Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,869, for Michael Reger, Pennsylvania
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Service                                  Number
Continental  Reger, Michael  S. 23.869.
Penn.             or Reager
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Contents.
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11.036
Pennsylvania
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Michael Reager
of the co. of Cambria in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dehuff of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hartly in the Pennsylvania line for - 
3 yrs private ........                                 $80.00
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Inscribed in the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate ofr 80 dollars and 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March 1833 and sent to M. Canan Esqr, Ebensburg, Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833              $160.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833        40.00
                                                                   $200.00
(Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 7 June, 1832.}

Recorded by John T Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 48.
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Michael Reager
17526
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State of Pennsylvania}
Cambria County} ss.

   On the thrid day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Cambria (being a court of record having by law and seal and clerk) now sitting, Michael Reager, a resident of Jackson Township in the county of Cambria and state of Pennsylvania aforesaid, aged about seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits 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 spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania near which he then resided, for the term of three years, with Captain Abraham Dehuff, in, he thinks, the third regiment of the Pennsylvania Line under the following named officers:  Col. Hartley commanded the regiment. Does not recollect the names of the (other) officers.  He states that he marched to Philadelphia and from thence to Trenton after remaining there a considerable time he went to Pennsylvania & he lay sick at Princeton.  That afterwards went to Morristown and remained there during the winter & in the spring he went to Shings Ferry on the North river, and remained a considerable time, then went to Shings Bridges, and from thence to Corrills Ferry and remained during the winter & the next summer he was part of the time in New Jersey, and returned to Pennsylvania - at the time of the Battle of Brandywine he was at Paoli guarding the sick and he then marched to Germantown and was in the battle there.  After this he returned to Lancaster in Pennsylvania and continued there guarding prisoners until he was discharged at the expiration of his time & he thinks his discharge was signed by Captian Dehuff & (next page)
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Colonel Hartley - the discharge was burnt with the house of one of his sons about twenty seven years ago.
    He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
                                    
                                          //s//
                                  Michael Wagner
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid.
//s//
Phillip Noon (Clerk)

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.


    I Philip Noon Esqr.  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Michael Reager for a pension.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
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Philip Noon (Clerk)
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Michael Reager
Pennsylvania

Admc.
Biyb

$80.

17523


M. Canan Esqr.
Ebensburg, Pa.
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Brief in the case of Michael Reager
Co. of Cambria in the state of Pa. 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  Open Court
2.  If before ad Judge, des it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 74
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Amry U.S. Spring in 1775 enlisted/3 years/As a Private/Captain Dehuff Colonel Hartly.

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Battle of Germantown.
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster, Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by rolls?  Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No witnesses of any kind.

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

                                            //s//
                                  George Taylor
                                  Examining Clerk
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WARREN WORTH BAILEY, PA., CHAIRMAN
JAMES P. MAHER, N.Y. 
HATTON W. SUMMERS, TEX.
C. A. KENNEDY, IOWA.
JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.
F. E. PAUL, CLERK

MR. PATK. {HAYES, HAYS OR HAYSE}

HOUSE OF REPRESENTTIVES
COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Johnstown, Pa.,
August 19, 1915

Hon. G. M. Saltzgarber, 
Commissioner of Pensions

My Dear Mr. Saltzgarber: 

   I am in receipt of inquiries for information regarding the military records, etc., of the following soldiers and any word you may be able to give me will be greatly appreciated:

Capt. Patrick Hays, said to have lived around Lancaster or York, Pa.;
Michael Rager, said to have lived in Cambria or Huntingdon Cos., Pa.

Thanking you in advance, I am

Very truly yours,
//s//
Warren Worth Bailey

P.S. - - The soldiers named are said to have served in the Revolutionary War.
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23869
INVALID
Revolution

File No. 23869
Michael Reager
Priv.  Rev War

Act June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. 9, Page 336

{Arrangement of 1870.}

1915 Aug. 23. Hist to Hon. William Worth Bailey -c
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Rev. War Section.

August 23, 1915.

Hon. William Worth Bailey,
Johnstown, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Bailey:

   In response to your letter dated the nineteenth instant.  I have the honor to advise you that the papers in the claim, Dur. File No, 23,869. Rev. War, Show, that Michael Reger was allowed pension (as Michael Reager) on his application executed October 3, 1832, while seventy-four years of age and a resident of Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
    He stated that he resided near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and enlisted in said town in the Spring of 1775, under Captain Abraham Dehuff in Colonel Hartley's 3d Pennsylvania regiment, and served three years, during which time he wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Germantown and returned to Lancaster where he guarded prisoners until he was discharged, date not stated.
    There is no family data on file.

                                 Very truly yours,
                                          //s//
                                  E. C. Tieman
                                  Acting Commissioner.