Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22824, John Heneberger, Penn.
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Service  Number
Penn  Heneberger, John  S.22824

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Let to P.ay.t/Hr MCrawford
May 12, 1837

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18 315
Pennsylvania
John Heneberger
Franklin C in the Stat of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Crough of the [illegible] commanded
by Col Routferry in the P[illegible]
line for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Augt.
183[illegible] and [illegible] to
Fredk. Smith. Chamsburg

Areers to the 4th of March 1833. $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 20.00
$100.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 23
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State of Pennsylvania Franklin county

  on this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord  one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before me the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county aforesaid the same being a court of record in the Borough of Chambersburg in the county of Franklin aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy Seven years on the 7th of December last 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 officers and served as herein stated. That he was born on the 7th December 1755 about two miles from the city of Lancaster Penns. and that he lived in the city of Lancaster aforesaid when he entered the service of the United States and continued to reside there about twelve years after the War then he moved into the Borough of Chambersburg (in county of Franklin) where he has resided ever since being about thirty eight or thirty nine years. That he was drafted in the militia for three months under Captain Jacob Crough - That he with the company were taken to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey - The British and Hessians were lying on Staten Island We had no battle but the Hessians and British started off one night with their waggons and carts - We did not know what was going on - The next morning the General came and told us those who were willing to go over should turn out and about eight hundred of us went over - When we got over we found them all gone - we got three barrels of good flour, three barrels of good pork. We went about eight miles in pursuit of them and a man met us and said we should turn back that there were about 5000 of them, the British and Hessians about a mile or two miles off then we were ordered to retreat and we left the Island. We went over in our boats on a Sunday morning and in the afternoon we returned. This was sometime in the month of June. That a man of the name of Rautfang was their colonel.
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That he served out the three months in full for which he had been drafted. That the whole company were discharged together and he got no written discharge. That he was (redacted) again drafted for three months (in the militia) in the company of Captain Michael App - This was in the fall of the year. Our Company marched from Lancaster to Reading, and from there to what was called the Trap in Montgomery county Penns. The British were lying in or near Philadelphia. Our army lay at the Trap - we had about too militia called Genl. Irvine's Brigade. That he was at the battle of Germantown in the beginning of October 1777. We marched the while night before the battle begun, at day break the General told us to fix bayonet we were to storm the pickets, General Washington's army was lying towards Germantown and was to attack the British and we were to attack the Hessians. In the morning the Hessians seen us and they run in to their head quarters- the battle begun about day break. Our company only gave one fire. The Hessians fired at us from a corn field but they shot too high, the battle rattled among the trees above our heads. We were not much ingaged in the battle, but there was one man (killed-redacted) wounded by a cannon shot with in a rod of me. The battle lasted until about two oclcok in the afternoon lach and forward. We got orders to retreat to the Trap and we marched back that same night - our time was upon a few days after the battle and we were marched to Lancaster and discharged -  we got no written discharge - The company were all discharged together. That he served out the full three month for which he had been drafted. That some time afterwards he was again drafted for three months in the militia under Captain App. Our company was kept in Lancaster Penns. to guard the British prisoners and after there prisoners were exchanged we were kept the remainder of our time to guard the powder magazine- That he served out the full time of three months for which he had been drafted - That he got no written discharge. That afterwards in the month of October he was again drafted for three months in the militia under Captain John Hubly. Our company were
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marshal up the Susquehannah river against the Indians our head quarters were at Sunbury. We were obliged to wade the Susquehannah - had no canoes - We went at one time about sixty miles above Sunbury. There was no white inhabitants above Sunbury. We went once Scouting Party. The houses and barns were burnt and destroyed. The country had been lain waste. The Indians had retreated we found none of them. We were four days on our march with scarcely any thing to eat. They were to bring provisions from Sunbury but they could not bring any on - This was about a month before Christmas - Our company lay one night in a stone barn that had been burnt, the walls were standing yet - I had but one blanket, in the morning I was covered with snow. When we came to Northumberland it was late at night about ten o clock, it was snowing and raining and was very dark, and we crossed the river - and got to Sunbury, we had only a small canoe - our time was now up and we were discharged - we had to wade the creeks - we got home about a week before Christmas. That he served out the full three months for which he was drafted. That he got no written discharge. There was then us town where Konisburg no is. Col Adly came a short distance above where Harrisburg now stands but came no further. There were the three or four companies of us. There was no road over Peters mountain and it was so steep and rough that we had to cross on our hands and knees. That in the several terms of service above mentioned he served the United States in the militia Revolutionary War the full period of twelve month. That he doth hereby relinquish 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. That as person to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution he names the revd Mr Rauhauser of Chambersburg and Ludwig Heck of the same place. That he knows of no person now living who can testify to his services except Christian Wolff Esquire who lived in Lancaster at the time of the Revolution, and has lived in Chambersburg for many years and has been with
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acquainted with this applicant - and whose deposition is herewith transmitted.

Sworn to and subscribed the day + year aforesaid in open court John Heneberger
March
Interliniations and erasures made before signing + before being sworn to 
John Flanagan [illegible]

We Frederick Rahauser a clergyman residing in the Borough of Chambersburg and Ludwig Heck residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Heneberger who has subscribed and sworn to the above and fore -going and written declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age on the 7th December last, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood whence he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day + year aforesaid. Frederick Rahauser
in open court of John Flanagan Ludwig Heck
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation 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 Frederick Rahauser who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Chambersburg aforesaid and that Ludwig Heck who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A Thomson President
William WKipson

I John Flanagan clerk of the court of Common Pleas of Franklin County Penna do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Heneberger for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of officer this 12th day of June 1833.
John Flanagan Prothy
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No. 26067
John Heneberger Franklin County Pennsylvania
1 year
$40-
Fredk Smith Chambersburg Franklin County Penna
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of John Heneberger, Franklin County Pennsylvania 
| Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Draft | | - | 3 [months] | - | private | Cap Crugh, Col Routfang | 77 years Lancaster Pennsylvania | Traditionary evidence & one witness not certified credible papers correct - |
| Draft | 1777 | - | 3 [months] | - | " [private] | Cap App, |
| Draft |  | - | 3 [months] | - | " [private] | Cap App, |
| Draft Octr. |  | - | 3 [months] | - | " [private] | Cap Hubly, |
Battle at German Town,
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank] , with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank]
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.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of [blank] & 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: [blank]
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & 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, there are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
     The Court will propound the following (m) 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. Were and in what year were  you born?
  2. Have you any record of your age, and if , 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. Howe 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 Solder { Did you ever received a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
  6. { 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, form 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 that 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 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 evidence as 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. 

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[a] the declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will  follow the rule laid down for his guidaner.
[b] the declarant musts 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 grades 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, 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:_______ 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 there or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, t he names of the officers, and other particulars representing 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 corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the 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 seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
  In every instance where 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, so as to prevent any paper being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service
[i] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records o the Department, he must prove his service by tow 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 to 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 his seal of office.
   The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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July 30, 1937.

Miss Ethel M. Rinehart
166 East Catherine Street
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
BA JILL
John Heneberger
S. 22824
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Christian Heneberger, and state that a Mr. Heneberger who served in that war is buried in Chambersburg but that the stone which marks his grave has been worn by the weather so that no data may be obtained from it.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and the record has been found of a John Heneberger of Chambersburg Pennsylvania: this is the record of the only soldier with that surname found upon said records of this office. The data given herein were found in that pension claim, S. 22826, as it may aid you your research.
John Heneberger was born December 7, 1755, about two miles from the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are
not given. He resided in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted about the time the British occupied Staten Island, served four tours of three months each as private in Captains Jacob Krug's, Michael App's and John Hubley's companies in the Pennsylvania troops. specific dates of enlistment and discharge from service not given during the period of his service. he was in a skirmish with the
enemy near Elizabeth Town, was in the battle of Germantown and was close to one of his fellow soldiers when he fell. guarded British prisoners in Lancaster, and was subsequently stationed at Sunbury, engaged against the
Indians. The soldier suffered greatly from exposure in the snow and
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rain, and went on his hands and knees over the steep mountain roads in the vicinity of Harrisburgh, reaching home just before Christmas.
John Hensberger continued to reside in Lancaster, Pennsylvania after his service in the Revolutionary War until about 1797, then
moved to Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833, at which time he resided in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He
made no reference to wife or children.
In 1833, Frederick Rehauser, a clergyman, and Ludwig Rock, both of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, made affidavits in behalf of
John Heneberger.
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 cite the following:
John Heneberger
Certificate #18315
Issued August 10, 1833
Rate $40 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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Revolution
?7-July 30-Hist to Miss Ethel M. Rinehart
JLL
22824
INVALID.
File No.  22824
John Heneberger
Pri Rev War
Act:  June 7" 32"
Index:--  Vol. 2, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Chambersburg Franklin county
Penns. June 14th 1833

Sir
Enclosed is the application of John Heneberger for a pension under the late act of Congress, and the deposition of Christian Wolff Esquire proving his services - I have been personally acquainted with Heneberger for at least twelve years - he has always sustained a good character and uniformly refuted and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution. Christian Wolff Esq. is one of the oldest and most respectable citizens of this place - He has been an autine and useful justice of the peace for more than thirty years -
You will please send the certificate to either myself or Mr. Crawford
J. L. Edwards Esq.            Lourod Fedk. Smith
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State of Pennsylvania
Franklin County ss
Personally appeared
before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Christian Wolff Esquire who being duly sworn doth depose and say- That during the
Revolutionary War he resided in the town of Lancaster in Pennsylvania and that he was well acquainted with John Heneberger who is now about making application for a pension. That the said John Heneberger lived in Lancaster on the opposite side of the Street from this deponent. That this deponent has a perfect recollection that the said John Heneberger was out several tours in the militia during the
Revolutionary War in the service of the United State-That when his time of service was expired he returned home with the rest of the men who were drafted-That the said John Heneberger learned his trade in Lancaster - That the said John Heneberger has lived in the Borough of Chambersburg for many years and has always been reputed to be a man of honesty and veracity and this deponent has never heard his services in the Revolution doubted-
Christian Wolff

Sworn and subscribed before
me this thirtieth day of May 1833
Barnard Wolff
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in
County ss
I John Flanagan Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County
Penn_ do hereby certify that Barnard Wolfe Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of the making thereof [Illegible] of the acting Justice Pea and for the
the County of Franklin duly commissioned and sworn by lawful authority--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court
at Chambersburg the fourteenth day of June AD
1833
John Flanagan Prothy

[Seal in Upper Left Corner Covers Handwriting]
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1033
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[Above is Handwritten]

RECEIVED
JUN 29 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS.ADM.
READER No.19
[Above is Round Stamp]

166 E. Catherine St.
Chambersburg, Pa.
June 27, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen
I wish to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and need some important information to complete my record.
I have written to the Adjutant General in Washington and he refers me to you.
My lineage is as follows:
Ethel M. Rinehart, myself
Rush S. Rinehart, my father
Harper J. Rinehart, his father
Charlott Bickly Rinehart, his mother
Christian Heneberger (or Henneberger), her father.
We know that Mr. Heneberger [Handwritten insert" only one of this sur"] was a member 
of the United States Army during the Revolutionary War, but do not know what regiment or when he enlisted. He is buried in this town, but the stone which marks his grave has been worn by the weather so that we
cannot get the information from it.

Can you furnish me with this information; or if not, tell me where I may be able to obtain it?
What was the name and number of his regiment?
Where had he enlisted?
When and where was he discharged?
was there any outstanding record made by him during his service?
Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
(Miss) Ethel M. Rinehart