Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1994, for George Plank, Pennsylvania
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(S-1776)

SERVICE NUMBER

Penn. Plank, George W. 1994
Elizabeth.

CONTENTS
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W.C.S

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

March 3, 1924

Esther Lactshaw
1267 Michigan Ave.
Buffalo, N.Y.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1994, it appears that George Plank, while a resident of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1777 and served two months as Fifer in Colonel John Leigfritz's Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in a skirmish near Chestnut Hill.
He enlisted in the Spring of 1778 and served two months as Fifer in Captain Abraham Rinker's Pennsylvania Company.
He enlisted in 1781 and served two months, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1835, while a resident of Adams County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-six years. He died April 3, 1849.
He married May 16, 1781, Elizabeth Kriesemar. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 20, 1849 while a resident of Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, aged eighty-seven years.
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Their children were ----

Johannes born February 19, 1782.
Andreas " October 31, 1783.
Maria Magdalena " February 26, 1786.
Elizabeth " February 7, 1790.
Sara " April 4, 1792.
Catharina " February 16, 1794.
Georg " October 27, 1796.
Esther " July 7, 1798.
Name illegible " April 26, 1800.
Abraham " August 31, 1802.
Jacob " June 12, 1804.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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Col. Edwards 
Pension Office
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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deposited by
Nick Callaw