Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,137, for Baltzer Lohr, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
Penn

Lohr, Baltzer
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 9.137

CONTENTS
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11.762
Maryland
Elizabeth Loht decd.
widow of Baltzer Lohr of Pena. in the State of (blank) who was a private in the (blank) commanded by Captain (blank) of the (blank) commanded by (blank) in the Revolution line for one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836, & end March 4th 1841.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of June 1855 and sent to P. O'Neill Frederick Md:

Arrears to the 4th of (blank)
Semi=annual allowance ending (blank)

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by G T Getty Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 1.  Page 255.
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Proof of marriage before 1794 satisfactory.  Family Record inspected by Triplett
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State of Maryland
Frederick County to wit

On this fifth day of March A.D. 1855, before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county and state aforesaid, appeared David Lohr, and under oath in due form of laws, that a Bible which he exhibited to me, bearing date A.D. 1763 in which a record of the marriage of Baltzer Lohr and the births and deaths in the family of said Baltzer Lohr, appear to have been recorded, is the private family record of said Baltzer Lohr, kept by him during his life and that the entries made in such Bible in the German language are the hand writing of his father, the said Baltzer Lohr, and that since the death of his father, he, the said David Lohr, has had the custody and possession of the said Bible and that he is about to forward the said Bible, together with this affidavit to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Signed:  (illegible) Lohr

Sworn and subscribed before me.
James M. Harding J. P.

State of Maryland
Frederick County Seh.

I hereby certify that the afore James M. Harding Esquire, before whom this aforegoing affidavit was made, and who has thereto attached his genuine signature, was at the time of so doing, a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Frederick County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and office of the seal of the circuit court for Frederick County on this 5th day of March 1855.
Signed:  Edward Shriver, Clk.
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State of Maryland Frederick County to wit
On this 11th day of March 1855 before me the
subscriber a Judge of the Circuit Court of Frederick County in the third Judicial District of Maryland, personally appeared David John and Ann Maria Bidle formerly Ann Maria Lohr, both of the County and State aforesaid, aged as follows to wit, The said Ann Maria is 67 years of age, and the said David John 59 years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on their Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by act of Congress as they believe in 1818, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War, But their object is more
particularly to obtain the amount of pension to which their mother Elizabeth Lohr Widow of Baltzer Lohr a Revolutionary pensioner was entitled from the death of her said husband up to her death.
Proof of service
The said Baltzer Lohr was a private soldier in
the war of the Revolution, in the Pennsylvania
line, he enlisted as they are advised in November 1775, was surrendered to the enemy at Fort Washington in 1776, and was honorably discharged on the 21st January 1777 they have not seen his discharge and they believe it is lost. He received a pension which was paid at the Maryland Agency, for further evidence of his services they beg to refer you to the proofs filed by him with the application for said pension. - To facilitate the investigation they herewith send you a letter received in 1851 from the Commissioner of Pensions
they have no documentary evidence of service or of his pension.
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Proof of Marriage
They have no knowledge of any Public Record
of the Marriage of said Baltzer and Elizabeth
Lohr Nor do they know the name of the Clergyman who married them, they have however the Bible in which the said Baltzer Lohr kept the family Record which shows, that the said Baltzer and Elizabeth were married on the 15th day of March 1787, and that her name before marriage was Elizabeth Knauf.
Proof of Death
They state that of their own knowledge that the said Baltzer Lohr died on the fourth of March 1827 in the above County and State,
That Elizabeth the Widow of the said Baltzer Lohr remained his widow to the day of her
death, that she departed this life in the
County and State aforesaid on the 20th day
of March 1841.
Identity
They state that they Ann Maria Bidle formerly Ann Maria Loher, and David Lohr are the children and only heirs at Law of the said Baltzer and Elizabeth Lohr, and they respectfully ask that the amount of pension to which their mother was entitled may be paid to them through their agent
[signed] Ann Maria Bidle x her mark
[signed] David Lohr

Test M Nelson Judge
of the circuit court for the 3d judicial circuit of Maryland
I certify that I am in no wise interested in the prosecution of the above claim.
M. Nelson
1st March 1855
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State of Maryland Frederick County to wit
At a Circuit Court held for Frederick County in the third Judicial District of Maryland March 9th 1855, satisfactory evidence was adduced
in Court by the testimony of Isaac Late and George Late, that Baltzer Lohr an old Revolutionary pensioner and long a resident of this County died in the spring of the year 1827 and that his Widow Elizabeth Lohr also died in this County in March 1841, that she remained the widow of said Baltzer Lohr up to her death, that said Baltzer and Elizabeth Lohr lived together as husband and wife and were reputed as such by all their neighbours, that Ann Maria Bidle and David Lohr are the children and only surviving heirs of said Baltzer and Elizabeth Lohr, and they swear they are disinterested witnesses, sworn to and subscribed before me.
M Nelson Judge
of the circuit court for the third judicial circuit of Maryland
[signed] Isaac Late
[signed] George Late

I Edward Shriver Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County in the Third Judicial District of Maryland, do hereby certify that the above evidence was taken by Judge Nelson in open
Court and that the same is recorded in my office, and that the persons testifying are credible witnesses of this County; And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the foregoing case, and am not concerned in its prosecution
In testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix the seal
of the Circuit Court for Frederick County
this 9th day of March 1855
Edward Shriver
Clk
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The applicant must make a declaration agreeably to the enclosed for - no evidence of service will be required.
J. L. Edwards
War Dep Pension Office July 26 1819

(Cadwallader was a Lt. Col. in 1776)
Admd
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State of Maryland Montgomery County Sct.
I hereby certify that Charles J Kilgour Esquire whose name is heretofore signed was at the time one of the associate Judges of the third Judicial District of Maryland and that Montgomery County is one of the County comparing said District

In Testimony whereof I have thereto subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of Montgomery County Court this twenty Eighth
day of July Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and nineteen
[seal affixed]

Upton Beall Clk of
Montgomery County Court
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State of Maryland Frederick County to wit.
On this 29th day of May 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the said county and State George Late and Isaac Late aged respectively sixty eight years and sixty five years residents of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law, declare that Ann Maria Bidle and David Lohr are the only surviving children and heirs at Law of Elizabeth Lohr late of the County aforesaid deceased and that the said Elizabeth Lohr was the widow of Baltzer Lohr a Revolutionary Pensioner, and they swear they are disinterested witnesses. 
attest Mathias Kolb
[signed] George Late

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of May 1855, and I Certify that George Late and Isaac Late are credible Witnesses, to me well known and that I have no interest in the issue of the case in which this testimony is to be used.
[signed] Mathias Kolb J.P.
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State of Maryland, Frederick County, Sct.

I hereby certify that Mathias Kolb, Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit were made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Frederick County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn -

And I further certify that the signature thereto attached is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of the Circuit Court for Frederick County, this Thirty first day of May A. D. 1855.
Edward Shriver, Clk
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Frederick March 15th 1855

L.P. Waldo Esq.

Dear sir,
Your favour of the 14th is received, in which you acknowledge the receipt of the papers forwarded by me in the case of the children of Elizabeth Lohr deceased widow of Baltzer, which papers you say are filed under the act of July 7th 1838 - I also received the form for a declaration to be filed under that act, with instructions as to what must be proved.
It must have been overlooked that with the papers filed in the case, there is a declaration proving clearly by disinterested witnesses in open Court, all the facts that you now require me to prove.
I proved the service by referring to the proofs on which he obtained his pension. I proved the Marriage by the private record inn his own Bible, and left the Bible at the Department, with an affidavit proving the record to have been made by the deceased pensioner Baltzer Lohr.
I strengthened the proof of marriage by the testimony of two respectable disinterested witnesses who knew Baltzer and Elizabeth Lohr to have lived together as husband and wife, and that they were reputed as such by all their neighbours, By the same witnesses and also by the records in the Bible I proved the death of Baltzer Lohr and of his widow Elizabeth Lohr. I have also proved the identity of the claimants, and that they are the only heirs at Law of Elizabeth Lohr, these proofs were taken in open Court, properly certified to and the County Seal attached, the applicants
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requested that they might receive the amount which might be found due them under any act of Congress applicable to their case for they knew not the act under which their claim would be considered. In view of these facts I trust that a reexamination of the papers on file will suffice to establish the claim of the applicant. You suggest that an administrator be appointed and the amount of his official Bond be certified to your office.
If you will inform me that the application is successful and state the sum that may be due, I will have an administrator appointed who will Bond for double the sum, and I will send a certified copy of said Bond with the seal of the Court attached to your office, Letters of administration will not issue unless there is a certainty of some property to be administered and.
I very respectfully ask your early attention to this matter. waiting the pleasure of hearing from you I remain your obedient servant.

[signed] P. ONeill
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Pension Office
August 22nd 1851

Sir.
I herewith return the papers transmitted by you to this office in April last, relating to a claim for bounty land in right of Baltzer Lohr, decd, who was a soldier in the Pennsylvania line and in reference thereto have to inform you that, on examination of Mr Lohr's Pension Papers, it appears from his own Affidavit, that he enlisted in November 1775, for the limited term of "one year" was among the prisoners of war surrendered to the enemy at the taking of Fort Washington in November 1776 and was subsequently paroled and finally discharged on the 21st January 1777. He did not therefore, acquire a right to County land from the U. States, as no soldier of the Revolution was entitled to that bounty unless he enlisted for the required term of "during the war" and continued to serve to the end thereof in 1783.
Respy Yr Ob Sert
[signed] F S Evans

P. O.Neill, Esq
Frederick City
Maryland

(290)
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Elizabeth Lohr Baltzer 
Md - sus - 1838
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Frederick  May 31st 1855

L. P. Waldo Esq

Dear sir

Enclosed please find the testimony which the Department required, to establish the claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Lohr deceased to the Pension due in right of their Mother.

This I hope with the other testimony already furnished will be found sufficient.

Waiting the pleasure of hearing from you
I Remain your obedient servant
P. ONeill
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No 15273
Elizabeth Loht decd.
widow of Baltzer
Maryland
P. O'Neil March 14 1855
same do 27 1855
  "  May 5 1855
  "  May 21 1855

July 7 1838
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Revy   WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9137
Elizabeth Lohr
Wid. of Baltzer Lohr
Pvt. Rev. line

Act: July 7"/38
Index:-Vol. A, Page 441

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Elizabeth Lohr, deceased
widow of Baltzer 
Maryland

Act July 7, 1838 [text crossed out]
Admitted
Private one year. at $40 per annum from March 4th 1836 to March 4th, 1841 (She died Mar 20, 1841.)  

Certificate payable to Patrick O'Neill her administrator, for the benefit of David Lohr and Ann Maria Biddle her only surviving children
Atty.
P. O'Neill
Frederick Md