Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4915, John Hermanni, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Hermann, John
R 4915
CONTENTS
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The Petition of John Hermann of Lehigh Township in Lehigh County & State of Pennsylvania, Humbly Sheweth, that I the said Petitioner, having, Came to America intending to Reside there as my adopted Country, early Espoused the the Cause of Liberty as early as the fall of 1776 I volunteered my Service and Joined a number of others, who went from Path Valley under Capt. Geo. Elliott Proceeded from Shippensburg to Philadelphia, then attached to Colonel Armstrongs Regiment, we Proceeded to Amboy where we were stationed during our then Term of Service Shortly after we were by Law Clapsed & Drafted Regular as necessity called for men to defend &c, I never refused but went Several Terms, by which I Suffered many hardships my Family also and Property, then in a new and wild Country Suffered much by my Absence, I am now near or full one hundred years of age, am Reduced with age, and have not where with to support Nature, therefore I Humbly Pray, that my Country in their Generosity might grant me some aid to subsist on during my remainder of life which must be short and your Petitioner will as in duty bound ever Pray for your Prosperity and the Perpetuity of the Government of these United States without my hand September the 1 st 1834
John H Hermann

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 17, 1924.
Mrs. John S. Cutter, 610 Ninth Ave., Shenandoah, Iowa.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 4915, it appears that John Hermann came to this country and enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the fall of 1776 and served in Captain John Elliott's Company, Colonel Armstrong's Pennsylvania Regiment, length of service not stated. He was in other tours, was at the battle of Trenton and was a Sergeant in Captain Thomas Askey's Company at the battle of Brandywine.
He applied for pension September 1, 1831, while a resident of Tannet (?) Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, aged about one hundred years, but the claim was not allowed, as the service he rendered was not in the Continental Establishment, as required by the pension

law, under which he applied.
In 1831, he referred to his family, but no names are stated.
The above noted soldier is the only John Hermannni, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau and there is no Ludwig Hermannni found on said records.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

✓ Dept of War 21891 1/2 Apr 1872 Pension Office
Pension office.
Hon. Secretary of War a.s. 4915
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Washington City.

Chambersburg 5 Sept. 1831.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Please examine the enclosed papers, and write me whether John Hermann is entitled to a pension - that he saw service during the Revolution is manifest - but I am apprehensive that the proof is defective - if so state in what - as I will be glad to send you the papers in my power
Respectfully Yrs
A. Hunter Crawford
The deposition referred to by J. M. Kennedy Esq. has been lost and James North is dead -

21891
John Hermann
Pen a
Act 18 March 1818
Report of left 1830 to letter to T. Hanley Brown

John Campbell Deposition

Franklin County Pa. Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County John Camp- bell Senr, who being duly sworn agreeable to law, deposeth and saith that on the twentieth day of September A.D. 1876 this deponent in company with John Hermann and some number of others who had volunteer- ed their services and joined in a company commanded by Captain John Elliott in the Potomac Valley then Cumberland County, from Pot- omac Valley we marched to Shipshensburgh, where there our company amounted to more than twenty men, from thence we marched with tolerable speed to Peter Amboy in New Jersey, where we were stationed during that campaign, after we returned home we were discharged, and I know that the said John Hermann marched, and served hours of duty several times, also, I know that he was an active whig as they were called, and very zealous in the cause of this country during the whole war, said Hermann is now near about an hundred years old and cannot live long, and in his present circumstances greatly needs the bounty of his country, and further saith not this deponent, witness my September 1 st A.D. 1881
Sworn to and subscribed the above date before me Edward McVitty
John Campbell Senr

I do certify that a James Leavitt was sworn before me in Twenty five or six respecting the success of Mr. Harmony Esq. then in the Emancipation war with him and was in the battle of Brandywine & afterwards in the battle of Trenton - Certified this 7 th July A.D. 1831
James M c Elhany

Deposition Samuel H. H. H.

Franklin County Pa.
Before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Samuel Withrow of Nettal Twp in said County and Resident in this place whom I have good reason to believe served in the American Army the time of the revolu- tionary war, & on his solemn oath by me Duly administered did depose & say, that he knows is certain that the Bearer John Har- minni was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Ashleys Company at the Battle of Brandywine in the year 1777 & sworn & subscribed this 14 th day of August 1838.
Samuel Withrow
James Kilgore

War Department-Pension Office
Sept. 9-1831.
J. Hartley Crawford Esq. Chambersburg- Pa.
Sir:- The documents in support of the claim of John Hermann have been examined & will remain on our files. Colonel Armstrong and Captain Elliott under whom he states to have served, did not belong to the Continental Establishment; as the act of March 18. 1818, under which he claims, provides for none who did not serve on the Continental Establishment; he is not entitled to a pension.
B. L. B.
copied by AWS. July 16-24

MRS. JOHN SYDNEY CUTTER 610 NINTH AVE. SHENANDOAH, IOWA
June 11, 1924
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions. Sir.
Kindly send me the war record of John Ludwig Hermonni a revolutionary soldier from Amberston's valley Cumberland county (now Franklin) Penna.
Tradition places him at Valley Forge with Washington.
Respectfully
Mrs John S. Cutter
Registrar Shenandoah Chapter D.A.R.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED  4910.  John Hermann  Service: _____  Enlisted: _____, 18  Discharged: _____, 18  Application filed: _____, 18  not on printed list of 1892.  Alleges: _____  Re-enlisted: _____  Attorney: _____  U. S. _____  _____ Recognized. _____ Contract  _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18  1924 - July 17 - Hon. to Mrs. John S. Southern and