Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,940, for John Poh, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Poh, John
S. 5,940
CONTENTS
carded

Pennsylvania - 30730
John Pohl
of Berks Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Pvt. — in the Compt command by Captain Spangler of the Regt command by Col. Geche in the Pennsylvania line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of June 1836, and forwarded to Hon. H. Muh- lenburg H of R
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '36 — $ 100.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sept — 10.00 $ 110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Ammerman Clerk Book G 2 - Vol. 5 - Page 49 -

33.178
John Loh Perm. oo
adm d b mofri 20 ff
Am H. & Muhlenberg P.R.

State of Pennsylvania County of Berks 3/8
On this Sixth day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Patrick Mallory President, and William Parling and Matthias J. Richards Esquires, Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting. John Pohl a resident of the Township of Longswamp in the County of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-eight years, 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 was drafted in the Pennsylvania Militia, during the Revolutionary War and served a tour of two months as a private, in the Company of Captain Peter Spengler, in the Regiment of Colonel Salzer Pecher, they were assembled in Albany Township, Berks County, from whence they marched through Bethlehem, Easton, New Jersey to Amboy, where they remained encamped until the expiration of their time when they were regularly discharged. He can not recollect in what month or year he served but thinks it was in 1778. He cannot recollect the names of his other Officers. He resided at the time in the said Township of Albany.
He was afterwards drafted in the Penn a Militia, during the said War and served as a private for another tour of two months, in the Company of the said Captain Peter Spengler, the Company again assembled in the said Township of Albany and where marched through Bethlehem, Easton, to a place called Battle Hill in New Jersey, where they remained encamped until the expiration of their time when he was regularly discharged, does not recollect the names of his other Officers excepting only Major Lindenmuth.
He was again drafted and served as a private for a tour of two months, during the Revolutionary War, in the Company of Captain Ferdinand Ritter, the Company assembled at the said Township of Albany, and were marched from thence down near Philadelphia, where they remained during said time, does not recollect the name of the name of the Village but thinks it was Newtown in Bucks County. He does not recollect to what Regiment they were attached, nor the time at which the services were performed: He resided during all the this time in the said Township of Albany.
He was engaged in no Battles, and can not recollect with what Continental Regiments or Companies he served. He has no documentary evidence of his said services and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify thereto excepting only Philip Baush whose affidavit is hereto annexed.
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.
Sworn & Declared in open Court Jan. 16 th 1835
John Pohl
for witness J. O. G.

We Pottlieb F. Jaeger a Clergyman, residing in the Township of Greenwich, and Peter Kline Esq. residing in the same. Hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Peh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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, the day and Year aforesaid before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Berks.
G. F. J. Jaeger. Peter Kline
W. Ponagan
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Pottlieb F. Jaeger who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Greenwich Township, Berks County, and that Peter Kline who has also signed the same is a resident of the said Township of Greenwich, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
Garrison Marray First Judge Matthias J. Richards a Judge of Berks County.
Penn a Berks County ss. I Jacob Sollade 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 John Peh for a pension. And I do further certify that before whom the foregoing Certificate was sworn to and subscribed, and the annexed affidavit taken, is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace, duly Commissioned in and for said County, and that the signatures thereto annexed are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Eleventh day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
Jac. Sollade Proth y

Penn a Berks County ss
Be it known that before Ja s Donagan a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. Personally came Philip Baush of the Township of Albany aged seventy eight Years, whom I hereby certify to be a credible person and whose statement is entitled to credit, and made oath in due form of Law, that he is well acquainted with John Poh the person who has signed the foregoing declaration and knows of his own certain knowledge that he served at least two tours in the Pennsylvania Militia, during the Revolutionary war, first in the Company of Captain Peter Spangler and Regiment of Colonel Balzer Teche at which time they were stationed at Aubrey. The second time under the command of Captain Peter Spangler when they were stationed at Battle hill near New York in New Jersey. both which terms the said John Poh served faithfully for two months each and was regularly discharged, and that this deponent served for the said two tours, and was in the same mess with the said John Poh. And further this deponent saith that he has reason to believe that the said John Poh served one tour in the Company of Captain Ferdinand Ritter near Philadelphia but can not say the same for a certainty as he did not serve with him. And generally that he believes every thing stated in the foregoing declaration, and further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed January 1 st 1835
Before me
Ja s Donagan
his Philip X Baush mark
Penn a Berks County ss.
On this thirtieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five Personally appeared John Poh the above-named applicant for a pension who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth in his oath, declare that the whole time he served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War was not less than six months, or three tours of full two months each, and that the reason of his not having sooner applied for the benefit of the Law of 7 th June 1832 was his ignorance of its existence, until he heard that his old comrades were enjoying the benefit of it.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Ja s Donagan
John Poh

Rev Han
5940
INVALID.
File No. 5940
John Poh Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 299
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended
See letter 11 Dec '85
H. A. Muhlenberg.
do 4 Jan 1836

Fritztown June 22 d 1836.
Dear Sir
After having called several times at the residence of Philip Bausher who was absent from home visiting his children I have at length been fortunate enough to meet with him, and have taken his deposition as regards the services rendered to the United States by John Poh, during the Revolutionary War. which is herewith enclosed and which I am certain it is wholly unnecessary to recommend to your attention. I hope it may be found full and explicit enough to meet the objections of the Pension Office. P. Bausher in his former deposition did nothing more than state that John Poh had served two tours in the Militia in company with him, and that he believed that he had served a third tour in Captain Ferdinand Ritter Company, but could not positively swear to it as he had not served in the same company. I considered it unnecessary at that time to examine him particularly as to Poh's services, deeming it sufficient if he generally corroborated his declaration, as many claims had been allowed what appeared to me to be on no better evidence —
Bausher, if my memory serves me made nearly a mark at that time, having stated to me that he was unable to write his name — but in the present instance he has written his name to the deposition himself. I must acknowledge that I feel somewhat anxious on account of Poh, as he is old, poor, imbecile and wholly unable to support himself. His children are scarcely able to provide for themselves, besides which I am fully convinced that he rendered the services stated in his declaration — Partly on this account and partly owing to the urgent solicitation of

himself and his son. I have taken the trouble to call at the residence of Philip Buushe who resides twelve miles from me, several times without success owing to his absence from home, as he is a great part of his time with one or other of his children.
I have the honour to be dear Sir with the greatest respect,
Your obedt. Servt.
Chas. Donagaw
The Hon. Henry A. Muhlenberg

Washington Dec 26. 1835.
Dear Sir,
I enclose a private letter addressed to me in relation to the suspended case of Joh Poh. The writer is a respectable Justice of the Peace, who would never make an assertion of the truth of which he was not firmly convinced.
Joh Poh. himself, although in indigent circumstances, is a man of excellent character & much respected in his neighbourhood. I am confident he would never attempt a fraud upon the Government, even if the temptation of thousands of dollars were offered. I am firmly persuaded that he is afraid of his own mind of having served three full terms of two months. I have not minutely examined the evidence in his case, always relying implicitly upon your superior judgment, but I trust, if upon reviewing his case, you find that it can be brought within the law, his good character will have some weight in producing a favorable decision.
I am
with high regard
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions.
Your Ob t Serv t Hen h W th kenberg

John Doh
June 27.
John
Benjamin L. Kumberg
Anna A. Muhlberger W.R.
James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

House of Reps? Dec 10. 1835
Dear Sir.
Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed Declaration of John Pohl, which has received some additional testimony, which I trust will prove satisfactory.
Respectfully
Your obedt Servt G. M. Muhlen
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chairman of Pension

Dec 10.
Mr. [unclear] [unclear]
James L. Edwards Esq. of Mucklebury Commissioner of Pensions H.R. War Department.
for N. H. Mucklebury As per N. 1836

House of Reps Dec 10. 1835
Dear Sir.
Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed Declaration of John Pugh, which has received some additional testimony, which I trust will prove satisfactory.
Respectfully
Your obed Servt G. M. Amherst
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chairman of Pension

John Doh
June 27.
John
Benjaminumberg
H. A. Muhlenberg W.R.
James L. Edwards, Esquire Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Washington June 25. 1836
Dear Sir
Permit me to hand you the enclosed additional evidence in the suspended case of John Poh. The applicant & the witness are both known to me. Poh bears the character of being honest & upright in poverty. Bausher is thought incapable of uttering knowingly a falsehood.
I will hope that the evidence may prove satisfactory. and am
Very respectfully
Your obed Servt
Hen Ammicklenberg
J. L. Edwards Esq

Additional Document, in the case of John Pohl of Pennsylvania an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 —
M c A Mahlenberg HR

State of Pennsylvania Berkshire County ss.
On this twenty first day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Berks, Philip Bauesher, a resident of the Township of Albany in the said County of Berks aged Eighty Years whom I hereby certify to be a credible Witness and whose statement is entitled to credit, and who being first duly sworn, according to Law saith on his oath that he has been well acquainted with John Poh at present of the Township of Longswamp in the said County, who has applied for the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and has been intimately acquainted with him from childhood - and that the said John Poh lived within One mile of him during the Revolutionary War, and that the said John Poh served two tours of two months each in company with him the deponent, during said War, in the Pennsylvania Militia, who were in the service of the United States, the first of which they were attached to the Company of Captain Peter Spengler and Regiment of Colonel Balzer Gecker, and assembled in Massertown Township in said County, at Levan's in the month of August, from whence they marched through Bethlehem Easton, New Jersey to Amboy where they remained full two months when they were discharged, this was in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six - the second term they served in the Company of Captain Peter Spengler aforesaid. They assembled at Reading in January 1777, and were attached to the command of Major Lindenmuth. The regiment not being full, from thence they were marched to Philadelphia, Newtown, crossed the Delaware at Coryell's Ferry, marched through Morristown to Battle Hill where after having served full two months they were discharged - This deponent further saith on his oath aforesaid, that the said John Poh was afterwards drafted in Captain Ferdinand Ritter's Company of Militia in the latter part of the year 1777 or the beginning of 1778 and marched with the same when the British were in Philadelphia and that to the best of the deponent's knowledge the said Poh served another full term of two months in the same, that they marched to Bucks County where they encamped about Four miles from the Spring house Tavern and twenty from Philad-

elphia. that this deponent brought home the father of the said John P. who who served in the same Company, upon account of sickness in his family, that he seen the said John P. in camp at the same time and that he has every reason to believe that he served in the said Company for the full term of two months - And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the said twenty first day of June 1836.
Philip Donaghy
before me O. Donaghy