Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4436, Frederick Hain, Penn.
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE.
Penn        

Hain, Frederick      
or  Haine

NUMBER 
R. 4436

CONTENTS
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Berks
ss.
On this fifth day of August Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open court, before Garrick Mallery esquire President and his associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Berks aforesaid now sitting, Frederick Hain, a resident of the township of Heidelberg in the above County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, aged Eighty four years and 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 entered the service of the United States under the following circumstances, and under the following named officers and served as herein stated: --
That he was born on the 15th day of September Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty in the township of Heidelberg aforesaid and County of Berks - that the record of his age is in the family Bible as well as in the Archives or record of "Hain's Church" in the said township of Heidelberg. That he resided in the place of his nativity when the Revolutionary war broke forth; and after independence being proclaimed and peace again restored he returned to his native residence in the above mentioned township & county-
That in the month of December of the year 1776, he took a bounty of fifty shillings to the best of his recollection and knowledge from Valentine Eckert then a resident and Chief Burgess of the now borough of Reading in Berks County aforesaid and then became enrolled in Captain Fishers Company in the 1st Regiment of the Pennsylvania line Commanded by Colonel Broadhead-- that he remained only a few days in Reading when he marched in company with others to join his Regiment then stationed in Philadelphia or near it-- that his company was ordered to Trenton and that he was one of the guards who conducted the Hessian Prisoners to the aforesaid Borough of Reading - that he was a Sergeant from the very day he enlisted and performed the duties of that office - that he in company with a man by name of Mathias Wenrich got orders to recruit in the Borough of Reading aforesaid and neighbourhood, that accordingly they did do so and enlisted many at the Sinking Springs, throughout the county, and in the Borough of Reading itself. That according to the Resolution and Recommendations of Congress made the 14th April A.D. 1777 respecting
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Substitutes that himself and his Brother Daniel Hain found and caused to enlist during the war an able bodied man, by name of John Sutton on the 5th day of May 1777 in the company of Captain George Ross of the 11th P.R. that he returned home and attended to the business  of his mill (being a Miller by occupation, that his father Henry Hain was a true republican, and almost a fanatic in the cause of freedom, and that on his father's hearing of Arnold's treason in the fall of 1780, he insisted on all his Boys namely Adam, Frederick, Daniel, Joseph and  John to go to the war, and applicant most solemnly swears that his father himself went along also and on his appearing before Colonel Broadhead, the Colonel said it was a shame to suffer so old a man to perform the arduous duties of a soldier and much against fathers will prevailed on him to return home again.  That Adam Hain, and Joseph Hain above named were Captains to the best of applicants knowledge and recollection, that he applicant was then made Ensign in Captain Fishers Company, aforesaid and served till the beginning of June 1783, that he gave Valentine Eckert $700 for the purpose of enlistment the same who was Chief Burgess in the Borough of Reading aforesaid and never received a cent since of it, that his team of Horses and Wagon and servants were every week during emergencies performing some kind offices or other for the cause of liberty and our Country and that he never preferred any claims for such services to the government, that he would not even now make any application of the present kind, but that he sees others that done less for the Country and for the cause of liberty than he did receiving large pensions and otherwise better off in the world than he is that in as much as he never expected any recompense for his services.  he was careless of his papers, that he has his discharge, dated 19th June 1783 signed William Huston Adjutant, he believes of General Lincoln's division but otherwise so deciphered that it is unintelligible
his Commission he long since lost with his pocket book on a hunting excursion.  He knows of no human being, who could prove his services now alive the only one in the neighbourhood was Stephen Hossier who served under him, but who unfortunately is dead now almost two years.
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31725

Application of
Frederic Hain
for
Pension
Pa.




Hon H. A. Muhlenberg
Reading
Pa
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Lancaster County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Lancaster Sampson Hain aged sixty three years and apparently a decent man and so far as I can learn of fair character, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he distinctly recollected when Frederick Hain was out with the Revolutionary Army and that he saw him year after year going off to the Army and coming home again.  On cross examination, he says he cannot swear whether he was with the Army or not, but that sure enough he saw him going off in the dress and circumstances of a soldier and officer and coming the same way
Sampson Hain

Sworn & subscribed before me this 29th day of August A.D.1834

Anthny A. McDonough

I certify that Anth. A McDonough is a duly commissioned Justice of the Peace and at present acting as such & that Sampson Hain is a credible witness.,

Heti A Muhlenberg M. C.
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He hereby relinguishes 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 the day and year aforesaid
Fredrick Hain

Sworn & subscribed in open court this fifth day of August A D 1834
Garrick Mallery Prest Judge

We William Hendale a clergyman residing in Berks County and Conrad Stouck - residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Hain who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we are certain he is eighty four years of age very nearly; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
William Hendel
Conrad Stouck

John Vanamber Esq
Justice of the peace

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 above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Hendel who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Womelsdorf and that Conrad Stouck who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Garrick Mallery President Judge
Mattias S. Richards, Judge of Berks Co
Wm Darlington, A Judge of Berks County

I Jacob Sallade, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Berks, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Frederick Hain for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Berks the fifth day of August A.D. 1834
Jac Sallade Prothy
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Lancaster County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned,
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lancaster, Frederick Hain, who being duly sworn deposeth 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 and in the following grades;   For four months and about ten days I served as a Sergeant.  for one year and two months I served as Ensign, that is in the year 1780.  three months, in the year 1781 six months, in the year 1782 three months, and in the year 1783 two months, and for such services I claim a pension.  He further swears that Governor Mufflin signed his commission and that he performed part of his service in Berks County, part in Philadelphia County, part in Chester and Montgomery Counties and on one or two occasions to the best of his recollection he was sent to Burlington in New Jersey by Capt Peter Fisher to hunt for some Hessians that were prowling about there, that he narrowly escaped with his life from Paoli, and that Col. Broadhead was taken prisoner there by a soldier who appeared to him to be a Hessian, that the Col. offered him his watch to let him go that the soldier accepted of it and let him escape cursing him at the same time in German language, that all the officers he recollects of was Captains Grant, Heister, Spohie Ludwig and George Naylen.
Frederick Hain

Sworn & subscribed before me this 29th day of August A.D. 1834
Anthy A McDonough
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31.725
Frederick Hain
Pennsylvania


Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg
Reading Pa
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Frederick Hain
period when the service was rendered;  Duration of claimant's service in Years, months, days; Rank of the claimant; names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served; Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service; Proof by which [illegible] 
1776 & 1777, 4 months 10 days; Sergent; Col. Broadhead; 84 years own oath and that of Sampson Hain
1780; 3 months; Ensign; blank; Heidelberg; Own oath and that of Sampson Hain; 1781; 6 months, Ensign; blank; Berks Co; Own oath and that of Sampson Hain; 1782; 3 months; Ensign; blank; blank; own oath and that of Sampson Hain; 1783; 2 months; Ensign; blank; blank; Own oath and that of Sampson Hain

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.   The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of} ss.
 On this _____ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before   A.B. a resident (b) of         in the county of ______ and State, Territory or District of  ______ aged (c) ______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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)______, with ______     and served in the ______ (e) regiment of the        line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rand and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &cf.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.     A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

[illegible] Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary [illegible] and served as he states.

_____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of 
______________for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ______________day of ___________&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k)  We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be ____________ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ________and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ___________Clerk of the Court of ________do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _______ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ______day of ________&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of applicant, if true, or if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  To a Soldier. {did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
      To an Officer.  {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons ----one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur that the opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
-----------------------------------------------
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  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, &c.  A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and 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."
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 'about three or four months', is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. 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 all 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.
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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the 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 the seal of office.
***The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] the traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declarations.
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[handwritten over top center of page] mailed without review.  F

May 22, 1936
Frederick Hain
R. 4436
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Norris S. Barratt, Jr.
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Frederick Hain (Hahn, Hohn), born in 
1750, lived in Heidelberg Township, Berks Couty, Pennsylvania, and died in 1839.

You are furnished herein the record of Frederick Haid as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 4436, based upon his service in Revolutionary War.

Frederick Hain, son of Henry Hain, was born September 15, 1750, in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, where his birth was recorded in the church records of "Hain's Church".  The name of his mother is not shown.

Frederick Hain, a resident of Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, applied for pension August 5, 1834, and stated that while residing in the place of his birth, he enlisted in December, 1776, as sergeant in Captain Peter Fisher's company, Colonel Brodhead's Pennsylvania regiment, that he was ordered to Trenton where he was one of the guards who conducted Hessian prisoners to the Borough of Reading, and that he served on this tour four months and about ten days; also, that on his father's hearing of Arnold's treason in the fall of 1780 he insisted on all of his sons going to war, namely; Adam, Frederick, Daniel, Joseph and John Hain, and that his father went along also, but because of his age was prevailed upon to return home; that his brothers, Adam and Joseph Hain, served as captains and that he (Frederick) was commissioned ensign in Captain Fisher's company and served on different tours - three months in 1780; six months in 1781; three months in 1782, and two months in 1863, and that on one tour he was one of the guards to carry ammunition from Lebanon
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to Philadelphia, furnishing his own team, wagon and servant boy, and that he was discharged June 19, 1783, after which he returned to his home in Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania.

His claim was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of six months' actual military service, which was the requirement of the pension laws.

In 1837, Frederick Hain's post office address was Reading, Pennsylvania.

No reference is made in the claim to wife or children.

In 1834, one Sampson Hain, aged sixty-three years, made affidavit in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but did not state any relationship to Frederick Hain, in whose behalf he testified.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
    



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THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof in the [illegible] regiment, having faithfully served the United States and being enlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American Army.

Given at the war office the 19th June 1783

By order of the secretary at war, 
B. Lincoln
[illegible]

Registered in the books of the regiment,
Wm Huston adjutant.

[stamp in bottom right corner}
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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War office, [illegible] 1783

The within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.

B. LINCOLN.


Hain, Frederick
Penn R4436
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To all Whom These may Concern

These are to certify that Mr Frederick Haines and [crossed out Daniel Haines} has this Day on the of fifth of May 1777 found and caused to inlist in my Company a Certain: John Sutton during the war which by Resolves and Recommendations of Congress on the 11th April 1777 that any two men belonging to any Company of Militia within this State finds one able bodied soldier to inlist during the War they the afforesaid asssociators is exempted & cleared from the service during the time he was Inlisted. I therefore Certify that the above John Sutton is an able bodied soldier & fit for service.

Given under my hand at Reading this fifth May 1777.

Geo: Ross
Captn 11th I. R.

[stamped in center bottom of page} THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING
1300 LOCUST STREET
PHILADELPHIA

[stamped in upper right corner of page] 
Received
May 14 1936
mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. 
Reader no. 31

May 13, 1936

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War File

Dear Sirs:
Do you have among your records a pension claim for Frederick Hain, also spelled Hehn, Hohn), 1750-1839, of Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna.?
if so, will you please send us a copy of same?

Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, believe me

Very truly yours,
Norris S. Barratt, Jr.
Secretary.
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[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

REJECTED

4436

P.O. Frederick Hain
Service:
printed List of 1852 Rejected & suspended claims, shows following cause of rejection:

"He did not serve under military authority."

[written up the left side of page]
1936, May 22-Hist. to Norris S Barratt, Jr. - MLB
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Adamestown
March 30
Free


J. L Edwards Esq
War Department
Washington City
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Berks County Heidelberg Township
March 31st 1835.
Pennsylvania

J. L. Edwards Esquire
Sir. - Your favor of November 10th 1834 has been duly received. I would have long since addressed you but my health has been much on the decline, and I thought of troubling the war department no more. However, my friends prompt me to request of you what method should be taken to make the amended declaration you speak of.

After 1780, I served as a volunteer, which, distinctions I did not make in my former declaration, not viewing it of any consequence how I served provided service was rendered. I was even twice in New Windsor with my [team] and Waggon for munitions of war, and never received a single cent for it. I gave as before stated to Valentine Eckert, then Chief Burgess of the now borough of Reading $700 for the purpose of enlistment and never received even he least compensation for it and if I apply to the State Legislature for it, they I answer I am too well off in the world and do not want it. I was appointed "General" in the last war, and was excused on account of my age when General Wilkinson took my place. It must be hard indeed if a man who has done so much for his country and free principles shall be debarred the benefits which the philanthropy of congress thought proper to extend to the now aged colaboures in the cause of Liberty for the sake of a few technical errors.
Yours respectfully
Frederick Hain 
85 years September next

Please send me a few lines in answer by mail directed as above.
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Adams town
June 1
Free

War Department
Pension Office
Washington City
District of Columbia
United States


pa  June 5
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Heidelberg township, May 30th 1835.

J.L. Edwards Esq
Sir. Your letter of April 8th came duly to hand, for the friendly terms in which it was explained as well as the directions enclosed I beg leave to return my best thanks. I wd have long since replied but the state of my health prohibited my going abroad.

You tell me that in order to a successful action upon my case, it wd be necessary for me to pass through the same ordeal I have passed before, and make an amended declaration, this let what will be the consequence, I cannot think of doing. I am now nearly 85 years of age and the cold finger of death beckoning me to the tomb, with a body wasted and memory impaired, under such boding circumstances to volunteer my self a public spectacle a second time before Magistrates, Priests, Judges, Clerks, & citizens and assuredly to me be no enviable situation. I have solemnly sworn that the statement transmitted by me to your department was essentially true to the best of my judgement and recollection. beyond that I cannot go: but might add, many collateral services which I performed, among which I well recollect being one of the guards appointed to convey the ammunition from Lebanon to Philadelphia. I had six or seven men under me and my own teem, [wagon] and servant boy, many others were along. I have a right to be believe that some mischievous hand has been at work against me; and perhaps letters injurious to my interest sent you, if this be the case I have only to regret it, and pity the miserable being who could perpetuate so foul a design. I have always endeavored to pass through life with a spirit of good fellowship, wishing evil to no man. If under these circumstances I have nothing to expect I respectfully request you will inform me of it as soon as convenient.
Yours respectfully
Frederick Hain
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Free

War Department
Pension Office,
Washington City,
District of Columbia


Reading PA
Nov 1

I would thank you to return my papers if they are of no use.
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Free

War Department
Pension Office,
Washington City,
District of Columbia


Reading PA
Nov 1

I would thank you to return my papers if they are of no use.
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Heidelberg, Nov. 1st 1834

Sir,
Your favor of the 9th Sept. was forwarded me by the Honble H. A. Muhlenberg some few days ago and felt deeply wounded and disappointed by the contents.  It may however not be simple to say in reply that in the spring of 1774 I took an oath of allegiance, and in 1775 I continued to learn military exercise under the instruction of a Mr. Whitterson.  I know not what was his rank in the Army but he was sent out in our neighborhood to instruct us in military tactics.  I am now an old man of 84 years and of course forgetful, and I do solemnly protest before God & my Country that in the sending of discharge which now you hold, I had not even remotely an intention to deceive.  The Wars being over and peace restored, many of the soldiers of those times received donation lands, some of which I purchased from them, they left me these Deeds and papers, and doubtless the discharge alluded to must be one of theirs.  I beg therefore with deep humility to apologize and fervently declare to the Judge of all hearts that I took it to be my own through error or neglect, and that I did not obliterate or otherwise decipher a word of the same.  The stupidity of such conduct wd be too prominent, and the discrepancy too glaring for ever an Idiot not to notice.

I have already sworn that I did serve my country as a volunteer from 1780 to 1783 in tour & in the manner before mentioned as close as I could recollect and this is all I have to say.  If in your judgement you think proper to award me nothing I must submit & say with painful reflections that I did more for my country in the hour of Peril than any man I know of within 20 miles of my residence.
Yours respectfully
Frederick Hain

J. L. Edwards Esq
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I request if you intend doing nothing for me, you will have the politeness to send me my papers.  I shall expect an answer directed to myself.
F. H,
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Rejected, did not serve on Military establishment, see letter 9th Sept 1836 to Hon H. A. Muhlenberg, Is.
[the following crossed out] to F. Hain Nov 10, 1834 do. 8 April 35, do to June 1835. do to Jan 37.

4436
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Frederick Hain
Nov 10 1834
O. C


recd Vol 35 Page 214
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War Dept.
Pension Office
Nov. 10. 1834

Sir,
Your letter of the 1st inst. has been received. Your claim was rejected because it was very evident that you did not serve six months, non after 1777, when you obtained a substitute.  If you wish to renew your claim, you must make an amended declaration.  The papers on our files cannot be sent from this office.

Mr. Frederick Hain
of Heidelberg,
Reading Post office
Penn

Entered this letter into Index
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F. Hain
Jan 10. 1837






Recorded Vol 41. p 244.
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War Dept. Pen Office
Jany 10. 1837

Sir,
In answer to your letter respecting your case I have to inform you that it does not appear that any papers in support of your claim have been received here at the time stated by you.  In April 1835 you wrote to this office or letter was received from you respecting your case and in answer thereto you were required to exhibit such proof as is pointed out in the letter to you of the 8th April 1835, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.


Mr. Frederick Hain
Reading Pa