Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31145, John Humfres, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Humphres, John
S. 31145
CONTENTS

602
Kentucky
John Humphres
of Jefferson Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wallace of the reg t commanded by Col. Buford in the Virginia line for 18 months, from April 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Septem ber 1832 — and sent to William Hargrave, Louisville.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $90. — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 30. —
$ 120. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm H Wilson Clerk, Book D . Vol. 9. Page 43.

Dear Sir,
Col. Genl.
Sec. of War.
Washington City.
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "1000" or "10000"]

State of Kentucky S Jefferson County ss
On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Thomas F. Crittenden sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court for the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid, now sitting John Humphreys a resident of Jefferson County, and State of Kentucky aged sixty nine years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress, passed 7 th June 1832. That he enlisted on the 9 th day of April 1779. in the Continental service of the United States in Captain Adam Wallace's Company in the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and served in the same until Buford's defeat; after which time he served under Captain Wilson, until the 25 th day of October 1780. when he was discharged by Abraham Buford Colonel of the Regiment, at Hillsborough in North Carolina after which he served in the Militia until the end of the War - which has been more fully proved. when his name was placed on the Pension list in the year 1819. February 9 th . - He further states that he is the identical person named in the Certificate herewith enclosed, which was granted on the proof of Lieutenant Pearson, now on file in the War Office, as he believes. which is intended to be corroborated.
John Humphreys
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states which is ordered to be certified.

I Warden Pope Clerk of the Circuit Court in & for the Circuit of Jefferson in the State of Kentucky do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Humphreys for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court house in the City of Louisville the 16 th day of August 1832 and in the 48 th year of the Commonwealth Warden Pope C.R. By George W. Griffin Atty
Dear Sir
Louisville August 16 th 1832
In closed you have the Certificate of my moraliment and the pension list of the United States together with the declaration made by me in court showing that I am the bona fide person I was a pensioner for two years, under the included act  act which is all I drew, until a subsequent act requiring me to swear that I was not worth $200. less effect which I can't trust do and of course ceased to draw any more whether the present act will entitle me to draw from the time I ceased to draw or not I am unprepared to say but at all events I will as I presume be entitled to draw from the commencement of the present act you will please enclose to William Hargrave Louisville Jefferson County Ky, the request papers that it will be

necessary for me to have to unable me to draw my pension at the Ky agency in Louisville Ky.
Respectfully Yours &c
John Humphreys by
Mr. Gargrave

(6745.)
Kentucky.
John Humphreys.
of Jefferson Co. in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buford of the Virginia line, for the term of 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1819 and sent to Hon R.C. Anderson in House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Semi-annual acct ending March 1819 37.67 37.67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1819 }

31145 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31145
John Humphreys Rev Rev me
Act June 1 st 1892
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Humfres, 831145
On June 9, 1945 Mr. Manning of Gen. Accts Office gave Mr. Pottorff the following information about the veteran of the file shown above which is conclusive proof that he is the one whose record is deleted by James R. Sanders of Gen. Del., Washington, La.
John "Humfres" (as shown by signature) served as Private in Capt. Adam Wallace's Co., Col. Buford's 11 th Va. Regt. He made a will which was witnessed by Buford Gentry, Jonathan D. S. Peacock & Dr. Frederick Johnson, in Bullitt Co. Ky., his executor being W. P. Sanders.
On Sept. 8, 1851 John Humfres was a res. of Bullitt Co., Ky. He stated then he had lived there about 12 years & previous to that time in Jefferson Co., Ky. for 42 years, and prior to that time in Montgomery Co. Ky.
Last payment of pension was made to veteran Feb. 16, 1852

Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Branch Bank U.S. Lexington Road
(Recorded)
68 86 61 62 51

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
John Numpf late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the four- teenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this Sixth day of
February one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

J. Bernoullius
Admiranda
J

To the Hon John C. Calhoun Secy War department
In order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "The act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the U. States in the revolutionary war" the undersigned John Barr plays makes this application and states on oath that he is a resident of Jefferson County Kentucky is about fifty five years of age, that he enlisted in the army of the revolution in the month of April 1779 in a company commanded by Aaron Wallace — and in Colonel the Buford's regiment of the Virginia line on Continental establishment, at Louisa County in the State of Virginia, and that he continued to serve in the said line until October — 1780 making in the whole 18. months - that he served his said time faithfully & was honorably discharged, that his discharge was (as he was informed) filed with auditor in Richmond Virginia.
He further states that during the said revolu-

-tinany war, he was in the unfortunate action called Bufords defeat in South Carolina-
He states farther that he is in reduced circum- -stances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - that he has never been allowed any pension or provision under any former law of the U. States - & that it is not in his power to produce any farther evid- -ence of his services -
John Humphreys
State of Kentucky At a County Court held for Jefferson County in the State aforesaid at the Court House in the Town of Louisville on the fourteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and Eighteen The above named John Humphreys late a Soldier in the Revolutionary War of the United States with Great Britain produced in the said County Court the above and foregoing petition and made oath to the same in said Court - Also Proved by the Oath of Francis Taylor that he the said Humphreys found his reduced

reduced Circumstances, needs the assistance of his Country for support, And the said Court being satisfied of the truth thereof and of the truth of the facts contained in the said Petition - It was ordered that the same be Certified to the Honorable John Q Calhoun Secretary of the War department -
In Testimony whereof I the Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 22nd day of October 1818 and in the 27th year of our Commonwealth Morris Lopez ye