Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40335, for Frederick Rice, Pennsylvania
Page 1

SERVICE   Penn.
Rice, Frederick
NUMBER  S.40335
Page 2

4058 
Pennsylvania Roll 
Frederick Rice 
Capt Morrow Private 
Pensylvania line  4    
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 17 of April 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of October and forwarded to Obed Fahnestock Harrisburg Dauphin Co Penna 
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818    36.80
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819   48.00   
$84.80
4 Mo 18/30 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
1 year & 9 months 
Continued 
Dauphin Co. Penna 
Notification sent November 9 1820 to John C. Bucher, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Page 3

Mr Boyd 
Frederick Rice 
7 April 
[unreadable]
Admitted
Honorable J.C. Calhoun 
Secretary for the Department of war 
City of Washington
He approved by the [unreadable] of [unreadable]
Page 4

Dauphin County 
State of Pennsylvania ss. 
On this seventeenth day of April A.D 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Dauphin personally appears Frederick Rice aged Sixty three years resident in the said County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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”     That he the said Frederick Rice enlisted in the month of March 1770 in Cumd [Cumberland] County in Pennsylvania in Captain Morrows Company of Riflemen afterwards attached to Col. Stewarts regiment of Pennsylvania Troops;  that he continued to serve in said Company in the service of the United States for and during the term of one year and nine months from and after the period of his said enlistment when he was discharged at the Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania. That he fought in the Battle on Long Island, at the White Plains, at Brandywine (where he received a wound) and at German Town - That he afterwards entered as a seven months man with Major Parr, during which period he served his country.  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 except the annexed certificate of the Auditor General now in his power of his said services 
Finlay King
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 
Obed Fahnestock 
Dauphin Co. Ss   
I Obed Fahnestock one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Frederick Rice did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration, 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. 
Harrisburg Apl 17. 1818. Obed Fahnestock
Page 5

Dauphin County & State of Pennsylvania   
I John Machesney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin do certify that Obed Fahnestock Esquire who has given the within certificate and whose name is thereunto subscribed was at the time of so doing & yet is an associate Judge of Dauphin County, to all whose acts as such due faith & credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Harrisburg the 17th day of April AD 1818
John Machesney Prot
Page 6

I certify that Frederick Rice receives a pension from the State of Pennsylvania  for his service as a private in Captain John Stones’s company in the revolutionary war with Great Britain 
Witness my hand & the seal of the Office of the Auditor General  17 April 1818 
Geo Bryan  Aud. Gen.  [Auditor General]
Page 7

Con  
HARRISBURG PA SEP 08
Pa 115
Recd 22 Sept 1820
Free
James C. Calhoun Esq 
Secretary of the War Department 
City of Washington
Page 8

State of Pennsylvania 
Dauphin County Ss   
On this eleventh day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record in and for the County and State aforesaid Frederick Rice aged sixty five years, resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that he enlisted under Captain John Morrow in the 1st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart, the date of the original declaration was made on the 17th day of April 1818, when he received a certificate numbered 4,058 And I do solemnly 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 disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as 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 the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contract, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed 
Signed Frederick Rice
Sworn & declared this 11th day September 1820 in open Court  
John Machesney Proth 
Schedule 
No property, by profession a Tanner incapacitated to work at my trade, from severe afflictions of Rheumatism.  Have a wife 2 Children & Grand child at home, my wife is about 56 years old 
Frederick Rice
Sworn to & declared this 11th day of September 1820 in open Court Before 
John Machesney Proth
Dauphin County Ss  
I John Machesney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Harrisburg the 18th day of September AD 1820. 
John Machesney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of D. County.
Page 9

Please direct to John C. Bacher Harrisburg Pa
Immediate attention is humbly solicited
is the pleadings of Want
Page 10

V.L.M.   OWN
Rev. War Section. 
July 21, 1913
Mrs. Susan Rumbaugh, 
337 East Bowman Street, 
Wooster, Ohio. 
Madam:  
In reply to your letter dated the 15" and received the 17 " instant, you are furnished the histories of the only soldiers named Frederick Rice found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
In the claim, Sur. File No. 9,083, Rev. War, it appears that Frederick Rice was born near Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1753, and while residing near Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania volunteered when he was 21 or 22 years old (date not stated) in Captain John Beery's company. He served 8 or 9 months, during which time he was in several skirmishes, one on Staten Island. He returned to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and shortly after was attached to Captain David Marshall company of Spies and marched under General Hand and Colonel Crawford to the head waters of the Beaver, where they burned two Indian villages. He remained about three years on the frontier as a spy under Captain Marshall, and then returned to Westmoreland where he lived until 1815. 
He was allowed pension on an application executed March 31,1834
Page 11

Sur. File No 9,085. -- 2 
while a resident of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. For date of last payment of pension, to whom paid, and probable date of soldier's death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: 
Frederick Rice, Certificate No. 26, 267, issued April 21, 1834, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Ohio Agency. 
In the claim Sur. File No. 40,335, Rev. War, it appears that Frederick Rice, who also signed in German Friedrick Riest, enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, March 1776, in Captain Morrow's Company of Riflemen afterwards attached to Colonel Stewart's regiment, Pennsylvania Troops and served one year and nine months. He was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine where he was wounded, and at Germantown. 
He afterwards entered the service with Major Parr and served seven months. 
Soldier received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania for services as a private in Captain John Stoner's company. 
He was also allowed pension by the United States on an application executed April 17, 1818, while a resident of Dauphin County Pennsylvania, aged sixty-three years, and died June 24, 1826. 
In 1828 his wife was fifty-six years old and two children and one grand child are referred to but no names are stated. 
Very respectfully, 
E. C. Freman
Acting Commissioner.
Page 12

Revy 40335 
Revy  INVALID. 
File No. 40,335 
Frederick Rice 
Pri  Rev War –
Act: 18” March 18”  
Index:--Vol. 5 Page 21 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1908 Nov 14 Hist to W. E. Barnhart 
1913 July 21 Hist to Susan Rumbaugh VLM
Page 13

Rev.
The Kansan City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co.
W. E. BARNHART
RIGHT OF WAY AND TAX AGENT.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
November 2nd, 1908
Hon Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.. 
Dear Sir:  
I am desirous of learning what I can of a Revolutionary War soldier, Frederick Rice of Capt. John Clark's Company, part of the 8th. and 13th Pennsylvania Regiments. This soldier was my great-grand-father. 
Any information that can be furnished will be appreciated. 
Very truly yours 
W. E. Barnhart
U.S. PENSION OFFICE A NOV 4 1908
Page 14

2055503 
Adjutant General's Office 
Washington, July 9, 1913 
From this source I have the information that Frederick Rice appears on undated account back pay due to Captain John Clark’s Co. 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War with entries indicating that pay was due him from Now 12th 1776 to May 1 1777 The name Frederick Rice also appears on a muster roll for Sept. 1777 of Captain John Clark's Co. of the regiment commanded by Colonel
Page 15

Walter Stewart (13th Pensylvania Regiment). Revolutionary War This roll is dated Oct. 12th 1777 and indicates that Rice was then serving as Guard.  
How does this tally with record in Commissioner of Pension's office.  I see it dated from research by D.A.R. Officers that a Frederick Rice born in (Bethlum) Bethleham Pa Northampton Co. Sep 29 1753 and while living
Page 16

living near Hannastown Westmoreland Co. volunteered (date not stated) in Captain Beery's Co. He having served eight or nine months during which time he was in Several Skirmishes, one on Staten Island - then returning to Westmoreland County he was shortly afterwards attached to Captain David Marshall Co of Spies and marched under General Hand
Page 17

July 16 / 13
337 E. Bowman St. 
Wooster Ohio
and Colonel Crawford to the Headwaters of the Beaver where they burned two Indian Villages.   
He then remained about three years on the frontier as a spy under General Marshall then returned to Westmoreland, where he lived until 1815. 
The Adjutant General further states that no record has been found that any other person named Fredrick Rice served in an organization of Pennsylvania
Page 18

Troops in Revolutionary War there seems to be some difference in the history us obtained from these two sources.  Could you kindly straighten up the matter for me and assure me as & the facts whether they can be reconciled as pertaining to one and the same man?  And you’ll greatly oblige 
Yours Truly, 
Susan Rumbaugh 
337 E. Bowman St.
Wooster Ohio
July 15 / 13
And Colonel Crawford to the headwaters of the Beaver where they burned two Indian villages.
He then remained about three years on the frontier as a spy under General Marshall then returned to Westmoreland, where he lived until 1815.
The Adjutant General further states that no record has been found to show that any other person named Frederick Rice served in an organization of Pennsylvania.
Page 19

3-871
RECORD DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by L.D.L.
Soldier Fredk. Rice
Service   Pa.
Additional Service  Rev War
8th & 13th Penn Regts
REMARKS
No claim, except S # 9085
S. # 40335
Col. Stewart Regt. Col. Walter Stewart was in 13th Pa.
Page 20

VLM
Rev. War Section. 
December 17, 1912,
Mrs. Mildred Moon, 
3060 Scranton Road, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Madam:   
In reply to your letter dated the 4" and received the 11" instant, you are advised that in the claim. Sur. File No. 9,085, Rev. War, it appears that Frederick Rice was born near Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1753, and while residing near Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania volunteered (date not stated) when he was 21 or 22 yrs old in Captain John Beery's company. He served eight or nine months, during which time he was in several skirmishes, one on Staten Island. He returned to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and shortly after was attached to Captain David Marshall's company of Spies and marched under General Hand and Colonel Crawford to the headwaters of the Beaver where they burned two Indian villages. He remained about three years on the frontier as a Spy under Captain Marshall and then returned to Westmoreland where he lived until 1815. 
He was allowed pension on an application executed March 31, 1834, while a resident of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. For date of last payment of pension, to whom paid, and
Page 21

probable date of soldier's death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: 
Frederick Rice, Certificate No. 26,267. issued April 21, 1834, under the Act of June 1832, at the Ohio Agency. 
Very respectfully, 
J L Davenport 
Commissioner.
Page 22

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Frederick Rice Sur File 40335 Soldier also signed as Frederick Reist
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Mch 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE  1 yr and 9 mos   RANK  Pvt   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Morrow  Colonel Walter Stewart  STATE.  Penn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  After   LENGTH OF SERVICE   7 mos  RANK   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Under Major Parr 
Soldier has received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania for services as a Pvt Capt John Stones’s Co. in Rev War.
Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine where he was wounded, & Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Cumberland Co, Pa.
Date of Application for a pension, Mch 31 1834 [unreadable]
Residence at date of application, Dauphin Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 63 yrs  Died June 24 1826 {from A. B. [agency book]}
Remarks: In 1820, soldiers wife was 56 years old two children & 1 grand child referred to no names stated