Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Old War Rej. 4372, Philip Grubbs, Mot Rev. War Harmar'S War 1790- Pa. Res.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Not Rev. War
Grubbs, Philip
Old War Reg. 4372
Harmar's War
1790 -
Pa. res.
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State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County
ss.
On the 15 th day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appears in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, now sitting Philip Grubbs a resident of Indiana Township in the County aforesaid, aged thirty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the Seventh day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. I volunteered in Pitt Township, Allegheny County in the state aforesaid, under Captain McVole, Ensign Stephen Disney, and Lieut John Robertson, in Col Grubbs Regiment, in August A D 1890, in which Township and County I was then residing. I left Pittsburgh in the said County, on the 9 th day September 1890 with said Capt McVole's company. We descended the Ohio River to Cincinnati, we encamped at the mouth of Licking on the Kentucky side of the River where we remained about a week when we received orders to march, and marched under General Harmer and Col Hardin to the Miami of the Lakes (Village on the Miami of the Lakes at the junction of St Marys & St Josephs

Two days after  before the arrival of the main army at the Tinker village and Indian Towns, I volunteered as one of the advance party, and we went on and arrived there two days before the arrival of the main army - we remained at that Indian Towns about a week, during which time we had several engagements with Indians. I can recollect the following circumstances attending this service - When the main Army had left the Indian Towns and gone about ten miles, four hundred men and I was one of the number volunteered to go back by night with Col Hardin to make an attack upon any Indians that might be found at the Towns, we arrived there about day light or before it, about daylight the Indians began firing upon us and continued firing upon us until they caused us to retreat across the Maumee (or Miami), while on the river we fired upon the Indians two or three times, they following us, we then returned round, they followed us, we then returned and found a safe retreat, during this engagement I was under the immediate command of Capt Crump and of the whole detachment there were about eighty or ninety killed - we then returned to the main army under Gen Harmer and marched to Cincinnati, our company (Capt McVols) came up the Ohio to Wheeling, from whence I

came across to Pittsburgh by land - the Company all scattered at Wheeling and I never received a discharge from our officers - I returned to Pittsburgh in December 1790 - during this service I held the rank of a private and served four months in embodied corps called into service by authority of the state of Pennsylvania. I served in the field and during said term of service I was not engaged in any civil pursuits - In the following year 1791 I was drafted as a militiaman for three months under Capt. Murphy. I went up the Allegheny River to a Block House, (name not now recollection) was frequently out on scouting parties in defence of the frontier; when my term of service expired I left the service. I did not receive a discharge, because the militia never received an order not look for a discharge. I served during this term of service part of the time in the Block house and part of the time in the field, as a private. I served three months, in embodied corps, called into service by authority of the state of Pennsyl- -vania, and during said three months term of service I was not engaged in any civil pursuits. I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity, except

the present, and I do hereby declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state - Given & Subscribed before me this 15 th day of November 9 1833. in open court -
his Philip + Grubbs mark
Francis M c Clure
Also personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the said Court Jacob Buechards and made oath in due form of law that he was a soldier in Captain No Golez Company that left Pittsburgh on the 9 th Sept 1796, that he was attached to the said Company during all their engage- ments at the Indian towns under Genl Harmer that he was personally acquainted with the said Philip Grubbs in said campaign, he belonging to said Company, and that the said Philip Grubbs aforesaid statement of his four months service is strictly true and that he the said Jacob Buechards was an eye witness to the whole service & that he believes the said Philip Grubbs to be a man of truth & veracity - Given & Subscribed in open court this 15 th day of November 9 1833
Jacob Buechards
Francis M c Clure

Interrogatories put to Philip Grubbs, pursuant to the requisitions of the War department -
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the year 1763 of the month I do not having from loss of memory and age forgotten. I was born near Canton, Northampton County Pennsylvania -
2. Have you any records of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer - I have not.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and do you now live?
Answer - When called into service I lived in Pitt Township, Allegheny County Pennsylvania - Since the war I have lived parts of the time in South and parts in Allegheny County Pennsylvania, and I now live in Indiana Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania -
4. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - During my first service of four months I volunteered, and during my last service of three months I was a draftee, militia men called into service by state of Penna.

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. Answer - General Harmar, Col Hargis, Capt Leigler & Capt Armstrong - I recollect the county line Road, and the Kentucky line -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer - I never received a Discharge -
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 -
Answer - John Wise and Robert Patterson - State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County
Or Robert Patterson a Clergyman residing in the city of Pittsburgh & pastor of a Church in the Township of Ross, adjoining the Township of Indiana and John Wise residing in Ross Township bordering on Indiana Township in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are and will be acquainted with Philip Grubbs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution

and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of November 1835 in open Court -
John Wise mark X Robert Patterson
Francis H. Clare
State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County
SS
And the said Court having examined the above named applicant and are of opinion that he was a soldier of the Revolution and that the answers to the written Interrogatories are true - And the said Court do hereby further declare that they are of the opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and after investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Robert Patterson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the City of Pittsburgh, but having the pastoral charge of a congregation in the Township of Ross, adjoining the Township of Indiana, County aforesaid, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the said Philip Doubly, and that the said John Wise who has also made his

mark to the same in open court is a resident in of the Township of Ross, adjoining the Township of Indiana in the County aforesaid and in the immediate neigh- -bourhood of the said Philip Grubbs and is a credible person and this statement is entitled to credence By the Court - Hervey H. Peterson Pres
State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County, ss.
I Henry H. Peterson Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do Certify that the foregoing containing the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Philip Grubbs for a sum - and I do further Certify that Francis McClure Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made in open court, is an Associate Judge of the said Court, and that his signature is in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in stead of the said court this 15 th day of November A D 1833 -
Hervey H. Peterson Pres

Stewards Town Allegany Pa 15 th July 1854
Col Waldo Sir
Having given to Col d Snowden Esq d a power of Attorney to receive for me a portion claim coming to the use of Phil t Goubs and which I have some idea has been paid to said Snowden I have now to request that you will let know is such is the fact and if so how the claim stand
Yours Resp t
Dan l Wise

Philip Grubbs.
Penn a
Respectful Service Subsequent to the War of the Revolution
Wilson W Candler
Pittsburgh
Penn a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 th November 1835
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 subjjoined 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 Philip Grubbs
   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.     71. years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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)                      , who has 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 inquiry 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.

Enquiry respecting claim for pension of Phillip Grubbs dec'd
Lt. Daniel Wise July 24/54
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business
Not June 7. 32
COMMISSIONER

Act 7. June 1832.
Rejected
Tenn
See letter 20. Nov. 1833 as to term
Service subsequent to the War of the Revolution
1832

Edw? M c Cauley Aug 7 1854
4372
1832

to PAID 3. 3
to relations - Pa to friends - Pa
Col Waldo Mission Commission Washington City D.C.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z James A Wise George B Wise A ames A W se

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1790
4372
P. O.
Philip Grubbs
Service:
1790
Not Rec
Enlisted:
, 18
REJECTED
Discharged:
, 18
Application filed:
, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
, 18