Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44349, George Balitz, Continental (Md.)
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SERVICE
Continental (Md.

Balitz, George
or
Balizts

NUMBER
S. 44349
B.L.Wt. 1843. 100
B.L. Wt. 2379-100

Wayne's Indian War

CONTENTS
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8864
Ohio

George Balitz,
of Urbanna, in the state of Ohio,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Butler of the Pennsylva
line, for the term of six years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence of
the 13 of May, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17, of March 18??
and sent to John Runyon, judge
Urbanna Champain Co Ohio

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819..................77.93
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819.....48
9 mos. 23/31.................................................$125.93

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }

Continued.

[Left of page:] Notification sent May 18th 1824 to Wm Ward [illegible]
Clk of Superior Court Champaign Coty Ohio.
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George Balizts
affidavit.
May 13, 1818.

George Balizts private
fourth Penna Regt
1777 to 1783 18 May 1818

Admitted [written over very faint writing:]
Service covered
the Judges certificate do to the
claimant's circumstances is
awarded.
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The State of Ohio  }
Champaign County   }   Sct:
Personally appeared before me John Runyan an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Ohio George Balizts and upon his Corporal Oath made the following Declaration (Towit) that he the said George Balizts on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven Enlisted as a private soldier in the Company of Captain David Hopkins belonging to the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War for during the war then existing between the United States and Great Britian. and the said George Balizts further saith that he faithfully served in the capacity of a Private Soldier in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War from the time of his aforesaid Enlistment until some time in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred & Eighty Three after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis when he was honorably discharged at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania which said discharge he has said lost by time & accident. And the said George Balizts further saith that he is a resident of the Town of Urbana in the County of Champaign & State of Ohio was Eighty one years of age on the fifteenth day of April last was in the Battle of Brandywine Germantown Edge Hill Monmoth & at the taking of Lord Cornwallis during the time of his service in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid & from his Reduced Circumstances in life needs the assistance of his country for support
George Balizts
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13th day of May A.D. 1818
John Runyon  Ass'ite Judge

The State of Ohio      }
Champaign County. ss; }
I Samuel Gibbs Clerk of the court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid (being in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of said State), do hereby certify that John Rumson Esq. before whom the above deposition of George Balitz appears to have been
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been taken, is one of the Associate Judges of said court legally commissioned and qualified, and all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Urbana, this thirteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Samuel Gibbs   Clk

I John Runyon Judge as abovementioned Do further Certify that the above named George Balitz is in reduced Circumstances & really needs the assistance of his Country for support & I now transmit the proceedings taken & had before me to the Secretary of the War Department according to the directions of the Act of Congress Entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War
John Runyon Ass'te Judge

[paper covered seal to left of signature]
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Geo: Baltz
8867 -
Sept. 1: '19
Con

Con
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The State of Ohio Champaign County Supreme court of the Term of July 1820

On this 18 day of July AD 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Champaign in the said State of Ohio George Balitz aged Eighty three years resident in the County of Champaign aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (towit) that He Enlisted in the army of the United States in the month of May 1777 at Baltimore in the State of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain David Hopkins  belonging to the 4th Regiment commanded by Colonel Milon in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental Establishment for and during the was then existing between the United States and Great Britian and that he faithfully served out the full term of his aforesaid Enlistment where he was honorably discharged from service at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania sometime in June 1783 That on the 13th day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Eighteen he made a declaration in order to Obtain a Pension under the act of the 18th March 1818 and has since received a certificate of his being inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Ohio agency which said certificate bears date the twentieth day of March 1819 and numbered 8867-

And I the said George Balitz do solemnly swear that I was a resident the United states on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not [...illegible part of line...] any properties or [illegible] contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed

And I do further swear that my occupation is a saddlemaker maker and that in consequence of my advanced age in life and my bodily infirmities I am entirely unable to pursue it and I do further swear that I have not nor never had any children or family of any description and I do further swear that I have no [illegible] or description of property in the real or personal other that a few articles of wearing apparel
George his mark Balitz
Subscribed & sworn to in open court
July 18th 1820
W. Word Jr[??]   Clerk S.C.

The State of Ohio Champaign Co Supreme court July Term 1820
Personally appeared in open Court law H Fyffe and made oath that George Balitz a revolutionary pensioner has resided in his family for the last six years and that he still resides with them he has seen and had his statements made in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1st May 1820 in order to have his pension continued and that so for as they relate to his ability to work his family & his property are true in substance & in fact -
W H Fyffe
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court
July 17th 1820 W Word  Jr[??]   Clerk Sup Court

The State of Ohio  }
Champaign County   }
Be it remembered that at a Supreme Court held at the court house in the town of Urbana on the Nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
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twenty the following order was made in said court towit George Balitz on application for pension & under acts of Congress of 18 March 1818 and 1st May 1820 The Decleration of the applicant having been sworn to and subscribed in open court, and together with the accompanying and corresponding Depostion of Witness being filed It is ordered that a copy of the same be duly made out and certified

The State of Ohio  }
Champaign County  }  ss.
I William Word Jr[??] Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original and [?? now is on ] file in said Office In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Urbana the 4th [?? 7th] day of November 1820
Wm Word  Jr[??]   Clerk SCCC
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This certifies that some time in (the time recolected) William Balitz appeared before me & [illegible] some papers for the purpose of obtaing a land [illegible] from the third States as heir of George Balitz [illegible] a printed form was used & a lengthy interlineation was [illegible] in writing the substance of which was to [illegible] Col. Joseph Watson to convert the said Warrant into scrip & to sell the same. --This was done & appeared to be well understood by all the parties before signing & Sealing the same
E W D James J P
of Fayette County Ohio
June 17, 1832
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BOUNTY LAND
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES -- CLAIM OF HEIRS.
00
(No. 1)
State of Maine
County of Fayette }ss.
I, William Balitz of Campbell County Kentucky 
son + only heir at law of George Balitz late of the County 
of Champaign and State of Ohio but now deceased, do, upon oath, testify and 
declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said, George Balitz 
was a private Maryland Regiment of dragoons belonging 
to the Pennsylvania line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do 
further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity 
of land due the said deceased, from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, 
or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.

THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, William 
Balitz as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON my true 
and lawful attorney, for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United 
States, for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in the right of said deceased. [Illegible] And my said 
attorney I to hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint, one or more substitutes or 
attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, 
this nineteenth day of April A.D. 1832
In presence of 
M James 
(No. 2)
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above 
named County, the above named William Balitz signer and sealer to the foregoing 
declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged the 
other, as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
Sworn, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, 
this 19th day of April 
A.D. 1832
M James

(No. 3.)
State of Maine
County of Fayette }ss.
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county 
aforesaid, William Colgan and John Agnes both 
credible and disinterested persons, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe 
that George Balitz named in the within declaration, signed 
by William Balitz served in the Pennsylvania line, 
during the Revolutionary War: That they have understood that he died about six years since, viz. 
On or about the tenth day of July 1820 at [illegible] within 
the county of Champaign leaving M widow, and that William Balitz 
of the County of Campbell & State of Kentucky 


is the reputed and only heir at law of him, the said George Balitz

Sworn and subscribed before me, this 24th 
day of December A.D. 1831
M James
William Colgan
John Agnes
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(No. 4.)
State of Ohio
County of Fayette
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day, to wit: the twenty ninth day 
of February Anno Domini, 1832, there has been adduced satisfactory proof to the Court of 
Common Pleas holden at Washington by the deposition 
of William Colgan and John Agnes two credible witnesses, 
and other explanations and information submitted, that William Balitz, who has made the 
declaration on oath and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a son 
and only heir of George Balitz late a private in the Continental army of 
the Revolutionary War, and that there are no other heirs 




and that the above named person is only heir of the said George Balitz 
known to be living.
IN WITNESS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, 
in my capacity of a [illegible] Clerk of the Court of C.M. this twenty third 
day of April Anno Domini, 1832
(NO 5.) Saml Millikan Deputy Clerk
State of Ohio
County of Fayette
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Edison Jones Esquire, 
before whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition hereto annexed appear to have been signed and 
made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the 
county of Fayette aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official 
acts as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, 
at Washington this twenty third day of April A.D. 1832
(NO. 6.) Saml Millikan Deputy Clerk
INSTRUCTIONS
It is only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney. 
Although in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont; 
the Judges of Probate, in New-York and New-Jersey the Surrogates; in South Carolina and Georgia the 
Ordinaries; in Virginia, North-Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and other Western States, the 
Courts of Record are considered as authorized to certify heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany
their certificates (which must be under seal or its absence accounted for) with the evidence on which 
they may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith which is indispensable as to the States of 
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and North-Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular 
officer is authorized to certify heirship, yet even in these, it is advisable, to cause the certificate of heirship 
No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the granting letters of administration, and receiving 
the proof of wills.
DIRECTIONS AS TO FILLING OUT THE BLANKS
In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship--After regiment 
in the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalids, sappers and miners, Hazen or Congress, as 
the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied. 
In Deposition No. 3, previous to the word a, or no, as the case may be; 
and in the blank which follows, place the names of all the heirs, having care after the name of each, to 
state, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to 
be supplied. In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert the words to me or the 
court of holden at as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the 
degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney. In the large blank, insert the 
names of all the other heirs, designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently 
indicate the words to be supplied.
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George Balitz
No 1843

658
forged
application no. 658
died without
(illegible)

being delivered to
Joseph Watson his
Attorney
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George Baltz
Nuncupative Will
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George Balitz
No 2379
Hon. Jos. Vann
Ho of Repts
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George Balitz dec'd Will & Probate
The State of Ohio Champaign County Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of April To wit, May 2d A.D. 1845
This day the Nuncupative Will of George Balitz deceased was produced in open Court
and was proven by the Oaths reduced to writing of William H Fyffe Sr and Jesse Griffith the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, which will & probate are in the words following, to wit: In the matter of the
verbal will of George Baltz deceased late a soldier of the Revolution.
The State of Ohio, Champaign County, SS.
Personally came into open Court at the April Time of the Court of Common Pleas for said County began & held at Urbana in said County on the 29th day of April 1845 the undersigned William H. Fyffe  sr of Urbana and Jesse Griffith of South Charlestown in Clark County
and State aforesaid, and who being of lawful age and being first duly sworn on their oaths  testify and say that the said George Balitz in his life time and and during his last sickness at the house of the said William H. Fyffe Sr in Urbana where he had made his home some eleven years anterior to his death requested these affiants to come to his bed side which was on or about the 10 day of July 1825 and the said as his last Will and testament that he made William H. Fyffe Sr his heir and gave to him William H. Fyffe Senior his military bounty land claim and all claims to which he was entitled for services as a soldier during the war of the Revolution, and Waynes Campaign against the Indians. That a great deal more was said by said George Balitz at the same time to the same purpose the substance of all which is
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as above stated that the said George Balitz at the time he made said gift and devise was of full age and of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint. That said George Balitz further said of the same time that he was a soldier during the Revolutionary war and was wounded in his knee and other places during the war the said Jesse Griffith further says that he was intimately acquainted with said George Balitz, during the time he resided at the house of William H. Fyffe as above stated
William H Fyffe
Jesse Griffith

Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court May 2d 1845
Samuel H. Robinson Clk

The State of Ohio, Champaign County,
I do hereby certify that the foregoing
is truly taken & copied from the Records of Will in the Clerks office of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Champaign
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Urban this 29th day of
October A.D. 1845.
Samuel W. Robinson Clerk
B. A. Berry, Deputy
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.

By an act of Congress of the 18th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Ohio
1. William H. Fife Jr. Devisee of George Balitz. decd.
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that said George
Balitz did
enter the service in 1777, for the term of during the war
and served as a Private in the Regiment No.
under the command of Colonel Moylan[??]
of the Pennsylvania
line; and that he continued
in the service aforesaid until the close of the war I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said
George Balitz on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Samuel H
Know all men by these presents, That I, William H. Fyffee Jr aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Vance to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the
United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Oct 7 1845. 
Wm. H. Fyffe Jr

Attest,
R.R. M. Nemar
Wm H. Fyffe
S H Robinson
Personally appeared the abovenamed
William H. Fyffe Jr subscriber
to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of
attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned
Oct 8, 1845
Attest,
Colin M Donald  }
W. C. Keller  }
William Patrick
Justice of the Peace.

State of Ohio, Champaign County
In testimony that the above written William Patrick, was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Ohio at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto
affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Urbana Champaign Co. Ohio
this Eighth day of October 1845
Samuel H Robinson
C. Clerk, of Common Pleas
Court Cham, Co
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44349
INVALID.
Rev
---
File No. 44349
George Balitz

Pri Rev. War
Act : 18th March 1818
Index:--Vol. 3  Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
The papers in this case
being proved to have been
forged, the scrip which
issued on the Warrant
was refunded to the
Treas Department
by
Joseph Watson
Agent
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George Balitz
No. 1843
the papers in this case
delivered to Col. J. Watson
agreeably to the within
request
W. G.
June 4th 1832

Wm Gordon
By Law Office
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Sir
Be so good to loan in to power of Aty
which are filed with the paper in which Warrant
No. 1843 & 1848 have be issue
your obst
Y Kelly
4 June 1832
Wm Gordon
By Law Offer