Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7500, for Philip Sheetz, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Sheetz, Philip
Sheets
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NUMBER
S.7500
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33101
Pennsylvania, Phila.
Philip Sheets, deceased, of the State of [blank] who was a Private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Pa. commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for Revolution. 
Philip Sheetz * Records corrected Sept 27, 1904
Inscribed on the Roll of Phila. at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day March, 1831 and ending 3 April 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Feb. 1853 and sent to 
Hon. J. McNair.
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by R. McRae, Clerk
Book [illegible], Vol. 5 Page 58
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In the matter of the application of George Sheetz of the township of North Coventry, Chester County, in Pennsylvania for himself and for Henry Scheetz and Mary Wilson, wife of Charles Wilson, the only surviving children and heirs of (illegible) Philip Scheetz late of Pottsgrove Township in the County of Montgomery in Pennsylvania, for a pension for Revolutionary services of said Philip Sheetz, deceased.  The above named George Scheetz submits the following testimony of (illegible) in support of said claim for pension.

Taken and subscribed this tenth day of February A.D. 1853.
Signed:  George (his X mark) Sheetz

Attest
 Wm. Rossiter
Samuel Baird

State of Pennsylvania
County of Montgomery

On this tenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace within and for said county Montgomery, personally appeared Michael Lessig, Samual Baird and Solomon K. Engle, residents of the Borough of Pottstown in the county of Montgomery aforesaid who being severally sworn according to law do severally depose and say that they were well acquainted with the above named Philip Scheetz, last of the township of Pottsgrove in the said county of Montgomery,  in his life time and had frequent conversations with him in relation to his services in the Revolutionary War in which he mentioned his having so served in said war; that it was generally reputed in the neighborhood that he had
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so served in said war and that the deponents believe him to be the same Philip Scheetz who served in said Revolutionary War. 

That the said Philip Scheetz died at the county aforesaid on or about the third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six leaving no widow (his wife having died previously) but leaving lawful (illegible) the following named children surviving him all of whom are now living to wit.  The before named George Scheetz, Henry Scheetz and Mary aforesaid with Charles Wilson who are the only surviving heirs and legal relatives of the said Philip Scheetz, dec.   The said George Scheetz now residing in the township of North Coventry in the county of Chester, and the said Henry Scheetz and Mary Wilson now residing in the county of Berks and state of Pennsylvania and that they are disinterested witnesses.
Signed:   
Michael Lessig
Samuel Baird
Solomen Engle

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid and I certify that the said Michael Lessig, Samuel Baird and Solomon K. Engle are creditable witnesses entitled to full faith and credit.
Signed:  Wm. Rossiter
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Solomon Engle and that he is a man of good character and a (illegible) testify to what was written and the other men, Samuel Baird and Michael Lessig, are known to me by character and decency to the best of my knowledge and belief they would (illegible).
Signed:  J. McNair
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State of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County, ss.
I, Nathaniel Jacoby, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in in State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Rossiter, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits of George Sheetz, Michael Lessig, Samuel Baird and Solomon K. Engle were taken and made, was at the time of taking the same and now is a justice of the Peace in and for said County in the State aforesaid, duly elected, commissioned, sworn and legally authorized by the law of said state to take acknowledgements of deeds and to administer oaths and affirmations for general purposes; and that the signatures annexed to said affidavits are genuine and in the proper handwriting of said William Rossiter, Esq.
Witness my name and the seal of said court the tenth day of February, A.D., One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Nathaniel Jacoby, Prothonotary
per Samuel Ewing, Clerk
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37.771
Philip Sheetz
Pennsylvania
Suspended
Petition of Philip Sheetz, an old soldier, for a Pension
Hon. J.K. Mann
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Declaration of Philip Sheetz of the County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania, an old soldier of the revolution, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of Pennsylvania
and County of Montgomery, ss.
On the twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the Seventh Judicial district of Pennsylvania, now sitting at Norristown in and for said County of Montgomery in the State aforesaid,  Philip Sheetz, a resident of the township of Pottsgrove, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who having been first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath aforesaid make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he served as a common soldier and as such was in the actual service of the United States for seven months. That he entered the service in May in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty and left the service on the fifth of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. He was in the ninth regiment under the command of Captain William Pearson and Colonel William Butler. He was in no engagement. He was a listed Soldier, resided in Richland Township, Bucks County, when he first listed. He marched from Bucks to Philadelphia, laid there about ten days, went up the Delaware to Trenton, from thence he went to join the regular army, then in the State of New Jersey, was under General Wayne. He marched through different places, does not remember them all, he got to Stony Point
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at the latter part of summer, he then went to West Point, stayed there about three weeks. He marched from there to winter quarters in Jersey, about five miles from Morristown. He knew Wayne, Butler and Pearson. He cannot remember the names of the other officers who were with him. He got a discharge, which is now lost. He knows of no person living who can prove his service. He lives now in Montgomery County, State of Pennsylvania. He has no written evidence of his services. Said claimant does hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Philip Sheetz
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
J. Fry Jr., Prothonotary
Interrogatories
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: I was born in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, on the 29th March one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one.
2. Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it?
Answer: I have a record of my age, kept in a bible.
3. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer: In Union Township, Bucks County. I have lived since the revolution in Bucks County and went to Virginia. I live now near Pottstown in Montgomery County.
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4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? If a substitute, for whom?
Answer: I was a listed soldier. I listed for six months.
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 circumstance of your service.
Answer: I cannot recollect any officers but those I was under, to wit, General Wayne, Colonel Butler and Captain Pearson. Cannot recollect any particular regiment that was with him, except his own which he knows was the ninth.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer: I did receive a discharge. I cannot tell by whom, it is
lost.
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 good behavior, your services as a soldier of this revolution.
Answer: I am known by John Honberger, Conrad Miller, Clergyman.
Philip Sheetz
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
J. Fry, Jr.
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We, Conrad Miller, a Clergyman residing in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, and John Hornberger, residing in said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Philip Sheetz, the foregoing petitioner, who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing Declaration. That we believe him to be about seventy-two 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 the opinion.
Conrad Miller, Lutheran Minister
John Hornberger
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
J. Fry, Jr.
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 aforementioned Philip Sheetz is a soldier of the revolution, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Conrad Miller, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Montgomery County, and that John Hornberger, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said County of Montgomery, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Hiram McNeill
Richd B. Jones
Associate judges for Montgomery County
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State of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County, ss.
I, Adam Stemmer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Montgomery, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Philip Sheetz of the County of Montgomery aforesaid for a Pension.
And I do further certify that Jacob Fry, Jr., before whom the annexed affidavits were taken, was at that time Prothonotary of the said Court of Common for the County aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty-five.
Adam Stemmer, Prothonotary
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Rev War
7500
INVALID.
File No. 7500
Philip Sheets*
Priv., Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 338
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Philip Sheetz* Sept 27, 1904
Records corrected
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38478
Suspended
See letter to Hon. Joel K. Mann
28 Feb 1835
Letter 11 March 1836 Hon. H.A. Muhlenberg
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38.478
Philip Sheetz, dec., Pa.
Admitted June 7 1832
7 months private $23.33 1/3
Annum from 4 March 1831 to 3 April 1836
when he died
Pay to Geo Sheetz, Henry Sheetz and Mary Wilson, only children
Cert to Hon. J. McNair
Hon. [strikethrough]
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Brief in the case of Philips Sheetz, [blank] County and State of Pa., act June 7 1832.
Claim, (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record and traditionary proof of service.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? [blank]
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
Hon. J. McNair
House of Rep
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March 11
Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg, H.R.
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Died 3 April 1836
Geo Sheetz, Henry Sheetz, Mary Wilson
Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg, H.R,
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House of Rep., March 10, 1830
Dear sir,
Permit me to hand you the enclosed form and examination. It appears to me as if I had already made some inquiry respecting this case and that I had a reply which I sent on. If so, there must have been a declaration filed in this case before now. I have thought it proper to give you my impressions as they may save some trouble, if correct. Why a second declaration should be filed, I know not. The petitioner resides near the dividing line between Berks and Montgomery counties. The one declaration comes probably from Montgomery as the other from Berks.
Let me call your attention to a declaration filed some time since in favor of a man called Cook.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. A. Muhlenberg
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Filed by Gen. J. McNair
January 29, 1853
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Officers and [illegible]
Names, Remarks
9th Regiment
Capt. Pearson's Company
Philip Sheets
The foregoing is a list of the men that were enlisted for 7 months, in the late Line of Pennsylvania. Those that have no remarks made against, I suppose have continued their time out as they are chiefly found in the Musters of December 1780.
Yours,
Signed
Joseph Howell, [illegible]
Jno. Nicholson, Esq.
Pay office Philadelphia, 17 May 1785
Secretary's Office
Pennsylvania. ss.
I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct extract from the original paper now on file in this office, and that the name of Philip Sheets does not appear
upon any other paper on record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg, this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1853, and of the Commonwealth, the Seventy seventh.
E. S. Goodnile
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Berks, ss.
On this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berks aforesaid State of Pennsylvania, now sitting, Philip Shitz, a resident of Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June seventh AD Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty for seven months, and his period of service commenced on or about the fifteenth day of June in the year last aforesaid, that he served in the ninth regiment of the Pennsylvania line under the following officers. Anthony Wayne was the general. William Butler was the Colonel. The name of the Major he cannot recollect. William Pierson was Captain. He cannot recollect the other company officers. That at the time when he enlisted, he resided in Richland Township, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, that he continued in the service until January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one, that he was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey in the month of January aforesaid, a few days before his term of service expired, when the army went into winter quarters and that he reached his home on or about the tenth day of January aforesaid. That he received a certificate of his discharge but has long since lost the same. That while in the service, he passed from Philadelphia up the Delaware River and joined the army under General Wayne, then in New Jersey. That he marched to West Point after General Arnold's treachery. That from West Point, he marched through Stony Point and various other places which he cannot now recollect.
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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.
Philip Sheetz
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Garrick Mallery
President Judge
Pennsylvania
Berks County, ss.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Garrick Mallery
President Judge
Matthias S. Richards
Judge of Berks County, Penna.
I, Alexander H. Witman, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, do hereby certify that that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Shitz for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty-six.
A H Witman
Prothonotary
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Feb 28
Hon. J. K. Mann
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Capital Hill
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Dear sir,
I have just received from Thos. M. Jolle, Esq., the petition and papers in the case of Philip Scheetz, a soldier of the Revolution, returned for additional evidence and were last among the papers of the late P.S. Marklan, Esq., deceased. They have been long delayed and the old gentleman is old and infirm. I hope you will favorable and expedite [illegible] upon the papers and give him some [illegible] and much [illegible], &c.
[illegible]
Feb 27, 1833