Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,117, William Bausman, Continental Penn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Continental 
Penn.

Bausman, William
                   Elizabeth

NUMBER
W.8.117

CONTENTS
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No.32.135.
Pennsylvania-Phila
William Bausman Decd late of Lancaster Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Lieut. and Forage Master in the Revolution.
Subscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 600 Dollars---Cents per annum, to commence on  the 4 day of March, 1831 and end on the 25. April 1833-Incd from $240.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of March 1862 and sent to Hon. Jno Covode-H. Repr.
Payable to survg-children.
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.C. Winn Clerk,
Book H  Vol. 1  Page 50.
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no. 23
Pennsylvania.- Phila.
Elizabeth Bausman [illegible]
widow of
Penn William Bausman. Decd.
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Lieutenant and
Forage Master.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
 600   Dollars -------------
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848, and 
end 12. Nov,1854. - Is [illegible] from $240.
Certificate of Pension issued the
         3     day of Mar. 1862
and sent to
   Hon. John Covode.
[checkmark]   House of Reps,
Payable to Surviving children.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 139  Vol. 1
Book. H.
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State of Pennsylvania}  SS.
County of Lancaster   }   

     On this twenty ninth day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Oristus Collins President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lancaster Yore. Ohio., Elizabeth Bausman, (widow) a resident of the City of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy four years old [illegible] first duly sworn according to law doth on her solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1852 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of William Bausman who was a Lieutenant in Captain Peter Hoofnagle's Company of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Ross in the service of the State of Pennsylvania [illegible] the Revolutionary war that he joined the said Company at the town of Lancaster under the aforesaid officers in the year 1777 and served in the same as a Lieutenant duly appointed and commissioned, for the full period of two months. That the said company left the town of Lancaster aforesaid when Called into service and marched to some place near Germantown in the County of Philadelphia where they encamped  and performed various duties for the term aforesaid and until then were regularly discharged; during all this period, her said husband continued to serve as a Lieutenant in for said company.  The next year 1778. the said company still commanded by the said Captain Peter Hoofnagle was called into service to perform another tour of military duty for two months and that her husband the said William Bausman again performed the duties of a Lieutenant duly sworn and appointed in the said company. for the full period of two months. at the Lancaster Barracks, [illegible] House, Store House and Stockade under the command of the aforesaid Captain Peter Hoofnagle and Colonel George Ross. That her husband, the said William Bausman , afterwards performed a third tour of service in the company aforesaid as a Lieutenant but in what year does not now remember but he was out for the space of two or three months under the aforesaid commanding officers. Thus making his whole tour of military duty as a Lieutenant during the war of the revolution six if not seven months that her said husband, the aforesaid William Bausman was on the seventh day of May 1778 duly appointed by Colonel P. Marsteller of Lebanon and Forage Master General G.. Purchasine commissioner of Judge G. for the Magazine at Lancaster for the use of the Continental Army. That the said Warrant of Commission under the hand of the said Colonel P. Marsteller constituted and appointing the said William Bausman, her said husband, his Deputy of Commissioner for the purchase of Forage &c for the District of Lancaster, is herewith subjoined. together with the letter in instructions to the said William Bausman from the said Colonel P. Marsteller. That her husband, the said William Bausman, by virtue of the said Warrants and ap-
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ointment, continued to the first of this deponent's knowledge and belief to exercise and perform the duties thereof from the date [illegible] until the end of the war
     She further declares that she was married to the said William Bausman on the twenty-first day of July in the Year Seventeen hundred and eighty-five: that her husband the aforesaid William Bauman died at the City of Lancaster aforesaid on the 25th day of April 1833.(Twenty fifth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty three.) That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the First of January. Seventeen hundred and ninety-four, to wit on the aforesaid twenty-first day of July Seventeen   hundred and eighty-five. the time [illegible] stated. and that she still remains his widow .
Elizabeth Bausman
her X mark

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year above written. before . me
Oristus Collins 
Prest Judge of the [illegible] Judicial
District of Pennsylvania
Composed of the County of 
Lancaster

I George B. Withers Esq Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County do hereby certify that the previous contains the original proceedings of the [illegible] Court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Bausman of the City of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster in the State aforesaid for a pension.
In testimony whereby I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 

attest GeoBWithers
Proty
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     "William Bausman was married to Elizabeth Bier on the twenty first day of July in the Year One thousand seven hundred and Eighty-five."
     I, Martin Bruner, Pastor of the German   Reformed Congregation in the City of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania do certify that the above is a true extract from the Record if the said  Congregation now renamed and [illegible] in my possession - with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows.  "21st day of July AD 1785".
M. Bruner 

State of Pennsylvania
City of Lancaster. SS.
   I, Martin Bruner above named, do depose and say, that I hold the office of Paster of the German Reformed Congregation in the City, County, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said congregation with the exception above named as certified by me.
M. Bruner

Sworn to and subscribed before me and one of the Aldermen in and for the City of Lancaster this 29th day of April AD 1839.
Henry Keffer
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Lancaster

     Be it know that on this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord
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Wm. Bausman
Penn.
W 8117

N: o: 2
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Wiilliam Bausman Esq is appointed Barrack Master & Commissary of Wood [illegible] (at Lancaster) to the Troops in the Service of the United States -- and is to be obeyd as such to receive the Pay and Rations of a Captain on [illegible] Continental Establishment 
Dec. 1st- 1777
Issac Mahen
[illegible]
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Reg. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8147
Elizabeth Bausman
Widow
Wm Bausman
Lieut, Rev. War
●
Act: Feby 28, '48
1
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten] 1909 Feb. 9. Two Memorandum books of Wm. Bausman for 1779 and 1780; (and one record book of Wm Bausman in the Pa. Team service; sent to Library of Congress.
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Elizabeth Bausman
Pennsylvania

Suspended
See Let 12 Augt 1839
Geo. Ford Jr

26



Act 7 July 1838
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At 8 Feb 1850 [Unreadable]
[I or J] St[?]jens
Same March 11/50
23
A Book, being documented
evidence of service not filed
papers within, on my desk
March 11, 50
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Apr 27, 1844
William Bausman
Dec?
Assistant PA Deputy Commissary
of Forage Payable to his widow
Eliz Bausman
up to 25 April 1833, when he died, at
$240 per annum
Act 7 June 1832

Send out to
Hon. A. Ramsey
H. R.

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Com. of Pension
Washington
D.C.
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[handwritten]

Let to G. Ford. J. Oct 28 1839

14
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23.
letter to Hon D Sturgeon
Feb 8, '50 &
to same March '50
Decision of the Commissioner of Pensions
affirmed by the Secretary of the Interior
May 22, 1850.
-----
Lett A. Ray Apt
17. 1857
Same May 1, 51

Papers (26 in No) Sent to Hon G. W. Jones, Chair Senate Committee, Feby 22, '56

A Book, being Documentary evidence of service not filed with papers wither on my desk
[Illegible] in wordiness, as such 11/50 with Cong. 
----
See the letter inside
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4,295
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William Bausman, decd
who died on the 25th April, 1833
of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Peter Hoofnagle, of the regiment commanded by Col. George Ross in the Pennsylvania ... and a Forage master for
... years
Subscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at 
the rate of 240 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of ...
1839 and sent to ...  Lancaster, Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 183...
Semi-annual allowance ending  ...
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2354
Payment for Phila
Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William Bausman
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Lieut.

Subscribed on the roll at a rate of 240 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Nov 1848 and sent to Geo Ford, Lancaster PA

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners Act of February 2, 1848, Page 204, Vol. 2

Reported Dec 13, '48

Sent to A. Roy, Feb 4, 1852
Hon G.W. Jones, Feb 19, 1856
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Pennsylvania, Rev War
Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William
who served in the Revolutionary was as a Lieut

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240 Dollars
00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec. 1848 and sent to George Ford, Lancaster PA
 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2

Jacob Broom
Aug 12 1856
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
Febry 21st, '60
W. Nevin, Sept 24/60
Same, Feby 9, '61
Clerk Ho. Rep. Feb 10, 1862
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32. 135
Philadelphia Penna
William Bausman, deceased late of Lancaster in the State of Penn., who was a Dep Com in the Company commanded by Captain Hoofnagle of the regt commanded by Col Ross in the Penn line for 
----
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 24 Dollars - Cents per annum, to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending 25 Apl 1833 when he died.
-----
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apr
1844 and sent to Hon A Ramsay, H. Reps.
-----
Arrears to the 25 of April 1. '33
Semi-anl. allowance ending
-----
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by F.L. Swann, Clerk
Book E2  Vol 5  Page 5
Payl to Elizabeth Zaurman
his widow

repo to Apr by ...
Apr 27 1844
see letter to A. Ray July 24.45
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1056
Pennsylvania Phil.
Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William Bausman
who was a Lieutenant
in the Penn. line
for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll at a rate of 
240 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
-----
Certificate of Pension issued the
22nd day of July 1843
and sent to Geo Ford, Lancaster PA
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A, Page 130

Set to Hon A Ramsey Dec 3, 1843
" " " do do Feb. 6. 1844
See papers under act 7 June 183.
See letter 30 July 44 to A. Ray
do to A. Ray July 10. 1845.
do to same July 24, 1845
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Pennsylvania No. 2357
Catherine Bausman, deceased Widow,
of William Bausman, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant and Forage Master
-----
Inscribed on the rolls at the rate of
Six hundred dollars per annum commencing on the 4th March 1836 & ending on the 4th March 1848, deducting former payments at the rate of 240 per annum for same time, also from
4th March 1843 to 12th day Novr 1854 at
same rate & deduction.  Payable to Ann C Messenkop & Catharine Bausman, only surviving children of Catharine Bausman.
-----
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd
day of March 1862 and delivered to Hon.
John Corode, H. of R
-----
Recorded on roll of Pensioners under
act 7th July 1832. Book H Vol Page 50.
Under act 3d March 1843. Book A.
Vol H Page 120. Under act 17th June
1844. Book A. Vol Page 120. Under
act 2nd February 1848. Book A.
Vol. Page 130. Under act 1838. Book A. Page 100
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Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William
Acts 1838 & Penn
C
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Register of certificate issued by Jonathan Burnall Commissioner for settling the accounts of the Commissary and Quarter Master Department
from 22 August 1782 to the 7 May 1789
Name
Letter No
Date
Amount
When Due

Joseph Dixon 6 478 November 10, 1786 150.56 January 1, 1782
Ditto 9 479 " " " 100. August 1, 1780
William Bausman [? number or letter] 554 March 30 1787 365.5  September 1 1780
Ditto G 555 " " " 822.02 May 1 1782
6 478
I
479
E 554
G
555
November 10 1786
March 30 1787
-
Amount 5
15056
100.
13655
82292
-

Treasury Department
Registers Office Feb 16. 1850
I certify the above to be a true extract from the "Register of certificates issued by Jonathan
Burrall", on file in this Office-
Towsend Hainey Register
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Lancaster Nov. 2, 1852
My Dear Sir
I was not able to process the affidavits required until today. Upon perusal, you will find Col Mayer's deposition is full and conclusion.
It settled the matter beyond all doubts.
Col Mayor is a gentleman of the highest
character in this community, He was in service
during the late war with England, was a member of the House of Representations of this Commonwealth and has occupied various offices of responsibility. You will perceive he wrote the affidavits himself. Trusting that I shall soon hear from you
I am my duly
Yours
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Elizabeth Bausman
widow of William
Lancaster County
Penns.
---
Act 7th July 1832, 3 March 1843 & 
17th June 1842, and 2d February 1848
Allowed as the widow of William Bausman a Lient & Forage Master in the revolution, at the rate of $600 per annum, under the above acts, deducting former payments at the rate of $240
per annum, for same time to 12th day of November 1854 when she died, payable to
Ann C. Messenkof & Catherine Bausman, only
surviving children.

Certificate to be sent to
Hon. John Corder
Ho. of Reps.
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No. 1056.
Pennsylvania. Phila
---
Elizabeth Bausman, Decd
widow of William Bausman, Decd
who was a Lieut. and Forage Master
in the Revolution
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843,
& end 4 Mar. 1848. Jno from $240.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
3 day of Mar. 1862 and sent to
Hon. Jno Covode
House of Reps

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book H 
Vol. 1 Page 120.
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Pennsylvania - No. 4295,
---
Elizabeth Bausman, decd
widow of William Bausman, Dec.
who died on the 25 Apl. 1833, late
of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Lieut. and Forge Master i
in the Revolution.
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 600 Dollars ___ Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March 1836. & end 4. March 1841. -
Increased from $240.-
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of
March 1862 and sent to
Hon. Jno Covode - House of Reps
---
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
---
Payable to Surviving Children
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by J.C. Winn Clerk,
Book H Vol. 1 Page 101
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Lancaster  }  SS.
     Be it remembered that on this first day of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand and eight hundred and thirty-nine before me the [illegible] one of the Aldermen in and for said City personally came Peter Maurer a resident of Manheim arrived here in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, who  being first duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath and saieth that he was personally acquainted with William Bausman Capt [illegible] the City of Lancaster resided and knew him to be a Lieutenant in Captain Peter Hoopernagle's Company in Colonel Henry Ross's Regiment of Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary war. He well remembers the said William Bausman performed several tours of service as a Lieutenant in the said Company during this war aforesaid. He remembers well that the said William Bausman was afterward appointed non assistant  Commissary in the Continental  Army and served as such in the close of that war. according to this deponent's knowledge and belief.
     He also declares that he is acquainted with Elizabeth Bausman the widow of the said William Bausman that she was married to the said William Bausman and short time after the war of the revolution. to the best of this deponents knowledge & belief.

Peter Maurer
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first above written before me
Henry Keffer

I Henry Keffer Esq above named An Alderman in and for the City of Lancaster aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Maurer the above deponent and know him to be a man of respectability and worthy of belief - and that he was himself a soldier in the revolutionary war

Henry Keffer
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State of Pennsylvania
______ City ____

Before me an Alderman in and for said city personally appeared Elizabeth Bausman who being _____ ______ according to law doth _____ and say that she is at____ S____ years of ago and is the Daughter of the late William Bausman Esquire and Ellizabeth Bausman his pu___ing widow- Hal she is well acquainted with her Fathers William Bausman's hand ____ and she knows and feels confident that this Berk was in his pop____n and since his death and until this day in her Mothers ____ and ___ believes that the same is in the ____
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John Erisman
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State of Pennsylvania}
City ["County " Crossed out] of Lancaster}

     Be it known that on this tenth day of January 1853. before me the Subscriber an Alderman in & for said City ['County" crossed out] personally appeared John Adams Messenkope who being by now duly sworn deposes & says - that he was much acquainted with William Bousman deceased who was a Forage Master during the War of the Revolution. - That he frequently heard said Bousman in conversation with the neighbors talk of the difficulties he encountered in getting Forage for the Army here & elsewhere. That there were many times amongst the farmers who often refused to let them have forage. - saying that they never would get any pay for it.  That he's as much a matter of belief that the said William Bousman. was Forage Master as any fact know to him. That when Genl. Lafayette was here in 1826, all the old Soldiers & officers were collected together & each had a badge & black Cockade which is now in the possession of the family & that Elizabeth Bausman is the widow of said William Bousman & that her husband is fact of his service as such ^questioned & further deposed saith not.

Subscribed & sworn }       John. A. Messenkop
to Before me the day & }
year above written }

Geo. Musser
   Ald~
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State of Pennsylvania}
City of Lancaster}      SS

     I George Musser, an Alderman in and for said city, do certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Hohn Erisman, Senior, whose deposition is hereto annexed - that he is a man advanced in life, and of the age, I suppose, which he has stated; but he is in the full possession of all his faculties, mind, memory and understanding. And I further certify that he is a man of high respectability, of good character, and repute, and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
     And I do also certify, that I am well acquainted , with Elisabeth Bausman, Senior, widow of William Bausman, deceased, and also with Elisabeth Bausman, Senior, Mary Bausman, and Catharine Bausman, and also with John Adam Messenkop, all of the said City of Lancaster, and know them all to be persons of great respectability of character, of good repute, and standing in this community and that their statements are entitled to full faith credit, and belief.
     In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this Tenth day of January AD. 1853
Geor Musser
Ald~.
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Lancaster  }   SS.
     I, John K Reed, Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County, hereby certify that George Musser, Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, a & by whom the foregoing certificate was signed, is an Alderman in and for the City of Lancaster and State aforesaid duly commissioned, qualified and authorised [sic] to administer oats, affirmations &c under the laws of this Commonwealth 
     And I do further certify, that his signature, as above written is genuine

[a faded round stamp with illegible inscription is to the left of the below statement:]

     In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Tenth day of January A.D. 1853
J.no. K. Reed
Prothy. 

I Henry G. Long President Judge of the second Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Do Certify that I am acquainted with the persons named in the annoned [sic] certificate of Alderman George Musser, and know them to be of good standing and that their affidavits are entitled to credit ___
  January 10th 1853 __          H. G. Long
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Lebanon May 7.th [illegible].
Mr. Wm. Bousman
     I am directed to erect several Forage Magazines in the County of Lancaster, one of which to be at this Borough. ___and as it is impossable [sic] for me to make all the Purchases for performing the Business trusted to my Care, it becomes Necessary for me to Appoint one reputable and discreat Person in each district to purchase and lay up the Quantities of Forage directed to be purchased and laid up. ___ I reposing Special Trust & Confidence in your integrity Activity and Zeal for your Countries Cause, Do by these presents nominate and appoint you as Purchasing Commissioner of Forage for the Magazine to be erected in the Borough of Lancaster, for the use of the Continental Army, And do by these presence Authorize and Empower you the said Wm. Bousman, to go to each and every Inhabitant in your District (Where you expect any kind of Grain or Forge) Then and there to Purchase all Wheat rye, Oats, Spitz, Barley, Buckwheat, Indiana Corn, Hay, Second Crop, and rye Straw fit for cutting. So that the Quantity of Grain do not much Exceed 10,000 Bushils (sic], the Hay 300 Ton, and the rye Around 50,000 Bundles, which quantity is to be kept Compliant at all times as it shall be taken away 
     In this most Important Business you are not to loose one Moments time as the Forage is most Especially necessary and Immediately wanted at Camp____And for your So doing, be this your Authority
     P. Marsteller F.M.G. PC.
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As to your Particular Instructions I refer you to the line of Conduct laid down to me, a Capt whereof Therewith transmit you. ___
     You will please to Observe that none is the proper Season for procuring Straw. therefore you are to Collect all you can possably [sic] procure without loss of time ___  Purchase all the Hay you can possably procure, and have it brought to Lancaster without delay as it is much wanted for immediate Consumption _ And ingage [sic] as much of the next Crop as can possably be Spared __ Should you  meet with any person who in your opinion can Share Grain of Forage of any kind, and should be so lost to all Virtue and the Duty he ows [sic]  to his Country. as to refuse "Selling of Promissing [sic] you a reasonable Quantity thereof. You are to enter his or their Name in a Book to be kep [sic] for that purpose, mentioning the Spaces and Quantity which can be Spared, and make return thereof to me. And at the same time you are to Argue him or them, that his Country calls for Such a Quantity of him,. AND that the great and General Cause of America is not to Suffer on Account of the Inaffection of Individuals
     All the Grain you can procure, you Immediately to have it carried to the Mill's for Grinding & the Oats, Spaltz and Barley to be brought to the Magazines ____
     The Prices you are to pay, are as follows the Wheat 12/: Rye 10/. Indian Corn Speltz Oats & Buckwheat 7/6..
Barley the Lawful Priced, Hay [British pound] 7.10. Second Crop [British pound}6. and Straw as reasonable as you can procure it ___
Bausman
Penn. W8117
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held the office of Recorder and Register of Wills
for said County of Lancaster
his
John X Erisman Sen
mark
Sworn and subscribed before me,}
the day & year above written}
Geo. Musser}
Alde
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Lancaster

Be it known, that on this fourth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three, Personally came before me, an Alderman in and for said City of Lancaster, Elizabeth Bausman, widow of William Bausman late of the City of Lancaster, deceased, who being first sworn according to law, doth depose, declare, and say, that the paper heretofore filed in the Pension Office of the United States, purporting to be an appointment of Commissary of Forage by Col. Philip Marstellar, was an appointment directed to her said deceased husband - That it was retained by him in his possession, in his lifetime, was always spoken of by him as his commission as Forage master, and under which he acted in the war of the Revolution in the making of all his purchases of forage [illegible] for the army.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year written before me
[signature] George Musser Ald. [signature]

her
[signature] Eliabeth Bausman [signature]
X
mark
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POWER OF ATTORNEY---Revolutionary Pension Claims.
          ________________________________ 
     Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mrs Elizabeth Bausman widow of Wm Bousman (deceased))

hereby constitute and appoint  D. L & S. A . Tuegh of Washington City D C my true and lawful Agents and Attorneys to prosecute the Claim of mine for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, {the following words crossed out on this form:] |which Certificate I wish made payable to | and

to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorneys and Agents shall lawfully do in the premises. [handwritten:] |revoking all others by me made and making this irrevokable [sic] |
     WITNESS my hand and Seal this 17th day May   A. D., 1852. 

Mr [sic] Elizabeth Bausman
her X mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of}
Geor. Musser

Amanda E. Dorwart.

STATE OF  Pennsylvania}
COUNTY OF Lancaster}   ss:
     On this seventeenth  day of May         A. D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Elizabeth Bausman   and acknowledged the forgoing Power, of Attorneys to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,}
the day and year aforesaid.}
Geor Musser  J. Peace.
District of Columbia
     Washington City Court  Know all men by these presents that I have appointed A.H. Lawrence of the City aforesaid my true and lawful substitute for me to act in he above case as effectually as I myself could do if present.
      Since under my hand this       day of Sept; AD 1853
S.A. People
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CLAIM OF
ACT OF


State of Pennsylvania
County of Lancaster

Be it known, That on this Seventeenth day of May A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty two, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Elizabeth Bausman a resident of Lancaster City in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of William Bausman deceased. 
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner $240.

at the rate of    Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agency may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and 
year aforesaid, before me. 
J. Peace
George Musser {signature]
[ to the right of his signature is the following] Elizabeth Bausman X her mark

I George Musser Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Mrs. Elizabeth Bausman who executed the foregoing paper is respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
J. Peace.
George Musser [signature]

I, John R. Reed - Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Geo. Musser Esq. - before whom foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
suffixed my official Seal, this 17th day of May - A.D. 1852  Jno. R. Reed Prothy. [signature]
Clerk.
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

Personally appeared before me the subscriber an alderman in and for the City of Lancaster. Mary McComsey, a resident of Maitick Township in the County aforesaid aged sixty years and upwards. who bring first duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say as follows
That when I as a young woman William Bausman the husband of the present applicant Mrs. Elizabeth Bausman, frequently came to my grandmother's house. (Mrs. Philapenna Krutz) when I frequently heard the said Bausman converse about his service during the Revolutionary War as Forge Master and of the great difficulty that he encountered in the discharge of is said duties as Forge Master - And I have heard my uncle Adam Vonderan, who is long since dead, frequently speak of his having been employed as a teamster for the government of teh United states by the said William Bausman Forge Master in the transportation of Hay, oats, and other agricultural productions to Lancaster and other places for which he rec'd pay from the said William Bausman. 
Affirmed and subscribed this 30 day of November AD 1850
Before me -
Walter G. Evans 
{illegible signature under Evans]
Jno Leonard
Lancaster City
Mary McComsey her X mark

Personally appeared before me the subscriber an alderman in and for said City before whom the foregoing affidavit is as taken. Do Certify that Mary McComsey is a highly respectable lady and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief - 
Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of 
November AD 1850.

Walter G. Evans [illegible]
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No. 2
State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster county
     Personally appeared before me the subscriber an alderman in and for the City of Lancaster. Charlotte Messenkop a resident of the City of Lancaster. aged 58 years and upward. who being first duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say as follows -

I frequently heard in the lifetime of William Bausman the husband of the present applicant Mrs. Elizabeth Bausman, speak of his service in the Revolutionary War, as a Forage Master, and also heard him state the many difficulties that he undercut and encountered in procuring oats, hay etc from the farmers for the use of the Army of the United States of the Revolutionary War -
Affirmed and Subscribed this 30th day of November AD 1850
Before me
Walter G. Evans Aldm.
Charlotte Messenkop


Lancaster City
     Personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman in and for said City. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken. Do Certify that Mrs. Charlotte Messenkop is a highly respectable lady and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief -
Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of November AD 1850
Walter G. Evans [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster County} S.S
I Henry Stock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, do certify: That Walter G. Evans Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of making the same, an Alderman in & for the City of Lancaster in said County, and ex officio a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting  to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lancaster this 30th, day of November A.D. 1850.
Henry Stock
Prothy
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[subtracting 87 years from the year 1850]

1850
87
1763
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[handwritten]

N. 3
_
Peter Brenner

aged 87, in 1850
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Lancaster in
Sept. 13th 1860
Geo. C. Whiting Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
SIr

Can you inform me whether 
William Bausman (generally with
his name with "jr" at the end) of Pennsylvania, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war was ever placed on the Pension List during his life.
He died on the 26th day of April 1833.
Your most obt Servt
Wilbergoore Nevin
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Elizabeth Bousman
[William - Struck Thru]
Lancaster Penn.
Act 7th June 1832
Admitted as a Lieutenant & Forage Master at
the rate of $600 per annum.
{deductions from payments - Struck Thru]
from 4th March 1831, & ending 15th April 1833.
When he died, deducting former payments at the rate of $240 per ann. for same time. payable
to Ann C. Messenkop & Catharine Bousman and
surviving children.
Certificate to be sent to
Hon John Covode
Ho. of Reps
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34TH CONGRESS,  } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. { REPORT
3d Session. No. 211.

ELIZABETH BAUSMAN.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 828.]

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February 13, 1857.
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Mr. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following

REPORT.

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Elizabeth Bausman, of Pennsylvania, widow of William Bausman, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report:

That the parol and record evidence showing that William Bausman, the husband of the claimant, served several years during the revolutionary war as a forage-master at the barracks or military magazine at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is of a satisfactory character. It appears from the evidence that said William Bausman lived both before and during the war in said Lancaster, and continued to reside there until the time of his death, (which occurred in 1833,) in the midst of those who must have known him well during the war; and that after  he filled several responsible civic positions, such as justice of the peace, register of wills, and recorder of deeds, for the county of Lancaster. It is also proven, by the testimony of numerous witnesses of high respectability, that during his lifetime he always claimed to have served as a forage-master during the revolutionary war, and that he was always reputed among his neighbors to have so served. The evidence on this point is so full and clear as to leave no doubt of its truth on the minds of your committee. The evidence of actual service in that grade, by those who had personal knowledge of the fact, is scarcely less conclusive. Four witnesses--viz: Peter Mouser, Peter Breunner, Philip Benedict, and John Erisman--all old enough to have a personal recollection of the events of the war, testify, positively, to their having known said William Bausman during the war, while he was for several years actually engaged in duties pertaining to the office of forage-master, and was called forage-master.
Peter Mouser testifies that he first knew him when he was serving as lieutenant of a militia company, in which he served several tours, and was afterwards appointed assistant commissary, and served as such to the close of the war. The other witnesses say he was forage-master or commissary of forage.
Peter Breunner testifies that he was himself in service as guard at
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2 ELIZABETH BAUSMAN.

Lancaster barracks in the year 1779, and that before and after that time he knew William Bausman as a forage-master or commissary of forage.
There is also a considerable amount of documentary evidence in the case relating to the service of William Bausman in the forage department. There is evidence in a fragment of a book of accounts kept by the father of the claimant's husband, containing credits for moneys paid to William Bausman, jr., one of which is for issuing forage from the 1st of May to the 30th of June, 1778, from which it also appears that the claimant was then acting as forage-master.
There is also a certificate from the register's office showing two payments: one for service in 1780, and the other for service in 1782. These balances were adjusted in 1787, and are for service in the quartermaster and commissary department; and as the father of the claimant's husband died in 1784, (as is shown by the proof in the case,) the only inference is, that these amounts were payments for the services of the son. These payments are sufficient of themselves in amount to cover a period of several years' service.
Your committee are of the opinion that it is clearly deducible from the mass of evidence--parol, documentary, and record--that William Bausman, jr., was acting as forage master for several years in the war of the Revolution; and they therefore report a bill allowing the said Elizabeth Bausman the pension due for the service of her husband for several years as forage master.

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Register of certificates issued by Jonathan Burrall, commissioner for settling the accounts of the commissary and quartermaster department, from August 22, 1782, to May 7, 1789.

[The following text is arranged in a table with 5 rows and 6 columns]
[Row 1] Name. Letter. No. Date. Amount. When due.
[Row 2] Joseph Dixon C. 478 November 10, 1786 $150 56 January 1, 1782.
[Row 3] Do I. 479 do 100 00 August 1, 1780
[Row 4] William Bausman E. 554 March 30, 1787 1,365 05 September 1, 1780.
[Row 5] Do G. 555 do 822 02 May 1, 1782.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, February 16, 1850.
I certify the above to be a true extract from the "register of certificates issued by Jonathan Burall," on file in this office.
TOWNSEND HAINES, Register.
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House of Reps. U. S.
Commr Revy Pensions
Sir,
I have the honor to request that
you will forward to me for the use of the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
the papers on file in your department
relating to the following claims viz:
William Bausman on the Penna Roll
Elizabeth Champion widow of Reuben
of Michigan, suspended case.
If convenient I should like
to have them in time for the
meeting of the Comm'ee on Tuesday
morning
Very Respectfully
Your Obed Servt.
Jacob Broom
Chr. Comm. Rev. Pens.
Hon J. Minot
Commr of Pensions
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H. R. 828.

A BILL
For the relief of Elizabeth Bausman.

February 13, 1857. --Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow.
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34th CONGRESS,
3D SESSION.
H.R. 828.
[Report No. 211.]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FEBRUARY 18, 1857.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow,

MR. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Elizabeth Bausman.
1  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2  of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3  the Secretary of the Interior cause the name of Elizabeth
4  Bausman, widow of William Bausman, who was a forage
5  master several years in the war of the Revolution, to be placed
6  on the pension roll of the Pennsylvania line for the proper
7  amount of pension for said service, under the several acts of
8  Congress, in such case made and provided, and the pension
9  so authorized shall be paid to the said Elizabeth Bausman, or
10  if she be dead, then to her surviving children.
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Washington DC
Feb 16/56

Sir:
 I am directed by the committee on Pensions to call your attention to the enclosed petition, and request that you will furnish them with the evidence on file in the case in your office; and also the grounds of your rejection of the claim for increased pension.

Very Respectfully
Geo. W. Jones
off com pensions

Hon. J. Minot
Comm Pensions
Present
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House of Representatives 
Washington City D.C.
Feb.21, 1860

Sir,
  Will you give me a concise statement of the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Bausman widow of William Bausman on a pensioner under the act of 1848. Stating the cause of application and ground of its rejection.
I am Sin
Very Respectfully
Yo H Sevt
Thaddeus Stevens

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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Hon, C. B. Smith
Secretary

Sir,
  The claims of the children of William and Elizabeth Buasman decd of my State had been before the Pension Office for increase of Pensions as forage master without success it was taken to Congress and favorable reported by the committee on Revy. Pensions, but not reached by the (illegible) as the case is believed to be a meritorious  one.  I beg to request that the Secretary cause the papers to be sent to his office for action.

I have the Honor to be yours
John Covode

Washington D. C.
Feby. 10th 1862
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ground for the claim set up by the widow
and your decision, rejecting the same, is 
affirmed.
The papers in the case are herewith returned.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
Alex H. H. Stuart
Secy Interior

Jas. E. Heath, Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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3TH CONGRESS
3d Session}
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
REPORT
No. 211.{

ELIZABETH BAUSMAN.
[To accompany bill H.R. No. 828]
FEBRUARY 13, 1857.

Mr. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT.

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Elizabausman, of Pennsylvania, widow of William Bausman, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report:

That the parole and record evidence showing that William Bausman, the husband of the claimant, served several years during the revolutionary war as a forage-master at the barracks or military magazine at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is of a satisfactory character.  It appears from the evidence that said William Bausman lived both before and during the war in said Lancaster, and continued to reside there until the time of his death, (which occurred in 1833,) in the midst of those who must have known him well during the war; and that after the war he filled several responsible civic positions, such as justice of the peace, register of wills, and recorder of deeds, for the County of Lancaster.  It is also proven, by the testimony of of numerous witnesses of high respectability, that during his lifetime he always claimed to have served as a forage-master during the revolutionary war, and that he was always reported among his neighbors to have so served.The evidence on this point is so full and clear as to leave no doubts of its truth on the minds of your committee.  The evidence of actual service in that grade, by those who has personal knowledge of the fact, is scarcely less conclusive.  Four witnesses--viz: Peter Mouser, Peter Breunner, Philip Benedict, and John Erisman--all old enough to have a personal recollection of the events of the war, testify, positively, to their having known said William Bausman during the war, while he was for several years actually engaged in duties pertaining to the office of forage-master, and was called forage-master.
Peter Mouser testifies that he first knew him when he was serving as lieutenant of a Militia company, in which he served several tours, and was afterwards appointed Assistant commissary, and served as such to the close of the war.  The other witnesses say he was forage-master or commissary of forage.
Peter Breunner testifies that he was himself in service as guard at
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2 ELIZABETH BAUSMAN.

Lancaster barracks in the year 1779, and that before and after that time he knew William Bausman as a forage-master or commissary of forage.
There is also a considerable amount of documentary evidence in the case relating to the service of William Bausman in the forage department. There is evidence in a fragment of a book of accounts kept by the father of the claimant's husband, containing credits for moneys paid to William Bausman, jr., one of which is for issuing forage from the 1st of May to the 30th of June, 1778, from which it also appears that the claimant was then acting as forage-master.
There is also a certificate from the register's office showing two payments: one for service in 1780, and the other for service in 1782. These balances were adjusted in 1787, and are for service in 1782. These balances were adjusted in 1787, and are for service in the quartermaster and commissary department; and as the father of the claimant's husband died in 1784, (as is shown by the proof in the case) the only inference is, that these amounts were payments for services of the son. These payments are sufficient of themselves in amount to cover a period of several years' service.

Your committee are of the opinion that it is clearly deducible from the mass of evidence--parol, documentary, and record--that William Bausman, jr., was acting as forage master for several years in the war of the Revolution; and they therefore report a bill allowing the said Elizabeth Bausman the pension due for the service of her husband for several years as forage master.

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Register of certificates issued by Jonathan Burrall, commissioner for settling the accounts of the commissary and quartermaster department, from August 22, 1782, to May 7, 1789.

[The following text is arranged in a table with 5 rows and 6 columns]
[Row 1] Name. Letter. No. Date. Amount. When due.
[Row 2] Joseph Dixon C. 478 November 10, 1786 150 56 January 1, 1782.
[Row 3] Do I. 479 do 100 00 August 1, 1780.
[Row 4] William Bausman E. 554 March 30, 1787 1,365 05 September 1, 1780.
[Row 5] Do G. 555 do 822 02 May 1, 1782.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, February 16, 1850.
I certify the above to be a true extract from "register of certificates issued by Jonathan Burrall," on file in this office.
TOWNSEND HAINES, Register.
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Pension Office
Aug 12 1856
Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith the papers
in the case of Elizabeth Bausman widow of William of Penna. admitted under the act of July 7 1838, 3 March 1843, 17 June 1844 and 2d Feby 1848 at $240 a year,
Very respectfully
Yr obt Servant
J Minot

Commission
Hon Jacob Broom
Chm Com on Rev Pensions
H of R
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State of Pennsylvania}
Lancaster County S.S.}
I Henry Stock Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Lancaster County, do certify
that John C. Van Camp, William Frick & 
J Franklin Reigant Esq. [are and - Struck Thru] before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken are and were at the time of taking the same Aldermen of the City of Lancaster, duly
commissioned and qualified. And also that Emanuel Shaeffer Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, is and was at the time of taking the same one of the judges of said Court, duly commissioned & sworn, and and that their respective signatures are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court at Lancaster the 11th day of
April A.D. 1850

Henry Stock
Prothy.
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B.
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29
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I am very
respectfully yours
on [illegible]
Alex Ray
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Bautcheby, Joseph
GRADE  Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 10996
ACREAGE
100
ISSUED April 18, 1797 to James DeBaufre, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.