Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,836, Harman Hockingbery, New Jersey
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New Jersey   Hockingbery, Harman    S.22,836
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No. 11,722
Pennsylvania
Harman Hockingbery
of Franklin Co in the State of Penna who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Kirkendoll of the on the N. Jersey Militia for 9 months, & 12 days Private $31.03

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 31 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1833 and sent to Frederick Smith Chambersburg Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 62.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 15.66
$78.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 23
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State of Pennsylvania
Franklin County JP
On this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of Franklin County Pennsylvania (the same being a court of record) Harman Hockingbery resident in Path Vally in said county of Franklin aged eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 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 in Albany in the state of New York on the tenth of March in the year 1744, and that he has no record of his age - That he was living in the State of New Jersey at the time of his service in the revolutionary war, in the county Sussex - and that he served the United States in the militia in the revolution as follows - that he was drafted under Captain Samuel Kirkendoll in the militia for six weeks and went towards Brunswick that he served out these six weeks and was discharged and returned home; and that he was three successive times called out under the same Captain for thirty days each time, and that his whole service under this Captain was [more than, scratched out] four months and upwards which time he served out faithfully and was at the end of each service discharged by the captain. That his discharges have been lost many years since - That he was ofterward drafted in the militia under William Nice for [writing scratched out] thirty days - that the British came from Staten Island to a meeting house where they were stationed plundering the country - That we [even?] called out under Capt. Nice and took four of the British prisoners while they were taking corn in a corn field - That he served out there thirty days under Captain Nice and was discharged by him but the discharge has been lost. That he was afterward (still living in New Jersey) drafted for thirty days under Captain Jacob Teeter and served out the time faithfully and discharged but the discharge is lost - and that he afterwards served thirty days in the militia under Captain Teeter and was again
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discharged but his discharge has been lost - That he was again drafted in the militia under Captain Abraham Swisher (still living in New Jersey) for thirty days; which thirty days he served out faithfully and was again drafted in the militia under the same Captain thirty days more and that he served out [ink smeared] tours under Captain Swisher and was discharged but his discharges have been lost - That at the different times and under the different officers above named he Served the United States the full period of nine months in the revolution. That he has no documentary eveidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. That he states the names of Richard Morrow Esq. Clerk of the Quarter Seniors of Franklin County Penna [a is underlined] and Peter Foreman in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war. That he lived in the State of New Jersey for two or three years after the close of the revolution and then moved to Path Vally in the County of Franklin Penna. [a is underlined] where he has resided ever since and still doth reside - That there is no clergyman in the vicinity where he lives who knows him and who can testify for him. That his memory has become much impaired by age and that he is unable to state the particulars of his different tours of service - and that from bodily infirmity he is unable to attend at court in Chambersberg a distance of thirty miles for the purpose of making this application - that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and that he draws no pension of any kind - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William W Kafson Harman Hockingbery, his mark
We the subscribers residing in the county of Franklin Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Harman Hockingbery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty nine years old, that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - That we have been acquainted with him for more than thirty five years and never have heard his services in the revolution doubted Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - William W Kefson Richard Morrow JSiter Foreman
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No. 25161
Harman Hockingbery Franklin County Pennsylvania 
admitted 9 mo. 12 days Private $31:33 1/3
Fredk. Smith Chambersburg Penna.
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War Department, Pension Office 183
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 necefsary to be done. Theose points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you retun 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, shewing the Service of Harman Hockingbery Franklin County Pennsylvania.
[table columns]
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, 1 month, 12 days, private, Cap Kirkendoll, 89 years, Traditionary evidence
Called out, 1 month, ", Cap Kirkendoll, Sufsex, papers correctly authenticated.
Called out, 1 month, ", Cap Kirkendoll, County
Called out 1 month, ", Cap Kirkendoll, New Jersey
Drafted 1 month, ", Cap Nice
Drafted 1 month, ", Cap Teeter
Served 1 month, ", Cap Teeter
Drafted 1 month, ", Cap Swisher
Drafted 1 month, ", Cap Swisher
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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alleged service, as they are know at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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[written sideways]
Revolution
[written at top]
22836
Invalid.
File No. 22836
Harman Hockingbery
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th, [32?]
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Harman Hockingbery
25161
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I William McKesson one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of Franklin county Penna (the same being a court of record) do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Harman Hockingbery was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and I do hereby certify that it appears to me that Richard Morrow Esq. clerk of court of Quarter Sessions of said county and Peter Foreman who have signed the preceding certificate and resident in the said county of Franklin Penna and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit; and I further certify that the said applicant Harman Hockingbery from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court in Chambersberg for the purpose of making his application and that no clergyman resides in his neighbourhood who can certify to his services - Given under my hand & seal at Roxbury in Franklin County aforesaid this first day of May 1833 - William Mc Kefson [seal, with ink swirls around it.]
I John Flanagan Prothonotary and clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania (the same court being a court of record) do hereby certify that William McKesson before whom the above proceedings, on the application of Harman Hockingbery for a pension, were had, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county Pennsylvania duly appointed and commissioned and acting as such, that the said court is a court of record and that the signatures to the above proceedings annexed is the genuine signature of the said William McKesson - Witness my hand and the seal of the said court this 2d day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[seal affixed] John Flanagan Prothy
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Pennsylvania
Franklin County JP
Personally came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Charles Widney John Johnston David Fugisan Samuel Coulter John Price Senior, Edward Taylor who being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that they have severally been resident of Path Vally Franklin County Pennsylvania for more than thirty years and have been acquainted with Harmon Hockingbery (an applicant for a pension) for more than thirty years; that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age; that he is feeble and infimr and extremely poor and indigent - that he is a man of good moral character and a man of
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Franklin County JP
I John Flanagan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin Penna ["a" is underlined] do hereby certify that William S Syonz Esq before whom the within affidavit waz made was at the time of the Making and taking though one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Franklin duly commifsioned amd sworn by lawful authority - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & office the seal of said Court at Chambersburg the 13th day of May AD 1833.
John Flanagan Prothy.