Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7599, for Henry Styles, Pennsylvania
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Service                                       Number

Penn.    Styles, Henry                 S,7599


carded
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Contents
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Pennsylvania  26.273
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Henry Styles  26273
of Berks Co in the state of Penna. who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Peters of the regt. commanded by Col Bayards in the Penna line for 
6 Mo. Sgt           30.00
3 Mo Pvt             10.00= 40.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 40 dollars -- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May and sent to18321 Hon. H.A. Chuklenlorge, H.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 34                120.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept          20.00
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                                                             $140.00
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D.J. (illegible) Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 54

1885 Sept 30 Mrs M S P Guild with history
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7599
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 7599
Henry Styles
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. (illegible), Page 33-8 
{Arrangement of 1870}
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Pennsylvania
Berks County }ss

    Personally appeared Henry Styles in open Court of Common Pleas held at Reading in and for the County of Berks who upon his solemn oath, doth depose and say that he is in his seventy sixth year and maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June the seventh A.D. 1832.  That he was drafted in the year 1775 in the militia of the state of Pennsylvania in the city of Philadelphia in a company commanded by Capt. Richard Peters, for the term of three months, called the City Guard, guarding(illegible) and Magazines and was a sergeant in same company.  That in the year 1776 he was drafted in a company of militia for a term of two months in Capt. Barney's Company, Col. Bayard's regiment and marched in said company, from the city of Philadelphia to Trenton in the state of New Jersey retreated from thence to Pennsylvania, opposite Trenton, from thence to the City of Philadelphia, guarding the baggage wagons and performing the duty of a Sergeant. That in the year 1777 he was drafted, in the militia of the State of Pennsylvania in a company commanded by Capt. Folk for a term of two months and served as said and marched from the City of Philadelphia to Wilmington in the state of Delaware from thence to Brandywine (Seven) Fords, from thence to Chester, from thence to Philadelphia, from thence to Robin Hood on the Ridge Road from thence to Swedes Ford from thence to the Trap, Pennsylvania and was discharged by General Armstrong.
    That in the year 1781 he was drafted in the militia of the state of Pennsylvania in the Borough of Reading, for a tour of two months, in a company of militia commanded by Capt John Gobin, Col. Heister's Regiment and marched from the borough of Reading to Trenton, New Jersey and acted as Sergeant in said company.  And was then discharged hereby relinquishing any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present.
                                          
                                          //s//
                                    Henry Styles

Sworn and Subscribed in
open court April 10, 1834.
//s//
Jac Wallace Prothon.
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Pennsylvania
Berks County ss

    Personally appeared Peter Stichter and Sebastian Allgaier, two credible witnesses of the Borough of Reading and county aforesaid, who upon their solemn oaths do depose and say, that they are well acquainted with the within named Henry Styles, the applicant for a pension.  That the said Henry Styles was drafted in a company of militia for two months commanded by Captain Charles Gobin & Col. Hunter's Regiment that he marched from the borough of Reading to Trenton, New Jersey and was there discharged.  That the said deponent, served with him in the same company and regiment, that the said applicant is a man of good moral character and to be believe on oath.
                                            //s//
                                     Peter Stichter
Sworn & subscribed in this open court
April 10th, 1834

//s//
Jac. Fallade Prothon.


Pennsylvania
Berks County

    Personally appeared Sebastean Allgaier, a credible witness of the Borough of Reading, County aforesaid, who upon his oath depose and say that he seventy seven years of age, that he is well acquainted with Henry Styles upwards of (illegible) years, that this deponent was drafted in the militia during the Revolutionary War in a company commanded by Captain Charles Gobin, Col Joseph Heirfey's Regiment, that the company marched from the borough of Reading to Trenton, New Jersey.  That the deponent joined the company & regiment there and remained there some time when they were discharged.  That he does not recollect Henry Styles belonging to said company only by the reputation of Peter Slechter above named, who I recollect belonged to the same company.  That the applicant Henry Styles is a man of good moral character and to be believed on oath.
                                         //s//
                               Sebastian Allgaier
Sworn & subscribed in open court 10th April 1834
//s//
Jac. Fallade Prothon.
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Pennsylvania
Berks County ss

    Personally appeared D. John A. Otto a credible which of the Borough County aforesaid whop upon his solemn oath, doth depose and say that he is eighty years of age.  That he is well acquainted and hath been with Henry Styles the applicant for pension for upwards of forty years.  The he believes what he hath stated in his application to be true.  That he is a man of good moral character and to be believed on his oath.

                                          //s//
                                    John Otto

Sworn & subscribed
in open court.
April 17th 1834.
//s//
Jac. Fallade.  Prothon.


Pennsylvania
Berks County

    Personally appeared Gen(tleman) George D.B. Kern a credible witness of the Borough of Reading, county aforesaid who upon his solemn affirmation, doth depose and says that he is in his fifty sixth year, That he is well acquainted with Henry Styles the applicant for a pension upwards of forty years, that he believes what he hath stated in his application to be true.  That he is a man of good moral character and to be believed on his oath.
                                          //s//
                                 George D.B. Kern
Sworn & subscribed
in open court
17 April 1834
//s//
Jac. Fallade Prothon.
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the War department, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier and served as he state.  And the court further certify that it appears to them that Peter Strichter, Sebastian Allgain, D.John A. Otto and Gen'l. D.B. Reim who has signed the within affidavits, are resident of the Borough of reading, County of Berks, and that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
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                                       Garrick Malleny  
                                        Prest Judge   
                                  (illegible) S. Richard
                                  a Judge of Berk Co.

30. 648
Petition
Henry Styles

Hon. H.A. Muklenburg
Philda.


Berk County ss

    I Jacob Sallade Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing certain the original proceedings of the said court in matter of the application of Henry Styles for a pension.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office April 17th AD 1834.

                                          //s//
                                   Jac. Fallade Prothon.
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(Transcribers note:  This is obviously a misplaced land warrant card for Isaac Stymets and not Henry Styles.)

The National Archives    Division of Veterans'                    
Form VM-51                   Administration Archives   
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

Name Stymets Isaac Grade Private Line Lamb's Artillery (New York)

Warrant Number 7849   Acreage 100 Issued September 28, 1790 to Bartholomew F. Fisher, assignee

  

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrant Issued prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolution of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.