REV. WAR PENSION APPLICATION - CONRAD REICHSWICK (1818); Columbia Co., PA



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Revolutionary Pension File

Conrad REICHSWICK (REISWICK, REISWIG) File # S40323

Page 1, Summary

State o PA, Columbia Co.,

CONRAD REICHSWICK, age 70, appeared before the Judge of the Court of Common 

Pleas, Columbia County on June 4, 1818. At this time he was a resident of 

Columbia County.



Conrad enlisted near Easton in PA 1776, In the company commanded by Captain 

Thomas Craig of the 2 PA Regt, he served one year. He was discharged at 

Ticonderoga. He served in the battle of the Fleare(?? Hard to read) River in 

Canada.



He is requesting pension payment.



Signed William Montgomery, Conrad Reiswig



Page 2

Dated August 7,1820. Conrad appeared before the Columbia County, open circuit of 

court pleas in Danville. Conrad lists his age as 75, and states that he served 

in the service of Thomas Craig. He is requesting pension under the 1818 act. His 

certificate number is 14393



Additional information:



. 1820 that "I received no pension from the state of Pennsylvania or any other 

state... I am by trade a shoe-maker and weaver, but am unable to follow either 

of them by reason of age and infirmity and am unable to earn a living by reason

thereof I have living with me my wife Mary age 55 years and five children, the 

eldest a daughter 22 years, a boy 19 years, and one other boy the youngest 16 

years.



This was his schedule of property in 1820



2 Horses and 1 colt worth $70

2 Cows and 2 Heiffers $24

8 or 9 Sheep $8

8 hogs and some pigs $12

1 old loom $4

1 smiths belows $8

A few tea cups and sausers, plates $1

A waggon and an old day clock $20

______________________________

total $140



File 14393. Conrad REICHSWICK in Columbia County, PA. He was a private in the 

regiment commanded by Capt. Craig of the 2d PA Regt, for one year.

His nam is added to the roll of PA Pensioners at the rate of eight dollars per 

month, to begin on the 4th of June 1818. Certificate of Pension issued to the 

10th of Sept 1819 and sent to Wm Mongomery, Danville, PA. Arrears of $176.26.

Writing on column on right side, says "Dead. See letter to Hon A. Beaumont. 

March 11, 1835. Letter to MG Hurley May 1854. " Note in 1854 the five children 

of Conrad appeared before MG Hurley in Columbia County, asking if they were 

entitled to additional funds due to their father's service and pension funds. 

There is no copy of this letter or it's reply in his pension file. A reference 

to it states their father Conrad died in 1830, and his widow in 1840. None of 

Conrad's children's names are mentioned in his file.



There are additional forms in his file, which are very illegible and difficult 

to read. It appears they are court dates that Conrad appeared before the court 

in order to continue receiving his pension.



Note Conrad REICHSWICK appears in the 1820, 1825 Pensioners Census for Columbia 

County. His name does not appear in the 1830 census. Apparently he died between 

January, and the time of the census in 1830.