Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39967, William Bergerhoff, Continental Penn.
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(S-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Continental
Penn.
Bergerhoff, William
or
Bargenhoff
S. 39967

CONTENTS
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4,849
Pennsylvania Roll
Capt Proctor
Pennsylvania ⎬
Artillery
Willm Bargenhoff
Bergerhoff
Matross

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary Wa [cut off]
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence o [cut off]
the 14th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of Decr 1818
and sent to Samuel Shock Esq
Harrisburg.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 Ms & 21/30 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819. 
 37:60
 48:
$85:60
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 year & 4 Mths
York Cr
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[5 lines lined out]
Inadmissable

The name of the
claimant is not
on the Pennsylvania Rolls

Adm deed
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Dauphin County 
State of Pennsylvania SS
On this fourteenth day of April 1818 before me the
subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Dauphin State of ┃
Pennsylvania personally appears William Bargin Hoff
aged seventy one years resident in York County State of
Pennsylvania, who being by me first duly affirmed, according to
law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of
Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War" that he the said William
Bargen Hoff enlisted in August 1776 in the State of
Pennsylvania in the Company commander by Captain
Thomas Proctor of the first Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery
that to the best of his knowledge he continued under the Command
of said Captain Proctor until he (said Captain Proctor) was 
appointed a major) that he was then commanded by
Captain Thomas Forrest under whose command he
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continued for about one year when Captain Elias Wilkinson
was appointed as his Captain under whose command he remained
until the close of the war when he was honorably discharged that
in the State of Pennsylvania
deponent saith that during all his 
Service Thomas Proctor
aforesaid commanded [lined out] after receiving his majority, continued
to command that Regiment in the Capacity of a major
for a year or more to the best of his knowledge, that he
was then appointed Col & commanded
in that Station until he the aforesaid William Bargen
Hoff was honorably discharged - that he was in the
battle of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown
Wioming [sp], & that throughout his service, he in every respect
was obedient to the will of his officers and was a good
and honest soldier and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support 
and that he has no other evidence now in his power
of his said services

affirmed & subscribed before me
this 14th day April 1818
William Bergerhoff
Obed Fahnestock
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I Obed Fahnestock one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Dauphin
State 
of Pennsylvania as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears
to my satisfaction that the said William Burgen Hoff
did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and
I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before
me, to the Secretary for the Department of War
pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of
Congress April 14th 1818
Obed Fahnestock

Dauphin County of State of Pennsylvania SS

I John MaChesney Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County of Dauphin do certify that
Obed Fahnestock Esq who has given the preceeding [sp] 
certificate and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
was at the time of so doing and yet is an associate
of the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn to all
where acts as such due faith and credit are and ought
to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the Seal
of the said Court at Harrisburg the 15th
day of April A.D. 1818.
John MaChesney Proty
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December 29, 1939.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. Henry J. Young
225 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania

BA-J/ady
William Bargenhoff
S.39967

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to William
Bargenhoff, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
S.39967, based upon the military service in that war of
William or Wilhelm Bargenhoff or Bergerhoff.
The date and place of birth and the names of the
parents of William Bargenhoff are not given.
William Bargenhoff enlisted in Pennsylvania, place
not stated, in the early part of the Revolutionary War
and served as matross in Captain Thomas Proctor's Company
Company, First Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery and in
Captains Thomas Forrest's and 
did not use Elias as it no doubt was Amos. Wilkinson's Companies,
Colonel Thomas Proctor's (formerly his captain) Regiment
of Artillery, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton,
Brandywine, Germantown and Wyoming and was discharged
at the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 14, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one
years and a resident of York County, Pennsylvania.
There are no family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death
date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "William
Bargenhoff, Certificate No. 4849, issued December 11, 1818,
rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 14, 1818, Act of
March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF YORK COUNTY
225 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania
Founded 1895

Henry C. Niles
President
S. Fahs Smith
Vice-President
Henry James Young
Director

R. S. Cannon
Treasurer
Reinhardt Dempwolf
Secretary
Alice E. Starner
Office Secretary

[stamped
RECEIVED
DEC 4, 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 8
VETS ADM]

December 2, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly let us know what personal records you have for William Bargenhoff of York County, Pennsylvania, who was pensioned in 1818, under the Act of 1818, for services in the Revolution?

Very truly yours,

H. J. Young

Director

HJY:S
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39967

INVALID.
Revy
File No. 39, 967
William Bargerhoff
Matross Rev War 

Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol. 3 Page 33 [?]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1939 Dec. 19. Hist to
Henry J. Young ADY
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certify that [illegible]
in the first Regiment of the regiment
Artillery in [illegible]
Discharged from any [illegible]
he having first received all his pay  since [illegible]
from the time of his Entitlement to this date
as appears by his receipt on the back of his Discharge
Given under my hand at
Artillery Park December 1777
Thos Proctor
(Home of Artillery
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William Bergerhoff
S.F. 39967
Continental & Penn.
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Harrisburg Decemr 7. 1818
Sir
I have the honor to return the application of
William Bargenhoff to your department once more
with his discharge from Col. Proctor which until a
few days ago could not be found it is presumed
this discharge will suffice, and do away the necessity
of finding his name on the Rolls if the claim
is admitted please forward it to me
I am Sir very respectfully
Your Most Obedt.
Sam Shock
Hon. J.C. Calhoun