Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22173, Zachariah Clossen, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Clossen, Zachariah or Closson

NUMBER
S.22173
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11749
Pennsylvania
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Zachariah Clossen
Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded
by Col Dean in the 1st [illegible]
for 11 mo.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June
1833 and sent to
Hon Jno Stinger - [illegible]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $66.66
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept  16.66
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                                                      $83.32
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. William [illegible] Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 9
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of Pennsylvania}
County of Montgomery} ss
On this tenth day of April -  in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three personally ^(appeared) in open court before the Honorable John Fox Esq. President and Hiram McNeil and Richard B Jones Esquire his associates- Judges of the Court of Common Common Pleas in and for the County
aforesaid, now sitting Zachariah Clossen a resident of Whitpain - township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty 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 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated to wit. He entered the service as a militia private in August 1776 in Captain George Smith Company in Colonel William Dean's Regiment Pennsyl named Militia. He was drafted from Hatfield Township in said County-The Company marched through Bucks County and crossed the Delaware River at
at Trenton ^(in the state of New Jersey) It remained two or three weeks, and marched from thereto Princeton, and there it quartered in the College a short time, from there it proceeded to Brunswick where it remained one night and the next morning, Marched to Amboy, there the Regiment encamped, The Brittish [sic]
and Hessians were on Staten Island at that time, 
He saw the Brittish [sic] troops every day while the company was at Amboy. They frequently fired bullets over the town of Amboy when the Americans were encamped there
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The commander of the troops at Amboy was General Doe.  He cannot say whether General ^ (Doe) was a regular officer or not, but thinks he was, - The company he belonged to was discharged at Amboy after the tour was up.  He cannot say what time he returned home. But remembers the time he was out was called a two month tour.  He was paid for two months service by his captain at Amboy and then returned home.

He further says, He went a second time in 1777.  He thinks in the latter part of summer under Captain Andrew Morgan in Col. Currey's Regiment.  He was drafted from Hatfield township aforesaid.  He served as a private in a company of militia.  The Company marched to the River Schuylkill in the township of Norriton in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, a short distance below the Swede'sford ferry.  The ^(Brittish) lay at that time at the Valley Forge.  During this tour he together with twenty or thirty others volunteered with Captain Currey on a scouting excursion.  They crossed the
Schuylkill  in the evening & after dark they went over to the tavern called the King of
Prussia, or Elliot's tavern in Upper Merion township, Montgomery County. The House was
deserted. There was a large quantity of cannon balls there. The ^(company) returned and
arrived at the encampment, the next morning.  Sometime after the company was discharged
and he returned home. He cannot say what time he was discharged but he remembers when
the Brittish[sic] took possession of Phil'a he was at home -and he further remembers that the time of service was called a usual tour which was two months. [2 written in margin]
The said Zachariah Closen further says - Same time in the fall of 1777 -he was drafted
from Hatfield township aforesaid as a private in a company of militia commandeered by
Captain Daniel Bloom in
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Colonel Bull's Regiment. The company marched to Whitemarsh township in the County of Montgomery aforesaid where it encamped.  The Brittsh [sic]were quartered in and about Phil'a.  During this tour he and about forty others commanded by Capt. Bloom went on a scouting expedition, they marched towards Phil'a city until they came to the Robin Hood Tavern.  there they saw two American Horsemen coming at full speed and about twenty Hesian [sic] Cavalry in pursuit of them. When the Hesians [sic] saw Captain Bloom's company they halted. Several shots were exchanged. This deponent fired five times at them. He is unable to say whether any of the shots fired by Captain Bloom's men took effect or not, but he thinks it probable they did from the apparent
busle[sic] among the Hesiens [sic].  They retreated and Capt. Bloom's Company marched across to Germantown and from there to their quarters in Whitemarsh.  Sometime in the winter of 1778 the company was discharged and the deponent returned home. This was also called a two month tour.	[( 2 mo) written in margin] A short time after, in the same winter of 1778, this deponent was hired by Col. George Smith as a private in a company of militia ^(commanded by) Captain Folwell in
Col. Curry's Regiment of P.M. George Smith was called Sub Lieutenant of the County or of
some part of it at that time - this deponent with the rest of the company Marched to
Harvard Township, Delaware County were it encamped - it remained there untill [sic] the
soldiers were discharged - He cannot remember what month he went out or the time he returned home. But he knows it was called a two month tour.  [(2) written in margin] Col. Smith paid him a hundred dollars extra for his service but it was almost good for nothing.  He remembers of paying twenty dollars for one pound of sugar.  General Potter was the commander in Chief this tour but he can not say whether he was a regular
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officer or not. In the latter part of Summer of 1781 this deponent was drafted from Hatfield Township aforesaid as a private in a malitia [sic]company commanded by Capt. Henry Nevil,(now a resident in Gwynedd township in the County of Montgomery
aforesaid) in Col. George Smith's Regiment.  The company proceeded to Newton in the
State of New Jersey, there it encamped.  This deponent remained there with the rest of
the company untill [sic] they were discharged.  He cannot say what month he was discharged in. But he remembers he was paid for two months service by Capt. Henry Nevil. [(2) written in margin] This deponent
further declares that he on no occasion received a written discharge.  He each time
received what was called a Marching order, but has lost them all but one and that has
not the year on. But he knows it was the one he received in 1781 when he marched under
Capt. Nevil. The order is hereto annexed -   He has no other documentary evidence of his
services but he knows of three persons whose evidence he thinks he can procure. viz - Capt.
Henry Nevil, Jacob Johnston & William Snare who can testify as to ^(a part of) his service.
The first tour Samuel Hines was first Lieutenant, Jenkin Evans was second Lieutenant,
Jacob Humphreys was ensign ________ 

	The said Zachariah Closen hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the the day} Zachariah [his mark] Closen           
and year aforesaid - In open court                           mark
             Adam  Slemmer Proth
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We, George Wack, a clergyman, residing in the township of Whitpain in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania and John Heist Esq'r residing in the same
township county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Zachariah Closan who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration; that we
believe him to be eighty years of age; that he  is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we can concur in that opinion.
Geo Wack
John Heist
Sworn and Subscribed}                                       
the day and year aforesaid} 
In open court}                                               
Adam Slemmer Prot'r
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigating of the matter, and after putting the interrogators 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 George Wack--    who
^(has) signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the township of
Whitpain, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid and that John Heist Esq'r who has also signed the same is a resident in the same township of Whitpain  --   and is a credible
person and that their statement is entitled to credit _______
In witness thereof they have here unto set their hand this tenth day of April A D 1833
John Fox   Pres. Judge
Hiram McNeil of the associates for Montgomery County
Richd B. Jones ast Judge
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Interrogatories put to the aforesaid Zachariah Closen by the Court. And his answers thereto.

First    Where, and in what year were you born.

  Ans.  From the information I received from my parents, I was born at Maidenhead in the State of New Jersey in the year 1753.

Second   Have you any records of your age and if so where is it?

Ans. I have no records of my age.  I had an Indenture, but it is lost.

Third    Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the
revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

 Ans.  When I was called into service I lived in Hatfield township, Montgomery county
(then a part of Phil'a County) in the State of Pennsylvania. Since the revolutionary
war, I have lived all the time in Montgomery County except one year that I lived in Bucks
County in the State of Pennsylvania.  I nowe [sic] live in Whitpain Township in the county of
Montgomery as aforesaid.-

Fort. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you
a substitute ?  And if a substitute for whom ?

Ans.  I was drafted four tours, viz. the first, second, third and fifth. The fourth tour I was hired by Colonel George Smith then Sub Lieutenant in Montgomery
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County. Smith paid me $100 extra for my services in Continental money. I may have been a substitute for somebody this tour but if so I never knew for whom, I went voluntarily at the request of Col. Smith who employed me.

Fifth    State the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops where you served. Such Continental and malitia [sic]
regiment as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.

Ans.  I do not recollect the names of any officers that were with the troop when I was out that I am certain was regular officers. I do not remember any Continental Regiments.
Malitia [sic] Regiments - Col. William Dean's Regiment, Col. Curry's Regiment, Col. Bull's
Regiment, Col. George Smith's Regiment.  I served five tours of two months each as a
private malitiaman.[sic]

Sixth  Did you ever receive a discharge from the services and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?

Ans.   I never received a discharge from the service except as a verbal discharge.

Seventh -  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.

Ans.  John Rial, John Heist, John Shenebery Esquire
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the Rev. George Wack, Abraham Yost, Abraham Wentz, William McGlathery and Isaa McGlathery

Montgomery County ss.
[seal]
 I Adam Slemmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania it being a court of Records do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Closson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court at Norristown, the eighth day of May AD 1833.
Adam Slemmer, Prot.
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State of Pennsylvania}
Montgomery County} ss

Personally appeared before me B.F. Hancock Esq., one of the Justices of the peace in and fore said county. Henry Nevil of the County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that [illegible] eighty years of age. and that I am well acquainted with Zachariah Closen the within applicant and have been for many years. Some time in the month of September 1777- I was drafted from the County of Philadelphia. I was second Lieutenant in Captains Haselet's company in Colonel Curry's
Regiment.  I lived in Germantown.  We marched up the River Schuylkill to Swedesford- to
prevent the Brittish [sic] from escaping- the  Brittish [sic] crossed ^ (the River) and marched to Philadelphia. We afterwards marched to Germantown and the Battle took place.  I was at
the Battle of Germantown.  I recollect of [begin crossed] the [end crossed out] seeing the said Zachariah Closen before and after the battle, he was on duty as a soldier in a company of malitia [sic] but I cannot say whose company he was in. - I think it was about two weeks before the Battle I saw him the first time and a few days after the Battle that I saw him for the last time.  I returned home about the latte [sic] end of November but I cannot say what time the said Zachariah returned home. I always understood that he was not in the Battle of Germantown, but was along with some picket guard at the time of the Battle. -Some ^(time) in the beginning of August in the year 1781 I think I was Captain of a company of drafted malitia [sic] from the County of Montgomery (then a part of Phila. County). We marched to Trenton in the state of New Jersey, there we encamped and remained there until we were discharged.  We were called out to go to Rhode Island to prevent the Brittish [sic] from taking it, but they
afterwards directed there [sic] course southwards and we went no further than Trenton. I cannot say exactly how long we were out this time but I think it was not quite two
months but very near.  I paid the men myself for their service.
Henry Nevel,  Capt.
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The said Zachariah Closon the within applicant was one of my men this time. he was a private in the company and remained with the company until it was discharged and was afterwards paid by me for his services.  Colonell [sic] George Smith was Commander of the Regiment.
Henry Nevel, Capt.
The foregoing disposition taken, and by me committed to writing this Seventh day of May
A.D. 1833.
And I do hereby certify that the said Henry Nevil whose name is thereto subscribed is a man of reputation and veracity and a credible witness.
B.F. Hancock
Jus. Pac.

State of Pennsylvania}
Montgomery County} ss

Personally appeared before me, BF Hancock, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County this Seventh day of May, A.D. 1833.  Jacob Johnson who being duly Affirmed according to law saith I am Eighty-two years of age, I am well acquainted with Zachariah Closon the aforementioned applicant. And have known him for some time prior to the Revolutionary War. - I was drafted in the malitia [sic] the same time.  I think in the month of August perhaps in
the year 1776, I am not certain - from the county of Montgomery, then a part of Phila.
County- I marched under Capt. George Smith in Colonel William Dean's Regiment.  We
marched to Amboy in the State of New Jersey. there we encampted [sic].We remained at Amboy untill [sic] we were discharged. The said Zachariah Closan was a private in the same Company, went out with it and remained with it until it was discharged.
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When we lay at Amboy the Brittish [sic] were on long Island -  We could see them every day. They frequently fired over the town of Amboy.  We were out two months. The said Zachariah and I were discharged at the same time. Some time in or about the fall of the year 1777 I was drafted from the county of Montgomery in a company of Malitia [sic] commanded by Captain Bloom in Colonel McVaugh's Regiment.  I think we marched to Wilmington [illegible] ^(we) encamped. We lay a considerable time over Schuylkill. And I recollect of seeing the said Zachariah Closen on duty, he was a private in the same company of Malitia [sic].  I think he was in the same Regiment that I was, but am not certain-  Fotteral was our General. I was out two months. - But cannot say how long the
said Zachariah Closen was out this tour.  I have lately received a stroke of the palsy and am unable to write my ^(name) in consequence thereof-
Jacob  [his mark] Johnson
Taken and subscribed and by                               me committed to writing, this 
Seventh day of May A.D. 1833.
And I do hearby certify that  
the said Jacob Johnson who has
subscribed to the above deposition
^(by) placing his mark thereto 
is a man of veracity and reputation 
and a credible witness. 
 BF Hancock.
Jus Pac.
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Montgomery County ss.

I Adam Slemmer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Montgomery in the State of  Pennsylvania it being 
                                     a court of Records do hereby certify that the   
                                     foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zachariah
Closen  for a pension.  In testimony where of I have hereto set my hand and seal of said
Court at Norristown, the eighth day of May AD 1833.

                                                              Adam Slemmer, Proth.
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Revolution
22173
INVALID
File No. 22,173
Zachariah Clossen
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index - Vol. 2 Page 72
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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To Zacharia Closson                   
Philadelphia County, August 7th   17
SIR,
YOU being drawn in the 7th Class of the Sixth
Company of the Fifth Battalion, you are hereby ordered to parade at the House of Israel Tennis in Towamencin Township, on the - 13- Day of August - at Ten 0'clock, with your Arms and Accoutrements, agreeable to the Militia Law of this State; therefore fail not. Takes Notice That a Court of Appeal will be held on the 19th Day of August Next at the house of Andrew [illegible] in [illegible].
By Order of Michael Cros[illegible] Lieutenant Captain. 
Philadelphia