Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40494, for Samuel Spicer, Maryland
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(3-1776) SERVICE Md. Penn. Spicer or Spiser, Samuel NUMBER S 40494 CONTENTS
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Dead. See letter to How. H. Logan H. R. Jan. 8 1936- do to R. J. Fisher, [illegible] 30. 1841
Date of death not [illegible]
[illegible] Barber, York, Pennsylvania [vertical on left side]
3,954
Pennsylvania Samuel Spicer Colo Hampton Private Pennsylvania line 4 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 on the 20th of April [?] 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Oct. 1818 and sent to Samuel Bacon, by York. Ma [?]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818 4 and 15/00 36.00 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th [illegible] 1819 48.00 $:84.00
4 years
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} $. [illegible]
[illegible] 4 Sept 1818 as a Rev. J. Peres [?] 36 and paid as an [illegible] to that [illegible] 21.00 Balance [illegible] 14.46 York County
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[most of the words on this page are too faint to read] 
Samuel Spicer [illegible] Samuel Spicer [vertical on left side]
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Pennsylvania
York County [illegible]
Personally appeared before me one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Sam Spicer of sd County, a Citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, and on
his solemn oath taken according to
son saith that he enlisted in the [illegible]
town Maryland under Capt Deakers of the Flying Camp so called & served about 5 month,
afterwards he
enlisted at Lancaster, but what
years this enlistment took place
he cannot now
recollect. He served
enlistment at Lancaster
was in Capt
Jarsh [?] Weavers company of the 10th [illegible]
commanded by Col [illegible] Hampton & that
he continued to serve
till he was
regularly discharged at [illegible]
new that place in New Jersey
about the [illegible] of the war. That he
was about six years
in service
in all, that he was wounded at stony
point in
his left wrist, that he was
bayoneted in the back of the
Paoli & that he now [illegible], a pension
from the United States on account
of the wounds above stated, which
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pension he does hereby relinquish 
on condition of his obtaining the 
pension provided for [illegible] 
of the Revolutionary army 
by the act of Congress passed 
in the year 1818; that this De
ponent is 81 years of age 
& is from his reduced circum
stances in need of assistance 
from his country for sup
port
Sworn & subscribed } Samuel his X mark Spicer
before me this 20 }
day of Apl 1818 }
Geo Barnitz

State of Pennsylvania 
York County Ss

Samuel Spicer of 
said County the petitioner or Depo
nent within named appeared be
fore me one of the Judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas 
in & for said County of York 
at my chambers on the 
day & year within mentioned 
& having duly sworn did depose & 
say that the facts stated & con
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tained in the within petition in 
the form of an affidavit are 
true & is being further person
ally known to me that said Samuel 
Spicer is from his reduced circum
stances in life in need of assist
once from his country for 
support & it being a uni
versally & acknowledged & undoubt
ed fact that he was a Revolutionary 
soldier. Whereupon it is 
adjudged by me that the 
facts stated in said petition are 
satisfactory evidence of the 
services performed by said Sam
uel Spicer as therein stated, I 
do certify hereby the same 
to the Secretary of the Depart
ment of War.

In testimony I have here
unto set my hand & seal 
this 21 Apl 1818
Geo Barnitz [word Seal encircled]
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Samuel Spicer
3954

Con

[text to light to transcribe]
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Pennsylvania
York County Ss

On this third day of August 182[blank], personally appeared, in 
open court, Samuel Spicer aged 83 years, resident in said 
county, who being first duly affirmed, according to law, doth, on his  
solemn affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as
follows: viz: In the 10th. Regt. Pennsylvania line under Col. Hampton 
and in the company under Capt. Weaver from about six untill [until] 
about one year before the close of the war; that the date of his 
original application for a pension is the 20th day of April 1818 
and, that the number of his pension certificate is 3,954.

And I do solemnly affirm 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 the 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 pro
perty, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any 
income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and 
by me subscribed. viz. I have no property, either real, personal 
or mixed.  I am living with a daughter who is a widow 
and has nine children, and cannot render me much 
assistance.  My occupation is that of a labourer [laborer], but am 
not able to perform any labour [labor] now in consequence 
of blindness and a lameness in one of my arms. 
I have no friends or relations who are in a 
situation to afford any relief.

Affirmed to, and declared, on the third day of August 1820 
before Geo. Barnitz.  Samuel his X mark Spicer

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
York County, ss.

I, William Barber clerk of the court of common pleas, for 
said county, (being a court of record) do hereby certify, that the fore
going affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from 
the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the 
opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property 
exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ----- dollars and 
cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,  
and affixed the seal of the said court, at York, on the 
third day of August 1820
W.Barber 
Clerk of the court of common pleas of York county.
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November 16, 1937
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BA-J/EEL Samuel Spicer- S. 40492
Mrs. James Butler
17 Keesey Street
York, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Spicer, of York County, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40494, based upon the military
service of Samuel Spicer in that war.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Samuel Spicer are not shown.
Samuel Spicer enlisted in Fredericktown, Maryland, and served about five months in Captain Deakins' Maryland Company of the flying
camp he enlisted at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and served in Captain Jacob Weaver's Company, Colonel Richard Humpton's 10 " Regiment
, Pennsylvania troops: no dates are given for either of the above services soldier was in the battle of Paoli, where he received
a wound in the back from a bayonet thrust and was at the
storming of Stony Point, where he was wounded in the left wrist
he was discharged about the close of the war and stated that he
served six years in all.
He was pensioned from March 4, 1789, on account of disability resulting
from the above noted wounds. He was later pensioned
under the Act of March 18, 1818, on his application executed April
20, 1818, while residing in York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, he was living in said York County, with his daughter,
widow, who had nine children. The name of soldier's wife, that
of the daughter and those of his grandchildren are not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
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name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death 
of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Spicer (S.40494), you 
should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, 
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Samuel Spicer 
Certificate No. 3954 
Issued October 28, 1818 
Rate, $8.00 per month 
Commenced April 20, 1818 
Act of March 18, 1818 
Pennsylvania Agency

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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Samuel Spicer. Penna Roll, Act March 18, 1818.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid

Pension Office }
April 30, 1841. }

pd to 4 Sept 1834
JH
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[Envelope with notes]
[Written vertically left margin]

Jan 7 
Saml Spicer 
Pa roll
28 October 18

[Address]

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of the Pension 
Office 
W. C.

[Written vertically right margin]

Hon Henry Logan
HR
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1836
Congress Hall Jany. 6th

Sir

Be kind enough to give the necessary 
information asked for by the within 
letter, and oblige your most 
Obedt. humble Servt.

Henry Logan

J. L. Edwards Esqr
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York, Pa
April 27, 1841.

To the Commissioner 
of Pensions 

Sir:

Samuel Spicer a revolu
tionary pensioner died about five 
years ago-his heirs say part of 
his pension remains unpaid.
how must they proceed to enable 
them to receive the same.

By communication to me 
this information you would 
much oblige your
Obt Servt

Robert J Fisher
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To what time was Samuel Spicer, act 1818, 
of Pennsylvania, last paid?
JL Edwards
8 Jan. 1836

He was paid to the 4th Sept 1836
JH
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September 24, 1835

xxxxxxxxx

Mr. Donald Gnan | BA-J/EEL
701 E. Philadelphia Street | Charles Spangler-S.14560
York, Pennsylvania | Samuel Spicer-S.40494 ✓[name circled]

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request infor
mation in regard to Charles Spangler, of Botetourt County, Virginia, 
and Samuel Spicer, of York County, Pennsylvania, both of whom re
ceived pensions on account of their services in the Revolutionary 
war.

The records of these soldiers are given herein.

Charles Spangler 
S.14560

Charles Spangler was born in 1747, in York County, Pennsyl
vania.  The exact date of his birth and the names of his parents 
are not shown.

While residing in York County, Pennsylvania, Charles Spangler 
enlisted sometime in 1776, served as a private in Captain Albright's 
Company and in Colonel Stewart's Regiment, Pennsylvania Troops, was 
in the battle of Long Island where he was taken prisoner but was 
exchanged in a short time, and in the battles of Brandywine and 
Germantown; length of this service, two years; about May 1, 1780, 
he entered the service as 2" lieutenant in Captain Albright's Penn
sylvania Company of Riflemen, was in several skirmishes and left 
the service about November 1, following, having served six months.

Shortly after the Revolution, he moved to Botetourt County, 
Virginia, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his 
application executed May 13, 1833.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
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name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death 
of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charles Spangler (S.14560), you 
should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, 
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Charles Spangler, Certificate No.16717, issued September 16, 
1833, rate $140 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 
1832, Virginia Agency.

* * * * *
[Note: the corrections/notes to the following data appear to have been added after the letter had been sent]
Samuel Spicer 
S.40494

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file  
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40494, based upon the mili
tary service in that war of Samuel Spicer.  The name appears, also, 
as Spiser.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of 
Samuel Spicer are not shown.

Samuel Spicer enlisted in Fredericktown, Maryland, and served 
above five months in Captain [added: Leonard Deakins] Deakins' Maryland Company of the Fly
ing Camp; he enlisted at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and served in 
Captain Jacob Weaver's Company, Colonel Richard Humpton's 10" Reg
iment, Pennsylvania Troops; no dates are given for either of the 
above services; soldier was in the battle of Paoli, where he re
ceived a wound in the back from a bayonet thrust and was at the 
storming of Stony Point, where he was wounded in the left wrist; 
he was discharged about the close of the war and stated that he 
served six years in all.
[Note written in right margin: Found sol. in 
Pa. Archives under Weaver & Humpton]

He was pensioned from March 4, 1789, on account of disability 
resulting from the above noted wounds.  He was later pensioned 
under the Act of March 18, 1818, on his application executed April 
20, 1818, while residing in York County, Pennsylvania.
[Note written in left margin: He was not in list of Inv. pensioners 
but it was stated that papers were burned & the com. of his invalid 
pen. is given at same pl. where he listed as under Act of 1818]

In 1820, he was living in said York County, with [struck out: a widowed] his 
daughter [added: a widow,] who had nine children.  The names of the daughter and 
her children and of soldier's wife are not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the 

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names and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of 
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Spicer (S.40494), you should 
address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records 
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Samuel Spicer, Certificate No. 3954, issued October 28, 1818, 
rate $8 per month, commenced April 20, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, 
Pennsylvania Agency.

* * * * *

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator


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SSC | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
[illegible] File 40,494 | Bureau of Pensions, 
Rev. War | Washington, D. C. 

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history 
of Samuel Spicer, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 
you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([struck out: or his 
widow's] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
============================================================
DATES OF | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF | ____________________________ | STATE.
APPOINTMENT. | SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |
_____________________________________________________________________
Fredericktown Md |  |  | Deakins | --- | Md.
1776 | 5 mos. | Flying Camp 
Lancaster | whole | Jacob Weaver | Richard Humpton | 10" Pa.
| service 
| abt 6 yrs.

Dis at or near New Brunswick NJ at or near the close the war
Soldier was pensioned for disability from Mch. 4 1789
wound in left wrist bayonetted in back

Battles engaged in, Stony Pt, Paoli

Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓

Date of application for pension, Apl. 20, 1818 allowed 

Residence at date of application, York Co. Pa.

Age at date of application, 81

Remarks:  In 1820 solider lived with a widowed daughter and 
her nine ch (names not mentioned) He was [illegible] for date of 
last payment and to whom pension was paid [illegible]
Dept citing [illegible] data.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
20581b3mll-05
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Aquilla - [struck out: 103 396] 512 531

[struck out:
John 102 
Mich'l 20 
Farrel 4[illegible]7
Wm 103-] 531 - 617
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GRACE KAUFFMAN BUTLER 
17 KEESEY STREET 
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 11
RECEIVED 
NOV 6 1937
[remainder illegible]

Veterans Administration, 
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir,

Kindly give me the information on 
the pension of one Samuel Spicer, [note: ✓only one by MLB]
who served in the Continental 
line.  He was a native of York County 
Penna.  I should like to know 
to whome [whom] the pension was last 
paid and when; and any other 
information concerning this man.

I am decended [descended] from this land 
and wish to prove my lineage.

Yours truly,

(Mrs. James) Grace Kauffman Butler
Nov 5th/37
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[Business card with note]

Full statement to

John L. Green, 

With | 1313 Highland St., 
Blackwood Green & Co., | Col. O.
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3-871.

RECORD DIVISION.

Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by L. D. L.

Claim No. ___

Certificate No. ___

Claimant ___

Soldier Saml. Spicer 

Service Pa.

Additional Service Rev. War

No ___ claim, State records ___, 190_

No claim, combination records ___, 190_

REMARKS:

No claim except
S.#40,494

___
Chief Division
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[initials illegible]

Bellefontaine Ohio 
Rev June 28th 1909

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Would you please give me 
the Revolutionary War 
record of Samuel Spicer 
He enlisted in Lancaster Penn
He served in the 10th Regiment 
of the Penna Line under Col.
Hampton in Capt. Weaver's Co. 
He resided in York County 
Penn. & died there in 1835 
I think he drew a pension 
while in York Co. Penn.

Any information 
in his line would
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be thankfully received

Hoping I may 
hear from you soon
leting [letting] me know if 
Samuel Spicer drew 
a pension about the 
year 1818

Very Truly Yours

Mary Powell
1619 N. Main
Bellefontaine O.
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The 
People's
Building and Savings 
Company.

Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 6th 1897

Pension Office, 
Washington, D. C.  

Gentlemen:-  Will you kindly inform me if 
you have a record that Sam'l Spicer of Dover 
Tp. York Co. Pennsylvania was a pensioner of 
the War of the Revolution?  Any such inform
action will be thankfully received by

Very truly yours

C.R. Hebble
Box 544 Xenia
Ohio
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[Circular mail receipt stamp]

PENSION
FEB
U. 8 S.
1897
OFFICE.

[Square mail receipt stamp]

OLD WAR & NAVY
FEB 10 1897
FILES.
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The 
People's
Building and Savings 
Company.

Xenia, Ohio, 2/18 1897

U. S. Pension Office 
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen:- Will you kindly inform me if 
Samuel Spicer of the 10th Pennsylvania Line was 
a pensioner of the War of the Revolution?  The 
supposition is that he drew his pension 
at York, York Co. Pa.

An early reply will greatly oblige.

Very truly yours

C.R. Hebble
Box 544 Xenia
O.
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[Square mail receipt stamp]

OLD WAR & NAVY 
FEB 24 1897
FILES.
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40 494
INVALID.
Revy.

File No. 40,494
Samuel Spicer 
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"

Index:--Vol. 3, Page 483

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Feby-19, 1897-History to 
Mr. C. R. Hebble-Xenia, Ohio.
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1906 July 20 Hist. to 
John L. Green [illegible]
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1909 July3, Hist. to  
Mary Powell, V.L.M.
_____
1935 Sept 24-Hist
Donal Gnan, Letter 
in case of Chas Spangler
S.14560 EL
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1937-Nov 16-Hist to 
Mrs. Jas Butler-EL