Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,109, for Andrew C Marcker, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Marcker, Andrew C.
or Marker, Andrew
NUMBER
S.40.109
B.L.Wt. 13519-100a
Corp. Artillery Artificers of Pa.
issued Aug. 21, 1789
CONTENTS
[blank]
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Same
Let Geo. M. Phillips Apr. 1, 1851
7887
Pennsylvania
Andrew C. Marcker
Andrew Marker of Philada in the state of Penns
who was a Sargt in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Flowers of the Pennsa line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of March 1819
sent to Richard Peters, Esqr
Judge, Phd.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 1053[math equation]$85.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48 -
$133.03
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
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District of Pennsylvania
On this sixteenth day of April A.D. 1818, before me
Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Pennsylvania District, personally
appeared Andrew Marker, of the City of Philadelphia, who being duly sworn deposes and declare that during the war of the Revolution he served against the common enemy, as a Sergeant in the Army on the continental establishment that in thefull of the year 1780 he enlisted in Captain Dows company in Colonel Benjamin Flower's Regiment of Artillery Artificer in the service of the United States, and faithfully served therein for and during the time of three years and five days and until being enlisted for the War, he received an honourable discharge from the American Army, at Philadelphia, on the 31st of October 1783. Thathe is now Sixty five years of age and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of
assistance from his country for support. that he is a resident Citizen of the United States, that he has never received or been allowed any pension by the Laws of the United States and that he this
Deponent is the person designated and mentioned in the Discharge hereunto annexed.
Sworn & Subscribed
this 16th day of April
A.D. 1818. before
Richard Peters
Andrew Marcker
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District Court of the U. States in and
for the Eastern District of Penns. fs,
On the eleventh day of August One thousand eight
hundred and twenty personally appeared in the District Court
of the United States for the District aforesaid (the said Court being at
Court of Record having a Clerk a Seal and keeping a record of
its proceedings, Andrew Marker aged Sixty Seven years, residing in ┃
Philadelphia, who being first duly sworn in Open Court according to law
on his Oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
Viz - In the Regiment of Artillery and Artificers Col: Benjn. Flowers 
Company commanded by Capt Wiley. Date of Original declaration 16th
April 1818. Number of Pension Certificate (7887)-- and I the said Andrew
Marker do further solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that
time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part
thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in
the Revolutionary War" passed the 18th of March 1818; and that I have
not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or Securities, contracts
or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and declared in Open Court   } Andrew Marcker
on the eleventh day of August 1820     }
D. Caldwell Clk : Dist. Cp                        }
Schedule of the Property of Andrew Marker
Annexed is an Inventory of my whole Estate, I am by occupation
a Taylor, but in consequence of bad eye sight, am unable to.
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Labour
I have no children, and am in such indigent circumstances
, as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of
my Country-
Sworn at Supora   Andrew Marcker
D. Caldwell Clk. Dist. Cp.
At an appraisment held 8th of August 1820 of the house 
N. 261 Race St. owned and in possession of Mr Andrew Marcker we the
undersigned do find the same to be worth one hundred and thirty
Dollars - the arrears of ground rent and taxes by 1st of September
approxim. will be 47 Dollars - the ground rent per year is 70 Dollars
paid half yearly-- the house old, and unfit to move off-- the 
unexpired time of the lease is five years within a few days-
A List of household goods appraised at the same time viz-

One Bureau --- 4.00
4 Chairs ---- 25 ct. each ----1.00
1 - 9 Plate Stove ----4.00
Walnut Table ---- 1.50
1 Looking Glass ---- 1.00
And [illegible] shovel and tongs---0.75
pot & Spider ---- 0. 50
Tub & Water bucket ---- 0.25
13. 00
Saml C. Sandis own to in Open                }
Court Aug. 11th 1820                               } Sam C. Sandis
D. Caldwell Clk. Dist. Cp                            } William Gorges
J.D. Caldwell Clerk of the District Court of the United States
in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied
from the Records of the said Court: and I do further certify that
it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirteen Dollars.
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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the
said Court, on this Twelfth day of August
A.D. 1820 and in the forty fifth year of the
Independence of the said United States.
H. Caldwell Clk. D[illegible]
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On the 9th day of February in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two (1832.)
the mortal remains of Andrew C. Marker were
interred in the graveyard of the German Evangel. Luth.
Congregation of St. Michael & Zion in 
Philadelphia. The deceased had attained the age of 76
years.
On the 27th day of January, in the same
year (1832) the mortal remains of Mary
Marker were interred in the same grave yard.
The deceased had attained the age of 85
years.
That the above statements are true copies from
the Records of the German Evangel. Luther. 
Congregation of T. Michael & Zion in Philadelphia,
I certify with my hand & the corporate seal of
said Congregation, Philadelphia this 21st
day of December in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred & fifty (1850.)
Ch. R Demme'
Pastor of said Congregation.
--
Dear Sir,
As I could attend to this matter the same
day on which you called & found the records
immediately, I have sent them forthwith
George M. Phillips Esq.
Resp
Ch. R Demme'
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Declaration for Transfer and Increase of Pension
State of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia }S
Be it known, That on the twenty-eighth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally
appeared before the undersigned, an Alderman in and
for the City-- of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania
and Ex officio, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by
law to administer oaths, personally appeared 
Solomon Forebaugh, a resident of said City of Philadelphia
aged fifty three years, who being by me first duly sworn
according to law, doth declare and say, that he is the
Administrator of the Estate of Andrew Marker, deceased
who in his life time drew a pension from the
United States, under the Act of Congress of March
18 1818, on account of his services during the war of
the Revolution, that the said Andrew Marker
as deponent verily believes, was an Artillery Artificer
in the Regiment commanded by Col. Flowers
in the War of the Revolution, and served to the close of
said War. That he makes this declaration for
the purpose of having the name of said Andrew
Marker transferred from the roll of pensioner under
the Act of March 1818, to that under the Act of Congress
passed May 15, 1828, or the Act of 7th June 1832, or such other
Acts of Congress made and provided in such cases, and
that a Certificate or certificates for such increase or
one of pension as may be due on account of the
services of the said Andrew Marker, may issue to
this deponent as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased
He further declares that said Andrew Marker died on
the Sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, as will
more fully appear by the files and records of the Treasury
and War Departments
Solomon Forebaugh
[illegible]
Sworn Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and
year first above mentioned
[illegible] Alderman
and Ex officio justice of Peace
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State of Pennsylvania,
CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS.
I, JAMES VINYARD, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of
Philadelphia, DO CERTIFY, That [illegible] Esq., before whom the
foregoing affidant was made, and who has thereunto set his name, in his own
proper hand, was at the time of so doing, and now is, one of the Aldermen in and for the City of
Philadelphia, and ex officio a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified, to all whose acts as
such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at
Philadelphia, this 28th day of November one thousand eight
hundred and fifty
James Scott for Prothonotary
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I hereby authorize and empower
Geo. M. Phillips of Washington City, to
prosecute the claim for transfer and
increase of Pension referred to on
opposite page,
Phil Nov. 28. 1850 [illegible]
Acke In presence 
J Alder Esq.
-
[illegible] of Andrew
Marker, a Pensioner
under the Act of 1818.
Application for transfer
to Act of May 28, 1828
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Andrew C. Marcker
S. 40109
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. John E. Breese
1501 Oakland Parkway
Lima, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War records of the
following-
Jacob Ferree of Pennsylvania, died September
7, 1807;
Andrew Marker of Pennsylvania, died February
6, 1832;
Peter Boyer of Pennsylvania, died in 1805
in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension found
based on the service of a Peter Boyer, as described
by you, or of any Jacob Ferree. The surnames are
searched under similar spellings.
The record of Andrew C. Marcher (Marker)
furnished herein were obtained from papers on
file in pension claim, S. 40109, based on his
military service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Andrew C.
Marker were not shown, nor were the names of his
parents stated.
Andrew Marker or Andrew C. Marcker enlisted
in the fall of 1780, served as a sergeant in
Captain Wylie's company in Colonel Benjamin Flower's
Regiment of Artillery Artificers, and was discharged
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1783.
The soldier, Andrew C. Marcker, was allowed
pension on his application executed April 16, 1818,
at which time he was aged about sixty-five years
and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was
living in 1820 at 261 Race Street, Philadelphia.
He died February 9, 1832, and was buried,
February 9, 1832 in the graveyard of the German
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of St. Michael
and Zion in Philadelphia, aged "seventy-six years"
Mary Marker (Marcker) was buried in the same
graveyard, January 27, 1832, aged eighty-five years.
Her relationship to the soldier was not designated.
It was stated that Andrew C. Marcker never had
any children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Pension Office,
April 1. 1851
Sir:
Before the increase of pension asked for
in the case of Andrew Marker, who was a
pensioner under the Act of 1818, can be allowed, we
must have evidence of the exact day of his
death, as also whether he left any widow and if
not, the number of children, if any.
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
H.S. Evans
[illegible]
Gro: M. Phillips, Esq.
Present
Rev
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The evidence required herein was filed
Dec 6, 1850
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Washington, Dec. 26. 1850
Sir
I enclose herewith evidence showing
the date of death of Andrew Marker,
on behalf of the Administrator of whose estate
I filed some days since an application
for transfer of his pension from the
Act of 1818, to that of May 1828, I am
Very Resp
[illegible]
Geo. M. Phillips

Jas E Heath Sr,
Comr of Pensions
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Washington, Dec. 17, 1810
Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Solomon
Forebaugh, Administrator of the Estate of
Andrew Marker, deceased, who was a Pensioner
in Pennsylvania, under the Act of 1835, for 
transfer of Pension to the Act of May 18, 1828,
and for Increase thereof. Mr Marker
was an Artillery Artificer in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Flowers, and
served as Sergeant thereof. I have the honor to be
Very Respy
[illegible]
Geo. M. Phillips

James E. Heath Esq.
Court of Pensions
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Pension Office
April 19, 1851
G. M. Phillips, Esq.
Present -

Sir: The application made by the administrator of
Andrew Marker for a transference of his decedent's
name from the Act of 18, March 1818 to that of May,
1828 or of June, 1832, is inadmissible. It appears
from the evidence in this case that Marker never had
any children. The pension laws were mere offer of a
gratuity to certain classes of persons and in the
very act of offering such gratuity, they prescribe the
persons to whom alone it shall be available. The
children by them are entitled to claim what the
ancestor might have claimed; administrators are not
only by implication, but by express terms excluded
from any such benefit.

J. E. Heath
Commissioner

Triplett

Copied by A. W. F.
May 13, 1938
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Sate of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia ⎬ S.S.
On the Twenty Third day of December
One thousand eight hundred and fifty
personally appeared before me the undersigned
one of the Alderman in and for the City aforesaid
and Ex officio a justice of the Peace Catharine
Butler aged fifty years a resident of the city
aforesaid who being duly sworn according to
law, doth depose and say, that she knew both
Andrew Marker and Mary Marker
intimately in these lifetime - became
acquainted with them about the year
eighteen hundred and sixteen and was
acquainted with them untill their death
which took place some time between the
years eighteen hundred and thirty two
and eighteen hundred and thirty five, that
Mary Marker died about ten days before
Andrew Marker died, that they never
had any children and further deponent
said saith not
Sworn & Subscribed - C Butler
the day and year above
written,
J Ander Esq Alderman
and Exofficio a justice of Peace
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MRS. JOHN E. BREESE
1501 OAKLAND PARKWAY
LIMA, OHIO
U. S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly see whether you have any records
of Revolutionary service of the following; if so, will
you send me a brief summary of the information?
Jacob Ferree, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 7, 1807
Andrew Marker, Pennsylvania, d. Feb. 6, 1832
Peter Boyer, Pennsylvania, Paxtang, during the
Revolution. Died Montgomery Co., Md. 1805
Yours very truly
Mary Longsworth Breese

Recieved
APR 11 1938
[illegible]
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1938 - May 3. hist to
Mrs. John J. Breese
40.109
INVALID.
Recvd
Act:
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[illegible] No. 40, 109
Andrew Marker

Sergt [illegible]
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[illegible] Act:18 March 18
[illegible]x:- Vol. 3, Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia SS
On the Twenty Third day of December
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
one of the Aldermen and Exofficio a Justice of
Peace in and for the City aforesaid, Elizabeth
Mandry aged sixty three years a resident
of the City aforesaid, who being duly
sworn according to law doth depose
and say, that she knew Andrew Marker
and Mary Marker intimately in their
lifetime - became acquainted with them
in her childhood and knew them untill
their death which took place about between
eighteen hundred and thirty two and
eighteen hundred and thirty five, that
Mary Marker died about ten days
before the death of Andrew Marker - 
that they never had any children and
further deponent saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed  Elizabeth Mandry
the day and year above
written
J. Ander Esq, Alderman
and Exofficis a justice of Peace


State of Pennsylvania,
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, ss.
I, GEORGE CARPENTER, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do Certify
that J Ander Esq
before whom the annexed affidavit was made, is an Alderman of the City
of Philadelphia, and ex officio a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to administer
oaths and affirmations, and to all whose acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as
well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court, this Twenty fourth day of December A.D. 1850
Geo. Carpenter, Prothonotary
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Andrew Marker
Sargt.
80 - 3 years
FLower's req.
Penns a line
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THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof
Andrew marker Sergant in the Pensylvania
Arty Artificers, having faithfully
served the United States. Three years and
five Days - and being inlisted for the war, is
hereby discharged from the American army.
[illegible] Barracks 31th Oct. 1783
[illegible]
Registered in the books of the
Pens. Arty Artificers
the 2d day of Nov 1783
Thos Wylie Capt
Comd
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Philadelphia City and County, SS.
I Thomas C. Bunting, Register for the Probate
of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and
for the City and County of Philadelphia, in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

DO HEREBY CERTIFY AND MAKE KNOWN, That on the Thirteenth
day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and Thirty two Letters of Administration on the estate of
Andrew C. Marker deceased, were granted unto
Solomon Forebough
he having first given security well and truly to administer the same.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this Twenty Eighth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Thomas C. Bunting
Register.