Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2329, Daniel Hullinger, Penn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
NUMBER

Penn.
Hullinger, Daniel
S.2329

CONTENTS
Carded
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5064 Ohio
Daniel Y Cullinger
of Champaign in the State of Ohio 
who was a Pri(vate) & Lt in the Company commanded
by Captain Ashton of the Regt commanded by Col. Bull in the Pennsylvania line for G. Merills a Private
T. Murills, a Lieutenant
_________________
Inscribed on the Rolt of Ohio
at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 cents er annum, 
to commence the [illegible] day of March 1834.
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Feb. 1833 and sent Hon J. Vance House of Reps
________________
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832                 $84.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar       $28.33
                                                              ________                                                       
                                                              $133.32
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison, Clerk,
Book D.      Vol. 10.     Page 55
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Daniel Hullinger

Private 9 Month
Lieut    2 D(itt)o
        ____________
            11---

Wagon Service not
provided for.

56.66

Hon. Joseph Vance
HR
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(A partly-printed document with handwritten additions)

Brief in the case of Daniel Hullinger County of Champaign in the state of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ___

3. How old is he? 76

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Vol. In 1777 summer
afterwards
again
again

Duration of Service.
Years      Months          Days
---               7                  ---
---               2                  ---
---               8                  ---
---               2                  ---

Rank.
As a Private
         "
waggoner
1st Lieutt.

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt. J. Ashton Genl. Bull
Capt. John Ashton
Capt. Fetter.

5. In what battles was he engaged? Germantown

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Cty. Pa.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

(signed) F. Waugh Examining Clerk.
Jany. 17, 1833
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State of Ohio
Champaign County
On this (crossed out: "fifteenth") seventeenth day of (crossed out: "August") October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Geo. B. Holt, President, Jas. Smith, Wm. Runkle, Obd. Her associate Judges of the Court of common pleas of Champaign County, now sitting, Daniel Hullinger a resident of Madison Township, County of Champaign & State of Ohio, in the Seventy Sixth year of his age, 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 A.D. 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He was born in Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of March A.D. 1757.
He has his age (as taken from his father's Family Record) recorded in a book prepared & kept by him for the purpose of a Family Record Book.
He continued to reside in the county in which he was born untill the year 1777, when a short time after harvest (the day he does not remember) he volunteered for seven months as a private in a company of volunteers under the command of Captain John Ashton. Genl. Bull was commander of the Regiment or Battalion; the company was formed at Philadelphia--he was at the battle of Germantown near Philadelphia, in October 1777--he served out his seven months term and received a discharge which he has lost.
Sometime after (the exact time he does not remember) he was called out with a company of militia under Capt. John Ashton--and served
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a term of two months--during which time he believes they were stationed a short time on Chesnut hill near GermanTown, in Pennsylvania, he recd. a discharge, but has lost it.
After which a waggon & team of horses of his father Christian Hullinger, was (crossed out: "pressed") called into the service of the regular Army, in the neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Daniel Barry being waggon master, which team, he the said Daniel Hullinger drove for the term of eight months in succession, and was then discharged.
His fourth and last term he believes was two months, in guarding the prisoners at Lancaster barracks (he thinks the prisoners were taken at YorkTown in Virginia at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis) he was first Lieutenant under a Captain whose name he does not distinctly recollect, but thinks it was Capt. Fetter or Vetter, he received his discharge, which is also lost.
Soon after the war of the Revolution he Removed to the State of Virginia, from thence to this county in this State (Ohio)--from thence to Champaign County, Ohio, where he has resided for about sixteen years, & where he now resides.
He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services.
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, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania.

Attest L. Weaver
                         his
(signed) Daniel DH Hullinger
                        mark

Sworn & Subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
in open Court

(signed) John C. Pearson Clerk
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(Typewritten letter, retained copy)

January 22, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Daniel Hullinger
S. 2329

Mr. Henry K. Hollinger
307 Cleveland Avenue
Trenton, New Jersey

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Daniel Hullinger, pensioned in 1833 while living in Champaign County, Ohio, on account of service in the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 2329, based upon service of Daniel Hullinger in the War of the Revolution.

Daniel Hullinger was born March 12, 1757, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Christian Hullinger, name of his mother not given.

While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Daniel Hullinger volunteered a short time after harvest in 1777, served seven months as private in Captain John Ashton's Pennsylvania company, and was in the battle of Germantown. He served two months in same company, no dates shown He served eight months a teamster, under wagonmaster Daniel Barry, drove his father's team, dates of this service not given. He served two months as 1st lieutenant, in Captain Fetter's and Vedder's Pennsylvania company, stationed in Lancaster Barracks, guarding prisoners taken at Yorktown, Virginia

Soon after the close of the Revolution, Daniel
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Hullinger moved to Virginia, from there to Ross County, Ohio, thence to Champaign County, Ohio.

Daniel Hullinger was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Madriver Township, Champaign County, Ohio, where he had lived about sixteen years.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to the family of Daniel Hullinger.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Daniel Hullinger
Certificate #5064
Issued February 2, 1833
Rate $56.66 per annum
Commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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(a partly-printed form with handwritten additions)

Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Hullinger which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ---

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. Has he mentioned 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? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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(page 2 of a partly-printed form with handwritten additions)

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ---

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?---
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?---

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 6, 7.

Explanatory notes.

*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should ament 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 saith, 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 that 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."
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(page 3 of partly-printed form)

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 (italics start) about three of four months (italics end) is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. (in italics)
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 claimants 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. (in italics)
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached  thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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We, John Shockey a clergyman residing in Madison Township County of Champaign, & State of Ohio, and Christopher Weaver & John Sherry residing in Madison Township County & State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are personally well acquainted with Daniel Hullinger, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be in the Seventy Sixth year of his age; that he is respected & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

(signed) John Shockey
                                his
(signed) Christopher X Weaver
                                mark

(signed) John Sherry

Attest
(signed) L. Weaver

Sworn to and Subscribed in Court Oct 17th 1832

(signed) Jno. C. Pearson Cl(er)k

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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Shockey (crossed out: "is a clergyman") who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Madison Township in the county of Champaign & State of Ohio, and that Christopher Weaver and John Sherry who have also signed the same (crossed out: "is a") are residents of Madison Township County & State aforesaid, (crossed out: "is a") are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

By the Court, Oct 17, 1832

(signed) Jno. C. Pearson Clerk
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I, John C. Pearson, clerk of the Court of common pleas of Champaign do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hullinger, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 17th day of (crossed out: "August") October Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two.

(signed) Jno. C. Pearson Clerk

(seal at left)
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Revo #53

615 N. 16th St. Clarinda Iowa
Pension Office Dep't Interior
Washington D.C.
I have interested myself to secure for Mrs. Dryden the official Record of one Daniel Hullinger of the Revolution.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah saw the record and so it is no doubt that a Pension was obtained.
Mrs. Dryden has all other data to enable her to be a member of the D.A.R.
Sincerely
Mrs. Eva Burnett
Waubonsie Chapter Clarinda Ia. D.A.R.

(received stamp of the Pension Office dated Aug 29, 1920)
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(this is a partly printed form in columns with handwritten entries)

(Pen)sion on file in this Bureau. Daniel Hullinger Certificate 2329

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1777
Soon after
Afterwards

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
7 mos.
2 mos.
8 mos.
2 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.
Teamster
1st Lieut.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN    COLONEL
John Ashton
John Ashton
under Daniel Barry wagon master
Fetter or Vedder

STATE.
Pa.

Battles engaged in, Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 17, 1832 Historical
Residence at date of application, Madison Twp., Champaign Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, born in Lancaster Co. Pa., Mch. 12, 1757
Remarks: Soldier was the Son of Christian Hullinger. Soon after the war he moved to Virginia.
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(a retained copy of a typewritten letter)

December 22, 1908

Honorable Reed Smoot
United States Senate
My dear Senator:

In reply to your letter dated the 19th and received the 21st inst., I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim, Sur. File 2329, it appears that Daniel, son of Christian Hullinger, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., March 12, 1757, and while residing in said County, volunteered in 1777, and served as a Private 7 months under Captain John Ashton, and was in the battle of Germantown. Some time after he was called out under the same Captain and served two months. After this he drove a team under Wagon-Master Daniel Barry for 8 months. He was First Lieutenant under Capt. Fetter or Vedder and served two months at Lancaster Barracks guarding prisoners taken at Yorktown. Soon after the War he moved to Virginia.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 1p7, 1832, while a resident of Madriver Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, date of death is not stated.

Very respectfully

Acting Commissioner
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(typewritten letter on United States Senate, Committee on Patents letterhead, Reed Smoot Chairman)

Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 1908

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am very anxious to get the record, service, and place of enlistment of Daniel Hullinger, who volunteered in Washington's army, presumably in Virginia or Pennsylvania, at the time of the Revolutionary war. He received a pension and died July 22, 1839 in Champaign County, Ohio.
I assure you I shall appreciate any information you may be able to give me regarding this veteran.

Yours truly,

(signed) Reed Smoot
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Rev War

2329
INVALID.

File No. 2329
Daniel Hullinger
Pri. Pa. line
Act: June 7, '32
Index: Vol. A, Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(on right side)
1908 Dec. 22 Hist to Hon. Reed Smoot V.L.M.
1920 Sept. 29 Hist. to Mrs. Eva Barnett
1940 Jan 22 hist. to Henry K. Hollinger [illegible]
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(typewritten letter on letterhead of Henry K. Hollinger, 307 Cleveland Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey)

Dec. 20, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: RE DANIEL HULLINGER, Priv. & Serg. Pensioned in 1833, Campaign County, Ohio

We are seeking a bit of information on the above Revolutionary soldier, and wonder whether or not we may obtain it thru your office.

The man's father was Christian Hollinger, in your records; our questions are:

Was his father mentioned as a captain or private? There were 2 Christians.

Is the wife of Christian shown?
Is the age of Christian shown?
Are any other children of Christian shown?
Or any other Hollingers mentioned

This is desired purely for family purposes. If same cannot be gotten this way, could it be looked up by us when visiting Washington?

Thanking you for a few minutes' time, I am

Sincerely yours,

(signed) Henry K Hollinger

(RECEIVED stamp dated Jan 6, 1940)