Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,997, Ludwick Wessinger, Md.
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(3-1176)
Service
Md.

Wessinger, Ludwick

Number
S.23.997
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11.038
Pensylvania [sic]

Ludwick Wessinger
of Cambria Co. in the State of Pennsylvania 
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Feaster [Fister] of the Regt. commanded 
by Colonel Houzegger [Haussegger] in the Pennsylvania [struck out] Maryland line for 
2 years private - $ 80.00 [flourish]

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania ---
at the rate of 80 Dollars and - cents [struck out] per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March
1833 - and 
sent M. Canan Esqr. Ebensburg, Pa

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  40.00
 $200.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 95
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Ludwick Wessinger
Pennsylavania

[Aom@]
2 yrs
$80. [flourish]
175.24

M Canan Esq
Ebensburg
Pa
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Brief in the case of Ludwick Wissinger
Co of Cambria in the State of Pa
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  open court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  75
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[Table follows, tabulated by column]
Period.
In 1775 or 1776} enlisted in the Army of US.
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
3 [years]
Rank.
As a 
private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Captain Feaster [Fister].  Colonel Hazecker [struck out] Haussegger
Gen. Washington
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Battles - Brandywine - German Town - Trenton - and others not now recollected
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Frederick Town State of Maryland
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 king

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payton
Examining Clerk.
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Ludwick Wissinger
17524
[check mark]
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State of Pennsylvania}
Cambria County} 
[ss? fs?]

On this second day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County on Cambria (being a Court of Record having by law a Seal and Clerk) now sitting Ludwick Wissinger, a resident of Conemaugh Township in the County of Cambria and state of Pennsylvania aforesaid, aged seventy five years who being first solemnly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the one thousand seven hundred and seventy five or seventy six with Captain Fister and served in the German Regiment of the Maryland Line under the following named officers:  does not recollect the name of the Colonel he first server under - he was part of the line under Colonel Hazecker [Haussegger], part of the line under the immediate command of General Washington - He states that he enlisted at Frederick Town in the state of Maryland near which he resided - That he was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton, and others not now recollected  - That he was discharged at Wyoming in Pennsylvania after serving three years the time for which he was enlisted, but received no certificate of his discharge -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
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pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name in not on the pension roll of any agency in any state-
affirmed & subscribed this day and year aforesaid}
Philip Noon [illegible- Prot? for Prothonotary]
           his
Ludwick Wessinger
           mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states -

I Philip Noon Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ludwick Wissinger for a Pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Philip Noon
Prot
[flourish]
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Rev. War Section                 MMHF
April 9, 1923
Honorable Andrew J. Hickey
House of Representatives

In re: Ludwick Wissinger (pensioned Wessinger)
S. 23997  War of Revolution

You are advised that from the papers in the above noted pension claim it appears the Ludwick Wissinger enlisted near Federicktown, Maryland where he then resided. and served three years as a Private in Captain Fister's Company, Colonel Hussecker's [Haussegger's] German Regiment, Maryland Troops.  He was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832 while a resident of Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania aged seventy-five years.
There is no family data on file.
Yours very truly,
Acting Commissioner
[Handwritten notes on bottom of page]
Did not use date of enl. 1775 as sol. was uncertain and the Regt. was not formed until 1776.
Date of death not on A.B
Cong. letter was misrouted or some delay and did not reach Rev. Sec. until above date.  MMHF.
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Bifold Page]
[Left hand side]
[Written crosswise upper left hand side] Revolutionary
23997
INVALID
File No. 23,997
Ludwick Wessinger
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: ---Vol. 2, Page 442
[Arrangement of 1870]

[Right hand side]
1923-Apr.9- Hist to Hon. A. J. Hickey
MMHF
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ANDREW J. HICKEY
13TH DIST. INDIANA

MEMBER OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 

January 18, 1923

[oval stamp: OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER JAN 19 1923 U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

Hon.Washington Garner,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Commissioner:
For the purpose of enabling some constituents of mine to complete certain historical records I wish you would inform me if the records of the Bureau of Pensions disclose a soldier in the Revolutionary War by the name of Ludwig or Lewis Wissinger as receiving a pension.  If they do I shall much appreciate your furnishing me with a state of the material facts of the claim.
I am without information as to Mr. Wissinger's company and regiment but he participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and spent one winter at Valley Forge with General Washington.
Trusting that this data will enable you to locate the claim and again assuring you of my appreciation, I am
Sincerely yours,
A J Hickey