Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,824, for Henry Klunck, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Klunck, Henry or Clung
S. 39,824
CONTENTS

7822
Pennsylvania
Henry Klunck di'Clung
of Chambersburg in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Posey of the Virginian line, for the term of during the War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvanians at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Mar 1819 and sent to Isaac Eaton Esq. Chambersburg Penn ty
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 66.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 48. -
114.40
9/13/20 2.60 16. 48.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

1 May 1820.
Henry Klunck, or bling. Pa
Allowed JB
4 Sept. 1819.
Hon. J. Findlay H. R.
Rec. Dec. 5. 1826

Pennsylvania
Franklin County ss.
3
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, personally appeared in open court, being a Court of record for the sixteenth judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania & County aforesaid, Henry Klencke, resident in said County aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 7 th May 1820 - That this deponent was on the pension list of the United States & has received a pension as appears by his pension certificate N o 7882 dated the 19 th day of March 1819 & herewith exhibited, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & that his name is not on the roll of any State.
And in pursuance of the act of the 18 th of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818, & 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th of March 1818 - and that I have not nor has any other one in trust for me any property, 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 - That since the 18 day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property - to wit - On the 18 th day of March 1818 I sold in conjunction with my son a lot of ground in the Borough of Chambersburg known as lot N o 118 in the plan of said Borough which we purchased of John McClintick in the year 1816 - on this purchase we paid to John McClintick about nine hundred dollars - we sold to John Aughinbaugh one half of the said lot & the money arising from the sale was paid to John McClintick on account of our purchase from him - after which the depreciation of real estate was so great that the balance due from us to John McClintick on account of said purchase exceeded the value of the remaining half lot and in January 1820 we resold to the said John McClintick the said half lot in discharge of the balance so due from us to him.
He also declares on oath that he is a Potter by trade but that age and rheumatism have rendered him unable to work - That his family consists of a wife named Elizabeth aged fifty eight years - and one son who is a Potter with four children & very poor - & neither of them are able to contribute anything to his support -
He also declares on oath that the annexed schedule
of

of his property is just & true. -
1- Bed & Braiding 1- Spinning wheel 1- Walnut Table 1- Walnut Cupboard 6- Old chairs 2- Iron pots 1- Small copper kettle 1- Stove
14 th Aug t 1826 The Court adjudge the property of the value of Twenty dollars J. H.
Sworn & declared on the Fourteenth day of August in the year 1826 in open Court Before.
J. Hershberger Prob
Pennsylvania
Franklin County, ss
I John Hershberger Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Henry Klencke did serve in the Revo- lutionary war, as stated against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copies from the records of the 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 twenty dollars -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Chambersburg, the twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
J. Hershberger Prob

N o 1059.
Henry Klunck, p. e 11 th Virg. a regim t .
Not on the rolls.
The testimony, on oath, of two or more disin- terested and credible persons (officers of the same reg t and line, to be preferred) proving nine months service in continuance, on continental estab t , is required.
(a mit d )
Thomas Parker, Com dy Posy's Regiment is found Henry Klunck

To the Honorable John C Calhoun Esquire Secretary of the War Department
The Petition of Henry Khneck of Chambersburg in the County of Franklin, Pennsylvania,
Respectfully represents
That your petitioner enlisted in the month of July in the 1777 for three years, at Marsh Creek near Winchester in the State of Virginia under Captain (James) Rice - of the 11th Reg t Virginia and from thence marched to Philadelphia where he got his clothing and accoutrements and joined the Army about 10 Miles from the City - was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Stoney point and when about encamping for the winter at Battle Hill in the Jersey was ordered to the Southward under Captain Wright - That at the Valley Forge after the battle of Brandywine your petitioner enlist- ed during the war - That he marched under the said Captain Wright & (Colonel Wood) to Charleston South Carolina, where he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until about 3 weeks before Cornwallis was taken, where he was exchanged and fought under Captain Parker - or Barker at the taking of Cornwallis - He was then of

the 2 d Virginia Regiment - Your Petitioner was in winter quarters on the James River - from thence he marched to Georgia and stopped at Eben ezer near Savannah and there with General Wayne about 2 miles from Savannah and remained there until peace was declared - when the British evacua- ted Savannah we marched in and finally returned to Richmond where we were discharged - That your petitioner's discharge was lodged there when he got his certificate for land extra pay and his warrant for land from the State - And therefore your petitioner has no written testimony of his services - That he is now in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support - He therefore humbly prays your Honor to grant him such relief as is promised by the late act of Congress -
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Francis Fleming
Franklin County ss. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Personally appeared the above named petitioner Henry Klunck before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of said who being duly sworn deposeth

and saith that the facts set forth in the petition aforesaid are just and true to the best of his recol- lection and belief - And I do further certify that he is a Citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, in indigent circumstances and standing in need of assistance from his Country for support and that I am satisfied of his having served as aforesaid in the Revolutionary Army against the Common Enemy - Sworn to before me this 26 June 1818 as the Court aforesaid -
Pennsylvania
Franklin County, ss. I, John Findlay Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for Franklin County, aforesaid do certify that Isaac Eaton Esquire before whom the above deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of doing thereof an associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his Official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 27 th day of June One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
John Findlay Prothonotary

Oct 10 October 10, 1912.
Hon. Martin A. Morrison, Frankfort, Indiana.
My dear Mr. Morrison:
In response to your letter dated the seventh and received the ninth instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, Sur. File No. 39,824, Rev. War, of Henry Klunck or Clung, it appears that he enlisted at Marsh Creek, Virginia, in July, 1777, as a Private under Captain James Rice, in the 11th Virginia regiment; that he again enlisted at Valley Forge, and served until the end of the war under Captain Wright and Colonel Wood, and under Captain Parker or Barker, 2d Virginia regiment.
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Stony Point; was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, remained as such until about three weeks before the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and was in that engagement.
He was allowed pension on an application executed June 26, 1818, while a resident of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1826, he was sixty-six years of age, still a resident

S. F. 39,824 - 2
of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and refers to his wife Elizabeth aged fifty-eight years, and a son (name not stated).
He died June 26, 1833, place of death not stated.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "J. L. Klavunfort". The signature is written in dark ink on a light background.
Commissioner.

39 824
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 89 894
Henry Klanch Julius Klanch Du Her 1880
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912, Oct. 10. Hist. to Hon. M.A. Morrison. Fr
1912, Nov. 22. Hist. to Mrs. Eva J. H. Darley. Fr

7822
see letter to Agent W. L. S. Clark Clarke, June 11. 1829.
Pennsylvania
New Certificate issued 23 July 1829 & sent to M rs J ane Clark e. Elk. Name of wife Washington City —
Henry Filench, alias Elung
of Franklin in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Rice of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Posy in the Virginia line, for the term of of during the War from the year 1777 to the year 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 day of June 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of March 1819 and sent to Isaac Eaton Chambersburg Penn a .
Continued on the Roll on 31 st day of March 1825 and notification sent to Thos. James Buchanan House of Representatives Pension commencing on the 28 th of November 1826
Amount due on 4th of Septm r 1828 }
$ 164. 83.

Disposition of Ino. McClintic in the case of Henry Klunck

Franklin County, ss.
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid John M c Clintock who having been duly sworn according to Law did depose & say that in the year 1816 he sold to Henry Klunk & his son a lot in the Borough of the Borough of Chambersburg County aforesaid known as Lot no. 118. in the plan of said Borough. That about nine hundred dollars was paid to him by them & that they afterwards sold to John Aughinbaugh of said Borough one half of said lot & that the money obtained for the same was paid to this deponent on account of their purchase from him. That after these payments the balance due to deponent exceeded the value of the remaining half of the lot, so great was the appreciation of real estate, & that the remaining half lot was in January 1826 resold by them to deponent in payment & discharge of said balance. Since this deponent further declares that by this arrangement he received five hundred dollars less than the price at which he sold the lot to said Klunk & son, which sum of five hundred dollars he abandoned & gave up on account of their poverty. The Henry Klunk spoken of in this deposition is the same that was on the pension list of the United States as appears by his certificate from the War office no. 7822 dated 19 th March 1829.
John M c Clintock
Sworn & subscribed
1826 July 17 th before me
Christian Wolff

Disposition of Ino. McClintic in the estate of Henry Church
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
John Becklinga Esquire
Notwithstanding of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County aforesaid do hereby certify that Christian W. Esquire before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made is and was at the time of doing thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of November A. D. 1826
In John Becklinga first
Dan. Spangler

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Pension office.
I certify that I have lately seen Mr Henry Klunck of Greenbastle Pa. and formerly of Chambersburg, Franklin County and have no hesitancy in saying that from mental debility he w d be now incapable of reciting the facts set forth in his original application & that he is the same person to whom a pension was originally granted
M ch l. Clark 25. Nov. 1828 Washington

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Franklin County ss. }
In this fourteenth day of July 1829 before me Andrew J. Rankin, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin personally appeared Henry Klink or Clung, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company of Captain lieut. & Capt. Barker (as well as he now remembers) 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 Pennsylvania, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War and drew several sums thereon. That he was subsequently stricken from the Roll and has now been restored by a certificate dated the 31 st Mar. 1828 going back for pay to the 28 th day of November 1826. That the certificate of Pension formerly granted he lost or mislaid some years ago. he knows not how about Chambersburg or Greencastle at which latter place he now lives -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Andrew J. Rankin before me -
Andrew J. Rankin

At the same place and time also came Amored Klunk — before me Andrew D. Rankin Justice as aforesaid and on his solemn oath doth declare that he is and has long been well acquainted with Henry Klunk or Klunk, the foregoing Deponent, and that he knows him to be the same person who was formerly on the Pension List and has lately been reinstated. that he formerly resided at Chambersburg and now lives in Greenbastle, both in Franklin County, Penn a
And I Andrew D. Rankin do hereby certify that this Deponent Amored Klunk is a man of veracity and entitled to perfect credit on his oath.
Sworn subscribed and certified on the day & year aforesaid
Andrew Klunk
Andrew D. Rankin

Pennsylvania Franklin County ss- I John Hershberger Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Franklin aforesaid - Do hereby certify, that Andrew B. Rankin's Overture before whom the foregoing affidavits appear to have been taken in & was at the time of doing thereof a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith & credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1829 -
J. Hershberger prothon.
Pennsylvania Franklin County ss- I Alexander Thomson President Judge of the sixteenth Judicial District, composed of the Counties of Franklin Bedford and Somerset, in the State of Penn- sylvania, do certify that John Hershberger, who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Franklin. Witness my hand and seal this 15 July 1829
A. Thomson

23 July
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Bureau Washington

James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Bureau.
Dear Sir
I sincerely hope that the enclosed will put old Mr. Klemick on the path to obtain his money -
I know all concerned in the preparation of the paper and bear testimony to their character as honest & true men.
Yours respectfully M c Clain Clarke 22 d Feb 1829 Washington

Greencastle Pa June 8
See 50
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
11 June.

Dear Sir.
I have now got possession of the Pension Certificate of my old neighbour Henry Klunk - and in attempting to perfect a copy of the enclosed find that his memory will not now serve him so as particularly to specify his Captain Company & Regt - You remember I gave you a certificate to that effect last fall - Will you be so good as to return the enclosed - filling up the blanks from his petition.
Your obedt Servt
Wm H. Clarke
8. June 1829
Gren Castle. Pa

MARTIN A. MORRISON
9TH DISTRICT INDIANA
COMMITTEES:
INSULAR AFFAIRS
PATENTS
REVISION OF THE LAWS
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C.
Frankfort, Indiana.
October 7, 1912.
Hon. J. L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Henry Klunk, whose name is also spelled "Clung", enlisted April 2, 1777, for three years, as a private of Captain George Rice's Company, (which became the 7th Virginia Regiment, about December, 1778), commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary War. He re-enlisted about December, 1778, and was transferred to Captain Philip Slaughter's Company, also designated Lieutenant James Wright's Company, same Regiment. At a later time he was transferred to Light Infantry Company, also designated Captain Alexander Parker's Company, Virginia Battalion.
If this soldier drew a pension, I shall be pleased to be informed for what period of time, under what name and where did he reside during the time he drew his pension.
Very truly yours,
Martin A. Morrison

Marion, Ind.
Nov. 17- 1912
W. Davenport, Commissioner, Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
In October of the present year you furnished Martin A. Morrison, M. C. information regarding Henry Klunck or Chung, Revolutionary soldier, Pension claim, Sur. - File #39824. Having sent this information to The National Society of The Daughters of the

American Revolution, they now ask for a "certificate from Pension Office."
Will you kindly send same to me? Is there any expense attached to this favor and if it necessary to return certi- ficate to you?
Thanking you for the fa- vor of a prompt reply. I am
Yours truly,
Mrs. Eva J. H. Dooley.
612 West Sixth St.
Marion, Indiana.

Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Can you give me any information regarding Adam Saylor. He came to America with Lafayette's troops and after the Revolutionary War lived in Greencastle, Pa. Such information will be much appreciated.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Eva J. H. Dooley, 612 West 6th St., Marion, Indiana

W. Washington
The Hon. ble James Buchanan Member Ho. Reps. Washington City.

Orange March 1 st 1898
Dear Sir
On a former occasion you kindly directed me to call on you, & to request your services, in any particular in which they would be useful to me. I will now place myself under obligation to you by requesting your attention to the claim of an old soldier, whose necessities are great, & in whose case I feel more than an ordinary interest. You will perceive by the enclosed copy of the Record that Henry Klunck has been on the pension list of the U.S. & has received a pension. That he has lost that pension by the disposition of property - that he has lost the property which deprived him of the pension. And that his application is now to be restored to the pension. I forwarded this claim by Col. R. M. Findlay during his last winter in Congress & I failed to have Klunck replaced on the pension list (as I understood) principally because proof of service was not made from the want of the exemplification of the deeds by which his property was transferred.
Is it necessary for me to prove his service now when the proof has been made already, & the best possible evidence of it furnished by the fact that he has been enrolled at the Pension Office & his pension actually paid? If the regulation of the Office require the proof of service to be renewed, because the petitioner's right to the pension has been suspended, the case will end here, for the witnesses are dead & I have no evidence to offer except that which has been received, acknowledged, & acted on, & is now to be found of record in the Pension Office. I cannot but think that there is some strange mistake in this matter & I must beg the favour of you to let me know whether Klunck will be seriously held to furnish the proof which they have already, by witnesses who are dead. In other words whether under the regulation of the Office his claim is destroyed.

The second difficulty appears to me to have been as completely removed as the first - The whole contracts, with regard to the lot which lost him the pension, were verbal - he never had a deed for the lot & he relinquished it to the vendor when he became unable to pay for it. & these facts are set out in the affidavit of the vendor which was sent down with the copy of the record which is now enclosed to you. There is consequently nothing to copy. I feel satisfied that your attention will restore Klunck to the pension rolls. & I hope you will excuse the trouble which I give you - I would not take the liberty of applying to you but for your offer. I must ask further that if there is any thing more, which I can do, that you will inform me of it - If Klunck shall be restored to the list will he not be entitled to his pay from the 16 th August 1826. The time at which his application & the proof of the loss of his property was complete? I think so clearly. I feel satisfied that nothing can be required under your care except perhaps to make the affidavit more explicit as to the loss of the property. if that shall be required be so good as to send me the affidavit of D r . McClintic which was sent by me to the pension office so that I may see where it is defective -
Your sister Hannah is staying with us - she desires me to say to you that she is in high health, & anxious to hear from you.
I am or, so
Very sincerely Yrs.
R. Washington