Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,191, Peter Felix, Penn.

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Penn. 
Felix, Peter
S. 42,191

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Duplicate-                                         4,845
March 29, 1824                          Pennsylvania Roll. 

                                                     Peter Felix
                        Colo Thompion 
                        Pennsylvanian                             Private 4
                        ---------
                        In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. 

                        Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars 
                        per month, to commence on the 26th of May 1818. 

                        Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of December 181?
                        and sent to James D? Judge
                        Reading

                        Arrcars to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3m. 7/31 and 4/30. 26:86

                        Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819  ---48:---

                                                                                                74:86

                                        {Revolutionary claim, 
                                          Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Rifle Reg to 
Pennsylvania 
Not on the 
Rolls 
Service of 5 to 80 
Admitted

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Pennsylvania Berks County Pa. On the 26th day of May 16, of the year of eight hundred and sixteen.  Before James Deimer, Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of commenpleen(?) in deed for said County personally appeared Peter Felix age sixty three years, resident with County aforesaid, Mles Carry(?) by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain person, engaged in the and have Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that he the said Peter Felix, entered in the Borough of Reading County of Berks in the year 1775 in the Rifle company commanded by Captain George Nagel, Col. William Thompson Regiment that he continued to serve in said company in the service of the United States untill the month of January 1780 when he was discharge from the Service at Trenton in the State of New Jersey that he was in the Battle on Long Island that he had obtained an honorable discharge which he had for many years, but is now lost. Another he is in reduced circumstances deeds and lands in need of the assistance (?) of his county for support, and has received before in the day and year aforesaid County
Jas Diemer    
Peter Felix X His Mark

Pennsylvania 
Berks County, on the 26th day of May AD 1818.  Before me James Deimer Esquire one of the Judge of the Court of Harrison pleas in and for said County personally appeared Henry Betz of the Borough of Reading County aforesaid who upon his solemn oath according look and doth before seer(?) of any that he hath Peter Felix named in the above affidavit upon our office year, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in head of acceptance of his County for support.

Is inscribed the day and year before us now,
 
Jas. Diemer    Henry Betz

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Pennsylvania
Berks County

I, James Diemer Esquire of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in and for said County for [three words crossed out] do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Felix, did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in his foresaid declaration against the Common Enemy and I now have (?) the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the declaration of the aforesaid Act of Congress.  In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and caused the seal of the said (?) to be affixed [three words crossed out and covered by black smudging or age marks] this twenty sixth day of May AD 1838.

Jas. Diemer

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I, James Diemer Esquire one of the
Judges of the
Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Berks
do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with
Henry Betz. Therefore in my opinion as to the
circumstances of the Claimant are true. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Reading this
third day of Dec. 1818.
[signature "Jas. Diemer"]

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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
On the 24th day of October A.D. 1820, personally
appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden in the borough of Reading, county of
Berks, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common Law,
with a Jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings Peter Felex aged Sixty nine years, resident in
the county of Berks, in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to Law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision, made by the
Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the first day of May, 1820. That he served in the revolutionary War, in the company, commanded by Capt. George Nagle
in the regiment, commanded by Col. Thompson
in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, and has obtained
a pension, under the Act of the 18th day of March, 1818, his Certificate being numbered
4845. And I do solemly 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 other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with an 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 intrust 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.

[handwritten script begins]
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court
Peter Felix his mark
Nov 24, 1820

[signature "Jon Addams Prothy"]

I have no property
I have a pension from the State of Pennsylvania of forty
Dollars a year
I am by trade a tobacconist but have not been able to follow,
it for many years past. I have no family. I am indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself except by private
or public Charity
Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court
Peter Felix his mark
Nov 24. 1820
[signature "Jon Addams, Prothy"]

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I John Addams Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths and Schedule thereby annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of November 1820
[signature]

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No 4845
Peter Felix
Dec 18
Mar '19
[illegible] per
Con

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[typewritten]
Adah L. Miller
R.R. #4
Portland, Indiana

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42191, it appears that Peter Felix, enlisted in [handwritten insert = borough of] Reading [crossed out= Borough], Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1775, as private in Captain George Nagel's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island and was discharged in January, 1760. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818, at which time he was living in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he was sixty-three years of age. 
In 1820, he stated that he was sixty-nine years of age. [crossed out - There is no reference to wife or children].
Respectfully, 

EARL D.CHURCH
Commissioner

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42191
Reg
File No. 42.191
Peter Felix
[illegible] Mar

Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol: 2, Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1926 June 17,
[illegible]to Mrs H. H. Holing NICS
1929, July 9 [illegible]
to Adah L. Miller
see case of Conrad Harmon S. 41611 NICS
1932 Jan 32 [illegible] to
Mr R. N. Elliott NICS

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Peter Felix must make an affidavit agreeably
to the within form, and transmit it, property authenticated to the War Department, before a
new certificate can be issued for him.
19 Mar. 1824

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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
-
County of Berks, Pennsyl. ss.
On this twenty fourth day of March 1824; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Berks personally appeared Peter Felix who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain George Nagle
in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania—that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of March 1822, [crossed out "at or near"] was lost, destroyed, or mislaid, having been sent to Philadelphia to receive [word crossed out] pension thereupon, since then he has not been able to recover it again.

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid.
Matthias Richards

[added to the right by hand "Peter Felix
+ his mark"]

NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place,
and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated [added by hand "by the certificate of the County Clerk, under his seal of office.-"]

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Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
.
John Addams Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County aforesaid do certify that Matthias Richards Esquire whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration and before whom the same was made was at the time of making and signing the same and ever since has been a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Berks, duly authorized and Commissioned according to law and that to all acts done by him in that capacity full faith and Credit are due and of right ought to be given.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this
Twenty fourth day of March AD 1824 -
Jno. Addams Prothonotary

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Reading May 25th 1824

Sir, 
Agreeable to your instructions I
now have the pleasure to enclose to you
Peter Felixs Application [scratched] for a term
Pension Certificate to which I ask the
favour of your kind and Immediate
Attention direct to Jacob K Boyer Reading, Pa

Respectfully yours
[illegible signature]

L. Edwards Esq

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Wayne Neler April 5, 1926
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me the pension record of the following revolutionary war soldiers? 
1 Peter Kruger who served in Col. Miles
reg. New Luris, Continental line, list undated;
2 Nicholas Felix, private in Capt Wills Co. Major Hister's battalion of malitia[sic] Berks Co. malitia[sic] Jan. 2, 1777. 
3 Peter Felix of Reading Berks Co. Pa.
4 Any man named Falix or Felix from
either Berks or North Hampton Counties Pa.
I will greatly appreciate this favor
Respectfully
Mrs. H. H. Hahn
Wayne, Nebr.

[stamp reading: Pennsylvania Apr 7 1926 office]

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Mrs. H. H. Hahn
Wayne
Nebraska

Madam:
June 17, 1926
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revoolutionary War pension claim, S. 42191, that PETER FELIX enlisted in
Reading [scratched "Borough"], Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1775 as private in
Captain George Nagel's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island and was discharged in January, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818, at which time he was living in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he was sixty-three years of age.
In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-nine years of age and that he had no family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

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ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON

January 15, 1932.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please advise me whether or not you have any record in the Pension Department of Peter Felix and Henry Duckwall, who were supposed to be Revolutionary War soldiers.
[added by hand in black ink above Felix "only" and above Duckwall "O"]

Yours very truly,
R. Elliott
[stamp: Received Jan 16 1932]

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January 23, 1932
BA-J/MCS

Mr. R. N. Elliott
Assistant Comptroller General of U. S.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of January 15, 1932, requesting the record of Peter Felix, a soldier of the Revolution.

The data contained herein are obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 42191, based upon the military service of Peter Felix.

He enlisted in the borough of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1775 and served as private in Captain George Nagel's Company in Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Regiment.  He was in the battle of Long Island and was discharged in January, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818, at which time he was living in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he was sixty-three years of age. In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-nine years of age.

He did not state that he was married.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[added by hand in black ink: Stated it this way
because he said "he had no family" meaning no dependents in 1820]