Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2167, Ludwig Dershum, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Dershun, Ludwig
S. 2167
CONTENTS
cancelled

5973 Pennsylvania
Ludwig Dershun
of in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Roberts — of the Reg t commanded by Col Gage — in the Penn a line for 17 1/2 mo Private — $58.32
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 58 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb 1834 and further L d Dershun Home Rep s
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $87.48 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Mar 1833 29.16
$116.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 6 Page 53

Declaration of Ludwig Dershum.
17490
✓

Pennsylvania Union County } set
{ Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
1 Jacob Dershun being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say: That he verily believes that his brother Ludwig Dershun served in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war manifested in his declaration and application for a pension which is hereto annexed: That the first time the said Ludwig turned out. Deponent was himself draughted & served with him under Capt Robert & Col. Geyer & marched to Middlebrook in New-Jersey when they were both discharged: That he can not say how and when his brother served after that, for he himself did not turn out after the first tour; but that he knows the fact that his brother Ludwig was out for the several periods he speaks of in his declaration declaration; after the tour that he was with him. And further saith not
Sworn subscribed this 24 th Sept 1832
Joseph H. Stetwell Brother
Joseph Dershun
Pennsylvania Union County } set.
Adam Shaul on oath saith: That he was well acquainted with Ludwig Dershun during some part of the Revolutionary war when declaration and application for a pension is hereto annexed, during some part of the Revolutionary war: That he knows that the said Ludwig Dershun enlisted enlisted in the Flying Camp as he states in his said declaration declaration - that Deponent belonged to the same company & served as stated in the declaration aforesaid: And he further saith that the said Ludwig Dershun also enlisted as a teamster and served as he states in his declaration: That Deponent en listed at the same time & for the same purpose & served for a part of the time with him; but that the said Ludwig did not belong to the same Comp y , or "Brigade" as it was called. And further saith not
Sworn subscribed this 24 th Sept 1832.
Joseph H. Stetwell Brother
his Adam F. Shaul mark

State of Penna Union County ss
Joseph Stilwell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Jacob Dershant Adam Shout the within named deponents are persons of respectability and that full confidence may be placed in their testimony Witness my hand and the seal of the Court at New Berlin the 13 th day of February A.D. 1833
Joseph Stilwell Protho

Pennsylvania Union County set }
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
On this twenty-fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common pleas at New Berlin in and for the county of Union, now sitting, Seidwig Dersham, a resident of Union Township, in the county of Union and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I lived in Upper Merion Township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, when I entered the service of the United States - I entered as a volunteer, in a company of Militia, of my own accord, being neither draughted nor a substitute. I marched under Capt. George John Robert Cooper & Col. Boyer from the House of Geo. Wirt in Allentown, Pennsylvania, sometime in the fall of 1775, I think, to Easton; thence we crossed the Delaware over into New Jersey to New Germantown; thence to Middlebrook, which was our head-quarters - While there we scouted occasionally & guarded that the British, who then lay at Trenton, should not cross the Hill between Trenton and Middlebrook - We did not serve quite two months, - there were a few days wanting of the two months - I got a written discharge which has been  is lost - I think my brother Jacob was along this tour - Can't remember the exact time I came home - but think it was about Christmas.
In the spring after my return from New Jersey, I enlisted in the "Flying Camp" under Capt. Christian Fisher & Lieut. Philip Walter, for the term of seven months! But the company was not filled, for when the British  British of Fort Washington having been taken, and the "Flying Camp" stationed there, being routed, reached us, our company was discharged - after having been several months in recruiting and filling the company and preparing to march - Although not actually in service we were engaged all the time in preparation for service.
In the spring of 1777, I think, I enlisted as a teamster - The circumstances of this enlistment were this: We received a bounty the same as any other listed soldier - Twelve men - a Captain and a Lieutenant constituted what was called a Brigade - These were enlisted for the express purpose of driving the continental teams; in every other respect they were subject to the same regulations as the other listed soldiers - Andrew Kuchline was our Capt. & William Furston the Lieut. We marched from Allentown Penna. to Easton, and thence crossed the Delaware into New Jersey, to New Germantown; thence to Middlebrook where we came to the whole American Army, which lay there: before that there was only one Brigade consisting of our Capt.-Lieut. and twelve men. Genl. Washington, Genl. Betz and Col. Turnbull were there; there I knew for I used to haul their things for them while there. The British were at that time at Amboy. After we were at Middlebrook a while, they attacked our men at a place called Short Hill & had a little scrimmage when the British retreated out of Amboy, went on board their fleet: Our stations were in the rear of the army & therefore saw nothing of the engagement. From there we marched to Morristown: While there, report came that the British were coming in from the North river: We then left Morristown & marched through a place called Pemptown towards the North river, but before we reached it, it was reported the British had landed at Brandywine: We then marched the same way back again to Morristown, & from thence crossed Delaware river to Germantown where I got my discharge, which was, I think, but a short time before the

battle of Brandywine: I wanted a about a week, I think, of having out my six months when I was discharged, which was on account of Lieut. Adam Shout was along this tour also as a teamster, but he did not belong to the same Brigade I did: - he was Capt. Brigg's I think. —
Sometime in the same fall I returned from Germantown (in 1777) I again turned out as a substitute, (but for whom I can not now recollect,) under Capt. Geo. Bachman, and marched from Sockeny Township in Northampton County, to Doylestown in Bucks county. This was at the time the British occupied Philadelphia; while at Doylestown we were employed in guarding the roads and passages to & from the enemy; and companies of militia were scattered about in different directions for that purpose: Thus we spent two months - the term of our service - were discharged and returned home: I think it was pretty well in the winter we were discharged: - We saw no regular troops this tour, nor do I know of us being under the direction of any officers superior to our Captain. —
Soon after my return from Doylestown I turned out again as a substitute for, I think, my brother Jacob Dersham, who was draughted. I marched under Capt. Jacob Waggoner & Lieut. John Waggoner, from Sockeny Township again to Doylestown and remained employed in a manner similar to our service there before: - It was sometime in the spring of 1778 when we turned out this time, for I think we were discharged but a short time before the British evacuated Phila. I don't remember any one that was along the two last tours, but I think my brother Jacob Dersham recollects my service, both times. — I served two months each time. —
I think it was the next fall after my last aforesaid discharge I was draughted as a militia man, and marched under Capt. Stover and Col. Curious, from Allentown to Bethlehem; thence to Nazareth, and across the Blue Mountain through what is called the "wind-gap" to Col. Strouts; thence up the Delaware to a place called Mantripping. We there staid two months scouting against the Indians; several other companies were stationed in the same neighbourhood: It was late in the fall when we were discharged, for the buckwheat was threshed when we got home: Of this tour I know of no living witness except my brother much of it. — This draught was also for two months.
A considerable time after the return from the last tour - I think it was not till the next fall after (in 1779 about seeding time) I was again draughted as a militia man, and marched under Capt. Elias Kester & Lieut. Valentine Kester, from a place called Dumbawertown in the county of Bucks (for I then lived in Upper Milford Township, Bucks county) to Newtown in said county . I don't recollect any of the field officers - I served my two months and was discharged - This was about the time I think that the British made an incursion into Georgia or Virginia. George Engel knows of my service during this tour I think.
1. I was born in Allaguntia Township, Northampton county - Pennsylvania, on the 24 th day of June 1760. 2. I have no record of my age, but recollect it will. 3. I lived in Upper Sockeny Township, Northampton County - Pennsylvania at every time I was called out, except the last time when I lived in Lower Milford Township, Bucks county, where I continued to live till about 37 years ago, when I moved to Northumberland county, near Union, where and settled in West Buffalo Township, now Union Township, where I have continued to reside ever since. 4. The answers to my Declaration. — 5. The answers as far as I am able to answer it in the Declaration. —

I think I received a written discharge from the Capt every time I was discharged but they are all lost. I never received any commission.
7 William Kipfer - Christopher Seibold, the Kramer Esq. and many others know me & can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed the 24th September A.D. 1832.
Ludwig Dersheim
Joseph Stetwell Prothry
We, John G. Heim, a Clergyman, residing in Buffalo Township & William Kipfer residing in New Berlin, both in the County of Union aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ludwig Dersheim, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. George Heim
William Kipfer
Joseph Stetwell Prothry
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 certifies that it appears to them that John G. Heim — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Buffalo Township — and that William Kipfer — who has also signed the same, is a resident in New Berlin — and is a credible person, and that their statement is worthy entitled to credit.
Hugh Wilson Adam Leight
I Joseph Stetwell Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Union in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Ludwig Dersheim for a pension.
In testimony"> In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this twenty-fourth day of September A.D. 1832.
Joseph Stetwell Prothry

Pennsylvania } set Union county }
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Union aforesaid, Ludwig Derschner who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For one month and twenty days, I served as a volunteer in Captain Roberts company, in the fall of 1775. For two months I served as a recruit in the Flying Camp; For five months and a half I served in driving the continental teams: For two months I served as a substitute in George Bachman's company: For two months I served as a substitute for my brother Jacob Derschner, I think, who was drafted in Capt. Jacob Waggoner's company: For two months I served as a draughted militia man in Capt. Stevens company: For two months I served as a draughted militia man in Capt. Rutter's company; including the whole term of my service 17 months & 5 days, such and for each service I claim a pension.
Sworn & subscribed the 13th February A.D. 1833.
Ludwig Derschner
Samuel Wilson J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } Union county } set
Joseph Hiteville Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Union do certify that Samuel Wilson Esq whose name appears to the above affidavit is and was at the time thereof a justice of the peace duly appointed and commissioned for the County of Union aforesaid, and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to his official acts In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the court at New Berlin the 13th day of February A.D. 1833
Joseph Hiteville Prothonotary

17.490 Ludwig Deichmann
Feb'y 4. 1833
Obj. 5.14.
Non L. Deichert
No. Rept N. E. —
Admitted
1 1/2 mos Private
$ 58.32
Page 236
Adm.
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BRIEF in the case of Ludwig Durham.  of Union County in the State of Pennsylvania.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72 Years.
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.     In 1775 not quite 2 — private Gen. Capt. Geo. R. Rhet. Col. Goyers   not stated several months — do Capt. Christian Fisher.   1777 nearby 6 months sergeant   same — 2 — private Capt. Geo. Bademan   1778 — 2 — do Capt. Jacob Wazgener   same — 2 — do Capt. Steven Col. Cumins   1779 — 2 — do Capt. Elias Ruler  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton County Pennsylvania.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Living witnesses & traditional evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. F. Shantz Examining Clerk.

Rev War
2167
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File No.
2167
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Ludwig Wershun Ludwig Dershun
Print Rev War
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* W.W. H. Oct. 17, 06.