Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8632, Jacob Groscost, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Groscost, Jacob
S. 8632
CONTENTS
carded

State of Pennsylvania } County of Beaver } ss
On this third day of December A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court before John Bradin president and Thomas Henry and Benjamin Adams his associates judges of the Court of Common Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County now sitting Jacob Grascost a resident of South Beaver Township in said County and State aforesaid aged 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 7 th A.D. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States as a private Militia man in the Revolution War a substitute in the place of his Brother John Grascost who was draughted for a term of two months that he entered the service as stated in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Curtz and served under Colonel Ranken on the first of October in the year of our Lord 1777 and served a full term of two months until the first of December 1777 when he received a discharge from the service from the said officers That he resided in York County in Pennsylvania when he entered the service and marched in the army to near where General Potter was stationed near to Philadelphia in order to prevent the British who then lay in Philadelphia from doing mischief in the adjacent Country
That he entered the service of the United States again as a private Volunteer on the first of October A.D. 1780 under Captain John Smith and marched under said Captain Smith to Morristown near two hundred miles leaving Philadelphia on the night served a term of two months and on the first of December of A.D. 1780 he received his discharge from the service from the said Captain Smith having joined no Regiment or higher officers during the said term That he entered the service of the United States again a drafted private Militia man on the first of December A.D. 1781 in the Company Commanded by Captain John Wampler being called to guard the British prisoners that he marched in the Company of said Captain Wampler to Camp Security about three miles below Little York built stockades to secure the British prisoners there and received his discharge from the service from said Captain Wampler on the first of February A.D. 1782 after having served a full term of two months making in all in the three terms above mentioned six months
That he has no papers that would be documentary evidence of his service but that John Knight who is now his neighbour has been acquainted with him from their youth long before he entered the service was a Militia man with him in the service of the United States in the revolution and knows that he rendered the service above stated That 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. Questions by the Court 1 st Where and in what year were you born Answer in Berwick Township in York County in Pennsylvania in the year 1760

2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer No I have no written record of my age
3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived Since the Revolution War and where do you now live
Answer When Called into Service I lived Still in Berwick Township in York County in Pennsylvania I lived in the same County untill I moved To where I now live in Beaver County in said State thirty three years since last march
4 th How were you called into the Service Answer I first served two months as a Substitute in the place of John Groscost the second two months Tower I Volunteered under Captain Smith the third two months Tower I was drafted and served under Captain Wampler making six months in all
5 th 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 general circumstances of your service
Answer The first Tower under Colonel Ranken near General Potter in Capt. Carty's Company the second under Captain Smith and the third under Captain Wampler
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service
Answer I always received regular discharges at the end of each Term but I have lost them all
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer I could state the names of many of my neighbors who are acquainted with me and John Knight who served in the revolution war with me is well acquainted with me I sworn to and subscribed The day and year afore said
Jacob Groscost
I John Knight residing in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify on my oath that I have been acquainted with Jacob Groscost who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration Since we were small Lads in the same neighbourhood was with him in the Service of the united States in the Revolution War that I believe him to be seventy four years of age and well know that he rendered the services to the united States as he has stated
Sworn to and subscribed The day and year aforesaid John Knight James Logan Pro
I Samuel Pawer residing in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Groscost who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that I 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 and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed The day and year aforesaid James Logan Pro Samuel Pawer

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 aforesaid applicant for a pension was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Knight and Samuel Power who have sworn to and signed the preceding Certificates do reside in the neighbourhood of said Applicant in Beaver County and are Credable persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit
I James Logan Clerk of the Court of Common pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Beaver in Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Groscost for a pension In Testamoney whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court this 3 rd day of December 1834 James Logan Pro
32856 Application of Jacob Groscost for a Pension Pro
for 6-20
Henry Davis Beaver Pro

Richard
8632
INVALID.
File No. 8632
Jacob Throssel Pri Rev War
Act: June 14 82
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pittsburgh Pa 29.850
Jacob Groscost
of Brown Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Curitz of the Reg't. commanded by Rankin in the Penn. mil. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 20-Dollars Costs per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of March 1835 and sent to Henry Davis Beaver Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March '35. 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. '35. 10.00 $90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E-2- Vol. 5 Page 123

Ordu topu, 3 Dec. 1836

Merchants & Manufacturers Pittsburgh Novemb. 25 th 1836
Sir I have the honor of transmitting Voucher in case of Jacob Grasser Insurer under the Act of June 1832. who was last paid up to the 1 st of March 1835. I am very Respectful
Yours all heat Frederick Rabe P.M.
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Dec. 8. Jacob Grascob Pa.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Beaver Pennsylvania December 3 rd 1834 Dear Sir
I herewith inclose to you the Application of Jacob Grosscost an old Soldier for a pension you will please to direct to Henry Davis Beaver post Office Beaver County Pennsylvania J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of pensions
yours Respectfully Henry Davis