Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16858, Lodwick Hardenbrook, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

Service                                             Number

New Jersey     Hardenbrook, Lodwick  S. 16858


Contents                                               Carded
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Ohio 19.659
Lodwick Hardenbrook
Knox in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Beard of the
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the
act of congress of 7th June, 1832
State of Ohio and on this 13 day of June AD 1833
Knox county  Personally appeared in open court
before the court of common pleas now letting Lodwick
Hardenbrook a resident of Franklin township Knox 
county and State of Ohio aged 75 years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration is order to obtain the benefit of the 
provision made by the act of congress proposed
June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States at different
times under the following named officers and served 
as herein stated
Colonel Vandike, Lieutenant Colonel Peter De Vrone
Major William Beard and other field officer whose names
are not now recollected. Captains John Beard, Cornelius
Peterson, Rinier Stauts, Joseph Coshon and others not now
recollected by name Lieutenant Jacob Flag, John Van DE Ripe 
and other names not remembered. That he served un the above
named officers at different periods
as a volunteer sometimes attached 
to a Brigade commanded by
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now recollected - That he entered the service again in June in the year 1778 and marched through Bordentown to Monmouth and was in the battle of that place of the 28th the same month after which he was discharged. The length of the time of this service not recollected. That he was frequently called into service at other times on alarms and scouting parties-- Dates and length of time of service not distinctly recollected. He further declares that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than six months as a private in the Militia and for which he claims a pension.  In the time of his service he was acquainted with General
Putnam, General Heard ,Major Dickeson who fell near the Declarant in the battle of Monmouth. That he has no Documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pention [pension] Roll of the agency of any state.
Lodk. Hardenbrook

Sworn to & Subscribed in open
Court this 13th day of June 1833}
Alexr Elliot Clk

We James Scott a clergyman residing in
Knox County and Benjamin Jackson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lodwick Hardenbrook who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five 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.
James Scott
Ben Jackson

Sworn to subscribed in open
Court this 13th day of June 1833.}
Alexr. Elliott Clk
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Interrogatories propounded by the court and answered by Declarant
1st.  where and in what year were you born
Answer In Somerset County in the State of New Jersey in the year 1756 on the 16th of April.

2d.  Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it
Answer I have a record of my age on a blank leaf in my large family bible at home

3. Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer I lived during the time of the revolutionary war in the County of my nativity I left that about the year 1788 and removed to Brooke County in Virginia where I continued to reside untill about 1813 and then removed to Jefferson County in the State of Ohio and about 1820 to Knox County where I have continued to reside

4th. How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Answer I was a volunteer

5th.  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 service
Answer General Putnam General Heard and Major Dickeson. The general circumstances of my service are set out in the body of my declaration as well as I can state them

7th. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
Answer  William Peterson Allen Kelly Thomas Morrison Benjamin Lyon Samuel Straw
Lodk. Hardenbrook

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court
this 13th day of June 1833.
Alexr Elliott
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And the said court do hereby certify 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 James Scott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Knox County, and that Benjamin Jackson who has also signed the same is a resident of the sme county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Alexander Elliott, clerk of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Lodwick Hardenbrook for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of June AD 1833.
Alexr. Elliott Clerk

Lodwick Hardenbrook
25802
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No. 25802
Lodwick Hardenbrook Knox County Ohio


Adm. 6 months --- A---


Thos. Rigdon Mt. Vernon, Ohio

RHW
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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.
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A Statement, showing the service of Lodwick Hardenbrook Knox County Ohio
[table follows with 6 columns; column headings as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service.  {sub-headings:  a. Years.  b. Months.  c.  Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
(5) Age at present. and place of abode when he entered the service.
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) Entered 1776, Entered Sept 1777,  Entered June 1778, Frequently called into service }; Applicant states that he served not less than 6 months
(2) not stated, not recollected, not recollected,
not recollected
(3) private, ", ", "
(4) Col. Van Dike, Lt. Col; Peter De Vrone;Major
Beard; Cap Beard, Cap Peterson,; Cap Stauts, Cap Coshan
(5) 75 years, Somerset County New Jersey
(6) Traditionary evidence - paper correct; Battle of German Town, Monmouth
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1833.

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 [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 [blank] }
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank]  day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank]  and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 
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) [blank], with [blank]  and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 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 as 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 [blank].

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

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
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 [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

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

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 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 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 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 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 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, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as  a [blank]; 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  [illegible] 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.
[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 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.

[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 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 officer, under his seal of office.
-->The notes from [a] to [i] are all eually 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.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section       MMHF

October 10, 1927

Bert M. Hardenbrook
Ord, Nebraska

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16858 it appears that Lodwick Hardenbrook was born April 16, 1755 in Somerset County, New Jersey.

While a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey he enlisted in June 1776 and served at various times, six months in all, as a private under Captains John Baird, Cornelius
Peterson, Rynear Staats and Joseph Corshon, and Colonel Van Dike in the New Jersey Troops and was at the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.

After the Revolution he lived in Brook County, Virginia, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was allowed pension on his application executed June 13, 1833 while a resident of Franklin
Township, Knox County, Ohio.

There are no family data on file.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
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Mt. Vernon June 23 1833

Sir

I herewith inclose you the Declarations of
Benjamin Jackson and Lodwick Hardenbrook applicants for pensions, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. I need not say to you, that the age and the circumstances of those venerable old
citizen-soldiers, recommend their applications to as early attention is the arduous duty of your office will admit of.

Allow me to add that I have a personal acquaintance with both, of many years standing, and I beg leave to assure you that they have each  always maintained the most
unblemished character for truth and veracity.

You will please to correspond with me on the subject.

Yours very respectfully
Thos. Rigdon

J.L. Edwards Esq
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RIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 22d, 1842.

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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Lodwick Hardinbrook, 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. 1840, to the 4th of Sept. 1841.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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[stamp:] YORK FEB 21 1927 7 PM NEBR.

THIS SIDE OF THE CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Dept.,
Washington,
D.C.
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Please send me any information you may have in your files concerning Ludwig (Loudivic, Ledvic) Hardenbrook, who enlisted from New Jersey in the Revolution, from Somerset County Militia.  He enlisted in 1776, about June first, the first time and several times later.  Served under Captain P.D. Vroom in Col. Quick's Second Reg.

Thanking you very sincerely for your trouble in the matter,

Cordially,

MRS. R.E. CUTLER
222 W 10
York, Nebr.
Anna B. Cutler
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section         MMHF

April 15, 1927

Mrs. R. E. Cutler
223 W 10
York, Nebr.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16858 it appears that Lodwick Hardenbrook was born April 18, 1755 in Somerset County, New Jersey

While a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey he enlisted in June 1776 and served at various times, six months in all, as a private under Captains John Baird, Cornelius
Peterson, Rynear Staats and Joseph Corshon, and Colonel Van Dike in the New Jersey Troops and was at the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.

After the Revolution he lived in Brook County, Virginia, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was allowed pension on his application executed June 13, 1833 while a resident of Franklin
Township, Knox County, Ohio.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Rev.] and 1812 Wars Section          MMHF

April 10, 1925

Mrs. Carl V. Beebe
Mount Gilead, Ohio.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16858 it appears that Lodwick Hardenbrook was born April 16, 1755 in Somerset County, New Jersey.

While a resident of his native county he enlisted
in June 1776 and served at various times, six months in all, as a private under Captains John Baird, Cornelius Peterson, Rynear Staatse and Joseph Corshon and Colonel Van Dike in the New Jersey Troops and was at the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.

After the Revolution he lived in Brook County, Virginia, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was allowed pension on his application executed June 13, 1833 while a resident of Franklin Township, Knox County, Ohio.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Your check for one dollar is herewith returned, no
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charge being made by this Bureau for the above information.  Two cent stamp also returned.

Respectfully,

[hand-written:  Date of death not on AB]

Commissioner.
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[cut off] OF PENSIONS

Finance Division

Apr 9, 1925

Chief Rev. Sect. ['Division' crossed out]


I have this day received from Mrs. Mayme Beebe check no. [blank] for $1.00, requesting photostat copy ['post-office address' crossed out] } as per letter herewith.

Check returned Apr-18-1925 MMHF

O.J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
HCL
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[stamp:]. FINANCE DIVISION APR 9 1925 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Mount Gilead. Ohio
April 6 - 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C

Gentlemen:

In a letter from the office of the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey, of
April 2nd, giving me a certified copy of the military record of Lodwick Hardenbrook,
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a soldier of the American Revolution, it is stated that "most of the references are taken from the soldier's own claim for pension (Invalid No. 16858), the original of which is filed at the Bureau of Pensions in Washington.

In order to fill out an application for membership in the D.A.R., I desire very much to learn the place of birth of Lodwick Hardenbrook and
if possible, also the place and date of his marriage to Elizabeth (or it may be Edith)
Waldron.  I am therefore writing you, thinking that the above information is probably contained in his affidavit of claim for pension, which I believe was taken in Knox (now Monroe) County, Ohio in 1833.

I would appreciate very much a prompt reply to this letter, and am enclosing my check herewith for $1.00 to pay for your looking up the above information for me. One dollar is the amount asked at the Adjutant General's office at Trenton, N.J. for the military record of my ancestor, and I presume your charge would not be more.

Thanking you in advance for an early reply
I am

Yours very truly,
Mrs. Carl V. Beebe
(Mayme Beebe)

(Encl-Check for $1.00)
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Mt. Gilead, Ohio
March 16-1915            AUS

[stamp:]. U.S. PENSION OFFICE S MAR 18 1925

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Can you inform me as to whether one Lodwick, or Ludwig, Hardenbrook ever received a pension from the government as a soldier of the Revolutionary War?  He served in teh war in Capt. Peter D. Vroom's Company of Col. Vandike's Battalion of Somerset Militia, organization also designated 2nd Battalion, (Somerset)
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New Jersey militia.  His name appears on a payroll of that organization dated Milston, April 3, 1777.

Any information with which you can furnish me will be deeply appreciated, as I desire to join the D.A.R. chapter which is being organized at Mt. Gilead.

Yours very truly,

Mame Bennett Beebe
(Mrs. Carl V.)
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Established in 1848
Union Register
The first Newspaper in Morrow County, Ohio: The first established, the first as advertising medium, first in news. Democratic.

Mount Gilead, Ohio,
February 25, 1925.

JOB PRINTING
Big and Little

[stamp:]. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FEB 27 1925 U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

As I wish to become a member of the chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution
which is being organized at Mt. Gilead, I am seeking authentic information in regard to my ancestor, Ludwig, or Lodwick, Hardenbrook whom I know to have been a soldier of the Revolution, as he is buried in the old cemetery here.

Family records to which I have access give me no information as to the state from which he
joined the army except to state that his daughter, my great-grandmother, was born in "one of the northwestern counties of Virginia", in 1789.

Thinking, perhaps, that he might have received
a pension from the government, I am writing
to inquire as to whether the early records of the
Pension Office contain his name. He died here in Morrow county about 1845.

Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly,
Mame Bennett Beebe
(Mrs. Carl V.)

MBBM
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BERT M. HARDENBROOK
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ORD, NEBRASKA

MAY 14, 1927.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Ludwick Hardenbrook was a soldier in the Revolutionary War enlisting from New Jersey.  I am not just sure of the spelling of the given name.

Will you kindly send me his military record.

Very truly,
Bert M. Hardenbrook
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[left side]
16.858
INVALID.
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File No. 16.858
Lodwick Hardenbrook
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1925-Apl-10-Hist to Mrs. Carl V.
(Mayme) Beebe, and ck. for $1.00 ret. 
MMHF

1927-Apl 15 Hist to Mrs. R.E. Cutler. MMHF
1927 Oct. 10- Hist to Bert  M.Hardenbrook MMHF