Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8468, Peter Figla, Md.

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Service
MD

Name
Figla, Peter
or Figely

Number
S.8468

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No 11720

Maryland
Peter Figely *

of Hagerstown, in the state of Maryland
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Hartman of the Regt commanded
by Col. Shryock in the Maryland troops for 
11 months Private $38.33

*Peter Figla
Records corrected Oct 24, 1904

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland
at the rate of 38 dollars 33 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1833 and sent to Jos. J Merrick, Hagerstown, MD

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $76.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 $19.16
$95.82

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book E Vol 5 Page 105

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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Sept 17, 1853

Sir

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, 

John & Samuel Figeby two of the 7 children of Peter Figeby's dec'd 

a pensioner on the roll of the Maryland Agency at the rate of Thirty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832 have been paid at this department 2/7 arrears of pension from the 4th of Sept 1844 to the 16 Jany 1845.

Respectfully yours

J M Brodhead
Comptroller

11720 Act '32

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.

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Left Side Page

21611
Peter Figely

Peter Figely
21611

Admitted
11-1/2 months
$38.33

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[illegible] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 27th day of November 1832.

Danl Schnebly - Register of Wills, [illegible] MD

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State of Maryland
Washington County

On this twenty-seventh day of November 1833 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Orphan's Court now sitting, Peter Figely resident of Hagers Town [Hagerstown] in the county of Washington and state aforesaid, aged seventy-four 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. He enlisted in the service of the United States at Frederick Town Maryland in the summer of 1776 under Capt. Hartman, Lieut. Daniel Stull & John Rezel Ensign and other company officers. We marched with two other companies from Frederick to Lancaster, from thence to Philadelphia, thence to Trenton thence to Brunswick and from thence to the city of New York. The names of the two company officers who marched with us were Captain Reynolds and Mantz. Other companies also marched with us, but names of officers are not recollected; the whole however was under the command of Col Shryock. The troops remained in New York about a week & thence we marched towards Fort Washington in the neighborhood of which we lay five or six weeks. A volunteer company of Riflemen from Virginia were out on a scouting party and were attacked by a body of Hessians to whose support the whole body of troops called us the Flying Camp went out and engaged the Hessians. After being engaged about two hours the enemy retreated; we pursued them until we came under the guns of their shipping barge on the North River then we returned to camp. General Putnam commanded these troops at that time.

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After remaining in camp, a short time after the skirmish we crossed the river at a placed called the King's Bridge then marched to White Plains at which place there was some fighting but not what was called the battle of the White Plains which took place some days after. we departed for Fort Lee. The morning after our arrival at Fort Lee, Capt. Hartman under whom I served with a scouting party was sent over the river and was captured immediately on landing and on that day, Fort Washington was taken by the British. The enemy then crossed the river and took Fort Lee, and we retreated to Newark, from thence we marched to Philadelphia when we received our pay & our discharges. I and two of the company went to Hagerstown after having served six months the time for which I was enlisted.

A short time after my arrival at Hagerstown I went out on a substituted in the place of one [illegible] Bruner who was drafted. Capt. Peter Swingley commanded the company. From Hagerstown we marched to Little York thence to Lancaster to Philadelphia, to Princeton and from thence to Pluckamin [Pluckemin] a small village near where Lord Sterling then lived and not far from where Gen Lee was taken. There we lay all winter. Some of the British was quartered during the winter at a place called Quibbletown about fourteen miles from the place at which we lay. An American officer named Swann was wounded in his leg in a skirmish with a part of those British he being out on a foraging party. In the beginning of March, we were discharged after having served two months. I returned to Hagerstown where I was drafted as a militiaman to guard the British prisoners stationed at Fort Frederick in Maryland and was then at the time Cornwallis were taken prisoners. I served there four months. On this tour I served under Capt. Ridenour. Fort Frederick was under the

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He has no documentary evidence nor any person residing in this county

Command of Col. Rawlings who can testify to his having been in service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Peter Figely

Mr. Figely is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Hagerstown. The present pastor in said congregation has been officiating but a short time & who knows nothing of his services as specified in the foregoing statement. He is therefore compelled to procure the certificate of his respectable laymen.

We David Harry and R Douglass both residing in Hagerstown Maryland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Figely who has subscribe and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we know that he was in the service of his county as set forth in his declaration.

Davidd Harry
R Douglass

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears them that David Harry and R Douglass who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Hagerstown

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and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Tho Keller
Wm Gabby
Alexr Neill

I Daniel Schnebly register of wills and clerk of the Orphan's Court of Washington County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Figely for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 27th day of November 1832.

Danl Schnebly p Register of Wills
O.C., MD

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8468
Rev War
INVALID

File No 8468
Peter Figely*
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th '32
Index Vol [illegible] Page 124

* Peter Figla 
Records corrected oct 24, 1904

June 4, 1900
Chas M Figeley Chicago, Ill

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State of Maryland
Washington County to wit

Be it remembered that on this fifth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-three before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the state aforesaid in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Peter Figaley whose application bearing date Nov 27, 1832 certified by the Judges & register of the Orphan's Court of said county has been returned by the Commissioner of Pensions for amendment & now is produced before me, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that on his first tour of service mentioned in the said application he was enlisted for the term of six months and was discharged to the best of his knowledge & belief two weeks before the expiration of that term so that he served five months & a half at that time.

That when he went out as substitute for Glepbrunner he served two months and that he served at Fort Frederick in Maryland as a drafted militia man in guarding the British prisoners stationed there four months and that in all he served as a private soldier on those three tours of service in the revolutionary war eleven months and a half. That he was young at that time that all the officers he then knew in the service & now recollects are dead. The last who died was Capt. Manty of Frederick who was in Shryock's regiment who lately died.

That he did not recollect until his application was made out & he called on David Harry an old & respectable inhabitant of the town that Mr. Harry personally knew or recollected

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his being in the service, but that then Mr Harry did 
mention it & reminded this deponent of serval circumstances 
of those old times.  That he does not know of any other 
person by whom he can prove his service.  He further states 
the Gentleman who drew up his application made a mistake in stating 
Frederick town as the place of his enlistment.  He was enlisted in Hagerstown 
from whence he marched to Frederick & thence as stated.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year } 
aforesaid before} Peter Figla
Jacob Kausler

State of Maryland 
Washington County to wit

Be it remembered that on this fifth day of 
June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, before 
me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State 
aforesaid in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared 
David Harry of the County Aforesaid aged eighty two years 
[repeated: years] & made oath that he is well acquainted with 
Peter Figaley the above named applicant now here 
present.  That he has known him from his boyhood. 
That he knew him when he enlisted as stated in his 
application in Capt Hartman's company, for six 
months.  That the said Peter Figaley had once before 
enlisted in Captain Heyer's company & being under 
sixteen years of age his father got him discharged & he 
was anxious again to get him off when enlisted under 
Hartman, but Peter was then over sixteen & his father 
could not get him discharged.  Sometime after Figaley 
marched away this Deponent was appointed a Second 
Lieut of a rifle company commanded by Captain 
Clapsaddle & marched in August 1776 in aid of the 
Flying Camp & saw Figaley in the service at Fort Lee 
& was with him then six weeks on the retreat from 
Fort Lee until they came to Brunswick & thence 
to Philadelphia where they received their pay.  Figaley 
was discharged at the same time with the deponent.

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the discharge was only by word of mouth.  Gen Washington 
in person directed the troops to go from Brunswick to 
Philadelphia & receive their pay & that they were thenceforth 
free.  Figaley served at that time five months & a half

This deponent also knew of his own knowledge when 
Figaley afterwards went out as a substitute for Glepbrenner 
& deposeth that the said Figaley then served two months 
more.  Of his service at Fort Frederick this 
deponent knows nothing & further this deponent 
saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before  David Harry
Jacob Kausler J.P

State of Maryland 
Washington County to wit 

I Otho Holland Williams Clerk of the 
County Court of Washington County aforesaid do 
hereby certify that Jacob Kausler Esquire before 
whom the two aforegoing depositions were made & in 
whose personal handwriting the same are certified was 
at the date thereof a Justice of the peace of the 
State aforesaid in & for the County aforesaid 
duly commissioned & sworn
In testimony whereof I hereunto 
set my hand & seal of office 
this fifth day of June 
in the year eighteen hundred 
and thirty three.
O H Williams Clk

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Sir

Enclosed are the papers of Peter Figaley 
which I have gratuitously endeavoured [endeavored] to [repeated: to] amend 
as to meet the defects pointed out.

No certificate from the magistrate is appended 
to the supplemental affidavits, as to the character of 
the witness David Harry.  I thought it unnecessary 
as the original paper contains such a certificate 
from the Orphans Court of the character of the same 
David Harry.

I do not know that there is in the Depart
ment sufficient knowledge of me, to make my 
statements of weight.  It can however at least 
not injure, for me to say that Peter Figaley is a 
plain but respectable old man whom I have 
known for more than twenty years & believe to 
be entirely worthy of credit.  

David Harry the witness I have also long 
known.  He is a very aged man but of clear sound 
mind & to this day regularly labours [labors] at his 
trade of wagon making.  

He is considered & universally respected as one 
of our most virtuous citizens & his word on any 
subject would command the unhesitating belief 
of all who know him.

Respectfully &c
Joseph J. Merrick 
Hagerstown June 5th 1833

J. L. Edwards Esq

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Chicago, May 29th 1900 [struck out: 189_]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

In my effort to establish a 
clear record for admission to the Sons of 
the American Revolution I came across 
the following entry the only clue I 
have as to decent [descent] on my paternal 
side from a Revolutionary veteran.

"Peter Figely-Private-Hagerstown, 
Washington Co., Maryland. Pensioned June 
8th 1833 to date from March 4th 1831 rate 
$38.33, age as 76."  A further entry says 
"Amt. rec'd $114.99". Is there any further 
records (please see slip attached) that 
you can give me?

Any information will be 
gratefully received.

Very loyally yours

Charles M. Figeley
200 Adams St.

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Peter Figely - Born - 1755(?)
(Figeley)

Enlisted (date) - 
(place) - Hagerstown, Md.
(company) - 
(rank) - private

Discharged (date) -
(place) - 
(rank) - private 
(record if
any) -

Pensioned 6/8/33 at $38.33
To Date from 4/4/1831 - age as #76.
#Does "as 76" mean "1833" or "1831"

Died - 1856(?)
_________

Samuel (his son) in War of 1812 - I have no 
information, can you furnish me 
any


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1900
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