Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23974, Peter Tritt, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Tritt, Peter
S 23974.
CONTENTS

No. 1061. Pennsylvania
Peter Brilt
of Cumberland Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Doudle of the Pennsylvania line for Militia
18 Mo 29 Day Private $ 56.51
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 56 Dollars 51 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1833 and Sent to Hon. R. McCay. Carlisle Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 1833. 113.07 Semi-ant. allowance ending 28.25 $ 141.27
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John P. Sprague Clerk Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 50.

to O'Brien 7. Sept 1837
to S. Anderson
aid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th of March 1836 to agent notified 2
aid at the Treasury under the act of the 1838 from 4 Sept March 1838. Agent 21. March 1839
Number 12
21. Aug 1838.
under the act 1838 from 4 Sept 1837.
5 Aug 1838.
under the act of the 6th April 1837 to 4 notified

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County } P
On this thirteenth day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court Before the Hon. John Rea President and Isaiah Graham and William Linn Esquires Associates, the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County now sitting, Peter Fritth a resident of West Pennsborough Township in the County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his solemn oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - The applicant entered the service of the United States about the first of July A.D. 1775 in a volunteer company of Riflemen commanded by Captain Bould. Lieutenants Henry Miller and Gill all of York County and State of Pennsylvania He entered the service in York County as a volunteer The Company marched from the Town of York in York County to Lancaster in Lancaster County From Lancaster to Reading and from thence to Allen Town and From Allen Town to Easton in Northampton County Penn a . - We then crossed the river Delaware into New Jersey and from thence we marched through a small village called Standing Stone and Watertown to Boston, we arrived at Boston about the first of August. We went out the night after we arrived at Boston to take the English centry and were out to day light, we took one of the english, and lost one of our men The enemy at that time were stationed on Bunker

Hill, our captain on account of his conduct the night we were sent out, was dismissed from the command of our Company and our first Lieutenant Henry Miller was appointed Captain. He remained at Boston to the most of the English vessels were gone - The Regiment to which our Company was attached commanded by Col. Hann was then marched to New York about the month of March 1776 - we remained in New York about a week and then went on Long Island, we remained on Long Island until our term of service expired which was some time in July. The arrival of the English fleet was expected before our term of service expired - There was a small church on Long Island near where we lay and we kept watch for the arrival of the English Fleet from the Steeple of the Church - I remember to see the approach of the vessels from that station - we saw them first on Saturday about noon, and they arrived in the evening at the light house where an English man-of-war had previously been stationed - The fleet consisted of sixty five sail, on Sunday about dinner time they hoisted sail and approached so near to shore that by making loud we could converse with them from the water's edge. It was in hurry time and they told us if we would bring them some Cherries they would pay us well for them; we replied, if they would come on shore we would give them Cherries and charge them nothing - Captain Miller & two others who were standing some distance from me fired their rifles at the vessels, they then commenced firing and we withdrew from the shore - our company was detained about four days after our term of service had expired on account of the arrival of the fleet - our company was then discharged, and I arrived at home in York County Penn a about the last of harvest, having served a year the full term for which I entered the service

The discharge which I then obtained I have since lost. About two weeks after I returned home, I again entered the service at Lancaster Penn a as a substitute for John Smith a drafted militia man in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Peck and Lieut. Halebamp (the name of the other Lieut. not recollected) from Lancaster we marched to Philadelphia and thence to Trenton in New Jersey and thence to Princeton and Amboy from there Elizabeth's Town and from Elizabeth's Town to New York and thence to Baringtown near New York - While at Baringtown the term of service for which we were drafted, to wit: six weeks expired and I marched to Fort Lee as a volunteer in the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Fritts, my brother, & Lieut. Clayton, we then built the Fort under the command of Genl. Ewing - There being two Battalions stationed there at that time, to wit: Col. Bull's & Col. Swope's - At Fort Lee I entered the Flying Camp and remained there until the English took Fort Washington & drove us from Fort Lee to Trenton, when the English came to Trenton we crossed the Delaware and encamped on the opposite side - The morning after Christmas before any part of our army crossed and drove the Hessians from Trenton - I was with that part that was to cross below the Falls of the river and we were prevented by the ice from crossing until Trenton was taken - On New Years day following my term of service expired and I returned home.
Again in the year A.D. 1777 I was drafted in the Militia of York County Penn a and not having recovered from a severe attack of fever I was unable to march in consequence of which I had to pay eighty dollars - I know of no surviving witness of my services. And the above claimant does hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or

annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any the agency of any State -
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Before John Main For John Mayes Brother
Peter Fritt
We John S. Ebanks a clergyman residing in the Borough of Carlisle Cumberland County and Joseph Waggoner residing in part Newton Town- ship Cumberland County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Fritt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neigh- bourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before John Main For John Mayes Brother
John S. Ebanks Jo Waggoner
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that 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 ap- pears to them that John S. Ebanks who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Carlisle, and that Joseph Waggoner, who has signed the same is a resident in the Township of Newton, Cumb la County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court.
John Reed President
Isaac Graham Secretary

Peter Milt & Penny Leonard
28
30 Jan'y 1833
Debt 5,13.16.
Hon.
Adm o
16 mo. 29 d
Private
$56.51
R 226.
W. A. ... Paulis ... Debt

BRIEF in the case of  Peter Trith of Wolfpenbark  of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania  (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  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.     In 1775 1 Private Gen. Doudle, Capt. Miller, Col. Damm.   1776 Service not stated Capt. Beck, Capt. Wirtz, Col. Ewing, Col. Bull & Hooper.   1777  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cork County Penn  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective his Service not stated for his 2d term 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. H. Examining Clerk.  May 14 1835

Resolution
23974 INVALID.
No. 23974
Peter Linn
His Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 422
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Carlisle 22 Feby 1833-
Dr. Sir -
I send you the application of Peter Tritt with the corrections pointed out by the brief accompanying it, in the affidavit on the declaration - You will see by his declaration that his first term of service was a year and they were attained four days after their time expired making one year and four days - His second term he says he can state with confidence commenced not later in the year than the first of August and he thinks probably earlier and they were discharged on Christmas day, the 25 Dec. making 4 mo. & 25 days, in all about 17 mo. He also paid $80. a fine for not being able to serve when drafted, in consequence of sickness - He does not remember what the length of service was, at the on account of which he paid the fine, but I suppose it is not material as it could not be considered as entitling him to a pension for that period - He likewise states in the affidavit that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no surviving witness of his services - an omission stated in the brief and the whole is authenticated in the manner directed, which I believe was the only objection - If you receive this before you leave Washington & can attend to it, it would be desirable - I would have forwarded the papers sooner but could not get Mr. Tritt informed of the error until a few days since & he has been in town this day -
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt. J. H. Graham
Hon Robt. McKay,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 22 d , 1839.
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," Peter Kritt, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa., Agency, at the rate of fifty six Dollars and fifty one Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, — has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 23. 1838.
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," Peter Tratto a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of fifty six Dollars and fifty one Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th March, 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1836 to the 4 th Sept. 1837.
Respectfully yours,
Abiah K. Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Philad a September 23. 1837
Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Dear Sir —
We wait on you with Pension Claim in favor Peter Smith, which requires an order from War Dept t before it can be collected here. — Will you oblige us by attaching the necessary instructions, and remit to us by mail?
Your friends Robt. St. —
William Dunbar & Co.
140 Market St.

application of Peter Frit for a pension
Rotte mboy

State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County } P-
Seal Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, Peter Fritt of Westpennsboro' Township in said County, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - For one year and four days I served as a private in the Company commanded by Captains Doudle and Shilly - For four months and twenty five days, I served as a private in the company commanded by Captains Peck and Fritt, and I paid a fine of eighty dollars in consequence of not being able to serve as a drafted Militia man by reason of sickness; and for the above stated service I claim a pension - Deponent further states that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
Sworn to, & Subscribed the 28 th day of February in the Year of our Lord 1833 -
Before
Archibald Ramsay
Peter Fritt
State of Pennsylvania County of Cumberland } P
I John Harper Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that Archibald Ramsay is a Justice of the Peace as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Carlisle this twenty eighth day of February A.D. 1833
John Harper Clerk John McClain

I, John Harper Esquire, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, State of Pennsylvania, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Frit for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of November in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
J. HARPER Clk of the Court of Common Pleas of C. Co.