Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,068, for Frederick Kemmerer, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Kemmerer, Frederick

NUMBER
S.40,068

CONTENTS
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Dead    
Letter to Pen. Agt.[Pension Agent]  21. Feb 1844     
4092 Pennsylvania   
Frederick Kemmerer Private 1 year    
Capt [Captain] Miller           
Pennsylvania Line           
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War     
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 18th of May 1818                
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Mar 1819 and sent to Hon. T. J. Rogers         
House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819    9 mo18/31= 76. 74         
Semi-aul, all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 -----     48.-        
$124.74              
{Revolutionary claim Act 18th March, 1818}             
Continued             
Lehigh County Penn.
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Frederick Kemmerer
7092
Sept 1824
Con
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County Ss.
On the 6th day of December A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open court at a court of Common pleas [illegible] in the Borough of Northampton in and for the county of Lehigh, the said court being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of it's proceedings, Frederick Kemmerer aged 68 years, resident in the said county of Lehigh, a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18th 1878, his certificate being numbered 7092 and then and there exhibited the annual Schedule by him subscribed and produceth the following oath by him also taken and subscribed in conformity to the provisions of an Act of Congress of May 1st 1820.
"I Frederick Kemmerer do swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". passed on March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Security contracts or debs due me, nor have I any income other than which is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.
Friedrich Kemmerer
Sworn and subscribed in open court Dec 6 1821.
Henry Wilson Prot [prothonotary]:
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Schedule of property referenced to in the foregoing oath, [illegible] bedding and clothing excepted
one old stone                      $8.00
one saw                                 3.00
one Ditto                               1.25
one broad asc                        2.00
one Grind Stone                    1.50
Several chips and augurs      2.00 
                                              _____
                                             $17.75
Income. State pension of forty dollars [unreadable] amount
December 6, 1820.  The court are of opinion that the whole amount of the property retained of the above named applicant exclusive of the State Pension aforesaid amounts to Seventeen dollars and seventy five cents.
State of Pennsylvania 
Lehigh County  SS
I Henry Wilson, prothonotary of the court of common pleas of said county do Hereby certify the above and foregoing to be a true [unreadable]  of the findings had in said court, relating to the said Frederick Kemmerer.
In Witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand and seal of office at the Borough of Worthington the first day of February A.D. 1821
Henry Wilson prot.
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Frederick Kemmerer

18 May

Adm. 
Hon. T, J. Rogers, H. R. 

date cert:  5 March
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District of Pennsylvania,        
Lehigh County Ss.           
On this Eighteenth day of May AD 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the county of common pleas in & for the said county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, personally appears Frederick Kemmerer, aged sixty two years, resident in the said County of Lehigh & State of Pennsylvania who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order o obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, entitled to “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the united states in the revolutionary War, that he the said Frederick Kemerer enlisted on the fifth day of January AD 1776 in the County of Northampton and state of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Captain John Miller of the fifth regiment of Pennsylvania line, that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the united untill the month of February AD 1777, when he was discharged from service in ford [fort] Washington in the State of New York that he was in the Battels [Battles] of Long Island, Wite [White] Plains, and was taken prisoner at ford [fort] washington, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.     Friedrich Kemmerer
Sworn to and declared before me, the day & year aforesaid - John Fogel      
I John Fogel one of the judges of the County Common pleas in and for the said County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, Do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Frederick Kemerer, did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - Witness my hand this 18th day of May AD 1818 -       
John Fogel
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Lehigh County Ss.
I Jonas Hartzell, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said county Do Hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Frederick Kemmerer the within named applicant, and know him to be in indigent circumstances, and hereby certify the same accordingly. Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of February A. D. 1819.
Jonas Hartzell 
State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County Ss.
I Henry Wilson, Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify, that John Fogel, whose name is subscribed to the forgoing instruments of writing was, at the time of subscribing the same and now is, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at the County of Northampton this 19th day of May A.D. 1818.

Henry Wilson, Prot. [prothonotary]

I do hereby certify that the within named Frederick Kemerer enlisted with me in January, One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six a Private soldier and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washing [Washington]  and was exchanged some time in January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the said Kemerer belonged to the fifth Pennsyl. [Pennsylvania] Reg. [regiment] & commanded by Col. Robert Magan

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Ss. 
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace for the county aforesaid the above named Andrew Dover who was duly sworn that the above stated certificate is just and true sworn the 9th day of July 1819
Jn [John] H Worrell
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Lehigh County SS
I Henry Wilson, Proth’y [Prothonotary] of Lehigh county aforesaid Do hereby certify that Jonas Hartzell who name is subscribed to the forgoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same and now is one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of said county, and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly.  In Witness whereof I have herein to set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of February A. D. 1819.
Henry Wilson, Prot. [Prothonotary]
Philadelphia County SS
I Joseph B. Norbury Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia do certify that John H. Worrell Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Andrew Dover was made and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of subscribing the same and still is one of the Justices of the peace in & for the county of Philadelphia duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & affixed the seal of my office at Philadelphia the twentieth day of February Anno Domini eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Jos. B. Norbury
Prothy. [Prothonotary]
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Samuel F. Smith Pension Agt.
Phila Bank Febry 20, 1844
With voucher of Fred. Kemmerer
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Pension Agency
Philadelphia Bank
February 20, 1844
Sir,
Am I authorized in paying the amount due to Frederick Kemmerer deceased, on the enclosed voucher upon the attorney taking the necessary Oath.
Respectfully,
Y Ob S (your obedient servant)
 Samuel F. Smith, Pension Agent of Chas W Bacon

To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington DC
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In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of Frederick Kemmerer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 40.068 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT    Northampton Pa. Jan’y 5 1776 to Dec 24 ’77           
LENGTH OF SERVICE RANK        Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN  John Miller   COLONEL [unreadable]   STATE. 5 Pa. Battln
Battles engaged in, John Miller,  taken pris. at Fort Wash NY          
Residence of soldier at enlistment,          
Date of application for pension, 18, 1818           
Residence at date of application    [unreadable]         
Age at date of application, 62              
Remarks: Ctf. 7092 issued Mar 5 1819 Act Mch 8 1818 at Penn agency.           
Very respectfully,
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53 Linden Ave.,
Cherrydale, Va
Jan. 13,1921
Pension Office US Jan 15 1921
Commissioner of Pension,
Washington
Dear Sir,
Will you please send at your earliest opportunity for file with my application for membership in the D.A.R. official copy of any information you may have concerning Private Frederick Kemmerer who enlisted in Jan., 1776, and served to the end of the war.  He died Dec. 1, 1843 (?).  He was a pensioner- cert. 7092 issued Mar. 5, 1819, under act of Mar. 18, 1818, Pa. agency.
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An early reply will be appreciated 
Thanking you, I am Respectfully yours,
(Mrs.) Bertha Wagner Keiter
P.S. Will you please send also the same information in regard to Capt. Edmund Lintner of Lancaster Co., Pa., who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Respy, B.W.K.
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Dr. William Davis Foster.
523 Altman Building
Kansas City, MO.
April 5, 1907.

Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
Sir,
I have the honor to state that I am a descendant, through my mother, of the following Revolutionary Pensioners, viz:-
Frederick Kemmeree, certificate 7092, Pennsylvania Troops:
Peter Krumbine, certificate 11039,Pennsylvania Troops:-
John Coomer, certificate 6157, Massachusetts Troops.
Will you have the kindness to inform me in each case of the date of allowance of Pension, residence at time of allowance, the date of enrollment in the service, the locality from which they came, the character of the troops to which they belonged, and any other facts of record that concerned the above names soldiers.
Awaiting your convenient reply, I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. Davis Foster

Pension Office (US) Apr 8 1907
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40.068    1907 Ap; 20 History to Dr.William D. Foster
1921 Feby 14 hist. to Bertha W. Keiter
INVALID
File No. 40,068
Frederick Kemmerer Pri. Rev War
Act: 18the march 18
Index:-Vol.8, Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870]