Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,675, for David Kamp, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
★ Kamp, David
S. 2,675
carded
CONTENTS

11894
Pennsylvania
David Kamp
of - - - in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Manser of the Reg t commanded by Col Luts - in the Penn a . line for Private 8 Mo - $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of January 1833 and paid to Agatha Mu widow of David Kamp
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 - $39.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 14 Mar 1833 13.33
$53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Viral Luce Clerk, Vol. 6 Page 65

Rev War
2675 INVALID.
File No. 2675
David Rapp.
Privt Rev War.
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]

David Kamp
Committee
Private
8 months
$ 26.66
Hon
Hen. A. Muhlenberg H. R.
James Donagan of Chestnut Rings

BRIEF in the case of David Hamps of Richmond Township County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted in 1776 8 6 primes Gen. Henry Wallen { Flying Camp Capt Jacob Munn { Camp   Served in 1777 2 Substitute for Col. Hunter Capt McMorrey { Penn Militia  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga Island, White Plains, Brandywine  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Maxatawny, Berks Co., Penn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness & by traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilson Examining Clerk. 25. Jan 1833

David Kamp Application for a Pension Term of Service Eight months " "

State of Pennsylvania County of Berks ss.
On this fourteenth  the 10th day of January, 1833, Personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Garrick Mallary Esquire and his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, John David Rump a resident of the Township of Richmond in the said County of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy four years and upwards 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 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He enlisted in the year 1776, in the Regiment of Colonel Henry Waller, in what was at that time called the "Flying Camp," and served in the same as a private for the term of six months, in the Company of Captain Jacob Mauser, the names of the other officers recollected by him were Lieut. Colonel Sutz, and Lieutenants Stephen Baldy and Jost Suter, at the time of his enlist- ment he resided with his master in the Township of Molestown in the said County of Berks, he joined the Regiment at Daniel Levars (now Kemp's) Tavern in the said Township of Molestown, and marched from thence through Bethlehem Easton, Amboy, New York, Long Island, White Plains and Kingsbridge, he was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains, He was afterwards marched to Trenton in New Jersey where he was dismissed, He never received a discharge and has no documentary evidence of his services in the said Regiment.
He served in the year 1777, for a period of two months in Captain Mc- Morroughs Company in Colonel Hunter's Regiment of Militia as a Substitute. He joined the said Company in Reading and marched from thence through Pott- sgrove, Philadelphia, Chester and Wilmington to Brandywine and was in the battle fought in the last mentioned place, after the battle he was marched through Philadelphia to the Gap where his time being expired he was dismissed, he does not recollect the names of the other officers with whom he served, he never received a discharge and has no documentary evidence of his services in the Militia.
He served in all Eight months.
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 or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
David Rump
Geo. Wallace Prothonotary

We John Wannier, and Jacob George both residing in the Township of Moretown in the said County of Berks, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Tramp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Berks. January 12 th 1833
Wm Donagan
John Wannier Jacob George
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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that John Wannier and Jacob George who have signed the preceding certificates are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit
I Jacob Gallade Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Tramp for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
J. Gallade Prothonotary

Penn a Berks County ss
On the second day of January A.D. 1833 before James Donagan one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, Personally appeared John Haines of the Township of Richmond in the said County, whom I hereby certify to be a credible person, and whose statement is entitled to credit, and after being duly sworn according to Law, saith that he is well acquainted with David Karp of the said Township of Richmond, and that he has reason to believe him to be seventy four years of age, and that he knows of his own certain knowledge that he served in the Revolutionary War for a period of six months as a private in Captain Maauser's Company in the Regiment of Colonel Henry Walter, in what was called the Flying Camp, and further that he knows that he the said David Karp served in the militia at the Battle of Brandywine in the Regiment of Colonel Hunter.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before
Isaac Shaeffer
J. Donagan
Penn a Berks County ss.
I Jacob Tallade, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks, do hereby certify that James Donagan before whom the foregoing Certificate and Deposition were sworn to and subscribed is a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned in and for the said County of Berks, and that the signatures thereto annexed, are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
J. Tallade Prothonotary