Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23768, for Philip Lenhart, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Lenhart, Philip

NUMBER
S. 23768

CONTENTS
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6249
Pennsylvania
Philip Lenhart

Of ___ in the state of Penn.
who was a Private in the company commanded by 
by Captain Bowen of the _____ commanded
 by ____ in the Penn’a 
 line for 2 years. Private $80  

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 80 Dollars —-Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feb
1833, and sent to Hon. R McCoy House Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1832 40.00
$160.00 [total]

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}


Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk
Book D   Vol. 6 Page 47 [or 117]
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[left margin, vertical]
Free D Andrews [Pen]

Declaration of
Philip Lenhart
for a pension

$80 per an
Hon
R. McCoy
HR

Robt McCoy
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We John S Ebaugh a Clergyman residing in the
Borough of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland and
State of Pennsylvania and John Cornman residing
in the same place hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Philip Lenhart who has subscribed
and sworn to the within and foregoing declaration,
that we believe him to be seventy two years
of age; that he is reputed and believed in the
 neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier
of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John S. Ebaugh
John Cornman

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 Rev John S
Ebaugh who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the Borough of Carlisle, and
that John Cornman who has signed the same
also, is a resident in the Borough of Carlisle and
is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled
to credit.
Isaiah Graham
Wm King
 Judges of the Ct of Com Pleas
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Jacob [Saberk]  his mark
Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court Dec. 4th
[18]32 Before Jno. Harper, Prothy

The said deponent further states that hereby relinquishes
every claim 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. 
Philip Lenhart his mark

Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court, July 5th 1833 ( the above having been omitted
when the declaration was first made)
Before Jno. Harper, Prothy

Jacob Fought being duly sworn deposeth that he is sixty four
years of age, that he live with his father Peter Fought a near
 [neighbour] with Philip Lenhart in Berks County and he knows
of the said Philip Lenhart's enlisting twice during the Revolutionary
 war. And that he has repeatedly seen him in the uniform of
the enlisted Soldiers after the time of his enlistment.  That
he has been well acquainted with the said Lenhart since that
time and has no doubt of the truth of the facts set forth
[in his declaration.]
Jacob Fought
Sworn & Subscribed the
4th day of Decr 1832
in open Court
Before Jno. Harper, Prothy
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Pennsylvania
Crawford County  Be it [testimonied?]  that on the twenty
eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace
 in and for said county [Casper Croft?] of said county who upon his solemn
 oath saith that he is now in his sixty seventh year of age and was
 born in Bucks [or Berks] County of this state. That he was well acquainted with 
one Philip Lenhart or Leonard, as he is sometimes called, who was born
in Bucks [or Berks] County aforesaid and [is then this] deponent as he believes that
said Lenhart inlisted in Carphin [John Lamb’s] Company in July 1781.
All [other] to the [illegible] Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded
 by Colonel Thomas Craig.  And that [illegible] service
in said Regiment for eighteen months, while he was loyally [illegible]
[illegible]. Deponent states that he [inlisted] at the same time as Lenhart,
from which circumstances & [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] my  honor and seal.
John P Davis (seal)
[Seal of new Drmb] (seal)

I certify that the foregoing papers
passed through the court of Common
pleas of Cumberland in the
manner in which they now
appear
Robt McCoy
27th Febry 1833
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington May 1, 1939.

Honorable Robert G. Allen
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

BA-J/ILL
Philip Lenhart
S. 23768

My dear Mr. Allen:
Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mr.
Dan M. Shotts of Tarrs, Pennsylvania, who desires the record
of a Revolutionary War soldier with surname Lenhart of Somerset
County, Pennsylvania.

Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans
Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty
land which have been made to the United States based upon
service in that war.

The Revolutionary War pension record has been found
of one soldier only with surname Lenhart ( exact spelling), which
is that of Philip; he was of Pennsylvania. His record follows as
shown in the papers in pension claim, S. 23768, based upon his
service in that war.

Philip Lenhart was born November 2, 1760, in Berks
County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Greenwich Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, he enlisted in June 1780 and served seven months
as private under Charles Shoemaker, rank not given, in the Pennsylvania
troops, during which marched from Reading to Trenton, New Jersey,
 thence to West Point, and afterwards encamped at Morristown,
New Jersey. He enlisted in July 1781, served as private in Captain
Jacob Bower's company, Colonel Thomas Craig's Pennsylvania regiment,
marched from Reading to Philadelphia, thence to the Delaware
River, went by water to Yorktown, Virginia, where he arrived shortly
after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, afterwards went to Salisbury,
 North Carolina, and to Camden, South Carolina, encamped in that
state at Ashley Hills and was discharged after service of eighteen
months.

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in
Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and in Middleton
Township, Cumberland County, that state.
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North Carolina, and to Camden, South Carolina, encamped in that
state at Ashley Hills and was discharged after service of eighteen
months.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in
Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and in Middleton
Township, Cumberland County, that state.

Philip Lenhart was allowed pension on his application
executed December 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Middleton
Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was stated that
he was sometimes called Philip Leonard.

The name of the wife of this soldier and the date and place
of their marriage are not shown. In 1832, his son, Daniel Lenhart,
resided about one mile from the "Borough of Carlisle, Pennsylvania”.

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, your constituent should apply to The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the
following data:

Philip Lenhart (Linhart)
Certificate #6249
Issued February 26, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

If this is not the record in which Mr. Shotts is interested,
another search of the records will be made under the surname
Leonard, if the full name can be furnished.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.
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23768
INVALID.
Revolution

File No. 23768
Philip Lenhart
Pri Rev. War

Act:  June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 23[9]

(Arrangement of 1870.)

1939 May 1 Hist to Hon. Robert G Allen - J L. L. For Mr Dan M. Shotts
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ROBERT GRAY ALLEN
28TH DIST. PENNSYLVANIA
GREENSBURG OFFICE:
U. S. POST OFFICE BLDG.

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

COMMITTEE:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SECRETARIES:
MARGARET FELDMAN
MARIE HARROLD

April 26, 1939.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Mr. Dan M. Shotts, a constituent of mine
from Tarrs, Pennsylvania, is very eager to learn if
there was a man by the name of Lenhart from Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, who served in the American
 Revolution. I shall appreciate it greatly if you can give
me Lenhart's record.

With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
Robert Allen
Robert G. Allen

RGA:MH