Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8454, Peter Fauber, Penn.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Penn  Fauber, Peter S.8454
Born in Germany carded
CONTENTS
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Secletion to J.J. Foy of P.Apt.232
Act. 1835
Date of death [illegible]

Virginia 16.642
Peter Fauber
Of Augusta in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Captain of the Regiment commanded by
Col. Gruble in the Army
time for 8 months
Pa. Line. lct. 11/04
Records corrected
Inscribed on the Rolls of Virginia
the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
commence of the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Sept 1833
and  [illegible] Jefferson Tinney Staunton.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 66.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1834 13.33
$79.98

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by N. Rice, Clerk, book E Vol. 8 Page 8
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22,673
Peter Fauber,
Virginia

Admit as Private
8 mo. 2666

Jefferson Kinney, 6th
Staunton. H
Augusta County, Va.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
May 8th 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7th, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in 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 show what is necessary to be done.  These 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, showing the Service of Peter Fauber of Augusta Co., Va.

Period when the service was recorded.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Drafted '76. -3- Pr. Capt. Ott. Gen. Armstrong, Col. Young. Col Elder.

Lancaster thence to the Town of Lebanon: thence through Reading, Trenton, Princeton, Brunswick, to [illegible] Town.

Lancaster County, Pa.
Aged 76 years and eleven months.
Living witness and their testimony.

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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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 personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 provion 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
A. B.

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 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 and C.D. residing in (the same) 
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, 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 day 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.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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 it 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 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. 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 he 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 enquiry 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 be
fore 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 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.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which ease 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 laid. 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 suith, 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 three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who supply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c 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, and 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 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, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 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.
note applies to continental troops only.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof 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.
W. R. Turner
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Augusta County to [illegible]:
   The affidavit of John Fauber [illegible] to and subscribe before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid on this 24th day of September 1832.  This affidavit saith as follows that in the year 1776 he and his brother Peter Fauber who is now applying for pension under the act of Congress were drafted and belonged to the [illegible] company under the command of Colonel Entis Grub and Captain Butler [illegible] that he was with the said Peter Fauber during a time of three months, this [illegible] was [illegible] of the company to which he and his brother Peter belonged - He was not with his brother in any other tour though he well remembers that his brother was drafted twice afterward, and left [illegible] This affiant has often heard his [illegible]  brother sheath of his military services after his return from the last tour, that he has [illegible] his declaration read and believes [stricken] that the facts therein mentioned correspond with the statements in which his [illegible] brother Peter has [illegible] made to him upon the [illegible] for many years past.
   In which whereof said John Fauber has ^hereto set his hand and seal this day & [illegible] first above written
 [signature][illegible] 

   Sworn to and subscribed before me as Justice of the peace for the county of Augusta on this 24th day of September 1832
[J Waye]
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State of Virginia
Augusta County to wit:
On this 24th day of September
1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of
of the county court of Augusta now in session, Peter Fauber a
resident of said County, aged 76 years and 11 months, who being
first when my sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed on the 7th day of June 1832 entitled an act
supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and widows of the revolution.
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named office and served as hereinafter
fully stated according to the best of recollection, that he was
drafted in the militia of Pennsylvania in the early part of
the year 1776 in the County of Lancaster in his state and marched
under the command of Captain Baltzer Ott, Curtis Grub
was his Colonel and Genl Armstrong Commander
of the brigade, the company to which declarant belonged
assembled at the house of Captain Ott and marched
into the town of Lebanon where they joined the
regiment, thence they marched through Reading, Trenton
Princeton and Brunswick to a small [illegible] in sight
of the City of New York called [illegible] Woodbridge by
other [illegible] at this latter place they remained
for some weeks when they were ordered to Paulus Hook
when they were arduously engaged for [illegible]
months in throwing up fortifications, from Paulus Hook
he was marked back to [illegible] when his term
of [illegible] months expired and he was discharged
and returned home.
[illegible] declarant thinks in about after his return
from the first tour he was again [illegible] marched
under Captain Holdenburg to Lebanon in the state
of Pennsylvania to guard a number of Hessian prisoners
who were capture declarant thinks at Trenton and
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and were marched to Lebanon for safe Keeping [stricken word] Number being to[sic] large as to require a stronger guard than could at that time be [illegible] withdrawn from other [illegible] a detachment [illegible] [illegible] accounting to [illegible] [illegible] four hundred [illegible] marched to Winchester
in the [illegible] of Virginia, Whilst at Lebanon declarant was appointed a sargent with nine men under his command and was sent with a [illegible] detachment to guard some waggons[sic] loaded with ammunition from Lebanon to Philadelphia, at Philidelphia he was discharged and returned home in this second tour he was 
absent ^from [illegible] on [illegible] a letter upwards of two months only though he was drafted for three months -
Declarant served a third tour of duty which [illegible] late in the fall of 1776, the country was thrown into [illegible] alarm by the landing of the British in great force at the head of Elk in the state of Delaware about 40 miles from Lancaster near which place declarant resided he was again drafted and the regiment to which he belonged under the command of Colonel Elden joined the [illegible] at Chesnut hill 12 miles from Philidelphia [illegible] then was a [illegible] engagement in which [illegible] [illegible] of the Pennsylvania militia was much injured by a [illegible] from his horse and taken prisoner by the British upon this time declarant was for him about three months,  he was in no engagement except the one spoken of above at Chestnut Hill, but was within sight [illegible] of the battle of Long Island which was fought[illegible] Paulus Hook where he was then stationed
He received no written discharge at the expiration of his {struck} first tour of duty, he did receive written discharges at the end of second and third tours but he took no care of these and they have been lost for many years -  He can his first tour by
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big brother John Fauber of Augusta County who marched with him wars has with him during the whole of said tours in the capacity of Fifes to the company of which they were both members, and [illegible] thru twise John Fauber his case also prove facts confirmatory of his above [illegible] in relation to his recent and third terms. Having removed from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Augusta County forty years ago and not having had any cases found or communication with that place since he does not know who of his fellow soldiers who formed with him are [illegible] when upon whom to call for further evidence in support of his retirements.
The claimant was born in Germany and is now 76 years and 11 months old as appears from the news of his age as mark in an old family Bible and in the possession of his brother John Fauber which he inspected a short time ago, his father and family came to the United States when asclaimant was about ten years of age and settled in Lancaster County Pennsylvania when he removed to Augusta County in Virginia about 40 years ago where [illegible] his residence ever since.
He refers to Jacob Havner and Claudius Buster for his character and as to their belief of his revolutionary services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares [illegible] his [illegible] is not in the pension roles of any agency or any state known to and subscribed [illegible]
For Jacob Havner and Claudius Buster Peter Fauber [scratched word] in the County of Augusta and state of Virginia having certify these we use such acquainted with Peter Fauber who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age thus he respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that as concern in his opinion.

Claudius Buster
Jacob Havner
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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 stated and the court
further certifies that it appears to them that Claudius Buster and Jacob Harner who have signed the above certificate are residents of Augusta County are credible persons and
that their statement an entitled to credit

Peter Fauber
22673
Declaration

Peter Lamber
State of Virginia
Augusta County to Wit
Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court
Augusta do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Fauber for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 6th day of February 1833 & in the to 7th year of the Commonwealth
Jefferson Kinney Call
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                                                               April 30, 1937

                                                               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. John H.Stephens                                     [illegible hand written word]
41 Osborne Street                                    Peter Fauber
Johnstown, Pennsylvania                          8.8454
                                                                  BA-J/[smudged]  
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Peter Fauber whose name was placed on the pension roll September 11, 1835, at the age of seventy seven years, and of Peter Protsman, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Because of the large number of requests for records of soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request relative to soldiers of that war. The record of Peter Fauber is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension 
claim, 8. 8454, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Peter Fauber was born in Germany in October, 1756. At the age of ten years, his father brought his family to America and settled in Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Peter Fauber enlisted early in 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Baltzer Orth's company, Colonel Curtis Grubb's Pennsylvania regiment; On this tour, his brother, John Fauber, served with him as fifer. On his return home, Peter Fauber again enlisted and served about two months as private and sergeant in Captain Holderbury's company, Colonel Grubb's Pennsylvania regiment, engaged in guarding Hessian prisoners taken at the battle of Trenton to Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He subsequently enlisted, served three months as private in Colonel Elder's Pennsylvania regiment and was in the battle of Chestnut Hill.
The soldier moved about 1792 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Augusta County, Virginia.
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Peter Fauber was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Augusta County, Virginia.
It is not stated whether the soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Peter Fauber, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Peter Fauber, certificate No. 16642, issued September 11, 1833, rate, $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.  
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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State of Virginia: Augusta County to wit:

On this [smudged & illegible] of July 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Augusta now sitting, Peter Fauber a resident of said County aged 76 years & 11 months, being the same Peter Fauber, whose Declaration for a Pension made the 24th of September 1832 & returned from the War-Department for amendment is hereto affixed, and doth on his oath make the following amendments to said Declaration in accordance with the acquisitions of said Department
1st- This Declarant states that in his second Tour as described in his said Declaration Col. Grub commanded the regiment to which he belonged, who also was his Col. in the first Tour as stated in his said Declaration
2- This Declaration states that owing to the lapse of time & the imperfection of memory he cannot say how much longer than 2 months he served on his said 2nd Tour but he is able positively to 
assert that he served 2 months and that on his ^said 3d Tour he served 3 months, so that his whole time of service was 8 months
3-This Declarant does not know what lengths of time he acted as a sergeant & therefore does not claim any additional allowance on account of that appoin^tment.

In answer to the first interrogatory prescribed by the 
War-Department this Declarant  states as in his said Declaration that he was born in Germany in Oct 1756
Answer to the 2nd Interrogatory-There is a record of my age in my Father's Bible now in possesion om brother John Fauber
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Answer to 3d Interrogatory - [word crossed out] of this Declarant living in Lancaster County Pennsylvania at the time he was called into service-where he resided till about 40 years ago when he came to Augusta County Virginia where he has resided ever since
Answer to the 4- This Declarant was called into service & served as he has stated in the body of his said Declaration to which he refers
for a full answer
Answer to the 5th- Genl. Washington's Army was near as white Marsh near Chestnut hill- This Declarant remembers seeing 
Genl. Wayne while in service & Capt Riley who belonged to the Regular Army-he does not remember particularly any regular regiments or officers with whom he served- The general circumstances of his service are stated in the body of his said Declaration to which he refers
Answer 6. Claudius Rusten & Jacob Havner as stated in the body of his Declaration
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion^after the further investigation of the matter that the above named Applicant Peter Fauber was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he has stated in the body of his said Declaration & in the amendment thereto
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Virginia to 16th

I, Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the County Court of Augusta do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Fauber for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 24th day of July 1833 in the 58th year of the Commonwealth.

Jefferson Kinney, Esq


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[once on account of that appointment and answer to the first interrogatory prescribed by this War Department this Declaimant states as in his service Declaration that he was born in Germany in October 1756
Answer to the 2nd Interragatory - There is a record of my age in my Father's Bible now in possession of my brother John Fauber.
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FREE

J. L.  Edwards Esq
General Pension Agent
Washington City

Oct 23

[Postal Stamp]
RICHMOND
OCT
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Returned 21 Oct
Dear Sir
[Illegible text] enclosing the pension which I hope will be satisfactory to the agent.
He is still in dislike whether he ought to pay this claim, where the word "Revolutionary" is left out - from [smudged] to him in reply to Lewis Webbs case, you remark he may pay him but it does not extend to [most] generally - - Will you be pleased to Jay Whither's ml. Is can go in to pay when Nat world is omitted, which does not appear requisite.
I have a claim from Peter Fauber of Augusta Co but his home is not in the agent - Burly - The So 11642 is in his Book but the name left blank - The inclosed pension is rejected on account of
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(illegible) pensions negligence in (illegible) collecting it.  Please State if it shall be paid - and at the same time request him to (illegible) Peter Forbes
                         (illegible) respectfully
                         J J Fry
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1918, April 12. History to Margaret Cassell F.W.
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1918, May 3. History to C. K. Hill, and told how to write to auditor &c &c. F.W.
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1928 - July 28. W. A. Johnston ed. cost of photos CWF.
1928 Aug. 17. Photos mailed to W. A. Johnston CWF.
1929 Jan 2 Photos to Mrs. J.L. Starks A.D.Y.
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1937, Apr. 30, Hist to Mr. John H.
Stephens --- MLB

Rev War
8454
INVALID.
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File No. 8454
Peter Fauber
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Peter Fauber Oct. 11, 1904
Records corrected
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In reply to your request of ......., received ..........
for a statement of the military history of Peter Fauber
 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.F. 8454

DATES OF            LENGTH OF   RANK   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM   STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR   SERVICE.                   SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
APPOINTMENT.                                        CAPTAIN       COLONEL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1776                         3 MOS        Pri.       Baltzer Arth     Curtis Grubb   Pa.
Soon after                2   "        Pri. & Sgt    Holderbury              Grubb
Fall 1776                   3   "            Pri.                 ^                   Elder

Battles engaged in, Chestnut Hill.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept 4, 1832. His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Augusta Co, Va
Age at date of application (He was born in 1756 in Germany.
Remarks: (He same to America when he was about 10 yrs old.
There is no date relative to wife or children.
You must not say this again as the
assumption as he had a family
best say "It is not stated 
Respectfully, (did not put in hist to C Knoll

d--285C

Commissioner.

[Illegible Signature]
Commissioner.
Page 22

May 3, 1918

Mr. C.K. Hill, 
Harriman, 
Tennessee.

Sir:
    In order to obtain the last known residence of soldier, the date of last payment of pension and name of person to whom the arrears of pension were paid, in the case of
"Peter Fauber, Cert, No. 16, 642, 
issued September 11, 1833,
for $26.66 per annum from
March 4, 1831, under the
Act of June, 1833, at the Virginia Agency"
you should forward this letter to
      The Auditor for the Interior Department,
      Auditors' Bldg., 14th and B Sts., S.W.,
      Washington, D.C.
Very respectfully,
[Signature illegible]
Commissioner.
Page 23

[letterhead]
Mrs John H Stephens
41 Osborne Street
Johnstown, PA.

[handwritten letter]
March 31 - 1937
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[handwritten note upper right corner "2 Cold Rec"]
[stamped upper right - "Received Apr 10 1937 Div. Vets Adm Reader # 11"]

Dear Sir:-
Do your records contain the date of one Peter Fauber, Private Rev. War.
Virginia Militia. Placed on Roll Sept 11, 1833. Pension commenced Mar. 4 - 1831 - age 77.
Also Peter Protsman age 76. Rev. War, Lancaster Co., Penna. March 4 - 1831.
If there records are found, will you kindly send me a copy for family history
Respectfully, 
Mrs. John H Stephens
[stamped lower left - "Received Apr 3 1937 [illegible]"]

[stamped "Rec'd World [illegible] 2 Apr 1 1937"]
Page 24

Submit in Duplicate.   1-681   Phone Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 28558

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

Depart of the Interior
Washington
Chief, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.                 December 18, 1928
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033

(All copy for duplicating work should be plain and written in elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)

Title and description of job... photostatic copies of 9 pages from Rev. War pension claim of Peter Fauber, S 8484
No. of copies .. 1 of each.  Shall form be kept standing? ........  ......... days
For further information see .. Mrs. Finch  Room No 5033  Phone No. 341

Approved: A. W. Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M H Frich Chief of Branch or Division 
Note:  No order made "Special" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering ................

Check Work Desired
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? ......
Facsimile signature? .......
Mimeograph   one side or both sides? ......
Facsimile signature? .......
Folding   once or twice?
Assembling Stapling   Once? Twice?  Side? End?
Electric typewriter   Fill in addresses? ..... Dated? .....
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size ....... Cards, size ......
Proof list .....  Pay rolls .....
Labels (submit sample) ... Corrections .....
Fill in letters ..... Tabulation sheets .....

Photostat X Size actual  Official use? .....
Repay?  yes $1.35
Blue Print  Size ....  Official use? .....
Repay? ..... $.....
Remarks ................
                    (Over)
Page 25

Note:  Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief (illegible) bureaus. 
                              ................... (Date)

Indicate by an X in proper Square action to be taken.
___ Make new addressograph plate
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On list ...................
as follows:
Now reads  1 ...................
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For use of duplicating and addressing section
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15822
[Illegible]-2233
PENSIONS
Finance Division

Dec. 14. 1928
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Division
I have this day received from
Mrs. J. L. Starks
money order in the amount
of $10.60 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
....
O.J. Randall
Chief, Finance Division.
H.C. S.

to C.C.
Dec 18
to Law Dec 29
Photos mailed &
Fin. Div. ntfd.
Jan 2, 1929
A.D.Y.
Page 27

Dec. 11
K.C. Mo.
(illegible) Winfield Scott

I wrote you some time ago and sent check for one dollar requesting you to send me certified copies of papers in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim S. 8454 of Peter Fauber including the affidavit of service of his brother John.  The check was returned advising me the amount was 1.60, which I will include in this letter, I am sending the letter from my cousin so you will understand just what I want, also your letter.  Please return W. H Johnson's letter to me with certified copies. 

Mrs. J. L Starks
1211 West 61st Ter
K.C. Mo.

The above letter was copied on top of a letter from E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner,
date stamped as received Dec. 14, 1928 in the U.S. Pension Office.
Page 28

[letterhead]
3 - 1865
WASHINGTON
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

[typewritten letter]
October 8, 1928.
Mrs. J. L. Starks
1211 West 61st Terrace
Kansas City, Missouri
Madam:
I advise you that photostat copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Peter Fauber, S. 8454, will be furnished you upon request, under the provisions of the act of August 24, 1912,
at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty - five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is nine.
[handwritten note in margin "Soldiers livo
appler, John Fam. this affid & then Ctf - Jacket"]
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 

The amount of your check, $1.00, will be refunded to you in due time.
Respectfully,
[signed] E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office DEC. 14 1928
Page 29

PENSIONS
Finance Division
Oct  6 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 Wars Section Division
I have this day received from
Mrs. J. L. Starks ... check in the amount
of $1.00 ... requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.

O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
H. C. L.

Finance Div. Ntfd
amt of check to be 
refunded  Oct. 8 1928
WMF

15
 9
___
135
  25
____
1.60


October 8, 1928.

       (strauled be)
photostat ^ copies of original pa-
| ationary War pension claim of
| be furnished you upon reo-
| of the act of August 24, 1912,
| ts a page, with twenty-five
| ion, if that is desired.
| be copied is nine.
| uld be forwarded to this Bu-
| to the order of the Secretary
| eck, $1.00, will be refunded

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Page 30

October 8, 1928.

Mrs. J. L. Starks
1311 West 61st Herrace
Kansas City, Missouri

Madam:

I advise you that photostat [handwritten addition - "photostatic (should be)"] copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Peter Fauber, S. 8454, will be furnished you upon request, under the provisions of the act of August 24, 1912,
at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
The amount of your check, $1.00, will be refunded to you in due time.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Page 31

| ult
Kansas City Mo
Oct Third
Winfield Scott
Will you kindly send to me certified copies
papers in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim S. 8454 of Peter Fauber, including the affidavit of service of his brother John
Mrs. J. L. Starks
1211 West 61 St Lerr
Kansas City Mo.
Check - $1.00

[Stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPERS DESK
OCT 6 1928 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS


E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

[Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
DEC 14 1928

[Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 6 1928

| 912

| ediers five
| efls, John Fam.
& this CTF.
| ry
Jacket
Page 32

Submit in duplicate. 1-681. Phone branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 25724
Requisition for duplicating, addressograph, photostat, and blue print work.
Department of the interior
Washington
Chief, Division of Publications,
Room G 137. August 9, 1928
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering: Pensions
Deliver to Room No.: 5033
(All copy for duplicating work should be plain and written in elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)
Title and description of job: photostat copies of four pages, from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Peter Fauber, 3,3454.
No. of copies: 1 of each
Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see: M. M. H. Finch
Room No.: 5033
Phone No.: 541
Approved: A. D. Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M. H. Finch, Chief of Rev & 1812 Sec
Note: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

Division of publications
received Aug 11 1928
Dept of the interior

Office of the chief clerk
Aug 13 1928
Bureau of pensions

Check work desired
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets

Photostat: x, Size: actual, Official use? Repay?: yes $[illegible]
Blue print, Size, Official use? Repay?

Remarks
(over)
Page 33

Note: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief (illegible) bureaus.  ................... (Date)  
Indicate by an X in proper Square action to be taken. 
___ Make new addressograph plate 
___ Change present addressograph plate 
___ Destroy present addressograph plate 
On list ................... 
as follows: 
Now reads 1 ................... 
                   2 .................. 
                   3 .................. 
                   4 .................. 
                   5 .................. 
Should read 1 ................ 
                      2 ............... 
                      3 ............... 
                      4 ............... 
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For use of duplicating and addressing section 

Addressograph 
The above change was made ............. 192.... Operator .............................  
Mulitgraph 
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Remarks: ...........................  
Mimeograph 
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Cut by ......................... 
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(This is the Finance Division's receipt for copies requested on page #350)

15822
3-2233

Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division 

August 8, 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 Wars Sections.
I have this day received from W.A. Johnston money order in the amount of $85/100, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.

C.J. Randall
Chief, Finance Division.   
C.C.L.

Finance Div. notified, Photos mailed Aug. 17, 1928.
A.U.F.
Page 35

[letterhead]
W. A. JOHNSTON A F. L. JOHNSTON
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
SAN JOSE CALIF.

[typewritten letter]
August 1st, 1928

Hon Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

[handwritten comment] M.D. #94037 - 85 cents
[stamped] Finance Division Book-keeeper's desk Aug 8 1928 Bureau of Pensions

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section: 

Dear Sir:

In accordance with your favor of July 28th I am enclosing you postal money order for 85 cents, payable to the order of the United States Secretary of the Interior in payment of
copies of papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8454 of Peter Fauber relative to the service of his brother John.
I should like to have the same certified.
Thanking you in advance for the same, I am,
Yours very truly,
[signed] W. A. Johnston
Page 36

July 28, 1928

W. A. Johnston
First National Bank Bldg.
San Jose, Calif.

Sir: 
I advise you that photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8454 of Peter Fauber, relative to the service of his brother, John Fauber, will be furnished you under the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty
five cents extra for certification, if that be desired.
The number of pages to be copied is four.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Page 37

W. A. JOHNSTON & F. L. JOHNSTON
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
Winfield Scott,
SAN JOSE, CALIF.
missioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
July 16th, 1928
I am informed that Peter Fauber, (the name may be
spelled Faber), a brother of John Fauber (or Faber), both of
Virginia, drew a pension from the Federal Government after the
Revolutionary War and up to about 1832, and that on making
application for such pension he filed a sworn statement showing
the service of his brother John in the Revolutionary War.
Can I get you to send me a copy of this sworn statement
made by Peter Fauber. If you will let me know the amount
of your charges for the same I will gladly forward it.
Yours very truly,
W. A. Johnston
Page 38

[handwritten] one 3¢ Stamped Envelope used 
        W   Rev.Sec.          ok RWS


Harriman, Tennessee.
April 23, 1918.

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Dear Sir:- I wish to get the following information, but do not know what department to address, so am enclosing a stamped envelope, and will ask that this letter be forwarded to the proper place.                              [Handwritten initials F.W.]
Please give me the date and to whom last payment of the pension of Peter Fauber, S.F. 8454, Rev. War., was made.
Can you give me any information as to his family, and where he was living at the time of his death?
Thanking you in advance, I am, 
Yours very truly,
C.K. Hill  [signature]
CKH/K
                              [Handwritten notation on document very faint,
                                 Search regular record & advise how to get
                                 last payment]

[Circular stamp, too faint to read]
Page 39

[Oval Stamp reads Records Division Apr 10 1918]
                                                                                              
Harriman,Tennessee.                         [2 words handwritten 1st is  
April 5, 1918                                       Record, 2nd is illegible]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Dear Sir:- In reply to your letter of March 19th, regarding pension in the War of 1812, of Arthur Frogge, of Fentress County Tenn., I refer you to the following;
Government Publications, 
House Report,  95-28th Congress, 1st session, Vol. 1-#445.
"            "          55-29th       "          1st    "          2    " #488
"            "          18-28th       "           2nd   "         "    "  #468
Senate Document 307-28th  "         1st     "         "    5 #435


All the above are reports on petition of Arthur R. Frogge of Fentress 
County Tenn., who volunteered 1814 as Lieutenant in Company of Capt. Wm. Wood in Cumberland Co. Ky., and in march around Lake Erie, injured his ankle & etc.   He has
Please furnish me with the data these reports contain, [and any others you have.] hand written , not typed
Will you please furnish me with the records your office contains of 
"Peter Fauber" of Augusta Co., Va., who was allowed pension in 1835?
Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter, I am,  Yours very truly,
  Miss Margaret Cassell [signature]
MC/K      

                [Circular stamp with Pension Office Apr 8 1918 U.S. ]