Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,824, for Henry Klunck, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Klunck, Henry
or Clung

NUMBER
S. 39,824

CONTENTS
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1822

Pennsylvania
Henry Klunk alias Clung of chambersburg in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Posey ~ of the Virginia ~ line, for the term of during the War ~

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of June 1818 ~

Certificate of Pension issued the 19ᵗʰ of Mar 1819 and sent to Isaac Eaton esqr chambersburg Pennᵃ

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  66.40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 ~48.~
S114.40

9/30  2.40
16.
48
66.40

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18ᵗʰ March, 1818.}
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1 May 1820.

Hanry Klunck or Clung.  Pa

allowed
J. B.

4 Sept 1819.
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Pennsylvania Franklin County ss.}

On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hunand(sic) and twenty six, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the sixteenth judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania & county aforesaid, Henry Klunck, residing in said county aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18ᵗʰ March 1818 & the 1ˢᵗ May 1820_ That this deponent was on the pension list of the United States & has received a pension as appears by his pension certificate No. 7882 dated the 19ᵗʰ day of March 1819 & herewith exhibited, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & that his name is not on the roll of any State.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1ˢᵗ of May 1820. I do solomnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Navel(sic) service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18ᵗʰ of March 1818_ and that I have not nor has any other one in trust for me any property, security, contract or debts, due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed_ That since the 18 day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property - to wit - On the 18ᵗʰ day of March 1818 I held in conjunction with my son a lot of ground in the Boroughs of Chamburburg(sic) known as lot No. 118 in the plan of said Borough which we purchased of John McClintick in the year 1816_ on this purchase we paid to John McClintick about nine hunand(sic) dollars_  we sold to John Aughinbaugh one half of the said lot & the money arising from the sale was paid to John McClintick on account of our purchase from him_ after which the depreciation of real estate was so great that the balance due from us to John McClintick on account of said purchase exceeded the value of the remaining half lot and in January 1826 we resold to the said John McClintick the said half lot in discharge of the balance so due from us to him.

He also declares on oath that he is a potter by trade but that age and rheumatism have rendered him unable to work_ That his family consists of a wife named Elizabeth aged fifty eight years - and one son who is a potter with four children & very poor_ & neither of them are able to contribute anything to his support_

He also declares on oath that the annexed schedule of
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of his property is just & true.-
1 - Bed & Bedding
1 - Spinning Wheel
1 - Walnut Table
1 - Walnut Cupboard
6 -- old chairs
2 - Iron pots
1- Small copper kettle
1 - Stove

14ᵗʰ Augᵗ 1826
The Court adjudge the property of the value of Twenty dollars
J. H.

Sworn & declared on the Fourteenth day of August in the year 1826 in open Court Before.
Jno. Hershberger  Proth

Pennsylvania Franklin County ss}

I John Hershberger Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Henry Klunck did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars_

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Chambursburg(sic), the twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hunand(sic) and twenty six.

Jn Hershberger  Proth
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No. 1059.

Henry Klunck, Pᵉ
11ᵗʰ Virgᵃ regimt

[words "Not on the rolls." stricken through]

The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons (officers of the same regᵗ, and line, to be preferred) proving nine months service in continuance, on continental estabᵗ, is required.

(admitᵈ)

Thomas Parker Compy Poseys Regiment is found Henry Clung
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To the Honorable John C Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of the War Department

The Petition of Henry Klunck of Chambursburg(sic) in the County of Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Respectfully represents

That your petitioner enlisted in the month of July in the 1777 ^for three years at March Creek near Winchester in the State of Virginia under Captain (James) Rice - and from thence marched to Philadelphia where he got his clothing and accoutrements and joined the army about 10 Miles from the city_ was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Stoney point and when about encamping for the [illegible] at Battle Hill in the Jersey was ordered to the South [illegible] under Captain Wright_ That at the Valley Forge after the battle of Brandywine your petitioner enlisted during the war ["during the war" underlined]_ That he marched under the said Captain Wright & (Colonel Wood) to Charleston South Carolina where he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner untill about 3 weeks before Cornwallis was taken. wherre he was exchanged and fought under Captain Parker - or Barker at the taking of Cornwallis_ We were then of
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the 2ᵈ Virginia Regiment_ Your Petitioner was in Winter quarters on the James River_ from thence he marched to Georgia and stopped at Ebenezer near Savannah and were with General Wayne about 2 miles from Savannah and remained there untill peace was declared_ when the British evacuated Savannah we marched in and finally returned to Richmond where we were discharged_ That your petitioners discharge was lodged there when he got his certificate for extra pay and his warrant for land from the State_  And  therrefore your petitioner has no written testimony of his Services_ That he is now in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support_ He therefore humbly prays your Honor to grant him such relief as is provided by the late act of Congress_

And as in duty bound will ever pray &c
[illegible signature]

Frankllin County sct Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Personally appeared the above name petitioner Henry Klunck before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth
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and saith that the facts set forth in the petition aforegoing are just and true to the best of his recollection and belief_ And I do further certify that he is a Citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, in indigent circumstances and standing in need of assistance from his Country for support and that I am satisfied of his having served as aforesaid in the Revolutionary army against the common Enemy._

Sworn to before me this 26 June 1818 at the County aforesaid_
[illegible signature]

Pennsylvania
Franklin County. ss,

I, John Findley Prothonotary of the court of Common pleas in and for Franklin County aforesaid do certify that Isaac Eaton Esquire before whom the above deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of doing thereof as associate Judge of said Court duly Commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his Official acts as such

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 27ᵗʰ day of June one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

John Findley proth
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October 10, 1912.

Hon. Martin A. Morrison,
Frankfort, Indiana.

My dear Mr. Morrison:

In response to your letter dated the seventh and received the ninth instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, Sur. Fil No. 39,824, Rev. War, of Henry Klunck or Clung, it appears that he enlisted at Marsh Creek, Virginia, in July, 1777, as a Private under Captain James Rice, in the 11th Virginia regiment; that he again enlisted at Valley Forge, and served until the end of the war under Captain Wright and Colonel Wood, and under Captain Parker or Barker, 2d Virginia regiment.

He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Stony Point; was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, remained as such until about three weeks before the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and was in that engagement.

He was allowed pension on an application executed June 26, 1818, while a resident of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

In 1826, he was sixty-six years of age, still a resident
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S. F. 39,824 - 2

of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and refers to his wife Elizabeth aged fifty-eight years, and a son (name not stated).

He died June 26, 1833, place of death not stated.

Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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39824
Revy

INVALID.

File No. 39,824
Henry Klunck alias Clung
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 279

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1912, Oct. 10. Hist. to 
Hon. M. A. Morrison.
F. W.

1912, Nov. 22. Hist. to
Mrs. Eva J. H. Darley.
F. W.
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7822

Pennsylvania.

Henry Klunck, alias Clung of Franklin in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Rice of the Regimt commanded by colonel Posey in the Virginia line, for the term of during the war from the year 1777 to to(sic) the year 1780

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 day of June 1818 and [blank]

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of March 1819 and sent to Isaac Eaton Chambersburgh Pennᵃ

Continued on the Roll on 31ˢᵗ day of March 1828 and notification sent to Hon: James Buchanan House of Representatives Pension commencing on the 28 of November 1826

Amount due on 4th of Septmʳ 1828} $109.83.

see letters to Agent & M. StClare
Clarke, June 11, 1829.

New Certificate issued 23 July
1829 & sent to Ma & StClair Clark
Esq Clk. House of Reps Washington
City_
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Deposition of Jno.
McClintic in the
case of Henry Klunck
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Frankliln County ss.

Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid John McClintic who having been duly sworn according to Law did depose & say that in the year 1816 he sold to Henry Klunck & his son a Lot in the Borough of Chambusburg(sic) County aforesaid known as Lot no. 118 in the place of said Borough. that about nine hundred dollars was paid to him by them & that they afterwards sold to John Aughinbaugh of said Borough one half of said Lot & that the money obtained for the same was paid to this deponent on account of their purchase from him_ that after these payments the balance due to deponent exceeded the value of the remaining half of the Lot, so great was the depreciation of real estate, & that the remaining half Lot was in January 1826 resold by them to deponent in payment & discharge of said balance. And this deponent farther declares that by this arrangement he received five hundred dollars less than the price at which he sold the Lot to said Klunck & son, which sum of five hundred dollars he abandoned & gave up on account of their poverty. The Henry Klunck spoken of in this deposition is the same that was on the pension List of the United States as appears by his certificate from the was office no. 7822 dated 19ᵗʰ March 1819.

John McClintic [signature]

Sworn & subscribed 1826 July 17ᵗʰ [illegible] before

Christian Wolff [signature]
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Deposition of Jno.
McClintic in the
case of Henry Klunck

Pennsylvania Franklin County ss

I John Hershberger Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County aforesaid do hereby certify that Christian Wolff Esquire before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made is and was at the time of doing thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of November A. D. 1826

[illegible] John Hershberger prot
Dan. Spaugta [signature]
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J. L. Edwards. Esq
Pension office.

I certify that I have lately seen Henry Klunck of Greencastle Pa and formerly of Chambersburg ^Franklin County and have no hesitancy in saying that from mental disability he wᵈ be now incapable of reciting the facts set forth in his original application & that he is the same person to whom a pension was originally granted

Wm StClair Clarke [signature]
25. Nov. 1828
Washington
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Franklin County ss.

On this fourteenth day of July 1829 before me Andrew B. Rankin, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin personally appeared Henry Klunck or Clung, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company of Captain Rice_ Regmt of Barker (as well as he now remembers) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel [blank] in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War and drew Several Sums thereon_ that he was subsequently stricken from the Roll and has now been restored by a certificate dates the 31ˢᵗ Mar. 1828 going back for pay to the 28ᵗʰ day of November 1826_ That the certificate of Pension formerly granted he lost or mislaid some years ago. he knows not how about Chambersburg or GreenCastle at which latter place he now lives_

[illegible signature]

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me_

Andrew B. Rankin [signture]
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at the same place and time also came Andrew Klunck - before me Andrew B. Rankin Justice as aforesaid and on his solomn oath doth declare that he is and has long been well acquainted with Henry Klunck or Clung, the foregoing Deponent, and that he knows him to be the same person who was formerly on the Pension List and has lately been reinstated_ that he formerly resided at Chambersburg and now lives in GreenCastle, both in Franklin County, Penᵃ

And I Andrew B. Rankin do hereby certify that this Deponent Andrew Klunck is a man of veracity and entitled to perfect credit on his oath_

Andrew Klunck [signature]

Sworn Subscribed and certifed on the day & year aforesaid

Andrew B. Rankin [signature]
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Pennsylvania Franklin County ss.-

I John Hershberger Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Franklin aforesaid_ Do hereby certify that Andrew B. Rankin Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken is & was at the time of doing thereof a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith & credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1829~

Jn Hershberger prothy

Pennsylvania Franklin county ss -

I Alexander Thomson President Judge of the sixteenth Judicial District, composed of the county of Franklin Bedford and Somerset, in the State of Pennsylvania, do certify, that John Hershberger, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the said County of Franklin

Witness my hand and seal this 15 July 1829

A Thomson [signature]   seal
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James L. Edwards Eq.
Pension Bureau,
Washington

23 July
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Bureau.

dear Sir

I sincerely hope that the enclosed will put old Mr Klunck on the path to obtain his money_

I know all concerned in the execution of the paper and bear testimony to their character as honest & true men.

Yours respectfully
Wm StClair Clarke [signature]
22ᵈ July 1829
Washington
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Greencastle Pa
June 8

[word "free" stricken through]
50

James L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington

11 June
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dear Sir.

I have now got possession of the Pension Certificate of my old nighbour(sic) Henry Klunck - and in attempting to perfect a copy of the enclosed find that his memory will not now serve him so as particularly to specify his Captain company & Regᵗ_ You remember I gave you a certificate to that effect last fall_ Will you be so good as to return the enclosed - filling up the blanks from his petition.

Your obᵗ Servᵗ
Wm StClair Clarke
8 June 1829
GreenCastle. Pᵃ
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MARTIN A. MORRISON
9TH DISTRICT INDIANA

COMMITTEES:
INSULAR AFFAIRS
PATENTS
REVISION OF THE LAWS

House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C.

Frankfort, Indiana.
October 7, 1929.

Hon. J. L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Henry Klunck, whose name is also spelled "Clung", enlisted April 2, 1777, for three years, as a private of Captain George Rice's Company, (which became the 7th Virginia Regiment, about December, 1778), commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary War. He re-enlisted about December, 1778, and was transferred to Captain Philip Slaughter's Company, also designated Lieutenant James Wright's Company, same Regiment. At a later time he was transferred to Light Infantry Company, also designated Captain Alexander Parker's Company, Virginia Battalion.

If this soldier drew a pension, I shall be pleased to be informed for what period of time, under what name and where did he reside the time he drew his pension.

Very truly yours,
Martin A. Morrison [signature]

U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
O
OCT 9 1912 [ink stamp]
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Marion, Ind.
Nov. 17 19112

W. Davenport, Commissioner,
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

In October of the present year you furnished Martin A. Morrison, M. C. information regarding Henry Klunck or Clung, Revolutionary soldier, Pension claim, Sur. File #39824. Having sent this information, to The National Society of The Daughters of The
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American Revolution, they now ask for a "certificate from the Pension Office".

Will you kindly send same to me? Is there any expense attached to this favor and is it necessary to return certificate to you?

Thanking you for the favor of a prompt reply. I am

Yours truly,
Mrs. Eva J. H. Dooley,
612 West Sixth St.
Marion, Indiana
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Can you give me any information regarding Adam Saylor. He came to America with Lafayette's troops and after the Revolutionary War lived in Greencastle, Pa.

Such information will be much appreciated.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Eva J. H. Dooley,
612 West 6th St.
Marion, Indiana
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W. Washington

The Honˡ James Buchanan
Member Ho. Rep.
Washington City.
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Cham g March 4ᵗʰ   1828

Dear Sir

On a former occasion you kindly directed me to call on you, & to request your services, in any particular in which they would be helpful to me. I will now place myself under obligation to you by requesting your attention to the claim of an old Soldier, whose necessities are great, & in whose case I feel more than an ordinary interest. You will perceive by the enclosed copy of the Record that Henry Klunck has been on the pension list of the U. S. & has received a pension_ that he has lost that pension by the possession of property_ that he has lost the property which deprived him of the pension_ and that his application is now to be restored to the pension. I forwarded this claim by Colˡ Jno. Findley during his last winter in Congress & I failed to have Klunck replaced on the pension list (as I understood) principally because proof of service was not made & four(sic) the want of the exemplification of the deed by which his property was transferred_

Is it necessary for me to prove his service now when the proof has been made already, & the  best possible evidence of it furnished by the fact that he has been enrolled at the Pension Office & his pension already paid? If the regulation of the office requires the proof of service to be renewed, because the petitioner's right to the pension has been suspended, the case will end here, for the witnesses are dead & I have no evidence to offer except that which has been received, acknowledged, & acted on, & is now to be found of record in the pension office_ I cannot but think that there is some [illegible] mistake in this matter & I must beg the favour of you to let me know whether Klunck will be seriously held to furnish the proof which they have already, by witnesses who are dead_ in other words whether [illegible] the regulations of the office his claim is destroyed_
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The second difficulty appears to me to have been as completely removed as the first_ the whole contracts, with regard to the Lot which lost him the pension, were verbal_ he never had a deed for the Lot & he relinquished it to the owner when he became unable to pay for it. & these facts are set out in the affidavit of the vendor which was sent down with the copy of the record which is now enclosed to you. There is consequently nothing to copy. I feel satisfied that your attention will restore Klunck to the pension rolls & I hope you will excuse the trouble which I give you_ I would not take the liberty of applying to you but for your offer. I must ask further that if there is any thing more, which I can do, that you will inform me of it_ If Klunck shall be restored to the List will he not be entitled to his pay from the 16ᵗʰ august 1826 the time at which his application & the proof of the loss of his property were complete? I think so clearly. I feel satisfied that nothing can be required under your care except perhaps to make the affidavit more explicit as to the loss of the property. if that shall be required be so good as to send me the affidavit of Jno. McClintic which was sent by me to the pension office so that I may see where it is defective_

Your sister Harriett is staying with us_ she desires me to say to you that she is in high health, & anxious to hear from you_

I am [illegible]
very sincerely yrs.
R. Washington