Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,825, George H Vanacka, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn
Vanacka George H.
NUMBER
R. 10825
CONTENTS.
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George N. Vanacka Ohio.
Rejected
See letter 18 th July 1837. B. Stanton.
did not serve six months.
10845

1 Echards Commission of Pensions Pension Office War department D.C.

Belknapton June 28 th 1837.
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of George H. Vanacka for a pension. Please to advise me of the result of the application as early as practicable.
Yours, B. Stanton

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10.825
P. O. _____
George H. Vanacker
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

34.125 George H. Wanaoka Ohio.

The State of Ohio Logan County ss
On this Twenty Second day of June A.D. 1837, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Logan and State of Ohio, in open Court, George H. Vanacker a resident of Jefferson Township in the County of Logan and State aforesaid aged seventy eight years on the twenty third day of May A.D. 1837, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he voluntarily  was drafted into the army of the United States in the year 1777 or the latter end of the year 1776, he cannot recollect with precision which. He served in the continental troops but the name of the regiment or line he cannot recollect, but recollects that the regiment in which he served was commanded by Col. Peyton, and the Company by Captain Nicholas Peck, that he entered the service in the township of Danugol in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, were marched from thence immediately after he volunteered  was drafted to the City of Philadelphia, under the above named Officers, and from thence immediately to the neighborhood of Anboy in the State of New Jersey where they remained for a few days & during which time Captain Peck was cashiered for Misconduct, his commission taken from him and his company of which deponent was one was attached to the Company commanded by Captain Work; During the time the army remained at Anboy the six  time months for which he had been originally volunteered  drafted expired. Captain Work then took the Command of the flying Camp and deponent with a number of others of the

Company originally commanded by captain Peck enlisted for nine months and joined the flying camp with Captain Work. After this they marched from Annapolis to Monmouth N.J. where they were stationed as a corps of reserve to supply the vacancies occasioned by the destruction of the regular troops, in the battle of Monmouth, during the engagement they were marched from the vicinity of the battle ground to a place he believes, known by the name of the Coopers, for the purpose of observing the movements of the enemy. It would be impossible to detail all the marches and countermarches of the flying camp at this period as they scarcely ever remained more than a few hours in a place, and their movements were controlled mainly by the movements of the enemy. He remained in the neighborhood of the White Plains as a soldier in the flying camp until the nine months for which he enlisted in the flying camp had expired, when he received his discharge and returned home to Lancaster County Pennsylvania. His brother served with him during the whole term of his service and was discharged at the same time, brother he received the written discharge for both of them (as he was the oldest) and they returned home together, where they left their discharges at his father's house. His father has been dead more than thirty years, and he has no knowledge what has become of his discharge, as he was ignorant of its importance and took no care of it. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I Work of McCulloch Clerk of the Common Pleas for the County of Logan and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George H. Vanacka for a pension.
Questions propounded by the Court and answered by the applicant
Qu Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year 1759.
Qu Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans I have a memorandum which was given me by the administrator of my father's estate, which he told me was taken from my father's record of the ages of his children which I still have, in which my name and age are written in the German language, and which I have with me as evidence of my age.
Qu Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans, When called into service I lived in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, went from there to the State of North Carolina where he remained about 3 months from thence to Green Castle in the state of Maryland where I lived about six or seven years, from thence to Frederick County Virginia, where I remained about thirty nine years, from thence to Logan County Ohio, where I now reside and where I have lived about three years and a half.
Qu Have you been called into service since you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?

Ans, I volunteered  was drafted for six months and afterwards volunteered for nine as above stated.
Ques State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental, and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Ans Gen Washington was the commanding officer of the part of the army in which I served, Col Elyton commanded the regiment and Captain Peck and Work the companies to which I belonged. From age and consequent loss of memory I am unable to state the names and grade of any additional officers under whom I served. I was a sipe in the company to which I belonged, for the general circumstances of my service I refer to my declaration.
Ques Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans My discharge was given to my brother by Captain Work, but whether it was signed by him or Col Elyton I cannot recollect, I have lost it as above stated.
Ques State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans, Thoms Sullivan, Joshua Robinson, John McWaid, and James Hatcher, He is a member of the Episcopalian Church, of which there is no society in Logan County, nor in the State of Ohio with which he has any connection or acquaintance, that he is not acquainted with any clergyman of any denomination in the State of Ohio, applicant further says that he cannot procure the testimony of any living witness as to his services as a soldier of the revolution.
George W Vanacka mark

Me Jacob Lewis & Henry Sullivan
residing in the County of Logan and State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George H. Vanacka who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 concur in that opinion, that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Henry H. Sullivan
Jacob Lewis
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Lewis & Henry Sullivan
who signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Logan and State of Ohio, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I do hereby
McCalloch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Logan in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George H. Vanacka for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Twenty Second day of June A.D. 1837. N. H. McCalloch CLK