Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5275, Peter Berry, Penn.
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SERVICE   Penn.
Berry, Peter
NUMBER  S.5275
Carded.
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Pennsylvania 29.629           
Peter Berry   
 of Lebanon Co. in the State of Penna who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Berry of the Regt commanded by Col. Greenwalt in the N. Jersey mil. [militia]  
for 2 months Sergt   10.00 
4 month  Priv.          13.33       
$ 23.33           
Pa. Line Records Records [unreadable] Apr. 26 ’04     
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 26th day of Jan 1835 and sent to Hon W. Clark. H. R. [House of Representatives]   
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 34       81.66         
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 35. 11.66                
$ 93.33   
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D. Brown    Clerk
Book E 2.   Vol. 5   Page 4
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State of Pennsylvania       
County of Lebanon }ss         
On this third day of November A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Peter Berry of resident in the Township of Annville, in the County and State aforesaid, 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      
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -    
That he served four tours of two months each in the manner following, to wit;             
He marched from the town of Lebanon, under the command of Captain Peter Berry, (the deponents father) in the regiment of Col. Greenawalt, through Reading to Bergen in New York, that on their return they marched from Bergen to Amboy, thence to Brunswick, thence through Princeton to Trenton, and thence through Easton and Reading to Lebanon - he was absent on this tour two months-- in the year 1776- was a drummer in the said two months            On his second tour, he was drafted into the second class, and placed under the command of Captain Philip Weiser, in the regiment of Col. Curtis Grubb. they were drafted at Meyerstown and marched to Lebanon in order to protect the Magazine Stationed there. he was engaged on this duty two months- cannot recollect the precise year -  did service of common soldier about the third time he was drafted into the Second Class, and placed under the command of Captain Daniel Oldenbrook in the regiment of Col. Curtis Grubb. they were drafted at Meyerstown and marched from thence to Lebanon to guard the Hessions -- here, after about half the tour was over, Col. Grubb picked out 30 men, and the deponent among them to conduct the Hessions to the State of Virginia - they accordingly escorted their prisoners through Little York and Fredericktown to the junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, where they were met by the Virginia Militia who relieved them of their charges, they returned by the same route to Lebanon where they were discharged - cannot recollect the precise year and served on this tour two months -- did the duty of a common Soldier during this term of two months -    The fourth and last tour he was under the command of Captain Baltzer Orth, in the battalion of Major Shouffler was drafted at Meyerstown, and marched from there to Cox's town on the river Susquehanna where they garrisoned Fort Schwartz and Fort Montgomery returned by the same route - this was in the year 1780, did this tour for the space of two months --- whole term of service eight months                    
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on
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the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, only on that of the Agency in the State of Pennsylvania.     This last term of two months I served as a Sergeant  
Peter Berry    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in and open Court -      
Adam Ritscher Clk                                   
We James Bingham  Henry Fisher Philip Steine residing in the Township of Annville, County of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Berry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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                
James Bingham
Philip Steine
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court 
Adam Ritscher Clk }   
The following Interrogatories were propounded to Peter Berry an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. in open Court -      
1 Where and in what year were you born.    
I was born in the city of Boston in the year 1757 – 
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?   mesr
I have nothing but my "Taufsprin" which I have at present in my possession-            
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?                     
When called into service I lived near Meyerstown (then Heidelberg Township Lancaster County, now Jackson Township, Lebanon County -   After the war I went to live in Hanover Township - resided there seven years and then went to Millerstown, Annville Township, where I have lived ever since.                 
4 How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?                  
I was drafted on each occasion -             
5. State the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you sserved; such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.                 
I cannot at this distance of time recollect the names of any regular officers or of any regiments that were with them, the general circumstances of my services are stated in my declaration                   
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?                     
I received a discharge - it was given by the Hon. John Gloninger, it was sent among other papers to Harrisburg and there lost -
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Hon Wm. Clark
32,518     
Peter Berry            
Pennsylva    
Susp. decision          
Circuit Court Ken let                
9 Jun Nov                 
Wm Clark           
Can allow 2 mo. [unreadable]
2 m. Sgt  & 4 m. Pr   
Pa.  Jan 6th
Hon Clark
Hon W. Clark
H. R. [House of Representatives]
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State of Pennsylvania            
Lebanon County } SS       Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid John Lehman, who being duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Peter Berry, and that he was with him on two occasions during of the Revolutionary War; once on a tour of service to New York, of two months duration and another to Virginia of the same length, to Virginia, as a guard to certain Hessian prisoners-- and further deponent saith not -      Johansen P Lehman          
Affirmed and subscribed before me this 4 day of August 1834 – 
Jb Goodhart             
State of Pennsylvania            
County of Lebanon } SS.      Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County George Hess being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is will acquainted with Peter Berry, and that he stood as sentinel with him several times at Lebanon, over a magazine of Powder but cannot recollect the year in which this took place on the length of time he served -     George Hess
Sworn and subscribed this day of August 1834. Coram me “George Hess” interlined before signing      
Jb Goodhart      
Certificate of the Court             
And the said Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lebanon do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
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prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant Peter Berry was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the said court further certifies that James Bingham  Philip Steine George Hess, John Lehman and John Smith and credible witness and that their statements are entitled to credit.    “Philip Steine” interlined in open court 
Calvin Blythe
Jno Gloninger
P. Baldorff
I Adam Ritscher Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lebanon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Berry for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 3d November AD 1834 
Adam Ritscher Clk
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State of Penna             
Lebanon County } ss      I Adam Ritscher Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County do certify that Jacob Goodhart Esquire before whom the within two affidavits of John Lehman and George Hess were taken and by him subscribed was at the time of taking & subscribing the same and now is one of the Justices of the peace of said County, duly appointed   commissioned & authorized and that to all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit is  due ---  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the Seal of Court the 18 December AD 1834         
Adam Ritscher Clk
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Personally appeared before the Judges in the Court of Com Plea John Smith a credible witness who being duly sworn according to Law doth declare that he is well the said Peter Berry who has made the foregoing declaration and that he knows he served two months as a malitia [militia]  man during the revolutionary war at where the said Peter did Military duty as Sergent for two months and after I also knew him to serve two months as militia man during our stay at Lebanon I myself was then a militia in the service of the State of Pennsylvania
Sworn & subscribed in
open Court Nov 3d 1834.
Adam Ritscher Clk
aforesaid
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5245
INVALID.
File No. 5275
Peter Berry
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 26
Arrangement of 1870.
Penna