Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,560, for Charles Spangler, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Spangler Charles
NUMBER
S 14,560
carded
CONTENTS
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Letter to Jno. Campbell, Esq. July 13, 1837
Letter to Lancaster Denby, [illegible] Sept 1837.
Virginia 16.717
Charles Spangler
Botetourt Co. in the State of Virginia, who was a private and lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Albright of the Regiment commanded by Col. Stewart in the Pa. [illegible] line for 18 months private; 6 months lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 140 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept. 1833 and Sent to H. W. Boyer, Clerk Court.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. $350.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 1834. $70.00
$420
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk, Book E, Vol. 6, Page 27
Date of death not [illegible]
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No 25690
Charles Spangler, Botetourt County, Virginia
look at Pa roll
No evidence of [illegible]
Adm. 2 years 6 months
thereof as Lieutenant
Hy W. Boyer, 6th Botetourt County, Virginia
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office, 183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Charles Spangler, Botetourt County, Virginia
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years, Months, Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Entered 1776 ┃ (2, , ) | Private | Cap. Albright, Col. Stewart | 85 years, York County, Pennsylvania | Traditionary evidence, one witness
Entered May 1780 | ( , 6, ) | 2 Lieut. rifle company | Cap. Albright | | Certified credible and documentary evidence, papers correct
Battle at Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record,
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [stamp of a hand] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                         of the Court of                       do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this                  day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the  and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Virginia

    At a court held at the court house for this county of Botetourt on Monday the 13th day of May 1833.
    On this 13th day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Botetourt now sitting Charles Spangler a resident of James River in the county of Botetourt & State of Virginia aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 (he thinks) with Captain Allbright and served in the regiment of the line under the following named officers General Washington War Commander in Chief Col. Stewart in the Commissioner of the regiment to which this claimant belonged and Allbright was Captain of the Company who soon afterwards resigned.  He says he resides in the county of York, Pennsylvania. (He0 states when he enlisted and entered the service that he was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine & Germantown and during the time of his service he marched through a part of the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania he says he was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island and was exchanged soon afterward he was in service during this enlistment for two years he says he again entered the service of the United States as Second Lieutenant of a Rifle Company Battalion of Militia York County Pennsylvania under the following named officers and served as herein after.  States to (illegible) Captain Allbright Commander the Company he cannot recollect the names of the field officers he says he entered the service this (continues of next page)
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Sometime in the month of May 1780, as well as he now recollects, the day of the month he can't remember, he says he left the service about the last of October or first of November, the exact time when he entered the service or when he left it, he can't recollect, but is well assured that he served as second lieutenant under Captain Allbright six months. He says during this time he was principally engaged in guarding prisoners, in reconnoitering the territory with whom he was engaged in several little skirmishes. He says he resided in the County of York, Pennsylvania, when he entered the service, that he was drafted and marched through a part of Pennsylvania. He says he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, to the best of his [illegible] in the year 1747, that he has a record of his age. When called into service each time, he was living in the County of York, Pennsylvania. That a short time after the Revolutionary War, he removed from Pennsylvania to Botetourt County, Virginia, where he has been living ever since and where he now lives. He says he was enlisted in the regular service and was drafted into the Militia. He says General Schuyler, General Green, General Wayne were some of the regular officers. In addition to them, he has mentioned who were with the troop where he served. He says he received a discharge from the regular service but has lost it. He says he has his commission and beg leave herewith to exhibit it. He says that Jacob Rudirill, Michael Phlegar and William Anderson know him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
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annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn and Subscribed the day aforesaid.
Chas Spangler
I, Abraham Dempsey, a Clergyman residing in the County of Botetourt, Jacob Rudirill and John Navil, residing in the same County, hereby certify they are well acquainted with Charles Spangler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty six years of age, that he is believed and reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Navil
A. C. Dempsey
Jacob Rudirill
I, Henry Spickard, do hereby certify that I lived in York County, Pennsylvania, during the Revolutionary war, in about two miles of Charles Spangler, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that to my personal knowledge, he served work as both a private and as an officer in the Revolutionary war, but the length of time he was in service I am not able to state. I recollect of hearing at the time that he had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Spickard [his mark]
And the Court doth hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier
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served as he states and the Court further certify that Abraham Dempsey, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in said County of Botetourt and State aforesaid and that John Nevil, Jacob Rudirill, and Henry Spickard, who have also signed the same, are also residents of the same County and State aforesaid, and are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to full credit all which is ordered to be certified.
Virginia, Botetourt County, to wit
I, Henry W Bowyer, Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Spangler for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office of which I am the Clerk this the 15th day of May 1833 in the 57th year the Commonwealth.
H. W. Bowyer, Clerk
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June 9, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Charles Spangler
S. 14560
Mrs. Lena S. Wright
620 Prive Avenue
Lexington, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Spangle and Zachariah Spangle, both of whom served with the Pennsylvania troops.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Zachariah Spangle, under any spelling of the name.
The record which follows was obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 14560, based upon the service of Charles Spangler in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Charles Spangler or Spangle found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
Charles Spangler was born in 1747, in York County, Pennsylvania. The exact date of his birth, and names of his parents are not given.
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 of 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
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this service, two years. He entered the service about May, 1780 as 2nd lieutenant in Captain Albright's Pennsylvania Company of Riflemen, was in several skirmishes and left the service about November 1, following.
Charles Spangler, shortly after the close of the Revolution, moved to Botetourt County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833, then a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data relative to the family of Charles Spangler.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Charles Spangler
Certificate #16717
Issued September 16, 1833
Rate $140.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War
14.560
INVALID.
File No. 14.560
Charles Spangler
Private & Lieutenant Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1922 March 1 History to Mrs. D. S. Hughes
1935 Sept 24 - History to Mrs. Donald Grant
1939 June 9. History to Mrs. Lena S. Wright
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Pension Bureau:
I am writing to ask you for any information, dates, and anything you can find that will assist me in looking up everything about my ancestors. What I have came from my
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and participated in the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, in which he was taken prisoner. Col. Miles was also taken prisoner. Michael Spangler, son of Philip Casper Spangler, was born Oct. 13, 1758. He was a member of Second Company Third Battalion, York County Militia in Revolution War in the year of 1791.
Col. Philip Spangler, son of Philip Casper Spangler - these are my ancestors - and I am anxious to join D.A.R. and would like anything that you can give me that will help me make out my papers. I am anxious to be a Charter Member, and will ask you to give this your most prompt attention as the
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family history, and I know it is all true. The following is a copy from the history.
Charles Spangler was born 1756, was a member of Captain Philip Albright's
Company, of Col. Samuel Miles' Battalion of Riflemen
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Papers must be sent in by an appointed time so will ask you to send me all you can - that will help me - please give this your most prompt and careful attention.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness.
Very Respectfully,
Address on other side
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office, Feb 4, 1922]
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Mrs. Daniel S. Hughes
304 W. Washington Street
Charles Town
Jefferson County
West Virginia
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This side of card is for address
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
[Stamp: York, PA., Aug 12, 1935, 12:30 PM]
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Gentlemen:
Please send me any information that you may have on the two following pensioners:
Samuel Spicer, of York Co. - pensioned about 1818.
Charles Spangler, of Botetourt Co., Va., pensioned about 1833.
Yours truly [handwritten: signature?]
Donald Gnau
741 E. Phila. St.
York, Pa.
(pensioners of the Revolution)
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[Stamp: Received, Mar 21, 1939, Mail Sub-Div. Vets. Adm. Reader No. 19]
Lexington, Ky.
MAR 19, 1939
Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C
Dear Sir:
In Vol. 1 by Line Pennsylvania in War of Revolution, we have found the name of Zachariah Spangle, private, 2nd Battalion, Capt. John Murray's Company. Also, the name Charles Spangle, private, Capt. Patrick Anderson's Co. Will you please send me what records you have of these men.
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) Lena Spangle Wright
620 Price Ave.
Lexington, Ky.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]
S.F. 14.560
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Charles Spangler, 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE.
1776 | 2 years | Private |  Allbright, Stewart | Pa.
May 1780 | 6 months | 2nd Lieutenant | Allbright | [blank]
He was taken prisoner at battle of Long Island and exchanged soon afterwards.
Battles engaged in, Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, York County, Pennsylvania
Date of application for pension, May 13, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, James River, Botetourt Co., Va.
Age at date of application, born in 1747 in York Co., Pennsylvania.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.
6-2856
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September 24, 1935
BA-J/EEL
Charles Spangler-S.14560
Samuel Spicer-S.40494
Mr. Donald Gnau
701 E. Philadelphia Street
York, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Charles Spangler, of Botetourt County, Virginia, and Samuel Spicer, of York County, Pennsylvania, both of whom received pensions on account of their services in the Revolutionary War.
The records of those soldiers are given herein.
Charles Spangler
S.14560
Charles Spangler was born in 1747, in York County, Pennsylvania. 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 under 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 2nd lieutenant in Captain Albright's Pennsylvania 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
[handwritten: Capt. Philip Albright was in Miles' Rifle Regiment and soldier was [illegible] Albright and Miles in Pa. [illegible] and later as Chas. Spangler in [illegible] Regiment]
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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.
Samuel Spicer
S.40494
he data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40494, based upon the military 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 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 10th 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 30, 1818, while residing in York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, he was living in said York County, with a widowed daughter, 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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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 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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J. L. Edward, Esquire
Treasury Department
Washington
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[illegible] 23 Sept 1837
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
The agent for paying pensions in this city refuses to pay the [illegible] because the pensioner, Charles Spangler, happens not to write. The [illegible] in the world. Will you be pleased to instruct him on that [illegible].
Very respectfully,
Lancaster Dempsey
Treasury Department
Washington
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Charles Spangler, [illegible], Act 7 June 1832
at $140 per annum
Be pleased to say as to what time paid.
Pension Office
July 12, 1837
P. of 4 Sep. 1837
[illegible]
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In the name and by the AUTHORITY of the FR Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Supreme Executive Council of the said Commonweath,
To Charles Spangler, Gentleman.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO, by these presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of a Company of Rifle Men, Battalion of Militia in the County of York. You are, therefore, lawfully [illegible] discharge the Duty of second Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And WE do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Second Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive  from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.
GIVEN in Council under the Hand of the Vice President, and the lesser Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this first day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and eighty.
ATTEST
Jas. Trimble
for John Armstrong
S. File 14,560.