Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31929, for Jacob Rhinehard, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Rhinehard, Jacob

NUMBER  
S.31929
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Jacob Rhinehard of Canandaigua in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wilson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Clark in the Pennsylvania line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars ---Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of March 1833 --- and sent to Hon. J. Dickson Ho. Reps.

Arrears
$120.00 to the 4th of Sept. 1832
    40.00 Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33
_________
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832       }

Recorded by Jno Bronwell Clerk, Book D 
 Vol. 5  Page 132
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31929

Revy   INVALID

File No.   81,999

Jacob Rhinehard
Pri       Rc Navy

Act:  June 7"32"

Index--Vol.  2 , Page  338

{Arrangement of 1870.]
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7237

Jacob Rhinehard

adm d
2  years pri
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80$

Thomas Beals
Agent
Canandaigua
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State of New York}
Ontario County    }  SS

On this twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the County Court now sitting, Jacob Rhinehard a resident of the town of Cananadaigua County and State aforesaid aged seventy three 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 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.  

1st At Buffalo Valley in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania in May 1776 he was drafted in Captain Watsons Company, in Colonel John Clarks Regiment in General Potters Brigade and served on that frontier for six months, and was out to various                                on the frontier against the Indians, to Wyoming and Bald Eagle and Penns Valley, where General Potter lived there was a Fort at this place, and often there to draw provisions.

2nd  The next year was called out again in the Spring on or before the first of May, and served in the same Company and served on the frontier as before until late in the fall , during this year at Jacob Groshengs Mills at the Fort of Buffalo Mountain and four men were killed, there names were John Foster, Samuel Sachlin, James Chambers, George Etchwalder, Captain Watsons Company.  

3 The next year at the  same place in Captain Matthew Wilsons Company, (Captain  Watson was killed at Buffalo valley the preceding year, and his mother was also killed  by the Indians ) served as before and until late in the fall .  Captain Wilson after this moved to Kentucky before the War was over, and 4th In the next year was commanded by Captain
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John  Hergebreder of Hanover County of Dauphin and served on the same frontier for six months.  

5 The next year as before served in George Overmeyers company until the close of the War of the Revolution on said frontier of the State of Pennsylvania and was bound to Military Service and served his country faithfully until the close of the War.  Was never visited by any of the Continental Officers during the War.  He knew General Potter and Colonel Clark.

He was born at Heidlebergh Township, County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania on the 16th day of May 1760, and at ten years of age his father moved to Buffalo Valley and lived there until after the close of the War, and after his Father deceased his brother Frederick Rhinehard had the homestead and this declarant went to Lancaster County and lived there about ten years near Elizabethtown in said County, and then moved back to Northumberland in said County and lived there about thirty years, and about nine years ago moved into Seneca County State of New York and for four years past had resided in Canandaigua. He has no record of his age. Has no documentary evidence and never had any, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. 

He knows John Wormley  & Frederick Berghalthaus.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn  and  subscribed  the day  }
and year aforesaid in open Court}

Jacob [illegible]
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State of New York }
Ontario County SS}

In the matter of Jacob Rhinehard 's application for a pension.  

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jacob Rhinehard who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that the reasons why he had not a clergyman to support his application for a pension before the County Court on the  28th day of August 1832 was that time he resided in Canandaigua,   he had been in an unsettled state and was not acquainted with any clergymen whom he could process to testify for him -- He is required to mention with [illegible] the length of his service, to give the names of his officers and to answer the interrogations prescribed by the War Department.  

He has given the names of his officers in his original declaration.  The three first interrogatories he has annexed in his original declaration, to the 4th interrogatory he now says that he was always drafted, or turned out upon the requisition of the Captain.  That where he lived they were subject to continued alarms in consequence of the [illegible] of the Indians to the 5th interrogatory he now says that under his 5th head in his original declaration, he stated that no officers of the Continental Line ever visited the stations where he was on duty, but on one occasion Captain John Slater came to Buffalo Valley with his company from Lancaster, and was there [illegible] months -- the 6th and 7th interrogations he has answered in his original declaration under his 1st head he served, not less than six months, -- under his 2nd head he served not less than six months, -- under his 3rd head he served not less that six months, -- under his 4th head he serviced not less than six months, -- under his 5th head he serviced not less than six months as a private for which he claims a pension --

Sworn to and subscribed this
28 January 1833 before me    
Henry Chapin J. of P.

Jacob Rhinehart
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State of New York  }
Ontario County SS } I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Henry Chapin, whose name is subscribed to the written certificate of affidavit, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signatures to be his proper act and deed.  

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this twenty-eighth day of January A.D. 1833.  

Charles Crane
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Mr. John Wormley + Frederick Borghalthau both residing in the town of Canandaigua in the County  and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Rhinehard who has subscribed + sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed  in the neighborhood where he decided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  

Subscribed and Sworn  }      John Wormley
the day + year aforesaid}   F W Borgholthaus
in open Court                 }
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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 named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Wormley and Frederick Borghalthaus who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents of the town of Canandaigua, are credible persons, and that their statement is [illegible] to credit.

I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Rhinehardt for a pension. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September, A.D. 1832

Charles Crane
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No. 9237
Jacob Rhinehard



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S6.11.17.17.


P 121.

Thos. Beals
Canandaigua N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Rhinehard
of Canandaigua In the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832._)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   in open Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  [blank]

3.  How old is he?  Seventy three years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.  

[This is a small table  transcribed for easier reading.]

PERIOD
May - In 1776 drafted 
  - States that he was called out in the Spring of 1777 in the same company as before and served until late in the Fall following.  
  - States that, the next year in Capt. Wilsons company "Served as before" 

Duration of Service
Months - 6

Rank  
As a Private

Names of General and Field Officers
Under Whom He Served.
Col. Jno Clark    Penn.a

PERIOD
1779 - States that, in 1780  served in Capt. Geo. [illegible] [illegible] and continued in Service  until the close of the War, always on the frontier of Pennsylvania

Duration of Service  
6 Months

Names of General and Field Officers
Under Whom He Served.
Capt. Hergebrider

5.  In what battles was he engaged?   [Blank]

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Northumberland County Penn.a

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary 
evidence alone.  

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect:  The papers are correct in form and authentication.

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  

Wm. Gordon   
Examining Clerk