Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1440, Lewis Bruch, French Troops
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE French troops * Bruch, Lewis Catharine  NUMBER R. 1440
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3432 Catharine Bruch of Lewis Pennsylvania
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To the Honorable J. R. Poinsett - Secretary of War  U.S. The undersigned ( Catharine  Bruch ) respectfully represents  That she is the widow  & relict of Lewis Bruch , who was a soldier in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, that she is now advanced  far in life and destitute of comfort , and desirous to avail herself of the benefits of the acts of Congress, made & provided, for the widow of soldiers whose husbands  rendered services during that war, humbly solicits the proper authorities of the United States , to place her on the pension List so that she may receive the allowance provided in such  cases - by the said acts of Congress , etc.  ( her mark X ) Catharine Bruch  Witness at signing  Jno Goodman ( signed )
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA Be it known , That  on the day of the date hereof , before me JOHN GOODMAN , Notary Public for the Commonwealth  of Pennsylvania, residing in the Norther Liberties in the County of Philadelphia, by lawful authority duly commissioned and affirmed, and by law authorized to administer Oaths and Affirmations, Personally appeared Catharine Bruch  the widow & relict of Lewis Bruch , resident in the North Liberties of Philadelphia, aged upwards of seventy one  years who being duly sworn according to law , did depose & say that she was married to  Lewis Bruch on the 19th day of May  A.D. 1785 that she  frequently heard her husband say  that he came to the United States  with the French Troops - and that he was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis with the British Troops under his command, - that she  also heard him say  , that General LaFayette came onto  America  two years before he ( her dec'd  husband ) came on  with the French Troops - and further with that her husband died on 14th day  of July 1826 . which was twelve years - the 14th July last, and since the death of her said husband has remained in her widowhood. The said deponent  furthermore produced to me the said Notary , a sheet of paper containing the family record of the said Lewis Bruch , written  in the German language and which on her oath aforesaid this deponent declares to be in  the proper hand writing of her  ( deceased ) husband, the said L. Bruch, and had been  sawn in their family Bible from which she took it. ( From the said records I made the following extract, which literally  translated as follows. ) "  The 19th May in the year 1785 . I entered the marriage state with Catharine  Hartman , she was born in 1767 " and further this deponent saith not. ( her mark X ) Catharine Bruch.  In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notary  Seal  , at Philadelphia aforesaid, this thirteenth day of September 1838. J. Goodman ( signed )
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA  Be it known , That on the day of the date hereof , before me JOHN GOODMAN, Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing inthe Northern Liberties, in the County of Philadelphia, by lawful authority duly commissioned  and affirmed , and by law  authorized to administer Oaths and Affirmations, Personally appeared Maria Mayer the widow  & relict of  John Mayer -  late of the County of Philadelphia  dec'd  : aged seventy nine years  who being duly sworn according to law did depose &  say that  she well knows Ludwig Bruch  in his life time that he came to the United States with the French Troops in the year 1780 - to the best of her recollection - that the said Ludwig or Lewis Bruch  was a soldier in the French Army  - under the command of  General De Loussan, that the Regiment  to which he belonged  was commanded by  Col. Delong, and that he company to which he belonged was commanded by Capt. Miscosky - that  when the French troops departed for Europe from Wilmington - State of Delaware, the said Lewis Bruch  remained in the U.S.  that she is certain that he continued in the  French services until the  troops returned to Europe, that she well knows Catharine  the widow & relict of the said Lewis Bruch, that she knew her for two years  before her intermarriage with Lewis Bruch, that her maiden name was Catharine Hartman - that  Lewis Bruch  had been  in the employ of deponent's husband , who also was a Blacksmith by trade, and that he lived with his wife during  the remainder of his life  &  at his death left several children behind - Deponent further says that she was not present  at his intermarriage , but was at his funeral  & furthermore saith not. ( her mark X ) Maria Mayer ( margin note ) ( I certify that Maria Mayer is a credible witness. Jno Goodman )
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State of Pennsylvania
Be it known, that on the day of the date hereof, before me, JOHN GOODMAN, 
Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing in the Northern Liberties, 
in the County of Philadelphia, by lawful authority duly commissioned and affirmed, and by law author-
ized to administer Oaths and Affirmations, Personally appeared Margaret Dull of the
Northern Liberties in the County of our aid, aged Twenty six years
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Catharine Burch
Pennsylvania
Rejected
See lets. 5th Dec '38 Hon. C. Naylor
1440
Service in the
French Army
Act 7 July 1838.
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1440
Rejected
P.O. Catherine Bruch
widow of Ludwig or Lewis
Service: Bruch
Correct Name
Enlisted: -, 18-.
Discharged: -, 18-.
Application filed: -,18-.
Pages: List of rejected claims
printed in 1852, shows cause
Reenlisted: or rejection as follows:
"Served in the French Army"
Attorney:_
P.O._
_Recognized _Contract.
_Cert. of Dis. Seacrhed for -, 18-.
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War Dept. Pen Office
Decr. 5. 1838
Sir
The Paper in the 
case of Catherine Burch widow 
of Lewis Burch decd. have been 
examined. The service of the her 
husband was in the French Army; 
and such service is not provided 
for by the Pension laws. The claim 
has consequently been rejected and 
papers filled in this office.
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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House of Rep. N States.
Washington Decr. 1838
Dear Sir,
Here with I send you the application 
of Catherine Burch for a pension. Will you 
be kind enough to examine it and communicate to me the results?
Very Respectfully
Your Obed. Servt.
Charles Naylor