Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22526, for Henry Sockman, Pennsylvania
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Penna          Sockman, Henry     S.22526
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Deposition of

Cathr' Miller
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Franklin County
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace on and for the said County, Catharine Miller and being sworn according to the Law saith that her brother Henry Sockman now of Franklin County Pennsylvania did enlist during the Revolutionary War in some Company near Philadelphia and was out some time but how long she cannot say, but is certain he was out. further saith that her said Brother is now upwards of eighty years of age is infirm and poor.  
Sworn to the Subscriber the 11th day of August 1832 before James Walker     Catharine Miller   Her mark
I certify from a long acquaintance with Catharine Miller, the above deponent, I have never had any doubt of her veracity and that she is always supported a good character and well worthy of belief.
In witness whereof I have [illegible] set my hand [illegible] the 7th day of November 1832   James Walker
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Franklin County 
I John Flanagan Crothy of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County do hereby certify that James Walker Esquire before whom the [illegible] affect [illegible] was made and where [illegible] is attached to the within certificate is [illegible] at the time of the taking and making there of [illegible] of the Acting Justice of the peace in [illegible] for the County of Franklin [illegible] and sworn by lawful authority , and that full faith and credit ought to attach to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Chambersburg the Ninth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two. 
John Flanagan Crothy
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Henry Sockman of Franklin County in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Pr. in the Company commanded by Captain Bissloss of Pennsylvania Militia 
1 [illegible] Pr.   $40
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of Narch, 1831
Certificate of pension issued on the 28th day of March 1833 Sent Hon. T. H. Crawford Chambersburg Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                80
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833     20
$100.
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk Book E Vol. 5 Page 35
Date of Death not on AB
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Henry Sockman  17542
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State of Pennsylvania Franklin County on this twenty ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Franklin (the same being a court of record for said county) Henry Sockman a resident of the town of St. Thomas in said county of Franklin who from bodily infirmity may who being first duly sworn according to the law on his oath does make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -- That he lived in the County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania when he was drafted in the Militia in the Spring of 1775 under Captain Jacob Bislose for three months - that he served out the time and was discharged the next year still being in the same he was again drafted under Captain Anthony Bitting for three months in the militia- that he  served out the time again for which he was drafted and was discharged in the same manner as before stated. That afterwards in the year 1779 in the Spring of the year (still living in the same place he [illegible] for the period of service months in the Flying Camp under Captain Thomas Church - that they were taken up the North river - That he was in the Battle  of the White Plains and Brandywine - General Wayne was one of the officers whose name he recollects - But his memory has failed him so much he cannot undertake to state particulars - That he served out the seven months in the Flying Camp and got a discharge but the same has long since been entirely destroyed as it got wet in his napsack after his discharge - that after his discharge from the Flying Camp he moved with this wife and family into Bark. County in the same state of Pennsylvania and lived there one year; there he moved again to Philadelphia County and lived there two years after which he moved with his family to Hagerstown in Washington county Maryland and lived there about sixteen years, after which he moved with his family into the county of Franklin aforesaid being in the state of Pennsylvania within about 2 miles of St. Thomas and that he has lived ever since in the said county of Franklin and for the last twenty years and upwards in the said town of St Thomas - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except to the present and [illegible] that his
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name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - That no clergyman lives in the immediate vicinity and it would put the applicant to too much inconvenience of expense to [illegible] the certificate of one - but he names Mattias Neach Esquire Isreal Jones Phibbs Stehr and cared if necessary name may many others who have been acquainted with him for many years and can certify to his character for veracity and thin belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution - Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year aforesaid being the associate Judge above mentioned. Sutton
We Mathias Nead and Isreal Jones and Philip Stehr residing in the town of St. Thomas in Franklin County in Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Sockman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be eighty four years of age last May; 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 - two of us have known him for thirty years and [illegible] and one of us for fourteen years and have never heard his service [illegible] but have always heard him being spoken  of as a revolutionary soldier. Israel Jones knew him in Maryland and he was there spoken of as a revolutionary soldier and be known to such by all who knew him.  Mathias Nead Isreal Jones Philip Stoehr
And I Mathhew Patton associate to Judge of the County of Common pleas in and for the county of Franklin in Pennsylvania being a county of record do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prosecuted by the War Department ; that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that Mathias Nead Esquire and Isreal Jones and Philip Stohr who sighed the preceding certificate are resident in the town of St. Thomas in Franklin County Pennsylvania and have been resident of said town for many years and [illegible] Jones who lives within 3 miles of said town that they are credible persons and that their statements is intitled to [illegible] that Henry Sockman the applicant from and by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court and that it would be too inconvenient and injurious for him to present the certificate of clergyman none residing in his neighborhood - certified this day and year aforesaid Matthew Sutton
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Appeared also before [illegible] Judge Mary Sockman wife of the  [illegible] who being duly sworn doth say [illegible] Henry Sockman the year 1774 - That his statement of this services in the revolutionary was above made is [illegible] That he was drafted twice as above stated and enlisted in the Flying Camp- That during his absence she was left to support herself as her husband never to her knowledge got any money for his services - The time and period of his service as above stated she is certain of cannot be mistaken as his absence and her difficulty to support herself and [illegible] family so fixed the circumstance on her memory - 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid  M Sutton 
by Mary Sockman X her mark
We the undersigned do certify that we have known Mary Sockman for fourteen years and upwards and two of us for thirty years and that she is of good reputation among her neighbors and is always spoken of as a woman of good moral character and worthy of credit and we all believe what she has said above - Mathia Nead Isreal Jones Philip Stoehr 
I John Flanagan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the same being a court of record) do hereby certify that Matthew Patton before whom the above and foregoing proceedings  [illegible] had is an associate Judge of the said court of record duly commissioned and authorized and that the signature annexed to the above depositions and certificate is his genuine signature or handwriting - In testimony whereof I have to act my {illegible] and seal of office this 30th Oct. 1832   John Flanagan
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December 19, 1933

Mr. R.L. Brown                       
318 Onondaga Avenue            
Syracuse, New York

BA-J/EEL
Henry Sockman-S.22526
John Sockman-W.11513

Dear Sir:

    reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Henry and John Sockman, soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served from Pennsylvania, and who received pensions for their services.

    A very careful examination has been made of the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims, S.22526 and W.11513, based upon the military services in that war of Henry and John Sockman, respectively, and their histories are furnished you herein as obtained from data contained in the above noted claims.  No charge is made for this service.

    Henry Sockman
    S.22526

     Henry sockman was born May 6, 1748.  The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
      
   While residing in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the spring of 1775, and served during the early part of the Revolution, as a private in the Pennsylvania troops, three tours: the first of three months in Captain  Jacob Bishop's Company: the second of three months in Captain Anthony Bitting's Company: and the third of seven months in Captain Thomas Church's Company in the Flying Camp: he was in the battles of White Plains and Brandywine.   (Mrs. F. said write this service in this way.)

     After the termination of his service,  with his wife and family to Berks County, Pennsylvania, and lived one year: then returned to Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and lived two years"
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then moved to Hagerstown, Maryland and lived for sixteen years; then moved to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, about two miles from Saint Thomas, that county.

    Henry Sockman was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1832, while residing in Saint Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where, he stated, he had then resided for about twenty years.

    The soldier married in 1774, Mary; there are no further particulars in regard to their marriage of to his wife and no names of children.

    In 1832, soldier's sister Catharine Miller, made affidavit in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Henry Sockman (S.22526), you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

     Henry Sockman, Certificate No. 11143, issued March 26, 1833, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

John Sockman
W.11513

    John Sockman (Dutchman) was born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown   in the papers in the pension claim.

    While residing in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain Church's and Farmer's Rifle Companies under Colonel Morgan: was in the battle of White Plains where he received two wounds(nature of wounds not shown) and was discharged in January, 1777: it was stated that he was also in the battle of the Cowpens where he received a wound in his ankle; no particulars of this service are given.

(Mrs F. said to write service this way.)
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Ohio.  In 1820, he was residing     John Sockman was allowed pension on his application executed July 4, 1818, at which time he was in the sixty-fifth year of his age and resided in Washington County, Ohio.  In 1820, he was residing in Ohio County, Virginia.

    He died December 12, 1827, at Wheeling, Ohio County, Virgina (now West Virgina)

    The soldier married April 9, 1821,  at Wheeling, Virginia, Catharine Eichner or Ichner, who was born in Wurtennburg, Germany, date not shown.

    Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed April 26, 1855, at which time she was seventy-nine years of age and resided in Ohio County, Virginia.

      The widow died May 18, 1860.

    In 1905, John Isaac Sockman, son of John and Catharine Sockman, was aged eighty years and stated that he was the sole surviving child of the soldier, John Sockman.  He had resided in Wheeling and Shepardstown, Virginia (now West Virginia) and in 1894, moved to Arnold, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in which town on Freeport Street, he was residing in above year.

    There are no further data as to family.

                              Very truly yours
                               
                              A.D. Hiller
                              Assistant to Administrator.
                                           
(Mrs. F. thinks there is no doubt that this response to the widow, was born in Wurtenburg, Germany as her birthplace.)
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James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC
$40 per annum
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Chambersburg March 19th 1833
Sometime since the enclosed papers relative to the application of Henry Sockman for a pension were returned to me through the Hon, T. H. Crawford with the objections as appear on the paper herewith enclosed - The old man has made a mistake as to the period and length of timing his service in the Flying Camp. His memory has failed him so much and his health is at present so feeble that he is not able to correct the mistake nor able to prove his service in the Flying Camp - There is no doubt of his having been in the Flying Camp but he has confounded the different periods of his service - It is stated in the objections that "three months other service which he mentions is not sufficient?" You will please observe that there is six months other service in the Flying Camp. This I presume was overlooked. This old man is extremely poor and feeble in mind and body and if it is possible to bring his case under the act according to your established rules it would be very gratifying to his friends and neighbors who have known him so long and represent him as a worthy old man and it would be nothing but justice to him for of his service in the revolution no one ever doubted - His application must either stand or fall as it is at present for his mind memory has since his examination before the Judge, for bad health and age, has come so much impaired that he can make no explanations or any other statements - Your Fredk. Smith
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From what I have heard of Mr. Henry Sockman the applicant within named (??) I do not know him personally, I have no doubt of the connections of M. Smith's statement, and concur in it with pleasure.

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                                 T. Hartly Crawford
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Revolutionary

22526

INVALID.

File No. 22526

Henry Sockman

Priv   Rev  War

Act: June 7th, (18)32

Index:- Vil. 2, Page  389

{Arrangement of 1870.}


1933 Dec 18 - Hist to R.L. Brown -  EGd
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318 Onondaga Ave
Syracuse, NY.
Nov 24, 1933
Bureau of Pensions
war Department
Washington, D.C.

Sirs: -In the Pennsylvania Archives I find the following:

vol 23 p 530  Henry Sockman, Federal pensioner. Revolutionary War March 28, 1833; 86 years living in Franklin Co, Penna (Penna Regiment Militia Private)

vol 23 p 551  John Sockman, Federal pensioner, Revolutionary War, Feb 11, 1819: age 74, died Nov 12, 1827 living in Ohio Co, Penna (private Penna Line)
 
    I wish to secure a transcript of the full records on these two men for the information they afford.  I shall be glad to forward the fee - if one is required for this service.


                                    Very truly yours
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                                      R. L. Brown