Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,005, Yost Blecher, Continentel Penn.

Continental SERVICE Penn.
NUMBER
Blecher, Gost or Blecher
S 40,000 5
CONTENTS

19,064
Pennsylvania
Yost Bleecher,
of Lebanon Co in the state of Penn- who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Nagel of the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson in the Penn- line, for the term of one year -
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1823 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Sept 1823 and sent to Christian Snively Esq r Lebanon. Penn
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823  38. 66    Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1824.  48    4 mo 25     8     32 -     6.66      $86 : 66  
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } ✓
March 1. 1823
Date of death not on A.B.

Pennsylvania 12 th Judicial district Lebanon County ss.
On the 10 th day of April A.D. 1823 Personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas in and for said district & County, being a Court of record, GOSTO Blecher aged 72 years and upwards resident in London derry Township in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath say that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows To wit, One year as a private soldier in the Company Commanded by Capt George Nagel of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Thompson in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, that he enlisted in the year 1775 in the month of July and was discharged in the year 1776, in the month of July at Long Island, as by his Original Declaration hereto annexed fully appears.
And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift Grant Sale or in any manner whatever dispos- ed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That I have an aged wife who is unable to afford her little subsis- -tance towards her own maintenance; that I am a labor and cannot on account of my age and the infirmity of my body contribute but little to gain a comfortable subsistence, and depend mostly on the exertions of a daughter who is unable to yield what is necessary for her own and the support of myself & wife, and find it necessary to ask the aid of the General Government to contribute to my necessities.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Ct. April 10 th 1823. Gosto Blecher Christian Neely Clerk

A Statement of all and singular the personal property belonging to Joseph Blecher of Annville Township Lebanon Cy. in the state of Penn a Laborer, as follows,
  One Kettle and one Tub $ 5. 00   Two Chests & one Table 8. 00   One Bed 3. 00   Kitchen utensils 7. 50   One ax splitting instrument & 1 cut sayth 4. 50   2 bags - 2 chains & 2 buckets 4. 50   45. 50   n.B. Error in the addition
Lebanon County ss. Before me Jacob Goodhart one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said Cy. personally came the above named Joseph Blecher and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the above is a true statement of all the personal prop- -erty that he is possessed of and that he is not possessed of any Real Estate to the best of his know- ledge and belief Joseph Blecher
Sworn & subscribed Before me April 10 th A D 1823 J. G. Goodhart
Lebanon County ss. State of Penn a On the 26 th March 1823 Before me the subscriber One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lebanon County aforesaid personally appeared Yost Blecher aged sixty two years some time last Fall, resident in Annville township in the County of Lebanon aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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." The said Yost Blecher enlisted for the term of one year in the month of July in the year 180

Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy five in the Town of Lebanon then Lancaster now Lebanon County and State of Penn a aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Captain George Nagel of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Thompson in the line of the State of Penn a On the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States until July in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six, when he was discharged from service on Long Island in the State of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said services.  Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
M c Gloninger
Just Gloninger
I John Gloninger One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Lebanon County aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Yost Blecher did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the proceeding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the Continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before, the to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support,
M c Gloninger
Lebanon County State of Penn a
ss. Before me the subscribers One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lebanon
aforesaid, Personally appeared Casper Leig a resident of the said County who being duly sworn according to Law oath on his solemn oath depose and say that he enlisted in Capt Nagel's Company Col. Thompson's Regiment in July of 1775 in the revolutionary war in the Continental establishment and continued in the

service of the United States until July 1776 when he was discharged on Long Island, that he is well acquainted with the within named Gost Blecher, that the said Gost Blecher enlisted in the said Capt Maggs Company, Gore Thompsons Regiment in July 1775 aforesaid and continued in the service of the United States one year at one time and was discharged on Long Island aforesaid in July 1776,
Sworn & subscribed the 26 th day of March 1823
John Gloninger
I John Gloninger One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas For Lebanon County aforesaid, Do certify that the above named Casper Leob is a creditable and disinterested witness of the facts above sworn to by him
witness my Hand
John Gloninger
Lebanon County ss. Before me the subscribers one of the Justices of the peace personally came George Detrick a disinterested witness and on his solemn oath doth depose and say - That he this deponent enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Scull's Company about the month of August 1775 That he was well acquainted with Gost Blecher who enlisted in Capt Maggs Company & marched off towards Boston about two weeks before this deponent enlisted that about a year after that time deponent seen Gost Blecher on Long Island where he Blecher got his discharge to return home - That he this deponent gave him a letter to carry to his friends about Lebanon further saith he not
Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd day of April 1823 Before
Levi G. Hollingsworth
I Levi G. Hollingsworth one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Lebanon aforesaid, Do certify that the above named George Detrick is a creditable and disinterested witness of the facts above sworn to by him,
witness my Hand
Levi G. Hollingsworth
State of Pennsylvania

Levi G. Worthington
State of Penn a Lebanon County ss.
I, Christian Mavaley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Lebanon in the 12 th Judicial District of Penn a Do Certify that John Floninger Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made & said taken was at the time of taking the same subscribing thereto & now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly appointed commissio- ned & authorized & that to all acts by him done in that Capacity full faith & credit are and ought to be given and that Jacob Grohart and Levi G. Worthing- ton Esquires and before whom the depositions were taken and by them subscribed was at the time of taking the same subscribing thereto Justices of the said for said County duly appointed commissio- ned & authorized & that to all acts by them done in that Capacity full faith and credit are and ought of right to be given,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Lebanon the 12 th day of June Anno Domini 1823,
Lebanon County ss.
Christian Mavaley Rother
I, Christian Mavaley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid Do Further Certify that at an adjourned Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County held at Lebanon on Monday 21 st July 1823 It is the Opinion of the said Court that the total am- ount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty two dollars & fifty cents, In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lebanon this 30 th July A.D. 1823 Christian Mavaley Rother

December 18, 1939
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Brigadier General George H. McManus 7 Newport Road Cambridge, Massachusetts
YOST BLECHER S. 40005 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Jost or Yost Blecker or Blecher who, you state, served from about 1780 to 1815 from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and you think received a pension.
The record has been found of one Yost Blecher or Blecher which follows as found in pension claim, S. 40005, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. It is not shown in the claim that he served in the War of 1812.
Yost or Joseph Blecher was born in the fall of 1750; the place of his birth and names of parents were not stated.
Yost Blecher enlisted in July, 1775, in Lebanon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that part of Lancaster County which later became Lebanon County, served as private in Captain George Nagel's company, Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged in July, 1776.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1823, at which time he was a resident of Londonderry or Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was pensioned as Yost Blecher.
In 1823 Yost Blecher or Blecher stated that he had an aged wife and a daughter, but did not give the name of either, and there are no further family data on file.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death

of Yost Blecher, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Yost Blecher, certificate #19064, issued September 10, 1823, rate $8 per month, commenced April 10, 1823, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820 and March 1, 1823, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

to Mrs. D- elay. 0-
40 005
Jan. 12/98. Hist. R. Wright. Fin
Rec d INVALID.
1932 Apr 25 - Filed to Mrs. Charles M. Coldrew - M.L.B. 1932 Dec 18 - Filed to Sewt Mpnus - M.L.B.
File No. 40,005 First Blanche 2nd New Year
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 8 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

These papers accompany the letter of Jacob Smith of Penn State for information relating to his
The Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War Washington —
MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 10

18,858.
Yost Blecher, Jacob Schmitt Christian Schmitt Lebanon, Pa
Recd 7 Augt. 1823
W. Lyle Christian Schmitt ast Lebanon, Pa
Jessie Mary
Recd 7 Augt. 1823.

7 Newport Road,
Cambridge, Mass.
December 9, 1939.
The Veteran's Bureau of Administration, Washington, D.C.
From:
Brig. General Geo. H. McManus, U.S. Army, Retired.
o Dec 18/2
I request that you furnish me with such information as you may have relative to Yost Blecker (sometimes Jost and sometimes Blecher ) who was a soldier about 1780 to 1815 from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. (Lebanon County was formed out of Dauphin County in 1813 and Dauphin out of Lancaster in 1785). He is thought to have been a pensioner, and his wife after him.
I would particularly like to have his wife's name including her maiden name if possible.
The wife is supposed to be a sister to my great grandfather and hence my interest in the matter. The information is wanted to complete my family history.
George H. McManus
(George H. McManus)
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Retired.

MRS. CHARLES MARTIN COLDREN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH 419 COLLEGE AVENUE LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
January 25, 1932
Veterans Administration War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Please give me information for service of Yost Blocher , also spelt Blucher, placed on the pension roll Sept. 19 1823, died Jan. 11, 1829; Lebanon County. I am anxious to learn the names of his children and wife .
Very sincerely yours,
Carolined Coldren
Is there a record of John Eisminger who received pension through Lancaster county court some time in 1780 on account of injuries. Am of anxious to learn his family. on Pennsylvania not in flat Rev 0.60. 50. 20. 10. 1835 Dec list 50. 50. 50. 50.

126 West Grant St- Lindlay Ohio Jan 7 th 1898 Mr M. B. C. Wright. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I hope you will pardon the liberty - I take in writing you. But - as I have heard so much about you from your uncle Dave, I feel almost acquainted with you, and therefore I take this liberty. I am very anxious to learn something of my ancestors. Knowing you are in the Pension department - I thought you could ascertain for me something in reference to one of my forefathers In the war of the Revolution I find that - one Gost Blecken of Pennsylvania was a pensioner until 1825. I wrote to the Adjutant General of Pa. to give me all the information he could on the

family lineage, but he said their record was lost. But stated that he had been a pensioner up to that time. I am a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on my mother's side of the house, my great-great-Grandfather Peter Berry of Lebanon and Lebanon Co Pa was all through the war. I am anxious to learn all I can on my Father's side my father John Blecker was in the war of 1812 from Chambersburg Pa. Do not know if my Grandfather Frederick Blecker was either in the war of the Revolution or 1812. Any information you can give me on the subject will be gratefully received. With kindest regards to your wife and hoping to hear from you soon I am!
Sincerely yours
Mrs D. R. Wright-

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Jan'y 10 1895.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
TO CHF. John Lockwood Commissioner.
ACTION Full name of soldier:
Yost Blecker
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pennsylvania
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pennsylvania
Date of death (as near as possible):
supposed to be 1825.
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Adjutant General of Pa. Remarks:
says soldier drew pension up to 1825.
Your name and address;
Mrs. W. Wright (for Mrs. D. R. Wright, of Findlay, O. a grand daughter of soldier.)
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 12, 1898.
Sir: -
Replying to your request for information concerning Yost Bleeker, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that one Yost Bleecher, made an application for pension on April 10, 1823, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Londonderry, Penna., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war; part of the time he served under Capt. Nagel and Col. Thompson. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. D. R. Wright, Findlay, Ohio.

April 25, 1932
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YOST BLECHER
S. 40005
Mrs. Charles Martin Coldren 419 College Avenue Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter, relative to Yost Blocher or Blucher, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Yost Blocher or Blucher Lebanon Co. Pa.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of any Yost Blocher or Blucher. The records do, however, show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of one Yost Blecher or Blecher (S. 40005), and his history as contained in the papers in his pension claim is furnished you herein.
Yost or Joseph Blecher (he was pensioned Blecher) was born in the fall of 1750, place not stated.
He enlisted in July, 1775, in Lebanon, Lancaster (which was later Lebanon) County, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captain George Nagel's company, Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged in July, 1776.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1823, at which time he was a resident of Londonderry or Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Yost Blecher
In 1823, soldier stated that he had an aged wife and a daughter,

but did not give the names of either, and there are no further family data on file.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator