REV. WAR PENSION: WILLIAM HEDREIK (1833); SEVIER CO., TN/LANCASTER CO., PA Contributed by: Deborah Pritchett (dkp@southernmuse.com) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** WILLIAM HEDREIK (Resided: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Green, Sullivan and Sevier Counties in Tennessee). ============================================================ Application for pension for William Hedreik, Revolutionary War soldier: [FIRST PAGE]: State of Tennessee, Sevier County} On this 6th day of March 1833 Personally appeared before me Jacob Holland one of the acting Justices of the Court of [Plias?] and Quarter sessions in and for the said County of Sevier and state of Tennessee at his own house in the said County and state he being intirely unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity William Hedreik a resident of the said County and state in the said County of Sevier and state of Tennessee aged 89 years who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 8th 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 Pensylvania on the 25th 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 Pensylvania at which place he volunteered for a six months tour in the fall of 1775 as he thinks under Capt Thomas Cassinhefner in Maj Abraham Ledrours Regiment of militia he was a musitian and played the fife we rendezvoused at Sta...t..n in Lancaster County at the time last aforesaid we marched to Philladelphia lay there some time and was joined by a considerable army but the names of the officers not recollected then we marched to Elizabeth town and [Annbay, Arisbay?] and then to New York Lay in sight of New York some 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 recollected we staid in the neighborhood of the battle a considerable time and marched to New York lay their some time and then to Trenton and and then crossed the Delaware River and then back to Lancaster and was there verbelly 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 perticulars of his tour but is sertain he served six months at this time He had a stroke of the palsey a few months ago which has so impared his speach that is with great dificulty he can make himself understood- Again while liveing in the said Lancaster County Pa some time in the [SECOND PAGE]: summer of 1776 as he thinks in the said County of Lancaster he enlisted for eighteen months under Capt Grub (his christian name not recollected) in the 5th or 6th Regiment of the Pensylvania line of Infantry or rifle men as he thinks The name of the Col that commanded him not recollected 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 recollected nor his grade he thinks he was caled Doctor Armstrong they march to Philadelphia and then to Trenton he was in the battle of Trenton and in the battle of Prinstun and in the battle of Brandywine and also the battle of Jermintown after that we marched to Philadelphia and was then honourably 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 fifer during the last tour of service and enroled as such He has lived since the Revolution the following places but he continued to live in Lancaster County Pa till the war was over he then moved into Sulivan County Tennessee he lived there about niniteen years and then moved into Greene County Tennessee lived there about nineteen years he then moved into Sevier County Tennessee 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 [-d to witt ?] [Divid?] Cunningham John Cotter William Cotter Samuel Baley Robert Coisan & Aaron [Crawton/Crawlton?] all of whom he believed would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe him to have been [a soldier of the revolution?] He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his actual service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a [THIRD PAGE]: pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agensy of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me [signed] Jacob Holland a justice of the Court over staples and quarter setions [signed] William [his x mark] Hedrick We Frederick Emmett a clergyman residing in the County of Blount and state of Tennessee and in William Hedericks neighbourhood but a cross the county line and John Cotter residing in the County of Sevier hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hederick sho 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 neighbourhood 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 [signed] Jacob Holland a justice of the Court over ples and quarter sessions [signed] Frederic Emmett [signed] John Cotter 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 Emitt who signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman residint in the County of Blount and in the said applicants neighborhood and that John Cotter who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Sevier and are credible persons and that their statement is intitled to credit and that the said William Hederick is intirely unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, [signed] Jacob Holland, a Justice of the peace of the Court of files and quarter sessions ______________________________________________ In a separate printed form, with the particulars hand-written by the clerk: Pension was granted, transcript as follows: East Tennessee William Hedreik of Sevier Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cassinheufner in the regiment commanded by Maj Ledrours 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 ??? James Mair Knoxville Arrears to the 4th of March...................40.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.........10.00 =================================================== ............................................................$50.00 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Danl Boyd , Clerk Book R Vol. 7 Page 46 ================================================ TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: GENERAL NOTES: Transcribed by D.K.P. from an electronic-carbon copy of the original hand-written document. Dark and fairly legible, but somewhat difficult to read the antiquated handwriting. Some ink blots obscure letters in words. I've tried as far as possible to keep the spelling, grammar and punctuation (or lack thereof!) exactly as it appeared in the original. The word "ago" always appears with a long, hooked flourish at the end that makes it look like "agoe." In general, "i" and "e" are nearly indistinguishable except in instances where the "i" is clearly dotted. Certain letters tend to become compressed within the body of a word, making it legible only by context. In those cases, I have given the word its full spelling. Because of the poor quality of the original, plus loss by reproduction, my transcription may have errors. I had difficulty with the place names contained in the document. Pages are unnumbered. In the original document, words are sometimes broken at the syllable so that they "wrap" to the next line, unhyphenated. I did not indicate this in the transcript, but chose to keep the word intact. "Court of ?plias? and Quarter sessions" becomes compressed or abbreviated, so I'm not sure what it is: could be "files, supplies or staples." Maybe looking at other pensions would help decipher it. Ink blots obscure some letters. Where I wasn't sure of the word, I used brackets. I apologize for any mistakes. NOTES (First page): After the location and date there is the usual squiggle used as a divider, and then an "S" or flourish before the word "On." The same flourish appears before the word "sessions" once. Concerning applicant's age: It looks as if, in the original document, the clerk made a correction over the age. It appears he wrote "88" and then corrected over it to read "89," or vice versa. The "9" appears bolder than the other digits, so I have picked up "89" as the age of the applicant. Also toward the bottom of the first page, in the sentence "...then crossed the Delaware River...": Originally, "Potomack" was written in. Potomack was lined through, with an insertion point for the word, "Delaware." NOTES (Second page): Between the fourth and third lines from the bottom of the page, a line was left out, apparently a legal requisite, containing the oath as to the applicant's veracity. The clerk has corrected the error by crowding the missing line between the other two, to the extent that it is very nearly illegible. I have transcribed it as: ..."he believed would testify that he is...a soldier of the revolution." ___________________ Copies of various old forms were sent with the pension application, summaries that aided in transcribing the names in the original document. The forms are: 1) A copy of a typed request form dated 9 March 1906, with these data fields: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment; Length of Service; Rank; Captain; Colonel; State; Battles engaged in. The 1906 clerk filled in the data as follows: (Row 1): Dates-Fall 1776; Length, 6 mos.; Rank, Musc.; Captain, Cassenhefner; Colonel, Major Abraham Lederur; State, Pa. (Row 2): Dates-Summer 1776; Length, 18 mos.; Rank, Fifer; Captain, Grubb; Colonel, Rifle reg't; State, 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 2) A copy of a type-written, printed form entitled, "Regulations Under The Act of June 7, 1832. It includes a declaration which uses the legal wording as used in the handwritten pension application, and it helped me to correctly transcribe the legal language used in the hand-written pension application. __________________________ The following information may be useful if you decide to order your own copy of this pension from the National Archives: File to be searched: Pension Veteran: Hedreik, William Branch of service: Army State from which he served: Pennsylvania War in which he served: Revolutionary War Pension/Bounty-Land file no.: S4355 Place(s) vet. lived after svc.: Sullivan Co., Tenn. (19 yrs.); Greene Co., Tenn. (19 yrs.); Sevier Co., Tenn. in 1833 Date of birth: 12-25-1744 (25 Dec. 1744) Place of birth: Lancaster Co., Penn. Date of death: Sept. 1839 Place of death: Wears Cove, Sevier Co., Tenn.