Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4236, Jesse Hoshal, Continental (Md.)
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On this twentieth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty, before me the subsidier one of the justices of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Baltimore county personally appeared Mary Hoshal aged eighty years resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on here hath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed July fourth eighteen hundred and thirty five that she the aforesaid Mary Hoshal is the lawful widow of Jesse Hoshal who was a private in the Maryland continental line and rendered his services to the United States from the commencement to the end of the Revolutionary war and aforesaid legionment further states upon oath that her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal as above stated was placed upon the pension roll of the United States March sixteenth eighteen hundred and nineteen and the commencement of his pension was on september twenty fifth eighteen hundred and eighteen and at the time of BLANK he was seventy six years of age and that he was dropped from said roll under act of congress may first eighteen hundred and twenty by BLANK of the BLANK law and aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal formerly Mary Hurst and now the lawful widow of aforesaid Jesse Hoshal and Mary Hoshal was lawfully married on the twenty second of december seventeen hundred and seventy nine and deponent further states that she and her husband Jesse Hoshal was lawfully married in Harford county in the State of Maryland deponent states that their marriage never was made HEARD of to her knowledge and that deponent cannot furnish any proof of aforesaid marriage only from personal knowledge and tht Mary Hoshal the aforesaid deponent and her husband deceased jesse Hoshal was the mother and father of elevent children whiche one of her sosns and now acting as one of the commissioners for said  county and that deponent do herein attach the HEARD of the births of her children of the following names and births.
Jane Hoshal born December 10th 1780 Elizabeth born April 4th 1782 Elenor born  June 1st 1784 Jesse born April 4 1786 John born Augt 21 1787, David, May 4th 1791, DABLY, Born June 5 1793, BLANK, Born feb 24th, 1795, BLANK, Born Augt 24th 1796, Bennet, Born april 2nd 1798, Mary born augt 9th 1800 and that aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal and now the lawful widow of Jesse Hoshal deceased that a part of their children was above stated  are married and have forty seven children which one deponent and her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal grand children which a part of deponents grand children are married and have twenty three children which are deponents great grandchildren and that the aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal further states upon oath that her husband aforesaid Jesse Hoshal died July fifteenth eighteen hundred and thirty and that the and that she has remained his widow ever since his death and never married again as with more FULLY appear by NEFFERENCE to the proof
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7372
Maryland

Jesse Hoshal
of Baltimore in the state of Maryland
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Housecker of the Maryland line for the term of Three years 11 d

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 25th September 1818

Certificate of pension issued the 6th of Mar 1819
and sent to the care Thomas Bailey, Esq. Balti, MD

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 5 6/30 4/35 $42.69
Semi-anl All'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 $48.00
Total $90.69

{Revolutionary claim Act 18th March 1818}

Baltimore County, MD

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Let 10 March 1838 Hon T.W. Worthington
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Maryland 5359
Mary Hoshal
widow of Jesse Hoshal, MD
who was a private in the Continental Line in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1844 and sent to Jesse Hoshall
Baltimore, MD

[Act of March 3, 1943.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 142
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Ages of Children of Jesse and Mary Hoshall

Isaac, son of Jesse and Mary Hoshall was born Dec 10th, 1780
Elizabeth, daughter of above born April 4, 1782
Eleanor, daughter of above born June 1, 1784
Jesse, son of above born April 4, 1786
John, son of above born August 24, 1787
David, son of above born May 4, 1791
Sally, daughter of above born June 5, 1793
Shadrach, son of above born Feb 24, 1795
Efram, son of above born Aug 27, 1796
Bennit, son of above born Ap 2, 1798
Mary, daughter of above born Aug 9, 1800
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

On this twentieth day of January eighteen hundred and forty before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for Baltimore county personally appeared Mary Hoshal aged eighty years a resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July fourth eighteen hundred and thirty-six that she the aforesaid Mary Hoshal is the lawful widow of Jesse Hoshal who was a private in the Maryland continental line and rendered his services to the United States from the commencement to the end of the revolutionary war and aforesaid deponent further states upon oath that her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal as above stated was placed upon the pension roll of the United States March sixteenth eighteen hundred and nineteen and that commencement of his pension was on September twenty fifth eighteen hundred and eighteen and at the time of so doing he was seventy six years of age and that he was dropped form said roll under act of congress May first eighteen hundred and twenty by reason of the property law and aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal
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formerly Mary Hurst and now the lawful widow of aforesaid Jesse Hoshal Mary Hoshal was lawfully married on the twenty-second of December seventeen hundred and seventy-nine and deponent further states that she and her husband Jess Hoshal was lawfully married in Harford County in the State of Maryland deponent states that their marriage never was made record of to her knowledge and that deponent cannot furnish any proof of aforesaid marriage only from personal knowledge and that Mary Hoshal the aforesaid deponent and her husband deceased Jess Hoshal was the mother and father of eleven children which one of her sons are now acting as one of the commissions for said county and that deponent do herein attach the record of the births of her children and the following names and births. Isaac Hoshal born December 10, 1780, Elizabeth boron April 4, 1782, Elenor born June 1, 1784, Jesse born Apr 4, 1786, John born Aug 21, 1787, David, bon May 4th, 1791, Sally born June 15, 1793, Shadrach born Feb 24, 1795, Ephram born Aug 27, 1796, Bennet born Apr 2, 1798, Mary born Aug 9, 1800 and that aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal and now the lawful widow of Jesse Hoshal deceased that a part of their children was above stated are married and have forty seven children
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which are deponents and her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal grandchildren which a part of deponent grandchildren are married and have twenty three children which are deponents great grandchildren and that the aforesaid deponent Mary Hoshal further states upon oath that her husband aforesaid Jesse Hoshal died July fifteenth eighteen hundred and thirty and that she has remained his widow ever since his death and never married again as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me the subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace for the county and state aforesaid.

Mary Hoshal
Her X Mark

James McCulloch, Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid
As witness J Miller

I do hereby certify that Mrs Mary Hoshal is well known to me to be a lady of veracity and her oath can be relied upon and on the account of old age and infirmities cannot appear before no court of record. Given under my hand and seal this day and year before mentioned.

James McCulloch

SEAL

Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid.
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State of Maryland, Baltimore, County

I hereby certify that James McCulloch gentleman, before whom the within deposition was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of said so doing a Justice of the Peace of said State in and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 25th day of January 1860

Thos Kell - Clerk of Balt Co Court
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore

On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me the undersigned Jesse Hoshal a resident of Baltimore County aged sixty-nine years and upwards an applicant for a pension under the late 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" and then and there made the following declaration on oath, by me administered, "That he enlisted in Fredericktown in said state about the month of July 1776 under Captain Fister there mustered under Major Weltner in the German Battalion then commanded by Col Stricker - marched from thence under said officers to the barracks in Philadelphia, where Col Housacker took the command - after various movements was present and took part in the battle of Trenton and assisted in capturing the Hessian in the months of December same year, about which time Captain Fister resigned and Lieut. Chas Baltzell was promoted to the command of the company under when deponent continues to serve until discharged at [illegible] in the state of Pennsylvania, in July 1779, by Capt. Bernard who at that time had the command of the remaining troops of the German Regiment or Battalion, which discharge he left at Annapolis sometime afterwards. That in addition to the battle above-mentioned he was present and engaged in the Battles of Princeton Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth Court House, and many other inferior notes during the period of three years' service. That there are none of the officers under whom he served now living within the City or County of Baltimore within his knowledge, but knows of several belonging to same regiment particularly Wolfgang Etsberger, a respectable
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citizen of Baltimore, now present whose deposition deponent takes leave to offer as evidence of the truth of the aforegiong declaration. That he hath not heretofore ever received a pension of any kind and in consequence of his reduced circumstances, he is in need of the assistance of his country for support.

Jesse Hoshal

Subscribed and sworn to before

N Price - Chief Judge Balt County Court

City of Baltimore

On this twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me the undersigned Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court Woolfgang Etchberger who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served three years in the German Regiment in the service of the United States in the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War that he was well acquainted with Jesse Hoshal now present having served with him on many expeditions when picked men were detached from the regiment well knows that said Hoshal served out the period of his enlistment which was three years on the continental establishment as stated in the aforegoing declaration and that he was Honorable discharged as therein stated.

Woolfgang Etchberger

Subscribed and sworn to before
N Price - Chief Judge Baltimore City Court
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore

I hereby certify that form the foregoing declaration made this day before on oath there annexed and attached it appears to my satisfaction that Jesse Hoshal served in the Revolutionary war on the continental establishment against the common enemy upward of nine months in continuance and from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.

Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of Sept 1818

N Price - Chief Judge Balt City Court

To the Hon Sec of War
When a pension certificate is granted, please forward the same to me care of Thomas Bailey, Esq - Baltimore 

Jesse Hoshal
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City of Baltimore

I Thomas Harwood clerk of Baltimore City Court do hereby certify that the Honorable before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken and certified and who hath thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned and qualified and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this twenty-fifth day of Sept eighteen hundred and eighteen.

TH Harwood - SEAL

Baltimore City Court
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Rev & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

December 28, 1928

Miss Frances Stuart
Boulevard Apartments
Baltimore, Maryland 

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4236, it appears that Jesse Hoshal or Hoshall enlisted at Fredericktown, Maryland in July 1776 and served three years in the German Battalion under Captains Fister, and Charles Baltzel, Colonels Stricker, and Haussegger, and was in the battles of Trenton (Dec 26, 1776 and January 2, 1777), Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was discharged in July 1779 at Wyoming, Pennsylvania by Major Burchardt who commanded the remaining troops of the Battalion.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1818, while a resident of Baltimore County Maryland aged sixty years. e died July 15, 1830.

Solder married December 2 or 22, 1779 in Harford County, Maryland, Mary Hurst. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 20, 1840, while a
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resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, aged eighty years.

Their children were:

Isaac born Dec 10, 1780
Elizabeth born April 4, 1782
Elenor or Eleanor born June 1, 1784
Jesse born April 4, 1786
David born May 4, 1791
Sally born June 5, 1793
Shadrach born Feb 24, 1795
Ephram or Ephraim born Aug 27, 1796
Bennit or Bennett born April 2, 1798
Mary born Aug 9, 1800

IN 1840, the widow stated that she had forty-seven grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren, no names given.

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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1909 Dec 7, Hist to Hon J Frederick C Talbott
914 Nov 2 Hist to Mrs Jane B H Cox and Mirs E B Kettle
1926 June 23 Hist to Mrs Chas S Passmore

1928 Dec 28 Hist to Frances Stuart

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Rev Widow Etc.
File No 4236
Mary Hoshal
Wid
Jesse Hoshal
Pvt Rev War
Act March 3, 1843
Index Vol A Page 349

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mary Hoshal
of Jesse
Maryland
Suspended
Let: 26 Feb 1840
to Hon J T H Worthington
LGG Brewer
Let 13 March 1840 to Hon J T H Worthington
let 25 July 1840 W/W Curran

Act 4 July 1836
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Congressional
3-871
Record Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by Geo M Moore
Dec 6 1909

Soldier: Jesse Hoshall

Service: Rev

Remarks:
No O W I war R as above except
W F No 4236

Chief Division
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5817
Maryland
Mary Hoshal
widow of Jesse Hoshal, dec
who was a pensioner under the act of 1818
and who died on the 15 July 1830
of Balt Co in the State of Maryland
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Fister of the Regiment commanded
by Col Stricker in the Maryalnd
line for two years.

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland
at the rate of $80 dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of September 1840, and sent to W.W. Curran - Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1840 $360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 41 $40.00
Total $400.00

{Act July 7 1838}

Recorded by D.McCurdy - clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 174

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See letter April 15, 1844 to Jess Hoshal
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5214

Mary Hoshall
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

I hereby certify that Henry Kidd Gentleman before whom the aforegoing deposition was made and who had thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Baltimore County duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 4th day of January 1844

Tho Kell - Clerk

State of Maryland
Baltimore County

This is to certify that Mrs. Mary Hoshal who has sworn and subscribed to the within declaration of facts on the opposite page is personally known to me and that she is still residing in Baltimore County. IN testimony whereof I subscribe my name on this sixteenth day of April 1844.

Henry Kidd
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DATE STAMP - Baltimore April 14

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

April 11, 1844

Ret:
Mary Hoshal
3 March 1843
$80 per annum

Jesse Hoshall
Baltimore MD
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DATE STAMP - Baltimore April 14

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

April 11, 1844

Ret:
Mary Hoshal
3 March 1843
$80 per annum

Jesse Hoshall
Baltimore MD
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Baltimore April 16th 1844

Sir:

Enclosed agreeably to the requirements of your letter of the 15th I have procured the certificate of Mr. Kidd who I luckily found in the city attending as me of the Baltimore County Jury men, so you can therefore please to answer me before Monday next as I shall remain in the city until that time.

With respect I remain
your humble servant

Jess Hoshall
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ANNAPOLIS Date Stamp Mar 4

FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Mail:

March 6, 1840

Mary

Mr. Allison 
has the [illegible]

Hoshal
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ANNAPOLIS Date Stamp Mar 4

FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Mail:

March 6, 1840

Mary

Mr. Allison
has the [illegible]

Hoshal
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Land Office, Annapolis, 4th March 1840

Sir:

Yours of the 26th ultimo was received. I have examined very carefully the muster and pay rolls of the revolution in this office and they afford no evidence of the services of Jess Hoshal his name is not to be found either upon the muster or pay roll of the German Regiment. Capt. Charles Baltzell under whom he alleges to have served, I find upon the roll of the German Regiment.

Very respectfully
your obedient servant
G.G. Brewer

J.L. Edwards, Esq
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Feb 24, 1840

Mary

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Hon J T H Worthington
H.R.
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Feb 24, 1840

Mary

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Hon J T H Worthington
H.R.
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House of Representatives
Feb 24th 1840

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir:

Yours of the 15th late was received this morning on my return to this place.

The paper in the case of Mary Hoshal and Mary Dick referred to in my letter of the 30th last were presented by Mr. Curran. My letter should have accompanied the papers, and I would beg leave to recommend those cases to your most favorable consideration.

Very Respectfully, your servant,

John T H Worthington
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7274
Mary Hoshal
of Jesse
Maryland

Admitted
Private 2 years $80.00
Capt Fister Col Stricker
MD

died 15 July 1830

Act 7 July 1838

W.W. Curran
Present
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit

On this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three personally appeared Mary Hoshal aged eight three years or abouts a resident of said county who being fir duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed March 3 1843 - granting one years pension to certain widows that she is the widow of Jesse Hoshal who served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war in the Maryland Continental Line and was placed upon the pension roll of the United States for said services March 16, 1819 and commenced to receive his pay on September 25th 1818 at which time he was about seventy six
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years of age after which he was dropped from the pension roll under the act of congress passed in May 1820 by reason of the property law - this deponent further declares that her maiden name was Mary Hurst and that she was lawfully married to her deceased husband Jesse Hoshal in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine in Harford County in said state of Maryland that their marriage was never recorded to her knowledge. This deponent further declares that they were the father and mother of eleven children forty grand children and twenty great grandchildren. She further declares that her husband Jesse Hoshal died in July eighteen hundred and thirty and she is still his widow and never married since his death.

Mary Hoshal
Her X Mark

Sworn before me a Justice of the Peace
Henry Kidd
Justice of the Peace Baltimore County
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit

On this twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin Thomas aged about eighty-two years and did solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that he the said Benjamin Thomas is a resident of said county residing in the sixth election district of said county and has been a resident of said county from his infancy up to the present day and that he personally knows Mr Jesse Hoshal and Mary Hoshal his wife that he has known them for sixty years living together as man and wife until the death of the said Jesse Hoshal and was always recognized as man and wife in the neighborhood and that he knows her the said Mary Hoshal to be the widow of the said Jesse Hoshal deceased.

Benjamin Thomas
His X Mark

Affirmed to and subscribed before me one of the justices of Peace for the above said county

Henry Kidd

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Thomas for a number of years and that he is a man of and unblemished character and that his oath or affirmation would be taken in any court of Justice

Henry Kidd
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State of Maryland Baltimore County

I hereby certify that Henry Kidd gentleman before whom the within deposition was made and who has hereto singed his name was and at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of said state in and for the county of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 25th day of January 1840.

Thos Kell - Clerk Balt County Court
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20 Feb 1840
4920
Mary Hoshal
Jesse Hoshal
Maryland

in C/O Curran
Globe Office

H Worthington
H.R.
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit

On this twenty first day of January eighteen hundred and forty personally appeared before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace for the state and county aforesaid, Aron Campbell aged seventy nine years being a resident of Baltimore County whihc has been the place of his residence up to the present time and made oath on the holy evangelist of almighty god that he has personally known Jesse Hoshal who was a soldier of the revolutionary war and knew that he did draw a pension from the United States for his revolutionary services and knew him to be the identical Jesse Hoshal that rendered the services to the United States and he further states upon oath that he well knows his widow Mary Hoshal that is now making application for a pension to be the identical widow of Jesse Hoshal this deponent further states that he has known the within mentioned parties for from fifty to seventy years and has always been recognized as man and wife and never was disputed in the neighborhood. Sworn to and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the State and County aforesaid.

James McCulloch
As witness N [illegible]

Aron Campbell

I do hereby certify that I have known this deponent for a number of years and never knew his veracity disputed.

James McCulloch
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

I hereby certify that James McCulloch Gentleman before whom the within deposition was made and who has hereto signed his name and likewise to the certificate annexed in said deposition was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for the county of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 3rd day of January 1840

Thos Kidd - Clerk
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January 3, 1844

Baltimore Date Stamp - Jan 4
MD
Mary Hshal
3 March 1843

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 

FREE
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Baltimore Jan 4, 1844

Dear Sir

Enclosed to you the declaration of my mother under the act of congress 3 March 1843. I shall leave here for home this day and will return down to market on the 9th. You will do me a great favor by giving your attention to her claim so that I can get an answer from you at that time.

I remain your sincere servant
With respect

Jesse Hoshal
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Mary Hoshal
No 7274 of Jesse
Maryland
W W Curran

Maryland
Act July 7 1838

Mary Hoshal

W.W. Curran
Present

Aug 19, 1840
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty, before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Orphan's court of Baltimore City and County, a court of record, personally appeared Mary Hoshal aged eighty years a resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration s in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows. that she is the widow of Jesse Hoshal who was a private in the Maryland line in the war of the revolution this deponent further states that her husband Jesse Hoshal was placed upon the pension role of the United States March 16th 1819 and that commencement of his pension was on Sept 25th 1818; and at the time of so doing he was seventy six years of age and that he was dropped from said roll under act of congress passed May 18th, 1820 by reason of the property law; this deponent Mary Hoshal formerly Mary Hurst and her husband Jesse Hoshal deceased were lawfully married on the second day of December in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy nine in Harford County in said state of Maryland; she further states that her marriage
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was never recorded to her knowledge as it ws not the habit so to do as that period and the ony proof she can furnish is personal or oral and after their marriage aforesaid Mary and Jesse Horshal were the father and mother of eleven children named Isaac, born Dec 10th, 1780, Elizabeth born April 4th 1782, Elanor born June 18th, 1784, Jesse born April 4th, 1786, John born Aug 21st, 1787, David born May 4th, 1791, Sally born June 5th, 1793, Shadrach born Feb 24th 1795, Ephraim born April 2nd 1798, Bennett, Mary born Aug 9th 1800 - and deponent further states upon oath that a part of her children are married and have forty seven children which are her grandchildren and a part of her grandchildren are marries and have twenty-three children which are her great grandchildren and her husband Jesse Hoshal died July the fifteenth eighteen hundred and thirty and she still remains his widow and never married again.

Mary Hoshal
Her X Mark

In testimony whereof this deponent has subscribed her name - the day and year above written, before me one of the Justices of the Orphan's Court for the city and county of Baltimore.

James B Price
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I hereby certify that the applicant Mary Hoshal is incapable from bodily infirmity to attend a court of record, and I have therefore taken her oath and deposition at her place of residence in Baltimore County.

James B Price

Maryland

I hereby certify that James B Price Esquire who has subscribed the aforegoing certificate was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County in said state duly commissioned and qualified according to law.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said orphans court this seventeenth day of August in the year 1840.

D M Perine - Register
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Additional testimony in the case of Mary Hoshal

W.W. Curran

July 24, 1840
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

On this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Baltimore County, personally appeared Mary Hoshal and made oath on the holy evangelic of all mighty God from old age and bodily infirmities and late indisposition she cannot appear before any court of record being she deponent resides thirty miles from any court and deponent further state upon oath that there is no public nor family record of the marriage of deponent and her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal and the only record that was in her possession was the births of her children to which was transmitted to the pension office with her declaration and deponent further states upon oath that she and her husband deceased Jesse Hoshal was lawfully married after the termination of her husband's service aforesaid to the United States during the Revolutionary war sworn to and subscribed the day and year as above stated and aforesaid - before me a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid.

Mary Hoshal
Her X Mark

James McCulloch JP

I being the family physician of Mary Hoshal who has sworn to the above deposition stating that she cannot appear before a court of record upon account of her bodily infirmities and old age.
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concur in opinion that she could not travel the 30 miles to a court without endangering her life.

Ephraim Bell M.D.
New Market - Baltimore County

March 234d, 1840

State of Maryland
Baltimore County

I hereby certify that James McCulloch, gentleman, before whom the within affidavit was made and who has hereto signed his name was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court on this 24th day of March 1840.

Thos Kell Clerk of Balt County Court
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Please send history of soldier to

Mrs. Jane B H Cox
2610 Elsinore Ave
Baltimore, MD

and to 
Mrs. E B Kettle
636 Fair Oak Ave
Chicago, Illinois

Personal request Oct 31, 1914
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Mrs. Chas S Passmore
717 West Granite Street
Butte, Mont

April 9, 1926

The Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Do your revolutionary records show that Hesse Hoshal of Frederick County, Maryland applied for pension? I think his wife's name was Hurst. Have you any other records of other Hoshals from the same couonty?

Thanking you in advance for this information, I am

Very turly yours,

Susie M. Passmore
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Boulevard Apartments
Baltimore, Maryland

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me if pension was asked by Jesse Hoshall or Hockschild who enlisted at Frederick Town, MD July 1776 in the German Battalion under Capt. Henry Fister and Capt. Chas. Beltzel , Colonels George Stricker and Hanssinger. Discharged July 1779 Penna under Major Burkhardt.

Thanking you in advance for your trouble, I am,

Very truly yours,

Miss Frances Stuart
Act Registrar
Daughters of the Revolution

March 19, 1928

PENSION OFFICE SEAL - Mar 21, 1928
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House of Representatives, U.S.
Washington, D.C.

Dec 4, 1909

Hon. J L Davenport
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:

The descendants of one Jesse Hoshall a soldier in the war of the revolution are very anxious to ascertain in what company and regiment he served and also his nationality. I am informed he was a pensioner and died in July 1830. If you have any record of Jesse Hoshall will you kindly let me have it and oblige.

Yours very truly,
J Fred C. Talbott
J Frederick C Talbott
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December 7, 1909

Hon. J. Frederick C. Talbott,
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Talbott:

In reply to your letter dated the 4th and received the 6th instant, I have the honor to furnish you the military history of the only Jesse Hoshal found on the record of pensioners of the War of the Revolution.

Jesse Hoshal, Wid, File No 4236 was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1818, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, and sixty years of age.

He alleged that he enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland, in July 1776, and served three years in the German Battalion under captains Fister and Charles Beltzel ,Colonels Stricker and Haussegger; he was in both battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was discharged in July 1779, at Wyoming, Pennsylvania by Major Burchardt who commanded the remaining troops of the battalion.

The soldier married in Harford County, Maryland, December 22, 1779, Mary Hurst. He died July 15, 1830, and she was allowed pension on her application executed January 20, 1840, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, and eight years of age.
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Wid. File No 4286

Their children were:

Isaac born December 10, 1780
Elizabeth born April 4, 1782
Eleanor born June 1, 1784
Jesse born April 4, 1786
John born August 21, 1787
David born May 4 1791
Sally born June 5 1793
Shadrach born February 24, 1795
Ephraim born August 27, 1796
Bennit born April 2, 1798
Mary born August 9, 1800

very respectfully
 Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section

Mrs. E.B. Kettle
636 Fair Oak Ave
Chicago, Illinois

November 2, 1914

Mrs. Jane B.H. Cox
2610 Elsinore Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Madam:

In response to your personal request of the thirty-first ultimo, you are advised that the papers in claim W. File No. 4236 Rev. War show that Jesse Hoshal was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1818, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, and sixty years of age.

He stated that he enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland in July 1776, and served three years in the German Battalion under Captains Fister and Charles Baltzel, Colonels Stricker and Haussegger; he was in the following battles: Trenton on December 26, 1776, and January 2, 1777; Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and was discharged in July 1779 at Wyoming Pennsylvania by Major Burchardt who commanded the remaining troops of the Battalion.

Jesse Hoshal married in Harford County, Maryland on December 22, 1779, Mary Hurst. He died July 15, 1830 and she was allowed pension on her application executed January 20, 1840, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, and eighty years of age.
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Children of Jesse and Mary Hoshall

Isaac born December 10, 1780
Elizabeth born April 4, 1782
Eleanor born June 1, 1784
Jesse born April 4, 1786
John born August 21, 1787
David born May 4, 1791
Sally born June 5, 1793
Shadrach born February 24, 1795
Ephraim born August 27, 1796
Bennit born April 2, 1798
Mary born August 9, 1800

Very respectfully, 
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner

1840 - 47 grandchildren
1840 - 23 great grandchildren
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.

June 23, 1926

Mrs. Charles S. Passmore
717 W. Granite St
Butte, Mont.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.4236, it appears that Jesse Hoshal or Hoshall enlisted at Fredericktown, Maryland in July 1776 and served three years in the German Battalion under Captains Fister, and Charles Batlzel, Colonels Stricker, and Haussegger, and was in the battles of Trenton (December 26, 2776 and January 2, 1777), Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was discharged in July 1779 at Wyoming, Pennsylvania by Major Burchardt who commanded the remaining troops of the Battalion.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1818, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland aged sixty years. He died July 15, 1830.

Soldier married December 2 or 22, 1779 in Harford
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County, Maryland, Mary Hurst. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 20, 1840, while a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, aged eighty years.

Their children were:

Isaac born December 10, 1780
Elizabeth born April 4, 1782
Eleanor born June 1, 1784
Jesse born April 4, 1786
John born August 21, 1787
David born May 4 1791
Sally born June 5 1793
Shadrach born February 24, 1795
Ephraim born August 27, 1796
Bennit born April 2, 1798
Mary born August 9, 1800

In 1840, the widow stated that she had forty-seven grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren, no names given.

Respectfully

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.