Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,358, George Wentling, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                              NUMBER
Penn            Wentling, George             S. 6358

                                                             Carded.
CONTENTS
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Pennsylvania 32,451
George Wentling 32,6

of Lancaster Co., in the State of Penn, s 
who was a Major in the _____________ commanded
by Captain ____________ of the           commanded by            in the 2d. Regt. Continental 
line for.        P.A. [star]   June 13, 1914    
                     Records corrected.   

Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 600 Dollars   [{___________Cents] crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of May 
1846, and sent to Hon. S Senate U. States

Arrears to the 4th of March 1846.       9,000
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep"        300
                                                              ______
                                                              9:300  
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act [{June 7, 1832.} crossed out]
Special on  May 13, 1846.
Recorded by D. Brown, ________Clerk, 
Book E. 2.   Vol. 5.   Page 68.

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Repd.

Mr G W. wentling
May 4, 49
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4  No. 35.387
George Wentling-
Pa
Act. 7. June '32

The Declaration of Major Geo. Wentling a Revolutionary Soldier.
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The Declaration of Major George Wentling,  in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7t. June 1832.

State of Pennsylvania js} Ss.
County of Lancaster}

On this Fifth day of September, 1842, before the Hon. A. L. Hayes, then holding a District Court for the City and County of Lancaster, personally appeared George Wentling, a resident of Marietta in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, aged 88 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 the act Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the Continental Army of the United States in the month of July 1776, at the City of New York, and Served in the Second Regiment of the lIne, with the rank of Major.  His first duty was performed upon Long Island, General Washington having at that time the chief command of the forces.  The only names of inferior officers which the petitioner now remembers are Colonel Smith, Captain Philips, Capt. Hartman & Captain Thomas Winn or Wind.  He served seven years, and left the army in 1783.  When this applicant entered the service he resided in Lancaster County, Penn.a  being at that time a student of medicine.  The battles in which this deponent was engaged were the Battle of Long Island, the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton, Stony Point, and various skirmishes.  He was also present at Yorktown at the Surrender of Cornwallis.  He marched through the country lying between the above named places & after the surrender of Cornwallis went to Philadelphia and was there discharged.  He was through the whole war engaged chiefly in field - service.  At the battle of Brandywine he received  a bullet-wound in the left thigh; and during the time of his service was not engaged in any civil pursuit.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever.
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to a pension or an annuity except the present; and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
George Wentling

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
A. L. Hayes Pr. 
Judge of the Dist. Court
for the City & County 
of Lancaster.

I, John W. Forney, Prothonotary of the District Court for the City and County of Lancaster,  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Wentling for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth ___ day of September A.D. 1862
John W Forney Prothy
for Willet C. Ogilly

And I do also further Certify that the name A. L. Hayes above written in the proper signature of the said A. L. Hayes President of the District Court for the City & County of Lancaster.
John W Forney Prothy
for Willet C. Ogilly
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In reply to your request of _______________
received _________________________ for a statement of the military history of George Wentling 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. 6358
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
July 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE.     7 years
RANK. Major
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Not eint
COLONEL.
STATE.
Penn.
wounded in left thigh at battle of Brandywine -
Battles engaged in, Long Is. , White Pl. Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine
Germanton, Stony Pt & surrender of Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co.  Penn.
Date of application for pension, Sept 5, 1842 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Marietta, Lancaster Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, eighty-eight years.
Remarks.
Respectfully,
6 -- 2856
Commissioner.
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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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House of Representatives
Dec. 23rd 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir.

You will oblige me by sending a copy of the Declaration made by George Wentling of Penna,, who was a Major in the revolution, and made application for a pension which is on file in your office as I will be in York on a audit for five days please enclose the copy to me at York, Pa.
Yours very Respectfully
Henry Nes

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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Free  
[Stamped {FREE]}

[Stamped {LANCASTER PA. SEP 6

7. Sep 1842 
Mrs. Allison

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Lancaster, Sept 5th. 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions/
Dear Sir.

Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Major George Wentling, drawn up as presented by the printed form which you forwarded to us a few weeks ago.  His case is embraced under the first of the four general classes there mentioned, and we believe that nothing requisite has been omitted.  You will please ascertain whether Mr. Wentling's name is to be found upon the Rolls, and if so to what sum he will be entitled.  
Very respectfully
Yours, 
J. C. Passmore &
N. Ellmaker.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

Supplemental statement.

In September, 1842, he applied to the Pension Office for a pension but the claim was not allowed for the reason that he was unable
to produce any record evidence of his alleged services. Later he petitioned Congress and was pensioned by special act. In his petition
to Congress as alleged that he received a Major's commission in the Pennsylvania line, from the "Council of Safety" at Philadelphia, in
July, 1776; that he immediately joined the army at New York and remained in the service, actively employed, until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Philadelphia, having served as a Major seven years; that during the service as was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Stony Point, and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; that at the battle of Brandywine he was slightly wounded in the thigh by a musket ball.
He did not give the names of the officers under whom he served but stated that he remembered Col. Smith, Capt. Philps, Capt. Hartman and Capt. Thomas Winn.
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 23, 1894,

Sir: --
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of GEORGE WENTLING 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
See supplemental statement.
Battles engaged in, See supplemental statement.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster County, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1842.
Residence at date of application, Marietta, Pa.
Age at date of application, Eighty-eight years.
Remarks:

James B. O. Cowan, Esq.,
                                Very respectfully,
Greensburg, Pa.
                                      Commissioner.
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G. W. Wentling, 
May 7, 49
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Pension  Office 99
May 7, 1849

Sir

In reply to your letter of the 16th Sept. last I have to state that the claim of George Wentling was admitted for service as a Major at the rate of $600per annum commencing 4th March 1831. and terminating with his life there is nothing more due.


Mr. George Wentling
No 260 Coates St.
Phila.
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An Act For the relief of George Wentling
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That
3 the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and re
4 quired
to place the name of George Wentling on the pension
5 roll, at the rate prescribed by the act of June seventh, eighteen
6 hundred and thirty-two, for two years' service as a major during 
7 the war of the Revolution; and that his pension commence according
to the provisions of said act.

John W Davis Speaker of the
House of Representatives
G M Dallas
Vice President of the ⎬
United States and President of
the Senate
Approved May 17th 1846
James K Polk

Department of State
Washington May 14th 1846
I hereby certify that the above is a
true copy of an act for the relief of George
Wentling as compared with the original roll
on file in this Department

N. P. Trist
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29 Cong}          S. 117
   1 sefs}         Petition
of George Wentling, of
Lancaster Co. Penn; to be
placed on the pension roll
under the act of 7 June 1832.
-
1846. Feb. 5. Referred to the
Com: on Pensions
" March 9. Bill 5. 117

Mr. Cameron
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No. 35,387
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George Wentling
Jan 5. 1844.

Con
Act  7 June 1832
asking for copies of letters in Geo. Wentling case.

Rejected. See letter 13 Sept. 1842 to J. C. Passmore Copy of said letter sent to Hon. J. S. Yost, 15th Jan 1844

Hon J. S. Yost
MR

[Written vertically]

J. S. Yost M. C.

J. L. Edwards Esquire

Commissioner of Pensions.
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George Wentling
Major during the revolutionary war, in the 2nd regiment of the line."

$600 per annum from 4 March 1831.
Inscribe him on the Pension Roll of Pennsylvania army the act '32 Pensioners.
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special act passed 
May 13, 1846




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Cert: to the 
Hon. S. Cameron
Senate U. States
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Dec 28 '43

[Stamp { OB Pa.  DEC 27}]

Geo. Wentling
pen case
not adm & maybe

Don't copy yet
and Dec. 28. 1843

Hon Henry Nes
AD

[Written vertically]

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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J. L. Edwards, E
Com. of Pensions.
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Senate Chambers
May 14, 1846.

To the Commission of Pensions.

Sir,

I send you herewith, the documents which accompanied the petition of Major George Wentling, for a pension.  You will please send me the warrant for the sum due him under the bill of Congress for his relief, which I am desirous of forwarding to him or early as practicable.
Very respectfully
Simon Cameron
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Sept 16 ' 48
Copies  sen,
G. W. Wentling.

W. Allison
ordinary cases

free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[Written vertically]
Wm Aures
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Philadelphia  Sept 16 1848
J. L. Edwards Esqr    Com of Pensions
Washington D C

Dear Sir* Having learned that great swindling transactions have taken place in regard to the paid pensions of my grandfather Major George Wentling of the Revolution.  I have thought it advisable to write to you to this effort- viz that you will please be so good as to send me a Copy of of all the Certificates drawn & if any more is due-  As I am an heir & sorry to say that we have been most abominably swindled out of all that has been paid.  I obtained copys of the various amounts drawn at U S mint in this city & find the amount enormous; if you will confer the above favor it will not be forgotten by your very obedient servant.

Respectfully
George W. Wentling
260 Coates St
Phila.
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Abstract of papers in Geo. Wentling's 
                   case.
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Statement of Major Geo; Wentling's case.

Paper No. 1. Petition_ Petitioner states, on oath, that he obtained a Major's commission in the Pennsylvania Line, from the "Council of Safety," at Philadelphia, in July 1776, and immediately entered the service and remained in it, actively employed, until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Philadelphia, having Served as a Major, 7 years, for which he never received any pension or renumeration whatever, that during this service he was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, the mark of which wound is still visible.  This service is proved by the depositions of three highly respectable revolutionary soldiers themselves pensioners, one residing in the City of Baltimore, one in Lancaster, and the other in York County.  The character of Major Wentling, as a man of truth and undoubted integrity is duly and fully certified by Judge Grosh, Dr. Glatz Postmaster, and Mr. Samuel Algier, all of Marietta.
Papers No. 2 & 3. Depositions of Judge Grosh and Mr. S. Algieir as to the character and standing of Major Wentling.
Paper No. 4.  Deposition of Dr. Glatz also as to the character and standing of petitioner, and certifying that he examined the wound on his thigh, and that it appears to have been made by a musket ball.
Paper no. 5.  Deposition of James Oldham, now of Baltimore, formerly of Philadelphia, a revolutionary soldier, and Pensioner under the State of Pennsylvania, a who was intimately acquainted with the petitioner before he entered the Service and after &  who states, that he knows the petitioner did serve as a Major, from July or August '76, until the close of the War; that he frequently saw him during that time, and that he (Oldham) himself served two mornths in the militia and marched to Valley Forge.
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where he found Wentling in active service as a Major.
Paper No. 6.  Deposition of Wm Moore, of Lancaster County, a revolutionary soldier, and pensioner under the State of Pennsylvania, who states that during the whole time he served in the Revolutionary Army, viz; October '77 to June '78.  He knew Wentling to be actively engaged in the Service, as a Major.
Paper No. 7.  Deposition of Michael Warner, of York County, a revolutionary soldier, and pensioner of the United States and of Pennsylvania, who state that in 1781, he was in the Army, in the South, at the Surrender of Cornwallis; that he saw Major Wentling both before and after the battle of Yorktown; that he knows Wentling was in that battle and that he was a Major and acted in that capacity at the time he saw and knew him.
Paper No. 8.  Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania showing the imperfect state of the records of the "Council of Safety" which issued all the commissions for the Pennsylvania Line, and that commissions, so issued, have been presented at his office of which no record could be found!
The petitioner also states, on his oath, how he lost his commission, and that in consequence of its loss, and being until the last few years in easy circumstances, he did not apply for a pension until 1842, when in consequence of the very imperfect and careless manner in which his declaration was drawn up, unaccompanied by any proof, and the want of his commissioner documentary evidence of it, his claim was rejected by the Pension Department; that Department requiring from an officer, the original Commission, or documentary proof of it.
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9th CONGRESS,          SENATE.]      [207.]
1st Session.[
S 117                                     
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MARCH 9, 1846.
Ordered to be printed.
[To accompany bill S. No. 117.]
┃
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 18, 1844.
Mr. HOGE, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
                           REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Major George Wentling of Lancaster county, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension, Respectfully report:  
It satisfactorily appears to your committee, from the testimony, that the petitioner received a major's commission in the Pennsylvania line, from the Council of Safety" at Philadelphia, in July, 1776; and that he immediately joined the army at New York, and remained in the service, actively employed, until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Philadelphia in 1783, having served as a major seven years, for which he never received any pension or remuneration whatever; that, during the service, he was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Stony Point, and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, in Virginia; and that at the battle of Brandywine he was slightly wounded by a musket ball in the thigh, and that the mark of the wound is still visible. These facts rest not only upon the statement
under oath of the petitioner himself, who is fully proved to be a man of undoubted truth and integrity, but are sustained and corroborated by the testimony of three highly respectable revolutionary soldiers, themselves pensioners, to wit: James Oldham, of the city of Baltimore; William Moore, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; and Michael Warner, of York county.  Oldham states that he was intimately acquainted with the petitioner before and after he entered the service, and that he knows that the petitioner did serve as a major from July or August, 1776, until the close of the war; that he frequently saw him during that time; and that when he himself
went to Valley Forge, in the militia service, he found Wenting (the petitioner ) there in active service as a major. Moore states that, during the whole time he (the witness) served in the revolutionary army, viz: from October, 1777, to June, 1778, he knew the petitioner to be actively engaged in the service as a major. Warner states that in 1781 he was in the army
in the south, at the surrender of Cornwallis; that he saw the petitioner
Ritchie & Heiss, print.
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[207]                      2
Major Wentling) both before and after the battle, and that he was major, and acted in that capacity at the time he saw and knew him.
The petitioner also states, on oath, that his commission was lost or destroyed, together with other papers, during his absence at seat that in 
consequence of this loss, and his not being able to find any record of the issuing of his commission in the very imperfect records of the Council of Safety, preserved at Harrisburg, he is unable to procure a pension under the rules
of the Pension Office, which require the original commission, or documentary evidence of it. In support of this latter statement, the certificate
of the secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania is attached, showing that original commissions issued by the Committee of Safety have been produced at his office, of which no record could be found. Your committee are clearly of opinion that the services of the petitioner have been amply and satisfactorily proven, that his claim is highly meritorious,
and that he is entitled to a full pension, under the act of 1832, for two years' service as a major in the revolutionary war; and report a bill accordingly.
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George Wentley, Major, Penny. act. 1832 Submitted
Papers 
L.M.
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Ho. of Reps January 13, 1866.

James L. Edwards. Esq.
                 Commr {Commissioner] of Pensions.

You will oblige me very much, by sending,  [{per Brown, as} crossed out] at your convenience  a copy of your letter to N. Ellmaker and ___________
Passmore, of Lancaster, Pa., in which are stated the grounds of the rejection of the application of Major George Wentling, for a pension.  The letter was dated some 18 months back.
            Very Respectfully, 
                Your Obedt Servt [Obedient servant]
                                J. S. Yost.
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Washington City
                Jay  9th 1845

James L. Edwards Esq.

Sir

I send you enclose the papers in the application of George Wentley of Pa, and after giving the same a careful examination I have come to the conclusion that the additional testimony in this case, together with the official of the clerk this frequently communions have been produced, when the record is silent, & this then is no record in the county, together with the host of testimony in the cause, has  made out a case sufficient for your Department to act under the rule that your office has established in these cases.
Please to examine this case together with the report & depositions and return me the result of your opinion, if unfavorable, return me the papers. If favorable the certificate [illegible] [illegible]
Joseph A. Wright
of Indiana
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DK

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
February 5, 1915.

OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS

The Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 1st instant (Rev. War Sec.) you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Philadelphia, Pa.  the records of this office show last payment to have been made to
George Wentling, Major Army Rev.,   , certificate No. 32451 at $600.00 per [cross out] annum to April 18, 1847, the date of his death to Mary Wentling, widow.

Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,

R. W. Woolly
Auditor 
By          MoE
              RV
[Deputy Auditor. line through]

Form 3577.
Ed. Jan. 24-11-2009
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OFFICE AUDITOR INTERIOR DEPT.
FEB 2 1915
[illegible] DIVISION
3-397.
(Old No. 3 -399.)
Rev. War Section  [{Division} crossed out] J.S.C. ,  Ex'r.
S. File No. 6358
George Wentling
Major Rev. War

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., Feby. 1, 1905.

SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of George Wentling pensioned under the Special Act May 13, 1846 by certificate
No. 32451 issued, May 15, 1846 for $600 per annum from Mch. 4, 1831, at the Pennsylvania Agency showing date of his death, last payment of pension, and to whom paid.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department.
o-2
Major
$600, per annum
Died 18 April ' 47
Paid 2 Apr '47
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Abstract
of additional document in 
George Wentley's case.
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Statement of Additional Documents 
of Major Geo. Wentley's Claim.

A. Deposition of John Schultz an officer in the assay of the revolution, who served with Major Wentley's; saw him in command at Philadelphia in 1776 and also saw him at he battles of Brandywine and Germantown and at Valley Forge.
Accompanied by a certificate of the Deponent's character.
B.  Deposition of Samuel Dewees, a pensioner and an enlisted soldier during the revolution in the Pennsylvania line, who saw Major Wentley at the battle of Brandywine and at Valley Forge.
C.  Deposition of John Ournell, who was engaged during the revolution in carrying supplies to the army and saw Major Wentley in service at New Brunswick and at Philadelphia in the summer of 1777.
D.  Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives simply sustaining the claim of Major Wentley.
E.  Proceedings in the Senate 13 June 1844, with the declaration of the Senator from Pennsylvania in support of the claim of Major Wentley,
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E

Proceedings in the Senate
13 June 1844.
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From the Congressional Globe for 1844. Vol. 13.p.672
In Senate
Thursday June 13. 1844.

Mr. Jarnagin from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported back and without amendment, and with a recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed, the tile [trial] of the House for the relief of George Wentley.
Mr. Buchanan, said that in this case he would barely observe that he had looked over the proofs and testimony in support of it; and if an opportunity was afforded he would reverse the decision of the committee declaring most plainly that from the examination of the testimony in the whole case, if a man be entitled to a pension this man was.
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18445

State of Maryland Baltimore City to with on this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said city, personally appears John Schultz, an officer the Revolutionary war, and a United States Pensioner aged Ninety two years, who being by me duly sworn according to law, did depose and say that he was well acquainted with Major George Wentling an officer of the Revolutionary war, in the pensylivania line, that in the MOnth of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six he was a Major, and a commanding officer at Philidelphia, and marched with the Troops from the place to join the American Army at New York, and that he did not return to Philidelphia until about the month of January following to deponents knowledge that during the years, Campaign he was at the battle of long Island, Fort Washington, Trenton, and Princeton, and was then stationed at Morristown during the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy seven, all of which he the said George Wentley stated to this deponant on his return to Philidelphia, That in the spring or summer of the same year the American Army came from Morristown. on their march to the state of Dellaware, through Philidelphia, that Major Wentley was with them and marched with them, that this deponant was then an officer in the artillery, and marched with them and was at the battle of Brandywine with Major George Wentley, that he was also in the battle of Germantown with him, that during the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy eight, he was at valley forge, with the Troops Stationed at that place, and there remained until the british evacuated and left Philidelphia, that he knew Major George Wentley at valley forge, as a Major, in the actual service o fht eUnited States, two years or more as A Major in the army of the revolution.  The Deponant further saith not.  Sworn to and subscribed on this twentieth day of May eighteen hundred and forty five in measure of.
                           his
                   John     Schultz
                           mark
Nicholas Brewer
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A.

Deposition of John Schultz.
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I, Nicholas Brewer A Justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore before whom the annexed deposition was taken, do certify that I have personally known Coln. John Schultx, for more than thirty years. that I knew him as Commander of A Regiment attached to Genl Tobias E. Stansbury, Brigade, and under the Command of the late Major Genl Saml Smith at the Battle of North Point, and defence of Baltimore and that the said John Schultz, is at this time a member (with myself) of the association of defenders of Baltimore, and I further certify that I carefully examined the said deponant on all the statements made by him, rtelative to the services performed by the said Major George Wentley during the revolutionary was and for my own knowledge of the deponant I am satisfied that his statements, are correct and true, he being justly entitled to full credit on oath and otherwise.  
Witness my hand this twentieth day of May eighteen hundred and forty five.
Nicholas Brewer

State of Maryland Baltimore County set
I hereby certify that Nicholas Brewer gentleman [{gentleman} crossed out] before whom the above affidavit was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing  a Justice of the peace of the state aforesaid an and for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn in Testimony whereof thereto set  my hand and affix the Seal of Baltimore County Court this 20th day of May 1845
A M Bradford. CLK
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Deposition of Samuel Dewees
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State of Maryland Carroll County  SS
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace in and for said County
Samuel Dewees, a United States Pensioner, who
was an enlisted Soldier in the Pennsylvania
line, for and during the Revolutionary War,
as will more fully appear by reference being
had to the War Department, and Pension office
who being by me duly sworn according to law
saith, That he was well acquainted with
George Wentling an officer of the Revolutionary War
in the Pennsylvania line, that he saw
him in the Battle of Brandywine, and
also saw him about the time of the Battle of
Germantown, but did not see him in
that Battle, but believes he was in that
Battle, that he also saw and knew him
at Valley Forge during the Winter 1777 & 78
and knows that he was in the service there
as a Major, that in the year 1782 he saw
him again at Lancaster and at the
Lancaster Barrack, in company with the
officers of the Revolution, and that he was
still in the service as a Major and further the
deponent saith not:
Samuel Dewees his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this seventeenth day of October in 
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four
Joshua F Kopp Justice of
the peace in and for Carroll County


October seventeenth in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Samuel Dewees for many years and have at all times esteemed his veracity equal to any person and at the
time reside in the same District in Carroll County and would no
doubt
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the authenticity of the statement made in the affidavit
taken before me from his well known moral and 
intellectual deportment as a citizen of Maryland
Joshua F Kopp

State of Maryland, Carroll County to wit
I hereby certify that Joshua F Kopp, Gentleman before whom the aforegoing affidavit was made and whose name is thereto subscribed we of the time of so doing a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in for Carroll County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and of the seal of Carroll County Court this 21st day October 1844
Jacob Shower Clk
Carroll County Court
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C.
Deposition of John Purnell
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State of Pennsylvania York County ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
John Purnell, who being duly sworn according to
law saith, that he was well acquainted with
George Wentling at Philadelphia about the 
commencement of the Revolutionary War in the year
1776. That in the Spring of 1776 deponent shipped
on board of a Schooner at Philadelphia belonging to
 New York, from which port
she had come. That during the summer
of 1776 she was employed by the United States.
 That on or about the first of August
the vessel took a lode of Flour from New York, to New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey
for the use of the Army there at
that place. After landing the flour at that
place, there came on board of said Schooner
officers & Soldiers from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, who were going to New York.
That George Wentling whom he had known
in Philadelphia, was with them as a Major.
Deponent remained on board of said Schooner
until after New York was taken by the
British, and then returned to Philadelphia.
That in the winter of 1776 & 77 deponent
went to Morristown in the State of (over)
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New Jersey, where had been acquainted, that 
he there again saw Wentling in the American
 Camp with the Troops & that he Wentling
said that he had been in the Battle of Long 
Island, and several other
engagements during the year 1776.
Deponent remained at Morristown but
a few days, and returned to Philadelphia
and there remained until the spring
& Summer of 1777. That on or about the
month of June he again saw George Wentling
 marching through Philadelphia with
the Troops to the State of Delaware.
The next time he saw Wentling was
at Valley Forge, where he saw him
Several times during the winter of 1777
& 78, he Wentling said he had been in
the Battles of Brandywine, and Germantown.
that he was stationed at the Camp at
Valley Forge that Winter, and that he was
still acting in the Capacity of Major.
That in the spring of that year 1778 after
the British evacuated Philadelphia, deponent,
 then shipped on Board of a vessel
Bound to France, that he remained at
sea for a long time at different places
and landed at Baltimore in the year
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1781. He then & there again saw Wentling
Marching with the Troops to join the southern Army.
That he next saw him at Lancaster
Pennsylvania at the Lancaster Barracks in
Company with several other officers of
the Army; he Wentling still in the
Service as a Major; and further
deponent saith not. John Purnell his mark
Sworn to and subscribed October 11. 1844 before
John A Wilson

And I do further certify that I have been long acquainted with John Purnell above named. That he sustains a good
Character for truth & veracity and as such is entitled to full credit on his oath or otherwise.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
at York in the County aforesaid the 11th day of October AD 1844-
John A Wilson {seal}
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Pennsylvania York County Ss. I William Ilgenfritz, Prothonotary of the Court of Commonpleas of said County certify that John A. Wilson, Esqr before whom the within Deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at York this Eleventh day of October, A.D. 1844
W. Ilgenfritz Pro
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George Wentling
Petition and documents
of Geo Wentling
of Lancaster Co Penn
asking to be placed
on the pension Roll
under the act of June
7th 1832 -

5 Cameron
 Revy

January 29, 1844.
Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions
March 18 1846 Bill 231
Jeremiah Browne
of Pa
1845 Jany 21- Bill 525
Rev. claims, Cameron

Reported
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(No 1.)
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States, in Congress assembled.
The petition of George Wentling of Lancaster County, in the
State of Pennsylvania
Respectfully Sheweth
That your petitioner obtained from the
“Council of Safety,” at Philadelphia, in July 1776, a Commission as Major, in the Pennsylvania line; that at the time of procuring his commission he was a student of Medicine, and his father a citizen of Lancaster County, in affluent circumstances; that in receiving the Commission he was actuated solely by patriotic motives and great devotion to the cause of Independence and immediatly, at his own expense, furnished himself with a horse, saddle, bridle and every thing necessary for the service and joined the army at New York. Soon after, he then crossed with the army to Brooklyn, and was in the battle of Long Island, where he performed his first active service; that the next morning after the battle, he recrossed with the army to New York in one of the
last boats, after sunrise, in a thick fog unseen by the enemy;
from thence marched to Fort Washington, and White Plains
and there encamped; that in October he was in the battle of
White Plains and immediatly after the battle, they crossed 
the North River and marched to Newark and New Brunswick,
from thence to Princeton and Trenton, where they crossed the
river Delaware into Pennsylvania, and where the Army remained until the latter part of December, then recrossed the Delaware and marched to Trenton, and was in the battle of Trenton and also in the battle of Princeton; from Princeton they marched to Morristown, in New Jersey, and there encamped during the remainder of the winter of 76 and 77 and so remained until Spring when they marched to Philadelphia, and were in and about that city until August; they then marched to Delaware where he was in the battle of Brandywine, in which engagement 
he was slightly wounded by a musket ball in the thigh, and
which wound is still visible. He was next in the battle
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of Germantown, and afterwards marched to Valley Forge, where they encamped during the winter of ‘77 and ‘78; that he was afterwards at the taking of Stoney Point; and also at the
Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, in Virginia; that he
remained in the Army, Variously and actively engaged, until
the close of the War of the Revolution, and was finally discharged in Philadelphia, in 1783, having served as a Major,
in actual service, seven years, for which service he never
asked or received any remuneration whatever; he also further
States, he recollect the names of the following officers, who
served with him, viz; Col. Smith, Captain Philips, Capt Hartman
and Captain Wynn or Wind.
The petitioner further represents, that soon after the close of
the War, he went to sea, as Super Cargo, for the Messrs Willing
of Philadelphia; that he followed the sea for a number of years;
that on first going to sea, be placed all his papers, including his
Commission of Major, into a place of supposed safety, and
that during his absence, all the papers and commission
were lost or destroyed, and he has never been able to find
any of them since. In consequence of your petitioners having been in easy circumstances, until within the last few years
he never made any application for relief until the year
1842; he is now compelled to do so from want, as he is
upwards of 89 years old and very infirm, with an aged wife
to support, and in great need of aid from his country which
he so long and faithfully and so disinterestedly served, to
smooth his declining years. The petitioner further states
that in consequence of the loss of his commission, as
before stated, and not being able to find any record of it
in the very imperfect records at Harrisburg, of the “Council of
Safety,” he is unable to procure a pension under the rules
of the Pension Department, which require the original
Commission or documentary evidence of it, he therefore
most humbly, though earnestly, requests your Honorable
bodies to pass an Act, directing the Secretary at War
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to place his name on the Pension Roll, under the Act of
July 7th 1832, for a full pension as a Major.
Marietta, Lancaster County, Pa. January 1844.
George Wentling

Lancaster County ss.
Personally appeared before me J T Anderson one of the
Justices of the peace in and for the County of Lancaster
the above named George Wentling who being sworn according to law saith that the contents of the above petition and
statements are correct and true. George Wentling

Sworn and subscribed before me
January 18th 1844 J. T. Anderson

(No. 4)
State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the
in and for said County Dr Jacob Glatz Post Master at
the Borough of Marietta and a Practising Physician who
on his solemn oath doth say that he is well acquainted with
Major George Wentling, of the said Borough, who is a
man of unblemished character, and in all whose statements
the most implicit confidence can be placed; that he is now
very old, and is generally reputed amongst his neighbors and
acquaintances, as having served as a Major in the Revolutionary War; the deponent further states that he has examined the mark of a wound in the thigh of Major
Wentling which he alleges to have received in the Battle of
Brandywine, and that said wound appears to have been
made by a musket ball, and he has no doubt, it was so
made-
Jacob Glatz
Affirmed & Subscribed before me
Jan. 18th 1844 J. T. Anderson
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, ss:
I Rudolph F. Ranch Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County. Do certify that J. T. Anderson, Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Lancaster, duly Commissioned & qualified; and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court & Subscribed my name this Nineteenth day of January in the year of our LORD. One thousand eight hundred & forty four.
Rud. F. Rauch
Pr. Prothy.
Saml. Dorwart
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(No 2)
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with
George Wentling on or about seventeen years last
past. That he is a Neighbor to me in the Borough of
Marietta in Lancaster County Pa. That I have often
heard him say at different times that he had been in
the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war,
and from his moral conduct and good character
as a Neighbour and a citizen do believe he did serve
in the Revolutionary war, and I believe him Entitled to
a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my hand this 19th day of Jany 1844
J. Grosh

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss
I Rudolph F. Rauch Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of said County
Do Certify that J. Grosh Esquire whose
name is subscribed to the above certificate is one of the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly Commissioned & qualified: and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of
said Court & Subscribed my name this Nineteenth day of January in the year of our LORD One thousand eight hundred and forty four-
R. F. Rauch Prothy
pr Sam’l Donwart
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(No 3)
State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber
 one of the Justices of the Peace in and
for said County, Samuel Allgeier who
upon his solemn oath oath say that he is
well acquainted with Major George Wentling of
the Borough of Marietta, who is a man of
good character in all respects, and to whose
Statements on oath or otherwise, full faith and
credit would be given by those who know him.
He further states that Major Wentling is now
by old and infirm, and is generally reputed
amongst his Neighbor & acquaintances as having
served as a Major in the Revolutionary War
& in which opinion the deponent fully
concurs as far as he has heard or knows
and further saith not. Saml Allgeier

Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day
of January 1844
J T Anderson
Justice Peace

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss. I Rudolph F Rauchl Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do
certify that J. T. Anderson, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is Justice of the Peace in & for said County,
duly commissioned & qualified; and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & Subscribed my name this Nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & forty four -
R. T. Rauch Prothy
Pr Sam’l Dorwart
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(No 5)
State of Maryland Baltimore City ss
On this 24th day of January 1844 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said City, Personally appeared James
Oldham, a resident of said City, and a revolutionary Pensioner, under the State of Pennsylvania, aged upwards of 86 years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with George Wentling in the City of Philad’a before he entered the Army of the Revolution; That in July 1776 the said Wentling entered into the service of the United States in the Pennsylvania line as a Major and that he continued in the service as such during the remainder of the War; that this deponent was present at Philadelphia
when the said Major Wentling left with the troops, or to join them, at New York, in the month of July or August of '76 & that he remained absent with the Army until about the month of December following when he returned to Philad’a to spend a few days, whilst the Army was stationed up the river Delaware in Pennsylvania near Trenton, and that he returned to the Army after his short visit to Philad’a; that during his stay in the latter City he informed this deponent that he had been in the battles of Long Island and White Plains in the preceeding campaign.
That late in the Spring of 1777 the said Major George Wentling marched through Philadelphia, with the Troops, on their way to the head of Elk River, from Morristown, New Jersey, where, as he informed this deponent, they had been stationed during a part of the preceeding winter; That on or about the latter part of September or October, in the same year, & after
the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown, this deponent was himself drafted to serve in the militia for two months, & that he marched to Valley Forge and duly served out the time for which he was drafted, and that the said Major Geo Wentling was also at Valley Forge then,  and until the time the enemy evacuated Philad’a. This deponent further says that from the time first above mentioned, he saw the said Major Geo Wentley at different periods, and he knows that he was in actual service as a Major until the close of the War
James Oldham his mark
Sworn and Subscribed this 24th day of
January 1844 before me
D H McDonald
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I David H McDonald Esquire before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken do hereby certify that James Oldham
the deponent is a respectable citizen and is entitled to full
credit on his oath
David H McDonald
January 24th 1844

State of Maryland Baltimore County ss
 I hereby Certify that David H. McDonald
Gentleman before whom the aforegoing deposition was
made, and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing, one of the Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto Subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Baltimore County Court on this 24th day of January 1844
Thos Keller Clk of Balt’o Coty Cot
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(No 6)
State of Pennsylvania Lancaster City ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber
an Alderman for Lancaster City, William Moore a Resident of said County aged 83 years who being by
me duly sworn according to law saith that he was well 
acquainted with Major George Wentling an officer of
the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania line. That from
and after the Battle of Germantown in the month of October
1777 the American army were encamped and stationed at
Valley Forge and the Brittish were then in possession of
Philadelphia where they remained during the Winter of
1778 and untill the Brittish evacuated Philadelphia in
the June of the same year. That during that period he knew
Major George Westling to be a commanding Officer at Valley
Forge on or about eight months or more at that place in the
actual service of the United States. That during that time he
was a Major and served as such during their encampment
at that place and Further Saith not. William Moore
Sworn to and Subscribed 30th day
of December A D 1843 before me
William Frick Ald

And I further certify the above deponant is entitled to full
Credit on his oath from information rec’d.
William Frick Ald
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, ss:
I Rudolph F. Rauch Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do Certify that William Frick Esquire, before whom the within proceedings were had is an Alderman of the City of Lancaster in said County, duly commissioned & qualified and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & Subscribed my name this first day of January in the year of our LORD. One thousand eight hundred & forty four -
Rud. F. Ranch
Pr. Prothy.
Saml. Dorwart
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(No 7)
State of Pennsylvania York County SS
On this twenty Second day of January AD 1844
personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County Michael Warner a resident
of said County aged 84 years and upward
who was an enlisted Soldier for and during the
Revolutionary War in the Pennsylvania
Line for which he receives a pension of Ninety
Six Dollars per annum from the United States
as will more fully appear in the
Pension Office. He being by me duly sworn
according to law, says that during the year
1781. He was in the Southern Army and
was at the Battle of York Town in the
State of Virginia, that he there saw
Major George Wentling an Officer in the
Pennsylvania Line. That he was in the
Battle of York Town, deponent saw
him before and after the Battle at different 
times and places. That he was a Major
and served in that capacity in the Pennsylvania
 Line at the time deponent saw and
knew him and further saith not-
Michael Warner his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty
Second day of January 1844, before
John R Wilson Justice of Peace
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State of Pennsylvania York County SS.
I John A Wilson before whom the within deposition
 was taken do hereby Certify that Michael Warner is a
respectable Citizen of York County and
entitled to full credit on his oath.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal at York in the said County the 22d day of January AD 1844.   John Wilson {seal}

Pennsylvania York County, SS: 
I William Ilgenfritz, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County Certify that John A. Wilson, Esquire before whom the above deposition was taken
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court January 22d 1844
W. Ilgenfritz Prothy


N. B. Above interlineations etc. made before signing 
W. Ilgenfritz Proth
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(No 8.)
Pennsylvania Ss
Secretary's Office
I certify that I have caused a careful search
to be made of the "Minutes of the Council of Safety"
and no evidence of the Commission of Major George
Wentling has been found, and that Original commissions
 issued by the Committee of Safety, have been
produced at this office, of which no record could
be found-
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the said Office at Harrisburg this 10th
day of January Anno Domini 1844
Chas. M Clure
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[circle stamp]
LANCASTER PA
SEP 6

7 Dep 1842
Mr Allison


Free.
L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Lancaster, Sept. 5th. 1842.
J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Com. of Pensions-
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Major George Wentling, drawn up as presented by the printed form which you forwarded to us a few weeks ago. His case is embraced under the first of the four general classes there mentioned, and we believe that nothing requisite has been omitted. You will please ascertain whether Mr. Wentling's name is to be found upon the Rolls, and if so to what sum he will be entitled.
Very respectfully
Yours,
J. C. Passmore &
N. Ellmaker -
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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House of Representatives
Dec 23d 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
You will oblige me by sending a coppy of the Declaration made by George Wentling of Penna. who was a Major in the revolution, and made application for a pension which is on file in your office, as I will be in York on a visit for five days please enclose the copy to me at York Pa.
Yours very Respectfully
Henry Nes
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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Rev War 6358
INVALID.
File No. 6358
George Wentling
Major Rev War

Act: May 13th 46
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 398
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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1894. Dec. 28" Hist to 
James B. O  Cowan Esq
Greenburg, Pa

1915 Feb 1 Auditor for date last
payment & to whom paid [cents]