Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,351, for John Rainsburg, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.
CONTENTS
Rainsburg. John
NUMBER
S. 7351
Carded
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Ohio 29.843
John Rainsburg of Carroll Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Camp of the Regt commanded by Col. Johnston in the Maryland mil. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 20 Dollars [no]Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1835 and sent to Saml Stokely
Steubenville, Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March '35. $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sep. '35. $10.00
$90.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book E-2-  Vol. 8  Page 49

Let to Horatio Loomis at Cincinnati agt Sept 29. 1837
Order to pay. 23 Dec 1837.
Letter to Robert McClure &
Auditor 24 Feb 1840

Paid at the Treasury with the
act of the 6 April 1838
from 4th Sept 1837 to 4th
March 1839. Agt Notified
12 March 1840

Paid as above from 4 March1839 to
4 March 1840. Agent
notified 8 June 1841.

Paid as above from 4 March to
4 Sep 1840 Agt notified 21 July 1841.

Let to Hon N. Franz
March 14. 1850
Let to V. Brown 23 May 1851
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32.053
John Rainsburg
Ohio

from 1776 pr
6 month 
$20
of
Saml Stokely
Steubenville
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State of Ohio
Carroll County for Common Pleas of August Term 1834

On this nineteenth day of August in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County John Rainsburg a resident of Orange Township in said County aged Seventy-five years, who being duly sworn according to
law, with on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, entitled an Act for the relief of the surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"  & an "act Supplementary thereto passed June 7th 1832."

That he was ordered into service as a militia man in the year 1776 & served in the Regiment of Maryland Militia, under the following Officers
Capt. Ludowick Camp, Colonel Baker Johnston
Major Miller - That he remained in service
three months at that time-- At this time he
resided in Frederick Town, Frederick County
Maryland. He marched thence into New
Jersey & was engaged in skirmishing party near New Brunswick in that State. He was discharged from that tour of duty in March 1777.
He again was drafted, at the same place
where he continued to reside, Frederick Town,
and marched in the company commanded by Capt Frazier, in the same Regiment commanded by Major Miller & Baker Johnston-- Marched to the neighborhood of Philadelphia & was in the battle of German Town in Pennsylvania He remained in service three months also at this time, & left the service about the middle of November being discharged near German Town
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He knew Genl Smallwood, Col Weltner of the "Dutch Battalion" in Regular
Service. He was again drafted from the same place to guard the Prisoners sent up to Frederick Town & remained in the service a short time & hired Thomas Woolford to complete his tour of duty, as evidence of which he enclosed a certificate of his Lieut. Henry Brine.  He has no other documentary evidence in his possession.
He also hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or an annuity, except the present
& he declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency in any State. & knows of no
person by whom he can prove his service
Sworn to & Subscribed the
day year first aforesaid 
John Rainsburg [his mark]

Daniel McCook
Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states
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The Court also propounded the following
interrogatories to the above named applicant
1.  Where & in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Frederick County in
Maryland in the year 1756, month of January

2. Have you any record of your age, & where is it?   A. I have a Record & it is at my house in Orange Township in said county.

3. Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
A. At Frederick Town Md -when called into
service. Continued to live there twelve
years after I was discharged. Then removed
to Redstone Settlement in Pennsylvania
staid there about three years, & then came to
Ohio, where I now reside as is aforesaid-

4. How were you called into service? were you
drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute?
A. The first time there was a call made & the
whole Battalion was ordered out en masse
The Second & third time I was drafted

5. State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops where you
served. Such Continental & Militia Regiments
as you recollect, & the general circumstances of your service-
A. Capt. Micheal Bayer - Capt Feister
Capt. Charles Baltzel, Colonel Wiltner &
General Smallwood of the Continental Regiments I remember the "Dutch Battalion".  He remembers the Battles of Brandywine &
Germantown.
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7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity, & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
A. Rev'd Dewalt Rothacker, Judge George
Davis, and Thomas Thorley

John Rainsburgh - his mark

We Dewalt Rothacker, a Clergyman residing in
Carroll County, and George Davis & Thomas Thorley, residing in the same County in the neighborhood of John Rainsburgh hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Rainsburgh, who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-five years of age. That he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed this 20th August A.D. 1834

Daniel McCook
Clerk

Dewalt Rothacker
Thomas Thorley
George Davis
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State of Ohio
Carroll County

And the said Court do hereby
declare there opinion, after the
investigation of the matter, and
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
Dewalt Rothacker who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in said County and that Thomas Thorley and George Davis who also signed the same are residents in the said Carroll and are credible persons, and their statements are entitled to credit.

I, Daniel McCook Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Rainsburger for a pension   In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal 
said Court at Carrollton this seventeenth day 
of August Anno Domini One thousand Eight
hundred and thirty four -
Daniel McCook
Clerk
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Pension Case
7351
File number
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Eldora Hardin County Iowa
October 9, 1861
To the Commissioner of pensions
Dear Sir
 
I wish to enquire if John Rainsberger is 
Entitled to a Land Warrent

the said John Rainsberger Served in the
War of the Revolution in which the United
State gained her independence, I mean the
War with England, the said John Rainberger Received a pension from the United States up to the time of his Death for his services, in that war, the said John Rainsberger Served Eleven months at one time and Eleven months at
another time in the United States army,
I suppose that he enlisted in Pennsylvania, his Residence at the time he received his pension was in Tuscarawas County Ohio, I wish to know if his heirs are entitled to the said Land Warrant

please to Direct to
Henry John Eldona
Hardin County Iowa

I Remain yours
Respectfully

George Rainberger
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7351
INVALID
File No. 7351

John Rainsburg
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
index: -- 
Vol.1st, Page 309
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Cincinnati O. Roll Act of June 1832
John Rainsburg Pri $20 per annum
To what time last paid

Ans. March 4, 1846
To Auditors Office

Pension Office
Colo
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John
Rainsburg
Ohio 7. June 1832 $20
When last paid
Pension Office
to the 4th March 1835 JH
23 Decr 1837.
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Free
J.L. Edwards, 
Esqr

Commissioner of Pension
Washington

Mr. Evans Dec 19
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Franklin Bank of Cincinati
13th Dec 1837
Sir, The enclosed voucher of John Rainsburg, a pensioner
under the act of 7th June 1832, is for your examination
which if found correct you will please return to this Agency
with an order for payment
I am Yours
Very respectfully

John H Gorsbeck P Agt
By R. W. Lawrence


J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
June 5th,184
1
Sir:  Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States", John Rainsburg,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839 to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
March 4th 1840
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" John Rainsburg, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June  1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837 to the 4th March 1839
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 9th, 1841
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States", John Rainsburg-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio
Agency, at the rate of Twenty
Dollars and Cents
per annum, under the law of the
7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March
to the 4 Sept. 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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House Reps. 18th Feby 1850
Col .J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Sir
May I ask for any information
in possession of your office in answer to the enclosed letter to be transmitted to me with the enclosed-
Very Respectfully
your obt servt
N. Evans
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John Rainsburgh Ohio
Hon J.S. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington
Hon. A. W. Loomis
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House of Reps
Washin
Sept 28. 1837
Hon J L Edwards
Sir

one of my constituents confirm
that John Rainsburgh of Carroll Co Ohio obtained some time in 1833 obtained from the Department a certificate for a pension of $20 per annum from the 4th of March 1831 payable semiannually at the Franklin Bank of Cincinnati, the first four years of which have been paid, the are now due two & a half years pension & that owing to some late arrangement in the pension or treasury Office it cannot be obtained where not drawn, within the year without implying with other instructions then by which pension for a less period then one year and that the
intentions are the paid June 10 or 16, 1833, the
copy of the instructions and not be procured in and to & asking me to procure & [illegible]
and forward it.
Will you do me the favor to forward a copy to me?   I am also advised the Rainburgh [illegible] the place of paying the pension to
be changed to Pittsburgh or Wheeling if practical- the present place of payment is distant & inconvenient
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I ask of you the favor to inform me whether the place of payment to be changed & if so whether it will be closer

With great respect
Your HS
A. Loomis
of Ohio