Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,792, for Frederick Ricker, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Ricker, Frederick
NUMBER
R. 8.792
CONTENTS
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Declaration of Frederick
Rickert for pension for
service in the Revolution
ary War.
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Declaration of Frederick Rickert, in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of Pennsylvania
County of Dauphin
On this 22nd day of August A.D. 1834 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, Frederick Ricker, a resident of the
Hummelstown in the County aforesaid, aged Seventy years, who being first duly saffirmed, according to law, doth on his oath depose & say, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he served in the Continental line during the war of the Revolution as a Waggoner enlisted at first for the term of six months; my father had the commission of Waggon master, he had the command of ten or more Continental waggons & waggoners enlisted for six months service, the waggons & teams belonged to the government; I was one of the
waggoners the brigade of waggons under my
father. I entered the service in the spring of the year I think 1777, the same year the British left Philadelphia, at Lebanon, now Lebanon County Pennsylvania and got there a continental waggon & team of horses; we hawled from Lebanon to Philadelphia pretty steadily for some time, public stores, some times flour, some times boxes of musket balls; afterwards we made a trip from Philadelphia to Kings
ferry on the North River, New York; we had barrels of biscuits, some of the waggoners, & some had blankets & clothing; after that trip our brigade of waggons lay for four or six weeks in the "Continental Yard" at Philadelphia without doing any thing, we took care of the horses & waggons and drew our rations & forage out of the public stores: then
there was another trip made by our brigade of waggons to the North river under a new waggon master of the name of ______ Brooks;  my father had got sick & left the ser-
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vice, there was then a waggon master General of the name of _____ Lusk; I did not go this last trip with the waggons to the North river, but was left with my Continental waggon & team in Philadelphia, in the continental yard, with orders to do any hawling that was commanded; I continued there in the service until I received my discharge from the
Commissary of the name of ____ Mitchell, I dont remember the particular time, but it was cold weather, sometime before Christmas of the same year. I know I was entered for six months, and that I served until I was discharged, more than six months. This discharge has been lost. [illegible] has
not applyed for a pension before, because he did not wish to do so as long as he could work & support himself, but he is now helpless & needs assistance for his maintenance
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
[Signature of very old person appears to be Frederick Rickert]
Affirmed & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Jno Roberts Protyt

State of Pennsylvania
County of Dauphin ss.
Personally appeared this 22nd day of August AD. 1834, in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, now sitting Lewis Harroff, who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath deposes & says, as follows, to wit;
I am a resident now of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about three miles from Elizabethtown; I am in eightieth year
of age; I was enlisted as a Waggoner in the continental service for six months the same year the British left Philadelphia, in the
spring, I got six dollars bounty, and was to have ten dollars
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a month pay; I was enlisted in Hammelstown now Dauphin County; I belonged to the brigade of Waggons under Jacob Ricker, Waggon master; the waggoners were all entitled for six months at ten dollars a month pay, they had all continental waggons & teams; we hawled during most of the summer between Lebanon & Philadelphia public stores; afterwards we hawled from Philadelphia to Kings' ferry on the North river; our army was on the other side of that river, I served  the whole time I enlisted for & got a discharge. I have been well acquainted with Frederick Ricker from his early youth-- I know he served in the Revolutionary war as a continental waggoner, he entered the service at the same place & time with me he was employed in the same hawling & service with me, with the same brigade of waggons;-- I know he served more than six months, I know he got his discharge from Comissary Mitchell, I believe Frederick Ricker was entitled in the same manner as the other continental waggoners with us, got the same pay, and was under the same rules.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
in open Court
Jno. Roberts Proty
his
Lewis X Harroff
mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant served in the revolutionary war as he states
C. Blythe
Pa Hummell
Judges


Pennsylvania
Dauphin County ss
I Johns  Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick Ricker for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Harrisburg this 22nd day of August AD 1834.
Jno. Roberts Proty
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Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [CROSSED OUT]
REJECTED
8792.
P. O.
Frederick Ricker ┃
Service:
Enlisted:   ,18
Discharged:   ,18
Application filed:   ,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.        Contra
Cert. of Dis.      Searched for     ,18
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Rejected did not serve in a military capacity. See letter 28 Augt '36 to M. McKinney
let: 18 Dec, 38 Hon. S Reily
8792
Act 7 June 1832
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31.796
Frederick Ricker
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Aug 26
31, 796
Frederick Ricker
Pennsylvania

J. L. Edwards esquire
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Dauphin ss
This 22nd day of August A.D. 1834 personally appeared, in open Court, before the the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, now sitting Ladwig Fishburn, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath deposes & says as follows, viz:
I served as a Soldier in the Pennsylvania Militia in the revolutionary war, in the Regt commanded by Col. Robert Elder, and was in the battle at Chesnut hill, in 1778 and in 1778 was in the service as a Waggoner, and am now in my Seventy eighth year of age. I was well acquainted with Frederick Ricker, and know that he was in the service in the revolutionary war as a waggoner, he served as a Waggoner in the Brigade of Waggons under Jacob Ricker, they were continental wagons & teams  belonging to the Government; he was
engaged driving a continental waggon & horses between Lebanon and Philadelphia hawling public stores. I often met him hawling; I heard also at that time of his hawling from Philadelphia to North river-- it was in 1778 - he drove waggon during all the summer until late in the fall, at the least he must have been in the service six months. I have known him very well since the revolutionary war very well & believe his declaration made above to be perfectly correct. I live now near Hummelstown Dauphin County
Ludwig Fishburn
Sworn & subscribed
in Open Court Aug 22 1836
Jno. Roberts Proty
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Pennsylvania
Dauphin County Ss
personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Dauphin aforesaid Henry Miller one of the Revolutionary who on his Solemn oath duly administered to him doth depose and say
at he was well acquainted with Frederick Rickert in the year 1778 that the said Frederick Rickert was inlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served under the command of Jacob Rickert for the term of six months or upwards during which time the said Frederick Richert was commanded
by three officers to take charge of a wagon to haul provisions and invalids and that owing to the scarcity of men in them days it became the duty of officers to make such orders and that the persons there employed were in danger of their lives as well as those who bore arms
and further saith not
[illegible] J Miller
Sworn and Subscribed
July 9th AD 1835 before me
Jacob Earnest
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Dec 17.
[illegible]
Pa

Hon. L. Reilly
H N
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Washington Dec 17th 1838 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Frederick Richer of Dauphin
County Pa is desirous of having
his papers returned to him
which were referred to your
Office in relation to a Pension
about two years ago
Yours truly
L Reily
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Harrisburg August 22d 1834
Sir,
I enclose the Declaration, with accompanying
papers of Frederick Ricker, for the purpose of
obtaining a pension for services in the revolutionary War
Any communication from the Department it is
requested may directed to my address at
this place/
Respectfully,
Your obt [obedient] Servt [Servant]
Mordicai A McKinney
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
War Department