index: — Vol. 2 Page 288-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 7050 Sarah Grimké Pa
Let to Hon. S. M. Cocker March 23 48
act. 4 July 1836

Washington, Jan'y 24. 1857
Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Sarah Grimson, (only child of Samuel Grimson) for Bounty Land, due on acct of the services of her deceased father, the said Samuel Grimson, in the War of the Revolution.
For proof of service, kinship, &c. I respectfully refer you to the papers on file in your office, on which a Pension was granted to the said Sarah Grimson, under the Act of 4 th July, 1836.
I am,
Very Resp'y
Yours Truly
Geo. M. Phillips
Col. H. Edwards Comd of Pension

No 7050 Sarah Grimsen and wife of Samuel Pa
act 4 July 1836
admo 2 years fine
$80.00 per an
for 4 March 1831. to 23 March 1837, payable to Sarah Grimsen, only sur- viving children of Sarah Grimsen deceased
Hon. W. M. Pitman House of Reps

House Rep. Febry March 1. 1848
Sir -
Enclosed you have the declaration of Sarah Grimson, child of Samuel & Sarah Grimson, dec d of Pennsylvania, for the benefits of the 3 rd Section, act of July 1836 - which you will please have acted upon at your earliest convenience -
I am very respectfully Yr Obt. Serv t
J. N. Eckert
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

House of Representatives,
December 18. 1849.
Sir.
Herewith I send you proof of service of Samuel Grimson, in the Revolutionary War, as called for by your letter to my predecessor, Hon. G. H. Eckert, in the case of Sarah Grimson, under the Act of 4 th July, 1836.
For the evidence that Mrs. Grimson was the wife of Samuel Grimson, prior to the close of his service, I beg leave to refer you to the papers on file in your office, touching the case of Mrs. Spong, widow of John Leonard Spong, a pensioner under the Act of 1838.
Very Resp y
Yr. obd. Servt.,
Charles A. Pitman
Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm e of Pensions.

H. R. March 16. 1852
Hon. James E. Heath,
Sir,
Have the kindness to inform me, whether Sarah Garrison, daughter and only heir of James Garrison, ever received a pension, if so, to whom the same was paid.
Your attention to the above is respectfully requested.
Your humble servant
W. M. Bibb

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by James Renner Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Penn
(A large, vertical, decorative flourish consisting of five overlapping loops.)
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol- ume Page by
J. P. Chase Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4 th July 1836, Sarah Grimson dec d late of Pennsylvania, widow of Samuel Grimson who was a private in the Revolution and died in the year 1814, is inserted on the roll of Pensions, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing March 4 th 1831 and ending 23 rd March 1837 when she died.
The amount is due and payable to her only surviving child, viz Sarah Grimson
Three large decorative flourishes or loops.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 9 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty fifty
Examined and Countersigned.
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Auditor General's Office
Harrisburg Nov. 27. 1849
I certify that the Payrolls of the Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army now remaining in this department show the following payments, in certificates signed by John Pierce Commissioner etc, to Samuel Grimsow, viz; $33 30 / 90 being for pay in the sixth regiment, to January 1 st 1781 - $58, being for pay (omissions in the different regiments 1780 & 1781) to January 1 st 1782 - $80 being for pay (omissions in the different regiments 1782) to January 1 st 1783 - $40 60 / 90 being for pay in the third regiment to November 3 rd 1783, and $80 being for gratuity in the third regiment.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid
John N. Purviance Auditor General
Pres. 75 cts

State of Pennsylvania } Dauphin County ss. } Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Dauphin State of Pennsylvania Jacob Heite a resident of Perry Township County and State aforesaid aged about Sixty three years who being by me duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Samuel and Sarah Grimson that he knew them for several years previous to their death, remembers that said Samuel Grimson was at his the said Heites Fathers house when said Jacob Heite was a boy, remembers seeing him there many times, and that said Samuel Grimson and Sarah Grimson lived together as man and wife that after the death of the said Samuel Grimson which occurred many years since the said Sarah Grimson did not intermarry but remained a Widow until the day of her death that Samuel Grimson was always reputed to have served as a soldier during the war of the Revolution and said deponent has always understood that the said Sarah Grimson was also out during said war with the said Samuel Grimson that Sarah Grimson who is now applying for a pension is their only surviving child
Witness present
Henry N. Orth
Geo. Wolf
Wm. T. Bishop
Jacob his + Heite Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the Twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred Fortythree And I do hereby certify that the above named affiant is well and personally known to me and is of good character and respectability and worthy of belief given under my hand & Seal at Hummelstown the Twelfth day of November AD 1847
Wm. T. Bishop A Justice of the Peace for said County

(Copy) original on file with the Pension papers of the Widow of Sam t Grimsow, dec d - Philad a Roll
State of Pennsylvania Dauphin County ss.
I William D. Ross, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania, being a Court of record held at Harrisburg in and for said County of Dauphin, State aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Samuel Grimsow was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and died in the township of Derry, County of Dauphin in the State of Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty, in the fall of said year - that he left a widow named Sarah Grimsow, and two children only, named Sarah and Leah, that the said Sarah Grimsow, widow of the aforesaid Samuel Grimsow, did not intermarry but remained a widow and died in the township of Derry, in the County of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, on the twenty second or twenty third day of March in said year, leaving but one child named Sarah Grimsow who still survives and has made the above declarations, and that Leah Grimsow the other child named above, deceased without issue. I also certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the Court in the case of the Application of Sarah Grimsow.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twenty first day of January, One Thousand eight hundred and forty eight at Harrisburg
Signed William D. Ross, Proth ry

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grinard, Paul GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11270 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 7, 1798 To Elisha Garrett, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.