Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5307, Henry Brinker, Penn.

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Penn.     Brinker, Henry.        S5307

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27.612
Pittsburgh Agency
Henry Brinker
Westmoreland in the State of Penna.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Venatta of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Strout in the Pennsylvania Militia
6 Mo. - $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna. [illegible]
at the rate of 20 Dollars and __ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of September and  [illegible]
J. H. Kuhns, Greensbaugh, Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '34                  70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible]  10.00
                                                                    ________
                                                                   $80.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. T. Springer, Clerk,
Book C, Vol. 80, Page 107.

[Note at upper right:]
Certificate retd. for correction, corrected & retd.
to Simon Drum, P.M. Greensburgh 
letter sent date to Penn Agt

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State of Pennsylvania
Wastmoreland County

On the 18th day of August A.D. 1834 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Place of the Ciounty aforesaid now sitting Henry Briner a resident of Unity Township in the County aforesaid and State of Pennsylvavania aged Seventy Seven years who being [illegible] duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832.

    That he entered the service of the United State under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. That he first entered the service a drafted Militia man near Easton in Northampton County Penna. about the 1st of January in the company of a Militia under the command of Captain John Venatta and was marched to Philadelphia - from that to Trenton N. Jersey and from thewreon to the outpost of the American lines, four miles from Brunswick - my company was attached to a Battallion of Militia under the Command of Colonel Jacob Strout - our duty was principally to prevent the advance & aggressions of the British Army then lying at Brunswick. This tour of service continued two months, at the expiration of which he was regularly discharged and returned home.

    In October of the same year he was again drafted in a company of Militia under Captain John Venatta, immediately after the Battle of Germantown, was marched from the same place and attached to a Battalion of Regiment under the Command of Colonel George Sigfriedt, we were marched to Allentown, thereon to a place called "farmer's Hill" near Germantown, and joined a large body of Regular & Militia which then constituted the whole American force in that quarter, under the general command of Washington - We were called into this service to relieve the troops which had been engaged in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown & to keep up the American forces against the British who were there in Germantown and Philadelphia. - He continued in this service a term of two months when he was discharged & returned home.

    In the Spring of 1781 he was again called into actual service, being drafted as a Militiaman in a company of Militia under Captain John Gregory, was marched from the same place to the Frontiers along the borders of Northampton County for the protections of the Inhabitants against the attacks of the Indians - who had murdered many of the Inhabitants & amongst others this declarants sister her husband & children - Our principal duty was to protect the frontiers, and for this purpose we were divided into small parties & stationed at different posts along there - This tour of service continued for two months when he was discharged & went home.

    In 1779 he volunteered to assist General Sullivan in removing the Continental Army stores from 'Brinker's Mill' in Northampton County, to Wyoming, and he rendered various other services to the United States troops during this period above stated - to wit from 1779 to 1781, of which he cannot now state the precise length of the several terms.

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Declarant further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all his service but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - to wit - as a Private in the Militia six months and for which he claims a pension -
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 any agency in any state.
[signature illegible]

Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid -
Randal McLaughlin, Prot...

Interrogatories propounded by the Court to Declarant

1. Where & in what year were you born? Answer - Near Easton, Northampton County Penna. on the 18th of April 1757 -

2. Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it? My age is recorded in my Father's Bible now in the possession of my brother Jacob Brinker in this county.

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 near Easton Northampton County where I resided till 1783 when I removed to Unity Township Westmoreland County Penna. where I have lived ever since & now live -

4. How were you called into service - were you drafted, Did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom? Ans - I entered the service a drafted Militia man as stated in the aforegoing declaration

5. State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services - ? Ans. I state the names of Genl. Washington, General Sullivan - Colol Sigfriedt - Colonel Strout - and refer to the aforegoing declaration for a more particular answer to this question.

6. Did you receive a discharge from the services & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?

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ans. I received no written discharge for any of the tours of service except the last which has been lost or destroyed long ago - and I would also state that I never received any compensation for my service whatsoever.

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can certify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
ans. I state the names and refer to Martin Bash, Peter [Deemer], Simon Drum Esquire & the Revd. Nicolas P. Hacke -

Declarant states that he has no documenting evidence of his service and that he knows of no person living who can testify to his services. Sworn & subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid.
            Randal McLaughlin, Prot...

We Nicolas P. Hacke a clergyman residing in Greensbaugh in the County of Westmoreland Penna. and Simon Drum residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Brinker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age - that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - 
Nicolas P. Hacke
Simon Drum

Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court the day & year aforesaid - 
Randal McLaughlin, Prot...

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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nicolas P. Hacke who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Greensbaugh in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania and that Simon Drum Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -

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Westmoreland County
I Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Commonpleas of Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Henry Brinker for a pension.
    In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at my office in Gramburgh this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
                                     Randal McLaughlin, Prot

[written vertically below at right:]

31.826
Henry Brinker's Declaration
for Pension under the Act of Co
of the 7th June 1832
Pennsylvania
for 1777
6 mo $20.

[written vertically below at left:]
Jos. N. Kuhns
Greensbaugh
Pennsyla

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[Note: this is page one of a 2-page letter]

October 14, 1926

Robert D. Brinker
Thorn Street Elementary School
Princeton, W. Va.

Sir:
    I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5307, it appears that Henry Brinker was born on April 18, 1757, near Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    While residing there, he enlisted and served as a private in the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows -   
    From January 1, 1777, two months in Captain John Venatta's Company, Colonel Jacob Strout's Regiment.
    From October 1777, two months in Captain John Venatta's Company, Colonel Siegfriedt's Regiment.
    In the spring of 1781, two months in Captain John Gregory's Company.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1834, while a resident of Unity

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[Continuation from subsequent record, typed document]

Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Soldier's sister and her husband and children were murdered by the Indians, no names are stated. It is not stated that soldier was married.

[Handwritten notes at lower right:
Revolutionary of [illegible] in Henry Brinker
Ret March 5. 5305

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Revolutionary
5307
INVALID.
File No. 5307
Henry Brinker
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1912 Nov. 21 Hist. to W. H. Robinson V.L. [illegible]
1922 Aug. 21. Hist. to Mrs. W. M. Bortz
1926 - Oct. 14 - Hist. to Robert D. Brinker - See letter in Henry Brinker S. 5305 [illegible]

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[Note: this is page 1 of a 2-page letter - see previous document]
Rev. sec.                          July 8, 1922

Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: -
In submitting my papers for membership in D.A.R., through "Henry Brinker," I am requested to complete my paper by a "Statement from Pension Office."
   Henry Brinker was born in Northampton Co., Penna. April 18, 1757, died Westmoreland Co., Penna., Jan. 6, 1845, married Margaret [Wise?], born Aug. 21, 1754 in

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[Note: this is page 2 of a 2-page letter written July 8, 1922]

[illegible] stamped envelope enclosed
Huntington Co., Penna., died Dec. 10, 1845 in Westmoreland Co. Private in Capt. John Venatta's Co., Col. Jacob Strout's Regt., Penna. Militia, Jan. & Feb. 1777. Private same company - Col. Geo. Siegfriedt's Reg. Penna. militia - Oct. & Nov. 1777. Private Capt. John Gregory's Co., Penna. Militia 1781. U.S. Pensioner 1834.
I am [hunted down] as Reference - : Records of Bureau of Pensions - Washington D.C. - also Penna Archives 5th Series Vol 8 p. 258.
Any information you can give me to help me will certainly be appreciated.
Thanking you for same.
Mrs. W. M. Bortz
[stamped postmark in lower right corner with date Jul 11 1922]

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[Envelope with illegible postmark of 1834, addressed to:]

To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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Dr Sir - Please send the certificate of Pension to Jos. H. Kuhns, Greensbaugh, Westmoreland County Penna

Yr. S.
Jos. H. Kuhns
1 Septem 1834.


To J. L Edwards Esq.

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[Illegible round stamp - postmark? - at upper right]

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[Handwritten letter on letterhead of Union Title and Abstract Company, Riverside, California]

Riverside, Calif. Nov. 13, 1912

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -
The writer is desirous of getting the pension record of Henry Brinker, son of Jacob Brinker, both of Northampton County, Pennsylvania - afterward removed to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania - Henry Brinker was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and served at the Battle of the Brandywine - and was the great grandfather of the writer.
Thanking you in advance,
I remain very truly
W. H. Robinson
1497 Lemon St.
Riverside,
Calif.

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RECORD DIVISION.		3–525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., [date left blank]

[illegible writing at upper left]

In reply to your request of [illegible date] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Henry Brinker, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment/appt	Length of service	Rank	Officers under whom served				State
							Captain.		Colonel.
Jan. 7, 1777		2 mos.	Pvt.	John Venatta 		Joseph Th[illegible]		Penn.
Oct. 1777		2 mos.		John Venatta -		George Sigfriedt
Spring 1781		2 mos.		John Gregory - 

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton, Northampton Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, August [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Unity [Township] Westmoreland Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, b. Apr. 18, 1757 [illegible]

Remarks:  The sister & her husband and children were murdered by Indians. No names are stated. Was not stated whether [illegible] survived.
Brother Jacob

[illegible] services [illegible], are
included in [illegible]
						Very respectfully,
						Commissioner