Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22098, Henry Baumgartner, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.


Baumgartner, Henry
or
Baumgardner


NUMBER
S.22098

CONTENTS
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11494
Pennsylvania  11494

Henry Baumgardner of York Co. in the State of Penn" who was a Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Fisher of the Regt commanded by Col. Mc Allister in the  Pennsylvania [ine for - crossed out] Troops

10 Mo.-Private-$33.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania-at the rate of 33 dollars 33-Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of May --and Sent to-- 1833 Calvin Mason, York. Pa

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833        66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.    16.66
                                                                 $83.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk, Book E  Vol 5-  Page 3
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York County
State of Pennsylvania SS,
On this eighth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before Walter Franklin Esq. president of the  Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of York and State of Pennsylvania  now sitting Henry Baumgartner a citizen of Maryland, and resident in Frederick County was the Pennsylvania Line, and not far from Hanover in the county of York, aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose, and upon his solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June eighteen hundred and thirty two.That he was born in Frederick County Maryland in seventeen hundred and fifty eight, but has no records of his age  That he lived with Geo. Kitzmiller in that part of York County now Adams county Penna. in seventeen hundred and seventy six, when the said George Kitzmiller was drafted as a Militia Man in the company of Capt. Thomas Fisher near Littlestown in said County, which said company was organized in or near Hanover and marched thru  Lancaster Phila.Trenton t&c. to Amboy, where it remained untill the end of two months.  That the said Henry Baumgardner went in said company as a substitute for George Kitzmiller and served the whole of the tour of duty.  That at the end of the two months he enlisted in the company of Capt. Nicholas Bittinger in the Flying [Camp?] and served six months the tour for which he enlisted.  That Capt Bittinger was taken prisoner at Fort Washington  That he with others escaped to Fort Lee, That he marched with the detachment of the Army from Fort Lee through New Jersey to Trenton, crossed the Delaware, and at the end of his tour of six months was discharged, but has lost the written discharge which he received from Col. McAllister.  That in the following year he served a tour of duty of two months in guarding the prisoners taken with Burgoyne, but does not remember the names of the officers under whom he served.  That he is well known in Hanover York county Penna, near which he resides by the Hon. John L. Hinkle a Judge of this Court, and by Henry Felty who was a member of Capt Bittingers company with him in the Revolution, and also by Jacob Baumgartner who also can testify to the services of this deponent.  The said Henry Baumgartner hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension list or roll of the agency of any states
Sworn and subscribed in open Court on the day and year aforesaid.
[signature is illegible]
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Henry Felty being duly sworn in open Court on the day and year aforesaid, deposeth and saith That he knew Henry Baumgardner before the revolution and during the time he served as a substitute for George Kitzmiller in Capt Thomas Fisher, That the said Henry was a private during six months in the Company of Capt. Bittinger as he has stated in his declaration, and received his discharge at the same time with this deponent, and that this deponent has known the said Henry ever since the revolution, and knows him to be worthy of credit and belief, Sworn and subscribed in open Court, the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Felty

At the same time and place came Jacob Baumgartner, who on his solemn oath saith that he was a private in the company of Capt Thomas Fisher at the time mentioned in the foregoing declaration of Henry Baumgardner, and that the said Henry was during the whole tour of two months a member of the company as a substitute for George Fitzmuller and as such served a full tour of duty.  That he then enlisted in the Flying Camp commanded by Col. Mc Alliister in the company of Capt. Bittinger, and as this deponent believes served a tour of six months.  The term for which he enlisted.  That he also knows that the said Henry Baumgardner also served a tour of two months during the following year as a drafted Militia man in guarding the prisoners in York County which were taken with Gen. Burgoyne,
 Sworn in open court, the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Baumgardner
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I John L. Hinkle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of York do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henry Baumgardner who has subscribed and sworn the foregoing declaration. That I believe him to be about seventy four years.  That he is reputed to be a man of integrity of character and of truth, That he is believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier in the revolution and to have served as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that I concer in that belief, That I am also acquainted with Henry Felty and Jacob Baumgardner and know them to be entitled to full credit and belief.-
Subscribed and Sworn in open Court the day and  year aforesaid.-
John L. Hinkle

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories inscribed 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 Henry Felty and Jacob Baumgartner whole depositions appear above, are persons of veracity and integrity and that their statements are entitled to full condition,-And also that John L. Hinkle who has signed to and sworn the above certificate is a judge of this Court,-
Walter Franklin

Pennsylvania
York County SS,
I John W Hetrick, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do Certify, that the Honorable Walter Franklin before whom the following affidavit dated 30 day of April 1833, was made, in and was at the time of signing his name thereto the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and as such is duly commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  affixed the seal of said Court, at York Boroughs, this 6 day of April 1833.
John M Hetrick
Prothy.
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York County
Pennsylvania Ss

I, Richard Porter Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of York Pennal. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Baumgartner for a pension.  That John L. Hinkle whose name is subscribed to the affidavit is an associate, and Walter Franklin whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate is the President judge of the Court of Common Pleas of York County, and that he signed said certificate in open Court on the day and year of the date of said proceedings-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this tenth day of August 1832-
Richd Porter

State of Pennsylvania
York County Ss
Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of York County in the State of Pennsylvania Henry Baumgartner the forgoing applicant for a Pension who upon his solemn oath taking according to law saith that he lived in Frederick county Maryland but was to the line of York county Penna, and about twenty five miles from York the county town of York county but about forty miles from Frederick City the main Court of Justice in Maryland, That Henry Felty his principal witness resides in York county and Jacob Baumgartner his other witness lives near Hanover, both of whom as [illegible] as this applicant an old and infirm, do [illegible]so as to render it almost impossible for them to leave home and impracticable for them to travel as far as York Co. Pa., he believes, it would be impossible for them  to travel as far as Frederick City Md.-That if he were not permitted to apply to the Court of York Co. Pa., he believes, it would be impossible for him to [illegible]such testimony of his service as wanted entitled him to a pension.  That this and the reasons why he did not apply in the State of Maryland.  That the impossibility of procuring testimony above stated would arise from the inability of the witness' Henry Felty and Jacob Baumgardner being taken to Fredrick, they being too old and inform, as well as too [illegible] to travel that distance without greater offense then they or this deponent can sustain, and further more the deponent  saith not.
Francis [illegible]
Sworn in open Court this third day of April in the year  of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three before
Walter Franklin
( along side of page the name Henry Baumgartner appears)
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No 24332
Henry Baumgardner
York Co
Pennsylvania

Admitted
10 mo's
$33.33

Calvin Mason
York Co-
Pennsylvania
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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 paper 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 show what is
necessary to be done.  These 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, showing the Service of Henry Baumgardner, York County, Pennsylvania

Period of Service     Mon.   Rank.       Name and Rank of Field Officer age, adobe. Proof

Substituted 1776.        2.    Private        Captain Fisher.          74 Years         2 Witnesses
for C. Ritts                                                                               Adams
Mellon                                                                                      Co. Pennsyl
                                                                                                 vania
Enlisted                        6                          Captain Bittinger
Enlisted                        2                           Col. McAllister

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
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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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of} SS.
On this   day of     personally appeared (a) before    A.B. a resident (b) of    in the county of     and State, Territory or District of   aged (c)   years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits 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)    , with     and served in the   (e) Regiment of the    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 resides when he entered 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 to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the Militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

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
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          of the Court of       do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of           for a pension.
In testimony where of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (I) this     day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, makes such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in notes (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      and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with        , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be     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     and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the      and is a Credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,       Clerk of the Court of      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of    &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, is 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 the 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 traditional 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 before 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 may have died before 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.

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(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 h of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in the 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 off 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 of old age, and the consequent loss of memory , 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, an in the following grades:_For___year____months, and _____days, I served as a _____For_________months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such services 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 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.
  (h)  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  (i)  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 no 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.
  In every instance where the certificate of the certify ing officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper who contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticate, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which [ illegible] pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
  (j)  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his services 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 as 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 office, under his seal of office.
  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 [illegible] 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.
John H Ashton
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June 26, 1935

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John Adlum-S.11944
Henry Baumgartner-S.22098
BA-J/AWF  
(arrow to Baumgartner and his number is underlined)
(penciled initials am)

Mr. H. J. Young, Researcher
Historical Society of York County,
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to John Adlum of Washington County, District of Columbia, and Henry Baumgardner of York County, Pennsylvania, both soldiers of the War of the Revolution.

The records which follow were obtained from claims for pension, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

John Adlum-S.11944

The Revolutionary War record of John Adlum which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 11944, based upon his service in that war.

John Adlum was born April 29, 1759 in York, Pennsylvania, names of his parents not given.

While resident in said York, with his father, he volunteered, July 7, 1776, served in Captain 
Charles Luken's company, Colonel  James Smith's Pennsylvania Regiment, in a short  while was transferred to Captain Stake's company, Colonel Michael Swopes Regiment of the Flying Camp, served as a Corporal, was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November  16, 1776, carried to New York and held until, February, 1777, when he was released on parole, and returned to York, Pennsylvania, where his father still lived.

John Adlum in April 1781 from York, Penn-
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sylvania to Fredericktown, Maryland, in 1784 to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1796 moved near Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1814 moved "to the neighborhood of the District of Columbia" and in 1816 moved to the "Vineyard: Washington County, District of Columbia.  Where he was living when he was allowed pension pension on his application executed, November 1, 1833.

Reference was made in 1853 to brothers and sisters of the soldier, John Adlum, who were then living in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, no names stated.

The soldier died March 1, 1836, leaving a widow; her name is not stated, and there is no reference to children.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person to whom the last payment of pension was sent, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C., and cite the following:

John Adlum 
Certificate # 23083
Issued November 2, 1833
Rate $24.58 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
District of Columbia Agency.

*************

Henry Baumgartner-S.22098

The record furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22098, based upon the service of Henry Baumgartner in the Revolutionary War.

Henry Baumgartner who born in the year 1758 in Frederick County, Maryland, names of his parents not given.

While residing, with George Kitsmiller, in York
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County (that part later Adams County). Pennsylvania, Henry Baumgartner served in 1776 as a substitute for said George Kitsmiller, two months in Captain Thomas Fisher's Pennsylvania Company.  At the expiration of that service, he enlisted and served six months as a private in Captain Nicholas Bittinger's Company, Colonel McAllister's Regiment of the Flying Camp.  The following year he served two months guarding prisoners taken  "with Burgoyne", names of officers not given.

The soldier, Henry Baumgartner, was allowed pension on his application executed, August 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, near the Pennsylvania Line, about twenty-five miles from York Pennsylvania.  His application was executed in said York, an it was nearer the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland.

There is no reference to wife or children.

Jacob Baumgartner was living in 1832 near Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to to the soldier, Henry Baumgartner, is not shown.

In order to obtain information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of Henry Baumgartner,  you should writhe the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records  Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:

Henry Baumgardner, as he was pensioned
Certificate # 11494
Issued May 11, 1835
Rate $33.33 per annum to commence March
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1935 June 26 - died? the 14th J.
Young.  See his letter in John 
Adlum . S. 11944 any
Revolution
22098

Invalid
File No. 22.098
Henry Baumgardner
Pri  Rev War

Act: June 7, 32
Index: - Vol. 2. Page 21
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
 Pension Office
 Washington City, D.C.

Pa  04332
Apl 12
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J.L. Edwards Esqr York Pa. 6th April 1833
  Sir
 I enclose you the application of Henry Baumgartner, amended by his own additional affidavit, giving the reasons why he applied in Pennsylvania and not in Maryland where he resides. This affidavit is such an [am?] as you informed the Hon. John L. Hinkle when he was at your office some time since would be sufficient
 I wrote you a few days since respecting the application of Henry Huff forwarded to your office in Nov. last. Can you not examine them and send the Certificates in each case soon?
  Respectfully
  Calvin Mason
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Extract from a [Certain?] [?]

J.L. Edwards Esqr
 Pension Office
 Washington City, D.C.

Pa  04332
Apl 12