Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,704, for Daniel Kougher, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Hougher, Daniel.
Number
S. 39704
CONTENTS
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Penn. Kougher, Daniel. S 39704
CONTENTS
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Daniel Kougher,
Private,
Philadelphia, Pa
One year in Col: St. Clair's
regimt Penna line -
[illegible]
13 May, 1818
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I, Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court
of the United States in and for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, do certify. That it appears
to my satisfaction that the following named
persons, to wit: Daniel Kougher, William
Nickels and Henry Piper, Privates, whose
Depositions and Declarations, are hereto
[illegible], did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in their said several Declarations,
against the common Enemy, for the term of
Nine Months upon the continental Establishment: and I here transmit the Proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me, to
the Secretary for the Department of War,
pursuant to the Directions of the late Act of
Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and
Navel Service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War"
Philad.a
16th May, 1818.
[signature] Richard Peters
~ United States ~
Eastern District of Pennsylvania } hc.
I certify, That the honorable
Richard Peters, who has
subscribed the foregoing
Attestation, is the Judge of
the District Court of the
United States in and for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
duly commissioned
and qualified.
Witness my
Hand
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Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at Philadelphia, this sixteenth day of May, A.D.
1818. and in the forty second year of the
Independence of the said United States
D. Cardwell -Clk.
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To the Honbe. Richard Peters
Judge of 
The subscribers respectfully recommend
Daniel Koucher an old revolutionary soldier, now blind and very poor as a person entitled to the aid of government
under the act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary War." -- They have known him
for many years an industrious hard working man
who has reared a numerous family of children, some of
whom stil remain at home and are with much difficulty
provided for by their mother the said Daniel being now
blind and unable to labour for their support
Philada. Novemb. 18 1818
[signatures]
John Conrad
Jacob Holgate
Frederick Axe
J A France
Saml Conrad
[in a different handwriting] The fears stated are true. 
[signature] Richard Peters
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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
On this thirteenth
day of May
A. D. 1818, before me,
Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the
Pennsylvania District, personally appeared Daniel Kougher of
Philadelphia County who being duly sworn deposes
and declares, that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common
enemy as a Soldier in the army on the Continental Establishment -- that on the ___
day of A. D. 1776 at Philadelphia in the state of
Pennsa.  he inlisted in Captain Rudolph Burr:
his company belonging to the Second Regiment of
the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Colonel
Arthur St. Claire. That he was in the Battle of
the three Rivers in Canada and that he
continued to serve with the said Regiment
during the term of his inlistment which was
for one year when he received an honorable discharge which has since accidentally
been lost or destroyed.
That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance
from his country for support, that he never has received, or been allowed
any Pension by the laws of the United States -- that he is a resident citizen of the
United States, and that his present declaration is made
in order to avail himself of the provisions of the
late act of Congress for the relief of the surviving officers and
Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. 
The mark of 
X
Danl. Kougher
Sworn and Subscribed this 13th
day or May - A. D. 1818
before me 
[signature] Richard Peters
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Daniel Kougher 
9798 P C
15 War duty
@
Sep 1819
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Schedule
On this fourteenth day of July 1820 personally
appeared in open Court in the District Court of the United States
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, being a Court of Record for the said District Daniel Kougher aged sixty three years
resident in the County of Philadelphia in the said District, who
being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
That he enlisted in the second Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. St Clair, Capt Bunners Company and
marched to Canada, whence he returned with the Regiment
to Ticonderoga - he served one year and was discharged at Fort George. 
He cannot tell the time of his Enlistment or
discharge,
but he knows that when within half an hours March
of Quebec they met the American Troops retreating. He has a
Pension under Certificate
No 9798. 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any
manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with the
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
Provisions
of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War"" passed on the 18th day of March 1818.  and that I have not nor has any person in trust
for me any property or securities contracts or Debts due to me
nor have I any income other than what is contained in
the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Real Estate I have none
Personal Estate- a few Articles of household furniture
worth not more than Twenty Dollars.
[initial in lower right corner] J
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I have no occupation or employment. I am nearly
deprived of light, and have been so for upwards of three
years which renders me entirely unable to work. I have a
Wife and seven children, all of them maintaining themselves
except the youngest who lives with me
The Mark of Daniel Kougher  X
Sworn to and declared on the
14 July 1820 in open Court
┃ D. Caldwell Clk Dist Co
I D. Caldwell Clerk of the District Court
of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the
said Court: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the
said Court, that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited
in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty Dollars
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court on this Twenty first day of July AD 1820
and in the forty fifth year of the Independence
of the said United States
D. Caldwell Clk. Dist. C. }
[there is a very faint "seal" circle where stated above]
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February 7, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/KEET/eel
Daniel Kougher-S.39704

Mr. Ulysses Grant Couffer
4614 Fifth Avenue
The Fairfax 613
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 2, in which you request information relative to the statement made by Daniel Kougher
in regard to his family when he applied for pension in 1818, upon which application pension certificate number 9798 was issued April
26, 1819.

The data furnished you on March 11, 1932, in regard to that soldier were obtained from all the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.39704. 

In many claims for Revolutionary War pensions no reference whatever is made to wife and children, and very seldom are the names of
the parents of those soldiers given.
When Daniel Kougher made his application May 13, 1818, he made no reference whatever to his parents, wife or children. To substantiate
the indigent circumstances of that soldier in 1818, John Conrad, Jacob Holgate, Frederick Axe, Joseph Stanie and Samuel Conrad made
joint affidavit in Philadelphia that the soldier was blind and very
poor, industrious, hardworking, had reared a large family of children,
some of whom remained at home and were supported with difficulty by
their mother, but they gave none of their names.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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March 11, 1932
BA-J/ELL
Mr. Ulysses Grant Couffer
4614 Fifth Avenue
The Fairfax 613
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir: 
This is in response to your letter of March 4, 1932, with
further reference to the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Kougher
(S.39704). You are furnished herewith a corrected history to be
used in place of the one furnished you on March 1, 1932, in which
the soldier's age was inadvertently written forty-three years where
it should have been sixty-three years.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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March 11, 1932
Daniel Kougher -S. 39704
xxxxxxxxxxx
Mr. Ulysses Grant Couffer
4614 Fifth Avenue
The Fairfax 613
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir: 
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 39704, based upon the
military service of Daniel Kougher in that war.
Daniel Kougher enlisted sometime in 1776, exact date not given,
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captain Rudolph
Bunner's Company, Colonel Arthur St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment,
marched to Canada and was in the battle of Three Rivers, length of
service, one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818,
while residing in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, soldier stated that he was aged sixty-three years and
that he had been blind for about three years. He also stated at that time that he had a wife and seven children, one of whom resided
with him, but gave no names of wife or children and there are no
further data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner (S.39704), you should address the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:

Daniel Kougher, Certificate No. 9798, issued April 26, 1819, rate
$8 per month
commenced May 13, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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March 1, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Mr. Ulysses Grant Couffer
4614 Fifth Avenue
The Fairfax 613
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter of February 24, relative to
Daniel Kougher, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and Daniel Cowher or Couker, a soldier of the War of 1812.
War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from
claims made to the United States for pension based upon military service
of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the War of 1812 records has been made in
your behalf and no record found of such claim having been made on
account of the services of Daniel Cowher, searched under all spellings
of the surname.

The history of Daniel Kougher, a soldier of the Revolutionary War is furnished herein: 
Daniel Kougher
S. 39704
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.39704, based upon the
military service of Daniel Kougher in that war.
Daniel Kougher enlisted sometime in 1776, exact date not given, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captain Rudolph Bunner's Company, Colonel Arthur St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment,
marched to Canada, and was in the battle of Three Rivers, length of
service one year.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818,
while residing in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
[handwritten in right margin] Did not
say 2nd Pa.  for cause
it was 2nd
only until 
June 1776
& if sol.
serv. one
year his
serv would
have
extended
beyond 
that time
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In 1820, soldier stated that he was aged sixty-three years
and that he had been blind for about three years. He also stated
at that time that he had a wife and seven children, one of whom resided
with him, but gave no names of wife or children and there are
no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
[handwritten] Date of
death not 
on A.B.
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[handwritten at top and underlined] Nus Finch
[oval stamp] Admin[illegible] Jan 4 - 1933
RECEIVED

ULYSSES GRANT COUFFER
4614 FIFTH AVENUE
THE FAIRFAX 613
PITTSBURGH, PA
January 2, 1933.
Honorable A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir: --
Your favor March 11, 1932, BA-J/EEL
giving Revolutionary War record of Daniel
Kougher (S39704 )
I had always understood that the
application for pension contained the names
applicants wife and children, and in some
instances, father and mother.
You have furnished me with his
1820 statement as to wife and seven children,
but not his statement in application for
which Certificate No. 9798 was issued
April 26, 1819.
Kindly advise as to names shown
on the application form, a copy of same would
be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours
[signature] U G Couffer
Ulysses Grant Couffer.
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March 4, 1932

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

Dear Sir:-

Your favor March 1, 1932,BA-J/EEL received and I thank you for the history furnished.
However, I do not understand the statement (1820)"aged forty three years" as that would make his age at the time of enlistment(1776)only one year old?

The statement of seven children is in accordance with my father's,and the U.S. Census of 1790.

Do your records show to whom and at what place pension money was paid and date payments ceased and which,I presume was at his death?

Your further advice will be greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Ulysses Grant Couffer.
[circular stamp at top] RECEIVED MAR 8 1932
[illegible] SUB DIV
U.S.V.B. READER 29
[circular stamp at lower right] RECEIVED MAR 9 1932
DEPT SECTION 
PENSIONS SUB-DIVISION
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ULYSSES GRANT COUFFER
4614 FIFTH AVENUE
THE FAIRFAX 613
PITTSBURGH, PA.
February 24, 1932.

Honorable E.W. Morgan
Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir-

Will you please furinshme [sic] the history of DANIEL KOUGHER, private, Pennsylvania Line, Philadelphia, County, pensioner, April 26, 1819; aged 77 years?

There was also a Daniel Cowher, or Daniel Couker,served in the WAR 1812, Captain Joseph Hergensheimer's Company in the (late 75th) Regiment Pennsylvania Militia. his [sic] service ended January4,1815 [sic], and was rendered at Marcus Hook. If pensioned his history would be appreciated as I am given to understand he was a son of the Daniel Kougher mentioned first paragraph.

Any data as to wife and children would also be appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Ulysses Grant Couffer.
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39704
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39704
Daniel Kougher
Prv Rev War
Act: 18 March 18?
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 231
(Arrangement of 1870)
[handwritten on side]
1932 - Mch 1 - Hist to U.G. Couffer
1932 - Mch 11 - Mr Couffer ad as to [initials] EEL
how to secure date of 
last payment, etc [initials] EEL
corrected letter also sent
1933-Feb 7 - U. G. Couffer ad. duly to family data in claim. [initials] M M H F/eel