Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 23,945, for Peter Stichter, Pennsylvania
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Penn

Stichter, Peter

Or

Stechter

S24945
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25.935
Pennsylvania
Peter Sticht
of Berks Co in the State of Penn
who was a Pr [Private] 
in the Company commanded
by Captain Selin of the Regt [regiment]
commanded
by Col [Colonel] Heister in the Pennsylvania
line for
6 Mo for $ 20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna.
at the rate of 20 Dollars __ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Jany [January] 1831 [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1835  __50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th [illegible] "34 [1834] __10.00
--------
$ 60.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by I. T. Speger  Clerk,

Book C
Vol. 5
page 54
Duplicate Certificate issued
8th March, 1841 and sent to 
Sevari Esq.
to Certificate issued
1841 and sent to Saml [Samuel]
Reading Penna
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29.336.
Peter Stichter
Penna
Adm 6. Months
$20
Hon. H.A. Muhlenberg
Ho of Rep
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Pennsylvania
Berks County [illegible letter]
On the 17th day of January AD 1834
personally appeared in open Court  of Commonpleas Berks County Peter Stichter,
letter of the Borogh of Reading County of  Berks who upon his sworn 
oath doth depose and say that he is in his seventieth the year of age
maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in the
year 1777 in the month of November he was drafted in the militia a tour of two 
months, in a company command by [crossed out word] [illegible] Rheim ,at 

Col Henry Spyker regiment marched from Reading to a town called Flower
Town in the County of Philadelphia - there was marched to General Irwins
Brigade, [illegible] there untill [until] discharged 1778 he was drafted a tour 
of two months in a company commanded by Captain Philip Miller to 
Guard the Hysion [Hessian] Prisoner at the Bough of Reading 1781, he was
drafted a tour of two months in the Militia in a company commanded
by Capt Charles Gobir, Col Joseph Heist regiment That he marched in said
Company from Reading afterward to [underlined: Trenton & New Brunswick in the
State of New Jersey] and there remained until discharge. This deponent on his oath 
 further saith that at each period was honorable discharged
that 
he served six months and upward at the times specified that he
has no entrys at this late period to prove his services (except) [illegible name] who served a tour with
 me in said Captain Charles 

Gober company in 1781. That he was in the Battle, near Flow [underlined: Town] aforesaid at the time General Irvins was taken prisoner,
that he was born in the Borogh [borough] of Reading aforesaid and resided here 
during the war and ever since, hereby relinquishing any claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present.
Peter Stichter

Sworn & subscribed
open Court Jany [January] 17,1877 1834,
[illegible signature] Prothy [Pronothary]
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Berks County ss
On the 17th day of January AD-1834 personally
appeared in open Court of Common Pleas Berks County, Sebastian
Allysirs [illegible] of the Bough of Reading County aforesaid a credible ~
Witness, who upon his solemn oath depose and that he is well
acquainted with the [illegible] named Peter Stichter, the applicant for a
pension That in the year 1781 the said applicant was drafted in
the Militia in a company commanded by Capt. .Charles Gober in
Cor [Colonel] Joseph Heisters regiment and that the deponant was also drafted
in said Company, and that they marched in said Company together
from the Borough of Reading aforesaid to Trenton & New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey and served a tour of two
Months, and Honorable discharged. That the applicant hath allways 
been reputed as an old soldier in the revolutionary War That he is a
man of good repute for varacity [veracity] and to be believed on his oath

Sebastian [illegible]

Sworn & Subscribed
in open Court
Jany [January] 17 1834
[illegible signature] Prothy [pronothary]

On the
17th day of January AD - 1834 personally appeared
in Open Court of Commonpleas Berks County Genl George B Keim
who upon his solemn affirmation doth declared [illegible] 
he is well acquainted with Peter Stichter the applicant for
a pension [illegible] of forty  -- years that he is a man of
good repute for veracity, and to be believed on his oath, and
that he is refuted as an old soldier.
George D Keim

Affirmed in Open
Court Jany [January] 17th 1834

[illegible] Tallade Prothy [Pronothary]
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we the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that Peter
Stichter the applicant for a Pension,
was Revolutionary and ^Soldier
served as stated
[illegible] Mallery
[illegible name]
Matthias V. Richard
a Judge of Berks County

I Jacob Saleny, Pronothorary of the Court of Common pleas Berks 
County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the
Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of Peter Stichter, the applicant for a pension, in 
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office
this 17th day of January
AD 1834.
[illegible] Tallade Prothy [Pronothary]
.
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double

Aug 30 1844
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
[Stamped "FREE" above the signature]
[circular time stamp on the start of the signature has "READING", rest is illegible]

[written on the right of signature] Peter Stickler [Stichter] pa file

L
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rending August 27th (1844
James L. Edwards Esquire
Certificate
I have enclosed the pay ^certificate of
Peter Stichter decd l[deceased] late of the Borough of Reading
County of Berks, Pena [Pennsylvania] it appears of record in the Book of Deaths of the Evangelical Luthern Congregation
which Jacob Miller is Pastor and has Charge of
the Record of Deaths & Marriages of said Congregation
That Peter Stichter a Revolutionary Pensioner died
in said Reading County and State aforesaid
on the Twenty ninth day of December one Thousand
eight hundred and forty three reference thereunto had
fully appears he was in Possession of a Good Estate
Real and Personal and his Heirs will not
go to any trouble because the ballance [balance] of Pension  
is so Small being only 20 Dos. [dollars] per annum
should Mr Edwards see proper he may address
aforesaid Paster respecting the Decease of said
Sticter [Stichter] I have therefore enclosed said Certificate
to the Pension office of the States the surrendry
of same being proper to avoid the same from
coming into bad hands Mr Edwards will
please acknowledge the receipt of same to me
& Oblige
I remain Respectfully
Your Obnt Servt [Obedient Servant]
Samuel Levan Senr [Senior] 
PS. I regret to state that our County has lost a whorthy [worthy] 
Friend Hon H A Muhlenberg he was a friend to those poor Persons & his Charity had no bounds he is now
numberd [numbered] amongst the Dead
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3-1864
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
[crossed out: UNITED STATES]
[crossed out: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 16, 1930

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Hon. Thomas C. Cochran
House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Cochran:

Reference is made to your letter of August 7, inclosing a
communication from D. S. Stecher, R. R. 6, Greenville,
Pennsylvania, desiring information concerning a Revolutionary War
soldier named Lewis Stecher. 
You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the
history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim
for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States
on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim
on file on account of the services of any Lewis Stecher, all
spellings of the surname searched.
You are furnished herewith the history of Peter Stichter,
which is the record of the only soldier of that surname
(similar spellings searched) found on the Revolutionary War
records of this bureau:  
It appears from the papers in pension claim, S. 23945, that
Peter Stichter was born in the Borough of Reading, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, date not stated.
While residing in the Borough of Reading, he enlisted and
served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows:
From November, 1777, two months in Captain Rheim's Company,
Colonel Henry Spyker's Regiment, and was in an engagement at
Flower Town, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; in 1778, two
months in Captain Philip Miller's Company; in 1781, two months in
Captain Charles Gobin's Company, Colonel Joseph Heister's Regiment.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed January
17, 1834, at which time he was living in Reading, Pennsylvania
and was aged seventy-three years.
He died December 29, 1843, at Reading, Pennsylvania.
It is stated that he left heirs but their names are not given.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

[handwritten below:] D.S. Steckers letter
retained with his letter [illegible]

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[handwritten on the side: ] Revolution
23945
INVALID.
File No. 23,945
Peter Stichter
Pri [Private] Rev War
---
Act: June 7th '32 [1832]
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 393
[Arrangement of 1870.]


Feby [February] 20, 1903
C.S. Tonen, Chirgs &

1915 July 8. History to Mrs.
W. A. Lewis. &
1930 - Aug 16 - Hist to Hon
Thomas C. Cochran for 
D. S. Stecher [illegible]
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THOMAS C. COCHRAN
28TH DIST. PENNSYLVANIA

COMMITTEE ON
MILITARY AFFAIRS

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

August 7, 1930.
The Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Morgan:

[handwritten at the side] returned Aug 16 - 30

You will find enclosed a letter from Mr. D. S.
Stecher, Route 6, Greenville, Pa., asking for information
relative to the service of Lewis Stecher during the Revolutionary War.
I shall appreciate it if you will furnish me
this information, and if there are not too many of them, I would
like to have a report on all men by the name of Stecher who
your records show served during the Revolutionary War.
Please return my correspondent's letter with your
reply.
Thanking you for your cooperation in this instance, I am,

Sincerely yours,
J. C. Cochran
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Pension Claim Agent:

Dear Sir,
[Oval date stamp on the right reads: U.S. PENSION AGENCY.  RECEIVED FEB 12 1903  WASHINGTON D. C.]

My four Great Grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War. I wish to know whether or not they ever drew a pension.  Please send me all the information you can concerning the same. Their names - Peter Stechter [underlined] of Reading, Pa.  Daniel Drinkle [underlined] of Reading, Pa.  James McWincken [underlined] of WIlliamsport Pa.
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and Daniel Toner [underlined] of Williamsport or Jersey Shore Pa.

Will thank you very much for a reply.

C.S. Toner 
Chicago, Ill.

February nine.
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M
[illegible]

613 - 14th, Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.
20th, June, 1915.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-

Will you please send me your record of Peter Stichter,
born in Reading, Porn, Berk's County, August 9th, 1761.  Member of
Captain Peter Nagles Company that guarded Hessian prisoners at
Penn Mount.  Entered Revolutionary Army when sixteen years of age
and served in Charles Gobins Company, 6 Batillion [Batalion] of Berk County,
Penn, Militia.

I shall appreciate an early reply. I am
Very Truly Yours

Mrs. W. A. Lewis,
613 - 14th, Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.

[checkmark]
[circular date stamp reading: PENSION U. S. OFFICE D JUL 1 1915]
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[column headings:  period betw each]


In reply to your request of ____ , received.____   
a statement of the military history of Peter Stichter a 
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (crossed out: or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. 23945

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [two columns -- for CAPTAIN or COLONEL.] STATE.]

Nov. 1777.  2 mos.  Private.  [Captain] Rheim.  Colonel Henry Spyker.].  Penn.
-- 1778.  2 mos.  --.  [Captain Philip Miller.  Colonel --.]  ---.
-- 1781.  2 mos.  --.  [Captain Charles Gobin.  Colonel Joseph Heister.].  --.

Battles engaged in, Engagement at Flower Town, Phila. County.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Borough of Reading, Berks Co. Penna.
Date of application for pension, Jany [January] 17th, 1834.  HIs claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Reading, Berks Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, seventy-three years. lives in Borough of Reading
Remarks:  HE died in Reading Penn, Dec. 29, 1843.  It is state of [illegible] he left.

Respectfully,
(Office note [illegible] was taken prisoner at Three Rivers, Canada)
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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Payment to be made
at Philadelphia
by
J. Solms Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of
Pennsylvania

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E Vol. 5
Page 54 by
F. S. Evans, Clerk

[written down the right margin and underlined:  Peter Stichter Reading Pena]
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Duplicate
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Stichter
of the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Twenty
dollars and [cents crossed out]
 per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in
every year. Issued in lieu of are dated 31st January 1834.  [illegible]
numbered 25.935, which has been lost or destroyed.
Given at the War Office of the United States
, this eighth day of
March in one thousand eight
hundred and [thirty crossed out] forty one
Mo. Bell
Secretary of War.
[illegible circular stamp or seal with pointed edges on the left]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Examined and
Countersigned.}
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Mar 5. 1841
[illegible]
[circular stamp:  READING Pa.  MAR 1]

J L. Edwards Esquire
Comssr [Comissioner] of Pensions
City   Washington
DC
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Reading Penn March 1st 1840

James Edwards Esq

Sir, I have enclosed the affidavit of Peter Stichter of Reading Penna ha as appears has lost his pay certificate and deserves a new one of these so as to enable him to receive one in lieu of the lost. Sir I have made oath as I do know him to be the identical person who is a pensioner of the U. States. You will therefore please act on the case & report the results to me as soon as time will permit & (unintelligible).

 I am Sir Respectfully
 Your Obnt. [Obedient] Servant             
  Samuel Levan

 Hon. J. L. Edwards 
    Sir you will confer - a kind favour by issuing a new certificate as soon as time will permit for as to enable the Old gentleman to secure his pension which will be due 4th (unintelligible).
                                              L.L.
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
On this first day of March one Thousand eight hundred and
forty one before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County of Berks Pena. [Pennsylvania] Personally appeared Peter Stichter a
resident of the County and State aforesaid who being first duly
sworn according to Law - who - on his oath declares that he is the
Identical same Person who formerly belonged to the Company of
Musquetry [Musketry] commanded by Captain Charles Gobin in the service of
the United States in the Revolutionary War and in the Pennsylvania
Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Hiester: That his name
was placed on the Pension Role of the Pennsylvania Agency
and payable at Philadelphia Pena, and that he received
a certificate of that fact - under the Signature and seal of the
Secretary of war of the United States by Lewis Cass & was countersigned
by J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions that after the
fourth day of September AD 1840 he has lost or mislaid his
said Certificate in Reading and that he has made search
and enquiry of the same and said Certificate can not be
found and according to the best of his memory he believes
That his said Certificate was dated at the War office of the
United States the 31st day of January AD 1834

Peter Stichter

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day & year aforesaid
before me 
M Schoenes [underlined]

State of Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
Be it Known that on this first day of March AD 1841 before me
The Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berks
personally appeared Samuel Levan a resident in the Borough
of Reading and County and State aforesaid after being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose
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depose and says that he is fully acquainted with Peter Sticter [Stichter]
named in the foregoing affidavit and that he knows him
to be the Identical person who is a Pensioner of the United States
and whose name is signed in the foregoing affidavit
Sworn to and subscribed   Samuel Levan
On the first day of March
---
AD 1848 before 
Wm Schoener
I Wm Schoener a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby
Certify That Samuel Levan above named is a person of veracity and
that on his Oath and Statements by him made credit is one
and ought of Rights to him be given In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and subscribed the farm at
Reading County and State aforesaid March 13th in 1841
Wm Schoener

I Benjamin Tyson Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Berks in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby
Certify that William Schoener Esquire before whom
The foregoing affidavit was made re the affidavit of Peter Stichter and
Samuel Levan was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Berks, Penn, and he is duly commissioned
and authorized to administer Oaths and that the Signatures
hereunto affixed purporting to be the said William Schoener
Esq
are all his Genuine Signatures and in Testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my
Name Quality at Reading Berks Cty Pena
March 1st AD 1845
Benjamin Tyson Proth [Pronothary]