Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4463, for William Kern, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.

Kern, William

NUMBER
S. 4463

Contents

Carded
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2043
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Wm Kern
of Fayette Co. in the State of Pennsylvania
was a Lieut & Priv in the company commanded
by Captain Williams of the Brigade commanded by Gen. Hand in the Penn. troops
has for 9 months as private  $30.00
2 months as Lieut.                 $26.66
                                               $56.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of November 1832 and sent to Hon. A. Steven
Uniontown Pa

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832    $84.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. March 1833 $28.33
$113.32
-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Duffield, Clerk
Book D  Vol 2 to Page 198
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No 7227
Pennsylvania
Admitted
Private 9 Mos.  $30.00
Lieut 2 Mos.      $26.66
                          -------
                          $56.66.
Hon: A Stewart
Union Town
Pa
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BRIEF in the case of Wm Kern of (?) County
of Fayette in the State of Pennsylvania
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Jan 1 In 1777 4 Months Private Capt Shannon, Col Laughton
Jan 1778 2 Months Lieut. Capt Williams Genl Hand
May 1779 5 Months 11 Days Private
Years,
5. In what battles was he engaged? Indians & British
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
7. Is this statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.


Jm Mahon Examining Clerk
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7227
Declaration of
William Kern
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Pennsylvania
Fayette County

On the day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in
open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now Sitting in for the County Stated aforesaid William Kern resident in Saltlick township county & state aforesaid aged seventy six on the 8th day of February last who being duly sworn according to law did depose on oath to the following declaration with a view to obtain the benefit of the act 7 though the 7th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as hereinafter Stated.
That he first went into actual service as a volunteer in Captain Samuel Shannon's company in Colonel Archibald Laughery's regiment that he resided at that time in Westmoreland County not far from where he now lives say some miles. That he marched just after New Year on the first of January 1777 that they went eastward to New Jersey beyond Morristown to Woodbridge that they remained there about two weeks then they marched to Phila that they had several skirmishes with the British. That they afterwards returned to the west went against the Indians and continued in the service four months at this time. He afterwards went out as a Lieutenant in the militia from the same place in January 1778 under Captain Richard Williams commanded by General Hand against the Indians marched to the head of Beaver Creek on their way to Cuyahoga but owing to the severity of the weather and the running of ice in the river they could not cross and therefore return after being in the service two months and never paid for that time. That in May 1779 he again went out to defend the frontier against the Indians and continued out until sometime in the month of November when he returned home being five months or upward.  That he was born in Northampton County Penn. near Easton his age was recorded in his father's bible which was burnt with his house.  He lived when called
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into the service in Westmoreland County Penna he has lived within seven of eight miles of the 
same (??) Run River where he still lives he went into service as a volunteer & also was drafted.  The names of the officers & circumstances of his service have been already stated - he don't recollect to have received a discharge - he held a commission as a Lieutenant in the militia and served as Lieutenant in Capt. Williams Company under General Hand in the two months service before revolutions in 1778 against the Indians. That his commission has been destroyed but he still has the oath of allegiance who he tool when his commission for which is attached.  that he has no other documentary evidence & knows of no one to prove his service.  He hereby relinquishes any claim to whatever to any pension or annuity except the current & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of any agency of any state. 

Affirmed & subscribed in open court 21st August 1832.  

 //s// H. W. Beens Proth.   //s// William Kerns   


We Thornton Fleming a clergyman rendering in Uniontown at the county and Andrew Stewart of the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with William Kern who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age and that he is respected & lives in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to by Andrew Stewart & affirmed to by Thornton Flemin & subscribed in open court 21st August 1832.

                            //s//
                     H. W. Beem
                             Proth.


                                               //s//
                                  Thornton Fleming
                                              //s//
                                     Andrew Stewart
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I  Henry Beeson clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Fayetteville state of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application William Kern for a pension

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of said court, the 21st day of August A.D. 1832

Henry W. Beeson
Prothy
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William Kern
S. 4463
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your request for information relative to William Kern of Pennsylvania, Lieutenant, War of the Revolution. 

The Data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 4463, based upon the military service of William Kern in the War of the Revolution.

William Kern was born February 8, 1756, near Easton, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered early in January, 1777, served four months as a private in Captain Samuel Shannon's company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania regiment, marched to "the west" against the Indians and was in several skirmishes. He was commissioned sometime in January, 1778, Lieutenant and served two months in Captain Richard Williams' company, and went on an expedition against the Indians. He served fro May, 1779 until November, 1779, defending the the frontiers, his rank and officers' names [unknown] [g]iven.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, at which time he was living in Salt Lick
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Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

The papers on file in this claim contain no data as to the family of the soldier, William Kern.

The application for headstone for William Kern is returned herewith. There was no correspondence attached.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 24, 1932
REXXXXXXXXXXXXX
William Kern-S.2463
BA-J/REL
Miss Mary Harrison
603 North Avenue, 54
Highland Park
Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
Mrs. Ella M. Searle, of Los Angeles, California, made a personal request in your behalf on this date, that the record of William Kern,
of Pennsylvania, a Revolutionary War soldier, S.4463, be furnished you.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4403, based upon the military service
of William Kern in that war.
William Kern was born February 8, 1756, near Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered
January 1, 1777, served four months as a private in Captain Samuel Shannon's Company, Colonel Archibald Laughrey's Pennsylvania Regiment and was in several skirmishes with the British names of
these engagements not stated in January, 1778, he was commissioned lieutenant, served for two months as such officer in Captain Richard Williams' Pennsylvania Company and went on an expedition against the
Indians: he again served from May, 1779, until November, 1779, defending the frontiers against the Indians; his rank and officers' names in this last named service are not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, while residing in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
There are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the
(handwritten) Col Laughrey named spelled Lockrey in Heitman
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Revolutionary War pensioner, William Kern, S.4463, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, citing all of the following data:

William Kern, Certificate No. 2043, issued November 15, 1832. rate $56.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten] Date of death not on A B
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Kern [name handwritten], a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[handwritten] S.f. 4463
[Table with columns labeled]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Length of Service.
Rank.
Officers under whom service was rendered. [subdivided into two columns] Captain. Colonel.
State.
[First entry] Jany. 77 [Date] 4 mos. [Length]  Samuel Shannon [Captain] Archibald Laughrey [Colonel] Pa [State]
[Second entry] Jany. 78 [Date] 2 mos [Length] Lieut [Rank] Richard Williams [Captain]
May 79 [Date] 5 mos [Length] against Indians [Captain]
Battles engaged in, [checkmark added]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co. Pa
Date of application for pension, Aug. 31, 1832 - allo[...]
Residence at date of application, Saltlick Twp. Fayette Co, Pa
Age at date of application 76 [added in pencil above 'application'] 13 Feby. 8, 1756 Northampton Co., Pa [two words, illegible, above [Northampton]
Remarks No data as to family
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(Date stamps on reverse side on envelope)


PENSION
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      JUL
U.    15     S.
      1908
     OFFICE



RECORD
    JUL
     15
   1908
DIVISION
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[Upper left heading]
Mickley's R.F.D.
Allentown PA.
From May until October

[upper center heading]
Miss Minnie F. Mickley
Genealogist
1339 L. Street Northwest [crossed out]
Washington, D.C. ['Was' crossed out]

[added by hand] Mickleys R.F.D. Allentown Pa
July 13, 1908

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me an abstract of the following Pensions of men who served in the Revolution,
William Kern, lt. and pr. P.M. who received a Pension Nov. 16, 1832 aged 77. Fayette Co. Pa. name of wife and Children&s.
Abstract of pension of Richard Sharp 1834, aged 77.
Abstract of Pension of Peter Rust of Frederick Rust of Frederick Co. Va.
Hoping to hear from you soon I am
Yours truly
[signed] Minnie F. Mickley
[illegible] Regent Liberty Bell Chapter D.A.R.
1st V.P. National Genealogical Soc.
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1906 Nov. 5, Mrs. C.D. Gallentine,
Morrison, Ill 
8 -- 595.

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Oct. 29, 1906.
Searched by Gill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant.
Soldier, William Kerns or Kern
Service Pnsd from Pa,
Rev War
Remarks:
no claim as above
except 4463 cent.
No O. W. Rej.
28266b5m6-06
Chief of Division.
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Sept. 23, 1932

Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Washington D.C.

Please send the Rev. War record of William Kern S. 4462 to

Miss Mary Harrison
603 North Ave 54
Highland Park
Los Angeles, Calif

Miss Ella M. Searle
[illegible] Va.

c/o Dr [illegible]
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Reoham
4463
INVALID
4463
Wm. Kern
Lieut. Pa. Troops
Act: Jun 7, '32
Index: -----Vol. A, Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 Nov. 5 History to Mrs. C.D. Gallentine, letter in S. File 23,653 Jacob Gallentine
1908 July 21. Hist. to Miss Minnie F. Mickler -- C
1932 - Sept 24 - Hist.fur. Miss Mary Harrison at personal request of Mrs. Ella M. Seale EEL

1937 - Sept 13 - hist.to Memorial Branch   ang
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William Kearns
certificate
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Fayette County
State of Pennsylvania

We the the undersigned Citizens of Fayette County do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with[illegible]
William here the applicant mentioned in the accompanying Declaration that we do not hesitate in saying our belief that he was a soldier
engaged in the Revolutionary war that he has ever had the reputation of such in the neighbourhood where he resides that he is a man of unquestinable veracity and sustains a good moral character
[signature]
[signature] (Daniel Meater)
[signature](Peter Meater)

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