Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22787, John Gamber, Penn.
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SERVICE: Penn
NUMBER S. 22787

Gamber, John
[a star is stamped above Gamber]
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[Handwritten at the top] Revolution

22787
INVALID

File No. 22787
John Gamber
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. 2 Page 148

(Arrangement of 1870)
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[lefthand side]
See letter to Gen Agt.  28 March 28[illegible]
do- ch. Taylor 28 March 28[illegible]

Pennsylvania 25,870

John Gamber of Philadelphia Co. in the State of Penn, who was a Pr [private] in the company commanded by Captain Young of the Reg [regiment] commanded by Wm. Heister in the Penn [illegible] for [illegible]
11 Mo Pr $36.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 36 dollars and 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued on the 17th day of  July and sent to 1832 M. Taylor, 1107 George [illegible]
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Arrears to the 4th Sep. 1833: 91.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending March '34: 18.33
=$109.98
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J.T. Sprague, clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 22
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[Written on the  lefthand side of the envelope] 
25.8.70 Mar 9
Jno Gamber
Parole 1832

[Postmark reads "Mar 6 PA"]

Free
J.S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Phila. March 6th 1837

Dear Sir,

Enclosed is the Power of Attorney etc. of John Gamber a Revolutionary soldier. Should they be satisfactory please to send instruction to the Agent of Pensions of Philadelphia to pay the amount of h is wars pension.
I have always been under the impression that when the Pensioner made application has once a year for his pension, and that application made on the day the act [illegible] authorize it to be  paid, that it was not necessary for the papers to be submitted to you for allowance or instructions [illegible] the same. But when the Pensioner omitted to make application until after the expiration of a year that then it was proper and necessary that it should be submitted to you before paid by the agent. Do me the favor to say whether or not I am correct or not in my views of the subject and you will curry a favor.

[illegible]
J. S. Edwards, Esquire.
M. Taylor
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29.101
John Gamber
Penna

Adm. 11 Months
$36.66

M. Taylor
No [illegible] George's Street
Phila.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia } SS

On the twenty eighth day of December Anno Domini 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of Philadelphia and State aforesaid, now sitting, John Gambler, a resident of Blockley Township in Philadelphia County aforesaid in the seventy ninety year of his age 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he entered the service of the United States, in the beginning of May, the day of the month he does not recollect in the year 1776 in Blockly Township aforesaid, as a (word crossed out) militia man in the company commanded by Capt. John Young, Lieut. Joseph Groover and Ensign Williams. They marched from Blockey up the Lancaster Road to the Black Horse Tavern and from there they were marched to Bristol on the west side of the Delaware River where they lay about ten days and then marched up the Delaware to the opposite side of Trenton, and remained there over night and next day they marched to Coryells Ferry, about 4 miles this side of Easton, where they crossed the Delaware into New Jersey and marched through Jersey to a place called Flemington, where they remained over two days and were then marched to a place he thinks was called Mount Pleasant where they joined the army there encamped, one or two days after they arrived at the encampment the alarm Gun was fired and they were ordered under arms and were marched about 4 miles and halted for a short time and were then marched back again to the same ground they left and encamped for 2 days. They were then marched to Coryell's Ferry and he thinks there discharged. Col. Heister had the command of their Regt. They were discharged sometime in July
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following after having been in the service not less than
two months.
He again entered the service in the continental army
in the beginning of May, 1777.  the day of the month he does not
recollect. in Blockley aforesaid, as a draftee militia man
in the company commanded by Capt Richard Roberts
The names of the other officers of the Company  he does not
recollect. They marched from Blockley to Philadelphia and
lay there 2 or 3 days and nights. They left Philadelphia and
went by water to Bristol and stayed all night and next
day went to Trenton in New Jersey, and to Princeton
and quartered in the college two or three days and then
marched towards New Brunswick, where they arrived
the day after the Brittish had left there. The next move
they made was to Woodbridge and remained there
but one night. They were kept marching from place
to place, until time for which they were drafted had
ended. and they were discharged. He cannot at this
time state who were the commanding officers during
this campaign, but he is confident he served not
less than two months and he verily believes it was
nearer 2 1/2 months before they returned
He again entered the service in September
1777. as a volunteer in the company commanded
by Capt Lindsay he thinks. in Blockley aforesaid
They were marched he thinks to Sweedsford and then
were divided into detachments or scouting parties and
continued scouring the neighbrhoods during the fall
of 77 and the winter of 78. Sometimes as the encampment
and other times obliged to take shelter were they could ob-
tain it. and frequently had like to have been made
prisoners of by the Brittish. He continued in the
service until after the 9th of April, which was the
day his Father was plundered and threatened by the
Refugees, in consequence of his son being in the army
His Father requested him to leave the army and he did
so about the middle of April-1778 after having been
in the service not less than seven months, and making
Eleven months altogether for which he claims a pension
He has no documenting evidence in his possession
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nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to all his services 
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
John (his mark) Gamber
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
F. A. Raybold SS
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was an revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that Henry Leech Esq and John Frailey who have signed the above certificate are residents of Blockly Township  as stated by them and that they are credible persons, and
that their statement is entitled to credit
Edward King
Hugh Ferguson
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I Richard Polmer Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common of the City and County of Philadelphia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Gamber for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 28th day of December anno domini 1833
I R Polmer, Prothonotary