Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,647, for Frederick Steigerwaldt, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
Service.                                                                                 NUMBER
N.C.                 Steigerwalds, Frederick.                               S.7647
                           
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CONTENTS
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7016

North Carolina
Frederick Steigerwaldt
[illegible] Rowan Co in the State of North Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Moore of the [illegible] commanded by Col Armstrong in the N. Ca. militia [crossed out: in] for 12 months.


Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Feb 1833 and Sent to 
Saul Silliman [illegible] Salsbury N.C.

Arrears to 4th of March 1833   $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833   @20.00

$100.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jun 7, 1832}

Recorded by W.L. William   Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 6.   Page 55

Let to E Smith 10 Sept 183[illegible]
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15.868
Frederick Steigerwaldt
Rowan Co
N.C.
From 1778 private
12 months
$40.

[faded] [illegible] on Roll

Saml Silliman
Salisbury N.C.
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BRIEF in the case [handwritten] Frederick Steigerwaldt [end handwritten] of [handwritten] Rowan County [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] North Carolina [end handwritten]
(Act 7th June 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] Court [end handwritten]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [handwritten] 70 years [end handwritten]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.)
(column sub-headings: Years, Months, Days. As a. Gen.)
[handwritten] Enlisted [end handwritten] In 17 | 4 12 11 | Private| Green Col: Armstrong Capt. Moore

5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] Eutaw Springs [end handwritten]

6. Where did he reside when he entered service? [handwritten] Rowan County N.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [handwritten] Living witness [end handwriting]

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] In due form [end handwritten]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed by] Ch M Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration of Frederick Steigerwaldt

15868
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State of South Carolina
Rowan County

On this Twelfth day of October 1832 Personally appeared in the open Court before the Judge of the Superior Court of Law for Rowan County now sitting the same being a Court of Records. Frederick Steigerwaldt a resident of Rowan County aged 70 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 7th 1832.
That he has a record of his age at home written in the German language [illegible] that he was born 10th august 1762. That he was born in Germany and emigrated ^to Pennsylvania at the age of about 5 years. That he moved from thence to Rowan County at the age of about 10 years where he has resided ever since. That infirmity and advanced age have much impaired his memory, he ^is subject to frequent Epileptic fits, which affect his mind.
That he enlisted in th army of the United States for twelve months (but does not recollect the date.) at Frocks Mill in Rowan County in Captain Moores Company in Colonel Armstrongs Regiment and marched to South Carolina, joined General Greenes army at the High Hills of Santee, was at the battle of Eutaw Springs and the siege of Ninety Six in S Carolina. That he was dismissed from the service at the Bacons Bridge in South Carolina about 20 miles from Charleston but cannot recollect the date. He hereby relinquishes  every claim whatever 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.

Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid

[signature] [illegible]
English Frederick Steigerwaldt

[signature] Hy Giles

I Martin Peninger resident of Cabarrus County North Carolina do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Frederick Steigerwaldt, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I served with him and was his [illegible] all the the time that he states he was in the service of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day and year aforesaid

[signature] Martin Peninger
Mark


[signature]Hy Giles
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And the said Court do hereby declare that the before named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

[signature] [illegible]
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I Henry Giles Clerk of the Superior Court for Rowan County do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick Steigerwaldt for a pension and that James Martin is the Judge of said Court for this term.
[illegible - A?] testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office
the 23rd day of October 1832.

[signature] Henry Giles CSC
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7647
INVALID

File No. [handwritten] 7647 
Frederick Steigerwaldt
Priv Rev War [end handwritten]

Act: [handwritten] June 7th 1832 [end handwritten]

Index:- Vol. [handwritten] Lsb [end handwritten], Page [handwritten] 359 [end handwritten]

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten] Frederick Steigerwaldt [end handwritten] which required further proof of explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable to department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten] No [end handwritten]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [handwritten] No [end handwritten]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses to his service?
        If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [handwritten] No [end handwritten]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]


XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] Yes [end handwritten]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten] Yes, except the 7th [end handwritten]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, etc. A. B. who, being duly sworn deposit and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, in the following grades; For ______ year _______ months, and ______ days, I served as a _____ _____ _____ For ____ ______ months and ________ days, I served as a _____ _____ _____; and for such service, I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served in the militia, etc. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. [italics] Proof of Service [end italics]
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. [italics] Mode of authenticating papers. [end italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[image of a pointing hand] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Salisbury North Carolina
July 5th 1857

Sir
Some 3 or 4 months ago I sent you Mr Parharm  Kirk's declaration for bounty Land under act 1856 together with 3 others. They were all mailed in Salisbury N Carolina at the same time. You have acknowledged the receipt of all but Parham Kirk's. What was the reason you did not acknowledge his or did ^you not receive it, and what must be done 
Please infirm me
Frederick Steigerwaldt's heirs are about to apply for an increase of pension, in right of their father's service. I will suspend the application till you answer, if you will, the following questions

Did a pension Certificate ever issue to Frederick Steigerwaldt. if so, for what Length of Service, and what was the date and number of his pension Certificate and amount of money allowed. His heirs say his Certificate came out in '34 or about that time. I cant give any information, as the officers and Regt of this Soldier at this time. Answer me as to the Questions [underlined]above  [end underline] state, and ^you may save trouble for the department and the Heirs. and I shall feel much obliged to you. Please Sir, grant me my request as far as you can

I am Sir, Respectfully yours
Elisha Smith

Address me at 
Salisbury N Carolina

To Hon G E Coath
Cons Pensions
Washington City

Seigerwaldt was a revolutionary pensioner
Lived and died in Rowan County
State of N Carolina