Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8262, Conrad Custard, Penn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
 Penn.   Custard, Conrad     S.8262
Carded
CONTENTS
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26345
Pennsylvania 26345 
Conrad Custard 
Bucks Co. in the State of Pa
who was a P in the Company commanded
by Captain Thomas of the Regt commanded
by Col Casey in the Penna line for
7 Mo [illegible] $23.33

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 9th day of May 1834 
and Sent to S. A. Smith, Doylestown, Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 70.00
and allowance ending Sepr [illegible] 11.66 1/2
$81.66
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{Revolutionary Claim, 
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 10

[written sideways] Date of death not on 'illegible]
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edgment was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a regular 
commissioned Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Bucks and has 
been duly qualified as such according to Law & I verily believe the signature to be his.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the Said Court at Doylestown, this fifth day of May, Anno Domini One
thousand eight hundred & thirty four.

Jose H. Purdy
pro Prothonotary

[written sideways] 30.835
Adm 7 Months

S. A. Smith
Doylestown
Pa.
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State of Penn
Bucks County SS

On this third day of May 1834 personally appeared before me, William Long Esq., one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Bucks and state of Pennsylvania, Conrad Custard, a resident of the township of Nockamixon in said county, aged seventy-seven 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 1832.

The first time he entered the service of the United States was in the year of 1777.  He was drafted as a private in the militia under the command of Captain Thomas, the field officers were General Potter and Colonel Casey.  William Kennedy Major was at the battle at the (illegible) Mills in Chester County, Pa. and served two months and was discharged verbally.

In the year 1778 he was again called out as a private in the company commanded by Capt. William Erwin, field officers Genl. John Carey and Major Long and was stationed in Newtown in the county of Bucks and was discharged verbally having served two months.

In the year 1781 he was pressed to guard the Continental teams to South Carolina under the command of Colonel Kinton and was in that service for seven months.

In the year 1783-1784 he was again called out as a private in the company commanded by Capt. John Fries, field
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officers General Armstrong, Col John Keller and marched to Wilksbarre in Luzerne County and was at the battle of --------------  He served three months, from the first of October 1783 to the first of January 1784 and was discharged verbally by General Armstrong.  Altogether he was in the service of the United States fourteen months and for this period he claims a pension; that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  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.  To the following interrogatories propounded by the said Judge the applicant makes the following answers. 
1.  He was born in Nockamicon Township in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania in the year 1757.
2.  He has no record of his age.
3.  When called into service he was residing in Nockamicon Township in the County of Bucks ever since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Nockamicon Township, Bucks County.
4.  He was drafted in the service of the United States as a private in the militia.
5. He has stated in the foregoing declaration the names of the regular officers who were with the troops when
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he served.

6.  Never received any written discharge from service.

7.  He begs to leave to refer to Nicholas McCarty Esq. and James Smith Esq., two respectable magistrates in his neighborhood, who can testify as to the applicant's character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.  His reason for not referring to a clergyman is that there is no one residing in his neighborhood who can testify as to the necessary matters required by law.  He also states that by reason of bodily infirmity he is unable with considerable inconvenience to attend before the court to make his declaration.  
Signed:  Conrad Custard

Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of May A.D. 1834
Signed:  William Long, Associate Judge

We, James Smith and Nicholas McCarty, Esquires, residing in the township of Nockamixon and Haycock in the county of Bucks, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Conrad Custard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Signed:  James Smith, Nicholas McCarty

Sworn and subscribed the third day of May A.D. 1834 before me.
Signed:  Henry Miller
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Pennsylvania
Bucks County 
I William Purdy Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. William Long Esq  before whom the written declaration was made was at the time of taking the same and now is one of the associate judges of the said Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bucks and has been duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and truly believe the signature to be his: And I do further certify that Henry Miller Esq before whom the written acknowledgement was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a regular commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Bucks and has been duly qualified as such according to law and truly believe the signature to be his. The testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Doylestown this fifth day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. 
William Purdy 
Esq Prothonotary
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May 9, 1939
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Mr. George H. Custer
P. O. Box 52
Twin Falls, Idaho

CONRAD CUSTARD
S. 8262
BA-J/AWF:MLB

Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Conrad Custard were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8262, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War.

Conrad Custard was born in 1757 in Nockamixon Township, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania, Conrad
Custard served as private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas' company, Colonel Casey's
regiment, and was in a battle at "Gulf Mills"; in 1778, two months
in Captain William Erwin's company, under Major Long; in 1781, seven
months under Colonel Kinton engaged in guarding the "Continental
teams to South Carolina"; from October 1, 1783, three months in
Captain John Fries' company, Colonel John Keller's regiment, and was
in an engagement at Forty Fort in Luzerne County.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
May 3, 1834, at which time he was living in Noxkamixon Township,
Pennsylvania. He signed Conrad Custard.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data
in regard to the family of Conrad Custard.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this
pensioner, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting 
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Conrad Custard, certificate #26345, issued May 9, 1834, 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
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Rev War
8262
[checkmark] INVALID.
[illegible] No. 8262

Conrad Custard
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. 1st, Page 84

{Arrangement of 1870.}

1929 - Mch. 28. Hist to Edrea
C. Rogers. [initials] AWF

1939 - Jan. 13 hist to Milo Custer 
1939. May 9 - Hist. to Geo H. Custer AWF. MLB.
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[round date stamp[ DOYLESTN Pa

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[written sideways, on the left] May 7th 1834
Penna.
Returned
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Doylestown Pa
May 5th 1834.

J L Edwards Esqr.

Dr Sir/.
Enclosed you will herewith
recieve the application for a Pension of
Conrad Custard.  He is old and poor and
will probably not survive long.  Your
early attention to his claim is respectfully
[illegible] -- (Poor old John [illegible] was
Buried the day before his certificate came 
to hand) --
I am very respectfully
Yr obt Servt.
Saml A Smith
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504 West 6th Street
Anderson, Ind
Aug. 1, 1928
Dear Sir:
Will you please tell me what the cost will be to give me the record of Conrad Custer who was a Revolutionary soldier .  I do not know where Conrad Custer entered the service or where he was discharged.  He passed away at a small town by the name of Columbia near Connersville, Ind.
Respectfully,
Edna Custer Rogers
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Twin Falls, Idaho -
Dec. 29' - 38

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen;=
In order that my daughter
may be elegible to membership in the
D.A.R. will you kindly advise me
if you have any record of a Sailor
or Shreble or Shrouble ^or Shroebel being 
in the Continental Army - both of there family were from
Philadelphia also if a family of Custer's from Montgomery
County, Pa were represented.  Any information
towards the desired end will be highly
appreciated.

Sincerely your
Geo. T. V. Custer
Po Box 52

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 3:15 marked with an arrow] RECEIVED JAN 8 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #21
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Received Jan 3, 1939
Mail Sub-Div
Vets. Adm.
Reader No. 19
1110 Low Street 
Bloomington, Illinois
December 29, 1938
The Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:  If the records of your office show any claim for pension or bounty land on account of the following service, will you please send me a complete statement of the same and greatly oblige? (viz.);
Emanuel Custer, Sergeant, in Capt. John Edwards Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia County, (Pennsylvania) Militia, (Col. John Bull.) Enlisted (or enrolled) Dec. 10, 1775. (Revolutionary War.);
Emanuel Custard, Private in the 5th Class, 8th Company,  Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania) Militia, (Lieutenant William Coats.); Revolutionary War.
The above two different services probably refer to the same person and are taken from "Pennsylvania Archives."
With sincere thanks for your numerous former favors, I am 
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer
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[round date stamp] OCT 4 11:30 AM 1938 BLOOMINGTON ILL.
[cancelled 1 cent stamp, with side portrait labeled JEFFERSON]
[in a text box] THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

The Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 2:00 marked with an arrow] RECEIVED OCT 6 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER No. 19
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1110 L-- St. Bloomington, Ill.  Oct. 4, 1938;
Dear Sir, Please furnish me a statement of all the records of your Department may show as to the following;
Conrad Custer (Kuster), Private in Capt. Wm. Erwin's Co. 1st Regt. (Col. John Kelley), Pa. Militia, Sept. 26, 1781 to Oct. 11, 1781, War of the Revolution; Pensioned March 9, 1834; Resided at Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Please send tracking of signature, if found.
P.S.  I would like particularly any and all data on this man's family. 
Very Repectfully,
Signature
Milo Custer
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May 9, 1939
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BA-J/MMHF:MLB

[handwritten] AU Conrad Custard $8262

Mr. George H. Custer
P. O. Box 52
Twin Falls, Idaho

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of soldiers with surnames Sailor,
Shreble, Shrouble, Shroebel who resided in or near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and with surname Custer from Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.

Without the full names of the soldiers in whom you are
interested, no records can be identified definitely. The Revolutionary
War records have been found, however, of two soldiers,
only, with your surname, all spellings, who served in the Pennsylvania
troops, those of Conrad Custard and Jacob Kuster. Their
records are furnished you herewith, also the record of a Philip
Sailor, of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The other surname cited
above, Shreble, etc., is not borne on the Revolutionary War pension
records of this office.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

March 28, 1929

Edna C. Rogers
504 West 5th Street
Anderson, Indiana

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 8262, it appears that Conrad Custard 
was born in 1757, in Nockamixon Township, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in said township, he enlisted and
served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows: 

In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas' Company,
Colonel Casey's Regiment and was in an engagement at
Gulf Mills; in 1778, two months in Captain William Erwin's
Company, under Major Long; in 1781, seven months under
Colonel Kinton to guard the Continental Teams to South Carolina; 
from October 1, 1783, three months in Captain
John Fries' Company, Colonel John Keller's Regiment and
was in an engagement at Forty Fort,

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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May 3, 1834, at which time he was living at Nockamixon
Township, Pennsylvania.
There are no data as to family.

The above noted Conrad Custard, all spellings searched, 
is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary
War records of this bureau.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
the name of person paid, and possibly the date of
death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Conrad Custard
(S. 8262), you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of
the following data:

Conrad Custard, Certificate No. 26345, issued May 9,
1851, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act
of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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January 13, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Conrad Custard
S. 8262

Mr. Milo Custer
1110 Low Street
Bloomington, Illinois

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the
Revolutionary War record of Conrad Custer of Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, and of Emanuel Custer or
Custard of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension found
based upon service of Emanuel Custer, under any
spelling of the name.

The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, S 8262, based
upon the military service of Conrad Custard in the
Revolutionary War.

Conrad Custard (as his signature is shown in
the claim) was born in the year 1751 in Nockamixon
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names
of his parents are not given.

While residing in said Nockamixon Township,
Conrad Custard served as a private with the Pennsylvania
troops as follows-

In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas'
company, Colonel Casey's regiment, and was in a
battle at "Gulf Mills" in 1778, two months in
papers on file in claim for pension, S. 8262, based
Conrad Custard ( as his signature is shown in
the claim was born in the year 1757 in Nockamixon
Captain William Erwin's company, under Major Long;
in 1781, seven months under Colonel Kinton to
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guard the "Continental teams to South Carolina";
from October 1, 1783, three months in Captain John
Fries' company, Colonel John Keller's regiment, and
was in an engagement at Forty Fort in Luzerne
County.

The soldier, Conrad Custard, was allowed pension
on his application executed May 3, 1834, at which
time he was living in Nockamixon Township, 
Pennsylvania. [illegible] Conrad Custer

The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible data in regard to the family of Conrad
Custard.

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, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., 
and furnish the following data:

Conrad Custard
Certificate #26345
Issued May 9, 1834
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