Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6898, Philip Gohn, Penn.
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         SERVICE                                                                                                                       NUMBER

Penn.                               Gohn, Philip                                                                          S. 6898


CONTENTS                                                                                                                               carded


[handwritten]
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26364

Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

On this 17th day of May A. Domino 1834 personally appeared in open court the District Court of the County of York in the State of Pennsylvania now sitting Philip Gohn aged 77 years a resident of said county of York in this state aforesaid and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That on the first of July 1776 he enlisted in Captain Dritt’s Company and Col Swope’s Battalion for six months and marched from York County where he enlisted to Lancaster, from Lancaster to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton and Princeton in the State of New Jersey, from there to Amboy and Brunswick, from there to Elizabethtown and Newark, from there to Fort Lee and was there, when Fort Washington was taken and then marched to Trenton and from there crossed the Delaware river into the State of Pennsylvania where he remained until he served six months the time from he enlisted and was Hon. Discharged by his Lieutenant Capt. Dritt was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and Col. Swope.

That he was drafted in the month of October about the first of the month to the best of his recollection to serve two months in the year of 1781 to guard watch and keep secure the British prisoners at Camp Security in the County of York and served two months with Captain Bailey and was Hon. Discharged by Captain Bailey.

That he served two months as a substitute at Camp Security commencing on or about 1st June, 1782 for George Winshoft in Captain Pennington’s Company and was Hon. Discharged by Capt. Pennington in August of the same year.

That he Volunteered to serve two months at Camp Security in the County of York to guard the British Prisoners taken with Gen. Cornwallis and was a substitute
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about the first of September 1782 and served as a substitute for two months in Capt. Bailey Company under Major Austin.  He was then a substitute for Jacob Dellinger and that he duly served out the turn for which he was engaged and was Hon. Discharged by Capt. Bailey at Camp Security in November of the same year and that he served two months that tour and that he served at least altogether one year in the Army of the Revolution.

I further declare that I have no documentary evidence in my possession, nor do I know of any persons now living whose testimony I can procure to prove my service except John Kraan.  I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state or place nor did I ever apply for a pension until in the present motion.  

Question by court 1  Where and in what year was you born
Answer  I was born in York county in the 1757
Ques - 2  Have you any record of your age if so where is 
Answer  I have a record of my age in my possession
Question court 3  Where were you living when Called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer  I lived in York County when called into  Service and have lived in said County ever Since the Revolutionary war
Ques by Court 4  How were you Called into service did Volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Answer  The first time I served I Enlisted for six
months in Capt Dretts Company and duly Served out the time  the 2d Tour I served I was Drafted for two months on Capt Baileys Company at Camp Security  The third time I served was two month for George Wienholt for whom I was a Substitute   The fourth Tour I served was for Jacob Dellinger for whom I was A Substitute for two months at Camp Security and duly served out the time
Continued
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and That I served at Least Altogether one year in the Revolutionary war
Ques by Court 5  State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops where you Served such Continental and militia Regiments as you Can Recollect and the General Circumstances of your service 
Answer  I do not Recollect any of the Officers names of the Regular Army  I was Acquainted with Col Swope Capt Drett Capt Long Capt Smyser and Capt Spangler all belonging to Colonel Swopes Battalion
Ques Court 6  Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so what has become of it and by whom was it Given
Answer  I reccd four Servical Discharges Signed by the Officers under whom I served all of Which I have lost
Ques Court 7  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbour hood and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity and truth and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer  John Kacifault Adam Paules Peter Keller Jacob Levergress Benj Langst Can testify to my Character for veracity and their belief of my services as Soldier of the Revolution  John Will - Conrad Levi - 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in the Dist. Court of York County
         his
Philip  X   Gohn
        mark

A. L. Hayes
Judge of the D.C.S.
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[The top part of this document has extremely faded writing that is all but illegible; enough words are legible that suggest it is an affidavit testifying as to the Revolutionary war service of Philip Gohn.  Additionally, it has lines drawn through it that resemble a wavy asterisk, leading me to believe that this section was crossed out.  The bottom third of the document is legible and appears below.]

Mr. J. Geo. Schmucker Clergyman residing in the County of York and Adam Butcher Residing in the same do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Gohn who has sworn to the Above Declaration that we believe him to be 77 years old that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbour hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we Concur in that Opinion
J. Geo. Schmucker
[an illegible name is crossed out, above which is written "his" and below which is written "mark"]
Adam Butcher

I Alexander L Hayes, Judge of the Dist. Court do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the
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[first line of writing on the page is partially cut off, making it illegible]
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the [illegible] applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states; and I further Certify that it appears to me that J. Geo. Schmucker, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Borough of York, and that Adam Butcher, who has also signed the same, is a resident in York County, and is a credible person and that their statement is intitled to Credit.
A. L. Hayes

I John W. Hettrick clerk of the District court of the County of York & State of Pennsylvania that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings of the Court in matter of the Application of Philip Gohn for a Pension.  In testimony where I hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 17th day of May 1834.
JohnWHettrick Prothy
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30.930

Philip Gohn
Pennsylvania

f  1776  (couldn't decipher)
    $40









David Corey
     York,
          Penna.
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October 31, 1934
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Philip Gohn- S.6898
William Smith- S.40450
BA-J/AWF

Mr. H.J. Young, Researched
Historical Society 
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Philip Gohn and William Smith, both pensioners of York County, Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims, based upon service of Philip Gohn and William Smith, during War of the Revolution.

Philip Gohn- S.6898

Philip Gohn was born in 1757 in York County, Pennsylvania, names of his parents not given. 

While residing in York County, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
From July 1, 1776, six months in Captain Jacob Dritt’s company, Colonel Swope’s regiment; two months in Captain Bailey’s company, guarding prisoners at Camp Security in York County; two months in Captain Pennington’s company; and two months in Captain Bailey’s company, guarding prisoners taken at the surrender of Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 17, 1834, then living in York County, Pennsylvania, in which county he had always lived.

He died March 18, 1839. There are no data in this
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claim concerning the family of the soldier, Philip Gohn.
**************
William Smith-S.40450
The date and place of birth of William Smith not shown in  this claim, nor are the names of his parents given.
William Smith enlisted, place not stated, in February, 1776, served one year in Captain Watson's company, Colonel William Allen's Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Three Rivers, and White Plains.  He enlisted, date not given, was an orderly sergeant in Captain Bird's company and in Colonel William Butler's 4th Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Green Springs and served until in 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1818, aged sixty-eight years and living in York County, Pennsylvania.
He gave his age in 1820 as seventy-one years, at that time living in York County; he stated then that he had no children living with him.  No names of children given, nor is the name of his wife shown.
The soldier, William Smith, died July 4, 1821.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. War Section
February 10, 1933.
Hon. J. W. Fordney,
House of Representatives.
In re:  Philip Gohn - War of the Revolution, S.8898.

You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named Gohn found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in the above noted pension claim, it appears that Philip Gohn was born in York County, Pennsylvania in 1757, and while living there, he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served as a private for six months in Captain Drett's Company, Colonel Swope's Pennsylvania Regiment.  From October 1, 1781 served two months in Captain Bailey's Company.  From June 1, 1782 served two months in Captain Pennington's Company and from September 1, 1782 served two months in Captain Bailey's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 17, 1834, while living in York County, Pennsylvania.
There is no date on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

[The following is handwritten in bottom left corner]
He died March 18-1839  AB
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[Letter typed on letterhead paper; names of Congress members appear in upper left corner]

SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
_______________________
JOSEPH W. FORDNEY, MICH., CHAIRMAN.
WILLIAM R. GREEN, IOWA | CLAUDE KITCHIN, N.C.
NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, OHIO | JOHN N. GARNER, TEX.
WILLIS C. HAWLEY, OREG. | JAMES W. COLLIER, MISS.
ALLEN T. TREADWAY, MASS. | WILLIAM A. OLDFIELD, ARK.
IRA G. COPLEY, ILL. | CHARLES R. CRISP, GA.
LUTHER W. MOTT, N.Y. | JOHN F. CAREW, N.Y.
GEORGE M. YOUNG, N. DAK. | WHITMELL P. MARTIN, LA.
JAMES A. FREAR, WIS. | PETER F. TAQUE, MASS. 
JOHN O. TILSON, CONN.
ISAAC BACHARACH, N.J.
LINDLEY H. HADLEY, WASH.
CHARLES B. TIMBERLAKE, COLO.
GOERGE M. BOWERS, W. VA.
HENRY W. WATSON, PA. | CLAYTON P. MOORE, CLERK
THOMAS A. CHANDLER, OKLA. | ALICE V. MEEKER, ASST. CLERK.
OGDEN L. MILLS, N.Y. | GRACE GREENWOOD, ASST. CLERK.

[Appears to the right of Congress member names and centered on the page]
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
[2 oval-shaped stamps appear on page; one is stamped over the above 3 lines and inside the oval it reads "OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FEB 9 1923 U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS"; the 2nd stamp is to the right of the above 3 lines and inside the oval it reads "RETIREMENT DIVISION [Star] FEB 9 1923 [Star] BUREAU OF PENSIONS"]

February 8, 1923
Hon. Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Mr. Gardner:
Mr. H. M. Gohn, of St. Johns, Michigan, is desirous to ascertaining whether or not a man of the surname Gohn served in the Revolutionary War.  The Adjutant General has no record of a Gohn having served, but suggest that your records may contain things which his do not.  I shall be very grateful if you will have this investigated and advise me.
Very sincerely yours,
J W Fordney

JWFg
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[Page divided in half from top to bottom by dark fold line]
[left side of page reads as follows:]
1923 Feb. 10 Hist to Hon. J. W. Fordney  [initialed by "EWF."]
1934 Oct 31 - "     "  Mr. H. J. Young
See his letter in William Smith S.40450 [initialed by "EWF"]

[right side of page reads as follows:]
6898
INVALID.
[To the left of the above 2 lines is written "Rev War"]
________
File No. 6898
Philip Gohn
Priv Rev. War
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Act:  June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[There is a circular stamp at the top of the page; inside the circle it reads "[illegible] MAY 21"]
Penna
Original
May 22d, 1834
[The following is written below and perpendicular to the above:]
1 1/2 oz - 75
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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York May 20 1834
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Application of Philip Gohn for a pension if you find all Correct please Send me his Certificate.  From Your Humble 
Servant David Corey

Hon J. L. Edwards {
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York } s.s.

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Kroan a U States pensioner under the Act of Congress of 1832 a credible witness who being by me duly sworn According to law saith that Philip John did serve [illegible] months in Captain Dretts Company in the Army of the Revolution in the year 1776 deponant.  Speaks from his own knowledge he served in the same Company & Battalion with him during this time and further Saith not
Sworn & Subscribed                    his
before me May 20th 1834 { John  X  Kroan 
                                                    mark
George Klinefelter
Pennsylvania
York County, LG
                  I John W Hetrick prothonotary
of the court of common places of said County,
do certify that George Klinefelter, Esquire before whom the above deposition was taken,  is & was at the time of signing his name thereto an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county & as such is duly commissioned and qualified and believe the signature to the same to be in his proper hand writing.
 In Testimony where of I have 
hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at York Borough, this 20 day of May 1834.  [seal affixed to left of statement]
JohnWHetrick
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Then National Archives                                                                                                       Division of Veterans Administration
          Form YAM-51                                                    Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
          12-5-41



Name:  Goigne, John [signature]                         
Grade:            Private                                 
Line: Hazen's Regiment



Warrant 
Number   13130                                                    Acreage    100                               Issued   February 4, 1790
 to [illegible] not shown

"The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "and 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.