Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,324, John Hughey, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Hughes, John
S 22,324
CONTENTS

22.731
Pittsburgh - Agency
John Hughes
of Allegany Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a J. Dr in the Company commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt commanded by Col Peter - in the Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery
1 Yr Srs. $ 40.00
scribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh - Agency at the rate of 10 Dollars per annum. commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r and Supt
33 Hon H. H. Henshaw. House of Rep s
arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 - 100.00 Semest. allowance ending 1 st Oct '34. 20
$ 120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Vol. 5 Page 79

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County } ss
On this Thirty first day of December  October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, John Hughes, a resident of the Township of Plum in the County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty one years on the last day of January last past who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon his solemn oath depose and make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of that Act of Congress, passed June the 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served the times and in the capacities herein after stated. He was in the first place called out by the Authority of Pennsylvania as a Militia Soldier in the militia of Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the month of August in the 1775 or 1776 he cannot now tell which but knows it was shortly after the troubles broke out between this country and Great Britain under Captain James Morrison Lieutenants Robert King and William Steele Ensign either Samuel Morrison or Hugh McConahy he cannot remember certainly which. Thomas Porter was Colonel of the Regiment to which his company belonged and Thomas Smith was Major. was marched from Lancaster County to Philadelphia from Philadelphia was conveyed by water to Trenton from Trenton was marched to and stationed at Amboy where he remained until dismissed. This tour was two months during which he was engaged in no civil pursuit. The next spring he again by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was drafted for a term of two months and went out under Captain John Paxton in the eighth class of the Pennsylvania Militia First Lieutenant Coulter Second Lieutenant John Kerr Ensign James Kirk James Morrison was Colonel of the Regiment to which his company was attached during this second tour the same who was Captain of the company in which he served the first tour. he means that James Morrison was Colonel of the Regiment at home the Colonel who commanded him while he served this tour was called Brown. was this time marched from Chestnut Hill towards Philadelphia through Downingtown and east on until we went above Ironton - they were commanded from an

place to another he served as a guard to the country. He served two months this tour and was during that time engaged in no civil pursuit. In the fall of the same year, thinks it was in the year 1776 he was again drafted in the same class by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and went out under the same Officers as in the second tour was marched through the same country were employed between the Schuylkill and Del- aware Rivers and served this tour two months and a few days. When the two months were up for which time he had been drafted was asked to stay a few days until the other drafts would come on. He and all his company staid until the new drafts came on. He was not during this tour of two months engaged in any civil pursuit. In the next Spring the Spring of 1777 was again drafted and went out under the same Officers as in the second tour was marched through the same country did not during this or any tour he was out cross the Delaware. Some time in the Summer of the same year he was drafted and served another tour of two months under the same Officers and in the same country. The last time he was drafted was in the winter in which the British lay in the City of Philadelphia the circumstances of which he has a more clear and distinct recollection than that of any other. His memory is a poor deal impaired by age and infirm health. He was still in the eighth class and his Officers of the company were still the same as when he served the second tour - he recollects that Brown was the Colonel this tour he recollects him from the fact that he won a great coat which in color ap- peared and exposed him to observation. They this tour marched from Chest- Level in Lancaster County to a point near the Delaware said to be Twenty one miles from the City of Philadelphia where the British army then lay for a short time after he went out this time he with the company to which he belonged were ordered from the encampment and marched to Germantown where they were met by the other Militia Regiments and all together were moved on towards Philadelphia - they formed in lines with the cannon in front - it was after night - and fired on the City which was returned by the British from the City - the Regiment to which he belonged formed the first line nearest the Cannon - the firing was continued for, he thinks, an hour - they were then ordered back to their encampments where he arrived the next day . It was the night before Christmas that he was engaged as he has related with the Militia in firing upon Philadelphia. It was said that it was done

to withdraw the attention of the British from an attack which it was supposed they meditated against the Continental Army. This tour was two months it was near the last of January that he was discharged during all these six tours each of which was two months he served as a skilled soldier in the grade of a private was called out by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was not during all that time engaged in any civil pursuit
He was born in Lancaster County on the last day of January A.D. 1753. His age is recorded in the family Bible - he came to this County about fifty years ago where he has ever since and now resides. He does not recollect any of the names of any other of the officers who commanded as general officers than those he has mentioned. He is known to Robert Beatty Esquire, Henry Morrison, Charles Carothers, Robert Carothers, Joseph McClinton, William Morrison, Andrew McClinton, John Johnston and Samuel Woolgrass who reside in Plum Township aforesaid and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution
He has no documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than John Irwin whose deposition is her transmitted
He hereby renounces every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state or if any, only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
John Hughes
James Readle
State of Pennsylvania Albany County ss
On this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, John Irwin, who being first duly sworn according to law

cloth upon his solemn oath depose and say that he was born in Drummore Township in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on the 29. day of August 1766 that he has been acquainted with John Hughes who has sworn to and sub- scribed the foregoing declaration since his (deponent's) earliest recollections being raised within one half a mile of him - that he recollects the activity of said John Hughes going out to serve a tour in the Revolutionary war un- der Captain James Morrison he went out as a private - he was drafted he (deponent) recollects this distinctly from the circumstance that John Ro- berson a young man who lived with deponent's father was drafted at the same time and this deponent went with a horse to the place of rendez- vous to carry John Roberson's baggage he (deponent) then saw John Hughes who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration in the service referring to the place of rendezvous and saw him there - that he recollects also of his serving a tour under Captain John Paxton - he recollects this tour from a conversation which took place between de- ponent's mother  father and Ephraim Hughes the brother of the present John Hughes - these are the only times deponent recollects - but has no doubt that John Hughes did serve during all the time which he (John Hughes) has stated in his forego- ing declaration. Deponent moved from Lancaster County to Allegheny County in the month of April 1801. where he has since resided and in close neighborhood with the said John Hughes
Sworn and subscribed in open court this day and year above written,
John Irwin
James Richardson
State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County
We James Graham a clergyman residing in the the Township of Wilkins  the county and State aforesaid and John Irwin residing in the the Township of Plum county and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hughes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty one years of

age on the last day of January last as he has stated - having examined the record of his age contained in the family Bible and find it there stated that the said Hughey was born on the 31. day of January 1752 which we believe to be the family Bible and to contain the true record of the age of the said John Hughey and of the other members of the family which record is confirmed by our own knowledge of the advanced age of the said John Hughey and its own appearance of antiquity: That he is respected and believed in the the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we fully concur in that opinion. He is a member of the church of which the said James Graham is pastor
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open court. James Risdelle
James Graham John Irwin
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the law department that the above named appellant was a soldier of the Revolution. And the court further certify that the Bible containing the record of the age of the said John Hughey has been produced in open court and examined by them and that it is then recorded that the said John Hughey was born on the 31 st day of January 1752. and the court declare their opinion that the same is the family bible of the said John Hughey and contains a true record of the age of the said John Hughey and the other members of the family. And the court further certify that it appears to them, James Graham who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, resident in Williams Township, Allegheny County and State of Pennsylvania and that John Irwin who has also signed the same is a resident of the Township of Plum in the same County and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to entire confidence and credit

I James Riddle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hughes for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of said County this thirty first day of October A.D. 1833
James Riddle

May 13, 1939.
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Honorable W. A. Pittenger Room 244, House Office Building Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ady aw John Hughey S. 22324
My dear Mr. Pittenger:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 22324, based upon the military service of John Hughey in that war.
John Hughey was born January 31, 1752 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.
John Hughey enlisted in August shortly after the beginning of the Revolution and served a tour of two months as private in Captain James Morrison's Company, Colonel Thomas Porter's Regiment of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, then from the spring of 1776 at which time he belonged to Captain John Paxton's Company, Colonel James Morrison's (formerly his captain) Regiment of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, he served until in January following the winter in which the "British lay in the City of Philadelphia", five tours of two months each in Captain John Paxton's Company under Colonel Brown in the Pennsylvania troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1833 while a resident of Plum Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for about fifty years.
Soldier had a brother, Ephraim Hughey. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to The

Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "John Hughey, Certificate No. 22731, issued December 12, 1833, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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John Hughey Penn a
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JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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. These 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
   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.              
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 _____ A. B.
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 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
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, (1) 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 _____; 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 [j] 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.

May 13, 1939
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Honorable W. A. Pittenger Room 244, House Office Building Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Pittenger:
War Dept. said I find his re. x they did not have a report I checked that this was the report it is based upon the report War Dept's description of what had Mr. Hughey I did not have his let, is from W.A.P. M.H.
Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mr. Joseph T. Hughey, of Bovey (Box 187), Minnesota, with which you enclosed copy of a report from the War Department in regard to John Huey, Revolutionary War soldier; Joseph Huey, War of 1812 soldier; Joseph Huey, Civil War soldier, and John Kirk Hughey who, according to that report, served to January, 1895, all these of Pennsylvania. It is assumed that your request in behalf of Mr. Hughey was confined to the Revolutionary War record because of the statement in last paragraph of War Department report, that Revolutionary War information might be obtained from the Veterans Administration.
The Revolutionary War records have been found of a John Huey and a John Hughey, both of Pennsylvania. Their records are furnished you herewith.
The War of 1812 records have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of a Joseph Huey of Pennsylvania, nor record of issuance of a bounty land warrant based upon service of a Joseph Huey of Pennsylvania. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
In regard to the John Kirk Hughey, no claim for pension has been found based upon service of a soldier with that full name, covering the period from the Revolutionary War to 1895. Of course, he may have used only the given name John, in which instance, more information would be necessary in order to identify any particular record of a John Hughey subsequent to the War of 1812. The surname has been searched under all spellings - Hewey, Hughey, Huey, etc.
The copy of the War Department report which you enclosed is returned herewith, as requested.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Make a full search J.B.L. records for Joseph & John K. Hughey in all state militia M.H. books 1847 act etc.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY
November 25, 1929.
Raymond E. Van Syckle, 1729 Ford Building, Detroit, Michigan.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22324, it appears that John Hughey was born January 31, 1752 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted in August shortly after the beginning of the Revolution and served a tour of two months as private in Captain James Morrison's Company, Colonel Thomas Porter's Regiment of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, then from the spring of 1776 at which time he belonged to Captain John Paxton's Company, Colonel James Morrison's (formerly his captain) Regiment of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, he served until in January following the winter in which the "British lay in the City of Philadelphia", five tours of two months each in Captain John Paxton's Company under Colonel Brown in the Pennsylvania Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1833 while a resident of Plum Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania where he had lived for about fifty years.
Soldier had a brother, Ephraim Hughey. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
Not on A.B.
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

WILLIAM A. PITTENGER EIGHTH DISTRICT MINNESOTA
HOME ADDRESS: DULUTH, MINN.
WASHINGTON ADDRESS: HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 244
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
May 9, 1939
Veterans Administration Arlington Building Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Revolutionary vet.
Kindly note enclosed copy of communication under date of May 2nd from the War Department, relative to John Huey (or Hughey).
I will greatly appreciate your advice as to any information your records show regarding John Huey.
Please return the enclosed copy to me as soon as it has served your purpose.
Sincerely yours,
W. A. Pittenger
Enclosure WAP:JOC

MICHIGAN SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT FRANCIS C. CAMPBELL DETROIT VICE-PRESIDENT MILTON E. OSBORN LANSING VICE-PRESIDENT DR. STEPHEN H. KNIGHT DETROIT SECRETARY RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE DETROIT
REGISTRAR CLARENCE M. BURTON DETROIT CHAPLAIN REV. JOHN DYBART FLINT HISTORIAN DR. WILBERT B. HINSDALE ANN ARBOR TREASURER FRANK G. SMITH DETROIT
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 1729 FORD BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir - Please advise family data & Revolutionary services of
John Huey (Hughes) b. Lancaster Co. Pa Jan 31-1752 d. Turtle Creek, Allegheny Co. Pa. May 2-1837 Scout belonging to Lancaster militia m. Elizabeth King
Yours truly
Raymond E. Van Sycke
See Charles M. Gray.

Mr. G. B. Wright.
Q. W. & N. DIV. MAY 21 1892 CHIEF'S DESK
Dear Sir:-
Pardon the I have written to Commissioner of Pensions - Dept. of the Interior - twice but have received no answer whatever - I write to you hop- -ing that some day you can do me the favor of calling at this department and asking why I get no answer.
I am entitled to join the ladies association - Daughters of the Revolution if my last resort don't fail me - the pen- -sion list - The oldest heir has given affidavit that John Fragley was in the war and drew a pension the last few years of his life.
I will give all the data I have on next page .
I hope Mrs. Wright and Son are well - I had a pleasant call

this day we met you in Wash- ington - I did not go to Pension Office myself while there because I hoped to find all records in Pittsburgh but found to my disappointment most of our records here do not date back so far. I feel sorry to trouble any one - and if you find this inconvenient I hope you will not worry with it - It seems strange that the proper person could not answer my previous letters.
Very sincerely
Rachel H. Mellon Negley Ave. & Rippy St. E.E. Pittsburgh Penn a
May 16 th 1892 -
All war records lost - but friends living who talked with and heard these persons giving experiences of their service - and have your affidavit to that effect. John Hughey enlisted some where in Eastern Penn a as a common soldier - drew a pension the last few years of his life - died in Plum Township Allegheny County Pa. (near Pittsburgh) 1837 -
John M c Masters - was an Officer - don't know where he enlisted - somewhere in the east his grave records him Captain we think his commission may not have been so high a rank - Died at Little Creek 12 miles from Pittsburgh - 1805 -

Pittsburgh Pa. May. 8 th 1872
Com. of Pensions.
Dear Sir:-
I write to inquire whether it is possible for me to get information about one of my ancestors, who was in Revolutionary War - John Hughes or Hughes served as a private - but I do not know what regiment - drew a pension the last few years of his life - died 1837 - He enlisted in Lancaster County Pa or some county near there. I wish to have positive proof and know of no other way than to find record of Pen
MAY 13 1802

Sion - He was living in Plum Township Allegheny County Penn a when he drew the pension -
Any information will be thankfully received
Respectfully
Mrs Rachel H. Mellon Vegly Ave & Rippy St East End Pittsburgh
P.S. Penn a Hughy Hughey is the proper way of spell- -ing the name but in Lancaster County Pa Records it is spelled Hughey -

paid by Hon ble H. Young from J. McMasters, with to him
John Nesbitt
To
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Hon. H. Young H. R.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. 6.
recd

Pittsburgh November the 8 th A.D. 1833
To J. L. Edwards Esquire Sir
Enclosed is an application of John Hughes of this county for a pension under the act of Congress passed June the 7. A.D. 1832. In consequence of the death of Wm. McCandless Esq. Postmaster of the Court of Common Pleas of this county - the Certificate (there being yet no Promotory appointments since the decease of Mr. McCandless) has been made out and the seal affixed by James Riddle one of the Judges of the Court of C.P. of this county - The Hon. H. Brann, who, I am informed by Mr. Hughes, has been so good as to take charge of these papers, will be able and, I have no doubt, willing to give any information on the subject which may be thought necessary
Most Respectfully &c Wm. H. St.
Wm. Livingston