Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40411, for Henry Shules, Pennsylvania
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Continental (Penn.) Shules, Henry S. 40411
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Died Jan. 10-1820- A.B. [agency book]
W.  Vandyke 
May 81 
Feb 82 Kinstry 
1 yr Col Van Bergan
4,641 
Pennsylvania Roll 
Henry Shuler- private 
Penna. German Regt. 4 
Capt Burket Penn 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the Roll of Penna at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of Nov 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Nov. 1818 and sent to the Hon. W.P. Maclay 
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 32.76 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 
3 mo 29/30 & 4/31   
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818} 
5 years
s
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correct by rolls
paid 33.30
Henry Shuler
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State of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County

On this second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscribed, one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid, personally appeared Henry Shuler, aged sixty-seven years, resident in (illegible) in the said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United State in the Revolutionary War."

That he the said Henry Shuler enlisted in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Burket of the Continental regiment called the German regiment first commanded by Colonel Hunsicker and afterward by Colonel Weldner;

That he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one when he was discharged from service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey;

That he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Princeton.  He was in skirmishes and expeditions against the Indians which was commanded by General Sullivan and that he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and has no other evidence no in his possession of his said service  except what accompanied this declaration.
Signed:  Henry Shuler his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year first written above
Signed:  Joseph Edmiston
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Mifflin County

J. Joseph Edmiston, associate judge as within stated, do certify that it is apparent to my satisfaction that the said Henry Shuler did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.   And I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Henry Shuler for many years and that to my knowledge he is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.  The said Henry has for four or five years last just received an annuity of forty dollars per annum from the state of Pennsylvania.
Given under my hands at Lewistown in the county aforesaid this 2nd day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  
Joseph Edmiston

Pennsylvania
Mifflin County SS
I, Ephraim Banks, prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for said county in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify that Joseph Edmiston Esquire as above named is one of our judges of the court of common pleas in and for aforesaid county, duly appointed and commissioned and that full faith credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such as wills in courts of justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said courts at Lewistown  on said fourth day of November A.D. 1818
E. Banks, Prothy.
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September 7, 1937.
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BA-J/ady

Mrs. Rada Wootten
120 West Atlantic Avenue
Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Martin Sheeler, John Shealer and Henry Shuler, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon military service of soldiers in those wars.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Martin Sheeler in the Revolutionary War, or of Martin Sheeler, John Shealer or Henry Shuler in the War of 1812, all spellings of the names searched.
The records of the only John Shuler and the only Henry Shuler, all spellings of the names searched, that are found on the Revolutionary War records of this office are furnished you herewith, as found in the papers on file in their claims for pension based
upon services in that war.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 7, 1937.
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BA-J/ady
Henry Shuler
S. 40411

Mrs. Rada Wootten
120 West Atlantic Avenue
Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.40411, based upon the military service of Henry Shuler, in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Henry Shuler are not shown. 
Henry Shuler enlisted in Pennsylvania, place not stated, in 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel Burchardt's Company, Colonels Haussegger's and Weltner's Regiment, called the "German Regiment"; was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and was in General Sullivan's expedition against the Indians and was discharged in 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1818, at which time he was sixty-seven years old and a resident of Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.  
He received also a pension of $40.00 per annum from the State of Pennsylvania, for his services in the Revolutionary War.
He died January 10, 1820, place not stated. 
There are no family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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40411
[illegible]nvalid
[illegible]
File No. 40.411
Henry Shuler
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. [illegible], Page 457
Arrangement of 1870
1937 Sept 7 Hist. to Mrs Rada Wootten Reg
her letter in claim R.9545 John Shuler 
A.D.Y