Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,937, Enoch Anderson, Penn.
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Service.                                  Number
Penn     Anderson, Enoch     S.39937

contents
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Service                                     Number

Penna.       Anderson, Enoch    S39937
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Sevice
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4,059
Pennsylvania Roll

Enoch Anderson
Capt Kissick   Captain    4
Pennsylvania line 77-1 year
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
[]ribed on the roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of April 1818

Certificate of pension issued the 31 of October 1818
and forwarded to Thomas Armstrong
Philadelphia Pa

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818                 102.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819.   120.00
                                                               $222.00
5 mo 3/30
{Revolutionary War, Act 18th March 1818}
[]

[Litv]
Hon. Jos. R. Chandler [] Oct 1850
A.B.shows death 
March 4, 1820.
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Declaration-Pursuant to the act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in [] the states in the revolutionary war"
Before me Thomas Armstrong, Esquire, an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia county in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally came Enoch Anderson of the city of Philadelphia who being sworn according to law doth upon his solemn oath make this declaration-That this deponent was born at Trenton in the then province of New Jersey on the tenth day of May, [], in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five-that the month of July in the year of lord one thousand seven hundred seventy five, the day the deponent does not recollect, this deponent entered as a soldier in McKissicks company in the First Rifle Regiment of Pennsylvania commanded by Colonel Thompson-that he so entered at Northampton County Pennsylvania-that on the same day he volunteered this deponent was made a sergeant in said company-and continued as a sergeant therein for one year-and was in that time at the battle of Long Island-that in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six this deponent was promoted to a first lieutenancy in Harris company in the eleventh regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Colonel Hampton-that this deponent continued a lieutenant as aforesaid till the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when this deponent was appointed a captain of an
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company in the aforesaid Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania line and as such captain continued till the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight-when in the month of April in that year this deponent sent in his resignation which was accepted and this deponent left the service.  That during the time this deponent belonged as aforesaid to the aforesaid Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania line this deponent was engaged in the battle of Germantown & Brandywine-and at Paoli.-And this deponent upon his solemn oath further declares that this deponent from his reduced circumstances in life, needs this assistance from his country for support and that this deponent has never received any pensions or pension. That this deponent has no documents or papers relative to his services-and in support of this his declaration he refers to the annexed deposition of Mathias Armbruster-And this deponent releases all claims to any pension or pensions if any he has previous [] aforesaid.  
Sworn & subscribed Enoch Anderson
before me the second day of April 1818 This. Armstrong.
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Personally appeared before me Thomas Armstrong Esquire, an associate justice of the court of common please of Philadelphia County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Mathias Ambruster of the city of Philadelphia, aged sixty six years & upwards, who being duly sworn declares upon his solemn oath-that he knows the beforenamwd deponent Enoch Anderson -and has known him for many years-That in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six this deponent was enlisted by the said Enoch Anderson then a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line-that this deponent was present with the said Enoch Anderson at the battle of Brandywine -and at Paoli-That this deponent knows that the said Enoch Anderson was an officer in the Pennsylvania line during the war of the rev[]olution-for three years-that this deponent continued in the army till the peace-
Sworn and subscribed before me this second day of April 1818
Thos. Armstrong

Mathias Ambruster x his mark
Wm. Fryer of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, being duly sworn declares on his oath that he is well acquainted wit the beforenamed Enoch Anderson - that this deponent knows of his own knowledge that the said Enoch Anderson is extremely poor-that his
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altogether unable to support himself and that he has not any means whereby to support himself.     William Fryer
sworn before me May 11th 1818. Thos Armstrong

I Thomas Armstrong associate justice of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the beforenamwd Enoch Anderson did serve in the revolutionary war in the continental establishment as stated in the preceeding and annexed declaration against the common enemy, and that it also appears to my satisfaction that the said Enoch Anderson is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support , and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony [] had before me to the secretary of the department of war pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of congress
May 11th 1818    Thos. Armstrong
Philadelphia County [Pa.]

I, Joseph P. Norbury Prothonotary of the court of common pleas for the county of Philadelphia do certify that ^the honorable Thomas Armstrong before whom the foregoing depositions were sworn to, and by whom the above attestation is made was at the time of taking thereof and making the said attestation one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas for the city & county of Philadelphia duly [] and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in court of justice as elsewhere.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Philadelphia the eleventh day of May AD 1818.  
Jos. B. Norbury [].
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In reply to your request of___,  received____
for a statement of military history of Enoch Anderson
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. file 39,937
Dates of enlistment or appointment. Length of service.  Rank.  Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain. Colonel. State.
July 1775  1 year  Sergt.   McKissack  Thompson     
Penn.
1776   1 Lieut.  Harris   Humpton  11" Penn.
1777 until Apl. Captain
1778 when he resigned


Battles engaged in, Long Is., Germantown, Brandywine & Paoli.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, /Enl in Northumberland Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 2, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Philadelphia, Pa.
Age at date of application, b. May 10, 1745 O. S. at Trenton, N. J.
Remarks: His claim was all. There is no family date on file.
very respectfully,  Commissioner.
6-2856
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39937
[Revy] Invalid
file no. 39,937
Enoch Anderson
Capt Rev [War]
Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, page 13
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feby. 8' 99
Wm. T. Anderson
City
1912 Dec. 18. History to
Mrs. Jasper Cairns. []
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39937
Revy
INVALID
File No. 39 937
Enoch Anderson
Capt.  Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818.
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 13

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Enoch Anderson
claims as a captain and is supported by the evidence of this man that served with him
[The ]
Enoch Humpton [   command  which
the battle of Brandywine]

admitted

Secretary of War Washington

[postmark 19]
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[]
Commissioner of Pensions
[]
I am unable to reach the Pension office [  ] and therefore [] to you a letter from [].  Should you not be able to [] it [] Monday [] (as a [] you will not be able to) You will do me a favor by [] you [] me [] .  [] Philadelphia [] 
Your obedient servant
Jos R Chandler
[] [] 1850
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Washington D.C. Jan 25, 1899
Commissioner of Pensions
Int. Dept. City
Sir:
Will you inform me whether or not you have any record of a pension ever having been granted my ancestors Enoch Anderson a Captain in the Rev. War from the state of Del. and if so when last payment was made of same & oblige,
Yours truly,
Wm. T. Anderson
C/o National Hotel
Washn. D.C.

This letter referred directly to Enoch Anderson
22.3204
[postmark] pension office. U.S. Jan 25 1899
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[postmark] pension office Dec 12 1912 US.
264 West 57th Street.
December 11, 1912.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dept of the Interior, Rev. War. file-
Sir;-
Will you kindly send me the record of one Enoch Anderson named in the Archives of Penn, as a pensioner from the County of Philadelphia,-We wish this is a means of positive identification to the Revolutionary war
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claim for the D.A.R.-
Thanking you in advance as for last favors, I am very truly yours.
E.E.R.Cairns,
Address:
Mrs. Jasper Cairns,
264 West 57th Street.
New York City.
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This bureau can furnish the military record of only such revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the government are on file in the record and pension office, war department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original states.

O.W.&N. Div.
Revolutionary.

L.W.B.
I.39937.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of pensions,
Washington, D.C.,

February 8, 1899.
Sir:- In response to your recent communication you are advised that Enoch Anderson made an application for pension on April 2nd, 1818, at which time he was 73 years of age and residing in Philadelphia, Pa., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a sergeant, lieutenant and captain in the Pennsylvania troops, Revolutionary War.  He enlisted in Northampton, Pa., and served under Col. Hampton.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William T. Anderson,
National Hotel, City.