Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,083, Peter Frey, Penn.
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SERVICE
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Frey, Peter
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NUMBER
S.13.073
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N. 11.879
Pennsylvania
Peter Frey
of Chester Co. in the State of Panna,
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Wheatman of the Regt commanded by Col. Noggle in the Penna
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 80 Dollars *handwritten dash* Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day July 
1833 and sent to J.W.
Cunningham, West Chester Pa

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 40.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 19
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tom
2yrs
980

J.W. Cuningham Esq
West. Chester
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Commonwealth of Penna.
Chester County

Before the subscriber Robert M Waugh Esquire, one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Chester, personally came Peter Frey whose name is hereunto subscribed on who on his solemn oath by me duly administered according to law depose and say that he is at this time above seventy-five years of age;

that from the various accidents and injuries which have befallen him in his body and limbs both on the Revolutionary War and since, that he is very decrepit and almost unable to travel; that his circumstances in life are not such as to enable him to employ anyone to travel or act for him; that his present place of residence is above eighty miles from (Reading in the County of Berks) the place where he enlisted in the service of his country; 

that it is now altogether out of his power to produce any additional evidence of his services or the duration thereof other than the certificates of the Rev. Robert White, and Mr. William Carlile in support of the deponent's character for veracity annexed to his declaration;

that he does not know whether any of his companions in arms are living not; that Jacob Stiegler who was in the same regiment at the same time with this deponent (illegible) in the house of this deponent's father about five years after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War; 

that he deponent's term of service commenced in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six and that his (illegible) of service was as a rifleman; that he was in all the battles he has mentioned in his declaration;

that he can neither read nor write in English and finally that he served his country unremittingly and faithfully in the action and made movements required of a rifleman until the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and eight-one as he has already set for in his declaration.  

(The deponent cannot now write his name)
Signed:  Peter (his X mark) Frey

Sworn and subscribed this fifteenth day of May A.D. 1833 before me
Signed:  Robert M. Waugh
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Chester County

I, John W. Cunningham, prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Chester, do certify that Robert M. Waugh Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken and who has certified the same, was at the time at which the same (illegible) date and now is one of the justices of the peace of said Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified for the said County of Chester, to all whose official acts as subscribed full faith and credit are as ought to be given and also that the name Robert M. Waugh thereunto annexed is in his own proper hand writing.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto annexed my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at West Chester in the said county of Chester this twenty-first day of May A.D. 1833.

Signed:  John W. Cunningham, Prot.
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W6642
Declaration and Oath of Peter Fry, a revolutionary soldier and applicant for the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.

Affixes the seal of UNLEGIBLE Court at Wes. Chester in Same County 21st day of May AD 1833
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The declaration of Peter Fry who served upon the continental establishment in the war of the revolution.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester

On this twenty-first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before the court of common pleas of the county of Chester, Peter Fry, a resident of Lower Oxford in the county of Chester and state of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-four years and three months, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832;

that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five or seventy-six with Captain William Wheatman (or Whitman) and served in the Pennsylvania line and in the fifth regiment thereof, as he recollects; and under the following named officers to wit: Colonel Noggle; the Major's name according to the best of his recollection was Heister; his captain was Mr. Wheatman, his lieutenant Stroud; 

that he left the service at the end of the War and was then honorably and entirely discharged; that he the said deponent enlisted at Reading in the state of Pennsylvania at which place he then resided; that he accompanied the army into Jersey and was engaged in the battle of Princeton and Trenton;

that he was afterward engaged at the battles of Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown; suffered with the rest of the army the hardships and (illegible) which they were subjected at Valley Forge encampment in the winter of 1777-8;

 that he was afterwards engaged at the battle of Monmouth
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that he was at the taking of Stoney Point and was at the capture of Cornwallis at York-town in Virginia in the year 1781 that to state particularly the country through which he marched during the period of his service is best to mention
the country traversed by the army in which he served. That he marched several times through Jersey, was with the army when it went to meet the enemy under Lord Howe when they landed at the head of Elk, marched under Washington in his various movements in Pennsylvania in 1777 and went with him into Jersey in pursuit of the [illegible] in 1778 was afterwards with the army in the state of New York and on the North River, crossed through Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland  and entered Virginia in 1781 and returned again from thence and was eventually discharged in Philadelphia.
The said Peter Fey further declares that he relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except
the present and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any agency or state.
Sworn and Subscribed }                Peter Fey
in open court August 20th }
A.D. 1832.  (in  [illegible] ). }
John W. Cuningham Prot  }
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I, John W. Cuningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chester in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Peter Fry for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of August Anno Domini 1833

John W Cuningham Prot

Chester County
We the undersigned citizens of Chester County have been these several years past intimately acquainted with Peter Fry or Frey or Freery formerly of Berks County Pa and we do think that his statement relative to his age and revolutionary services is correct: -We entertain no doubt and we do not know that any one entertains the smallest doubt who is acquainted with the above named applicant that he was a revolutionary soldier:- To the above We have deposed before David Crosby Esq as witness our hands and seals this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1833
Rev  Hobert White      seal
Wm Carlisle                 seal

I do hereby certify that one of the above named witnesses appearing before me is the Rev Holbert White who has been there more than twenty years, Pastor of the Church of Fagg Manor, the other Mr. William Carlisle is a respectable member of the Presbyterian Church at New London y. Woods Chester County Pa as witness my hand and seal this Thirteenth day of May A.D. 1833
D Crosby            Seal
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Chester County Pa

I John W Cuningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas do certify the David Crosby Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were made and who has certified the same was at the time with the same bear date and now is a Justice of the Peace for said Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified for the said County of Chester to all whom official act as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given and also that the name David Crosby there unto duly write in his own proper hand writing.  
In testimony where of I have here unto fix my hand and affixes the Seal of Said Court at West Chester in same County this 21st day of May A D 1833.
John W Cuningham  Prot

h6642
Declaration and Oath of Peter Fry, a revolutionary soldier and applicant for the benefit of the act of congress of June 7, 1832.
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Rev War  13.083
INVALID

File No.  13,083
Peter Frey
Pvt  Rev War
Act:  June 7th 1832
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Stamp- West Ches PA  May 22         Free

Hon J. L. Edwards Esq
Commiss Pensions
War Office
Washington City
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Hon' Sir
I enclose the papers of Peter Frey with the efficiencies mentioned in the accompanying  amended supplies as far is it will now, ever be in his power.
I am well acquainted with him and believe him to be a true and worthy old man and feel much satisfied that the decision in his case should be favorable.
When you have considered the matter please forward any communication you may find it necessary to make to me
I am your most obediant
John W Cuningham
J.L. Edward            West Chester
Com. Pensions       May 22, 1833
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