Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5420, George Voght, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Voght, George Foght
S 5420
CONTENTS
Carded

Pennsylvania 29.630
George Focht
of Lebanon Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Imbuel of the Reg t V. commanded by Col. Greenwalt in the N o Jersey mil. line for 6 months
George Focht, may have Pa. Service. Record corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Jan 1835 and sent to Hon W. Clark H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '34. 70.00 Semiant. allowance ending 4 March '35. 10.00 $ 80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk Book E-2 Vol. 5 Page 20
see letter 21 a 1835 to Pen agent do. to same Apr. 30. 1835 - do. R. K. Doeble Sept. 18. 1835 - to Pensioner & R. K. Doeble, 22 March 1836 - do. to Hon. W. Clark H. R. 23 March 1836 -
Date of death not on file

32,517
George Pugh, Pennsyl-
Hon. Pa. Jan 6
Surf d under seal Cincinnati Ken.
cc Allen & Sisson,
Hon. Wm Clark

State of Pennsylvania County of Lebanon } ss.
On the third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Lebanon George Foste a resident of Jackson Township in the County of Lebanon aforesaid, was seventy six years of age since the 25 day of April last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that on his solemn oaths declared and make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was drafted as a militia man and entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania Militia in the month of July A.D. 1776 and met the Company of Command by Captain Leonard Immels at Myerstown in the said County of Lebanon then Lancaster County and marched with the said Company to Reading, to Bethlehem to Allentown to New York and lay at Powel's Hook and continued out during the space of two months and were discharged there and returned home during this period of two

months I served as a common soldier - Col Green was our Colonel - From the length of time I do not recollect the names of any of the Officers of the regular arm and not now able to state any of their names - The second time I was again drafted as a militia man in the same line and entered the same service in the Company of Captain Shoupler of Jones town, at Lebanon in the said County of Lancaster and Marched under his command from thence to Lancaster and from thence to Philadelphia and remained out during this time I was in a Battle at German town in which one of my comrades, Gery Stotterbeek was wounded and is since dead died a few years ago in the poor house of the County at the House of Jacob Beecher We served in this town two months during the whole of which said term of two months I did Military duty as a common soldier and if my recollection serves me this was in the Month of Oct or September 1777 that we left
home - Third time I was again drafted and I met the Company at Lebanon in the said County of Lancaster and Marched in the Company under the command of Captain Batzer north to the Banks of the River Susquehanna in the said County against the Indians this was in the year 1781 that we marched

to the River if I recollect aright before harvest the month I do not recollect neither do I recollect any other Officers than my own Capt who had com- mand in this tour of two months which I served as a common soldier. I have lived in Bethel Town- ship in the county said said county of Lancaster now Jackson Township Lebanon County ever since. I have no docu- mentary evidence. That Captain Leonard Immel John Groninger Esquire, Valentine Shouffer captain afterwards Major Shouffer, are as declarant believes the only persons whom he now knows or recollects that can testify to the above and whose certificate accompanying this his declaration. - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares this name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
George Vogt
Sworn and subscribed this the day and year aforesaid in Open Court before me Adam Kitscher, Clk
This translation was made by Mrs. Van Curen, Translator May 10, 1904. F.M.C.
The following questions were propounded to George Vogt an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress of June 1842 by the Court in Open Court at the time of filing his application
First Where and in what year were you born? you Answer. I was born in Lebanon Township in the County of Lancaster now Lebanon County

about 6 Miles from where I now live I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundreds fifty Eight on the 25 April Seconds. Have you any record of your age and if so when is it?
Answer. I have a "Daufshein" (which among the Germans means a paper in which the birth, parents names, Sponsors and time of Christening and the Parson name who christened the child and the date of christ- ening is all down,) which I have here in County.
Third Where where you living when called into service Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live -
Answer. When I was called into service I lived in Heidlebury Township, Lancaster County & State aforesaid Now Jackson Township in the County of Lebanon - and have lived there since the Revolutionary war and do still live there.
Fourth. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Answer. I was drafted three times and answered each called served each draft the full term of Two months making in all six months

Fifth State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops were you served such continental and Militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your service - I do not recollect the names of any of the regular Officers who had command or were with the army at the time I was at New York or Philadelphia I recollect Col. Greenewalt and also Recollect Col. Grubb my own Captain but it is so long that I cannot pretend on oath to say who the officers were I have detailed the circumstances of the service rendered by me during the revolutionary war as near as I can recollect in my declaration and do not now recollect any thing more.
Sixth Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? I never had any written discharge but we were all permitted to march home at the term period when each of our two months term had expired without any further discharge.
Seventh. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity.

and their belief in your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answr Captain Leonard Immel, The honorable John Gloninger, Captain (now Col) Valentine Shouffler Jacob Steus Jr.
At the same time appeared in open court Jacob Mair Jr. who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the above named George Poynt and has lived in his neighborhood more than fifty years and I know that George Poynt served in the Revolutionary war he was out twice when drafted as a militiaman to my knowledge the particular circumstances of his service I am not acquainted with but know that he was out twice in a two month tour, and I know that then the said George Poynt was in the Battle of Peabody's Hill toward Four Towns in the County of Montgomery state afterwards and I saw him there immediately after the Battle and know that at that time Schlatterbeck was wounded at that time and also know that Jacob Steus a neighbor of ours was wounded then sworn and subscribed in open court Nov. 3. 1834.
Adam Ritscher, Clk.
Jacob Mair Jr.

At the same time and place at time came Captain Valentine Shoaflee (now col Shoaflee) who being duly sworn according to law deposes depones and say that I know George Foyt from an indistinct recollection and circumstances which I recollect I believe that George Foyt was a militia-man in the service of the revolu- tionary war.
Sworn & subscribed before me 8 Nov. 1834 Adam Ritscher, Clk.
Valentine Shoaflee
We hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Foyt who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration, and we believe him to be seventy six 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 con- cur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the 8 Nov. 1834 Adam Ritscher, Clk.
Jacob Mays Valentine Shoaflee
Certificate of the Court And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the foregoing interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and served as the states and the Court further certifies that

that it appears to them that George Foght Jacob Mann Jr. and Valentine Shouffer are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credence.
Calvin Blythe J. J. Lominger Baldorff
Lebanon County ss
I Adam Ritscher, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of George Foght, for a Pension
Given under my Hand and Seal of Court this 2 nd day of November A.D. 1834
Adam Ritscher, clerk

May 27, 1937
George Voght S. 5420 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Lillian R. Craig Memphis Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to the following Revolutionary War soldiers:
Anthony, and Isaac Covert of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel, George, and Thomas Stains of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Andrew, Charles, George, and Ludwig Foght of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
William Matheny of Berkeley County, Virginia.
Benjamin Satterfield of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request.
The record of George Voght (Foght) is furnished herein as found in papers on file in pension claim, S. 5420, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
George Voght (Foght) was born April 25, 1758 in Lebanon Township, Lancaster (that part later Lebanon) County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Heidelberg Township, Pennsyl-

vania, George Voght (Foght) served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
From sometime in July, 1776, two months in Captain Leonard Immel's company, Colonel Greenewalt's regiment; in the winter of 1778, two months in Captain Valentine Shouffler's company, and was in the battle of Germantown; in 1781, two months in Captain Baltzer's company, in pursuit of Indians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 3, 1834, then a resident of Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, about six miles from where he was born.
The papers in this claim contain no reference to his family.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
George Foght (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 29630 Issued January 26, 1835 Rate $20.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. V
5420
INVALID.
July 11-1901 Benj. K. Frack Lewisburg Pa
1937- May 29- list to Mrs. Lillian R. Craig cust
File No. 5420
★ George Voght
Pri Rev Year
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. M , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.] ★
Penna
George Voght
Records corrected May 10, 1904. B

Memphis, Missouri Feb. 8, 1937
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Do you have in your records claims for pensions or bounty lands of any of the following during the Revolution Anthony and Isaac Court of Northampton County, Penna.
Daniel, George, and Thomas Stains , of Huntingdon County, Penna.
Andrew, Charles, George, Voght and Ludwig Foght of Berks County, Penna.
I will appreciate greatly any information you can give me about these men.
Yours truly, (Mrs.) Lillian R. Craig

Memphis, Missouri March 23, 1937
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary War Record of William Matheny of Berkeley County, Virginia, and of Benjamin Satterfield of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Thank you very much for any information you may be able to give me.
Yours truly, Mrs. Lillian R. Craig

5470 Geo. Fracht
Nov. 3-1885 - Sebanon Co. Pa - 76
July 76 Myerstown Pa. Heidelberg Twp Schantz Co. Pa Capt Leonard Immel Cal Greenwald Pvt - 2 m
77. Capt Shouyler Cal 2 m Germanstown
81 Capt Baltzer Cal - Pvt. 2 mos.
Born Apl. 25. 1758 in Lancaster Co. Pa.

RECORDS.
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
CORRECT.
State, Penn. S. F. No. 5420 Class, Juv. Name, George Vogt Service, Pa
INCORRECT.
George Vogt, Conshohocken May 10, 1904.
Company, Regiment, &c., should be invariably specified.

John N. ...
Senate of Pennsylvania
Lewisburgh, Pa., July 6, 1901.
Superintendent of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:
If possible I wish you would give me some information regarding George Vogt or Voght or Foght or Focht who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and up to 1826 drew a pension as such. He was at that time a resident of Northampton County, Penna., I desire to get a line on his antecedents and assume that you must have on record some information which was necessary to secure this pension.
Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain
Sincerely yours,
Benj. K. Focht

Apr 25
Geo. Hockitt
J. P. Edwards Esq.
General of Judson Washington D.C.

Fac Med acc.
Schott The Rock 6 pk 2 bottles
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington City

Penn a Lebanon, Lebanon County
Sept r 14 - 1835
Dear Sir
I last week sent the following named persons Certificates for the receiving of their pensions due 4 Sept r last to wit. Mrs Smith Valentine Shaulfler, Mr Kochendupper, Peter Behng, Mr Rohrer John Wallinger, Mr Daeble, John Biche, Geo Hepp & George Pocht, & I rec d the money for all except George Pocht, whose payment is stoped by your order the following is a copy " War department Pension Office April 21- 1835. It has been ascertained that George Pocht or Pogh has obtained two pensions under the act of June 7-1832 you will be pleased therefore to make no further payment in this case - The first certificate issued for him is dated March 16- 1833 and is for $33.33 per annum - The other certificate is dated 26 January 1835 and is for $20. per annum he made the first declaration in Schuylkill County and his other in Lebanon County. I am Respectfully, Your O bt Serv t
J. L. Edwards
I called on Mr Pogh & he says he never made but one

Declaration in Lebanon County I also called on J. B. Widmer Esq. Counsellor at Law who made all the writings for Poynt and says that the certificate under date of 26 January 1835 is correct that there must be another George Poynt in Schuylkill County, and which we think can easily be shown by that Geo. Poynt of Schuylkill County presenting his Certificate at the Girard Bank for his pension, but I am certain from the well known character & standing of George Poynt of Lebanon County, who is a wealthy farmer that he would not be guilty of making two declarations. I have no doubt but it will all be correct after the Girard Bank receives the certificate of that George Poynt of Schuylkill County, however I have shown that Geo. Poynt of Schuylkill County is dead, that no information could be had. Please to inform me what course is to be taken, so that Geo. Poynt of Lebanon County could receive his pension
I am Resp. Your Ob't Serv't
Joseph R. Dreibel agent for Geo. Poynt & others
J. J. Edwards Esq. }

Friend Bank Phila a April 23. 1835
Sir
Your letter of the 21 st Inst is rec d . It appears by the Books of this Bank that the name of George Focht is on the Roll of Pensioners under act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of 33. 33 per Annum and does not appear to have ever been paid his pension, commencing on the 4 th March 1831. The name of George Foyht is also on the rolls as also appears by our Books at the rate of 20 dollars per Annum and was paid by his Attorney on the 24 th March four years pension to the 4 th March 1835 being 80 dollars. No further payments shall be made said pensioner by this Bank and the proper minutes made upon the Rolls agreeably to your Instructions
I am Respectfully Your Oby Serv t Jas Schott Pres t
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

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Penn a Lebanon March 15 1836
Dear Sir
enclosed I send to you two certificates respecting George Poett of Lebanon County his pension is suspended because not be d his on a/c of two declarations being made in the name of Geo Poett one in Schuylkill Co y Pa a & the other in Lebanon County Pa a & I could not for a long time get the certificate to show that there was a Geo. Poett in Schuylkill County until of late please to State to me from what date Geo Poett of Lebanon is entitled to draw up to 4 March 1836.
I also rec d back from the agent at Phil a the application of John Luns & is suspended on a/c of your order to the agent that some error is made that it should be Jacob Luns. it is true Mr Luns has resided in this County since his birth but I never was acquainted with him until I came to make out his application & the certificate reads John Luns & of course I never asked him any questions & he is a man that cannot read nor write & he does not know the error please to State how & in what manner I am to draw up the proceedings to satisfy you that this is the same person & that his name is Jacob Luns.
Also Mr Jacob Decker informs me that he never rec d his advanced pension up to his first application however he is an old man & he may have forgotten that he rec d it, but I thought proper to enquire please to inform me on the subject.
Yours O be d Servant
Rudolph R. Daeble
Hon ble Lewis Cass Sec y of War

Penn. Lebanon County ss
This 15 th day of March A.D. 1836 Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Canv. Abraham Doeblein who being duly sworn says that he knows George Kight who resides now in Lebanon County & has resided there for upwards of fifty years.
Sworn & Subscribed
Abraham Doeblein —
Before me
Rudolph K. Doeblein
Penn a
Lebanon County ss
I Thomas Harper Do certify that Rudolph K. Doeblein Esq. before whom the above Affirmation was taken & by him subscri- bed as was at the time of taking & subscribing the same and now is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that full faith & credit is due to all his acts as such
Witness my Hand & Seal of Court the 15 th March A.D. 1836
Thomas Harper Proth