Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22258, Andrew Gangwer, Penn.
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Service Penn.  Gangwer, Andrew.  Number S. 22258

Contents
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Pennsylvania 18.714
Andrew Gangwer of Easton in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Lieutnt & Priv in the Comp 7 commanded by Captain Jones of that Regiment commanded by Col Hubbner in the Pa.Ma line for 6 mo Lieut
 1 mo Priv
[illegible, ? Let] 3 Dec 38 Non D.D. Wagerans due to R.E. Wright Sept 12. 1840. Dead. See Letter
Dec. 1844 to A. Gangwer.
1840 [?]
Nov 29 S. L. Taggart [unclear ?herteng Chor]
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Lehigh CP

On this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court of Common pleas, Before the Honorable Garrick Mallery President John Fogle and Jacob Stern Equire associate Judges of the same Court, now sitting, Andrew Gangwer, a resident of Easton in the County of Northampton in the state of Pennsylvania, in the Eighty sixth year of his age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, name the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated; That in the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and seventy six he enlisted in the flying Camp and marched from the town of Northampton, in the county of Northampton, (now Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh) and State of Pennsylvania, in the Company Commanded by Captain Henry Hagenbuch, under the Command of Colonel Kechline, through the state of New Jersey to South Amboy, at the time the British lay on Staten Island, that after he was there one month, he was permitted to accompany Captain Orlies to New York & Fort Washington, that on his return he met his Company near New York on their march toward Long Island, that he was permitted to return home and did return home, after selling his gun, sword & other equipment to the Commanding officer, and was allowed, he thinks, Four pounds ten Shillings for the same, but that he never received any pay for them, That Captain Joseph Hiester and Captain John Arndt were with the army aforesaid, with their companies.
That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, he then being a first Lieutenant of Militia, he was ordered out with his company, commanded by Captain Francis Roth, under the Command of Major Stephen Ballet and Major Jacob Young, that they marched from the town of Northampton aforesaid, to Farmers Mill, in the vicinity of Philadelphia after remaining there a few days, were ordered back to Northampton and thence to near Morristown in New Jersey, where General Washingtons head Quarters was, that he served two months as First Lieutenant, when his Company were dismissed and he returned home, in the month of March, that he does not remember the names of the other officers nor the Continental Regiment with which he served,-
That in the month of May in the same year he was sent by Commissary Britton, to South Carolina to purchase cattle for the army
That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, aforesaid, in the month of October, he marched from Northampton aforesaid, in the Company Commanded by Captain Moritz, in the Militia, as first Lieutenant, a substitute for First Lieutenant Edward Sheimes, under
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the Command of Colonel Siegfried and adjutant Geiger that they marched to Flowertown & Farmers Mill about twelve Miles North of Philadelphia, that he remained with the army, there, two months, were dismissed and he returned home, that he saw General Washington there, remembers Captain Graff Colonel Breinig and Colonel Bobst of the Militia, but does not recollect any of the Continental Officers or Regiments, thinks they were under the Command of General Potter.
That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was ordered by Colonel Geiger to collect a guard and convey a number of Torries from the County of Northampton aforesaid to Reading in Berks County to be there tried-which service he preformed,              (10 Days)
That in the same year he was sent by Quarter Master David Deshler to Valley Forge, with articles for the Army, and in the same year by Colonel Hooper to Reading to Bring Money to Easton,
That in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two in the latter end of July, he was ordered out in the militia to defend the Country against the Indians, that he marched as first Lieutenant of the Company Commanded by Captain Jesse Jones under the Command of Colonel Huebner to beyond the Blue Mountains in the county of Northampton aforesaid, at a place called Brinkers, between the River Delaware & Susquehanna, then he served two months, was discharged & returned home,-
That he was born the fifteenth day of September in the year Seventeen hundred and forty seven in the township of Upper Saucon in the county of Lehigh, then forming part of the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania, that during the Revolutionary war he resided in the town of Northampton aforesaid, that since the Revolutionary war he has alternately resided in the said town of Northampton (now Borough of Northampton) and at Easton, but for the last ten years past, until within the last six or seven months, he resided in the Borough of Northampton, aforesaid, that he has children at both places, with whom he stays, being himself poor, and no family,-
That he, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, received two commissions, the day & month of their date he does not recollect, that they were, one for First & the other for Second Lieutenant, That they were both signed by Timothy Mattack, that he never received a written discharge, that he recollects, but that he had a Pass given him at the time he was sent to South Carolina, above mentioned, which together with the two commissions aforesaid, were in his possession until the year one thousand eight-hundred and twenty one, when they were put into the hands of Dan Diminick Esquire then a member of the Legis-
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lature of the state of Pennsylvania, since which time, notwithstanding repeated + diligent searches having been made, they could not be found, that therefore he has no documentary evidences, except some depositions and certificates in relation to the loss of the said commissions, taken to substantiate his claim in a recent application to the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania--which are now in his possession and will be hereunto annexed--That he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure and who can testify to his services--That the cause of his making this declaration in the County of Lehigh is, that he is better known by this court, and his reputation also, of having been a soldier in the Revolution, by the
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to them that Joshua Yeager who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh and that Peter Newhard who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Borough of Northampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit-
Garrick Mallery Probt.
John Fogel one  of the aforesaid Judges of said County,
Jacob Stein a Judge of Lehigh County 
Pennsylvania


State of Pennsylvania
County of Lehigh SS

I Daniel Kramer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the Said County, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Andrew Gangwer for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at the Borough of Northampton this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three 
D Kramer Proth.

[paper seal attached]
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Andrew Gangwer
            pa
       no. 22652



e. j. 

       Admit
6 mo's Lieutenant
1   "       Private


       Pensioner

        Allentown
                    Pa

  appt at Easton
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(This is a form letter)

                                            WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                      Pension Office
                                                      18 June 1833

Sir:
     The evidence in 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 tabular form.   On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those 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 Andrew Gangwer
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(Divided columns indicating 1. Period when the service was rendered; 2. Duration of the claimant's service (sub divided into Years, Months, Days); 3. Rank of the claimant.; 4. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.; 5. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.; 6. Battles in which the applicant was engaged.; 7 Country through which he marched.; 8. Places of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.; 9. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Column     Column.    Column   Column           Column               Column.                  Column   
1.                      2.               3.             4.                    6.                          8.                               9.
July                                                                          From                     85 years         Tradition
1776 enlist.                        Pvt.         Capt. H         Northampton.      North
                                                           Hagenbuch.   to south               Hampton      
1777.                2.                1st Lieu.  Capt. F.          Amboy                         Pa
May 1777.                                            Roth.            to N YK
OCt 1777.         2.                1st Lt.     Capt.             & Wash                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Moritz.          ington
1778                                                                          From
1778                                                                          Northampton
1782 July.         2.              !st Lt.       Capt. I.           to Flower                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jones                      town
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops” “militia” and “volunteers” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissiaries and to Store Keepers &c. Teamsters,  Boatmen, &c. Persons, who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as,  persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
            1. The Regular Troops
            2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
            3.  Persons employed in the Naval service
            4.  Indian Spies

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County which such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
                           DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of this Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
              State, Territory, or District of 
                   County of (vertical squiggle line with initials ss.
On this—— day of——-personably appeared (a)before  A.B a resident——in the county of——-and state, Territory or District of ———aged (c)———-years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration , in order to obtain the Benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ———with ———-and served in the ———(e) regiment of the ——-line, under the following named officers

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (A right hand pointer finger stamp) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the Certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I———————————-of the Court of——————do hereby certify (h)that the foregoing contains the original proceedings at the said Court in the matter of the application of 
               In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of———&c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(K) We, A.B. A Clergyman, residing in the ——-and C.D. Residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ——————, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;  that we believe him to be——-years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, land served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. Who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the———and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ——-and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,———-Clerk of the Court of——- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ——for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this—-day of —-&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state I will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth,  no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
    The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
    1. Where and in what year were you born?
    2. Have you any record of your aged, and if so, where is it?
   3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
   4. How were you called into service; where you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom.
   5.State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
   6.  To a Soldier  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it? 
   7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe his is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergy man, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
    The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
   Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record o the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
   Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
   No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion o fthe neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole  matter. 
         _______________________________________
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented form doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the fule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must five the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise, a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  Ina a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long her served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &x, A.B. who being duly  sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:__ For______ year_______Months, and ________ days, I served as a ________ For _________months and ____days I served as a ________: and for such service I claim a pension"
   It is important, in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs that pension fo be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months", is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting thier service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the  {unsure} or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) THe Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has  no device or inscription by which it can be distinguised from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of offoce, the certificate of  a Member of COngress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

                  Mode of authenticating papers
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officwer who authenticated the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow riggon, the ends of which must pass under the seal ofoffice of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

            Proof of service
(j) In  a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify in the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[ obscured] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revolution

22258
INVALID

File No. 22258
Andrew Gangwer
Lieut Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 148

[Arrangement of 1870]
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John L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
War Department
Washington DC
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Allentown Sept 9th 1840

Sir, 
A pensioner Andrew Ganguer  of this State entitled (as per certificate of Lewis Cass Secty of War) to receive the sum of eighty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, payable semi-annually or the 4th of March & the 4th of Sept. 

The old gentleman is so much of a democrat that he refuses bank notes, consequently our bank will not collect it for him and he has applied to me as a friend to arrange the matter for him. 
Who is the agent for paying pensions in this state? 
And can this sum be drawn in special? 
Per endorsement the agent at that term the US Br bank at Philadelphia. Hos is it now? 
Yours
R.E. Wright P. Master
Allentown Pa

p.s. The applicant alluded to above is book E. vol. 5 p. 21 by Eli Brown
clerk
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Mr. Broadhead desired me to call your attention to the case of Margaret Kline a widow of a soldier of the revolution you will please inform me the state of his application. 
Yours
D.D. Magner
Saturday Dec 1, 1828

[written sideways]
Andrew Gangush a residence from Pa thinks he does not receive a sufficient am.t for his services. Will you be kind enough to examine his package. 
He is a very worthy man. I also enclose you a letter written to Mrs. Wheeler case to which I would call your attention.
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Andrew Gangwerh a resident from Pa thinks he does not receive a sufficient am.t for his services. Will you be kind enough to examine his package.
He is a very worthy man. I also enclose you a letter written to Mrs. Wheeler case to which I would call your attention.
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Pennsylvania Lehigh County

In the matter of the application of Andrew Gangwer, for a pension - 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Lehigh aforesaid, Andrew Gangwer, who being duly sworn, according to law, deposeth and saith that by reason of his age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades; for one month I served as a private in Captain Hagerbuch's company at South Amboy; for two months I served as first Lieutenant in Captain Frances Roths Company at Philadelphia and Morristown; for two months I served as first Lieutenant in Captain Moritz Company at Flower Town; and for two months I served as first lieutenant in Captain Jesse Jones Company at Brinkers against the Indians; and for such service I claim a pension; deponant further saith that he was absent on the expedition to South Carolina to purchase cattle for the army as stated in his statement made in court on the fifth of February cast past three months & in his expedition to Reading with the tories, ten days. 

Andrew Gangwer

Sworn and subscribed this 2th day of September AD 1833 before me 
John  J. Krause

Pennsylvania Lehigh County
I Daniel Kramer Prothonatory of the Court of Common please in and for said county do certify that John J. Krause whose genuine signatur is subscribed to the above instrument of certing is and at the time of subscribing the same was an acting Justice of the Peach of said county duly commissioned Qualified. 
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this third day of September one thousand & eight hundred and thirty three. 
D.L. Kramer Prothy
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Lehigh County ss   (E)
On the thirteenth day of March A.D. 1830 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber-One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County , Henry Garrett Esq who being duly Sworn according to Law dose depose and Say; That he had a conversation with Daniel Dimmick Esquire formerly a Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that he the said Dimmick told this deposcent that he had papers in his hands from Old Andrew Gangeware a Soldier in the revolutionary war such as a discharge and desposition of his service from some of his Companions in arms who are now Deceased in particular one from Jacob Ganeware and to the best of this deposcents recollection one or two commissions which the said Andrew Gangeware held during the war, and he the said Dimmick told this deposcent further that he Supposed the said papers were left in one or the other of the Clerks offices Either in the Senate or House of Representatives and if not found there were lost and requested this deposcent to aid in making a Search at Harrisburg for the Same in Said offices and he this deposcent helped to make a Search and was to able to find them and further saith not
Henry Jarrett
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 13th day of March AD. 1830
John J. Krause I. P.
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do ct (Dimmick crossed out)
old Soldier
Gangeware

Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss

John J. Krause within named being sworn in due form of law deposeth & saith that the fact stated in the within certificate are true to the best of knowledge & belief
John J. Krause
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court of Common Pleas of the said County this 6th day of February AD 1833
Garrick Gallery
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I the subscriber do hereby certify that in the year of 1821 I was a member of the house of Representatives of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg and that at that time Mr. Dan Dimmick presented the petition of Andrew Gangeware accompanied with documents stating his services and praying for relief, and relief was granted to him by the house, but in Senate it was lost, and in the latter part of the Session Mr. Dimmick asked leave to withdraw the said petition and documents, and obtained leave to withdraw the same, but whether he did withdraw said papers or not I do not know, he told me he did not, and if so he must have lost them, the next Session I and the Clerk of the house examined all the papers in the Clerks office but we could find nothing thereof
(D).                             

                                    John J. Krause
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Sundry docts in 
Support of the 
Claim of Andrew 
Gangeware a 
Soldier of the rev 
war
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I The Subscriber do herby Certify that I had a conversation with Dan. Dimick Esquire and he told me he had the Petition and despositions in the Case of Andrew Gangeware a Revolutionary Soldier in his care during the time he was a Member of the House of Representatives at the time said Gangeware made application for a Pension he Could not recollect wether he withdrew them or not after the death of Mr. Dimick I helped to make Search among his papers at his own house for the depositions and Petition in Gangewares case but could not find them I aided in a search at another time at the Seat of Government but could find non of them. I further Certify that Jacob Gangeware the Person who made the Deposition is since death and now out of the Power of the applicant to Procure another Deposition since all his Companions in arms are dead as far as we are able to ascertain
Witness my hand January 10th 1830
Henry Jarrett
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In top right corner:
[ something] Newhard Lehigh
Andrew Gangewehr
 Rev Doct
APE Feb 8 1830
      [ something]

The next information is written sideways on the page:
 Document in suport of the Claim of Andrew Gangwar a Soldier of the revolutionary war
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Lehigh County Pa
before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County Personally appeared Jacob Newhart Senior who being duly sworn, according to Law deposeths and says that he knows that Andrew Gangeware in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven turned out in Deference of his Country into the State of New Jersey and served a tour of duty as [something] in the company of Captain Francis Roth and that said Gangeware was  sent to Carolina to buy cattle for the Army. Soon after he returned with the [something] of cattle, he turned out again at the time the British lay in the City of Philadelphia and served another tour of duty in that campaign he further says that said Gangeware is very old and poor and is in needy circumstances
                       Signature of: Jacob Newhard                          
Sworn and subscribed  
before this 3th Day of 
February 1830 before me

Signature of: Christ Beitel
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Newhard Lehigh
a Petition of Andrew Gangewer. a revolutionary [something] praying for relief  [something] with documents

 HR Jan 15 1830

   Can't read looks like Cl [something]



Near bottom of page is written:
  Gratuity of $40
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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The Petition of Andrew Gangeware
(A).  Humbly Sheweth

That Your Petitioner was a Volunteer in Captain Henry Hagenburgs Company of Flying Camp in 1776 and served a tour of duty in Said Company, In January 1777 he turned out again as Second Lieutenant under Captain Francis Roth in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Geiger into the State of New Jersey in a Place Called (?) Valley and served another tour of duty and was Send on home and Some time in May in said year was sent on to Carolina by orders of Colonel with a Company both Casper Weaver and Jacob Gangeware to lay a drove of cattle Soon after his return from Carolina with a drove of Cattle, Your Petitioner turned out as first Lieutenant again under the Command of Captain Moritz at the time when the British lay in the City of Philadelphia and served his time again until discharged, some time afterwards Your Petitioner turned out again under the Command of Captain Jesse Jones and towards the Indians and served another tower of duty on our frontier and received for his service and extra months pay Your Petitioner begs leave to State that all his Companions in arms are now dead and that he had made application some four years since to the Honorable Legislature and had the depositions of some of his old Companions sworn to the fact herein stated and his papers were send on to the Legislature and are lost or at least not to be found at Present, Your Petitioner further states that he is now in his Eighty Second year of age and is poor has no Property Whatever, he therefor calls upon a generous Country which he in his Younger days aided and assisted with the risk of his life to gain its freedom to aid and assist him now in the tanning of his days which can be but few to make him happy and comfortable until he shall go into a better world 
and as in duty bound 
he will pray for
Andrew Gangware
Sworn and Subscribed the 11th day January AD 1830 Before me 
John J. Krause JP
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Lehigh

 I Daniel Kramer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county aforesaid, Do hereby certify that John J or I Krause whose genuine signature is subscribed to the papers hereunto annexed and marked A & E was on the days of the dates thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace of Said County,  and that Christian F Beitel whose genuine signature is subscribed to the paper hereunto annexed and marked (B) was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lehigh duly commissioned & Qualified --

     In testimony where f I have hereunto set my
    hand & affixed the seal of Said Court at the 
    Borough of Northampton the thirty first day
    of January Anno domini one thousand eight 
     hundred and thirty three


   Signature of: D.  Kramer Prothy