Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,235, John Fasy, Penn.
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SERVICE           [ black star]                         NUMBER
Penn                Fasy, John                           S 22.2235 [handwritten]
                        or Fausy [handwritten]

CONTENTS
[printed card filled in with handwriting]
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Revolution

22235
INVALID

File No. 22,235
John Fausy
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 125

[Arrangement of 1870]
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11.14[tear making illegible]
Pennsylvania [handwritten]
[double printed line]
John Fausy alias Fasy of Columbia Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company command by Captain Rhoades of the Regt[handwritten, crossed out] command by __________ in the [printed, crossed out] Pennsylvania [handwritten] [illegible crossed out] Militia [handwritten]
8 [illegible] Pr. -- . $24.66[handwritten]
[double printed line]
Inscribed on the Roll of [printed] Pennsylvania [handwritten] the rate of 24 [handwritten] Dollars 66 [handwritten] Center per annum Commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the [printed] 29th [handwritten] day of [printed] March [handwritten] 1833 [handwritten] and [printed] S[illegible] to C. P. Ricketts ora[illegible] [all handwritten]
[double printed line]
Arrears to the [printed] 4th of March 1833-- 49.32 [handwritten]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [printed]
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State of Pennsylvania }
Columbia County} S S
On the 10th day of December 1832 personally appeared before Leonard Rupert Esquire one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Columbia County, John Fausey a resident of Greenwood township Columbia County aged Seventy Six years parst who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 [2210 written horizontally in right hand margin]
I entered the Service under the following named officers and served as follows--
In the month of April 1775 at Moore Township Northampton County Penna I was drafted in a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Clayder & Leiutenant Rufner, The company marched to Fort Allen near the Lehigh River against the Indians who were making inroads at this time--We had a Skirmish with the Indians near the fort and killed wounded Several. The Skirmish was in the night & the Indians c[illegible] of the dead & wounded. I Served  two months was discharged at Fort Allen and returned home. 
Immediately after my return I think in the month of July 1775 I was again drafted in a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Rhoads the Company was marched to Fort Allen thence back of the Blue Mountains to guard the Frontier against the Indians from thence returned to Fort Allen and was discharged after a Service of two months-- and returned home
In the Month of September of the Same year at Moore Township Northampton County I volunteered in a Company  of volunteers Commanded by Captain Flick we 
[all handwritten
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the Company was marched back of the Blue Mountains on a Scout after the Indians- the Company departed near  the (Maseopeeto) Creek near where the Seven month men were killed by the Indians we returned to Moore township after a service of two months when we were discharged.

Late on the year 1775 I cannot recollect the month I was again drafted in a Company of militia commanded by Captain Gregory in Moore township. John Reed was a Lieutenant of the company we were again marched back of the Blue Mountains after the Indians - after crossing the mountains part of the company under Lieutenant Reed of which was was one marched through the wilderness to the Fort at Wyoming after staying at the fort a short time we marched on am return and arrived in Moore township in the cold weather when we were discharged. I served this term two months. I served altogether Eight months. I received written discharges which I have lost.  I have no documentary evidence, and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure.
I was born near Hachets furnace N. Jersey in 1756. I have a record of my ate at my dwelling in Greenwood township Columbia County.
When called into service I lived in Moore township Northampton County from there on to Columbia County (formerly Northumberland) where I now reside.
I was drafted part of the time & and part I volunteered my service was against the Indians.
Captain Claydon Lieutenant Rufner Captain Rhodes
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Captain Flick, Captain Gregory was the officers under whom I served.
I received written discharges but I have lost them.
I am known to Isaac Kline Esq. of Fishing Creek Town  Abraham Fitman,             Samuel Matthew Esq. of Green Wood Town .
He [unreadable] whatever to a pension or annuity except the [unreadable], and  [unreadable] that his name is not on the pension ? all of any state
Sworn & [] the day & year of our []
co   []                           John Fasy
Mr Edward McHenry of Mount pleasant []
Jacob Shoemaker of Bloom township Columbia County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Fausey the above applicant who has [] & sworn to the above application. We know him to be seventy six years of age, that he is []  in the [] where he [] to be a [], and that we concur in that [] and that is no []
sworn [] the day & year []
[] Jacob Shoemaker Edward McHenry
I Leonard Rupert one of the [] of the Court of Common [] of Columbia County [] hereby [] my opinion after the []
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matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War department, that the within named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution, and Served as he states, And I further Certify that from bodily infirmity he is unable to appear in Court, and it appears to me that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of applicant.  And I also certify that Edward McHenry is a resident of Mount Pleasant township and Jacob Shoemaker who have Signed the foregoing Certificate is a resident of Bloom township Columbia County are credible persons & entitled to credit. 
[signed] Leonard  Rupert
State of Pennsylvania Columbia County
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonatory of the Court of Common Please [sic] in and for the County of Columbia aforesaid do certify that Leonard Rupert Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken was and still is an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia aforesaid duly commissioned as such and to all whose official acts as such due faith & credit is and aught to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere, and that the signature of Leonard Rupert as above written is the [smudge] true hand writing of the said Leonard Rupert Esquire, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Danville this eighteenth day of December AD Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
[signed] Jacob Eyerly Prothy [Prothonatory]
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22,100
John Faust
AOM @ (closest way to make the swirly circle that was made after the initials)
J nios
Private
$ 6.66


C.G. Rickets
Orangeville
Columbia County
Dal
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                                           WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                 Pension Office,
                                                                       183


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, showing the Service of John Fausy of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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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 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 Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c Teamsters, Boatman &c and persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law as well as persons who 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 where 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 the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
               State, Territory, or District of  }
                      County of                           } s.s.
        On this——-day of——-personally appeared (a) before——A.B. A resident (b) of——-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 pro ion 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. This form is to be varied so as to apply to 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.                                                  A.B.
     [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
Do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of 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, and after the investigation and having putting interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that A.B. Who has signed the proceeding 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 mean 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 come Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of 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 age, 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 live now?
     4.  How were you called into service; were 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 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 he 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 Clergyman, 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 of 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, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in the 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 of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule 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 of periods of the war when he served.
[e]. Every contiuental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise 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.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he 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, &c. 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 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 the pension to 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 manes of the officers, and other particulars respecting their 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 field 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 five his certification in every case.
           [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, 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 officer who authenticated the papers 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 ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal 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 to 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.
          [?]  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 [j] applies to coutinental 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.