Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8927, Frederic Eisenhauer, Penn.
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Service                                                       Number

Penn           Eisenhauer, Frederic           R.8927
               or   Eisenhower
                       Rodes, Anna

                or    Roads
                                   Former widow
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County
On this eighth day of April AD 1839
personally appeared in open court being a
court of record in and for said county
Anna Rodes a resident of Crawford County
aged Eighty two years, who being first
duely sworn according to law, doth
on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and
the act explanatory of said act, passed
March 3, 1837:
that she was married
to Frederick Eisenhauer, who was a resident
of Sunbury, Northumberland County
State of Pennsylvania at the commencement
of the revolutionary war enlisted under
Captain - Mill, and served against Lord
Howe in the battle of Brandywine - he was
afterwards killed in the battle of
Germantown. She further declares that she
was married to the said Frederick
Eisenhauer on the 6th day of January
in the year 1779 by the Revd Gottleil
Roth - And that she was afterwards married to Caleb Rodes, who had also been
a soldier in the revolutionary war And
who died on the 31st day of March in
the year 1830 and that she was a
widow on the 4th July, 1836 & still
remains a widow, as will more
fully appear by reference to the
proof hereto annexed
Sworn & subscribed on Anna her Rodes
the day and year above written mark
John P Davis
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Crawford County
State of Pennsylvania

Betsy Williams being duly sworn on her oath, declares & states that she is well acquainted with the within recorded applicant Anna Rodes and that she believes the forgoing declaration to be just and true and further that applicant has always sustained a reputation for truth & veracity unsullied, & further that the period of the death of said Rodes took place at the time set forth & that the widow has remained so. ever since the death of said Caleb Rodes.  Sworn in open court this eighth day of April A.D. 1839 Betsy Williams
Her X Mark
 John P Davis Prothonetary

[note at the bottom largely illegible]
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In the year 1779 - 6th of January have I Gottliel Roth married Anna Kleinan, and She was the wife of the young Frederick Eisenhauer who was Shot in the army -
In the year - Dec - There was born unto me a Son Named Jacob -

    In the year of 1781,  18th October   There was born unto me a daughter named Elizabeth.

     In the year 1783 - 27th Oct.   There was born unto me a daughter Named Magdaline

Crawford County
State of Pennsylvania  Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in & 
for said County John Shreiber who being duely sworn _ deposeth & saith that above is a true translation of of the annexed German family record of Gottliel Roth

                                           John Shreiber

Sworn & Subscribed
this Second day of 
April  A. D. 1840
            John Radle
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County

         I John P Davis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid hereby certify that John Radle is a justice of the peace in & for said County and that the Signature purporting to be him as above is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & Subscribed my name this fourth day of April 1840

                                    John P Davis 
                                         Prolty
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Anna Rodes
of Frederick 
Eisenhauer
Pennsylvania
Pensions
Cu 5 August 1839
T. VanHorne
d 8 May 1840

8-421
Act of July 1836
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This Indenture  made the fourth and day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and ninety two - wittnessed that John Eisenhouer with the consent of his mother and his step-father, hath put himself and by therefore went doth valluntarly of his own free will and record sent himself Apprentice to Michael Thoch of Pelttownship in the county of Northam Ierland joiner. With him after the (2 words missing due to a hole in the page) sworn apprentice to serve him from the day of the date sworn till the term of four years and six months be completed and ended. During all which term said apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve, his secrets keep, his lawfull commands everyway gladly obey, he shall do no damanage to his said Master, nor sufer it to be done by others without letting or giving notice to his said Master, he shall not waste his said Master's goods, nor lend them unlawfull to any!  He shall not commit fornication, nor contract matrimony within said term, at cards dice or any unlawfull
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Declaration of said Term Said Master is to give said apprentice Three Plains [sp] a Jack Plain a smooding [sp] Plain  and a for [sp] Plain And a New Suit of fredoom [sp] Cloths to the Vallue of Eight Pounds Specie Or Eight Pounds in Cash full  Specie.  Of the True Performance of above singular the said Covenant and Agreements either of the said Party’s Bind[illegible] onto the Other by  ?those Pressent.

John his Mark X Eisenhower 

Sealed & Delivered 
In the Presenss of
 John Rush
Gottlieb Rotl
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Jas. L Edwards

C. Pensions
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Meadville April 4  1840

Sir
      I herewith enclose to you the amended declaration of Mrs Anna Rodes together with some additional evidence
      The case of Mrs Sarah Allen & also the case of Olive Mallery have not been heard from since our communication with you in October and during the winter
      I regret to hear that you have been so unfortunate as to have your arm broken & sincerely hope it has recovered.
                          Yours Respectfully
                           Thos Van Horne
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The following line was lined through: Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873

                        8.927
P.O.------------------------------------------------------------------
Anna Rodes
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Service: former widow of Frederic Eisenhauer
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  Enlisted: ----------------------------------------------------,18
Discharged:-------------------------------------------------,18

Application filed:-----------------------------------------,18
(the word rejected was stamped across the above two  lines only) 
Alleges:------------------------------------------------------------
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Re-enlisted: -----------------------------------------------------
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Attorney:-----------------------------------------------------------
(the next line the first initial was torn and smudged only the second initial was legible)
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------Recognized.    -------------------------------Contract
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County SS:

On this fourteenth day of February A.D. 1840 I personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common pleas in and for the county aforesaid, Hannah Roads a resident of Mercer County State aforesaid who prefers making her application in Crawford aforesaid because of the greater distance to the Mercer county Seat than to the Crawford, and further in Crawford she is better known, and her family do the principle part of their trading. Applicant is about Eighty four years old, who being first duly sworn according to law Both on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the Act Explanatory of said Act passed March 3rd 1837–That She was married to Frederick Eicenhawer [sp] who was a resident of Sunbury County State of Pennsylvania, and enlisted under Captain Miley in the Spring of 1777 war actually engaged in the battle at Brandywine considered to serve in the army of the Revolution till about the time an attack was made on the Brittish [sp] forces at Germantown, being on a scouting party was shot & burried [sp] at a place called the rising Sun not far from Germantown. The names of the other officers under whom he served are not remembered now:

That She was married to the said Frederic Eisenhauer [sp] in the November of the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy five and the following August of 1776 gave birth to John who was afterwards at or about six-teen [sp] & six months of age bound an apprentice to a certain Michael Shock which was on the 14th of January A.D. 1792 as will most
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Satisfactorily appear by a reference to this Indenture hereunto annexed which deponent beleived [sp] to be the original Indenture and which has since been preserved in the family.  That she knows of no family record of these facts.

That she was afterwards married to Gottlieb Rolf or as the name is commonly pronounced in English Caleb Roads On the 6th day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundreds and seventy nine, who died on the thirty first day of March A.D. 1830 and that she was a widow on the 4th July 1836 and still remains a widow all of which will more fully appear by a reference to the German family record which was written by Caleb Roads applicants second husband- On a Cover of an german Sermon book from which it has this day been severed and is hereunto annexed- Supported by the testimony attached to Applicants former application & this other proof hereunto annexed.

Hannah her mark X Roads

Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above writen  [sp] in open court & was adjudged satisfactory

John P Davis
Prothonotary 

[seal affixed]
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Mercer county [illegible] Personally appeared John Cline of [illegible] county before the [illegible] justices of the peace in and for said Mercer county and being [illegible] a[illegible] to la[illegible] did depose and say that he ^was well acquainted with Frederich [illegible] and his wife Hanna in the time of the revolutionary war when they lived in Northumberland county in the State of Pennsylvania that they were [illegible] in the fall of the year (don't recollect the year) and lived after about one year in the house of this deposents father. That sometime in the next fall after theyr marage the said Frederich as he was informed listed as a soldier in the revolutionary war that some time not very long after he listed they heared of the said Frederichs death he being killed in battle this [illegible] knows he never returned home to his family. The widow had one of after her husband was listed and is now living a widdow in Mercer county.

Sworn and subscribed
to the 25th day of Feb 1839
Before John Leech

his 
John (his mark X) Cline
[illegible]

[Written in a different hand]
State of Pennsylvania
Mercer County
[illegible] Clerk of the several courts of Mercer County certify that John Leech is a magistrate as above, & [illegible] the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. [illegible] testimony, whereof I had hereunto affixed my [illegible] seal of office and subscribed my name this 9th day of April A. D. 1839 [illegible]
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4455
V Anna Rodes
Application
Pa
4 July 1836