Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8262, Conrad Custard, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn
bustard, bonrad
NUMBER
S 8262
CONTENTS
boarded

26,345 26 345
Connaught
Bucks Co. in the State of Pa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas of the Regt commanded by Col  Casey in the Pa line for
70 No 23 $ 23.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May and 1834 to J. H. Smith, Doylestown, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34  70.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 34  11.66 2/3 $ 81.66 2/3
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. V. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 10
Date of death 1834 on 03-

edgment was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is a regular Commissioned Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Bucks. and has been duly Qualified as such according to Law I truly believe the signature to be his.
By Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Doylestown, this fifth day of May. Anno Domini, One Thousand eight hundred & thirty four.
Jos: H. Purdie
pro Prothonotary
50.835
Adm. J. Moulton
S. A. Smith Doylestown Pa.

State of Penn a } Ducks County ss. }
On this Third day of May, 1834 personally appeared before me William Long Esq r . one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania Conrad Custard a resident of the Township of Nostramixow in said County aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
The first time he entered the Service of the United States was in the year of 1777. He was drafted as a private in the Militia under the command of Captain Thomas, the field Officers were General Potter & Colonel Casey. William Kennedy Major. was at the battle of the Brandywine in Chester County P a and served two months and was discharged verbally.
In the year 1778 he was again called out as a private in the Company commanded by Capt William Erwin, Field Officers Genl John Leahy & Major Long and was stationed in Newtown in the County of Bucks and was discharged verbally having served two months.
In the year 1781 he was pressed to guard the Continental teams to South Carolina under the command of Colonel Rinton and was in that Service for Seven months.
In the year 1783, 1784 he was again called out as a private in the company commanded by Capt John Freis, Field

Officer General Armstrong, Colonel John Keller and marched to Wiltshire in Luzerne County and was at the battle of Forty Fort - He served three months, from the first of October 1783 to the first of January 1784 & was discharged verbally by Genl Armstrong.
Altogether he was in the service of the United States fourteen months and for this period he claims a pension that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
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 -
To the following interrogatories propounded by the said Judge the applicant makes the following answers.
1. He was born in Nockamixon township in the County of Bucks & State of Pennsylvania in the year 1757 2. He has no record of his age - - - - 3. When called into service he was residing in Nockamixon township in the County of Bucks even since the Revolutionary war he has lived in - and now resides in Nockamixon township Bucks County 4. He was drafted in the service of the U. States as a private private in the Militia - 5. He has stated in the foregoing declaration the names of the regular Officers who were with the troops when

he served
6 Never received any written discharge from service
7. He begs leave to refer to Nicholas M c Carthy Esq r & James Smith Esq r two respectable Magistrates in his neighbourhood who can testify as to the applicant's character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. His reason for not referring to C. Cleggman is that there is no one residing in his neighbourhood who can testify as to the necessary matter required by Law. He also states that by reason of bodily infirmity he is unable without considerable inconvenience to attend before the Court to make his Declaration.
Sworn & Subscribed } before me this 3 d day of } May. A.D. 1834.
William Long Associate Judge
Conrad Custer
We James Smith and Nicholas M c Carthy Esquires residing in the townships of Nockamixon & Haycock in the County of Bucks do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Conrad Custer who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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 & Subscribed the Third-day of May - A.D. 1834 before me
Henry Miller
James Smith Nicholas McCarthy

Pennsylvania Bucks County } ss
I William Purdy Esquire. Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. William Long Esqr. before whom the within declaration was made was at the time of taking the same now is one of the Associate Judges of the said court of Common Pleas for said County of Bucks, and has been duly Commissioned and qualified as such According to Law, And I really believe the signature to be his: And I do further certify that Henry Miller Esqr. before whom the within acknowledgment was taken, was at the time of taking the same and now is a regular Commissioned Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Bucks, and has been duly Qualified as such according to Law I really believe the signature to be his. For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court at Doylestown, this fifth day of May. Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred & thirty four.
Pos: St. Purdy Pro Prothonotary
30.835
Adm. J. Moulton
A. Smith Doylestown Pa.

May 9, 1939
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Mr. George H. Custer P.O. Box 52 Twin Falls, Idaho
CONRAD CUSTARD S, 8268 BA-J/AWF:MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Conrad Custard were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8268, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Conrad Custard was born in 1757 in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania, Conrad Custard served as private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows: In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas' company, Colonel Casey's regiment, and was in a battle at "Gulf Mills"; in 1778, two months in Captain William Erwin's company, under Major Long; in 1781, seven months under Colonel Kinton engaged in guarding the "Continental teams to South Carolina"; from October 1, 1783, three months in Captain John Fries' company, Colonel John Keller's regiment, and was in an engagement at Forty Fort in Luzerne County.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1834, at which time he was living in Noxkamixon Township, Pennsylvania. He signed Conrad Custard.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to the family of Conrad Custard.
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 this pensioner, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Conrad Custard, certificate #26345, issued May 9, 1834, rate, $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Refrain
8262
INVALID.
1929 - mch. 28 - High Sch Educa C. Rogers Acad. 1939 - Jan. 13 - list. to milo Custer 1939, May 7 - Dretto Geo. H. Custer Cust. mfr.
File No. 8262
Conrad Custard
Prv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1st , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 27 th 1834
Rev. A. Root Return
J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Doylestown Pa
May 5th 1834.
J L Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir,
Enclosed you will herewith receive the application for a Pension of Conrad Custard . He is old, and poor, and will probably not survive long. Your early attention to his claim is respectfully requested — (Poor old John Heiple was buried the day before his certificate came to hand) —————
I am very respectfully yours the S r D. S.
David H Smith

504 West 6th, St,
Anderson, Ind.,
Aug 1, 1928.
Dear Sir:
Will you please tell me what the cost will be to give me the record of Conrad my Custer who was a Revolution soldier. I do not know where Conrad Custer entered the service or where he was discharged.
He passed away at a small town by the name of Columbia near Connersville, Ind
Respectively,
Edna Custer Rogers.

Twins Falls, Idaho.
Dec. 29 - 38
Veterans Bureau Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
In order that my daughter may be eligible to membership in the D.A.R. will you kindly advise me if you have any records of a Sailor or Shoemaker or Shoemaker  or shoemaker, being in the Continental Army - both of these families were from Philadelphia also if a family of Custer's from Montgomery County, Pa. were represented. Any information towards the desired end will be highly appreciated.
Sincerely Yours
Geo. H. Custer Post Box 52

The Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
1110 Low Street, Bloomington, Illinois, December 29, 1938;
Dear Sir:-, If the records of your office show any claim for pension or bounty land on account of the following service, will you please send me a complete statement of the same and greatly oblige? (viz.);
Emanuel Custer , Sergeant, in Capt. John Edwards Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia County, (Pennsylvania) Militia, (Col. John Bull.) Enlisted (Or enrolled) Dec. 10, 1776. (Revolutionary War.);
Or
Emanuel Custard , Private in the 5th Class, 8th Company, Philadelphia County, (Pennsylvania) Militia, (Lieutenant William Coats.); Revolutionary War.
The above two different services probably refer to the same person, and are taken from "Pennsylvania Archives."
With sincere thanks for your numerous former favors, I am
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer.
Postscript:-, This family name is sometimes written Kuster , hence any record of the above that may be found, may be indexed under either the letter C or K.
M. C.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
The Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

1110 Lee St. Bloomington, Ill. Oct. 4, 1938;
Dear Sir: Please furnish me a statement of all the records of your Department may show as to the following;
Conrad Custer (Kuster), Private in Capt. Wm. Erwins Co. 1st Regt. (Col. John Kelley), Pa. Militia, Sept. 26, 1781 to Oct. 11, 1781, War of the Revolution; Pensioned March 9, 1834; Resided at Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Please send tracing of signature, if found.
P. S. I would like particularly any and all data on this mans family.
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer. Milo Custer.

May 9, 1939
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Mr. George H. Custer P. O. Box 52 Twin Falls, Idaho
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of soldiers with surnames Sailor, Shreble, Shrouble, ShroebeL who resided in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and with surname Custer from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Without the full names of the soldiers in whom you are interested, no records can be identified definitely. The Revolutionary War records have been found, however, of two soldiers, only, with your surname, all spellings, who served in the Pennsylvania troops, those of Conrad Custard and Jacob Kuster. Their records are furnished you herewith, also the record of a Philip Sailor, of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The other surname cited above, Shreble, etc., is not borne on the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Conrad Custard P. 8262

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
March 28, 1929
Edna C. Rogers 504 West 5th Street Anderson, Indiana
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8262, it appears that Conrad Custard was born in 1757, in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in said township, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas' Company, Colonel Casey's Regiment and was in an engagement at Gulf Mills; in 1778, two months in Captain William Erwin's Company, under Major Long; in 1781, seven months under Colonel Kinton to guard the Continental Teams to South Carolina; from October 1, 1783, three months in Captain John Fries' Company, Colonel John Keller's Regiment and was in an engagement at Forty Fort.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

May 3, 1834, at which time he was living at Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted Conrad Custard, all spellings searched, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Conrad Custard (S.8262), you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
Conrad Custard, Certificate No. 26345, issued May 9, 1834, 1831, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

January 13, 1939
BA- J /AWF Conrad Custard S. 8262
Mr. Milo Custer 1110 Low Street Bloomington, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Conrad Custer of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and of Emanuel Custer or Custard of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of Emanuel Custer, under any spelling of the name.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 8262, based upon the military service of Conrad Custard in the Revolutionary War.
Conrad Custard (as his signature is shown in the claim) was born in the year 1757 in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in said Nockamixon Township, Conrad Custard served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows-
In 1777, two months in Captain Thomas' company, Colonel Casey's regiment, and was in a battle at "Gulf Mills"; in 1778, two months in Captain William Erwin's company, under Major Long; in 1781, seven months under Colonel Kinton to

guard the "Continental teams to South Carolina"; from October 1, 1783, three months in Captain John Fries' company, Colonel John Keller's regiment, and was in an engagement at Forty Fort in Luzerne County.
The soldier, Conrad Custard, was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1834, at which time he was living in Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to the family of Conrad Custard.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Conrad Custard Certificate #26345 Issued May 9, 1834 Rate $23.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator