Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,605, Daniel Wigner, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn,
Wigner, Daniel
S. 3605
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio 2778
Daniel Wigner of Gallia in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Valantin of the Regt - commanded by Col. McColloch in the Penna. line for 12 months from 1777 P.-
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 70- Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Decr: 31. 1832 Leblancy, Gallipolis, O
Arrears to 14th of Sept: 1832 105- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 35. $140.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 10 Page 53, -

Daniel Wigner
Ohio
No 4339-
from 1776 Private
14 th & mine m ts .
$70.

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Wigner of Galia County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted As a Gen.   In 1776 " 5 " Lieut Col McCallister } Trying   1777 2 Private Capt Valentine Up } Camp   " 1 " as Capt Samuel Dean   August 1781 " 2 Quartermaster Genl Porter   Private Capt Jacob Shaeffer } Militia   Nicholas Weaver  Quartermaster   Capt Jacob Peterman  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Philadelphia County Penna  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary in part & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 -
State of Ohio Gallia County ss -
On this Eleventh day of August A. D 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Pleas of Gallia County in the State of Ohio, now sitting, Daniel Weigman, a resident of Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio, aged seventy seven years, the last day of July last, 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 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that is to say, that some time about harvest time, the day not recollected, in the year 1776, at Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, among the troops called the Flying Camp where he then resided, he enlisted for the period of five months, in the Company commanded by Capt. Valentine Updegraff, in Col. MacColl's Penns. Regiment - That they marched for Long Island, and when they arrived within about thirty miles of that place, there was a battle fought there when they received orders to retreat and marched to Amboy in the Jerseys, that they remained in Amboy and at next that place from three to four months, when they were marched to Fort Lee, and soon retreated across the Delaware River to Trenton where he continued in the service, until about the first of March, under the act of enlistment, when he was discharged by waiting on the hand of Lieut. Governor Morris; that previous to this time Capt. Updegraff had resigned the Company, and was commanded by Capt. Linn. Dean, who had also prior to that time resigned - leaving the company under the command of Lt. Lieut. - That he served as first sergeant in that Company during said service - That about the first of June 1777, at Philadelphia Co. Pa. where he still resided, he volunteered in a Company of Pennsylvania  Militia commanded by Capt. Jacob Shaeffer, who was under the command of Genl. Potter, to serve for two months - That they marched to the Delaware River, where at Trenton, Correll, Ferry, from which

place they went with Boats to up the River about ten Miles; that that they returned back to Correll, Perry when his ap d term of service expired, when he again rec d . a written discharge from his ap d Capt: That about the time after he joined the last named Company, he was required to take the oath of allegiance, which he did, & rec d . a Certificate hereof, which dated 13 th June 1777 and signed by Joseph Sackett, in which he is described as "Dart. Weigmer Soldier" which is forwarded with this Declaration -
That shortly after he returned home, perhaps, two months, the time is not exactly remembered, he vol- unteered in the service, & was placed to driving a team, which was sometimes employed in drawing provisions from the head of Elk to Valley Forge, and forage from the back country to the same place - That he served in driving this team for twelve months; when he was dismissed by Nicholas Weaver, who was Captain over the Waggons or Wagon Masters, but rec d . no written discharge as he recalls of -
That in the latter part of the Month of September 1781 in the County ap d . he was drafted for a term of two months, in the company com- manded by Capt. Jacob Peterman, the superior officers not remembered - That he served his term of two months, principally in the forays at the capitulation of the army rec d . a discharge from his said Capt. and in writing, dated 27 th Nov. 1781, which is forwarded with this Declaration - That he has no other documentary evidence, his other papers being lost or destroyed by time & accident, & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - That he was born within twenty six miles of Phil a in that County, on the last day of July 1755; That when he was about fourteen years of age, he moved from Phil a Co. to the County of Harrison Va., where he resided until about fourteen years since, when he moved to Gallia Co. Ohio, where

where he has been since his arrival in this country, and that he has no record of his age - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension in anywise except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any place -  Given to an Affiant this Eleventh day of Augt. A.D. 1832.  Daniel Wigner
Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.c.p. Y.C.
We John Waddle & John L. Koontz residents of Gallia Co. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wigner who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion -  Sworn & subscribed in open Court this Eleventh day of Augt. 1832  } his John Waddle Mark John L Koontz  Francis Le Clercq Clk. c.c.p. Y.C.
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 John Waddle and John Koontz who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents in the County of Gallia and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit And the Court are further satisfied that there is no clergyman in his neighbourhood (the applicant)  (The State of Ohio Gallia County ss)
I Francis Le Clercq Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Gallia County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the

matter of the application of Daniel Wigner for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court this eleventh day of August A.D 1832
Francis Leffler Clk. c.c.p. G.C.
filed Aug 17th Term 1832
664702
Daniel

I DO hereby CERTIFY, That
Daniel Wight - Soldier
hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity, as directed by an Act of General Assembly for Pennsylvania, passed the 13th day of June, A. D. 1777. Witness my hand and seal, the 1st day of July A. D. 1777
(L.S.)
Joseph Pickett
PRINTED BY JOHN DUNLAP.
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I Do her by Certify that Daniel Weigner is herby Discharge from any Company Belonging to the S. Co. and that he has performed all Duty Required of him in the Militia per Me
th Nov 24 1781
Jacob Peterman Cap

Daniel Wigner Pa. S 360v -

Rev. War
INVALID.
File No. 3605
Migner Daniel Migner
Rev. War
Act: June 7.  1822
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Wigner which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  A documentary in Part
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Answered 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.