Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40699, Frederick Willhelm, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
★ Wilhelm, Frederick
S. 40699
CONTENTS

14.064. P Pennsylvania
Frederick Wilhelm
of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Horakem of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of August and sent to Thos. Armstrong Philadelphia Pennsylvania
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  84 4    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.0    10 Mo \frac{13}{30}  \frac{4}{31}  $132 4  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
18/Nov
Phila

Frederick Wilhelm Private 76 to 79 Hosaken Pennsylvania Regt
on Roll
Returned for

United States State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia, To wit,
Be it remembered that on this eighteenth day of April A.D. 1818 Before me Tho. Armstrong Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Philadelphia County personally came & appeared Frederick Wilhelm, of the City of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath declares & says that during the Revolutionary war he served against the Common Enemy, as a private in the Army on the Continental establishment, that he enlisted, in the month of August A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy six (1776) at Adams Town, in the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania for three years, as a private Corporal in Capt. Benjamin Mieser's Company, of the German Regiment under Col. M c Hosker, in the Pennsylvania Line, & served during the said three years until about the month of July A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy nine (1779) when he was discharged at "Wyoming" in the present County of Luzern in the State of Pennsylvania, by Colonel M c Donell, Capt. Burns, commanding officer. Deponent was engaged in the Battles of Trenton, Brandywine & Germantown. & served more than two years in the regular army of the Continental establishment. That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is need of assistance from his Country for support that he has never received, or been allowed any pension by the laws of the U. States, & that he has & hereby does relinquish all claim to the U. States for any pension to which he may be entitled, that he is a citizen of the U. States residing in the City of Philadelphia aforesaid. — That his Discharge papers were left by him with Mr. Nicholson of Penn a & cannot now be found & he has no other evidence & is unable to obtain any than what is hereto annexed. & prays to be placed on the pension list of Pennsylvania.
Sworn before me before me April Eighteenth A.D. 1818. } Francis J. Silsbee Tho. Armstrong } Judge

I Do hereby certify that from the two Depositions annexed taken before me in manner & form within mentioned and also from the communications and examinations had before me in relation to the application of the within named Frederick Wilhelm it appears to my satisfaction that the statement of facts by him made are true and that he served in the revolutionary the period mentioned by him against the common enemy witness my hand and Seal at the City of Philadelphia April the 18 th 1818
Thos. Armstrong
Philadelphia County ss
I Joseph B. Norbury Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia do certify that Thomas Armstrong Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of taking thereof and still is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia duly qualified to all whose acts as such full faith is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundreds and eighteen
J. B. Norbury Pro.

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia St.
Be it remembered that on this eighteenth day of April A.D. 1818 Before me the subscriber Thomas Armstrong, Esq., one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County aforesaid came Adam Stonn who being duly sworn on his oath saith that, he is well acquainted with Frederick Wilhelm, & has known him for forty years and upwards that he is the same Frederick in the annexed papers mentioned, that deponent well the said Frederick in the said service of the U. States in the revolutionary war, that deponent belonged to the same German Regiment, that the said Frederick served more than two years in the revolutionary war in the said German Regiment commanded by Col. Hosaker that the said Frederick by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support being a poor aged & infirm man, and is a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, - and deponent believes all the statement made in the annexed deposition
Sworn & subscribed before me this 18 th day of April A.D. 1818. Thos. Armstrong
his Adam Stonn mark

L. W. B. I. 40699.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 11, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Frederick Wilhelm, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 18, 1818, at which time he was residing at Philadelphia, Penna., age not stated, and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a corporal in the Penna., troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wieser and Col. Hosaker. He enlisted in Berks County, Pa.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. H. K. Fuhrman,
Elmira, N. Y.
c/o J. Langdon & Company.

40 699
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 699
Frederick Wilhelm
Coop Rev Div
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 567
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug. 11/87 H.K. Fuhrman Elmira N.Y.

J. Langdon & Company, Incorporated.
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C. J. LANGDON, President. J. D. F. SLEE, Vice President. W. L. SAMPSON, Secy & Treas.
ELMIRA, N.Y.
July 28, 1897.
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - By records on file at the War Department Frederick Wilhelm served as a private in Captain Benjamin Weiser's company Colonel Nicholas Haussegger's regiment of Continental troops and that he was enrolled Aug. 3, 1776 and discharged July 20, 1779.
We understand that he was wounded & drew a pension. Will you be kind enough to inform me if your records show this to be so. If it is so can you tell me in what battle he was wounded?
Can you give me the reason of his early discharge - Do you know of any history of this regiment or when I would be likely to obtain one in more or less detail -
I am loath to trouble you so much & yet I am anxious for this information and will appreciate same if you can give it to me
Yours truly H. K. Fuhrman

Philadelphia August 6 th 1819.
Sir
The within application was returned to me for want of further evidence - I understand a second application was made by the same person to Judge Barnes of this city - If that Evidence taken before him should be satisfactory I would submit to you whether the Pension should not commence from the time application was made to me with this view I have returned the Papers. The applicant really appears to me destitute of support, feeble and old, and should he obtain the benefit of his claim he can't according to the course of nature enjoy it many years.
I am with Great respect
your Obedt humble Servt
Thos L. Armstrong