Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1301-100, for Conrad Steagel, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Continental
1★ Steagel, Conrad
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1301-100
Penn residence of daughter in 1828.
CONTENTS

N o 1301
Susannah Steagel daughter & other heirs of Conrad Steagel priv:
Armand
att d to Hon:
Adam King
Penn a

York County Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said county, Susanah Steagel and made Oath in due form of Law that she is the daughter and an heir at Law of Conrad Steagel a soldier of the Revolutionary War in General M'Monds Legion and that the said Conrad Steagel died at York on or about the in year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
Susanah Steagel Mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of April 1828 George Klinpfeller
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county of York Jacob Doudel & John Glesner credible witnesses and disinterested and made Oath in due form of Law that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Susanah Steagel and she is the Reputed Daughter of Conrad Steagel dec d a soldier General M'Monds Legion and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of April 1828 George Klinpfeller
Jacob Doudel John Glesner

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Pennsylvania } County of York } ss
I, Susanah Steagel an heir at law of Conrad Steagel do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Conrad Steagel did enlist in 1781, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. _____ under the command of Genl. Armand _____ of the _____ U States line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the Revolutionary war
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to him on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
I know all men by these presents, that I, Susanah Steagel aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Honorable Adam Kling to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, George Klinefetter
Susanah Steagel Mark
Personally appeared the above named Susanah Steagel subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
George Klinefetter Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten George Klinefetter, was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at York, York County this Twenty first day of April 1828.
Michael N. Asho Notary Public Clerk, &c.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
YORK COUNTY, SS.
to the Prothonotary
I, MICHAEL W. ASH, Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas for the said county of York, Do Certify, that
George Stinefetter Esquire
before whom the annexed deposition was on his lawful oaths to the annexed Power of Attorney given made, is an acting Prothonotary of the Pleas in and for the said County, 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.
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 April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Eight
Michael W. Ash
Prothonotary.