Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,405, William Brandenburg, Md.
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Md. Brandenburg, William S.2.405 carded.
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Ohio. - 7.808.
Wm. Brandenburg of Bethel in the state of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain (illegible)ontman of the Regt. commanded by (illegible] Ritchie in the Maryland (illegible] for six months. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20. Dollars 00 - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of April. 1833 and sent to G. Anthony, Springfireld, Ohio.
Arrear to the 4th of Mar. 1833.  40
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 33 10
$50.00
{Revolutionary claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. R. [illegible] Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 8 Page two.

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Date of death not on AB
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The State of Ohio
Clark County [illegible initials] on this second day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County in the State of Ohio now letting William Brandenburg being a resident of Bethel Township in Clark County aforesaid aged Seventy Nine years on the 8th day of October A.D. 1831 who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress [illegible] June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as United States sometime in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one (1781) as volunteer and joined Captain Michael Troutman of Frederick County in the State of Maryland who commanded a company of Minute Men the place of rendezvous of the Company was Middletown in Frederick County the company rendezvoused at this place of rendezvous and in the neighborhood engaged in protecting the county from the Tories and frequently in pursuit of Tories until some time in September when the company was ordered to take charge of a company of British prisoners the company was marched to Noland ferry on the Potomac River where they took charge of the prisoners as he believes upward of one thousand in number the prisoners were under the guard of Captain Troutman company of minute men. Captain [illegible] company of minute men and one other company of minute men then [illegible] of then captain not now recollected. Lieutenant Colonel Abner Ritchie of Fredericktown commanded the whole. They were marched to Fredericktown in Frederick County in the state of Maryland. In [illegible] this company to which he belonged remembered stationed at Fredericktown with the expiration of the term for which he volunteered which was six month when he was discharged a few days before Christmas of the same year at the time he volunteered he lived about three miles from Middletown in Frederick County aforesaid he was in no battle performed no marches other than as above stated he was acquainted with Colonel Stryker and Major Weldner of the Dutch Battalion (as it was called) [illegible] in Frederick County he has no documentary evidence of his services he received a written discharge with his term of service explained but it has been
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lost for many years and he cannot state where of how it was lost.  He knows of no person whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his service excepting Adam Coblence whose affidavit accompanies this declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares he [illegible] not on the penscion roll of the this agency or any state
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Wm Brandenburg
Saul Henkle clk
We Samuel Kyle a clergyman residing in the county of [illegible] in the State of Ohio and William G Serviss residing in Bethel Township in Clark County and one of the [illegible] judges of the Court of Corman Place of Clark County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brandenburg [ilegilbe]? Who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years od as stated That he is reported and believed in the neighborhood here resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concern in that opinion 
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforsaid in open court 
Saul Hencle Clk
Samuel Kyle
Wm G Serviss
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William Brandenburg
13.569
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he removed to Montgomery County in the State of Ohio and remained there until the fall following when he removed to Bethel Township in Clark County where he has resided ever since and now resides. 
4   He volunteered as stated in the body of his declaration. 
5   He recollects the officers mentioned in the body of this declaration and also Major John Bailey of the Battalion of Minute Men at Fredericktown.
6  He recieved a written discharge from Captain Troutman which has been lost but when or how he does not recollect. 
7   He names in addition to the two already named John Paul Andrew Reyburn Esq. Elnathan Cory Esq. John Hay Aaron Moorehouse Esq. as persons who may testify as to his character

Wm Brandenburg [signature]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  
Saul Henkle Clk

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 he above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Kyle who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Miami County in the State of Ohio and that William G. Serviss who has also signed the same is a resident in Bethel Township in Clark County in the State of Ohio and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Saul Henkle Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Clark County in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wiliam Brandenburg [unintelligible] for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this second day of October A.D. 1832
Saul Henkle Clk
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13569 7.808

Wm. Brandenburg

Admitted for 6 Months
from 1781.

$20


C Anthony 
Springfield
Clarke Co.
Ohio
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Brief in the case of William Brandenburg of Bethel County, of Clarke in the State of Ohio, (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  73,
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[Following is a table of four columns. Column headers are:]
| Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|

| Volunteered in June in 1781 | Years, Months, Days. [written entry under Months is unintelligible] | As a Minute Man | Gen.  Lieut Col Abner Ritchie Capt. Michael Troutman, Maryland troops |

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Near Middletown, Frederick Cy, Maryland
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   a living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication ?  and is so, in what respect?  No

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 


Chas G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
23d July 1833.
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November 13, 1934
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William Brandenburg- S.2405
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Emma B.Hawley
2903 Edgehill Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob and William Brandenburg. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.  A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War services of Jacob Brandenburg; the surname has been search under similar spellings. 

It is suggested as a possible means of securing information relative to the military record of this soldier, that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.2405, based upon the military service of Willam Brandenburg, during the War of the Revolution. 

William Brandenburg was born October 8, 1758 in Middlesex Township, New Jersey, names of his parents not given. 

While residing about three miles from Fredericktown in Frederick County, Maryland, he volunteered in June, 1781, served six months in Captain Michael Trout-
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man's company, Lieutenant Colonel Abner Ritchie's Maryland regiment was out in pursuit of Tories and was a guard to British prisoners in Fredericktown Maryland.

The soldier, William Brandenburg continued to live in Frederick County until 1812 when he moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1816 moved to Montgomery County, Ohio and in the following fall, he moved to Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832 then a resident of said Bethel Township.

There are no data in this claim relative to the family of William Brandenburg.

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

William Brandenburg
Certificate # 7808
Issued April 6, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Left Side Page

2405
INVALID
Rev War

File No 2405
Wm Brandenburg
Pri Md Line

Act: June 7, '32
Index Vol. A Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

1934 Nov 13 - Hist to Mrs. Emma B Hawley
1936 Dec 17 - Hist to Mrs Hazel S Phillips
1939 Jan 20 - Clara C D [illegible]
rel as each payments
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SPRING O Oct 7
Free
13509

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The Hon Secretary of War
Washington City
Pension Office
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Springfield Oct 5, 1832
I enclose the papers in relation to the claim of William Brandenburg to pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 which I hope will be found sufficient
Very Respectfully yours
C. Anthony

P.S. Please direct to me or to Saul Henkle Esq. Clerk of Clark Coun Please
C.A.
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Brief objections to the admission of pension claim of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Brandenburg which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? - YES

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? - YES

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? - BLANK

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? - YES

V. Has he mentioned 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? - YES

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? - YES

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? - YES

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? - YES

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? - YES

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? – YES
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? - YES

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reasons assigned for not obtaining it? - BLANK

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? - BLANK

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

YES

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? - YES

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? - YES

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them s not so answered? - YES

Explanatory Notes

Quere V. 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, etc. 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."
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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 they served two years in the militia, etc. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, that he was either in the field or in garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants entering the service and the time and matter 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.

QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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 form being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court or other certifying officer 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.
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The State of Ohio Ss.
Before me John W Van Cleve, Mayor of the town of Dayton, in the County of Montgomery and State of Ohio, on the 1st day of October 1832, personally came Adam Coblentz, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with William Brandenburg and was also acquainted with him during the American Revolutionary War. Deponent further states that he knows that the said William Brandenburg performed a term of service
of six months in the volunteers who were commonly called minutemen or select militia, in Maryland, about the latter part of the said War. The Captain under whom he served was named Michael Troutman and the Lieut. Colonels name was Abner Ritchie. Deponent himself was not in service at the same time,
but resided in the neighborhood and knew the forgoing facts from his own knowledge and acquaintance with the said William Brandenburg at that time.
Adam Roblantz

In Testimony that the foregoing deposition was subscribed and sworn to by the said Adam Roblantz on the date thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Dayton the 1st day of October 1832
John W. Van Cleve, Mayor of the town of Dayton
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RECEIVED STAMP
Jan 11 1939
Index
Sub-Div
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CLARA CRAWFORD SMITH
GENEALOGIST AND RESEARCHER.

[written diagonally in top right corner:]
The Civil War search was marked as is, when this letter came to me, however, I called Mrs. Ankers, another good researcher in Index Div. & she researched & found no Mex- or Civil War pen. record.

[main body of letter:]
Sir-
Will you send me the 
number of the pension check
for {William Brandenburg
who volunteered June 1781
Frederick, Md.
The last pension check he rec'd
war Oct 2- 1833. and was
paid by Comptroller to the pensioner
I want the number of this check
and your dates on same.
I think he was living in
Bethel Tp. near Donnellsville
Ohio
NoRec 1/14/39 DB

[written in margin at the { symbol :] Mrs. Finch
[written faintly between paragraphs:]
I called again to ask for people under the H file
No Rec - by Mrs Murdock
No Rec
Plu recd 1//12/39 [illegible initials]

[second part main body:]
In the civil war one Jesse Umholt 
of Warren County Indiana was a
soldier and is thought to be a pensioner.
Want data on family if possible
An old man needs a pension on
this -
I inclose a stamp adress above
no enclosure 1
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Veterans Administration | Springboro, Ohio
Washington, D.C. | December 4th, 1936

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish me with such data as may
be obtainable from records of your office relative to:
William Brandenburg, Revolutionary soldier
[handwritten intials:] AWF.
He was born I believe in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
He moved to Ohio and died there in Clark County. I am very
much interested in any information relative to his birth date,
date of death and any family named or other information of
value to the publishing of a family history.
He had a son Aaron but I do not know his wifes name.
I will greatly appreciate any help you may give me.
The information is for our own family records.
Thank you,
Yours very truly,
[signature:] Hazel S. Phillips
Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips,
Springboro, Ohio.

[circular stamp:]
[numbered 1-12 around edge]
RECEIVED
DEC 7 1936
[illegible] 34[?]
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2903 Edgehill Road,
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Oct. 29, 1934.

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary Pension Dept., 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Several weeks ago I wrote asking for the pension 
applications of Jacob Brandleburg (Brandenburg, Brandlebury) and 
in the census called even Vranderburg, and William Brandenburg 
both of Ohio.  William Brandenburg was living in Clark Co., Ohio 
in 1831.  Not having heard from you I fear that my letter was 
lost, so I am repeating the request.

Very sincerely yours,

(Mrs. Emma B. Hawley)

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 12
RECEIVED 
NOV 3 1834
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #26

1244
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MRS EMMA B. HAWLEY
GENEALOGIST AND RESEARCHER 
2903 EDGEHILL ROAD
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO

Sept. 26, 1934.

Veterans Bureau, 
Revolutionary Pension Dept., 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send me the pension application 
of Jacob Brandlebury of Ohio (he is recorded so in 1831) 
and William Brandenburg of Clark Co. Ohio whose name 
appears at an earlier date.  The name of Jacob should be 
Brandenburg and may appear so in the original record.

Thanking you for this courtesy,

Very cordially,

Emma B. Hawley

P.S.  I think it possible that I have reversed the dates 
in connection with the above names.  It may have been 
William who appears in 1831.

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing 3:30
RECEIVED 
OCT 2 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #61
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January 20, 1939

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WILLIAM BRANDENBURG
S. 2405
BA-J/MMHF:MLB OW

Clara Crawford Smith 
R. F. D. No. 2
Williamsport, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know 
the number of the last pension check received by William Brandenburg 
of Frederick, Maryland, and Bethel Township, Ohio, for his service 
in the Revolutionary War, also the Civil War record of Jesse Umholt 
of Warren County, Indiana, who is believed to have received a pension.

The information you desire in regard to William Brandenburg is 
not of record in this office.  For information in regard to the matter 
in which you are interested, you should apply to The Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, this city, who is the custodian of 
records which pertain to last payments, vouchers, etc.

No claim for pension has been found based upon service in the 
Civil War of a Jesse Umholt (the name searched also under Omholt, Ombolt, Umbolt and Humbolt)

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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December 17, 1936

William Brandenburg
S. 2405
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips 
Springboro
Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to you letter in which you 
request the Revolutionary War record of William 
Brandenburg, born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, 
and died in Clark County, Ohio.

The data furnished herein were obtained from 
pension claim, S. 2405, based upon the service of 
William Brandenburg in the Revolutionary War.

William Brandenburg was born October 8, 1758 in 
Middlesex Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.  The 
names of his parents were not stated.

[Words struck out] While residing about three miles from Freder
icktown in Frederick County, Maryland, William 
Brandenburg volunteered sometime in June, 1781, and 
served six months in Captain Michael Troutman's 
company, Lieutenant Colonel Abner Ritchie's Maryland 
regiment, was out in pursuit of Tories and a guard 
to British prisoners in Fredericktown, Maryland.

He continued to live in Frederick County, until 
in 1812, when he moved to Fayette County, Pennsyl
vania, in the spring of 1816, moved to Montgomery 
County, Ohio, and in the following fall, moved to 
Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application exe
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cuted, October 2, 1832, then a resident of Bethel 
Township, Ohio.

There are no data in this claim relative to the 
family of the soldier, William Brandenburg.

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

William Brandenburg
Certificate # 7808
Issued April 6, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator