Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,143, for Joseph Puterbaugh, Maryland
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(8- 1776)
SERVICE
Md.
Puterbaugh, Joseph
or
Pewterbaugh
NUMBER
R. 8,143

CONTENTS
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No. 37.993
June 17/50
Ded @ Joseph Puterbaugh
Act. June 7. 1832

The State of Ohio s1s1
Perry County


On this 10th day of June 1850
Personally appeared before me William
Miloy a Justice of the Peace in and for said County one
Joseph Puterbaugh a resident of said County and State
aforesaid aged Eighty Nine years who being first duly
Sworn according to Law, doth make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed
June 7th 1832 and all such other acts as has from
time to time passed 
that he entered the service of the
united States in the Revolutionary war under the following named
officer and served as herein stated that he was draught [illegible]
at Frederick County in the State of Maryland in June
June 1781 to meet Cornwallises army at the full [illegible]
City for which purpose we were marched to that post
for that purpose and that Cornwallis did not appear
then and at the End of two weeks in were dismissed
until further orders and that after the Surrender of
Cornwallis on the 19th of Oct 1781
 
he was called into
Said Service in the same month Oct 1781 for the
purpose of guarding the Prisoners at Fredrick Town
in the State of Maryland and that he was under
Colonel Joseph Wood and that a part of the time
he lived it was under capt Trout but that he was
under different captains during said service and
that he was honourably discharged from said 
on the account of sickness and before he was able
to resume his station in said service peace was declared
and that he has no document evidence of his service company or regiment
and that he cannot appear in open
Court on account of bodily infirmity and that he hereby
relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity Except
present and he also declares that his name is not 
on any pension Roll of the agency of any State or listing of the United States,
ove
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Signed
Joseph
Peterbaugh
x his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
first written before me
William Meloy J.P.
W. D. Alton
a Clergyman Residing in the County of
Perry and State of Ohio Lina Danil Storks [illegible name] Residing in the
County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with
Joseph Puterbaugh who has subscribed her wont [illegible] the
foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be Eighty-nine years
old 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
S. Selton
his
Daniel Stort [illegible]
mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above written
William Meloy J. P.


interrogators proponded to the applicant by the Justice
of the peace before whom the Declaration was made
1st Where and in what year was you born
Ans. I was born in Hundredton County in the State of
New Jersey in the year 1761
2d have you any Record of your age and if so where is it
ans: no Record only from information and memory
3 where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
And where do you now live
Ans I was living in the State of Maryland in Frederick County
and live that time in the State of Pennsylvania And now
in the State of Ohio

4" how were you called into service were you draughted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Ans I was draughted

5 State the Names of some of the Regular officers who were
with the troops where you served
such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can
Recollect And the General Circumstances of your service
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Ans. General Washington & Colonel Wood
6 Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service and if
so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans I got no discharge in consequence of having leave to
go home in consequence of sickness and peace was declared
before I got well
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your
Neighbourhood at present and who can testify as to your
character for veracity and their belief of your services as a
Soldier of the Revolution
Ans J. D. Alton Daniel Stock & Jacob Stoct
and the said Justice do hereby
declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war 
department that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated and
I further certify that it appears to me that
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S. D. Alton
who has signed the preceeding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the County
and State aforesaid and that David [Daniel?] Stocks
is a
credible person and that their statement is entitled
to credit
and that I William Meloy Justice as
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the application
of Joseph Petherbaugh for a pension in testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal this 10th day of June 1850
Wm Meloy J.P.
also at the same time and place personally appeared
Jacob Stott who after having first been duly sworn
to Law doth on his oath say that he is acquainted with
Joseph Putherburgh and was acquainted with
him at the time of his services and knows the facts
as set forth by him to be correct and that he is
the identical person that performed the Service
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as set forth
by
him in his declaration signed Jacob Stots his mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 10th day
of June 1850
Wm Meloy J. P.
Know all men by these present that I Joseph
Putherbaugh of Perry County and State of Ohio
a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
do hereby constitute and appoint Jesse Wesley Esq
of New Lexington in the County and State aforesaid
my true and lawful attorney for me and in
my name to receive from the agent of the United
Sheets for paying Pensions whatever amount
of Pension or Land or either or both as the case
may be witness my hand and seal this
10th day of June 1850
sealed and delivering Joseph Puterbaugh his mark
the presents of us
William Meloy
State of Ohio Perry Co.
S.L. Stelton
State of Ohio Perry Co L
Be it known that on the 10" of June 1850 before the Fuller{illegible] a Justice of the
and for said County personally appeared Joseph Puterbaugh above named
and acknowleged the foregoing Power of Attorny to be his Act
and Deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the day and year last above mentioned
William Meloy J.P.

the State of Ohio Perry County Ss I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that
William Meloy Esqr before whom the foregoing several affidavits and
acknowledgements was taken was at the time of taking the same
an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and
Credit are due and ought to be given all his official acts as such
and I believe his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and seal of said Court this 11th day June 1850
John Beckwith Clerk
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See further corres. Jan 30 '35
to Hon Jos. B. Shannon in misc. files under his name in behalf of 
Mrs. Charles H. Sturtz
3014 East 6"" Street
Kansas City, Missouri
January 25, 1936
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BA-J/MMHF/eel
Dear Madam:
R. 8143
Jos Peterbaugh, Ins

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Storts, John or John Jacob Storts,
George Beal, Jacob Guaumer, Joseph Pewterbaugh, Michael Paul, Peter
Paul, James Guthrie, Nathaniel Harrelson, Henry Winston Shelton, all
soldiers with the surname Howard, and West of Southern Kentucky, and
Harman, who married a Winston, and all soldiers with the surnames
Storts, Stortz, Sturts, Sturtzor or Stotts, etc., of Buck, Berks, 
Somerset, Lancaster and Bedford Counties, Pennsylvania, and Fredericks,
Maryland.

You will recall that in previous correspondence, it has been
stated that it is not possible to comply with each request in full
which requires such an amount of time and research. This is because
the clerical force available for furnishing such information is
limited, and the demand for Revolutionary War data is very great.

The records of Jacob Storts and Joseph Puterbaugh are furnished
you herewith as found in pension claims based upon their service in
the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Mrs. Charles H. Sturtz
3014 East 6 " Street
Kansas City, Missouri

January 25, 1936
XXXXX.
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B-J/EEL
Jacob Storts-R.10232
Joseph Puterbaugh-R.8143
Dear Madam:
Jacob Storts (his name does not appear as John Jacob) was born
in 1763, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and his birth was recorded
in the German language.
Jacob Storts applied for pension June 10, 1850, while a resident
of Perry County, Ohio, and it is stated that he enlisted in
June or September, 1781, under Captain Benjamin Fickle, and served
as first corporal under Captains Brown and Bentley and Colonel
Joseph Wood for six months or more and that after the surrender of
Cornwallis, he was detailed to assist in guarding the prisoners to
Fredericktown.
At the time of his enlistment, he was living in Frederick
County, Maryland. After the Revolution, he lived in Frederick
County, Maryland, in Pennsylvania, county not named, and in Ohio.
He married the second time, on October 17, 1830, in Frederick
County, Maryland, Mary Ann Notestine, usually called Polly. The
name and date of marriage to his first wife are not shown.
The soldier died January 12, 1852, in Perry County, Ohio, aged
eighty-eight years, seven months and two days.
Soldier's widow, Mary Ann, also applied for pension, September 8, 1852, at which time she was living in Bearfield Township, Perry
County, Ohio, aged about fifty
Neither the soldier's claim for pension nor that of his widow
was allowed as they failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as
required by the pension laws.
Soldier had nine children by his first wife, seven of whom
were living in 1852, namely:
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Daniel ,the eldest.
Jacob. the second, who was living in Bearfield Township,
Perry County, Ohio, in 1852, aged about 65 
Catharine, then Catharine Lamb;
Elizabeth, then Elizabeth Penrod
John,
Sarah, then Sarah Ratcliff or Ratliff.
Tena, then Tena Swats.

One Daniel Storts was living in Perry County, Ohio, in 1850,
but it is not shown whether he was the son Daniel.
Soldier and his wife, Mary Ann, had five children, all living in
1852, namely:
Mary Ann, Susan, Elizabeth Ann, Abraham and Mariah Jane, then
aged respectively, twenty-one, nineteen, sixteen, twelve and ten
years.
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Joseph Puterbaugh
R. 8143
Joseph Puterbaugh (the name also appears as Pewterbaugh) was
born in 1761, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
After the Revolutionary War, he resided in the states of
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
On June 10, 1850, while residing in Perry County, Ohio, Joseph
Puterbaugh applied for pension and alleged that while residing in
Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in June, 170, and served
two weeks under Colonel Joseph Wood in the Maryland Troops; that
he again enlisted in October, 1781, served under Captain Trout and
Colonel Joseph Wood in the Maryland Troops, and guarded prisoners
at Fredericktown, Maryland; length of this service not given.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of
service of six months as required by the pension laws.
In 1852, he was residing in Bearfield Township, Perry County,
Ohio.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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No 38,483
Joseph Peterbaugh
Ohio
Jesse Worley Nov 12 1850
J.J. Coombs Feby 23 1853
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Rev. War Cl.
these letters in 

of Jacob Storts, 
Md. service and
rejected
June 7 1832
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1935. Jan 25. Hist to
Mrs Chas. H. Sturtz, Letter
in case of Jacob Storts -
R. 10232- EEL

Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3,1873.

REJECTED
8143
Puterbaugh
Joseph Puterbaugh
Service;


Enlisted:     18
Discharged:   18
Application filed:   18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.        Contract
Cert. of Dis.           Searched for     18
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Sept 30
Joseph Puterbaugh
Ohio. 
Act 7th  [illegible] 1832
Ohio
Original

Sep 30/52
Kinley
See No 37993.

J.J. Coombs
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The State of Ohio
Perry County
S.S.

On this the 8th day of September
A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me the
undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for the County and State aforesaid Joseph
Pewterburgh aged about 90 years a resident of Bearfield township in said County of Perry who

being 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
on the 7th day of June 1832 and any other Act that
may be applicable to his case. T

To wit that he
was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution
for six months or more,
that he was drafted
in Fredrick County in the State of Maryland
in the forepart of the month of June preceding
the Capture of Cornwallace [Cornwallis] at Yorktown
that he stood in readiness all the time and
was mustered every day, and was marched
down to Georgetown various times his Capt
names he has forgotten, he thinks his Colonel
name was Joseph Wood, that after the capture
of Cornwallace at Yorktown he was employed
in guarding the prisoners in Fredricktown, he was at one time under Captain
Trout, that he saw many hardships, and

Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personal
Joseph Pewterbaugh
subscriber
to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name.
Samuel Boals J.P.
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continued in said service for the period of my[illegible] months or more. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity [illegible]
except the present, and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
State or Territory  and he now most respectfully
 asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions that his aforesaid claim may be allowed
under the aforesaid Act and that the Certificate evidencing the same may be enclosed
to his Attorney
Joseph Pewterbaugh  his mark
Sworn to and subscribed before

me on the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Boals
J.P.
I the just subscribed magistrate do certify
that the above Declarant is personally known
to me and that he is a man of truth and
respectability in whose statements the fullest
faith and credit should be placed. And
that I believe him to be of the age above stated
and I further certify that he is unable to appear in court from age and infirmity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subcribed
my name on this the 8th day of September 1859
Samuel Boals JP
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The State of Ohio
Perry County
S.S.
On this 8th day of September
1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County and State Jacob
Storts aged about 65 years a resident of Benfield township in the County aforesaid who
being duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath state that he has been well acquainted with Joseph Pewterbaugh for
about 28 years, and that he the said Pewterbaugh●
 has always bore the reputation amongst
 his friends and acquaintances of having been
the Revolutionary war, and that from

what he has always heard the said Pewterbaugh
 say and from his general reputation
he this affiant verily believes he did serve in said
war for six months or more about the
time Cornwalace [Cornwallis] was Captured at Yorktown. And he further states that he believes
the said Pewterbaugh is at least 90 years
of age, that he is now blind and almost
helpless. And he further states that he
is disinterested

his 
Jacob Storts
mark

Sworn to and subscribed before
me on the day and year aforesaid 
Samuel Boals J.P
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'-
I the first subscribed magistrate do certify
that the above affiant is personally known
to me and that he is a man of truth and
respectability in whose statements the for
lest[illegible] faith and  credit should be placed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subcribed my name on this 8th day of September 1859
Samuel Boals JP
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Know all men by these presents, That I Joseph
Pewterbaugh
who was a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs
my true and lawful Attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before
any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay or Pension
money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions of the Congress of the United States, and
especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February,1848 and 29th July, 1848 -- as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828,
and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is
moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department
of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching
my interests, and to obtain from any Department of the archives thereof, any and all
information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or
claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is
moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out
the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or
evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer
upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon himself hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
Witness my hand and seal this 8th
day of September 1852
Joseph Pewterbaugh his mark

executed in presence of
Samuel Boals
A. G. Matthews

State of Ohio Perry
County, sct.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 8th day of September 1852 before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Joseph Pewterbaugh

subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and delivering
the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name.
Samuel Boals J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Perry County SS

I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of

Common Pleas in and for said County
certify that 
 Samuel Boals Esq.
the foregoing declaration was made 
affidavit
taken and power of attorney
acknowledged, was at the
the same
made taken and acknowledged, an acting
Justice of
the Peace in
and
for said  County duly
Commissioned and qualified
and
at I believe
his signature to be genuine.
In Testimony
whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand
and affixed the Seal of said
Court at Somerset this 9th day of September 1852
John Beckwith Clerk
By Ovid Spencer Deputy