Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,887, for William Snare, Pennsylvania
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Snare, William
R. 9.887
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William Snare's
Application said
pension under the
Act of 1832
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Pennsylvania
Rejected
served but 5 months
exclusive of his services
as Teamster
30 [illegible] 1883
9887
Hon Joel R Man
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Montgomery} ss.

On this twenty second day of November in the year of in Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before John Fox Esquire President & Hiram W Neil & Richard B Jones Esquires Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid now sitting, William Snare, a resident of Hatfield Township in the County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania, aged Seventy
two years, Six months -----days, who
being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on
his affirmation make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as
herein stated
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In the month of August in the year 1777 I volunteered to drive a continental team under Captain Paul Frantz, Waggon Master under Major Kimbler I together with forty teams started from Easton in Bucks County, Pennsylvania we proceeded on through the State of New Jersey & the State of New York & through the State of Connecticut to Springfield in Massachusetts, where we were loaded with French Muskets. On the night we arrived at Fishkill in the State of New York the British came up the North River and took Fort Montgomery. We were then ordered to retreat up the North River. In about five days we were ordered to proceed and crossed the North River at Newburgh and from thence to Easton, and from thence to Easton, and thence to Allen
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town in Lehigh County, State of Pennsylvania
and there unloaded & returned to Easton, from
whence we started & were dismissed & returned home to Hatfield Township aforesaid, my then & present place of Residence. I returned home some time in October after having been out about Two months - This was my first regular Term of service.
A short time afterwards, to wit about the beginning of November 1777 I went from Hatfield township aforesaid, as a substitute for Jacob Snare my father (with whom I resided) in Captain Benj Weber's Company of Malitia in Colonel Antis [?] Regiment, we marched to Whitemarsh Township in the County of Montgomery (then Philadelphia County)
there we encamped - I stood guard several days at Matson's Ford on the River Schuylkill, we then moved up to Gwynedd Township in the County of Montgomery, and after remaining there some time we were discharged, at this time the British were in Philadelphia. I returned home when discharged some time after New years. I was out this time
at least two months - This is my second Term of
service. About the beginning of April 1778
together with my fathers team was prepared
to haul Forage to the Vally Forge Camp
under Nicholas Weber Waggon Master under
Colonel Moore. After having been employed about one month I was discharged & returned home.
About the 18th of June of the same year
(1778), I was again prepared together with my
father's team in the Army in Captain Lamb's
Company of Artillery, Colonel Hampton's Regiment. I was prepared by Lieutenant Hutton of Capt Lamb's Company we then marched into New Jersey having crossed the Delaware River at Coryell's Ferry
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now called New Hope. While we were at
Millstone in New Jersey the Battle of [illegible]
was fought. From thence we went to the White
plains in the State of New York where I was
discharged by the Waggon Master General. I then returned home to Hatfield Township aforesaid about the latter end of July having been out about five or six weeks.-- I was again
prepared ^(under Capt Daniel Springer) together with my father's team some time
in the fall of 1778 I think, to haul flour from
Philadelphia to King's Ferry on the North River in the State of New York. I think I was out this time about five weeks. Some ^(time) in the month of November near the beginning I think in the year 1778 I went as a substitute for Jacob Snare my father from Hatfield township aforesaid, in Captain John Shive's Company of drafted Malitia. Thomas Sines was our Ensign, we belonged to Colonel Lower's 
Regiment. We marched through Buck County to Erwin's Ferry on the River Delaware. There we received a division of Burgoyne's soldiers who were then prisoners. We then escorted them through Buck, Montgomery, Chester, Lancaster & York Counties to the Maryland State line -where we left them & I was discharged. I arrived home some time in the middle of
January having been out, about two months for
which I was paid.-- In the month of November, I think, in the year 1779 I was prepared together with my father's team. I  went through Trenton on to Catskill & there crossed the North River thence through the State of New York to Philipsburg near the Connecticut line
with a load of Medicine for the Army. The Grand
park of artillery lay there. I unloaded & returned
home having been out about six or seven weeks.
About the month of August 1780 I think, I William Snare
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was drafted from Hatfield Township aforesaid
in Captain Henry Nevil's Company of drafted Malitia in Colonel George Smith's Regiment marched through Bucks County to Trenton in the State of New Jersey where we encamped aft having stayed our tour out. We were discharged and returned home. How long we were out I cannot say but I remember our tour was called a two month term.
I always either went in the capacity of
a private soldier or a team driver. I was out several times with Lieutenant Shive afterwards Capt.to guard the Philadelphia Roads during the time the British was in Philadelphia, to take people who were carrying Provisions to Philadelphia. How long I am unable to say. I never received a written discharge that I remember of. I received a pap[?] once but I do not know what has become of it.
I believe my officers are all deceased except Capt Henry Nevil. He the said William Snare hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
William Snare
Affirmed to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
J. Fry Jr. Prot
We George Wack a clergyman, residing
in the township of Whitpain in the County of Montgomery & State of Pennsylvania, and John Heist residing in the same township certify that we are well acquainted with William Snare, who has subscribed and affirmed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years & six months of age;
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
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revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Geo Wack
John Heist
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. Fry Jr. Prot
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the war department, that the within applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states. And the Court certifies
that it appears to them that George Wack
who signed the within certificate is a clergyman, resident in the township of Whitpain
Montgomery County and that John Heist-
who also signed the same is a resident in the same township & County and is a credible
person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Fox Prsd Judge
Hiram McNeill one of the
associate Judges for Montgomery County
Rich B. Jones aste Judge

[seal]

I Jacob F. Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas of Montgomery County in the State of Pennsylvania do certify that the foregoing and with contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Snare for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court the 28th day of February AD 1833
J. Fry Jr Prot.
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Questions to be propounded by the Court to William Snare the applicant

1st. Where, and in what year were you born?

Ans. I was born in the Township of Horsham in the County of Philadelphia (now Montgomery) in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760.

2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so
where is it?

Ans. I have a record of my age in a family Bible
in my possession----

3d. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived ever since the revolutionary war and where do you now
live.
Ans. I lived in Hatfield Township in the
County of Montgomery (then Philadelphia )
in the State of Pennsylvania, when called
into service - Since the revolutionary war
I have lived seven years in the County of Bucks
Fourteen years in Philadelphia & the residence
of the time in Hatfield township, in the County
of Montgomery aforesaid -  where I now live.

4th How were you called into service, were you
drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a Substitute for whom?

Ans. I was drafted for a term of two months, & I
entered & served in the service, two terms of
two months each as a Substitute for Jacob Snare my father. I also served in the manner set forth in my dictation.
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5th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served
such continental and malitia regiments as
you can recollect & the general circumstances
of your service

Ans. I knew Generall Anthony Wayne, Colonel
[illegible], Captain Lamb, Lieutenant Hurton
Captain Jacob Humphreys, Capt Spear Capt
Hines & Colonel Smith - Continental & Militia
Regiments that I recollect were Colonel Smith's
Regiment. Col Antis Regiment. Colo Lower's Regiment, Col. Moores Regiment. The general
circumstances of my service are -  I served as a
drafted Malitiaman a tour of three months as a
private Soldier and two terms of two months
each as a substitute for my father, as a
private soldier. I also served in guarding
the Philadelphia Road under Capt Shive
also as a team driver several tours-

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it sign given & what has become of it?

Answer I never received a discharge that I recollect

7th State the names of persons to whom you
are known in your present neighborhood, &
who can testify as to your character for
veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier
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of the revolution.

Ans The names of such persons in my neighborhood are Abraham Ruth Owen Jenkins. Edward Hoxworth, Jacob Johnston, Isaac Morris Esq,
Henry Leidy, Philip Shellenberger, John Funk
David Riner, Joseph Lunn & many others.

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William Snare
declaration
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Montgomery}ss

On this twenty eight day of February in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty three, personally appeared before me B. F. Hancock One of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid, Henry Nevel who being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am a resident of the township of
Gwynedd in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, and that I am upwards of eighty years of age. And he further says that he is well acquainted with William Snare the within applicant and have known him for upwards of fifty years, Some time about the month of August. I think in August 1780, I was drafted as a malitia soldier, and appointed Captain of a company of Malitia drafted out of Col. Daniel Heister Regiment in the County of Montgomery aforesaid I had thirty rank & file
and among the number was William Snare the
within applicant. I think about the 16th of August 1780. On Sunday we assembled at the public House of Israel Tennis in the township of Towamencin in the County of Montgomery aforesaid.  We marched from there
the same day to Tobias Sholls in Bucks County. The next day we marched to Newtown Bucks County and the next day we marched to Trenton in the State of New Jersey where we crossed. We staid some time there, and we were discharged. I cannot say have long we were out, but it was called a tourand a tour that time was two months. William Snare the within applicant was with me untill the
Henry Nevel Capt
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State of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County ss
I Jacob Fry Jr. Prothonotary
of the Court of Common pleas of Montgomery
County in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that the
Benjamin F. Hancock Esquire before
whom the foregoing depositions were
taken is and was at the time of taking of the same a Justice of the peace of said County duly qualified to administer oaths, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine, 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 as elsewhere. 
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Norristown the 28th day of February
A.D. 1833
J. Fry Jr. Prot.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Montgomery} ss

On this twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three -personally appeared before me B F Hancock one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid the within name. I William Snare, who being duly affirmed saith he is inable to find any other witness than the said Capt. Henry Nevel and Edward Hoxworth- the two witnesses within named. - And he further saith he never received a pension from the United States nor from any not Taken & Subscribed before William Snare.
me B F Hancock
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(Edward Hoxworth Dep Continued) 

or rather his soldiers who had been taken  prisoners.
We conducted the prisoners from the Delaware through the Counties of Bucks Montgomery Chester, and so on to Taneytown in the State of Maryland where we left the prisoners. We returned and an our road home on the other side of Susquehanna I saw William Snare
aforesaid in a company of Malitia he was one of the soldiers. They had a company of division of Brittish [sic] soldiers in charge. I had my fathers cap on that he wore to Canada and the said William Snare came up and before I knew it he knocked my cap off-- We parted, he went on with his prisoners and I home.
I got home sometime in January 1779. I was paid for two months service. I was a Drum Major. I can not say what time the said Wm Snare came home.
And further saith not-
Edward Hoxworth
He further saith that he was at that time and is now well acquainted with the said Wm Snare we live at present about a mile apart- Edward Hoxworth
Taken and subscribed
Before me B F Hancock
I do certify that the said Deposition was taken
before me the said Justice on the day and year it bears date, and that the said Edward Hexworth the aforesaid witness is a man of reputation and veracity and a credible witness - Given under my hand
and seal at Norristown in the County of Montgomery aforesaid this twenty eight day of of February AD
1833.
B F Hancock [seal]
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Montgomery

On this twenty eight day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before me B F Hancock one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Montgomery & State of Pennsylvania. Edward Hoxworth who being duly affirmed doth depose and say that I am a resident of Hatfield township in the
County aforesaid, and am upwards of Seventy two years of age - And he further saith, that about the Middle of November 1777 I think, I went from Hatfield township aforesaid. I volunteered to go as a drummer in Captain ^(David) [illegible] company of Malitia. We went to White Marsh township in the County of Montgomery - When I got there I saw [illegible] Snare the within applicant. He was a private
Soldier I think in [begin crossed out] Daniel Spinger's [end crossed out] ^(Benjamin Weber's) company. [begin crossed out] but I did [illegible]. I know he was not in our company [end crossed out]
Col. Autis was over Col. Snare and I was in the same Regiment. The said William Snare went home about two weeks before I did. I was out two months and two weeks, and he was out two months only I think. I left the Camp and went home about the latter end of January. The said William Snare's tent and mine was about two or three hundred yards apart. I was frequently in his tent, and he also came to my tent.
About the beginning of November in the year 1778 I think, I volunteered to go with Capt Gable's Company of [illegible] in Col. Moores Regiment. I was drummer for Capt. Gable's Company. We started from Hatfield Township aforesaid and went through Buck County to the Delaware River for the purpose of excourting Gen. Burgoyne's prisoners
Edward Hoxworth
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(Henry Nevels' Deposition continued)

Company was regularly discharged, and he among the rest were paid for two months service. Our Col was George Smith. I drew the money and paid the men myself -In continental money. The wages of each was eight Dollars a month & twenty dollars a Day beside- I got [begin crossed out] eight dollars [end crossed out] forty Dollars a month ^(myself). We were to have gone to Long Island but the Brittish left it before we arrived and went to Virginia or South Carolina. I understood-- William Snare the within applicant lives in Hatfield township in the County of Montgomery, about Eight Miles from
me. He is a man of reputation-- What is now
called Montgomery was a part of Philadelphia then.  Henry Nevel Capt
Taken & subscribed before
me B F Hancock

I do certify that the said Deposition was taken before me the said Justice on the day & year
it bears date, and that the said Capt Henry
Nevel's a man of reputation and veracity and
a credible witness - Given under my hand and
Seal at Norristown in the County of Montgomery aforesaid the twenty eight day of February AD 1833

B F Hancock
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[begin crossed out] Acts of July 14 1862 and March 3, 1873. [end crossed out]

1887
P.O. William Snare

Enlisted: REJECTED