Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2213, John Fegely, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Fegely, John
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NUMBER
S.2213
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5807
Pennsylvania
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John Fegely
of the State of Penn[raised a].
who was a Private in the Comp[raised y] commanded by Captain Richards of the Reg commanded by Potts in the Penn[raised a]
line for 8 mo Private - $26.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Feb
1833 and put to Hon J. R Munn 
House Rep
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 13.33
$53.32 [double underlined]

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by
Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 6 Page 57
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Application of
John Fegely an
old soldier for
a pension for
Eight months service
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Declaration of John Fegely an
old Soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Pennsylvania & }
County of Montgomery } Ss

On the twenty second day of November in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting for said County of Montgomery at  Newtown in the State aforesaid, John Fegely a resident of New Hanover Township in said County and State in the Eighty first year of his age who being 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I marched from Douglass Township in the County of Montgomery, under Captain Peter Richards with whom I volunteered first down to
Philadelphia, where we remained Eight or ten days we then went up to within a mile and a half of Newtown ^  in a shallop from thence we marched to Amboy we remained there until our two months for which we had been draft
We had & from, then I came home, we received no written discharge when our time was out we were paid
John Adam Gilbert was the Lieutenant of our
Company at that time, Thomas Potts was Colonel, Frederick Antes was the
Lieut.  Colonel of our Regiment. I think Frederick Weiss was Major. The other field officers he does not recollect. Philip Hahn was a captain of a Company then in company with us. I resided in Douglass Township at that time, the British lay on one side of the river and we on the other, during this time. I was there four of our Militia ^ men were taken
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prisoner to wit: Capt, John George Gilbert, Adams
me John Waightnecht, and Jacob Twinch
I think they all belonged to the Berks County
militia except Waightnecht, he belonged to our company, John Smith who is now living in this neighbourhood [sic] is the only person that I now know ^ living who was with me at Amboy, he was a Lieutenant to Captain Philip Hahms Company, I know not of any other person living, and have no written or documentary evidence informing this matter.
The second time I served under Captain John
Brooker, the year before Philadelphia was taken (1776) I marched from Douglass Township aforesaid, in April or May and was out two months for which time I was drafted. We marched first to Sumney
Town in this County, from there he thinks he
Marched to Bristol in Bucks County on the Delaware River, there he stayed awhile, and from there he marched to Coryells Ferry. stopped a short time there: there he crossed the river and went to some town in Jersey the name of which he now forgets. There we staid [sic] a few days thence he was marched to a hill or high pond & encamped for a short time and from thence he marched to Princeton thence to Brunswick we crossed the Raritan River at Brunswick and Marched to a place he thinks called Woodbridge we were to halt for the regular army. We sailed that day and then marched to high ground not far from Middlebrook and there we encamped
and then he remained until his time was near
out, there was regular troops there too from then
We went to Coryells Ferry, from there we were
sent home and we delivered up our arms to that
him Antes who lived in New Hanover Township in Montgomery near our homes. I think James
Garrett was our Lieutenant and Henry Daniel
Huster was our Colonel, does not recollect they
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Lieutenant Col. or Majors. Dont recollect the name of the General or the names of any officers of the regular 
Troops. I have no written discharge or other documentory Evidence of my service of these two months that I was out
The third time I was in the service, I think
Peter Lower was our Captain, This time I was
two months and one day this was in the year
1777. We march from Douglass Township
where I then resided to Wilmington
I think by the way in Philadelphia and th red bank fort and we remained there until the Battle of Brandywine
we went to the ground of the battle from Wilmington the day before the battle. Our Colonel was McWaugh- our General Was Potter. dont recollect who was our Lieutenant. I believe these
officers are all dead. after the Battle of Brandywine I want to Hog Gland [Hog Island]  below Philadelphia we stoped them a couple of days and from there we marched to above Norristown [illegible] the Schuylkill and remained there a couple of days from the Schuylkill Marched to the trap [Trappe]
and remained there until the day before the battle of Germantown when he drew Each man 24
cartridges, we then marched down towards
Germantown but the battle was over and we did
not get there, and then we were discharged I
got no written discharge I never got one. I do not know any of the regular officers or names
of any of the regiments which here at any time
with us. I have no documentary evidence
in relation to my services at this time-
The fourth time I was out in the service
was under the command of Captain Benjamin Markley, two or three years after the above time
We marched from New Hanover Township
where I now reside to Summy Town [Sumneytown] from
there to the Crossroads in Bucks County 6 miles
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thence to new Town [Newtown] in same County from Doyles Town. [Doylestown] There we encamped for [word under corner fold]
and then we were discharged and went hom[e and word under corner fold]
Colonel has Anthony Betting and the Major was [name starts under fold] erick 
wick Wuss, John Smith who is now living was my
Luntenant and Barnhart Fryer was Ensign
I know of nobody living that was out with me at
that time except such John Smith. I had no
written discharge or no documentary evidence
in relation to my last [illegible. I was in the
service of the United States eight months in the
whole. He now states that since he made the foregoing
statement, John Smith above spoken of
is now dead. He states that he resided in Douglass
and New Hanover Township Montgomery
County from the time of the revolutionary
war up to the present day.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on any
sion Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day and year aforesaid.
John Fegely
X his mark
J. Fry Jr. Prot
We Conrad Miller a Clergyman residing in New Hanover Township in the County of Montgomery and State of
Pennsylvania and George Richards a Justice of the
peace residing in the same place do hereby that we
are well acquainted with the John Fagely who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be in the Eighty first year of his age
that he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day
& year aforesaid - J. Fry, Jr. Prot
C. Miller
Geo Richards
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Questions submitted to the within named John Fegely in open Court by the Court:

Quest. 1st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Do[illegible] Township in the County of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, on the 6th of January 1752

Quest. 2nd Have you any record of your age and where is it?
Ans. I have a record of my age and it is at my home in my Bible.

Quest. 3rd Where were you living when you was called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans. I was living at home with my father in Do[illegible] Township in said County [illegible] When I entered the service, I have lived in Montgomery County. Ever since the Revolutionary War and nearly all that time when I now reside in New Hanover Township.

Quest 4th How were you called into service? Where you drafted, did you volunteer, or where you a substitute, and if so for whom?
Ans. The first time I was a volunteer and all the other times I was drafted

Quest 5th State the names of any of the regular officers that you know who were with the troops you served, such continental and militia regiments
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regiments as you recollect and the general
circumstances of your service?
Ans. I think Potter was general when I was at Bryandywine tour militia.  Potts was our 
Colonel, and Fredk Antes.  and Frederick Nuss his major.  He was time at Amboy.  The next term Coryables [Coryell's] Ferry.  The third time at Brandywine and the fourth time he was at Newtown in Bucks County under Colonel 
Anthony Betting

Quest'n 6th
Have you any written discharge and
where is it and by whom was it given
and by whom was it signed?
Ans' He never have any written discharge
John Fegely
X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
J. Fry Jr. Prot.


open Court the day & year
aforesaid
J. Fry W. Prot.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 Conrad Miller, who signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the township of New Hanover, Montgomery County and that George Richards who also signed the same is a resident in the township & county aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] John Fox Presd Judge
Hiram McNeill one of the associate judges of Montgomery County
Rich B Jonesfvfv
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[seal]
I Jacob Fry Jr. Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Montgomery in the State of
Pennsylvania held at Norristown in
said County do hereby certify that the within
named John Fox, Hiram McNeil and Richard B Jones Esquires have signed the within certificate and are the Judges of the said Court. And do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said
Court in the matter of the application of John Fegely for a pension.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office the twenty second day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred & thirty two
J. Fry. Jr. Prot.
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John Fegely
5 Feb'y 1883
Obj. 16.

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Private $26.66

Hon J. K. Mann
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BRIEF in the case of John Fegely of the County of Montgomery in the State of Penna.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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?
81 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period / Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days) / Rank /Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 17 / 2 Months / As a Volunteer / Col. Potts, Capt. Richards
In 76 Apr or May / 2 Months / Drafted / Col. Heester, Capt. Brooks
In 77 / 2 Months 1 Day / Private / Col. Waugh, Capt. Lower
about two years after this / 2 Months / do / Col. Betting, Capt. Markley

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Braydwine [sic]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Montgomery County

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
nothing but tradition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Regular
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed] Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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O. W. and N. Division.
SSC.
Sur File 2231
Rev. War
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history John Fegely
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. [blank]
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Peter Richards COLONEL. Thos. Potts
STATE. Pa

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Apl or May 76
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 " [mos.]
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. John Brooks COLONEL. Daniel Hiester
STATE. [blank]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 77
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 " [mos.] 1 day
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Peter Lowes COLONEL. McWaugh
STATE. [blank]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1779 or 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 " [mos.]
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Benj. Markley COLONEL. Anthony Betting
STATE. [blank]

Battles engaged in, Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Douglass Twp. Montg. Co. ,Pa
Date of application for pension, Nov. 22, 1832.
allowed
Residence at date of application, New Hanover Twp. Montg. Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, B. Jany. 6, 1752 Douglas Twp " " [Montg. Co., Pa.]
Remarks: only John no John G. or George Fegely Vogel or Volgele
2581b8m11-05
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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July 23, 1906 History to
Mrs. Chas. M. Vanderslice

Rev War 2213
INVALID.
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File No. 2213
John Fegely
Privt Rev War
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Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 122

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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OWN
320 High St. Pottsown, Pa.
July 3, 1906,

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Q.W.& N DIV.
JUL 5 1906
FILES

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir,
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary record of George or John George Fegely.
   |not S. 2213|
The ^ latter name was originally and very likely
in Revolutionary times spelled Vögel or Vojele. He lived in the neighborhood of Falconer Swamp or Sassamansville.
Also desire the Revolutionary record of Peter Miller.
Peter Miller I know are very numerous, but this one to whom I refer was born in 1759 and lived
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for a time at Barren Hill and afterwards at Falconer Swamp. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and also a member of the Penna.
State Legislature in 1819-20 and 1821- 23.
I shall deeply indebted to you for any information you may give me and awaiting an early reply. I am
Yours truly
Susan Fegely Vanderslice
Address
Mrs. Charles M. Vanderslice
320 High Street,
Pottstown, Pa.r
[Dept. Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
A
JUL 5 1906