Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,024, Michael Wolf, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE

Penn.

Wolf, Michael

NUMBER
S. 24.024
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CONTENTS
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Two sided document

left side
Died Sept. 21.1837 (AB)

right side
11,476
Pennsylvania
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Michael Wolf
of Northampton Co in the State of Penna.
who was a Pv. Fc in the Company commanded
by Captain Suwell of the Regt commanded
by Col Stroud in the Pennsylvania
"line for" crossed out)  Militia
1 No Private  3.33
1  "  Fifer      3.66
8   " Fife Major  36.00
                          $42.99
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 42 Dollars 99 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May and sent to 
1833 Rich'd. Brodhead- In. Easton, Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.      85.90
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 21.49
Died Sept 21, 1837.              ============
                                               107.47
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 64
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folded document with writing on right side of fold only

23533
Michael Wolf
Northampton County
Pennsylvania

Adm. @
1 mo. Private. $3.33
1 "    Fifer.         3.66
8 "  Fife Major.  36.00
                           -------
                         $42.99



Richard Brodhead, (??)
Easton
Penn.
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printed letter with written answers

WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office.
183

Sir:

The evidence on 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 tabuler form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjected notes, you will readily perceive that objections exists, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of Michael Wolf, Northampton County
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(The following in columns-transcribed in lines)
Period when the service was rendered.
Volunteered 1776, 1777
Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. blank
Months. 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1x
Days. blank
Rank of the claimant. Fifer; Private; fife major; do; do.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt. Lawall; same; same; Capt. Santee.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Major Sitman; Col. Breinish; Col. Stroud; Col. Hernes.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Blank
Country through which he marched. Lancaster; Berks co.; Feather-bed Hill; Doylestown; Swinkstown; Fort Penn.
Places of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 81; Northampton, Penn.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. tradition
(returning to lines)
Ten Months declared for 
XTaking Cannon from Easton to New Windsor by order of Col. Rauby

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWADS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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Michael Wolf
23533
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton 
 On this First day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three, personally appeared in the open Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton Before the Honorable Garrick Mallery President and John Cooper & Daniel Wagener associate Judges of the said Court Michael Wolf a resident of Stroud Township in said County aged near Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision 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 [illegible] Stated. He became a Volunteer in the year 1776 in the month of
November under Captain William Henry Lawall of the aforesaid County he marched from his place of residence in Forks Township in the said County to Easton in the same County. He served in the Capacity of a fifer in the Company of said Lawall. At Eastin Lawalls Company joined other companies and took prisoners which the Americans had taken to Lancaster in Lancaster County, at Lancaster the prisoners were taken (as he understood) to Harrisburg by other Companies. He was discharged at that place after a Service of more than one month But to be sure he only swears to one month. He then came home and remained him until the next summer 1777 in the month of August, when he was promoted to fife major, the forces assembled at Allentown then in the County aforesaid (now Lehigh ) He belonged then to the Company of said Captain Lawall and all the Companies assembled at that place one under the command of Major Sitman - From Allentown they marched under said Sitman to White Marsh
in Bucks County where they joined the Bucks County militia under the
Command of Col Breinish; from there Both forces marched to Farmers mills near a place called Feather Bed still in said County where they remained some time when they were dismissed the day before the Battle was fought at Germantown (the three months for which they Started having expired,) after a Service of three months. He then came home and remained home about Two weeks, when he was again called out as Fife major. The Company again assembled at Allentown under the command of Col Jacob Stroud and General Lacy We marched after some time to Doylestown in Bucks County, where We held a Court Martial and from that place, marched to a place called Crucked Billet about Eight miles further down toward Phila We remained there some time and marched Back to Doylestown again and remained there a short time and then marched to a place called Sennkstown where We remained until the Three months for which he was Called out had Expired
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then discharged after a Service of Three months, came home remained home about Two months, when he was again called out as Fife major marched to Fort Stroud sometimes called fort Penn, under the command of Col Heimer and Captain Santee and remained in and about the Fort to protect the Inhabitants from the Indians Two months then discharged, [came crossed out] (Fort Stroud is in Northampton County in the upper part on Brodheads Creek.) He came home and remained home Some time, when he was ordered to take Cannon from Easton to New Windsor in the State of New York by Col Ranley. We took them with oxen which went very slow, at New Windsor he was discharged after an absence from Home of more than one month, But to be certain he only swears
to one month making the whole time which he served ten months (10 mo) which he solemnly Swears he did serve, He has no documentary Evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, and that there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood who has lived in it Long enough to know him. He hereby relinquishes 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 or (of any) only on that of the State of Pennsylvania
his
Michael X Wolf
mark
Sworn & Subscribed this First Day of February AD 1833in open Court
Wm L Sebring Prothy [Prothonotary]

W Michael Brown, Edward Porter and William Van Buskirk all of the Township of Stroud and neighbors of the above named applicant being duly sworn according to Law Say, that we are well acquainted with Michael Wolf who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that We believe him to be near the age of 81 years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur without hesitation in that opinion, and that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood who knows him
Michael Brown
Edward Porters
William F Busher
Sworn and Subscribed this 1st Day of February 1833 in open Court
Wm L  Sebring
Prothy [Prothonotary]
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 Michael Brown Edward Postens and William Van Buskirk who have Signed the proceeding Certificate are the neighbors of the Said Michael Wolf and are men of high Standing and respectability and that their Statements are entitled to belief.
Garrick Mallery
Prest. Judge

Jno. Cooper
Daniel Wagoner

I William L. Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Michael Wolf for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at Easton this First Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
Wm. L. Sebring
Prothy.
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January 20, 1939
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Michael Wolf
S. 24024
BA-J/MLB

Phyllis Wolfe
Montana Hotel
Butte, Montana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Michael Wolf or George Wolf, son of Michael, who, you state, came to this country from Switzerland two hundred years ago and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Ephrata , Pennsylvania, the surname variously spelled.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched carefully and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolution of the George Wolfe described by you, under any spelling of his surname. You are furnished herein the record of the only Michael Wolf found in these records who served from Pennsylvania. The data therin were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 24024, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Michael Wolf and names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Forks Township, in that part of Northampton County which later became Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Michael Wolf volunteered in November, 1776, and served more than one month as fifer in Captain Lawall's Pennsylvania company engaged in taking prisoners captured by the Americans to Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In August, 1779, he was promoted to fifer major and served a tour of three months in Captain Lawall's company under Major Sitman. About two weeks after that tour, he enlisted at Allentown and served three months as fife major in Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment. He remained at home two months an was called out again and served two months as fife Major in Captain Santee's company, Colonel Heimer's Pennsylvania regiment, stationed at Fort Stroud in Northampton County, engaged in protecting the inhabitants against attacks by the Indians. He later was ordered by Colonel Raub to take cannon from Easton, Pennsylvania, to New Windsor, New York, length of this tour one month.
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Michael Wolf was allowed pension on his application executed February 1, 1835, at which time he was aged "near eighty-one years" and a resident of Stroud Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He died September 21, 1837.

There are no family data shown in this claim.

In order to obtain data of last payment of pension and the name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General Accounting Office, Record Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Michael Wolf
Certificate #11476
Issued May 10, 1833
Rate $42.99 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator




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open folded document

left side
24024
INVALID.
Revolution (hand written diagonally)

File No. 24.024
Michael Wolf
Prv. Rev. War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 461

[Arrangement of 1870.]

right side
1929-July 16, Hist to Nina 
N. C. Phillips M E E
1931 July 24, Photo's mailed to Charles R. Roberts & Fin.
??? ADY
_____________________________________
1938 Dec. 30 Hist. to Mrs. Saml
J. Hodge.     MLC
1939 Jan 29-Hist to Phillis Wolfe
MLC
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"The richest child is poor without musical training"
MONTANA FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
Dec. 5, 1938

Dear Sir:

    I am interested in obtaining the record of Revolutionary War service of my ancestor Michael or George Wolfe, son of Michael Wolfe who came to this country from Switzerland 200 years ago and settled in Lancaster County, Pa.  He volunteered and it is a family tradition that he was a Colonel on Washington's Staff and served in the Quartermasters Department.  His name is spelled variously "Wulf", "Woolf" and finally "Wolfe".  He was buried at Ephrata Co. and his name is on the old Ephrata register as among those who "in the Lord fell asleep."
    Our giving this detail in the hope that ir will help you to more easily find his war service.  I wish to join the D.A.R. and record evidence is necessary.

                                          //s//
                                   Phyllis Wolfe
                                    By MWB.
                                    Montana Hotel
                                    Butte, Montana.

A music club in every city, in every County, in every state in the union, and junior Girls' and boys' clubs auxilary. 

(Date stamp)
Received
Dec 8 1938
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Admin
Reader #5
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55 N. Pasadena Avenue
Pasadena, California
November 8, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Do you have a record on Michael Wolfe, ("only one of Pa." handwritten over Michael) a Revolutionary soldier, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania? If so, does the record show his wife's name, and whether or not they had a son Jacob Wolfe? ( "1832" handwritten over Jacob's name)This Jacob was sixteen when he joined the Revolution, and was killed in a hunting accident in 1801.
Michael Wolfe was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France in 1735. Do you have. a record of his death? ("death" underlined)

Very Truly yours,
(Miss) Sarah Jeanette Hodge (hand signed)
P. S. The name may have been spelled Wolf.

rubber stamped Received
Nov 14 1938
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Mrs. N. C. Phillips
926 West Stephenson Street
Freeport, Illinois

oval stamp
REVOLUTION & 1812 WARS
SECTION
MAR 20 1929
BUREAU of PENSIONS

3--18--29
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir.
Will you please send me whatever records you have on Capt. Michael Wolf (underlined in pencil with "only of Pa" written overtop) (Wolf), 2nd Battalion, 4th Co. Berks Co., Penn., Militia, in the Revolution. Do you have indication that any other Michael Wolf of Berks Co., Penn. served?
Respy,
Mrs. N. C. Phillips
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July 13, 1931.
541

Rev. & 1812 Section.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Rev. War claim for pension of
Michael Wolf, File No. S. 24024.       Actual 
1 of each page.

30¢...............2 pages
XX
Kindly leave margin of 
1 1/2 in. at top of each page
and return papers in each
case in folder with correspond-
ing name and number.
The word "omit" written
in pencil on those pages which
are not to be copied. 

Chief, Rev. & 1812 War Section
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List to Charles R. Roberts.
Sol. ded. Feb. 1-1833 first 2 pages
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July 113, 1931.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMHF

Mr. Charles R. Roberts,
520 North Sixth Street,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Dear Sir:

You are advised that photostatic copies of papers in application for pension of Michael Wolf (S. 24024) are being made and will be mailed to you immediately upon completion.

Your remittance of 30¢ will over the cost.

These copies are of the papers in pension claim of the only Revolutionary War pensioner of that name of Pennsylvania, that is found on the records of this office.

Very truly yours,


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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CHARLES R. ROBERTS
HISTORICAL WRITER AND GENEALOGIST
520 NORTH SIXTH STREET
ALLENTOWN, PA.

Allentown, Pa., June 23, 1931

Pension Department,
Interior Building,
Washington, D. C. 

Cash-30 cents.
rectangle stamp 
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPERS DESK
JUL 8 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Rev. War Division:
I should like to have a photostatic copy of the pension application of Capt. Michael Wolf of Bethel township, Berks co., Pa., and enclose thirty cents, which I think is the charge.
Yours very truly,
Chas. R. Roberts (hand signed)

round stamp 
PENSION U.S.
JUN 
24
1931
OFFICE

oval stamp
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
July 3 1931
Bottom line not readable
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December 30, 1938

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Michael Wolf
S. 24024
BA-J/MLB

Miss Sarah Jeanette Hodge
55 North Pasadena Avenue,
Pasadena, California

Dear Madam:

Reference to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Michael Wolfe or Wolf who, you state, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, in 1735, and served in the Revolutionary War from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and in which you desire to know whether he had a son named Jacob Wolfe who enlisted when sixteen years old in the Revolution and was killed in a hunting accident in 1801.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched carefully and no claim for pension or bounty land was found based  upon service in the Revolution of the Jacob Wolfe or Wolf described by you, or of any Michael Wolf, identical with your description.  The record of only one Michael Wolf of Pennsylvania has been found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and that record follows in hope that it may prove of interest to you. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, S. 24024, based upon service of Michael Wolf in the Revolutionary War.

The data and place of. birth of Michael Wolf and names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Forks Township, in that part of Northampton County which later became Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Michael Wolf volunteered in November, 1776, and served more than one month as fifer in Captain Lawall's Pennsylvania company, engaged in taking prisoners captured by the Americans to Lancaster, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In August, 1777, he was promoted to fife major and served a tour of three months in Captain Lawall's company under Major Sitman. About two weeks after that tour, he enlisted at Allentown and served three months as fife Major in Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment. He remained at home two months and was called out again and served two months as fife major in Captain Santee's company, Colonel Heimer's Pennsylvania
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regiment stationed at Fort Stroud in Northampton County, engaged in protecting the inhabitants against attacks by the Indians. He later was ordered by Colonel Raub to take cannon from Easton, Pennsylvania, to New Windsor, New York, length of tour one month.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed February 1, 1835, at which time he was aged "near eighty-one years" and a resident of Stroud Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He died September 21, 1837.

There are no family data shown in the claim.

In order to obtain data of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Michael Wolf, certificate #11476, issued May 10, 1833, rate $42.99 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832. Pennsylvania Agency.

Very Truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

MEE/HMM

July 16, 1929.

Mrs. N. C. Phillips.
926 West Stephenson Street,
Freeport, Illinois.

Dear Madam:

I advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.

The records fail to show a claim on file on account of the service of Captain Michael Wolf, or of any soldier by that name of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

("The following is the" crossed off)
You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named Michael Wolf, of Pennsylvania, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 24,024, it appears that Michael Wolf, while residing in Forks Township, Northampton County, later Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
From ^in November 1776, one month or more as a fifer in Captain William Henry Lawall's Company; in the summer of 1777 he
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was promoted to Fife Major, and from in August 1777 he served three months in Captain Lawall's Company under Major Sitman; two weeks later he enlisted and served three months as Fife Major in Colonel Jacob Stroud's Regiment; two months later he enlisted and served two months in Captain Santee's Company, Colonel Heimer's Regiment; he later served one month under Colonel Raub and was engaged in taking cannon from Pennsylvania to New York.
He was allowed a pension on his application executed February 1. 1833, while a resident of Stroud Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, aged "near eighty-one years."

He died September 31, 1837.  (written in pencil "from Agency Book see back of Ctf.")

There are no data concerning his family. (question mark in pencil over "concerning")

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.