Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for Adam Sybert, Pennsylvania
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Service
Continental(Penn)
Sybert, Adam or Syfat
Number
Dis
No papers
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aw
June 13, 1906
W.J.F.
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Sybert alias Syfat
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 99.
Rank: Private
Regt: Congress
Disability: Wounded in both of his legs by two musket balls, at the storming of one of Cornwallis's redoubts, in Virginia, just before his  capture.
Where disabled: Virginia
Residence: County of Philadelphia
Remarks: This man is mustered in Hozen's regiment, but date of enlistment not known.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.
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1406 Vernon Street
Harrisburg, Penna
March 18, 1934

Secretary of Internal Affairs

Dear Sir:
I would like reference as to Adam Seybert if he received pension and where it was sent to. I have found at the state library - pension pd to October 23, 1793. (invalid pension). I have also found in Sec 5 Volume 3, page 907 Continental Lists Von Ottendorff's Corps. Ada, Seibert - March 28, 1777, Private Muster of the Corps commanded
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by Capt. John Paul Schott, taken from 1st October,1779 to 1 April, 1780. I have also found that Adam Sybert was taxed in 1782.
All records show that it is the same man. During his six years of service of war his name was recorded in many ways. When he emigrated from  Germany on the ship Hers, his name was John Adam Seyberth. Qualified October 27, 1764. Then his war records show his name as John Adam Seyberth, Seibert, Sybert, Seybert, and Adam Seybert, etc.
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I would appreciate anything as to the reference to my first ancestor, as I would like to know where he is buried and where he lived, and to what residence the pension was sent.
John Adam Siebert served under Capt. Selin, and Sullivans Corps.
Hoping in favor of reply.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Irene Seibert
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**Stamp** 
RECEIVED MAR 20 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM ?? 21

**Stamp**
RECEIVED MAR 29 1934
PENSION INDEX SECTION

**Stamp**
RECEIVED MAR 28 1934
ACCOUNTING DIV
ACCTS. SUB DIV
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Veterans Administration
Fin. Form 1317, Rev. Jan. 1934
IDENTIFICATION AND DATA SLIP
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Data for Correspondence or Disposition
(Must be initialed and dated by clerk supplying data)
[stamped as received by the Pension Index Section March 29 1934 1pm]
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April 11, 1934

Miss Irene Seibert
1406 Vernon Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

ADAM SYBERT
Revolutionary War
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Adam Seybert (Seyberth, Seibert, Sybert), a solider of the Revolutionary War.
The name of one Adam Sybert or Syfat appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 99.
On said list he is recorded as of Philadelphia County service, private in Colonel Hazen's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not shown; that at the storming of one of Cornwallis' redoubts in Virginia he was wounded in both legs by two musket balls.
There are no papers on file in this office in any application for pension he may have made. In many of the very early applications for pensions the original papers were destroyed by fire when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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January 8, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB

Miss Elma C. Bishop
R. R. 3
Berwick, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter, in which you state Adam Sypert (various spellings) was a pensioner.

You were advised that this bureau has no record of a soldier by that name of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. The name of one Adam Sybert or Syfat appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794 and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 99.
On said list he is recorded as of Philadelphia County, service, private in Colonel Hazen's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not shown; that at the storming of one of Cornwallis' redoubts in Virginia he was wounded in both legs by two musket balls.
There are no papers on file in this bureau in any application for pension he may have made. In many of the very early applications for pensions the original papers were destroyed by fire when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Your photostatic copies papers on file in the claim Samuel Brees (S. 22143) are being made and will be mailed to you when completed.

Very truly yours

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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The National Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name: Sybert, Adam
Grade: Private
Line: Hazen's Regiment
Warrant Number: 13761
Acreage:100
Issued: November 15, 1791
to-not shown-

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.