Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6084, for Christian Lahman, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Lahman, Christian
or Lehman
Rosina
NUMBER  R. 6084
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X 2098
Rosina Lahmen
Pennsylvania
Wid
Christian
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of York } SS  
On this 4th day of May A.D. 1837 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Rosina Lahman a Resident of said County aged 82 years who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836   
That she is the widow of Christian Lahman a solder of the Revolutionary war that he was drafted about the 1st of November 1781 at York for two months to guard watch and keep secure the British prisoners taken with Genl Cornwallis and duly served out the time and that he served under Majr Bailey at Camp Security in the County of York That in the fall of the year 1782 he 
2 volunteered to serve at the same at Camp Security in the County of York for two months under Majr Bailey and duly out the time for which he was a volunteered 3  that in the Spring of the year of 1783 he Volunteered to serve two months under Capt Ford and marched to Fredericktown in Maryland with British prisoners the remained in service in that Tour and that he served at least six months in the Army of the Revolution That she further declares that she was Married to him the said Christian Lahman on the 9th day of September 1781 as will more fully appear by the annexed marriage Certificate and that her husband the said Christian Lahman died at York on the 12th day of March A D 1822 and that she remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference had to the proof hereto annexed 
Rosina Lahman her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before 
Geo Barnitz
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State of Pa 
County of York SS 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Agnes Beck a Credible Witness who being by me duly sworn according to law saith that she was well acquainted with Christian Lahman the husband of Rosina Lahman and well knows that he did serve out several Tours in the Revolutionary war at least Six months altogether and further saith not 
Agnes Beck her mark 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day & year first above written 
Geo. Barnitz 
State of Pennsyla 
York County Ss 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Daniel Lahman & Jacob Beck who being by me duly sworn according to Law saith that Christian Lahman the husband of Rosina Lahman deed at York on the 12th day of March 1822 and that Rosina Lahman has remained a Widow ever since that period Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 day of May 1837 
Geo Barnitz 
Daniel Lahman 
Jacob Beck 
 I do hereby certify that Rosina Lahman is not able to appear in Open Court to make her declaration in consequence of bodily infirmity Witness my hand this 4 day of May 1837 and that she is entirely blind 
Geo Barnitz
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Know all men by these presents that I Rosina Lahman do hereby make constitute and appoint David Cory of York Pa my true and Lawfull Attorney for me and for my use to received my pension certificate for me and for my use of the Commissioner of Pensions of the U. S. in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of May 1837 
Rosina Lahman her mark 
Geo Barnitz   
Personally before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Rosina Lahman and acknoweldged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free and deed in testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above Written 
Geo Barnitz  
This is to certify that it appears from the Records the German Reformed Church in York Pa that Christian Lehman & Rosina McClean were lawfully joined in Matrimony on the 9th of September AD 1781 York 
Nov. 3d 1836 
Jno Cares Pastor of said Church
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State of Pennsylvania 
York County, SS. 
I Benjamin Lanius Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify, that the Honorable George Barnitz, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and depositions were taken, is, and at the time of subscribing the same, was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of York, and as such is duly commissioned and qualified, and believe the signature to the same to be in his proper hand writing 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at York Borough, this Tenth day of May, A.D. 1837. 
Benjn Lanius   Prot
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November 11, 1937 
Mr. Albert J. Byrnes 
837 East Boundary Avenue 
York, Pennsylvania 
CHRISTIAN LAHMAN 
R. 6084 
BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Christian Lahman (Lehman?) whose widow, Rosina, applied for pension but her claim was rejected. 
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Christian Lahman, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, R. 6084, based upon his service in that war. 
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Christian Lahman or Lehman are not shown. 
Christian Lahman or Lehman married September 9, 1784, in York, Pennsylvania, Rosina McClean.  Their marriage was recorded in the German Reformed Church of York, Pennsylvania. He died in said York March 12, 1822.
Rosina Lahman or Lehman applied May 4, 1837, for pension which might have been due her as the widow of Christian Lahman or Lehman. At that time she was aged eighty-two years and a resident of York County, Pennsylvania. Her name was borne on the pension records as Rosena Lahman. She signed by mark. 
It was alleged that Christian Lahman or Lehman enlisted about November 1, 1781, at York, Pennsylvania, and that he served as a private under Major Bailey in the Pennsylvania troops at Camp Security in York County, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in guarding British prisoners taken with Cornwallis at his surrender, length of service two months; that he volunteered in the fall of 1782 and served two months as a private at the same place and under the same officers; that he volunteered in the spring of 1783, served two months under Captain Ford and was engaged in guarding British prisoners to Fredericktown, Maryland.
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Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of six months' service as required by the pension law.
In 1837, one Daniel Lehman made affidavit in York County, Pennsylvania, in support of the claim for pension of soldier's widow, Rosina;
his relationship to the family not shown. He signed Lehman.
There are no further family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rejected
4 July 1836
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1933 Mar 11 – Hist to E. F. J. Tafe – MLB
1937, Nov 11 – Hist to Albert J. Byrnes  MLB
REJECTED
6084
Rosena Lahman
Printed List of 1852 Rejected claims shows cause of rejected:
“He did not serve 6 mos.”
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V.
Rosena Lahman
Pennsylvania
Rejected
6084
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March 11, 1933 
CHRISTIAN LAHMAN 
R. 6084 
BA-J/MLB
E. F. J. Tafe 
437 South Hope Street 
Los Angeles, California 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter of February 18, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Christian Lehman (Rosina), of York County, Pennsylvania. 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6084, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Christian Lahman or Lehman, the only soldier of that name found in the records of this office. 
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown. 
Christian Lahman or Lehman married September 9, 1781, in York, Pennsylvania, Rosina McClean; their marriage was recorded in the German Reformed Church of said York, Pennsylvania. 
He died March 12, 1822, in York, Pennsylvania. 
On May 4, 1837, while living in York County, Pennsylvania, Rosina Lahman or Lehman, aged eighty - two years, applied for the pension that might have been due her as the widow of Christian Lahman or Lehman. Her name was borne on the pension records as Rosena Lahman. She signed by mark. 
It was alleged that Christian Lahman or Lehman enlisted about November 1, 1781, at York, Pennsylvania, and that he served as a private under Major Bailey in the Pennsylvania troops at Camp Security in York County, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in guarding British prisoners taken with Cornwallis at his surrender, length of service two months; that he volunteered in the fall of 1782 and served two months as a private at the same place and under the same officers; that he volunteered in the spring
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of 1783, served two months under Captain Ford and was engaged in guarding British prisoners to Fredericktown, Maryland.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of six months' service as required by the pension law.
In 1837, one Daniel Lehman made affidavit in York County, Pennsylvania, in support of the claim for pension of soldier's widow, Rosina; relationship to the family not shown. He signed
Lehman.
There are no further family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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September 29, 1937 
September 28, 1937 
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C. 
Sir or Madam, 
Please send me any record you have of Rosina, widow of Christian Lahman ( Lehman ?), whose claim to Revolutionary pension, under Act of 1836, was rejected. 
Yours truly Albert J. Byrnes 
Albert J. Byrnes 
837 E. Boundary Ave. 
York, Pa.
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CAPTAIN DANIEL W. FERGUSON, Secretary 
COLIN MUNRO GAIN, Asst. Secretary 
CASSIUS MILTON JAY, Treasurer 
BURNHAM ROBERT CREER, Asst. Treasurer 
LANSING GLENN LYTLE SAYRE, Registrar 
JOHN EMERSON MARBLE, Historian 
DIRECTORS 
D. EGERTON CRISPIN 
OURA EUGENE MONNETTE 
GENERAL CHARLES HENRY WHIPPLE 
JUDGE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE, President 
Vice Presidents 
DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT 
E. PALMER TUCKER 
DR. EDWARD MARSHALL PALLETTE 
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California 
437 South Hope St 
LOS ANGELES 
MU C887 
Feb. 18, 1933 
WILLIS MILNOR DIXON, Librarian 
NATHAN WILSON STOWELL, Genealogist 
ELLA F. J. TAFE, Asst. Genealogist 
RT. REV. W. BERTRAND STEVENS, D. D., Chaplain 
COLONEL HARCOURT HERVEY, Marshal 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 
EUGENE WADDELL BRITT 
JUDGE GUY RICHARDS CRUMP 
RALPH BELDAM HARDACRE 
JOHN EMERSON MARBLE 
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Will you kindly at your earliest convenience send us data on pension given to widow of Christain Lehman (Rosina) of York County, Penn. past. Revolutionary 
Thanking you for all favors granted in the pas 
Very truly yours,
E. F. J. Tafe
E. F. J. Tafe 
Assistant Geologist.
Revolutionary
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D. Corey
July 17 1834
Penna
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War Dept Pen Office
July 17th 1837
Sir:
The papers in the case of Mrs Rosena Lahman widow of Christian Lahman have been examined.  It is alleged that her husband performed three tours of service often count each as a militia man of Pennsyla that in guarding British prisoners the last then being in the spring of 1783.  There was no such service as alleged so late as the spring of 1783, for a period of two months.  The 3d Section of the act of July 6 provides for none whose husband did not serve six months. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed with rejected cases in this office 
Mr. David Corey 
York Pa
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2098 Pa 15 June
David Corey
Rosana Laman
Act 4 July 36   3 Jan
JUN 15
Stewart
J. L. Edwards
Washington City
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York June 12  1837
Sir
Enclosed  I send you the Claim of Rosana
Loman For your Examination.  If you find all 
all Correct please grant her a pension
Yours with Respect
David Corey
Hon J. L. Edwards