Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4355, William Hedreik, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Hedrick, William
S 4355
CONTENTS
Carded.

19067 East Tennessee
William Hedrick of Sevier Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Capenheimer of the regiment commanded by Maj. Leavitt in the Penn line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Augt and South same near Knoxville
Arrears to the 4th of March 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Augt 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jam Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 46
Hedrick

and it may not be within the 5th or 6th but his name is on the list somewhere all who are acquainted with him have the fullest confidence in his integrity James Hair
Prussian Application of Wm Hedrick
24.3.84
Direct every thing on the subject to James Hair Knoxville Tennessee

state of Pennsylvania On this 6 th day of March 1833 Sullivan County } Personally appeared before me Jacob Holland one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Sullivan and state of Pennsylvania at his own house in the said County and state being entirely unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity William Hedrick a resident of the said County and state in the said County of Sullivan and state of Penn- sylvania aged 88 years who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on the 25 th day of December 1744 He has no record of his age at this time he had a record in his family bible but he lost his bible some years ago He lived in said Lancaster County Pennsylv- ania at which place he volunteered for a six months tour in the fall of 1775 as he thinks under Capt Thomas Capenhefner in Maj Abraham Sedgours Regiment of militia he was a musician and played the fife we encamped at Staun- ton in Lancaster County at the time last aforesaid we marched to Phila- delphia lay there same time and was joined by a consid- erable army but the names of the officers not recollect- ed then we marched to Elizabeth town and Amboy and then to New York Lay in sight of New York same time we then marched up the river and had a battle with the british in which we were defeated the name of the battle or of the place not recollect- d we staid in the neighbor- hood of the battle a considerable time and marched to New York lay there same time and then to Trenton and and then crossed the Delaware  Schuylkill River and then back to Lancaster and was there verbally discharged which he thinks was in the spring of 1776 He served at this time six months he may be mistaken as to dates and the particulars of his tour but is certain he served six months at this time He had a stroke of the palsy a few years ago which has so impaired his speech that is with great difficulty he can make himself understood - Again while living in the said Lancaster County Pa.

same time in the summer of 1776 as he thinks in the said County of Lancaster he enlisted for eighteen months under Capt Grub (his christian name not recollectd) in the 5 th or 6 th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line of Infantry as rifle men as he thinks The name of the Col that commanded him not recollectd he was the greater part of the time under the command of Genl Washington He thinks he was enlisted by a man by the name of Armstrong his Christian name not recollectd nor his grade He thinks he was called Doctor Armstrong They marched to Philadelphia and then to Trenton he was in the battle of Trenton and in the battle of Princeton Princeton and in the battle of Brandywine and also the battle of Germantown after that we marched to Philadelphia and was there honorably discharged his discharge was signed by the said Capt Grub as he thinks but was lost many years ago he served his full time of eighteen months at this time he served in the whole two years for which he claims pension He was a fife during the last term of service and enlisted as such He has lived since the Revolution in the following places to wit he continued to live in Lancaster County Pa till the war was over he then moved into Sullivan County Penns ye he lived there about nineteen years and then moved into Greene County Penns ye lived there about nineteen years he then moved into Scioto County Penns ye and has lived there ever since He never was drafted nor a substitute He cannot state the name of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor the continental nor militia regiments farther than above stated He never did receive a commission during the Revolution He is known in his present neighborhood to wit David Cunningham John Catter William Catter Samuel Kelly Robert Cassan & Asahel Crossan all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they helped him He has no other  voluntary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his actual service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a

prussian or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the prussian roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me William his Hedrick mark Jacob Holland a justice of the peace of the fort of pleas and quarter sessions
We Frederick Ennett a clergyman residing in the County of Blount and state of Tennessee and in William Hedricks neighborhood but across the county line and John Catter residing in the County of Sevier hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hedrick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 88 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Frederick Ennett John Catter Jacob Holland a justice of the peace of the fort of pleas and quarter sessions
And the said justice does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the said applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and it appears to him that Frederick Ennett who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Blount and in the said applicants neighborhood and that John Catter who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Sevier and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said William Hedrick is entirely unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity Jacob Holland a justice of the peace of the fort of pleas and quarter sessions

State of Pennsylvania } George W. Cawn Clerk of the Court of Pleas Sevier County } and Quarter Sessions in and for said County
do hereby certify that Jacob Holland before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Sevier and state of Pennsylvania and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the foregoing signatures to the pension application of William Hedrick which purports to be his are his genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Sevierville this 8 th Day of March 1833
George W. Cawn Clerk
The examining officer will please take same pains in examining the Pennsylvania rolls for the name of Wm Hedrick his speech is so much impaired that it was difficult to learn the names of battalions or places and he was not certain about the number of his Regim- ent it may not be either the 5 th or 6 th but his name is on the roll somewhere all who are acquainted with him have the fullest confidence in his integrity
James H. Hair
Prussian Application of Wm Hedrick
26.3.82
Direct every thing on the subject to James Hair Knapsville Tennessee

24.384.
William Hedrick Sevier Co Tennessee
for 1775 private 6 months $20.
\frac{3}{2} = 1.5
James Hairs Knoxville

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 18 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Hedreich Leveer  60  Tennessee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Fall 1775 " 6 " Priv Maj. Ledson Col. Caspenhef ner 88 years Lancaster 60 Traditionary   Sum 1776 1 6 " Leper Gen Washington Col. Graft Penn a  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

As the papers of Wm Hedrick now stands he is intitled to pension for six months service he is old and poor and afflicted with the palsy so that his speech is almost destroyed and has moved from his former place of residence and acquaintance and has no means of proving actual service if tradition would do he could get all his neighbors but if not and his name cannot be found he will have to let it go so his speech is so much impaired by the palsy and he a Dutchman that it is almost impossible to understand the names of persons and place which is probably the reason why his name cannot be found in the Department Query whether the absence of the roll ought to be prima facie evidence against the applicant Please allow him so far as he has brought himself within the law
James Hair

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Hedreich , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Inv. 7. 435-5. Mar. 9, 1906.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1775. 6 mos. Musc. Caesenhefner Major Abraham Lederer Pa.   Summer 1776 18 mos. Lifer Grubb Rifle reg't. Pa.                                            
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co., Pa. Date of application for pension, March 6, 1833. Claim allowed. Residence at date of application, Sevier Co., Tenn. Age at date of application, Born Dec. 25, 1744, in Lancaster Co., Pa.
Remarks: _____
Information copied from card.
Very respectfully,
J. B. Lawson, Sevierville, Tenn.
Commissioner.

Kist: to J. B. Lawson Mar. 9, 1906.
Rev. Mar
4355.
INVALID.
File No. 4355
* William Hedrick Putt. Par. line
Act: June 14/82
Index:—Vol. A , Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* William Hedrick. Records corrected Apr. 1 '06 A.

419067
Sevierville, Tennessee. Feb. 21, 1906.
To the Hon - Commissioner of Pensions - Washington - D.C. -
Dear Sir:- Tradition says that about 70 years ago, more or less, a pension was granted to William Headrick, then a resident of Tennessee, who had served for 7 years as a fifer, perhaps in a Pennsylvania regiment, in the revolutionary war.
If you have any record of such pension, will you please inform me, and greatly oblige (Yours) truly -
J. B. Lawson - Sevierville - Tennessee.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hedley, Moses GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8471 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 31, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.