Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,836, Daniel Folck, Pa.

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[typed column heading]: Service  [Star shape]  [typed column heading]: Number

Pa.  Folck, Daniel      S 15.836
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15.836

[Printed title]: INVALID

[Printed]: File No.  15.836
                 Daniel Folck
                 Pri Rev War


[Printed]: Act:       June      7"  32

[Printed]: Index:--Vol.  1   [Printed]: Page  131


[Printed]: [Arrangement of 1870.]

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1926-Mch-3-Hist. to Mrs-
Richard J. Nelson-MMHF

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Virginia 23,561
Daniel Folck
Jefferson in the State of Va
to was a pr in the - [dash] commanded
Captain - [dash] of the Reg commanded
Col. Craig in the Pa
for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
the rate of 60 Dollars [dash] Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 34.
and [illegible] Hon: Edw
Lucas, H. R
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 | 150
Semi-anl. allowance ending-- Mar 34 | 30
$180-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
corded by Nath: Rice Clerk,
ook E. Vol. A. of Page 13

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State of Virginia
Jefferson County Ss.
On this 19th day of November 1832 personally
appeared in open Court, before the Court of Jefferson County now sitting, Daniel Folck, a resident of Shepherdstown in the State & City aforesaid, aged between seventy two &
seventy three 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated:
That he enlisted, as a volunteer in a Rifle Company at Bethlehem, Northampton County
Penns, his native place & former residence as may be seen by reference to the records of the Moravian church of that village, early in the Spring of 1775, (Jany the month he believes) and shortly after marched to join Montgomery in the expedition against Quebec:
That his Company officers were Capt. Thomas
Craig of the neighbourhood [illegible] and
Lieut. Andrew Keithline of Easton & Lieut.
Parks of Philadelphia - Capt. Craig was afterward promoted to the rank of Colonel, while in Canada
X - Banner being Senr Capt. of the line or standing army took his place:
That his company was attached to the 2nd
Battn. Pa. Line, that they were joined on the march by another Rifle Compy commanded by
Capt. Church and also by the 4th. Battn. Pa. Line under command of Col. Taylor, of Chesterby: Pa. probably at Saratoga.
That he does not recollect dates or Regts.
or Corps - nor does he remember the names of any other Field officers, except St Clair, &
Andrew Allen - the latter had the

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chief command at the Battle of the "three
Rivers", called in French " " [blank] and soon after the engagement deserted and went over to the Enemy as he understood.
That as well as he recollects after having
gone on to Phil & drawn arms, clothing &c
they took up the line of march passing
through Easton to a little town on or near
North River called Soper's, where they
took shipping to Albany, thence by land
to Lake George, which they crossed in boats & the boats were drawn out by oxen & launched into Lake Champlain, then over a large bridge to Ticonderoga, when the troops before mentioned joined them, thence marched to Crown Point & to Fort St Johns & Montreal, which place Montgomery had but recently left for Quebec, thence down the River St. Lawrence to "Three Rivers", where the Battle was fought, as already stated, thence to a French Chapel situate 14 miles above Quebec, known by the name of the "Three Sisters", in French __________", after halting a day at this place, they proceeded to the Plains of Abraham just before Quebec & lay encamped before the City for the space of about three months & until Burgoyne came out & gave chase to the American Army still keeping within about fifteen miles of our troops, up to the time he was taken at Saratoga: then they returned by way of Albany (meaning the Compy) & 
to Philadelphia after having been about [about - crossed out] eighteen months in service;
That the Battle of "Three Rivers", before
alluded to, was the only one (except he was at the taking of thirty Indians at __________
Point an arm or Island of L. Champlain)

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in which he was ever engaged, where he received a slight flesh wound from a musket ball nearly shoot, which lodged in the side of his left leg having been discharged from the intrenchments of the Enemy in the commencement of the 
Battle.
That since quitting the service he resides in Philadelphia & served an apprenticeship in the chair making business with a Mr. Compton the yellow fever breaking out in that City in 1793 he removed to Shepherdstown where he has resided since.
And that his discharged received from Col. Thomas Craig is lost or mislaid & he has no documentary evidence in his possession - nor does he know of any person now living whose testimony he could procure to prove his service - It may be well to mention, however, that some 6 or 7 years since he was visited by the Rev'd Samuel Mow of the Lutheran seat, then from the state of Ohio, who has enlisted at the same time & place & was in the same Company & same mess with himself, but who, or he has recently been informed by the Rev'd Mr. Muttant of Martinsburgh in this [ ] is appeared to be dead.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.
Sworn and subscribed this day & year aforesaid.
Daniel Folck
We Daniel Morgan, presiding Magistrate of the Court now sitting, residing near Shepherdstown, Robert Worthington, Master Commissioner of the Chancery Superior Court, now residing in

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in Charlestown, but for many years a citizen
Shepherdstown, & Edward Lucas Jr residing near
Shepherdstown, all of the City of Jeff & State of Virginia,
hereby certify that we are all well acquainted 
with Daniel Folck (the first having known him
for upwards of thirty five years, the second for about
twenty eight years & the latter for about eighteen
years) who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
declaration: that we believe him to be (at least)
about seventy three years of age as stated by
himself; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides, to have been a 
of the Revolution; that he has uniformly, as we believe,
been an invited guest, among other Revolutionary
soldiers, at the annual 4th July celebrations near
Shepherdstown; and that we concur in the opinion
that he was a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Dan Morgan
RWorthington
Edwd Lucas Jr.
℗

State of Virginia, Jefferson County, Let:
I Samuel J Cramer Clerk of the
County Court of Jefferson in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Daniel Folck for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
seal of my office this 17th day of 
December 1832.
Samuel J Cramer

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DIRECTORS 
R. P. RAYNOLDS, PRESIDENT 
H. M. GRAVES, VICE.PRESIDENT 
G. F. SNYDER
OLE M. LEE
J. A. WILMER
RICHARD T. NELSON 
R. P. HOTT
The Durango Exchange 
(INCORPORATED)
THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN 
RICHARD T. NELSON, SECRETARY

The Durango Exchange
(INCORPORATED)
THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN
DURANGO, COLORADO
Jan.20th.1926

PENSION 
R
JAN
U. 25 S. 
1926
OFFICE 

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir:
would you kindly advise me as to wether or not some of my family took out Revolutionary Pensions the names of which are 
Daniel Flock---- Cumberland Maryland. 

O[handwritten] Smouse "   " 
wras des -[handwritten] John Harris ---- Marshall, Missouri, or ancestors.

I am anxious for this information which will make me elegable to the D.A.R. most of my family being dead I have not any other way to trace them only thru Pensions, Libraries ect.

Thanking you in advance for  the same, I remain, 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Richard T. Nelson
Durango 
Colorado.

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Rev. &1812 Wars Section  [handwritten] mm [symbol]

March 3, 1926

Mrs. Richard T. Nelson
Durango, Colorado

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim [underline] S. 15836 [end underline] it appears that [underline] Daniel Folck [end underline] was born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, the date not stated.
[handwritten with arrow pointing to 1776 in paragraph below] See Pa. Archive Vol. 2.
While a resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania he enlisted in January [double underline] 1776 [end underline], served eighteen months as a private in Captains Thomas Craig and Bunner's Company, Colonels St. Clair and Thomas Craig's (formerly Captain) Pennsylvania Regiment, was at the battle of Three Rivers, Canada where he was wounded by a musket ball lodging in the side of his left leg, and was in a skirmish with Indians on Lake Champlain.
After the Revolution he lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until 1793 when he moved to Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia where he was allowed pension on his application executed  November 19, 1832 aged between

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seventy-two and seventy-three years. 
There is no data on file as to his family.  
The above is the only soldier named Daniel Folck on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

Date of death not on ??