Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43656, John Heppener, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Wepner, John
S 43656
CONTENTS

17375 New York
John Heppner of Andusar - in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Doughty - of the New Jersey . line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 - of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1820 and sent to Elijah Field Esq. Sackets Harbor New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $ 179-43
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 $ 48.
22 mo. 9/308 4/31 $ 227.43
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued Reinstated

Notification sent to George Andrews Woolworth St. H. July 17. 1820 =
Re-instated by Dept of War, 6 th July 1821, & sent as above

474 John Hopner
Jersey line Col. Dayton January 1777 War
The seal and certificate of the County are required.
On roll alms. John Hopner
Whe sent to Elyah Field Jun. Esq. Sackets Harbor NY

State of New York } County of Jefferson } 3 rd John Heppence aged sixty five years being duly sworn saith that he is a resident citizen of the United States town of the town of Henderson in the county and State aforesaid and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances life in need of assistance from his country for support.
That he enlisted in the continental army of the United States in March fourth 1776 for the period of one year and served against the common enemy in the continental establishment in a company commanded by Captain Anthony Sharp in Colonel Daton's Regiment of the New Jersey line He served as aforesaid until March 1777 He then voluntarily enlisted again in the same company and same regiment aforesaid for three years the said company was then commanded by Samuel Flanagan in the regiment aforesaid still commanded by Colonel Daton He served as aforesaid until November 1777 Joseph Anderson Capt then took the command of said company and under him in said company he served until May 1783 when he was discharged at Elizabethtown — He has lost his

Discharge. He served as the captain of a private Soldier —
Sworn and Subscribed to me Josephus Ferguson this 22 d Day of April 1818
Before me
Elijah Field Junior one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County
I hereby relinquish all claim to any Pension Granted to me for  under the act of the 18 th March 1818
Clerks Office
Josephus Ferguson
vs Benjamin Skinner clerk of the Jefferson County Court of Jefferson and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Elijah Field Junior before whom the above affidavit was taken was on the 22 d day of April 1818, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Jefferson Commissioned and sworn. And further that am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature of Elijah Field Junior subscribed to the said affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Elijah Field In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 d day of January 1820. Benjamin Skinner Clerk

I Elyah Lillard Jr Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jefferson is of the opinion do certify that it Appears to my satisfaction that the said John Happersberger Did Serve in the Revolution ary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy - and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Directions of the act of Congress of March the 18 th 1818
Elyah Lillard junior Judge
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the applicant John Happersberger & have been for a number years past & believe him to be a - man in indigent & necessitous circumstances & absolutely requires the relief granted to revolutionary pensioners. furthermore the applicant says that he cannot procure any other testimony except his own to confirm his claim as he knows of at present - as for his character it is unquestionably good & so considered by his acquaintance & I believe that there ought to be full confi- dence placed in his testimony his being so unfortunate as not to be able to procure further testimony. Sackets Harbor July 17 th 1819.
Elyah Lillard Jr Judge

John Heppner
Not Entitled N o 17375
any error recognized to be such, and in such case the said John Heppner, of the county of ... and the estate of said John Heppner, as shown in the annexed schedule, to be paid to the said ... STATE OF NEW YORK

A schedule of all my property
2 Cows. 2 Calves - yearling, 1 Calf 8 old sheep & lambs - 2 hogs - 1 plough 1 Drag, Chain - 10 ft. - 1 pot - 1 Dish kettle, frying pan - 1 pe and horn. 1 tea kettle - a Debt from Robert & Samuel Morton of fifteen Dollars - I owe one hundred & fifty Dollars
July 6-1820 Signed John Heppner

STATE OF NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss.
On this sixth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record by a law of said state for the said county John Heppner aged sixty three years, resident in Henderson in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
That he enlisted for one year in 1776 into Captain Anthony Shaps Company - Col. Dayton's Regiment New Jersey Troops. Afterwards he enlisted under Capt. Glance in said Regiment and served his country during the war - or six years as a private - that he was in the battles of Short Hills in New Jersey & in the action on Staten Island under General Sullivan - when he was badly wounded, being shot through the right shoulder & was in many other battles & skirmishes - his original declaration was made 22 nd day of April 1818 - the number of his certificate is (17,376)
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, 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 18th 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 to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
That I have a wife aged fifty years in inferior health - and have two children - John aged 14 years & my daughter Densey aged 12 years - neither of which can do any thing towards my support By occupation I am a farmer - I am justly indebted in the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars - to pay which I have relied upon my pension & the indulgence of time from then down
Sworn to and declared before George Andrews Clerk on the sixth day of July 1820 Signed John Heppner
I Geo. Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson , do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is
One hundred & fifty dollars, and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this tenth day of July 1820 Geo. Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson

1922 Sept 14 Letter to Mrs. Elias Davis date of death, last payment etc. - etc.
43656
Rey
INVALID.
File No. 43656
John Heppener Pr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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This pensioner's property was valued at $ 160,25- (no real estate)
age 63 - in health -
wife 50 - infirm -
John - 14 } in health. Densy - 13 }
Served three years.
Report to County Clerk

367 King's Highway W. Haddonfield, N.J. Aug. 19. 1922.
Mr. Washington Gardner, Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Gardner,
Your reply to my letter of June 18 th was received August 11 th and contents noted.
I have a letter from the Adjutant General of N.J.
Mr. Frederick Gilkison, also a letter from Mr. Robert C. Davis of the Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C. telling me that John Hepner or John Heppener on spelling

John Hepner filed claim for pension under the name John Heppener (Invalid No. 43656) the original of which is filed at the Bureau of Pensions in Washington.
The name being German I can easily understand why it may have been spelled different at different times. I am very desirous to know the date the pension stopped for this man. I know he rode on horse back from Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. N.J. to Philadelphia to bank about the year 1804 and was never heard from. The family supposed he was killed. The society

If the Daughters of the American Revolution do not take traditions so I will greatly appreciate it if you will send me date the pension stopped and I will gladly pay you for your trouble if you will send me bill.
In General Steyer's book Where I the Revolution this man's name is given as John Heppner on page 211 and no name as John Heppener is given in the list. He enlisted as Private Captain Anthony Sharp's Eighth Company, Colonel Elias Dayton's Third Regiment, First Establishment.

New Jersey Continental Line, February 23, 1776, for one year, mustered at Scituate, New York November 23, 1776. Reenlisted as Private, Captain Samuel Flanning's Company, Colonel Dayton's Third Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line June 20, 1777; was at battle of Short Hills, N. J. June 26, 1777 and in engagement on Staten Island, N. Y. where he was wounded in the shoulder. Captain Flanning resigned and was succeeded by Captain Joseph Inslee Anderson (Oct. 26 1777) on rolls Aug. 1, 1780 and Jan. 1781, discharged May, 1783 - Close of the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you for an early reply. Very truly yours .. (Mrs Elias) Margaret S. Davis

To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary at War — The undersigned would Respectfully solicit the Attention of the Secretary to the Case of John Peppener late a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Mr. P. is an aged, poor man & so crippled that he is unable to labor — His Inventory of Property we understand was about $125, While at the same time he owed about $150. In the paying of which he has been necessarily stripped of nearly all the little Property he had, leaving a Balance still due to his Creditors — We state that he was wounded by a Musket Ball from the Enemy while fighting for his Country in the Year 1777. From our Personal Knowledge of Mr. Peppener & his Circumstances We have no hesitation in Recommending him as a Proper Subject for the Bounty of his Country & his Case as worthy of Revisal by the Hon. Secretary at War.
If consistent We should be happy to see Mr. Peppener reinstated upon the Pension list Roll — Dated at Sackets Harbor August 1 st 1821 — Elisha Camp.
for Capt. Woodys Certificate on the other side —

I have known the within named John Haffner above - the space of ten years and that he is an honest and industrious live - poor man that he bears the character of a man of strict veracity and I have no doubts of the correctness of the within statement -
Miss B. M. ...

Jefferson County p. John Weppner being duly Sworn doth depose and say That in the Payment of Part of the Dets he owed as by his Inventory transmitted to the Hon. Secretary at War, he has delivered to the Creditors 1 Yoke of Cattle, 9 Sheep, One Cow One 2 year Old Bull, 1 Two year Old Veifer which were included in his Inventory, So that all the Stock he now owns is merely, One Cow, One Calf & Nine Sheep - That this Deponent has not added to his Personal Property on otherwise since in any Particular, But has been obliged to part with many articles for his Support - That he is a Cripple & unable to labor - That he was wounded in the Right Shoulder which has ever since been disabled, by Skirmishing with the Enemy in the Revolutionary War —
Sworn this 1 st day of July August 1821 Before me } Joseph H. H. H.
There Allen Justice of the Peace

Sacramento Oct 27
11/28/88
Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secy War Department
City of Washington
Recd. Oct 28 1888

Tackett Station
Octob 26 th 1880
Honorable John C. Colbourn
Dear Sir
I must rely on your goodness to excuse me for intruding upon you notice the closing of an old Revolutionary soldier who informs me that you have decided to strike his name from the Pension list in consequence of his having more property than the law contemplated, should be prepared by receiving to allow me to assure you that I should not in any case attempt to alter your judgment but in the hopes that a mistake is some department has been the cause of your decision in this case, as to my knowledge - my few things copies exist the the one now under consideration John Hopperman aged sixty four years who served six years in the 3 d Regt New Jersey Line and until the close of the war, was in several Battles, was wounded in the Expedition on Staten Island under General Sullivan in the shoulder; and is now a cripple and unable to labor by reason of the same wound was returned by an Connecticut plan court as having in his personal property to the amount of $125.00 but who owes at least double that amount and is liable to have even that little taken from him for the payment of his debts, is an honest worthy citizen and every way in need of assistance from his Government is the

Reason to which I allude, and I sincerely hope in that you will take the subject a second time into consideration and that it will enable you to relieve the necessities of a worthy old Patriot - the motion he received was dated July 19 th 1820 N o 17370 and signed J. L. Edwards
I Love the Star - to remain still more Sincere Respect your most obedient Servant
W. H. H. H.

Rev. War Section.
EW
September 14, 1923.
Mrs. Elias Davis, 367 King's Highway, W. Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated August 19, 1923, you are advised that for the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:-
John Heppener Certificate 17376 Issued June 5, 1820 Commenced April 22, 1818 Act March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very
Commissioner.