Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,424, John Fenner, Penn.
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(3-1776)
Service
Penn
Fenner, John
Number: S.15.424
carded
contents:
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Pennsylvania 22
John Fenner, of Northampton Co in the State of Penn who was a P in the Company commanded by Captain Santee, of the Regt commanded by Col Heavner in the Pennsylvania (illegible).

Gelle Pr -- $30.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Decr
and Sent to 133 Hon D.D. Ellaggener, H of Re

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 --   75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending              15.00
      4 M (illegible) '34                                   _______
                                                            $90.00
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by John T Sprague Cler,
Book E - Vol. 5 Page 19
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Feby 29 Hon D.L. Shoemaker - 3 years having elapsed, since (illegible) keep count by Act July 27, 1868 (illegible) to roll

(written sideways):
Date of death with the (illegible)
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton

On this Eighteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-three personally appeared in the open Court of Common Pleas of Said County, Before the Honorable Garrick Mallory President and John Cooper and Daniel Wagener associate Judges of the Said Court John Fenner a Resident of Pocono Township in said County aged near Seventy-three 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. In the month of June 1777 he enlisted in Bethlehem Township in the Said County under Captain John Santee for five months, and Remained Sometime in the Township. Before the Comapny was ready to start, they then marched to the Rising Sun above Philadelphia where they joined a Batallion under the Command of Col Heavner and remained there a short time and then ordered on the Brandawine [sic] and remained there until the Battle was fought which he thinks was on the 11th September. The americans [sic] retreated and rallied again and marched above Philadelphia near Germantown. Philadelphia was taken about this time. Remained at Germantown until the 4th of October when a Battle was fought at  that place he was in the Battle, the British were Defeated, he remained at Germantown a Few Days after the Battle when the five months for which he enlisted had expired and he was then Discharged, he then came home and remained home until the next spring, when he was Drafted in the militia and Called out for Two months under Captain Abraham Horn of the Borough of Easton in said County (his Home was in Bethlehem Township in said County) marched up the Delaware River above Easton about 70 miles, to Gannettins Fort and remained in and about the Fort to Protect the Inhabitants of the neighborhood from the Indians until the Two months for which he had been Drafted had Expired and he was then Discharged. Came home and remained home until the fall and was again Drafted and Called out for Two months under Captain Hover marched up the Delaware River again about 40 miles from Eastom to Emmanuel Gunsaulis Home where the Indians had been Doing Some Damage and remained there a short time then ordered about 15 miles west to the House of John Sam where the Indians had also Disturbed the Inhabitants , remained there unti the Two months for which he was Drafted had Expired and was then discharged, making the whole time which he
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Served nine month (9 mo) which he solemnly Swears he did Serve, he was more than once out to protect the Inhabitants of the neighborhood from the Indians But it was only for a week or two each time for which he claims no Compensation. He has no Documentary evidence and knows of no Person who can testify to his service except ^John Santee [crossed out illegible] whose affidavit is herewith exhibited, and there is no Clergyman living in his Township. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of Pennsylvania 
John Fenner
Sworn & Subscribed this 18th Day of November AD 1833 
in open Court 
Wm L Sebring 
Prothy 

Valentine Werkeiner & John [crossed out Santee] Bond being Duly sworn according to Law do depose and say, that they are well acquainted with John Fenner, the above named applicant, who has sworn and subscribed the above Declaration, that they are his neighbors, that they believe him to be near the age of Seventy three years, and that he is reputed and Believed in the mighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that they concur without hesitation in that opinion 
Valentine [illegible]
John [illegible]

Sworn & Subscribed this 18th that day of [crossed out August] ^November in open Court Grant County Wm L Sebring Prothy
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28. /133
John Fenner
at
Adm 9. Months
$30

Hon L.L. Waggoner
Ho of Rep
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
30 Novr 1833
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, shewing the service of John Fenner
Period when the service was rendered 
June 1777

Duration of the claimant's service. Months 
5
2
2

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present, d place of abode
when he entered
the service. 73 years
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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. 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.
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 in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
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.
1
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 same Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according in the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following 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 event is 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 from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity it with cast 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 places 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 state by reason of the [?] of memory state precisely how long he served
he should amend his affidavit in the following words;
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace. AE who being duly sworn deposed and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent
loss of memory by reason state 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   Year    months, and days, I served as a      .For    months and    days, I served as a     , 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 pension nominally state that they served two years
in the militia 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 corp called into service by competent authority; that he was in the field or in garrison; and for that 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 if it has no [ device?] or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public oath of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress [?] the official character and signature of the certifying officer should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
j. 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  as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service
k. 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 in 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 the seal of office.
l. The notes from q to [?] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule  [?] applies to regimental troops only.
m. This [?] evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
n. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must [?] the fact.
o. The [?] to the interrogations must all be written and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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March 15, 1934
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John Fenner - S. 15424
Mark Phillips - S. 41955
BA-J/AWF

Laura B. Kendall
712 W. 17th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of John Fenner
and Mark Phillips.
You are furnished herein the records of the
only soldiers named John Fenner and Mark Phillips,
that are found on the Revolutionary War records of
this office. The data given were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claims based upon their
service in that war.

John Fenner-S.15424

The date and place of birth of John Fenner are
not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents
stated.
While residing in Bethlehem Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, John Fenner enlisted in
June, 1777, served five months as a private in Captain
John Santee's company, Colonel Heavner's Pennsylvania
regiment, was at Brandywine at the time of
the battle and was in the battle of Germantown. He
served in the spring of 1778, two months in Captain
Abraham Horn's company, and served two months in the
next fall in Captain Hover's company. He was out in
several short tours of a week or two at a time, to
protect the inhabitants from the Indians, no offi-
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cers given for this service.

     The soldier, John Fenner, was allowed pension on his application executed, November 18, 1833, then about seventy-three years of age and a resident of Pocono Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

     There are no data in this claim relative to the family of John Fenner.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data-

John Fenner
Certificate No. 22728
Issued December 12, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

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Mark Phillips-S.41955

     The date and place of birth of Mark Phillips are not given in the claim, nor are the names of his parents shown.

     He enlisted in 1778 or 1779, served twelve months as private in Captain Christman's North Carolina company. He again enlisted and served twelve months in Captain Samuel Jones' company, Colonel Mebane's North Carolina regiment. His place of residence at time of enlistment is not given.

     He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted, May 17, 1819, then about sixty-five years old, and living near Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina.

     Rany Phillips, wife of the soldier, Mark Phillips, was sixty-seven years old in 1820, and his two daughters, Polly[illegible] Phillips and Rany, Phillips, Jr. were aged respectively twenty-one years and seventeen years.

     The soldier died August 5, 1839. There are no further data in this claim concerning his family.

                             Very truly yours


                             A. D. Hiller
                             Assistant to Administrator
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss
On this Sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three personally appeared Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County John Santee (who I hereby certify to be a man of Honestyand his statements entitled to credit and Belief,) who being first Duly Sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Fenner of Pocono Township who is about to make application for a Pension, that he well knows that he was Drafted and Called out under Captain Abraham Horn in the spring of 1778 and marched up the Delaware River to  [illegible] Cannelton Fork about 70 miles from its Junction with the [illegible] Shigh and was there stationed to protect the Inhabitants of the neighborhood from the Indians that he the Deponent was out with him and stationed in the same neighborhood, that he has heard and Believes that he was out before ^under his father John Santee and after that time. But he does not know it of his own knowledge 
John Santee
Sworn of Subscribed this 
16th Day of November AD 1833 Before me
Jnh. Horn 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss 
I William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Do hereby certify that John Horn Before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time thereof and Still is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified so to act, and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his Official acts as such and that the signature Jnh Horn thereunto Set is the genuine signature of the John Horn.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this 19th Day of November A D 1833.
Wm L Sebring 
[illegible] Protho
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of this Matter and after putting the Interrogations 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 Valentine Werkheiser and John Bonner who have Sworn and Subscribed the foregoing affidavit are neighbors if the Said applicant and have long been acquainted with him and are men of Credibility and their Statements entitled to credit and Belief and that they Speak without hesitation in relation to what they Testify
Garrick Mallery
Prest. Judge
Jo. Cooper Judge
Daniel Wagener Judge

I William L. Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County-Do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of John Fenner for a Pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the seal of the Said Court this 18th Day of November A D 1833
Wm. L. Sebring Prothy.
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                                      712 W. 19th
                                     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
                                     Feb 23. 1934
Pension Dept.
    Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
     Will you please look in the files of Rev. Soldier John Fenner private Pa. service 1777-78 born in Hamilton died in Monroe Co. Pa. served in the American Revolution. Am wanting the names of his children. if you have any letters written relative to him will you kindly send me the address so that I may communicate with them. Want also information of Mark Phillips 1819 received a pension private 1778-80 under Col. Sam Jones and Col. [Mabain] North Carolina Troops born in Ireland died Greshamville Ga.
                                   Very truly
                                       Laura B Kendall
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[illegible scribble top left corner of page]

                              O. A. WILLIAMS
                                    LAWYER
                            NELIGH, NEBRASKA

                                                 Neligh, Nebr.
                                                     Sept. 23-1913
Commissioner of Pensions.
           Washington D. C.
                    Will you kindly inform me whether you have any records of John Fenner of Hamilton Co. Pa. having been a soldier of the Revolution? If there is any charge I will be glad to [illegible].
    An early reply will be appreciated.
                     Mrs. O. A. Williams
                                     Neligh Nebr.
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Jan 10, 1929 
War Department,
Bureau of Pension,
Washington, D.C.
Dead Sirs:-
My wife's Great Grandfather was
John Fenner who was a soldier of
the Revolutionary war and served in
three enlistments in 1777, 1778 1778.
was also granted a person in 1833.
Residence for enlistments and pension
Northampton County Penna.
Please send me the his war and pension
record.
Yours truly,
Edgar Croasdale,
1131 Waverly Place,
Schenectady,
New York.

Post mark:
PENSION 
O
JAN 
U.   12   S.
1929
OFFICE
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To the Secretary of the
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you, or one of your
Assistants please look through
the list of ^names^ beginning with F.
(Revolutionary War) for the
name Fenner.  I wish to
Know the given name
whether it be John Fenner,
Johnathan Fenner, or some
other "front" name.

[post mark:]
PENSION
D
SEP
U.   19   S.
1912
OFFICE
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The man Fenner was from Eastern Pennsylvania. If you can and will send me the name I shall be truly grateful.
       Yours respectfully
Miss Ruth C. Fenner
      Box 337
 Tremont
   Tazewell Co
        Illinois

September 17, 1912.

   Stamp enclosed
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OWN
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
State Normal School,
Nov. 1, 1901
[rectangular box stamp reads:]
NOV 6 1901
RECEIVED.

Pension Bureau,
     My great-grand-
father was a pensioner
of the U.S. Goverment.
His name was -:
John Fenner,
Hamilton Township,
Monroe County,
Pa.
We do not know wether[sic]
he served in the Revolution
or the war of 1812.  Is
there any way by which
we could find out.
Would like to know the
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regiment he served in time and places and [illegible]. Can we obtain the information through the pension Bureau?
Any information would be thankfully received.
All we know posatively is that he received a pension before he died.
                  Yours Respectfully
                  Miss A. Fenner
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Two sided document
Side 1
P        15424

INVALID
________
File No. 15424
John Fenner
Pri Rev War
________________
Act: Jine 7". 32
Index: Vol. 1, Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870]

Side 2
Nov. 7-1901
Miss A. Fenner
E. (ink spot in middle of word) St--ndabury Pa
________________________________
1912 Sept 24 Ruth C. Fenner
I. L. M.   Hist. sent
1913 Oct 3 Hist to Mrs O. A. Williams
1929 Mar. 30 Hist. to Edgar
Croasdale. A D Y
1934 Mle 15 Hist to Laura B. Kendall cwy
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David D Wagener
----------------
ANC

J L Edwards
Com Pensions
Washington City.
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Capital
Thursday Mor-
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed you will receive the application of Daniel Laber, Jno. Fenner & Groff Kessler--The difficulty necessitated in going to Wm. Broadhead. I think is obviated-The other two I hope have every necessary evidence to entitle them to a Pension-I am anxious that you should as soon as possible examine the claims & if any deficiencies are in their papers please communicate the same to Richard Broadhead Esq. Easton Penna.
I should myself be pleased to know the result of the claims when made-Old Soldiers, you are aware are very anxious to know their fate, therefore more earnest in posessing a decision-
I enclose you Wm. Broadheads Letter to me, which you will please return.
Would you be so kind as to forward me one of your printed rulers, from the Government of those who ask pensions-
Very Respectfully
your ob. & H. Servant
David L. Wagener
M.C.
Please acknowledge the receipt of the enclosed applications}
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RE   3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,................., 190...

In reply to your request of.............., received..........
for a statement of the military history of John Fenner
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.
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DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
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June 1777
Spring 1778
Fall [ ]

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
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5 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.

RANK.
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Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
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John Santee
Abraham Horn
[ ] Heavner

COLONEL.
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Heavener

STATE.
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Penna.

Battles engaged in, Germantown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bethlehem, Northhampton, Pa
Date of application for pension, Nov 18, 1835. His ct. was al
Residence at date of application, Preono Twp. Northhampton Co Penn
Age at date of application, 73 years [rest too faint to read]
Remarks: No family d at [rest too faint to read]
The only one

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1565b3m10-08
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1812 Wars Section.                 A.D.Y.

March 30, 1929.

Edgar Croasdale,
1131 Waverly Place,
Schenectady, New York.
Sir:
     I advise you that from the papers in the Revolution-
ary War pension claim, S. 15424, it appears that John
Fenner enlisted June 1777 in Bethlehem Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania and served in the Penn-sylvania Troops as follows:
Five months as a private in Captain John Santee's
Company, Colonel Heavner's Regiment, was at Brandywine at
the time of the battle and was in the battle of Germantown,
     He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served two
months as a private in Captain Abraham Horn's Company.
     He enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served two months
in Captain Hover's Company.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 18, 1833 while a resident of Pocono Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania and was then about
seventy-three years of age.
There are no family data.
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This is the history of the only John Fenner found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Respectfully, 
    E.W. MORGAN, 
           Acting Commissioner.