Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8073, for John Snider, Pennsylvania
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Service: Continental Penn.
Snider or Snyder, John
Elizabeth
W 8073
BLM 154-60-55
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530
Pennsylvania, Phila
Elizabeth Snyder
Widow of John Snyder
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a private

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to comments on the 3. February 1853
and sent to J Ellis Bonham, Carlisle, Pa
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4412
Pennsylvania
John Snider
Private [illegible]
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence the 7th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Nov 1818 and sent to S Shock [illegible]
Harrisburg, Penn
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 3.25/30 . 4/30 $31.51
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 $48
$79.51
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
Harrisburg, Penn
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Notification sent Decr 23. 1820 to
William Barber Clk York Co. Pa

Led Geo H. Morgan
Aug 2 1850
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113.518} Act Mar of/53 
May 1st/53
___________________________
 Elizabeth Snyder 
Widow
John Snyder prt
Pension
___________________
Under act Feb 1853
Elizabeth Snyder, wid:: of
John Snyder, Priv
Pa: Cont. line. Congress Regt. 
Revolution War
____________________
AJ:=60 acm Jany 9" 1856,
Penn Feby  53 [Illegible]
____________________
m
______________________
A L Spensler Pa
Carlisle

SA:A.L.Spondler Feb 19/56
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[three words, all illegible]
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Dauphin County
State of Pennsylvania

On this twenty seventh day of May in the year 1818, before me the subscriber and of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Dauphin & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appears John Snider aged 66 years resident of Harrisburg who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said John Snider enlisted on the 11th November 1775. in the state of Pennsylvania, in the Company Commanded by Captain Greer of the Sixth Congress Regiment or Battalion commanded by Col. Harkley for the term of one year - that he continued to serve in the said [illegible] the expiration of his enlistment when he was honorably discharged at Ticonderoga (N. York State) - that in the month of February in the year 1777 he enlisted in the Company of Captain Toney or Tuney of the Congress Regiment commanded by Col Hayson - that he continued to serve in the said [Co?] and in the service of the United States until the close of the war, when he was
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discharged honorably from service at Pompton Plains (N. Jersey) - that he was in the battles of Three Rivers, Canada, Brandywine, Germantown & at the taking of Cornwallis - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Obed Fahnestock

Samuel Shoch John Snider

I, Obed Fahnestock, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he said John Snider did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. 
May 27th 1818
Obed Fahnestock
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Dauphin County
State of Pennsylvania

Before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Dauphin personally came Jacob Welchans who being duly sworn doth declare and say that he hath know John Snider, the deponent in the preceding deposition for fifty years past, that he knows him to have enlisted in the company of Captain Green and regiment of Col. Harkley for the term of one year and at the expiration of which to have been honorably discharged, that he hath know John Snider to have enlisted a second time and was absent from home in the service of the United States until the close of the Revolutionary War, and further saith not.
Signed:  Jacob Welchans.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.  
Signed:  Obed Fahnestock
May 27, 1818

Dauphin County

I John Machesney, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Dauphin, do certify that Obed Fahnestock who has given the preceding certificate, and whose name is hereunto subscribed, was at the time of so doing and yet an official judge of the county of Dauphin, duly commissioned and sworn, to all when acts as such due faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Harrisburg this thirtieth day of May A.D. 1818
Signed:  John Machesney, Prot.
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John Snyder
York Co.
4412
Nov. '18

Sent Wm. Barber Esq.
Clk York /county pa

Dec 23 1820
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
York County

On this twelfth day of December 1820, personally appeared, in open court, John Snyder, aged 69 years, resident in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his solemn oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: 

viz. is Col. Hartley's regiment, in Captain Grier's company from the 11th day of November 1775, until the end of one year and three months and afterwards in the Congress regiment, commanded by Col. Hazen, in Captain Ferrus' company, from the early part of the year 1777 until the close of the war, that the date of his original application is May 7, 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 4412.  

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of congress, entitled:  "An act to provide for certain persons  engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed:

List:  one bed's bedding, value $5; two iron pots, value $1; some few articles of kitchen furniture, value $12.  I am unable to do much work in consequence of old age, my occupation is that of a laborer.  I have a wife but no children.  I have no friends or relations able to afford me much assistance.

Sworn to, and declared, on the twelfth day of December, 1820 before
Signed:  Geo. Barnitz
Signed:  John (his X mark) Snyder

State of Pennsylvania
York County

I, William Barber, clerk of the court of common pleas, for said county (being a court of record) do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighteen dollars and (blank) cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at York, on the twelfth day of December 1820.
Signed:  W. Barber
Clerk of the court of common pleas of York county, Penn.
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Note

Whenever a certificate of the [illegible] of the within
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War Department
Section of Bounty Lands

By the records in this office, it appears that a warrant for one hundred acres U.S. Military Bounty Land, was issued in Right of John Snider, a private in Hazen's regiment during the Revolutionary war to Phillip Stout under the number 13738 dated June 7th, 1793.

The above warrant was surrendered Nat Cutting by the O.H.J.O. company in13th Nov. 1816 - pay for land purchase by them.
Signed:  J. Gardiner
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland

On the twenty-sixth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and state aforesaid, Elizabeth Snyder, aged seventy-eight years, a resident of Germantown in the state aforesaid who being duly affirmed according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Snyder deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that she is a pensioner under the act of Feb. 3, 1853 and recorded in the Pension Office, Vol. 0 page 110, that all her papers of dates are in the possession of said office, as they have never been returned to her. 

She further declares that she was married to the said John Snyder on the (blank) day of (blank) by one (blank) and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Black, that her said husband died in York County about the year A.D. 1828, and that she is now a widow.  She further states that she has lost the record of her said marriage and refers to said papers filed.  She further declares that she has made no application for bounty land under any act approved by Congress.  

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd, 1855 and she herself authorizes (illegible) to receive said warrant and as her attorney Eizabeth Snyder, claimant.

(No. 2)
We Abraham Warner and Samuel M. Bitner, residents of the county of Cumberland and state of Pennsylvania upon our affirmation declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Elizabeth Snyder in our presence, and that we believe, from our personal knowledge of the applicant and the facts stated in her declaration, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and we further testify that we knew the said applicant and her said husband in the lifetime of the said husband, and were personally and intimately acquainted with them both, for the space of more than thirty years,  and knew them to co-habit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed; and that we have derived these facts and opinions from personal knowledge and observation alone; that the said applicant is now a widow as is set forth in her declaration, and that her said husband died at the time she has stated.

Signed witnesses:  Abraham Warner, Sam. M Bitner

(No. 3)
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were affirmed to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Signed: W. D. Shoop, J.P.

(No. 4)
State of Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland

I, Daniel K. Nowell, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that W.D. Shoop is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, was at the time of the date of the foregoing declaration duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 26th day of April A.D. 1855.
Signed:  Danie K. Neill, Prothonotary
P. Quigely, Dep. Prot.
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To Hon  L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Please examine the within application and if correct send the warrant to 

A.L. Sponsten
Carlisle Pa
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To the Commissioner of Pensions

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County

On this twenty-second day of March, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said county, Eliabeth Snyder, a resident of Hampden township in the county aforesaid, aged seventy-seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the third day of February, A.D. one thousand eight hundred fifty-three; that she is the widow of John Snyder who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was entered on the Pension Roll as a pensioner of the government of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month; that he has resided in York, Cumberland and Dauphin counties in said state, but principally in York County where he enlisted and that this said pension was payable at the Philadelphia Agency for the paying of pensions in said state.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Snyder in the month of December in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen; that her husband the aforesaid John Snyder died on the eleventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven; that she was married to him at the time above stated.  She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, is still a widow
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never having been married since his death, and that she has never before made application for a pension.  Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first above written. 

Signed:  Elizabeth (her X mark) Snyder
Signed:  H. H. Graham, President Judge

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County

On this twenty-second day of March in the year eighteen hundred fifty-three, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said county, Samuel Black, a resident of Hampden township in said county (who is hereby certified to be a man of truths and respectability  known to this (illegible) court, and that full faith and credit may be given to what he may depose or swear); who is being duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Snyder above named, and that he was present at the marriage of the said Elizabeth with the said John Snyder, and heard the marriage ceremony performed.  The said Elizabeth and John Snyder were married some time in the month of December in the year eighteen hundred eighteen at the residence of the said Elizabeth, who was then living with her son-in-law John (illegible), in the town of (illegible) in the county of Cumberland and state aforesaid, by John (illegible), a justice of the peace
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of said county, who has since that time moved to the Western Country and deponent does not know where his residence now is, or whether he be living or not.  Deponent does not recollect the precise day on which the said marriage took place, but recollects the month and the year as above stated.  The deponent further states that the above named Elisabeth is the identical person whom  he saw and heard married to to this said John Snyder by the said John Snyder Justice of he peace as aforesaid.  Jacob Nickomell John Fines & his wife, Polly Remberger the daughter of said Elisabeth by a former husband and the said Polly's husband John Remberger, were also present at the said marriage ceremony, all of whom are now dead.  Deponent further states that whom the said John Snyder husband of the said Elisabeth as aforesaid died in the year eighteen hundred & twenty-[illegible], further the deponent became his administrator and drew the balance if the balance of the  pension of the said John [illegible] up to his death, from the government, as may perhaps appear from paper on file in the proper department in Washington city.  Deponent further states that the said John Snyder pensioner as aforesaid, died on the eleventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty seven at Fairview Township in York county and states aforesaid, and that letters of administration was granted to deponent
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at Harrisburg in Dauphin County is said state, where a portion of his (??) efforts were  at the time of his (??) Deponent does not know whether this said John Snyder justice as aforesaid kept a record of the said marriage or not, or where his records and dockets may be, and further saith not.
Affirmed to & subscribed in open court on the day and year first above written.
Samuel Black
Test
J. H. Graham
President Judge

State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County}ss
On this twenty second day of November in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas of said County, Mr Bitner a resident of Lower Allen township in said county (who is (??) certified to be a man of truth and versitity and that full faith and trust may be given to what he may depose or swears) Who having duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that he was well acquainted with John Snyder the husband of Elizabeth Snyder above named, that the said John Snyder and Elizabeth Snyder live together as man and wife so long as this said John Snyder lived after the deponent became acquainted with them and they were reputed in the neighborhood to be man and wife, and every body so spoke of them & further saith not. Affixed & subscribed in open court the day and year first above written
M. Bitner
Test. 
J. H. Graham President Judge
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October 1, 1935.

BA-J/ILL
John Snider
W. 8073

Sarah E. Smyser
504 West King Street
York, Pennsylvania,

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Snyder or Schneider of York County.
The record of John Snider, or Snyder, of York County, Pennsylvania, is furnished therein as found in the papers of file in pension claim, W. 8073, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Snider, or Snyder, while a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, enlisted November 11, 1775, served as private in Captain Grier's company, Colonel Hartley's 6th Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battle of Three Rivers and was discharged at Ticonderoga, having
completed the year for which he enlisted and some months extra. He enlisted in February 1777, as private in Captain Torrey's company,
Colonel Hazen's "Congress " Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and at the surrender of Cornwallis and continued to served until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Pompton, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was then aged sixty-six years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
The soldier died August 11, 1827 in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
John Snider, or Snyder, married in the month of December 1818,
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Elizabeth Black; they were married in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, at the home of John Ramberger and his wife, Polly, who was the daughter of said Elizabeth by a former marriage; Elizabeth Black lived with them at that time. The name of her former husband is not shown, nor the date and place of that marriage, nor the date of his death.
Elizabeth Snider, of Snyder, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 23, 1853, at which time she
resided in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; she was then aged seventy-seven years. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. In 1885, she resided in Shiremanstown, in said Cumberland County.
In 1853, Samuel Black was a resident of Hampdon Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; he stated that he was present at the marriage of the soldier, John Snider, or Snyder and Elizabeth Black, but did not state any relationship between them.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[A POSTCARD ADDRESS SIDE, CANCELED UNIONTOWN PA. SEP. 11; AND A SECOND CANCELATION STAMPED, PENSION, SEP 19, 1919]

U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
D. C.
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Please give me the Revolutionary record f John Snider who enlisted from Pa. and served in Continental army under Washington from Long Island to Yorktown.

Respt.

Mrs. Josephine Snider
58 Nassau St, 
Uniontown, Pa.
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[a postcard canceled Sep 20, 1935]

504 W. King St;
York, Pa.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:--

Would you kindly send me the information you have on the Revolutionary Records of John Snyder or Schneider of York County.

Yours truly

Sarah E. Smyser
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[two pages,  the following on the left]

1919 Sept. 27 Hist. to Mrs. Josephine Snider

[the following on the right]

Ray WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8073
Elizabeth Snyder
Wid.
John Snyder
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: 1818
Index:--Vol.  A, Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD SECTION.   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., __________, 19__

In reply to your request of ____, received____ for a statement of the military history of John Snider/Snyder a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF             |                          |             |                                                                                      |
ENLISTMENT ON  |   LENGTH OF    |             |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED |
APPOINTMENT     |      SERVICE      |  RANK  |              CAPTAIN.               |                COUNSEL.        | STATE.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nov. 11, 1775        |   1 year            |    Pvt.    |                  Greer                 |                Hartley             |     Penn
Feb'y 1777 |           |to close of war |              |                  Torrey                |                Hazen              |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Battles engaged in Three Rivers, Brandywine, Georgetown and capture of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  York Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, May 27, 1818 [illegible]
Residence at date of application,  Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Penn
Age at date of application, 66 years, Died Aug. 11, 1827 in Fairview Twp. York Co. Penn

Remarks: He married in Dec. 1818 Elizabeth Black at the residence of her daughter by a former husband,  Polly wife of  John Ramberger.  Widow was al. pension on an app ex. Mch. 22, 1853 while a resident of Hampdon Twp. Cumberland Co. Penn, aged 77 years.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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Snyder
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Snyder, widow of John
Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania, 
act 3 Feby: 1853.

Claim ("original," [crossed out: or for increase."]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under act of 18th  March, 1818.
Marriage proven by parole evidence, certified to be credible.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence of of Agent                                                                                                                                                                             
       J. Ellis Bonham Esq. Carlisle, Pa.                      

Examining clerk.  
       J. o.. Boynton
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Snyder, widow of John
Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania,
3. Feby: 1853
_______________________
Claim, ("original," [or" for increase".--Struck Thru])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of 18"
March, 1818,
Marriage proven by parole
Evidence, certifies to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

J. Ellis Bonham, Esqr
Carlisle, Pa.
Name and residence of Agent

S. J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Carlisle Feby 4, 1856
Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
I recd a Land Warrant
No 154 for Elizabeth Snyder Widow of John Snyder a soldier in the Revolution for 60 acres.
The application of which I rec a return
or acknowledgment dated May 5, 1855 was for
160 acres. Please inform me why a 60 acres
warrant was issued in lien of the 160
I am most respectfully
Your very obt Servant
A. L. Sponselr
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Carlisle, Pa. 
March 23rd, 1853

To the Commissioner of Pensions:

Sir:

I herewith (illegible) you the application of Elizabeth Snyder, widow of John Snyder late a widow of the Revolutionary War, for a pension under the Act of Congress of 3rd Feb. 1853.  Her husband having been a pensioner, it does not become necessary to set forth all the facts in relation to his service.  By the Act of Congress of July 1st 1848, it is provided that "In all cases where a pension may have been granted to any officers or soldiers of the Revolution his life time, the evidence upon which such pension was granted shall be (illegible) of the service in the application of any widow or woman, who may have been the widow of such officer or soldier, for a pension, and upon proof by her that she was married and that she is a widow she shall thereupon be placed upon the pension rolls at the same rate that such officer or soldier received during his lifetime."  Pension laws published under resolution of Feb. 9, 1849.  This Doc. No. 54. 2 (Illegible) 30 company, page 22.
(illegible) in 1827 and must here
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been presented under the said paper before the Act of June 7th, 1832, that is under the law of 18th March 1818 and of 1st May 1820.  (illegible) served during the whole war.  The recollection of the widow is that her husband served at the rate of $8 per month or $96 per year, and her declaration is so drawn but I have some doubts of that fact.  I had thought this pension granted for new soldiers was at the rate of $7 or $7.50 per month.  If this wrong in that I presume it would not be material and the certificate could (illegible) the for same reason that her husband drew in his life time.  

The question arises as to whom the pension of the widow commenced - what (illegible) of the husband the 4th of March 1831, June 7th 1832 (illegible) thus 4 July 1836, the 4th day of March 1848, from the date of the recent act or from the (illegible) this proof in the application. The language of the 2nd section of the recent Act of Feb. 3rd 1853 is (illegible).

"That the widows of all officers, non commissioned officers, (illegible) and privates of the Revolutionary army who were married subsequent to January, A.D. 1800 shall be entitled to a pension in the (illegible) as those who were married before that date."  

By the opinion of Attorney General Butter of April 13th 1837 it is held that the pension of this widow continued from the death of her husband
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Pension Laws doc 126 1st Sep. 26th Congress page 62.
This was in cases when the husband drew a pension and instead of granting certificate for whole time to which she would have been entitled had the husband been dead, & making deductions, this pension was to commence from this death of the husband.
I believe this has been the rule under the Act of 4th July 1836, and under all the acts (??) thereunto up until this act of 29th July, 1848, which grants as pension to all widows of officers & widows who were married before January 1st 1800, in which it is stated that the pension are "to commence on the fourth day of March eighteen hundred & forty eight" (The last copy of Pension laws)
In this case, or under the act of 3rd Feb 1853 no time is fixed but they are entitled to a pension in the same manner as those married before 1800. Now it strikes me that would indicate a liberal view taken by Congress and that a liberal construction should be placed upon the cut, so as to give the pensions from the same times as the various acts from 1836 have allowed that. It is very probable that the act of 29th July 1848 was overlooked, and that when it comes before congress again they will propose the restructure contained in it, and place those widows who were married between 1794 & 1800 on the same footing as those
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married before 1799. Such would have been the construction (??), had congress been intent on that subject, and such I think must be constructive of this Act of 3rd Feb. 1853, Congress having fixed no time from which the pension is to commence. If you should think this act of 29th July 1848 controls this recent law as to that, then this pension under this law would at all events commence as far back as the 4th March 1848.
The widows of Revolutionary soldiers are now few & far between, and I think are entitled to all and more than his government has yet conferred upon them. I should be pleased to have your opinion on this subject. It might be well to commit this late Genl.
Respectfully yours
J. Ellis Bonham
Att. &c. &c.
Please communicate with me at this Post Office , Carlisle, Pa in relation to this case & send the certificate to my care at this office.
when it is adjoined.
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State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County} SS

I George Quinn prothonotary of this Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County [illegible] do certify that this foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Snyder and the depositions following of Samuel Black and Mathias Bitner, was made in open court, this twenty second day of March A.D.  eighteen hundred and fifty three, that the Hon. James H. Graham who had attested the same is the President Judge of this court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are same,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed by hand and the seal of said Court this day and years last above mentioned.
George Zinn Prothy
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Thursday July 26, 1880

To Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:

[illegible] widow lady.  [illegible] siding in this office request [illegible] to write to you for the pension of [illegible] Hank in [illegible and [illegible] information in may. [illegible] you  her claims for a contin[illegible] of a pension, as the wife of a Revolutionary Soldier
it appears from the statment made to me that her husband, John Snyder, belonged to the Pennsylvania Line, was honorably discharged after the end of the war and drew a pension up to the time of his death  he "discharge" and other regiments [illegible] are in his [illegible] but has now found it [illegible]  then present indigent [illegible] her [illegible]

I am [illegible] man simply [illegible] and have [illegible took her can S*** [illegible] and, [illegible] might say [illegible].  Trust [illegible] that [illegible] will.  [strike through words] [illegible] in all the [illegible] c[illegible] with now [illegible] adjusting he [illegible] 
[illegible] at [ illegible] after hearings intention [illegible] deportant.

With consideration of  [illebile]] and 
I am yours Truly,
Geo. H. Morgan
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Harrisburg November 6, 1818

Sir
I had the honor to receive from your department the application of John Snider, returned as inadmissable, on account of his desertion prior to the application of the time of his enlistment. I have since saw Snider who acknowledges that he did desert some time during the period of his second enlistment, but was retaken & punished, and afterwards, served out his time. There then [illegible] with me the question whether the receiving into the service a second time, does not  [illegible] the offence of desertion and withal entitle him to a pension --from the certificate of Mr. Cutting which I enclose that a warrant qualified for Bounty Land in right of John Snider, I am induced to think it does and that as his desertion did not destroy his right to Bounty Land, it should not deprive him the benefit of the pension - but of this you will justly determine - and should you think him not within the act on account of his desertion during his second enlistment, [illegible] if you want to have the goodness to refer to your rolls, you might perhaps find his name entered on the Role of the company commanded by Captain Green of the 6th [illegible] Regiment commissioned by Col.
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Harkley as a private for the term of one year which period he was to have faithfully served, commencing in November 1775 - and that owing to the emergency of the times, he was induced to serve three months after the expiration of his time, and was discharged at Ticonderoga - this tour of service being independent and prior to the commencement of that in which he deserted must still entitle him to his pension, nor can this claim be possibly [illegible] by his desertion during the second enlistment -
See here by your attention once more to this claim - the applicant is in real distress, and the benefit fo the pension would be considerable at this time.
I have the honor Sir, to be, with every respect
Your Most Obedt.
Same Shock

To the Honourable J.C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary fo the War Department
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[Round Stamp -- Mostly Illegible]

Houble. J.C. Calhoun Esqr
Secretary of War
Washington

Admitted
See letter in answer to this

J L Edwards 
Give this case his attention
J. G. K.
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[Round Stamp]
May 1 [Remainder Illegible]
Official Basing
FREE

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

May 2/38

113.318
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Official Business

Free

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.

stamped Carlisle
Feb. 6

written bottom to top
113518
Elizabeth Snyder
wid.
of John
AD no. (rest unreadable)
ad Boynton
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154
60 acres
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Appl. of Elizabeth
Snyder widow of
No 701
John

Pa 18
Act 3rd Febry: 1853
$96.00 per annum
Commencing Febry: 3d, 1853.
Revy
J. Ellis. Bonham Carlisle Pa
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
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This Act 29' July 1848. PA.
Boyton.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Snider, John GRAD Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13738 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 7, 1793 to Philip Stout, Assignee, notation: "Gave certificate to Snider himself stating this issue. 13th Nov. 1816
*The information concernng 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 Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.