Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22277, Philip Grove, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Grove, Philip.
S. 22 277
CONTENTS

11472
Pennsylvania Philip Groves
of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wolf - of the P.M. commanded by Col Patterson in the Pennsylvania Militia time for seven months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of May 1833. and bearing on Philip Groves Lycoming Co Penna
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $46.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep 33. 11.66 $58.32 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol 5 Page 21.
Let to Hon. S. Smith May 1, 1833

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ~ } ss.
On this twelfth day of September in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Seth Chapman Esq. President & his associates  and his associates Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Lycoming aforesaid, now sitting, Philip Grove , a resident of Lycoming Township in the County and State aforesaid, aged man seventy four 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 Congress, passed June the seventh, 1832. —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He entered the service first as a militia man under Captain Michael Wolf (who died some few years since at Pines Creek in this county) at Wormsdorf in this state, & from March thro' Reading, Bethlehem & Easton & thence to Amboy in New Jersey, when he stayed two months. to which he belonged The regiment was not full; One Patton was the Colonel, but he did not go with us. John Thornbury was our Major & marched with us. Conrad Wiser was Lieutenant of our company, & Henry Futorf was Ensign - Henry Spicker (who died in Berestown in this state) was Adjutant. It was after oats harvest, or in the latter end of summer terminated the service, but cannot recollect the year precisely. After remaining two months at Amboy his company was discharged. About the time the English was in Philadelphia (He thinks in the year 1777) he enlisted for two months, & was under Colonel Morgan. Conrad Wiser (who was our Lieutenant at Amboy) was now our Captain. We marched from Reading to White Plains then we had a good deal of scouting & a battle with the English - General Irwin was taken prisoner at Chestnut Hill - & in the battle at this place, there was twelve men killed, & the English beat us. A couple of days before this he was in skirmish with some Hessian light horsemen, who fired on our men, but did not kill any of them, they then fired on the Hessians, none of them fell, but shortly after some women came from Philadelphia & said six of the Hessians

had died - This skirmish was near the "Robin Hood" tavern above Philadelphia. He was out at this time about two months & was then discharged. After this he was again drafted as a Militia man & marched from Momelsdorf (then in Berks County) to Reading & remained there two months. Then was a report at that time that the British was coming up to Reading. George Potorf was his Captain & Henry Potorf Lieutenant at this place. At At the time he was under Captain Mise, got fifty pounds, continental money, but it was hardly worth anything. - He knew General Washington, General Irwin, General Potter & General Armstrong. He was three times out as a soldier (as he has stated above) and once put driving a team which was pressed into the service. When he first entered the service he lived on Little Swatara 6 miles from Para's Town then in Berks County - he has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He was born in Gloucester County in the State of New Jersey and was born in the year 1758 -
He has no record of his age -
When called into service he lived at Little Swatara, as above stated, & since the revolutionary war, he first moved from Swatara to Buffalo Valley, Union County, & from that place to Lycoming County to where he now lives, & where he has resided for near thirty years -
He was drafted twice, & once he enlisted - & once as a substitute he was never a substitute.
He knew General Washington, General Irwin, Colonel Heister & others above named - Potter & Irwin both commanded regiments - The circumstances of his service are set out in the above declaration.

He never recollects to have received a discharge - he thinks the Captain generally received a discharge for the Company.
He never received a Commission -
He is personally known in his neighborhood to Isaiah  Isaiah Hays, Shff. of the Co. Richard Hays, Henry Lumbart (clergyman) & James Winters, who can testify to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
3rd Feb. 1818
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
J. Woodruff
We Henry Lumbart (a clergyman) residing in the Boro' of Williamsport in the County aforesaid, and Isaiah  Isaiah Hays, Richard Hays Shff. of Lycoming County & James Winters Esq., residing in the same neighborhood with Philip Grove, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said Philip Grove who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
J. Woodruff
H. Lumbart Isaiah Hays James Winters Richard Hays

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 Henry Lambert who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Borough of Williamsport in said County, and that the said James Minter Esq (who is now High Sheriff of the said County) Isaiah Keays and Richard Keays, who have also signed the same, are resident in the neighborhood of said Applicant, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Leah Chapman
John Cummings
A D. Duncanson
I Joseph Wood Prothonotary of the Court of common Pleas of the County of Lycoming County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original application of Philip Groves for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Williamsport this 12 th day of September 1832.
J. Wood Prothon.

Amended Declaration of Philip Grove.
Lycoming County, State of Pennsylvania } ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for Lycoming County aforesaid, Philip Grove, the above named applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and 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 periods mentioned below, & in the following grades - to wit,
 1 st He first entered the service first in August 1776 and served as a Militia man for two months, under Captain Wolf -  2 d He entered the service again in September 1777 - enlisted & served for two months - Conrad Weis was our Captain - - Morgan was col n .  3 d He again entered the service in May 1778 - as a drafted Militia man & served for two months, under Captain Potorf -  4 th In July 1778 - & Just after the British evacuated Philadelphia he was pressed in to the service and drove team for one month; And for such service he claims a pension. 
Yrs sincerely Rev. J. B.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 25 th day of March A. D. 1833. & I do hereby certify that the said Philip Grove is a credible person and that his statement ought to be believed. His entitled to credit -
Joseph Vansant

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County } ss.
I Joseph Wood Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of said County do certify that the aforesaid Jacob Grapfius is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said County & that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such - And that the signature "Jacob Grapfius" - above written is the proper hand writing of him the said Jacob Grapfius - Justice of the Peace aforesaid.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Williamsport this 25th day of March 1833.
J. Wood Prothon.
State of Penn } ss. Lycoming County }
I Joseph Wood Prothonotary of the Com- mon pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing contains all the original proceedings of the said court as well as the proceedings before Jacob Grapfius Esq. a Justice of the Peace of Lycoming County in the matter of the application of Philip Grove for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. Wood Prothon.

Philip Grove Pennsylvania
Part Item Amount of Account Rate 112 34
7 Mo.
$23.33

60
BRIEF in the case of of Lycoming
Philip Grove in the State of Pa (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1774 served 2 private Cap Wolf Col Patton   " enlisted 2 " Cap Winer Col Morgan   " drafted 2 " Cap Potofy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at battle White Plains several skirmishes battle at Chestnut Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berks Co Pennsylvania 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations nor are the periods of service exactly given 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
See amended declaration

March 4, 1940
BA--J/AWF Philip Grove S. 22272 22277
Mrs. Mary R. Wolcott 22 West Fourth Street Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
22277
The data which follow in regard to Philip Grove were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 22272 , based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
Philip Grove was born in the year 1758, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Swatara, then Berks County, Pennsylvania, Philip Grove enlisted sometime in August, 1776, served two months as private in Captain Michael Wolf's company, Colonel Patton's Pennsylvania regiment; enlisted in the fall of 1777, served two months in Captain Conrad Wiser's company, Colonel Morgan's regiment, and was in the battle of Chestnut Hill, and in a skirmish near the "Robin Hood tavern above Philadelphia"; enlisted sometime in May, 1778, served two months in Captain Potorf's company. He served as teamster one month in the summer of 1778, no officers given for this service.
Philip Grove moved from Swatara, after the close of the Revolution, to Buffalo Valley, Union County, thence to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was living in Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where he had lived about thirty years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.
us In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, please us the same address as given in the claim of John Grove (W.1756), and furnish the following data:
Philip Grove Certificate # 11472 Issued May 2, 1833 Rate $23.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

11234
Philip Grove
application for
Pension under
The act of June 1832

N o 11234
Philip Grove
7 Months $20.33
Clerk of the Co. of Lycoming Williamsport Pa

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Philip Gooch which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes ex 2
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Projections
22 277 INVALID.
1940-march 4. list to Mrs. Mary R. Wolcott. See her letter in John Grove # 1756 and
File No. 22, 277
Philip Grove
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 92 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

March 4, 1940
Mrs. Mary R. Wolcott 22 West Fourth Street Williamsport, Pennsylvania
BA-J/AWF aw John Grove--W.1756 Philip Grove--S.23272 7 James Reid--S.23457
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of a great number of soldiers, with the surnames Reed, Reid, etc, and Grove, all of whom served from Pennsylvania.
This office has no general genealogical data on file. Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of John Grove, Philip Grove, and James Reid. 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 re John Grove W. 1756