Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23763, for George Leeder, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Leeder, George
NUMBER  S.23763
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George Richards & order to pay - May 4, 1837.           
Order to pay & letter to George Richards 26 March 1838.        
Let. [letter] to S. T. Hengert     
26 Feb 1835                
No. 11029           
Pennsylvania            
George Leeder a of Berks Co in the State of Penn who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Heister of the Regt commanded by Col. Heller line for 6 months in the Penn’a troops 
for 6 months Private    $20.00             
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars ---  per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.            
Certificate  of Pension issued the 16th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg Reading Pa              
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    $40.00              
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833   10.00           
$50.00              
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}               
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk     
Book  E.  Vol. 5   Page 35
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19.158
George Leeder
Admt [admitted]
6 mo's
Private 
$20. -
Hon. H. A. Mulenberg
Reading Pa.
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BRIEF in the case of George Leeder   County of Berks  in the State of Pennsyl’a  
 (Act 7th June, 1832.)                 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court               
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?                  
3. How old is he? 80 years – 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.                   
Period. In 1776 Duration of Service.  6 Months,    Rank. As a Private     Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Capt Heister Col Heller           
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Long Island, White Plains                 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Berks Co.  Pennsyl’a      
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses                  
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct       
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.            
Richard Cutts            
Examining Clerk.
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Pennsylvania    
Berks County Ss              
Personally appeared George Leeder in Open Court of Common Pleas, held at Reading in and for the County of Berks, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say that he is eighty years of age and past and maketh the following declaration, in order obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June the Seventh AD 1832.  That he enlisted in what was  called the “Flying Camp”, in the service of the United States in the year 1776 for the term of six months, and served in Cap Joseph Heister’s Company, Col Henry Haller’s regiment of the Pennsylvania line - That he served the period of six months, that at the time of his enlistment he resided in the Township of Cumru and County aforesaid. That he was in the following battles, Long Island and White Plains -              
Hereby relinquishing every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present                 
George Leeder
Sworn in Open Court              
Nov 15th AD 1832     
Jac Sallade Proth -
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The Court propounded the foregoing interrogatories, to the applicant for a pension, on account of services in the militia  
1.   Where and in what year was you born;     I was born in Philadelphia, in the year 1753     
2.   Have you any record of your age,    I have the record taken from my fathers family bible    
3.  where were you living when called into service? where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?              when I enlisted in the Flying Camp, I resided in Cumru Township, Berks County and now reside in the Borough of Patstown, Montgomery County-     
4.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?      I never received discharge, my Captain and nearly all my officers were taken prisoner at Long Island     
George Leeder
Sworn in Open Court 
Nov 15 1832-          
Jac Sallade
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Pennsylvania           
Berks County ss.              
On the fifteenth day of November AD 1832 in open Court of Common Pleas, held at Reading in and for the County of Berks aforesaid came Jacob Dick and John Shomo, two creditable witnesses of the County of Berks aforesaid, who upon their Solemn oaths do depose and say, that they are wel acquainted with the within named George Leeder the applicant for a pension That the said George Leeder was enlisted in what was called the Flying Camp and served in a Company commanded by Capt Joseph Heister, Col. Henry Haller’s regiment, in the Pennsylvania line, in the service of the United States, That the said deponents served in the same company and regiment, and that the said applicant was enlisted for the period of six months         
Sworn in Open Court                     
Nov. 15th 1832     
John Shomo
Jacob Dick                  
Jac Sallade Prothy
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George Leeder
19158    
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Shomo and Jacob Dick who have signed the preceeding affidavits are residents of the County of Berks, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit                   
Garrick Mallery  [unreadable]
Matthias S. Richards  one of the Judges of Berks County
I Jacob Sallade Prothonotary the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Berks, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original processing of the Court in the matter of application of George Leeder for a pension       
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of said Court to be affixed the seventeenth day of November AD 1832               
Jac Sallade Proth
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October 4, 1832.
BA-J/ADY
George Leeder
S.23763
Mrs. H. E. Thomas,          
129 North Second Street,               
Duquesne, Pennsylvania.              
Dear Madam:            
Reference is made to your letter relative to one George Leader, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.            
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.23763, based upon the military service of George Leeder in that war. George Leeder was born in Philadelphia in 1753, day and month not given.         
While a resident of Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1776, served six months in Captain Joseph Hiester's Company, Colonel Henry Haller's Pennsylvania Regiment in the Flying Camp, and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains.               
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832 while a resident of Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.                   
There are no family data.        
Date of death not on AB.  
Very truly yours,                   
A. D. HILLER             
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev Sec  
Williamsport Pa.      
March 3rd, ’21 
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 18 1921
Adj Gen. of Army and Com of Pension           
Gentlemen:-   
Could ask for the record of one-George Leader who served as a revolutionary soldier under General Washington at Valley Forge, Born in Philadelphia, died in Pottstown in 1845.   
I am a direct descendant of same                   
Thanking you for your
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courtesy in this matter, 
I am   
Respectfully yours          
Mrs. Fannie Sowers Sellade               
#66 Washington St.         
Williamsport   
Penna
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April 21st 1910 
APR 23 1910                 
To  Commission of Pensions       
Dear Sir, I would like if possible to have the War Record of George Leader who served in Revolution War under General Washington he was at Valley Forge - Born in Philadelphia & died at Pottstown Pa 1845                 
I am lineal decendant of the same    
Yours respectfully               
(Mrs)  Sarah A. Backus          
2047 Oxford St Phila
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Jan 4 - 1912
Mrs James B. Eisaman    
Hotel Belleview             
Belleair, Florida                
Leeder, Penn. S.23,763
History of George Leader, (Lie) and death
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H. T. HARVEY.        
Attorney at Law,            
LOCK HAVEN, PA.            
L. P. 
November 26th 1894
Commissioner of Pensions     
Dear Sir         
Will you kindly furnish me from the records in your office a memorandum of the Company and Regiment &c in which George Leader a Revolutionary soldier served, who died at Pottstown Pena . in August 1845           
He enlisted in Captain Keimis Co at Reading Penna in 1775.              
The fact of his enlistment, service, honorable discharge, date of death , will be all that I require and will be greatly obliged if you will furnish it. His name was on the pension roll for many years as a Revolutionary pensioner.       
 Truly yours        
H T Harvey.
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W. Y. LEADER.             THOS. A. HULME             
Fidelity Legal Bureau,              
LAW, COLLECTIONS, REAL ESTATE, CONVEYANCING & AND INSURANCE               
Rooms 200-201 Scott Building.                 
Collections made in all parts of the City, State, or United States. Partners procured and Business Interests Disposed of.                
Real Estate bought and sold, Rents collected, Loans negotiated on Mortgages or Judgement Notes. All Legal Business transacted punctually and carefully.            
1217 Filbert Street                       
Philadelphia, Dec 4 1894 
Commissioner of Pensions           
Dear Sir     
Almost two weeks ago I write to you for some information to which letter I have received no reply. I said in my letter if there was any charges for this information to let me know and I would remit.  I asked you for a copy of the application for a pension, made by my grandfather, Genl Leader a soldier in the Revolutionary war . He enlisted in Reading, Berks Co. Pa. and died in Pottstown Montgomery Co, Pa in 1845. He received a pension up to the time of his death. What I desire
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to know is in Company he served when he inlisted and when he was discharged.   This I can get from his application for a pension               
As this is a matter of considerable interest to me I am anxious is to get the information   Will please give this you early attention and save me the necessity of going to Washington personally Yours Truly 
W. Y. Leader
OLD WAR & NAVY
DEC 7 1894
RECEIVED
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
DEC 5 1894
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W. Y. LEADER. THOS. A. HULME Fidelity Legal Bureau, LAW, COLLECTIONS, REAL ESTATE, CONVEYANCING & AND INSURANCE Rooms 200-201 Scott Building. Collections made in all parts of the City, State, or United States. Partners procured and Business Interests Disposed of. Real Estate bought and sold, Rents collected, Loans negotiated on Mortgages or Judgement Notes. All Legal Business transacted punctually and carefully.    
1217 Filbert Street Philadelphia, Nov 23 1894
Commissioner of Pensions    
Dear Sir
My grand father George Leader, was a Revolutionary soldier and received a pension as such from the U.S. Government   I think he enlisted in the American Army in Reading Berks Co Pa. He died in Pottstown Montgomery Co Pa. August 1845. When applied for a pension he must have given some information as to himself.   Could I get a copy of his application? Several female decendants of his desire to unite with the Daughters of the Revolution and it is necessary to have some proof
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that their ancestor was a Revolutionary soldier, and I think a copy of his application for a pension would give all information required.   Could you possibly send me a copy of that application and if there is any charge I will remit     
Will you kindly give this your early attention and Very Much oblige    
Very Truly Yours          
W. Y. Leader    
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 26 1894
U. S. P. B. 
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
NOV 28 1894
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 26 1894
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129 N 2nd St, Duquesne Pa  
Sept 14, 1932.         
Dept of Interior -         
Bureau of Pensions               
Please send the me the record of private Geo Leader, Township Cumro, Burks Co. Pa. Served in Revolutionary War in Joseph Heisters Co, Col. Henry Haller’s Flying Camp Pa                        
I am a descendant of George Leader and would like the information at your earliest convenience Yours very truly        
Mrs H E Thomas
RECEIVED
SEP 16 1932
RECEIPT SEP32
PENSION FILES SUB-STATION
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau, George Leeder   S. F. 23763     
DATE OF ENLISMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   1776    LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos.   RANK.   Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.   Captain Joseph Heister   Colonel Henry Haller  in the Flying Camp      STATE.   Penn
Battles engaged in,    Long Island and White Plains                
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Twp. Of Cumru  Berks Co. Penn    
Date of application for pension,   Nov 15, 1832, His cl. was al. [His claim was allowed]     
Residence at date of application,     Pottstown, Montgomery Co. Penn.
Age at date of application,   born at Philadelphia 1753     
Remarks date of death not stated
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Division     
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,              
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,           
WASHINGTON, D. C.,                  
December 20, 1884.    
Sir: - 
In returning herewith your communication of the 13th inst,  addressed to Hon. A. C. Harmar and received in this Bureau by his reference, you are advised that the military history of George Leader forwarded to you under date of December 13. in response to your previous request for the same.  
Owing to the large number of inquiries similar to your own it has been found necessary to answer each one in its turn according to the date of its receipt and for this reason the information you requested were not be furnished at an earlier date.           
Very respectfully,            
Commissioner.
Mr. W. Y. Leader
# 1216 Filbert St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,          
Bureau of Pensions,           
Washington, D. C.,         
December 18, 1884.               
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of GEORGE LEADER 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.  --- 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.    6 mo.   RANK. Pri. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Joseph Heister   Colonel Henry Haller              STATE  Pa.
Battles engaged in,   LONG ISLAND  WHITE PLAINS          
Residence of soldier at enlistment,    Berks County, Pa.        
Date of application for pension,     November 15, 1832.               
Residence at date of application,      Berks county, Pa.
Age at date of application,        Eighty years   
Remarks: 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
Mr. W. Y. Leader
1217 Filbert St.
Phila. Pa.
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Revolution
File No. 23763                 
INVALID.                  
File No.  23, 763             
George Leeder               
Pri Rev War                    
Act: June 7th ‘32
Index:- Vol.   2, Page 239            
[Arrangement of 1870.]                           
1894 Dec. 18 Hist  W. Y. Leader, Phila         
1910 Apr. 29 Hist to Mrs. Sarah A. Backus V. L. M.
1912 Jan. 5 Hist. to Mrs. James B. Eisaman       V.L.M.             
1921 Apr 16 Hist to Fannie S. Sallade    
1932 Oct. 4. Hist. to Mrs. H.E. Thomas, A.D.Y.