Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7851, for George Oxer, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va

Oxer, George [a small star stamped above the capital O]

NUMBER
R. 7851

CONTENTS
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[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

[stamp] REJECTED

78851.
P. O. [blank] 
[James crossed out] ^George Oxer
Service: [blank]

Enlisted: [blank], 18--.
Discharged: [blank], 18--.
Application filed: [blank], 18--.

Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]

Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]

[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank], 18--.
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No. 39.151
Jas. Oxer, Heir at law
of
Geo: Oxer
[illegible] 

7851

Joseph H. Brown, Oct: 30 /58
Rejected. did not serve & his fathr
died in 1809. his mother in 24,
ACH Jr.
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[illegible]
Oct. 25
Official [illegible]

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

[written sideways, on the left] Geo. Oxer [illegible]
No papers, Original [illegible]
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Williamsport Indiana Oct 25th 1838

To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir I herewith
transmit to your department the declaration of
James Oxer for a soldier's pensions.  The time which
has elapsed and the changes and removeals which have
been made since the time of the Revolutionary War
Renders it very difficult and almost impossible to
give that accurate information which the forms of
application to your department require.  It is in
this case impossible to procure any evidence [crossed out: in this
application] more satisfactory than that which
accompanies the Declaration James Oxer himself
being old and infirm ^and without [illegible] and his acquaintances 
of his age and generation having passed away.  He is
left in a measure without satisfactory proof of his
right to a pension but there is no doubt in
my mind but his allegations are in the mane
true.  And it is to be hoped that you will
find sufficient and satisfactory Evidence in the
declaration and affidavit accompanying it to predicate
a finding in favor of the Declarant.  By so
doing you will confer a distinguished and
valuable favor upon [and crossed out] an aged and infirm
but loyal Citizen of Indiana and his Country

Yours Truly
Joseph H Brown
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State of Indiana
County of Warren
Warren Common Pleas Court
October term of 1858
In open Court present Hon William R Boyen Judge

On this fourth day of October A.D. 1858 before the Court
of Common Pleas held within and for the County and
State aforesaid Personally appeared James Oxer aged
Sixty Seven years a resident of Washington Township
in the County of Warren and State of Indiana
who being duly sworn according to law doth on his
Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the Benefits of the Provisions of the act of the seventh
of June 1832 that he is the only surviving child
and heir at law of George Oxer Deceased who was
Soldier and Spy in the Company of Virginia
troops Commanded by Captain Barnett in the
Regiment of Virginia, commanded by General George
Washington in the War of the Revolution.  That his
said Father entered the Service at the Commencement
of the war of the Revolution and as declarant Believes
at the Slade Hollow fort in Virginia that he continued
in actual Service in Said War as Spy Soldier Butcher
and Commisary during the whole time of Said War
That the said father Recived an honorable discharge But
cannot give the time nor place. That he was in the
following Engagments (to wit, The Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Shawnee The Battle of the Cow Pens [Cowpens] the
Battle of Kings Mountain and was in a skirmish
with the Indians in which Captain Barrett Recaptured the
McClure family in Virginia and was placed by him
in the care of the said George Oxer.  That declarant
has no documentary Evidence of his fathers service
That he left a widow named Darkis Oxer who
died about the year 1824 in the State of Kentucky
That the said James Oxer is the only child and
heir living of the Said Soldier
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That the declarant does not recollect the year
in which his mother was married to the said
George Oxer But that they were married by a
Baptist Minister by the name of Whitaker That the
name of declarants mother before her intermarriage
with the Said George Oxer was Darkis Shelly
That his father George Oxer Died in Montgomery
County in the State of Kentucky in the ^month of October
AD 1808 That there is no public or private
record of the marriage of the Declarants father
and mother that the Said James Oxer herby
appoints Joseph H. Brown of Warren County and
State of Indiana his true and lawful attorny
with power of substitution to prosecute his
claim to receive the Certificate when issued
and to do all other acts necessary and proper
in the premises
Witness James Oxer his mark [+]

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the
said Deponent James Oxer and believe him to be as above stated
And further that I am not interested in
his claim as attorney or otherwise.

State of Indiana
County of Warren 
Witness my hand and seal of Said County affixed by another
of said court now in session Henry R Pomeroy Clerk 
by B D Wheeler Dept
On this11th day of October AD 1858
personally appeared Before the Clerk of the
Warren Common Pleas Count John Oxers 
a resident of Warren County in the State of
Indiana to me well known as a credible
witness and who being duly sworn doth
on his oath state that he was acquainted with
Mrs Darkis Oxer above named
that he knew her for eight years Before 
her death ^in the State of Kentucky, But that said affiant never
Examined her family Record nor knows of
and that said affiant knows nothing of
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Mrs Oxers husband he being dead before affiant
became acquainted with the Said Darkis Oxer. that the
said James Oxer is the son of the said Darkis Oxer
and further saith not
John Owens his mark [X]

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned
Before me and I certify that I am in now manner interested
Henry R Pomeroy Clerk
by B D Wheeler Dept

State of Indiana
County of Warren
On this seventh day of October 1858 personally
appeared before the undersigned clerk of the Warren
Common Pleas Court Synthia Ann Seybold
of Saint Joseph County Indiana who being duly
Sworn according to ^law depose and says that she
was well acquainted with Mrs Darkis Oxer for four 
years in Montgomery County in the State of
Kentuckey Prior to her death.  That James Oxer 
was a son of Mrs Darkis Oxer Cannot give the
time Mrs Darkis Oxer died as I Mooved from there
and settled in the State of Ohio. I never knew the
husband of Mrs Darkis Oxer as she was a widow
when I first knew her.  I knew Mrs Darkis Oxer
about the year 1832 [words crossed out] Do not know
of any of Mrs Oxers children living but her
Son James Oxer
Witness
Cynthia Ann Seybold her mark [X] mark
Subscribed and Sworn to Before me this seventh day of
October 1858
Henry R. Pomeroy Clerk
by B d Wheeler Dept

State of Indiana 
County of Warren
Court of Common Pleas October term of 1858

 It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has
been exhibited before the said Court which evidence is
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Hereto annexed that George Oxen who as reported
was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States
died in the month of October Eighteen hundred
and nine leaving Surviving him a Widow
named Darkis Over who died about the year
Eighteen hundred and twenty four and that James
Oxer is the only surviving child of the aforesaid
soldier who is a resident of Washington township
Warren County in the State of Indiana

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto by order
of said Court set my hand and affixed my seal of
Office this 8th day of October one thousand Eighteen
hundred and fifty Eight
Henry R Pomeroy Clerk
by Benjamin D Wheeler Dept

[Round seal with serrated edges]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Oxx, Peter GRADE Private
LINE Von Heer's Dragoons

WARRANT NUMBER 13559 ACERAGE 100
ISSUED  October 28, 1789 to Matt. McConnell, 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.