Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23963, for George Switzer, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Switzer George. Switzen or
S 23963
CONTENTS

Note of death not on file
20.084  Pennsylvania
George Switzer York Co. Pa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col Charles in the Penn s Key Stone Battery 
6 Mo. P. p 20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pension at the rate of 20 Dollars  per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of March 1831 to David Craig York Co. Pa
  Arrears to the 1st of Sept 1830  51.00    Pension allowance ending March 31  10.00     61.00  
Philadelphia Jan. 7. 1832. 5  Recorded by J. L. Springer Clerk Book  Vol. 3 Page 54

29. 736
A due to Month
David Long York Pa

State of Pennsylvania } County of York }
I personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of York in the State of Pennsylvania George Switzer a resident of said County in the State of Pennsylvania aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law to the best of his knowledge made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That in the month of August 1782 He engaged to serve as a substitute for Christopher Hartz who was drafted to serve in Captain Hartzens Company then of York County Pa in the Revolutionary war and an Expedition against the Indians near Pittsburgh and that they marched from York to Carlisle from thence to Chambersburg to Greenback Creek from thence to Pittsburgh and then returned to Battle Creek about 12 miles east of that Place where they were stationed for several months and served in Scouting parties after the Indians who were committing great depredations on the Settling inhabitants then living in that Country and that he served until about the 15 th of December in the same year and was then discharged by Captain Hartz in at Battle Creek
and served four months in all after the Indians. That in the year and said 1781 He was drafted to serve for five months at a place called Brandy in the County of York to serve under Major Mendenhall to guard watch and hold secure the British Prisoners taken with General Burgoyne and that he duly served at the time for which he was drafted and was then discharged by Captain Mendenhall and that he served at least six months altogether five months altogether in the Army of the Revolution and I further declare that I have no documentary evidence in my possession nor do I know of any persons now living whose testimony I can get to prove my service except Philip Hartz who
I hereby disclaim any claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State or place except that of the State of Pennsylvania -
George Switzer

Ques by the Judge 1 When and in what year was you born Answer I was born in York County in the 1762 Ques by Judge 2 Have you any record and if so where is it Answer I have a bill record of my in my possession Ques by Judge 3 Where were you living when Called into Service When have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live. Answer I lived in York County and have in said County ever since the revolutionary war - I now live in York County Ques by Judge 4 How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute of a Substitute for Whom Answer I was a Substitute for Christopher Houtz the 2 d time I volunteered Ques by Judge 5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you took Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer Ques by Judge 6 Did you ever receive A Discharge from the Service and if so by whom and what has become of it Answer I rec d two Several Discharges one from Col d Klingin the 18 th from Camp at Camp Security
Ques by Judge 7 State the names of do Whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can Testify to your Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution Answer George Newman Andrew Newman Valentine Wintermire Frederick Hake Christian Hake All can testify to my Character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 12 th day of December 1833 Geo. Baunitz } George L. Switzer Mark

Pennsylvania
York County, ss
I John M. Hetrick Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify, that the Honourable George Barity before whom the annexed Declaration was made is and was at the time of signing his name thereto one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and that George Klinefelter, Esquire, before whom the annexed Deposition was taken, is & was at the time of signing his name thereto, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, and and severally to their said offices duly commissioned, and qualified; and believed the sign- to the same to be in their proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at York Borough, this 10 th day of February 1834
J. M. Hetrick Protho.

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History by EEL
July 27, 1931
cur | It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23963, that George Switzer (the name also appears as Switser) was born in 1732, in York County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in York County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in 1781, exact date not given and served two months as a private under Major Austin, and guarded prisoners taken at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He enlisted in August, 1782, served as a private in Captain Klinger's or Klingen's Pennsylvania Company, went to Pittsburgh on an expedition against the Indians and was discharged December 15, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 12, 1873, while residing in York County, Pennsylvania, where he stated he had always lived.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
Date of death not on a/p A. D. HELLER Assistant to Administrator.

York County Pa
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Deputies trustees of the peace in and for said County David Robenstone a U States Pennsylvanian aged 71 years a credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to Law Saith that on or about the month of Aug t 1782 he served with George Switzer in Captain Fleming Company, in a march in search of the Indians and marched within twelve miles of Pittsburgh where he was then discharged dependent Spence from his own knowledge He marched from York County with the J o George Switzer and served with him from about the 1 st of Aug t 1782 and remained in service with him until the fall of the year 1782 when they were then discharged at Smith's Creek near Pittsburgh and further saith not known & subscribed before Robenstone on Jan y 7 1833 George Klingler
David mark!

I. G. Schmucker a German residing in the Borough of York and Philip Wagner residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Schulte who has been in the United States since the year 1848 and who is a member of the Lutheran Church in York where he resides. He has been a soldier in the service of the United States and has been honorably discharged therefrom.
January 1854 Geo. Barnitz
I. Geo. Schmucker Philip Wagner
and I do hereby certify and declare that my opinion is after investigation of the matter and after putting them under oath publicly by the War Department that the above is the truth and that the said Schulte is a true and loyal citizen of the United States and that the said George Schulte is a member of the Lutheran Church in York where he resides. He has been in the United States since the year 1848 and has been a soldier in the service of the United States and has been honorably discharged therefrom. I further certify that the above statement is not only true but also that I am well acquainted with the said George Schulte and that he is a true and loyal citizen of the United States.
Geo. Barnitz

State of Pennsylvania } Is York County }
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Philip Wagoner a U States soldier since 1818 who being by me duly sworn according to the faith that George Switzer did serve his months in at Camp Security to guard water & keep secure the British prisoners taken with Genl Cornwallis in the L. served under Major Austin at Camp Security in the County of York Pa in the year 1781 and further saith not sworn to & subscribed this 1st day of Feb 1834.
Geo Barnett
his Philip Wagoner mark
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Proclamation
23963 INVALID.
1931-July 27- List. to J. A. Sacher letter in case of John Eliot. A. 42 701-82
File No. 23963
George Switzer Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1898
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]