Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9503, Samuel Vangorder, New Jersey Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     New Jersey
Penn.

Vangorder, Samuel
or
Vangorden

NUMBER     S. 9503

Carded

CONTENTS
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13228
In the matters of
Samel Vangorder
a pensioner
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in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
passed June 7th 1833
Pennsylvania
County of Tioga on this twenty farthing of September
A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appe
in Open Court before the honorable Edward Hunt
the Same Morgisquien his associate Judges of
the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Gage
being a Court of record
now sitting in and for said county
and Hangorder a resident of the township of Mildin
in said County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania aged Sixty
nine years and upwards 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officer and served as hereinafter
stated that is to say. That when he was about sixteen
years old about the year 1779 he volunteered in a
Militia company commanded by Captain Peterson
in Sussex County New Jersey the number of the regiment
he does not now recollect but recollects that Samuel West
Major and one Cahoon or Calhoun as the
Quarter Master stationed at the continental Store in
said County of Super. He thinks the name of the Colonel
as Rosecranty He volunteered for and served one month
in the army of the United States as a soldier in what was
then called the State troops, that bring this time he was
in the battle of Lacamack which commenced at Beaver
After serving out this month I Voluntard
as a soldier in a company commanded by Captain Henry
Hoover Lieutenant Daniel DePuy in the same regiment
Creek
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above named in the County of Sussex State of New Jersey
the same year as above stated. I volunteered for and in
in the Army of the United States in this company for
the term of one month I received my pay for the above
Services from our Cahoun or Calhorn at the rate of
Eight Dollars per month
The next year after I moved into Easton in Pennsylvania
State on the Delaware in these enlisted in a Company
Commanded by Captain John Hinnatter Lieut Wm Fish
in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacob Stroud
for the term of seven months and the whole time
I enlisted for and was discharged. My discharge I
I lost my pocket Book at the same time
last about twenty five years ago. This company &
regiment understood care of the Continental line
of troops. Anning this term I was engaged in a Battle
with the indians near the Niscopac Falls on the sus
quehanna ran in which engagement thirteen of
the Company in which I enlisted were killed the
name of the Commissary of this department was
Derick Van Vleck. I do not now know that
there is any person living that was engaged at
me in the above service or knows of my services
●
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and I do
declare that my name is not on the Pension roll
of the agency of any State
nity
Sworn to & subscribed the
Samuel above named in the County of Sussex State of New Jersey
the same year as above stated. I volunteered for and in
in the Army of the United States in this company for
the term of one month I received my pay for the above
Services from our Cahoun or Calhorn at the rate of
Eight Dollars per month
The next year after I moved into Easton in Pennsylvania
State on the Delaman in these enlisted in a Company
Commanded by Captain John Hinnatter Lieut Wm Fish
in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacob Stroud
for the term of seven months and the whole time
I enlisted for and was discharged. My discharge I
I lost my pocket Book at the same time
last about twenty five years ago. This company &
regiment understood care of the Continental line
of troops. Anning this term I was engaged in a Battle
with the indians near the Niscopac Falls on the sus
quehanna ran in which engagement thirteen of
the Company in which I enlisted were killed the
name of the Commissary of this department was
Derick Van Vleck. I do not now know that
there is any person living that was engaged at
me in the above service or knows of my services
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and I do
declare that my name is not on the Pension roll
of the agency of any State
nity
Sworn to & subscribed the
Samuel VAngorder
---
day & year aforesaid
Jonah Brewster Prather
Mark above named in the County of Sussex State of New Jersey
the same year as above stated. I volunteered for and in
in the Army of the United States in this company for
the term of one month I received my pay for the above
Services from our Cahoun or Calhorn at the rate of
Eight Dollars per month
The next year after I moved into Easton in Pennsylvania
State on the Delaman in these enlisted in a Company
Commanded by Captain John Hinnatter Lieut Wm Fish
in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacob Stroud
for the term of seven months and the whole time
I enlisted for and was discharged. My discharge I
I lost my pocket Book at the same time
last about twenty five years ago. This company &
regiment understood care of the Continental line
of troops. Anning this term I was engaged in a Battle
with the indians near the Niscopac Falls on the susquehanna ran in which engagement thirteen of
the Company in which I enlisted were killed the
name of the Commissary of this department was
Derick Van Vleck. I do not now know that
there is any person living that was engaged at
me in the above service or knows of my services
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and I do
declare that my name is not on the Pension roll
of the agency of any State
nity
Sworn to & subscribed the
Samuel VAngorder
---
day & year aforesaid
Lanah Brewster Prather
MarkAngorder
---
day & year aforesaid
Lanah Brewster Prather
Mark
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We Thomas Kinney a far & deacon
residing
in the township of Middlebury in the County of Tioga and
State of Pennsylvania and Samuel Grinolds a Minister of the Gospel
residing in the same County hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Samuel Vangorder who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that
an believe him to be sixty him years of age & upwards
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion and that his character
for truth and veracity is good-
Sworn & Subscribed the day & Thomas Keener
year aforesaid in open Court Samuel Gronet
Janah Brewster Petty
to
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states
Court of Common Pleas.
I Jonah Brewster Clerk of the in and
for the County of Tioga in the State of
Pennsylvania do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Samuel Vangorder for
a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twenty fourth day of 1832
Sanah Brunster Feather
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and to the interogatories put by the court the
said Samuel Vangorder as
He resided in Sussex County when I volunteered the two first him
mentioned in this declaration, when I enlisted for some
months I resided twenty five miles above Easton on the Delaware
in in the State of Pennsylvania about 4 years after
discharged I moved to Wyoming on the Susquehana in two
miles below Wilksbarre, I resided there about two years I the
mond to Fishing Creek on the Susquehanna about 30 miles below
Wyoming resided the two years, I then moved back to young
resided there about one year & eight months I then moved to
near the Owego on the north branch of the second
the County of New York State regard there about the
then moved to the town of Channing in said County
1
resided there about six years. I then moved into the town of
Sullivan Tioga County Pa. I resided there about a year
I then moved into the town of Lawrence in said County
resided there about five years I then served in to the town
ship of Middlebury and have resided there since
was born in Sussex County New Jersey in the year 1763 & reside three
until I first volunteered. I seen and a Substitute for any
I have been personally acquainted with the person and
number of Congress and the House
to Judge for
upwards of seven years. I am generally acquainted in the County of
Viz. I had the record of my age in my house that some
years ago it becomes destroyed by children. I have no
Subscribed & sworn to
Samuel Vangorder
as
above
Janah Brewster Prathy
chack
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No 13.223
Saml Vangorder
15 Jan 33
obj. 16.
Now J. Ford
No. of Rep's
1202
Jas Ford Esq.
Lawrenceville Pa
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of Tioga
in the case of Samuel Vangorder of the County
in the State of Penn.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1779
1
80
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
1
7
Days.
Rank.
As a
Volun
do
┃ Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Peter Westbrook
May and Westbrook, Capt
Capt. Hoover, same Regt
Col. Stroud, Capt. Vannatter
5. In what battles was he engaged? Nicopa Falls with the Indians
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex County N. Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living with
as
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing
mentioned.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Regular
certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Levin Bolt
Examining Clerk.
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April 8, 1938.
BA-J/ILL
Samuel Vangorder
S. 9503
Mrs. Lucille Van Gorder Sturgeon
121 First Street, Aspinwall
Pittsburgh 15, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Further reference is made to your letter of March 16, 1938, in which you request information in regard to Samuel Van Gorder of Sussex County, New Jersey, a Revolutionary War soldier.
The data which follow are found in pension claim S. 9503, based upon service of Samuel Van Gorder (Vangorden) in that war.
Samuel Van Gorder (Van Gorden) was born in the year 1763, in Sussex County, New Jersey; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted about the year 1779, and served one month as a private in Captain Peter Westbrook's company, Colonel Rosekrans' New Jersey regiment, during which he was in an engagement on Beaver Creek; he enlisted after that and served one month as a private in Captain Henry Hoover's (Hover's) company in that same regiment. He moved the next year and lived about twenty-five miles above Easton, on the Delaware River, in Pennsylvania; he enlisted there and served seven months as a private in Captain John Van Etten's company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment, during which he was in a severe engagement with the Indians at Nescopeck Falls.
About four years after his discharge from service, the soldier moved to Wyoming, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he resided about two years, then moved to Fishing Creek on the Susquehanna River and remained two years, returned to Wyoming and remained one year and eight months, after which he moved to Owego, Tioga County, New York, and
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resided about three years, thence to Chemung in that same county and resided about six years, then moved to Sullivan, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and remained about seven years, moved from there to Lawrence in that same county where he resided about five years, from which place he moved to Middleburg Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel Van Gorder was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he resided in Middleburg Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. [Next sentence crossed out] His name was borne on the pension roll as Samuel Van Gorden. Next line [Written after crossed out sentence with arrow] Samuel Van Gorden (as his name was borne on the pen. roll)
There are no data pertaining to the family of this soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Samuel Van Gorden
Certificate #6073
Issued February 23, 1833
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Feby 11, 1905. as to
Mary C. Van Gorder
Cortland
May 3, 1905. Hist to
J. W. Cole, Buffalo N.Y.
---
1906 May 1 - History to
Casendana Van Gorder - I.S.C.
1932 Jan. 19. Frederick. H. Wells ad
Cost of photos M.D.
1932 beta Photos mailed to
Frederick H. Wells & acct
Denth. A. D. Y.
19 April 8. Hist to Mrs. Lucille V. Stagg
Rehan
9503
INVALID.
File No. 9503
Samuel VanGorder
Port Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 388
Arrangement of 1870.]
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3-595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 25, 1906
Searched by Gill
Original No. _
Certificate No.
Claimant, _
Solider, Samuel Van Gorder
Service, Rev. War
Remarks: No. 6 W. Inv. or Wid.
No. 6 W. Rej.
Try Inv. 9503.
Chief of Division.
18624b5m6-05
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[Written on top of letter] Own Ece
34 N. Main St.,
Cortland, N.Y.,
Jan. 28, 1905.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
My great, great grandfather, Samuel VanGorder
was in the Revolutionary War. He served as a private in Captain Johannes Van Etten's Company (Northampton Co.) Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was a pensioner. The Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D.C. thought you would be able to give me a full record of the Military Service upon which his pension was granted,
[End of letter page]
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together with such other information concerning him, that is not obtainable from other sources.
Will you kindly regard to him-what he swore to when he received his pension who he married, ect [etc].
Very truly yours,
Mary C. VanGorder.
[Stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A JAN 30 1905
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Adm'd
Hon. J. Ford HR
1832 
[-]69
[=]1763
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Vangorder
further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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tionary service?
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revoluthe
clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No. see Luere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively 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: Foryear
months and --- days, I served as a
and days, I served as a-
For months
and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be 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 his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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JL Edwards Esq
Comnr of Pensions
Washington City

[text running up left side]
Oct 19
Mr Evans
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Philada. Oct 17. 1837.

J L Edwards Esq
Conv of Pensions Washington City

Dear Sir

I have just presented the enclosed Pension Drafts to the Agent for paying Pensions in Pa. [illegible] checking [illegible] for the reason that there is more than Twelve Months [2 words underlined] from [illegible] As I am a [illegible] in the City and waiting wholly and Solely to [illegible] the Amt due on these you will very much oblige me by giving your Order on the Agent at as early a period as possible to pay them. As that is all that is [illegible]

I am D Sir Yours Very Respy
[signature]Wm Herrick

Please address me at Dunlap City Hotel N 3d St Philada
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19. Oct 1837
Wm Herrick
G C

Record Ty6 [circled] page 31
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War Department
Pension Office
19 Oct 1837
Sir,
The Pension Agent at Phila; has this day been instructed to pay the amount due [William crossed out] Manassah Powers and Samuel Vangarden, pensioners under the Act of the 7th June 1832. The vouchers are herewith enclosed.
Jam[?] [illegible]
[To]
William Herrick Esq
Dunlass[?] City Hotel
North 3rd Street
Phila.
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March 25, 1938
BAHB
Mrs. Lucille Van Gorder Sturgeon,
121 First Street, Aspinwall,
Pittsburgh 15, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Receipt is acknowledged of your communication of March 15, 1938, requesting information concerning the Civil War records of Abram Fulkerson and William L. Fulkerson and the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Van Gorder.
The United States Government has not granted pensions based on service in the Confederate Army; therefore, this office does not have a record for Abram Fulkerson.
The attached report contains information concerning the Civil War service of William L. Fulkerson as shown on his widow's application for a pension.
Your inquiry concerning Samuel Van Gorder will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK,
Chief Clerk.
Enc.
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[Stamp] RECEIVED mar 19 1938 10:15 [illegible] 7 [illegible]
[Written top right corner] Dep. Sub. V 3-22-38 .7
[Written on left side of letter underlined] Confidential
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - I wrote you some time ago regarding the war record of one Abram Fulkerson but had insufficient data. You asked me in replying to refer to B A - J /M M H F: M L B. I now have a copy of his commission in the confederate Army, dated Feb. 12, 1864, Richmond, in which Abram Fulkerson was commissioned Colonel in the 63rd. Tennessee Regiment, To rank as such from the 9th of Nov. 1863; To report for duty to Gen. Longstreet.
Abram Fulkerson lived, I think in Staunton Virginia. In the commission he was instructed to report his age, residence, when appointed, and the state in which he was born. I'd like to have, if possible, all [all underlined] the data concerning this man.
W.O.490089 no c[?]
Also-I'd like data concerning William Leeper Fulkerson of Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania who also was in the Civil War-Northern army. I think he deserted and came home to his children whose mother had died in 1861.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. F. E.) Lucille Van Gorder Sturgeon 
121 First St. 
Aspinwall, Pittsburgh, 15, Pa.
Mar. 16,- 1938.
over
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[Stamped] RECEIVED MAR 21 1938 9:00 [illegible] [illegible]
[Letter continued from previous page]
also - please -
information about Samuel Van Gorder in Revolutionary War - from Sussex Co. N.J.
Sent to [illegible] Finch Navy R1851
(over)
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Rev. & 1812
No 67.

January 30, 1932
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.    541
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rev. War claim for pension Of Samuel
Vangorder, File No. S.9503.

Actual  1 of each page.

To be certified

$0.75..................5 pages
xxx

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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List to Frederick H. Wells:
Sol. decd. Sept, 24-1832      2 pages
Thos. Kinney & Samuel Gronolt's affidt
Court record Sept, 24, 1832 - 1 "
Sol. affid.- interrogatories ___________  1 "
Sol. Ctf. jacket No. 6073______________  1 "
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[typed]
Established 1836
AMERICAN METER COMPANY
Incorporated
Manufacturers of Gas Meters
105 West 40th Street
New York

Address All Communications
To The Company [this sentence is crossed out]

January 20, 1932.

[Stamped] 33692

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your letter of January 19th reference BA-J/MMHF. In accordance therewith I am enclosing postal money order payable to the Treasurer of the United States for $1.00 for which kindly send me certified photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.9503 Samuel Vangorder, pensioned as Vangorden.

I shall appreciate it if you will send the copies to me as promptly as possible.

Very truly yours,
Frederick H. Wells
406 Tilden Building,
105 West 40th Street,
New York, N.Y.

[circular stamp]
Received
January 21 1932
[the rest is ineligible]
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[typed]
January 19, 1932.

BA-J/MMHF

Mr. Frederick H. Wells,
105 West 40th Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to securing photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.9503, Samuel Vangorder. He was pensioned as Vangorden.

The number of pages to be copied is five.

The cost per page is fifteen cents. The additional cost for certification is twenty-five cents for the set.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this office by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[Typed, with some handwritten notes]
Rev [handwritten at top, abbreviation for Revolutionary]
Established 1836
AMERICAN METER COMPANY
Incorporated
Manufacturers of Gas Meters
105 West 40th Street
New York
Address all communications
to the company

December 21, 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am enclosing copy [handwritten note - returned to him] of a paper received from  the Pension Bureau many years ago by a member of the Van Gorder family and showing a synopsis of the service of Samuel Van Gorder, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

I would like to obtain a certified photostatic copy of the original papers on file in your Bureau covering the application of the soldier for pension in 1832.

Will you kindly advise me if the photostatic copy referred to can be furnished and if so the cost of same and to whom remittance should be made. The copy of the papers is wanted solely for the purpose of filing with some family records.

Thanking you in advance for an early reply,
Very truly yours,
Frederick H. Wells

[circular stamp]
Received
Dec 23 1931
Receipt [next word blurred]
Pension Files [following numbers ineligible]
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COPY.
Surv. File #9503.
Rev. War.
Mary 2, 1906.
L.M.H.
Mrs. Casandana Van Gorder,
No. 34 North Main Street,
Cortland, New York.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated April 21, 1906 and received April 24, 1906, you are advised that the papers on file in the above cited claim show that Samuel Van Gorder was born in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1763, day and month not stated. Date of death is not given; for date of last payment of pension apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data; "certificate 6,073, iissued February 23, 1833, act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency".
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Form 3229
15-465
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Date FEB 27, 1932
DAC-B
MEMORANDUM
From Chief, Accounting Division 
To Chief Clerk
Subject Official Receipt No. 33,692.
Attention: Mrs. Finch
There is forwarded herewith for any action deemed necessary letter dated February 9, 1932 signed by Frederick H. Wells, wherein inquiry is made concerning the forwarding of copy of pension record which had previously been requested by him.
The records of the Accounting Division show the amount of $1.00 was received for which Official Receipt No. 33,692, dated January 22, 1932, was issued. the salmon copy of this receipt was forwarded to your Division for appropriate action under the date of January 26, 1932 and returned under date of February 9, 1932. the amount thereof has been credited to Miscellaneous Receipts.
WM. H. HOLMES
1 Enc.
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[handwritten note on right side of page]This letter was written the day photos were mailed, so presume they arrived OK unless he writes again

[stamp]
RECEIVED
FEB 11 1932
[rest of stamp illegible]

[letterhead]
ESTABLISHED 1836
AMERICAN METER COMPANY INCORPORATED
Manufacturers of Gas Meters
105 West 40th Street
NEW YORK
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY

February 9, 1932

United States Veterans' Bureau
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.
ATTENTION : MR. J. B. SCHOMMER,[underlined]
Disbursing Clerk.

Gentlemen:

I will greatly appreciate any efforts you can make in the way of forwarding the copy of Pension Record to me covered by my remittance of January 20, 1932, your receipt No. 33692.

The copy has not as yet been received.

Yours very truly,
[signature]Frederick H. Wells

FHW/H

[stamp]
RECEIVED
Feb 13 1932
[rest of stamp illegible]

[stamp]
RECEIVED
FEB 12 1932
Disbursing Division

[handwritten]
Rec # 33692
1/22/32.
[initials unclear]
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34 N. Main St.,
Cortland, N. Y.
April 21, 1906
[Stamp]
O.W. & N. Div.
Apr 25 1906 files
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
I wrote you some time ago with regard to the military history of Samuel Van Gorder, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. You sent me a statement as to when and where he enlisted, battles engaged in, etc. He applied for his pension Sept. 24, 1832. Can you tell me where and in what year, day and month he was born and where he died and in what year, month and day? I want to join the D.A.R.
Very truly yours,
Casendana Van Gorder.
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U.S.A Pension Office
Apr 24 1906
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The Commissioner of Pensions,
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Dear Sir:-
I desire information as to the records in your department relating to the pension of Samuel Van Gorder or Van Gorden for services in the Revolutionary War. I am not sure what state he enlisted from but I think from Pennsylvania. There is, I find, in the pension list of 1840 of soldiers in Pennsylvania, a Samuel Van Gorden residing with Chancy Terry at Charleston, Tioga County, Pa. His age was seventy-six years.
If there are any charges for searching the records I will gladly remit. I want to find out what I can about Samuel Van Gorder or Van Gorden. We are informed that he drew a pension for services in the Revolutionary War.
Yours very truly,
I. W. Cole
CB
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U. S. Pension Office
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Apr 26 1905