Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11854, Adam Woolheater, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.

Woolheater, Adam

NUMBER
R. 11854

CONTENTS
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the Seventh June 1832
State of Pennsylvania Indiana County ss
On the Twenty Eighth day of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty Eight personally appeared in Open Court before the Honourable Thomas White Esquire and his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Adam Woolheater a resident of Washington Township in the County of Indiana aforesaid & State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty
Two 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 7th June 1832-
That when he was living in the State of Maryland about ten miles from Hagerstown he was drafted for the term of two and one half months to serve in a company under the command of John
Charlton, 1st Lieutenant Martin Ritenour, 2d Lieut. George Ritenour, Sergeant Daniel Hackmier. This applicant was drafted about the first of January 1777 and marched with his company from
Hagerstown on the 12th day of the same month for Philadelphia under the command of Colonel Martin Stoll and Major John Rench- We remained at Phil’a about one week and there received our [illegible-provisions?]
then crossed the river in to New Jersey to what was then called the Bald Ridge about 12 miles from Trenton where we had our quarters. Many of the British troops were stationed at Trenton. 
Your applicant was discharged at Bald Ridge with his company on the fifteenth of March of the same year, the snow being about that time near three feet deep -
Your applicant was again drafted at Hagerstown in the State of Maryland for the further Term of Two months & one half on or about the first of September in the year 1777 to serve in a company under the command of Peter Bell-- It was not before the 15th of September that we commenced our march in consequence of some difficulty
in bringing all the drafted men together. Your applicant with his

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Adam Woolheater
Pennsylvania
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company were marched to little York under the command of Colonel Shryock and Major Doctor Woltz where they delayed a week, thence proceeded to German Town where we were quartered
until about the 5th or 6th of December following. During which period of time the British Troops were then at Philadelphia- They made an attack on us at German Town on or about the 4th of October-- The militia to which your applicant belonged were then stationed in the rear of our army to prevent the British troops from coming in upon them which they frequently attempted during the course of the day.
Your applicant when with the army at Germantown was frequently out on scouts & on guard & was discharged with his company on the 5th or sixth of December 1777 - On his return home he became seriously ill & remained so for some weeks, 
occasioned by exposure to an inclement season, their company having had no camp equipage other than what they made of their blankets.
This Declarant has no Documentary evidence in his possession to establish any of the facts as stated in this his declaration and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - This Declarant although only drafted for five months yet in the two tours having served
six months claims a pension for service accordingly 
This Declarant further states that the Clergyman to whose Church he is attached has lately died & that he is unable to procure the certificate of another to testify his reputation in his own neighbourhood as having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War-
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.
Adam Woolheater

Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year first above written 
attest
T Laughlin Prot
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The following Question was propounded by the Court and have been answered as follows viz:

Quest 1st - Where & in what year were you born?
Ans. - Was Born in Frederick County State of Maryland on the 10th June 1756-

Quest 2d - Have you any Record of your age if so where is it?
Answer - I have my mothers Bible in the German Language in my possession with my age therein recorded in her own proper hand writing-

Quest 3d - Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. - I was living in Washington County State of Maryland, since have lived in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania & now live in Indiana County Pennsylvania

Quest 4th - How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answ. -This interrogatory is fully answered in the foregoing declaration-

Quest 5 - State the names of the some of the Regular Officers who were the Troops where you served; such continental & Militia Regiment
as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of Your service - 
Ans. - The above interrogatory is answered in the foregoing declaration, as far the memory of this Declarant serves him -

Quest 6th - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Ans. -  I never recd a written discharge. The discharge in both tours was a general one to the company to which I belonged


Quest 7th -State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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Answer-
Daniel Stanard Esquire, George Row, Conrad Rice,
Henry Bucher, John Bucher - Fergus Cannon Esq

We John Bucher and Henry Bucher formerly the neighbours of the said Declarant who are now living in the Borough of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Adam Woolheater, 
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty two years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in
that opinion-
Henry Boucher
John Boucher
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in
Open Court attest
Attest
T. Laughlin Prot

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 his reason as set forth for not having obtained the certificate of a Clergyman as to his reputed services are satisfactory, that John Bucher and Henry Bucher who have signed the preceding Certificate are respectable & credible persons, resident as set forth in the said Certificate and that their Statement is entitled to full credit-
I Thomas Laughlin Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Indiana now sitting do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Adam Woolheater for a pension- In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Indiana this 28th June
AD One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight
T Laughlin Prot
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November 30, 1932.

BA-J/ADY
Adam Woolheater
R. 11854

Mrs. L. L. Woodward,
West Trenton,
New Jersey.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Adam Woolheater, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for
pension, R. 11854, based upon his military service in
that war.
Adam Woolheater was born June 10, 1756 in Frederick County, Maryland.
While a resident of Washington County, Maryland,
about ten miles from Hagerstown, Adam Woolheater, entered the service about January 1, 1777, served as private in John Charlton's Company, under Colonel Martin Stoll in the Maryland troops and was discharged March 15, 1777. He again entered the service about September 1, 1777, served in Peter Bell's Company under Colonel Shryock in the Maryland troops, was in the
battle of Germantown and was discharged December 5 or 6, 1777.
After the Revolution he lived in Huntingdon County,
Pennsylvania, and later in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
He applied for pension June 28, 1838, then a resident of Washington Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, but his claim was not allowed as he did not render six months service as required by the pension law.
There are no family data.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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O. W. & N. Div.
R. 11854
E. W. B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Adam Woolheaver, you are advised that Adam Woolheater made application for pension June 28, 1833, at which time he was residing in Washington township, Indiana County, Pa., and 82 years of age. In his application he alleges service under Capt. John Charlton and Col. Martin Stall, in the Maryland troops, Revolutionary War, and that he enlisted from Washington County, Md. His case was rejected, however, on the ground of insufficient service.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr John W. Davis.
Burlington, N. J.
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Aug 5 96 statement
to John W Davis
Burlington N J lwb
1932 Nov. 30. Hist. to Mrs. L.L.
Woodward AD.Y.

11.854
P. O. 
Adam Wootheater
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:

Alleges: Suspended or rejected
list of 1852 gives reason
Re-enlisted for rejection
"He served less than six
months.”

Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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#9
Burlington N. J. 7.18.96
Dear Sir
Do the pension
lists of the Revolutionary
war contain the name of
Adam Woolheaver.
My mother says that he
was in the war & drew
a pension also that
he died in Indiana
Co. Pa. about 1834 or 6.
The records of
Huntingdon Co. Pa. in
1812 show that he was a
taxpayer in Franklin
Tnsp [township] that County. The
name to my knowledge
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has been Woolheaver,
Wooleater & Wolheater.
Any information
that you can give
will be thankfully
received
Yours
John W. Davis

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PENSION OFFICE U S 
JULY 20 1896

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OLD WAR & NAVY U S P O
JUL 22 1896
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DEPT OF THE INTERIOR
SECTION
NOV 10 1932
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

MISS LORELY WOODWARD
TRENTON JUNCTION
NEW JERSEY
Dept of the Interior
Dear Sir.
Will you please send
me papers confirming the service
of Adam Woolheater who lived in
Indiana Co. Pa, Jefferson Twp. near
Hagerstown Pa. and enlisted twice for
service in Revolutionary War.
I am a great-great-granddaughter
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and would like to join the D.A.R.
If you will let me know the
cost of such a paper I will send
check at once.
Very Sincerely yours
(Mrs. L.L.) Laura D. Woodward
West Trenton N. J.
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Adam Woolheater
Pennsylvania

Rejected
See let 23rd July
1838 J.J.Young

served less
than six months

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War Dept. Pen Office
July 23 11838
Sir 
The declaration of
Adam Woolheater has been
examined. He alleges to
have been drafted about the
1st January 1777 as a militia man
of Maryland and marched on the 12th of that month for Philadelphia and was discharged 15th
March following. He also alleges
to have been drafted about 1st Sept
1777 and commenced their march 15th
 of that month to Little York in Penn’a
and was discharged the 5th or 6th of Dec.
In drafting the militia they were ordered to rendezvous on a certain day, to be organized preparatory to marching.
The time can only be computed from the period at which the troops are organized and not from the
time at which they are drafted. But
admitting the time to be computed
which the applicant was drafted, the
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whole service would be less than six
months. The act of 7 June 1832
provides for none who did not
perform six months actual
service in a military capacity in a 
regularly organized corps. The
claim has therefore been rejected
and the papers filed in this office.

J. J. Young Esq.
Indiana
Indiana County,
Pennsyl’a

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J. J. Young
July 23, 1838
Pa.  O C
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Application for Pension under
The act of 7th June 1832

FREE

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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July 16
Pa
Adam Woolheater 
Act 1832

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INDIANA PA 
JUL 10
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Indiana July 4th 1838
Commissioner of Pensions

Enclosed is the application of Adam
Woolheater for a pension under the act of June 1832-
He has furnished no evidence of his service other than his own oath, yet believes that his name will appear on the Rolls on file in the Office at Washington
Truly Yours &c
J J Young

address J J  Young
Indiana
Indiana County, Pa