Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2520, Balsar Diterick, Penn.
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Service:
Penn.

Diterick, Balsar

Number
S2520

Contents:
Carded
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Ohio. 13.334
Balsar Diterick
of  in the state of Ohio, who was a private in the C. command by Captain Paxton of the Reg. command by Col. McAllister in the Penn. line for: six months.

Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 cents per annual to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of June 1833 and sent to  (illegible)
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833              40.
Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  10.
                                                                  _____
                                                                  _____
                                                                 $50.00
Revolutionary Claim,  (words cut off)
Act June 7, 1832.
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it appeared to the Court that the said Zittarick cannot conveniently secure the attendance of the said Kemmerer & Zwingle in order to file new papers.
I John Willson Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing of the date of 23rd April 1833 contains the original proceedings of the matter of the application of Balsar Zittarick for a Pension
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & Seal of Office this 23rd day of April 1833 at Zanesville
Jno Willson Jr. Clk

Pension Appl'n
Balsar Zittarick
Balsar Zitarick
20195

(illegible) to direct communications to Lilliman & Stetson Attys for Balsar Zittarick
Zanesville Ohio
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The State of Ohio Muskingum County (illegible) on this 26th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the County of Muskingum aforesaid, now sitting, Balsar Tittarick a resident of Brush Creek Township in said County of Muskingum aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That the declarant enlisted in the month of June 1776 at York County Pa. in the first company of the first Regiment of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp for the term of six months - the officers of said company were Capt. John Paxton, Lieut. Hugh King, Ensign __ Reed of the Regiment 1st Col. Robert McAllister, 2nd Col. John Kennedy.  The rendezvous of said company was at Hunters Town York Co. Pa. - from which place declarant marched with the company to Philadelphia & remained there about 2 weeks.  Thence to Trenton, a few days after, through Princeton to Amboy where he remained about one month; thence to Bergen on the route to Long Island, thence without crossing to Long Island, to Fort Constitution, where he with said company remained about one month & was then ordered back to Amboy to join the Regiment.  From Amboy Declarant was ordered with a detachment to Long Island to attack a picket guard of Hessians, in which attack they (illegible) the picket, took about 20 prisoners & then retreated to Amboy.  About two weeks after they again marched to Fort Constitution & remained until the approach of General Howe compelled them to retreat toward Philadelphia.  During this retreat Declarant having completed his term of service was discharged in Jersey in the month of December 1776 having served six months but received no written discharge.  Declarant was born in Lancaster County Pa. in December 1753 or 1755, he has now no record of his age, but he has seen one on which his birth was recorded as in one of the years above mentioned but he was
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not able to determine in which of these, he does not know that there is now any record in existence.  Declarant lived in York County Pa when he enlisted, and from the Revolution until 1804 he lived in that part of York County which became part of Adams County Pa.  Since 1804 he has lived in Muskingum County Ohio, he never received a commission or a written discharge.  Reference may be had for Declarant's reputation to Samuel Stover, Zedikiah Batt, Joseph Baumgardner.
Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declared that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.  Subscribed and sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid.
(signed) Balsar Diterick
Jno Willson Jr. Clerk
We Samuel Kemerer a clergyman -- residing in (illegible) in said County of Muskingum and George Zwingle residing in Brush Creek Township in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Balsar Zittarick who had subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court
(signed) Samuel Kemmerer  George Zwingle 
Jno Willson Jr. Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he stated.  And the Court
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further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Kemmerer who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Zanesville & that George Swingle who has also signed the (illegible) is a resident of said Brush Creek Township & a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Willson Jr, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the County of Muskingum aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Balsar Zettarick for a pension -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this fifth day of November 1832 at Zanesville
Jno Willson Jr. Clk
The State of Ohio Muskingum County Oh. on this 23rd day of April 1833 personally appeared Balsar Zettarick before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county in open court now sitting, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth submit the foregoing declaration together with the certificate of Samuel Kemmerer & George Zwingle as his declaration under the pension law of 7th June 1832 -- in order to obtain a correct certificate of said Court in relation to the facts set forth in said Declaration & this said Balsar Zetttarick doth depose & say that the said Declaration is true.
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year last above written 
(signed) Balser Diterick
J. Willson Jr. Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & further that it
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Pension Appeal
Balsar Zittarick
Balsar  Zittarick
20195

Plead to direct communication to Lietanant & State Attorney for Balsar Zittarick
Louisville Ohio

it appears to the Court that the said Zittarick cannot conveniently
pressure the attendance of the said Kaemmerer & Swingle in order to file
new paper-
John Willson Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing of the date of 22d April 1833 contains
the original proceedings of the matter of the application
of Ballan Zittarick for a Pension
In testimony whereof I hereto set my
hand & seal of Office this 23d day of
April 1833 at Lanville
Jno Willson Jr. Clerk
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The State of Ohio Muskingum County Court of
Common Pleas, 23 April 1833 Personally
appeared in open Court Ballsar Zittarick {sic Balsar Diterick}
who being duly sworn make the following
answers to the question proscribed
by the War department under the
Pettion law of 7th June 1832
Ques 1  in when & in what year were you born?
Answer- I was born at Lancaster County Pa. in the month of December of the year 1753 or 1755 he cannot say of which
Ques 2. Have you any record of your age if so where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age but I have her
me in the possession of my father-- I do not
know where it is or whether it has been
preserved
Ques 3. Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live
Ans. I lived in York County Pa. When I
enlisted & until the year 1804
that time in Muskingum County Ohio
Quest 4.  How were you called into the service
were you drafted, did you volunteer or were
you a substitute & if a substitute for when? 
Ans. I  enlitted voluntarily.
Ques 5. what were the names of the offices &
partientant of your service &c.
Ans.  I do not recollect the names of officers except
in my own Regiment in this were Col. Robt
McAllister & John Kennely in my own company Capt. John Paxton Suit Hugh King & Ensign Recd marched with my Regiment from the place of render out (Hunters Town York Co Pa) to Philadelphia thence about 2 weeks after to enter
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(illegible) through Princeton to Amboy afterwards to Bergen, then to Fort Constitution, (illegible) back to Amboy.  from Amboy to Long Island then to Fort Constitution to remain so until the approach of Gen'l Howe, some followeda retreat towards Philadelphia during which retreat I was discharged.
Quest. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge?
Ans.  I never did a written one
Quest. 7.  To what persons can reference be made for your character?
Ans.  Samuel Stover, Zedekiah Butt & Joseph Bumgardner near Zanesville, Ohio
(signed) Balser Diterick
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court the day & year as above written 
Jno Willson Jr. Clk
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 11th day of May A. D. 1833 at Zanesville
Jno Willson Jr. Clk
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No. 20195
13.324
Balsar Diterick
Muskingum County
State of Ohio
Adm 6 Months

Lillian & Stettion Attorneys
Zanesville Ohio
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[A form, with a pre-printed table containing handwritten entries]

WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,
183

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Balsar Dittarick {sic Diterick} Muskingum County Ohio

[A table with columns labeled as follows and handwritten entries under each]

Period when the service was rendered [written vertically]     Enlis, 1776

Duration of the claimant’s service.
     Years. Months. Days. [written vertically, each 
     in separate column]     6 [under Months]

Rank of the claimant     Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
     Captain Jno Paxt
     Lieut. Hugh King
     Ensign Reed

Names and Rank of General and Field Officers.  
     Col Robert McAllister
     Col Jno Kennedy

Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 

Country through which he marched.
     Hunter Town York Co. Pa
     Philad1
     Trenton
     Princeton
     Amboy
     Bergen
     Fort Constitution to Long Island again to Fort Constitution

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
     77 years
     York Co. Pennsylvania

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
     Traditionary

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and “volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.  

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
   1. The Regular Troops.
   2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
   3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
   4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim [illegible text due to crease in page] officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State Territory, or District of   }
County of                                 } SS

On this [space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] A B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space] and State, Territory or District of [space] aged (c) [space] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] line under the following named officers: 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] [Brackets in the original.]  

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [space]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.       A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [space] of the Court of [space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of [space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space] day of [space] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

   1. Where and in what year were you born?
   2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
   3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
   4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
   5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6 {To a Soldier  {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

   {To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.  

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person who [rest of line illegible due to crease in page] the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

-- [Footnotes below; brackets in the original]--

  [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
  [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
  [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
  [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
  [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: [space] For [space] year [space] months, and [space] days, I served as a [space]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
  [k] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  [l] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.  [Centered]

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service. [Centered] 

  [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[A stylized hand pointing to the following] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

  [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
  [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
  [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[A handwritten note at the bottom of the page]
The objection in this case is, the erasure in the Certificate of the Clerk.
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BA-J/ANF
Balsar Diterick
S. 2520

Mr. D.M. Forester
Bin 151
Yuma, Arizona

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Balsar Deitrick, who served from Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War, and later lived in Muskingum County, Ohio.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S2520, based upon the military service of Balsar Diterick,  in the Revolutionary War.  His signature is shown "Balsar Dieterick" in the [illegible].

Balsar Dieterick was born in the month of December 1735 or 1755 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, Balsar Dieterick enlisted sometime in June, 1776. and served six months as private in Captain John Paxton's company, Colonels Robert McAllister's and John Kennedy's Pennsylvania regiment, and was in a skirmish on Long Island.

He continued to live in York County, Pennsylvania until in 1804, when he moved to Muskingum County, Ohio.

Balsar Dieterick was allowed pension [illegible]
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application executed October 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

The papers of file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, Balsar Diterick.

In 1832, one Mary Magdalen Swingle of Muskingum County Ohio stated that she resided in 1776 in York County, Pennsylvania, in the family of the father of Balsar Diterick, that she was them about sixteen years of age.  It was not shown that she was related to the family. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. and furnish the following data-

Balsar Diterick
Certificate #13334
Issued June 26, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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July 31, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF

Memorial Branch
Office of the Q.M. General
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2520, That Balser Diterick was born December 1753 or 1755 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in June 1776 and served six months as a private in Captain John Paxton's Company in Colonels Robert McAllister and John Kennedy's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was in a skirmish on Long Island with a Picket Guard of Hessians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1832, then a resident of Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, where he had moved in 1804.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

Alls slips returned nothing ame but "Original application"
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Balser Diterick S.F. 2520

_________________________________________________
Dates of    Length of   Rank  Officers Under 
Enlistment   Service                  Whom Service Was
or Appointment                          Rendered
_________________________________________________June 1776   Dec.1776   Pvt.   Captain John
                                                    Paxton
                                                     Col. Robert
                                                     McAllister
                                                     Col. John Kennedy

_________________________________________________
State
__________________________________________________________________________________________________Penn.

none [illegible] father was living during War of In Riv.76
York Co. Pa

Battles engaged in, {illegible] on Long Island with Picket Guard of Hessians.
Residence of soldier at enlist, York Co. Penn. then until 1804.
Date of application for pension, Oct.26, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Brush Creek Twp. Muskingame Co, Ohio
Age at date of application, b. in Lancaster Co. Penn. Dec. 1753 or 1755.
Remarks: (crossed out No data as to family) Hid father (name  not given) was living in '76 in York Co. Pa. [illegible]
Date of death not [illegible} A.B.
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Bin 151
Yuma, Arizona
January 4, 1939. 

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Attention: Mr. W.C. Black, Chief Clerk
Reference: Pension Index Section

Gentlemen:

Do you have on file any record of a pension having been granted to:

John Balsar Deitrick or Johann Baltsh) Deitrick who enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania as Private in Capt. John Paxton's Company in Col. Robert McAlester's (later Col. John Kennedy's ) Regiment during the Revolutionary War.  At time of his death, March 18, 1838, he was living at Stovertown, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Would you kindly send me a summary of the papers on file in
this pension claim?

Yours very truly,
DM Forester
D. M. Forester

[A handwritten note at the bottom of letter]
advised c/ letter of Jan 14. 1939 - had been furnished this recent - see his letter in War of 1812.  William Rue clw Wid 12899- cell F
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[At the top center, a round date stamp, with 1-12 (hours) around the edge, the word RECEIVED and additional information in the center]

NOV 22 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. READER No. 19

Address reply to
D. M. Forester
Bin 151
Yuma, Arizona

Pension Department,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Do you have on file any record of a pension having been granted to:

JOHN BALSAR ( JOHANN BALTSH) DEITRICK who served, it is believed, as private in Capt. John Paxton's company in Col. Robert McAlester's (later Col. John Kennedy's ) Regiment from Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.  At time of his death, March 18, 1838, he was living at Stovertown, Muskingum County, Ohio.

Would you kindly send me a summary of the papers on file in
this pension claim?

Yours very truly,
DM Forester
D. M. Forester
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Kenosha, Wis. Aug. 12, 1914.

The U. S. Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:--

Having made application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, as a direct descendant of a Revolutionary soldier, Johan Balser Diterick, who served from June 1776 until Dec. 1776, as a private, the Registrar General of the Society asks for a statement from the Pension Department concerning the application of said soldier for a pension.  The record, according to the information at hand, is found in the Report of the Secretary of War,
United States Pension Roll 3. Page 150.

If you will please send me the statement as above outlined, you will confer a very great favor. Any charges incurred in the making up of the statement will be paid by me on receipt of the
information concerning the amount of such charges.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. H. K Gebbart
359 Ridge St.
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1228 - 13th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Apr. 8, 1912

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
City
Dear Sir:-

Please send me the Revolutionary War record of Balsar Ditrick, or Diterick, of the Pennsylvania militia, and oblige
Yours very truly
(Miss) Lorena B. Adamson
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[A typed letter]

Philo, Ohio
Sept. 8, 1919.

[Handwritten to write of caption]
Recvd DW qD

Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please to send me an abstract of pension record of Balzar Deitrick, who was pensioned 1833 for service in Militia of Penna.?  His name appears among pensioners of Muskingum county in 1840.  I am

Yours respectfully- Mrs Alice Showers [signature handwritten]
Philo, Ohio
Route 2 -

[A round stamp, with location around the edge and date in the center]
Pension
U. S.
Office
Sep 15 1919

[Handwritten in lower right hand corner]
No Deit
Det
Diet
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[A folded cover as for a legal document; the front (right) side transcribed first.  The cover has certain printed elements with information handwritten in on blank lines.]

2520
INVALID.

File No.             2520
Balsar Diterick 
Privt. Rev War 
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Act:                  June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol.     A, Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.] [Brackets in original]

[Handwritten vertically to left of caption]
Rev War and a check-mark

[Handwritten on the back cover]
1912 Apr. 12 Hist. to
Miss Lorena B. Adams
V. L. M.
--------------------
1914 Aug. 19 Hist. to Mrs. H. R. Gebhart V.L.M.
1919 Oct. Hist to Mrs. Alice Flowers
1931 July 27 Hist to [crossed out; next word illegible]
Data to news-Br. awwy
1939 Jan 6 - hist to D.M. Foreste[illegible]
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[A folded cover as for a legal document, writing on top of left-hand fold]

Balsar Detterick's [First letter could be an L, F, or S] Case
----------------------------------------
Dep. M M Swingle
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription]

The State of Ohio       }
Muskingum County   }    SS

Before me a Justice of the Peace of Said County personally appeared Mary Magdalen Swingle who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose & Say that in the year 1776 She resided in York County Pa in the family of the father of Balsar Detterick (now on applicant for a pension & a resident of Brush Creek Township Muskingum County Ohio) & was then about sixteen years of age.  She remember the said Balsar Detterick having enlisted as a Soldier, that he left home for the purpose of joining the troops; She remembers his return but she cannot state the exact time of his leaving home or returning.  

She believes that he joined the troops in the early part of the summer & returned early the following winter.  She also remembers the family receiving several letters from him during his absence in which letters he mentioned the service in which he was engaged & the place at which he was stationed.------ 

            her
Mary M X Swingle 
           mark

Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 22d day of October 1832 & I also certify from my own personal knowledge that the said deponent is a credible person whose deposition is entitled to full confidence 

Thomas Flood JP ℗ [a handwritten doodle with the word “Seal]
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription]

The State of Ohio, Muskingum County SS

J John Wilson Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of [illegible word squeezed into tiny space at end of line] County of Muskingum aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Flood before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the Same a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned & qualified & authorized by law to take the same

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & seal of office this fifth day of November 1832 at Zanesville

Jno. Willson Jr. Clk
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THE NATION ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-3-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Ditman, Godfrey
GRADE  Private
LINE Hazen's Regiment

Warrant Number 13012
ACREAGE   100
ISSUED November 19, 1793
to [illegible]not shown-

*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 concering warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land  OFFICE recorders in the National Archives.