Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40497, for Frederick Stillwaggon, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.

Stillwaggon, Fredrick or
Stillwagon, Fredric

Number
S40497

Contents
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16.129  R.
Frederick Stillwaggon
of Montgomery co in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of Seven years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of [?] dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Decr 1819
and sent to Hiram McNeil Esq
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819   27.89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar 1820  48.00
3 Mo  11/31 4/30      $75.89

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}
[illegible]
[on side]
[illegible]...sent    1820 to
Jonathan Roberts  [Read?,,] Pa
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Frederick Stillwaggon
Private
76 to 83
Butler  Pennsylvania
  Regt

on Roll

Admitted

[Kerbauch?]
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Montgomery County

On the twenty-first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, appeared before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Montgomery in the state of Pennsylvania, Frederick Stillwagon, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy-six he enlisted in the army of the Revolution in a company commanded by Captain John Davis in the Ninth Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Buttler for the term of four years was afterward draughted(sic) into Washington's life guards; that he served during the war against the common enemy; was wounded at the battle of Stoney Point and received his discharge from Colonel Buttler in the city of Philadelphia after the treaty of Peace (which he has since lost); that he is now a citizen of Pennsylvania in the sixty-fourth year of his age; in indigent circumstances; unable to support himself and further he doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States and further saith not.
Signed:  Frederick (his X mark) Stillwagon

Sworn and subscribed before me the twenty-first day of May 1819
Signed:  Hiram McNeill
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State of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Ss.

I, William Powel, prothonotary of the  Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid, do certify that Hiram McNeill Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was made and taken, was at the time thereof and still is an associate judge of the said Court, by lawful authority duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as well in courts of justice elsewhere. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Norristown the twenty-first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
[Signed]:  Wm. Powel, Prot.
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I, Hiram McNeill, named in the foregoing certifications, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Frederick Stillwagon named in the foregoing declarations, has served in the Revolutionary army of the United States, as stated in the said declaration; that he is now old and infirm and unable to obtain [illegible] by industry and that he has no other means of subsidence.  And that the certifications of the military service of said Stillwagon set forth by Judge Davies who was then in his captain's command & is entitled to (illegible) belief.

And that the testimony of his fellow soldier Frederick Mason is sufficient to establish the fact.
 Mr Calhoun  Signed: Hiram McNeill }
one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Montgomery, Penna.
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The seventeenth day of August AD one thousand eight hundred & nineteen personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the court of Common pleas for the county of Montgomery in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania  Frederic Mason a citizen of the county of Montgomery aforesaid and after being duly sworn upon the holy evangelist according to law doth depose and say that that the said Frederic Stillwagon enlisted in the military Service of the United States early in the revolution [crossed out] war in Captain John Davis' company  That this deponent was then in the service of the United States and saw the said Stillwagon several times in the United States army in the state of New Jersey while the British army occupied the city of New York. And further
This deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed before
me on the 17th day of
august AD 1819  Frederic Mason his x mark
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 do hereby certify that Fredk Stittwaggon [Stillwaggon] served in my compy 9th Penna Rgt Commanded by Col Richd Butler for the term of 4 years was afterwards draughted in the [1st?] infantry from there was draughted into Washington life Guards & sent on a good [illegible] in
[?] my hand  Great Valley  20 May 1819
  John Davis

To Whom it may Concern
 I do know that the above named Capt John Davies is ^ at this time one of the associate Judges of the court of Common pleas for the county of   in Penna and I do believe the above statement of the services of Frederic  Stetwaggon [Stilwaggon] to be the handwriting of the said Capt Davies - And that the said Capt now Judge Davies is a man of [the strict - crossed out] honor and incapable of falsehood
  Hiram McNeill
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A Copy
 Fredk Stillwaggon
 an old Soldier

Montgomery Cy
 16129
[C?]
Decr 19
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Among the records of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery.-
Is contained as follows viz.

State of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Ss.

On the 15th day of August 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of record for the County of Montgomery in said State, Frederick Stillwaggon aged 66 years, a resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, Captain Davis' Company, that he has received a certificate of pension numbered 15129 commencing the 21st day of May 1819 at which date his original declaration was made.-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, so as to bring myself within the provisions of An Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule
3 old chairs, 2 hair trunks 1/2 dozen knives and forks 1/2 dozen plates 1/2 dozen cups and sausers, two tea pots, 2 decanters, 2 wine glasses, 2 candlesticks, one jug, one bottle, one looking glass, 2 wash tubs, 2 buckets 
2
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2 barrels, one axe, one iron pot, one do. oven, fire tongs, 3 dishes, grid iron, hammer, Bible, pine table, 2 long dishes, 2 tin cups, bowl, 2 baskets- Declarant is by occupation a labourer and his family consists of a wife aged 64 and a son aged seventeen; he is himself labouring under the disability of a wound received in the attack on Stoney Point from a ball which fractured the bone of his leg, his wife is an infirm woman-
                            his
(Signed) Frederick x Stillwaggon
                            mark

Sworn to & declared on the 15th day of August 1820. Before the honourable John Ross and John Jones Hiram McNeill-
Wm Powel Prot.

(State of Penna)
Montgomery County Ss.

I William Powel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery, District of Penna do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars. In Testimony wherein I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Norristown the twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1820-
Wm Powel Prot. of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery
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40497
Fredk Stillwaggon
May 21 1878 - [6?]
Montgy Co. Pa

1776
 Capt Jno Davis
Col Richd Butler
  4 Yrs
Afterwards into the Lght Infty
then into Washington Life Gd [guard] & served to end or war

Wounded at battle of Stony Pt
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40497
INVALID
Revy
File No. 40.497
Frederick Stillwaggon
Pri Rev War

Act 18th March 18"
Index: - Vol.[?], Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Aug. 9-1900
J. Granville Leach
Phila Pa
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D. W. & N. DIVISION
AUG 1900
RECEIVED

733 WALNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, 30 JULY, 1900

To the Commisioner [Commissioner] of Pensions:

Dear Sir;

Frederick Stellwaggon and Philip Stellwagon are on the Revolutionary pension rolls, from this State. Will you kindly have the papers examined in these cases, and report to me the principal facts contained therein? I particularly desire to know if the papers contain any mention of the parents of the said pensioners. If you will give me the expense attending the search I will remit the same immediately.

I am,
Yours very truly,
 J Granville Leach

[stamp]
U S PENSION OFFICE
JUL 31 1900
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Reesville Pa  Sept 4       Free

The Honorabl  John C Calhoun
 Secretary of War
 Washington

Pa
Recd 6 Sept 1820
Pennsylvania
[illegible]

Registered
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Reesville Sept 1st 1820
Dear Sir
  I have the honor to inclose to you the Declaration of Frederick Stillwaggon to which 
I crave your attention
 With the trust Respect
  Jonathan Roberts

Hon J C Calhoun