Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40637, Philip Wagner, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wagner, Philip
840637
CONTENTS

16. 655 R From Maryland to Philip Wagner Penn a of Montgomery in the state of Maryland who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Col t Stephenson of the Virginia line for the term of one year 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of Apr r 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of April 1820 - and handed Penn a
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1820  40.26 Semi-ann. all s ceasing
40.26
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued at Oct r 5 th 1820 to Philip Wagner

16.655. Philip Wagner Private Benj. Lani one year com. Lt. ap d 1870
Adm ?
see p. 110. Vol. 1. Journals of Congress - p. 240. Vol. 2.

On this 4 th April 1890 before me the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Third Judicial District of Maryland Philip Wagner aged personally appears Philip Wagner aged 76 years residing in Baltimore County State of Maryland who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he the said Philip Wagner enlisted in Shepherd Town in the State of Virginia in Captain Hugh Stephenson's Company of Riflemen in July 1775; that he com- menced to serve in said corps for the term of one year when he was discharged from service at Staten Island in the State of New York in July 1776

That he was at the Blockade of Boston and in the battle of Salem Island where he was wounded in the leg and that he is in reduced circum- stances and is now in need of the assistance of his country for support; And that he has no other means in a now in his power of his said services than that here with he has submitted. I have to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid Chas. J. Kellogg.
I Charles J. Kellogg Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Philip Wagner did serve in the Provisional Navy as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances in life and is now in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now have met the proceedings and testimony

taken and had before me to the best of my knowledge for the Department of War Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Chas. F. Kilgour
State of Maryland and Montgomery County S.S.
I hereby certify that the Honourable Charles F. Kilgour before whom the foregoing Statement and affidavit appears to have been made and whose name is thereto signed was at the time one of the Associate Judges of the third Judicial District of Maryland duly Commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I have
here to subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Montgomery County Court, this fourteenth day of April Anno. Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty
Upton Brall CLK Montgomery County Court

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
Pennsylvania, County of York — ss.
On this twentieth day of January 182 6 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of York — personally appeared Philip Wagner — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hugh Stevenson in the regiment commanded by Colonel — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Maryland — from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory,) of Pennsylvania — where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state of Pennsylvania , was to live near his son, in the county of York . —
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Philip Wagner
Daniel Beckert.
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

Pennsylvania, York County, ss. —
Before me the subscribed one of the Justices of the peace, in and for the said county, personally came Charles Weiser, Merchant of the Borough of York, in the said county who being duly sworn, saith, that Philip Wagner the deponent in the within deposition is the identical person now on the pension list payable in Maryland, and that he well knows him to be the same person.
Sworn & subscribed before me January 21st, 1824.
Dan l Heckert.
Chas. Weiser
I do hereby certify that Mr. Charles Weiser, of the this Borough, Merchant, is a person of very respectable character, and that his assertions are undoubted. —
York Borough, January 21st, 1824.
Dan l Heckert.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. YORK COUNTY, SS.
I, MICHAEL W. ASH, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of York, Do Certify, that Daniel Beckert —
Esquire
before whom the annexed affidavit was made in an action of Justia of the Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and as such is —
duly commissioned and qualified ; and that to all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere. and that the name of Daniel Beckert subscribed thereto is the proper hand writing of the said Daniel Beckert
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of said Court, in the borough of York, this Twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Sig. —
Michael W. Ash Prothonotary.

Philip Wagner
6.655
Sept. 1879
Continue

SCHEDULE.
United States of America
(A.) Maryland District ————— SS.
ON this fourteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court (*) being a court of record , (†) (B.) in the District court in and ————— for the said (C.) District of Maryland
Philip Wayne ————— aged Seventy Six years, resident in Baltimore County in said (D.) District
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served
in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he enlisted at Sheppards Town in the state of Pennsylvania in the month of July 1775 under Capt Hugh Stenchers in a Rifle Company for the term of one year, which Company being promoted to a majority L t A. Sheppard succeeded to the Command at Roxbury near Boston under whom he served one year at the period of his enlistment and was discharged at Staten Island in the state of New York on or about the month of July 1776. That he made his original application in the state of Pennsylvania before Judge Barnett, but afterwards renewed his application and rec d a pension of 8 dollars per month from the Maryland agency, dated 6 April 1820 and numbered 16,655
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

(F.) No Property - whatever —
By trade a Blacksmith but from advanced age and Rheumatic Complaint unable to labour No Family - Dependent on his friends for Support — That he is in such reduced Circumstances as to require the assistance of his Country for Support not being able to support himself without his pension except by private or public Charity
Philip Magner
SWORN to and declared on the 14 th day of September 1820
BEFORE, the District Court aforesaid
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the said Dist. Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this 21 day of Septem 1820
Philip Moore Clerk of the court for the Dist. of Maryland

* The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
† All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:
1st, Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them; 2d, Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record; 3d, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount; 4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—( Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. )
DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,—circuit,—county, or corporation, as the case may be. B. State why a court of record. C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name. D. District, circuit, county, or corporation. E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted. F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, “in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country,” comprehend those only, who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
“For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly, that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a proper voucher.”

March 29, 1940.
Mrs. Elmore Petersen 854 -15th Street Boulder, Colorado.
BA-J/ILL Philip Wagner S. 40637
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to service which may have been rendered in the Revolutionary War by Philip Wagner, whose daughter, Polly Wagner, married one Jacob Hildebrand, who was born August 8, 1782. You desire information, also, in regard to service which may have been rendered in that war by the father of this Jacob Hildebrand, and state that these families were of York County, Pennsylvania.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found based upon service of any soldier with the surname Hildebrand, under any spelling. The record has been found of a Philip Wagner whose son lived in York County, Pennsylvania. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, based upon service in that war, file S. 40637.  S. 40637,
Philip Wagner enlisted in July 1775, in Shepherdstown, Virginia, served as private in Captain Hugh Stephenson's Virginia Rifle Company, went to Boston, thence to New York, was in the battle of Staten Island, where he received a wound in his leg, and was discharged there, having served one year.
Philip Wagner was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, on his application executed April 4, 1820. He was then a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, aged seventy-six years; the date and place of his birth were not given, nor the names of his parents. He had no family living at home with him at that time.
January 21, 1826, Philip Wagner lived near his son in York

County, Pennsylvania; he did not state the name of that son. Philip Wagner requested the transfer of his pension from the Maryland Agency to that of Pennsylvania, in 1826.
One Charles Weiser, of York, Pennsylvania, was present in 1826 when Philip Wagner applied for transfer of his pension.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Philip Wagner Certificate #16655 Issued April 6, 1820 Rate $8 per month Commenced April 4, 1820 Act of March 18, 1818 Pennsylvania Agency (transferred from Maryland Agency).
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

40637 INVALID.
Rev 
File No. 40637
Philip Aragon Pr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 534
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1918 Feb 9 Mrs. R. M. Brown this is not subject of her marriage 1940 March 29. Hist. to Mrs. Elmore Paterson - lfh.

I do certify that Philip Wagner, enlisted in Capt. Hugh Stephenson's Company of Riflemen, in July 1775, for one year, in which company I served as a private soldier, that the said Philip Wagner faithfully served out his time of enlistment, and was discharged on Staten Island in July or August 1776. Given under my hand this 27 th day of March, 1820.
Andrew Spence his Peter H Haines. mark
Jefferson County, To wit
The above certificate was subscribed and sworn to by Peter Haines, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said county, this 27 th day of March 1820.
Rich d Williams

Spencer County Virg. 25 th Mar 1820
I do certify that the bearer, Phillip Wagner was a Soldier in an authorized company of Rifle men Raised & commanded by Captain Hugh Stephenson of Virginia; in which company I had the Honor of serving as a Soldier with the said Wagner at the Blockade of Boston; & when the enemy were compelled to leave that place, the company was ordered to New York, & from thence to Staten Island & to the best of my recollection, we were Discharged at the latter place, in July, or August one Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six after serving Twelve months, the full time of our enlistment, & that the said Wagner, conducted himself orderly, & appeared always ready, & willing to do his duty.
Joseph Swearingen late Captain in the Virg a Continental line ————— Revolutionary army

Jeff. Set
On this 25 th day of March 1820. person- ally came Joseph Swearingen late a Captain in the Virginia Continental line (who subscribed the within certificate) and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of almighty god that the above certificate by him subscribed contains, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth — sworn before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County of Jefferson, on the 25 th day of March 1820 —
John Briscoe

I do hereby certify that Philip Wagoner listed In Cap! Hugh Stephenson's Company of Riflemen in July 1775 for one year in which Company I served as Secy. That he faithfully served out his time and was legally discharged on Staten Island in July 1776 that he is in Indigent Circumstances and Incapable of getting his Living by Labour given under my hand this 25 th day of March 1820
Abraham Shepherd Late Cap t in the 7 th Virg a Reg t belonging to the Revolutionary War
Jeff. Set.
On this 25 th day of March 1820 personally came Abraham Shepherd late a Captain in 7 th Virginia Regiment (  who sub- scribed the above certificate), and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that the above certificate by him sub- scribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, —
Sworn before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said county of Jefferson on the 25 th day of March 1820 —
W. Morris

London County Virginia S c !
Personally appeared before me John McCormick one of the Justices of the peace for the said County of London in the State of Virginia. Who being by me first duly sworn, deposed and said That sometime in July in the year 1775. He the said deponent as nearly as he can recollect, he the said Deponent and Philip Waggoner, (now here present) entered in a company of Riflemen then commanded by Captain Hugh Lefevre to serve for one year. That the said company was raised by virtue of a Proclamation of the Governor of Virginia in the Spring or early in the summer of the same year, and was never attached to any regiment. That the said Philip Waggoner marched with said company to Boston from thence to New York and from thence to Staton Island, at which last place having faithfully served out the time for which he or both he was discharged in the month of July 1776. Sworn to before me this 30th Day of March 1820 John McCormick

Virginia to wit
I Charles Bruns Clerk of the County of Loudoun do hereby certify that John M'Camick before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time of so doing and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Loudoun Commonwealth aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 30 th day of March 1820 and in the 44 th year of the Commonwealth
Teste J. Bruns C.L.

Philip Wagner for transfer
Recd Jan 26. 1876
to Charles Waifer York, York County, Tenn
Pension Washington D.C.
son.

Yorke Jany. 23. rd 1826.
Dear Sir
Your favour of 18 th In. has been rec. d , and enclose the application of Philip Magnus for a transfer of his Pensions the form of which I hope may prove correct
I Remain Respectfully Your obe Servant
Chas. Wilkes
Hon James Barbour Secretary of War.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form K-8
(Rev. 11-21-38)
Division of Reference
REFERRAL SLIP
APR 10 1940
DATE _____
INQUIRY FROM:
Mrs. Elmore Petersen 854 15th Street Boulder, Colorado
DATED: April 3, 1940
SUBJECT:
Genealogical information concerning Philip Wagner, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
and the writer so informed.
Had been recd Ph. Hauer
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE

Box 145
John Edgar Hoover Director, FBI
Washington, D.C.
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Re: [illegible]
Enclosed is a copy of the [illegible] [illegible]
Yours sincerely,
April 10, 1940
RECEIVED 2576
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, Washington, D.C.
RECEIVED BY [illegible]

Rev. Sec #1 Richland, La. Jan. 31-1918.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Could you send me any military record of Philip Wagner, a soldier of Virginia who enlisted in the Revolution from Rockingham Co. Va. later moved to Pa. and then to Montgomery Co. Ohio. His widow's given name was

Margaret and according to family records he received a pension, in Rockingham Co. Va. in 1835. Given in the record in this manner, "Drew pension under act of Congress 1835, Given in Sec. of War's report 1835, "Penn. 2. Pa 129."
This is all the data I have. He was born about 1854.
Thanking you I am Very Sincerely Mrs R. M. Irwin. Jessie V. Irwin. Richland Ia.

Had been out when this came
85-4-15-16 St. Boulder, Colo Mar. 28, 1940
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Kind Sir;
I am earnestly seeking some information concerning my early ancestry. This wanted information takes me back to the Revolutionary War period.
Polly Wagner was born Mar. 22, 1791 in York County Penn or in Penn. Her father was a Philipp Wagner from that same state. Philipp Wagner's life had to take place during the Revolutionary War. In the Revolutionary War records a Philipp Wagner is listed. How may I prove who Polly Wagner's father was.
The husband of Polly Wagner was Jacob Hildebrand.
Jacob Hildebrand was born Aug 8, 1782. His father must surely have lived & served during the Revolutionary War period, he couldn't help but do so.
How may I find out who Jacob Hildebrand's father was. Do your records give me help on these questions. Thanks for any help you may offer me.
Respt, Mrs. E. Petersen

Boulder, Colorado
Mar. 4, 1940.
To the Veterans Administration Wash. D. C.
Kind Sir;
I am making an effort to trace the record of my family.
There is a Jacob Hildebrand in 1812 file - not Alvin's.
Jacob Hildebrand was born Aug. 8, 1782. I do not have the name of his father or mother. Is it possible for you to tell me if his father served in the Revolutionary War, and who he was.
Jacob Hildebrand's wife was Polly Stagner Hildebrand. Polly Hildebrand's father was Phillip Stagner .
Polly Stagner Hildebrand was born Mar. 22, 1791. Her father, Phillip Stagner would be of War age.
Do you have family records of these people. They were all born in York County, Penn.
I thank you for any help you might give me or direct me too.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Elmore Petersen 854 - 15 th St Boulder, Colo.

Boulder, Colo.
Apr. 3, 1940
To the
Curator of the Federal Archives Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am attempting to secure some information in regard to some of my early ancestors.
I have the record of Philip Wagner  but wants more who enlisted in the Revolutionary War in July 1775, in Shepherdstown Virginia. He served as a private in Captain Hugh Stephenson's Virginia Rifle Company, went to Boston, thence to New York, was in the Battle of Staten Island where he received a wound in the leg and was discharged after serving one year.
He then went to Baltimore County Maryland. On Jan 21, 1826, Philip Wagner lived near his son (I do not know son's name) in York Co Pa. and asked for his pension to be transferred from the Maryland Agency to the Pennsylvania Agency.
If the archives of the Revolutionary War contains any further information concerning Philip Wagner, it would be a great favor to receive as full an account of him as possible.
C 437
I hope the Archives might tell me who his parents were and when and

where his parents came from what was the date of Philip Hagmars death and his birth date.
Who was his wife?
Did he have any children?
Did he have brothers & sisters
Thanks for the help you might offer me.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Emma Peterson 854-15 th St. Boulder, Colo.

APR 10 1940
Mrs. Elmore Petersen 854 15th Street Boulder, Colorado
My dear Mrs. Petersen:
This is in reply to your letter of April 3, concerning Philip Wagner, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
If Philip Wagner received a pension as a result of his service in the Revolution, it is possible that records in the custody of the Veterans' Administration may contain genealogical information concerning him. We are therefore referring your letter to that agency for consideration and reply.
We regret that we are unable to assist you.
Very truly yours,
V. G. Setser, Acting Chief Division of Reference

V. L. M. Rev. War Section.
February 9, 1918.
Mrs. R. M. Irwin, Richland, Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 31 st ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show a Revolutionary War pension claim on file for a Philip Wagner, who enlisted from Rockingham County Virginia, later moved to Pennsylvania and then to Montgomery County, Ohio.
The Philip Wagner quoted by you as on the pension list of 1835, enlisted at Shepherdstown Virginia, and it does not appear that he resided in Rockingham County, Virginia, or Montgomery County, Ohio, and therefore is not the subject of your inquiry.
Very respectfully,
G. C. Sieman
Acting Commissioner.