Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23864, for Philip Reesor, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.

Reesor, Philip

NUMBER
S. 23864

CONTENTS
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(3-1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER  
Penn.   S.23864
Reesor, Philip

CONTENTS
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29.307
Philip Reesor

Adm. 6. Months
$20
Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg
Ho. of Rep
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Pennsylvania
Berks County Ss

Personally appeared Philip Reesor of the Township of Richmond County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania who upon his solemn Oath doth depose and say That he is seventy seven years of Age. That he was born in the Township of Bern County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania Maketh the following declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit, made by the Act of congress passed June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in what was called The Flying Camp in the Service of the United States, in the year 1776 for the Term of the Six Months and Served in a Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph Heister Col Henry Hallers Rgiment of the Pennsylvania line, That he served the period of Six months in said Company and Regiment, That at the time of his enlistment he resided in the Township and County aforesaid, That he marched from the Borough of Reading to South Amboy in the State of New Jersey from thence to Long Iland[sic] from thence to the White Plains, where he was discharged That at Long Iland[sic] his Captain the said Joseph Heister was taken a Prisoner That he did not receive a written discharge  That he was in the following Battle, to wit Long Iland[sic] White Plains and Robert Hook hereby relinquishing any claim Whatever pension or an annuity except the present 
Phillip Riesor

Sworn & Subscribed 
in Open Court ofCom
monpleas[sic], Berks County
Novr 6th 1833

Garrick Mallory
Prest. Judge
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Pennsylvania
Berks County Ss

On the 16th day of January AD 1824 personally appeared Nicholas Lott and Philip Nagle, two Creditable Witnesses of the Borough of Reading and County aforesaid, who upon his oath doth depose and say, That they are well acquainted with the within named Philip Reesor, the applicant for a pension That the said Philip Reesor was enlisted in What was called the “Flying Camp”, and Served in a Company commanded by Joseph Heister in Col Henry Hallers Regiment in the pennsylvania line with service of the United States for the period of six months that the said Deponant served in Capn. Jack ?Grawls company also in the regiment of the said Henry Haller, to which the said applicant belonged.
FFillip Nagal[sic]
Nicholas Lott

Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court January
16th AD-1834
Jac. Willade Prothy

The the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that Philip Reesor the applicant for a pension, was a Revolutionary soldier and Served as stated

Garrick Mallery
Prest. Judge
Matthias I. Richards
a Judge of Berks Co.
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I Jacob Sallade Prothonotary of the Court of Commonpleas[sic] of Berks County do hereby certify That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of Philip Reesor, the applicant for apension[sic]. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 17th January 1834
Jac. Sallade Prothy
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To the Secretary of War
US
Washington
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Recd Augt.
Reading Aug 7th 1832
Philip Reesor an old Solder presented his
power to the Girard Bank for payment the agent for paying pension has informed me that the name is Philip Kessor of the Books and on examination I find the same to be as appear by his certificate of 25933 Book E Vol 5 page 31 please edify the same at the after for payment the name "Philip Reesor"
In Ser
with respect
Henry Bur
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(Addressed Envelope)

Philip Reeser or Reesor
Pa.
File with his papers

Pa. Aug 17.

Free

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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We William C. Waterbury a Clergyman residing in the
town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and Joseph
Jennings residing thereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Asa Beach who has subscribed
sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be or
ty one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the high ┃
borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolu
tion and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn in open Court
the 4 September 1832
Wm. E. Waterbury
Joseph Jennings
Thomas Palmer
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogate
ries 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
Wm Waterley who has signed the preceding certificate is a
clergyman resident in the town of Ballston in the County
of Saratoga & that Joseph Jennings who has also signed the same
is a resident of the same
son, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
the County
contains the
of Saratoga do hereby certify, that the foregoing
original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Asa Beach for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 4th
of September 1832.
day
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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$20.00
Philip Reesor 
Payments to be made
at Philadelphia PA
by Chas Seaward
Agent for paying Pension
in the Agency of (illegible)
Capt. Jos. Heister
Col. Henry Haller
Recorded in the Pension Office
 in Book C Vol. 5
Page 1 by
our J. T. Sprague Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, [handwritten:] Philip Reesor of the State of Pennsylvania [form:] who was a [handwritten:] Private during the Revolutionary War [form:] is entitled to receive [handwritten:] Twenty [form:] dollars and [blank] cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States this  [written:] 31st [form:] day of [handwritten:] January [form:] one thousand eight hundred and thirty= [handwritten:] four

Lew Cass
[form:] Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.}
[handwritten:] J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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23864
Revolution
INVALID
File No: 23.864
Phillip Reesor
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index-Vol. 23, Page 336

{Arrangement of 1870}