Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4040, for Dewalt Rabenstine, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Rabenstine Dewalt.
S. 4040
CONTENTS
Carded.

2113
Pennsylvania
Dewalt Rabenstine
of York County in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lingen of the regiment commanded by _____ in the Pa. militia for 6 months
Date of death not on A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of November 1832 and del d to G. Fryinger Pres t
  Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832  30. —    Penzant. allowance ending 4. M ch 1833  10. —     $ 40. —  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c uffield Clerk, Book G Vol. 6 Page 80

1881
$20 per ann 6 mo. pr.

6mo. pp. H. 20 in. ann.
10836

State of Pennsylvania { So. County of York
On this Fifth day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Personally appeared in open Court, before Walter Franklin Esq: president of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Dewalt Rabenstine, a resident of Manheim Township, in the County of York, and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy one years on the Fifteenth day of January next. 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 Seventh - 1832 - That he entered the Service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he marched under Captain Henry Moor, as a Substitute for Philip Werking, from the Town of Hanover, in the County of York aforesaid, to York, and from thence about five Miles farther, where they encamped, and were on duty to guard prisoners, for the term of two months. He doth not recollect, the day, month or year, in which he served the aforesaid tour of two months, but says, that it was sometime in the Spring of the year, when he entered the service. After the expiration of said tour, he returned home, and a short time after his return, was drafted as a Militia Man, and again marched, in the Company of Captain John Wampler, from the Town of Hanover aforesaid, to the place he had served the first tour, under Captain Moore, and was there on duty in guarding prisoners of War, for the term of two months. After the expiration of said term of two months, he got his discharge and returned home; In the fall of the same year, he again entered the service, as a Substitute, for John Rose, in the Company of Captain Elingan of Pennsylvania Militia, on an expedition against the Indians, when he marched under said Captain

Clingan, from the said Town of Hanover, to York, from thence to Carlisle, Chambersburg, Bedford, and Pittsburg. The Company Staid about one week in Fort Pitt, and then left the Fort and Marched back, about twelve Miles, where they encamped, on what is generally called the old Pennsylvania Road, and remained there until the term of two months had expired, when he got his discharge, and returned home — He further Says and declares, that he was born in the year A.D. Seventeen hun- dred and sixty two, and that his age is on record in a Bible now in his possession, And that he was born in the in the Township of Manheim, where he now resides, and resided there at the time he he was called into service, and has lived there ever since, and during his whole life time. He also says, that he had not been acquainted with any Field officers particularly, that he at the time he was in service, must have known the name of some of them, but his memory fails, to remember their names now, after the expiration of fifty years or upwards since — He further says that he has no documentary Evidence, having a Reserved Discharge every time he left the service, but has lost them, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, but can produce in Court, John Bowersax, and Jacob Folk, to whom he is well known, in his present Neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State — Sworn to, and subscribed, the day { his Dewart Rabenstine and year aforesaid } mark
Sworn in Open Court Nov 5 th 1832
We John Bowersax, of Heidelberg (formerly of Manheim) Township and Jacob Folk of Manheim Township in the County of York do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Dewart Rabenstine who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, and that we

believe him to be nearly Seventy one 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 concur in that opinion —
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Sworn in Open Court
Nov 5 th 1832.
John Bowersax Jacob Folk
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Bowersax, is residing in Heidelberg Township, and that Jacob Folk is residing in Mannheim Township whom have both signed the proceeding Certificate, and that they are credible persons, and that their Statement is entitled to credit —
Pennsylvania,
York County, S s , I Richard Porter prothonotary 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 Dewalt Rabenstine for a pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at York borough, this 6 th day of November, A.D. 1832.
Rich d Porter Protho.

October 21, 1935
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Mrs. Alice E. Starner 443½ West College Avenue York Pennsylvania
Dewalt Rabenstine, S. 4040 Philip Rahn, S. 4750 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War pension records of Dewalt Rabenstine, of York County, Pennsylvania, and Philip Rahn, of Adams County, same state.
Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

October 21, 1935
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Mrs. Alice E. Starner 443½ West College Avenue York, Pennsylvania
DEWALT RABENSTINE S. 4040 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Dewalt Rabenstine as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4040, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Dewalt Rabenstine was born January 15, 1762, in the Township of Manheim, York County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Manheim Township, he enlisted in the spring, year not given, and served three different tours of two months each, under Captains Henry Moore, John Wampler and Clingan, in the Pennsylvania troops, engaged on the two first tours guarding prisoners, and during the third tour went on an expedition against the Indians.
Dewalt Rabenstine was allowed pension on his application executed November 5, 1832, while a resident of Manheim, Pennsylvania, where he had always lived.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Dewalt Rabenstine Certificate 2113 Issued November 19, 1832 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. Hahn
4040
INVALID.
File No. 4040
Dewalt Rabenstine
Pr. Pa. Mil.
Act: June 7, '32
Index: —Vol. A , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1935, Oct. 21 - Hied to Mrs. Alice E. Harner (see file in dm. 5.4750, of Philip Hahn) — m. 213