Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26367, for George Reineicker, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Penn


Reinecker, George
or Reinicker
or Reinecker
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 26367

CONTENTS
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Maryland 32,082
George Reinecker, dec’d
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded
by Captain —----of the regt commanded
by Col. Hartley in the Pennsylvania
line for 2 years

Payable to Eliza Granger, Henry & Edward
Reinecker, children of said dec’d

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 320 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & ending
16th August 1838, when he died

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of October
1843 and sent to John Hough York, Penna

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. 2. Vol. 5. Page 10

Reported to Agent, see letter
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330
Maryland
Elizabeth Reinicker
widow of George Reinicker
Pen
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieut

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
320 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of June 1848
and sent to
Elizabeth Reinicker
213 Lombard St
Baltimore

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol.3

Reported
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33.996
George Reinecker
dec’d Maryland
Act 7 June 32
adm’d by Sec
2 yrs Lt
320$
To Eliza Granger
Henry & Edward
Rennicken only
surviving children
from 4 March 31.
to 16 Aug 38 the day
of his deat.h
Jno Hough Esq
York Pa
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore S.S.
On this 10 day of February 1837 personally appeared
before me the Subscriber Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court
A Court of Law & of record, George Reineicker, a resident of the same City, aged 82 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
7. 1832: That he entered the service of the United States
at a very early period of the Revolutionary War
he believes about the year 1776 in Col Thomas Hartley's
Regiment in the State of Pennsylvania, in which
Regiment; he served as a Lieutenant. That he
continued in the service untill the year 1780 or 1781
when he came to Baltimore where he has resided
ever since. That he is now eighty two years of age.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the Pension roll of any
agency in any State.
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid by George Reineicker
N Brice C Judge

Done at the Dwelling of the said George Reinecker
he being by reason of bodily infirmity unable to attend
at Court. And I do hereby certify my belief that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary officer
and served as he states. The said Reinecker and
Martin Eichelberger whose deposition accompanies
this being both personally known to me
as persons entitled to credit.
N Brice C Judge
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore to Wit.
I hereby certify that the Honourable Nicholas
Brice before whom the within certification was
given was at the time of so doing Chief Judge of
Baltimore City Court being a Court of Record and
of Law, duly commissioned and qualified to all
whose acts as such full faith and credit are and
ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as
thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said Court this tenth day
February Eighteen hundred into thirty seven.
Wm M Medcalfe Clk

State of Maryland City of Baltimore
On this 10th day of February eighteen hundred and
thirty seven before me, a Justice of the Peace for the City
aforesaid personally appeared Martin Eichelberger, of
the same City well known to me as person entitled to
full credit, and made oath according to law. That
for about sixty years past he has been acquainted with
George Rhenricker the within named applicant
for the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832. That he knew him the said
George Rhencicker in the War of the Revolution
as a Lieutenant in Col Thomas Hartley’s Regiment:
and has known him as a citizen of Baltimore ever
since, about the year 1781.
Sworn and subscribed M Eichelberger
[illegible Col Hartley’s Regt?]
Before me
Henry Brice
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State of Maryland Baltimore County  set
I hereby certify that Henry Brice
Gentleman, before whom the aforegoing deposition
was made, and who has thereto signed his name, was at the time of so doing
one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of
Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix the seal
of Baltimore County Court on this 10th day
of February 1837.
Thos Kell Clk of
Baltm'e Co'ty Co't
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9879
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore set
On this 8th day of November A.D. 1843 Personally
appeared before me the subscriber Associate Judge
of Baltimore City Court in the State of Maryland,
Elizabeth Reinecker a resident of said City of Baltimore
in the State aforesaid aged 79 years who being first 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 of the 4th of July AD 1836 and
the 7th July 1838. That she is the widow of George
Reinecker. officer of the Revolutionary war in the
Pennsylvania line. That he was a Lieutenant in Captain
Robert Hope’s Company and Colonel Hartley’s Regiment
and served for two years or more in said Corps in the Army
of the Revolution as he stated. As will more fully appear
by reference had to his declaration and the proof of his services now in the Pension Office.
She further declares that she was married to the
said George Reinecker on the 10th March AD (1780)
in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty.
And that her husband the aforesaid George
Reinecker died on the 16th day of August AD 1838
and that she has remained a widow ever since that
period. That she was not married to him prior to his
leaving the service but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January AD 1794 Viz. at the time
above stated. Elizabeth Reinicker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
before me 
W. G. D. Worthington  Associate Judge

State of Maryland Baltimore ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber
on the 8th November 1843  Associate Judge
of Baltimore City Court, Elizabeth Ferguson
who being by me duly sworn according to law says that she was well acquainted with George Reinecker late of the city  Baltimore dec’d and that she is acquainted with Elizabeth
Reinecker his wife. That she still remains the widow of George Reinecker and has not been maried since his death. 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
W. G. D. Worthington  Asso. Judge
Elizabeth Ferguson
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State of Maryland Baltimore City ss
Personally appeared before me the Justice of the peace in & for said City of Baltimore State of Maryland, John J. Salzwedel
who being by me duly sworn according to Law Saith that the
annexed statement is a true Family Record of George Reinecker dec’d, taken and extracted from the Bible in
his own handwriting, which is wrote in German.
John J. Salzwedel
Sworn to Subscribed this 9 day of November AD 1843
before
Noah Ridgely

State of Maryland Baltimore County Set
I hereby certify that Noah Ridgely Esquire before whom the above
deposition was made and who hath thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn. In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore
County Court on this 9th day of November 1843.
Thos Kell Clk
I hereby certify that John J. Salzwedel is a respectable
Citizen and entitled to full credit on his own word.
Witness my hand this 9th day of November 1843
Noah Ridgely J.P.
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[following section is a partial transcription of scan #10]

Personally appeared before me the Justice of the peace in & for said City of Baltimore State of Maryland, John J. Salzwedel
who being by me duly sworn according to Law Saith that the
annexed statement is a true Family Record of George Reinecker dec’d, taken and extracted from the Bible in
his own handwriting, which is wrote in German.
John J. Salzwedel
Sworn to Subscribed this 9 day of November AD 1843
before
Noah Ridgely

State of Maryland Baltimore County Set
I hereby certify that Noah Ridgely Esquire before whom the above
deposition was made and who hath thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn. In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore
County Court on this 9th day of November 1843.
Thos Kell Clk
I hereby certify that John J. Salzwedel is a respectable
Citizen and entitled to full credit on his own word.
Witness my hand this 9th day of November 1843
Noah Ridgely J.P.
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore ss
On this 4th day of February A. Domine 1843 Personally
appeared before me the subscriber Associate Judge of the Baltimore City Court Edward Reinecker a Resident of said City who being by me duly sworn according to Law says his father George Reinecker, a resident of said city,  applied during his lifetime for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832, as an Officer of the Revolutionary war. And that his father George Reinecker died on the 16th day of August 1838. And that deponent and Henry Reinecker & Eliza Granger are his only children and heirs at law of George Reinecker dec’d.
That they now apply for the Pension due as the heirs of George Reinecker under said act. We would refer to the proof on file in the Pension Office already Exhibited.
Sworn to & Subscribed this 4th day of February AD 1843
Edw’d Reinecker

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above first written
Alex’r Nisbet Ass. Judge Bal. City Ct

State of Maryland Baltimore City
Personally appeared before me Associate Judge of the
Baltimore City Court, a Court of Record, Thomas Watkins
a credible witness who being by me duly sworn according to law says he was well acquainted with George Reinecker a resident of the City of Baltimore. That on the 16th day of August AD 1838 he died and that Henry Reinecker Edward Reinecker & Eliza Granger are his only children & heirs at Law
of George Reinecker dec’d.
Sworn to Subscribed this 4th day of Feby AD 1843
Thos Walkins
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4 Feby 1843
Alex. Nisbet Asso. Judge Baltimore City Ct
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore [sct]
I Hereby Certify that the Honorable Alexander Nesbit before whom the within depositions were made and who hath thereto to each subscribed his name was at the time of so doing one of the associate Judges of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose acts as such 
faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of 
Justice as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of Baltimore City Court
this fourth day of Febuary in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three
Wm M Medcalfe Clk
Balt. City Co’t


I am acquainted with Edward Reinecker and
Thomas Watkins and believe them to be credible
witnesses in whose testimony full faith and credit
may be placed.
Alex’r Nisbet Ass. Judge 

Know all men by these presents that Henry & Edward Reinicker & Eliza Granger of the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland do hereby make Constitute and appoint William S Atkinson of Georgetown D. Columbia our true and lawfull attorney for us and in our names and for our use obtain and receive a pension Certificate from the Secretary of War of the United States for the Arrears of Pension due the within mentioned heirs of George Reinicker dec’d an Officer of the Revolutionary war and do every other act and thing in the law needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, all of which we will ratify and confirm the same as our own act & deed. Witness our hands . 
Henry Reinicker
Edw’d Reinicker
Eliza Granger
Nath’l Munroe
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George Reinecker dec'd
Mary'd
Act 7 June 1832

[susp'd  ??]

Wm Allison
Present
Feb 9 43
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George Reinecker
Cont. Pa. W.26367
Printed recruiting instructions
for Thomas Hartley Esq. from
G. Washington dated Morristown
Jan. 12. 1777. (printed by
M. R. Goddard, Baltimore
endorsed by recruiting order
to Lieut Geo. Rhenicker,
signed Robt. Hopes Capt.
dated Hanover Apr. 5, 1777.
This paper has been removed
from this claim
and is locked up in the
Record Div.
AW
July 1,1911
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.267
Elizabeth  Reinicker
wid of
George Reincker
Lieut Rev. war
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Act Feb 2. 1848
Index: Vol. M, Page 154
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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4856.
Maryland
Elizabeth Reinecker
widow of George Reinecker
who was a Lieut
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
320 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the
5th day of Feb. 1844
and sent to John Hough
York Penn'a

{Act of March 3, 1843.}

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 144

Reported
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Secretary's Office
Harrisburg Pa Oct 6. 1843

Hon James M Porter
Secretary at War
Dr Sir
From a careful examination
of the minutes of the Council the name of George
Reinicker does not appear as having been appointed
a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution.
It may however, be proper for me to state that the
records are by no means perfect-- It has occurred
on several occassions that Commissions issued by
the council to officers in the Army have been presented
here and no evidence of their appointment could
be found on the records.
I am
Yours resply
Chas. McClure
Sect’y of the Common’th
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Washington Oct. 12th 1843
Sir
As your decision against allowing the
Claim of George Reinicker & Peter Diffendoffer
(officers in the Revolutionary War) for
their services in the Revolutionary War, and as
the Testimony offered appears to me to be
sufficient, I wish to appeal to the decision,
of the Honorable, the Secretary of War. I am
Very Respectfully Yours &c
John Hough
G. W. Crump Com
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York Jany 5th 1844
Dear Doctor
I recd yours of the 3rd [yesterday?].
Enclosing printed letter from Mr J. L.
Edwards. I am at a loss to know whether
he means that he has not rec’d the papers
 or not in the case of Elizabeth Reinicker.
The papers were all sent in one package and Mailed
here on the 10 or 17 of November.  I am
sorry that I have to trouble you so
much with this business. I must
however ask you to call on Mr Edwards 
and and see if the papers are
not there, as they are valuable
to the one containing the proof of her
claim to a pension. Please attend
to this and write.
Yours truly
John Hough
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Baltimore June 1st 1848
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the documents to obtain
a pension certificate under the act of Congress
passed Feby 2d 1848. Please send me the certificate
Directed to myself No 213 Lombard Street Baltimore
and Oblige your Humble Servant.
Elizabeth Reinicker

Hon J.L. Edwards
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Ho. of Reps Dec. 21. 1843
Sir
Herewith I enclose you a letter received
this morning, from John Hough, Esq. one of my 
constituents in relation to papers sent by him some time
since to your office, relative to the claim of Elizabeth
Reinicke, widow of George Reinicke, who was a Lieut
in the Army of the Revolution.
As I shall leave the city in the morning and be absent for
 some time, will you do me the favor to have this case attended to at your earliest convenience, and enclose the result of your investigations to Mr Geo. M. Phillips, of the Treasury Department, who will give it such further attention
as may be necessary.

[bottom right corner of page has been cut and removed , so there is no letter writer’s signature to be transcribed]


Col. J L. Edwards
Com’r of Pensions
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York Jany 27th 1844

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, Enclosed I send you the
Declaration oath and Power of Attorney of
Elizabeth Reinecker of Baltimore, Asking for
Pension under the Act of 3rd March
1843 as the widow of George Reinecker who
was a Lieutenant. Power of Attorney is
given in my name, when the claim is
adjusted please forward the Certificate
to York Pa to me.
Very Respectfully
John Hough
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York Pa Nov 16th 1843
Mr J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit to you
the Declaration of Elizabeth Reinicker
widow of Lieut George Reinicker, as also the
Evidence of her Marraige taken from the
Bible Record. Be pleased to examine the
claim. Remit me the certificate as soon
you conveniently can to York Penn’a.
Yours Very Respectfully
John Hough
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State of Maryland  Baltimore City sct
On this 25 day of January A.D. 1844 Personally
appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for said City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
Elizabeth Reinecker, a resident of said City aged Seventy nine
years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the
widow of George Reinecker who was a Lieutenant in Capt
Robert Hope’s Company in Colonel Hartley’s Regiment in 
the Pennsylvania line. That the annual amount of Pension which she has received under the act of July 7th 1838 was three hundred and twenty dollars. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Elizabeth Reinicker 

Sworn to & Subscribed the day
and year above Written before Noah Ridgely
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Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth
Reinecker of the City of Baltimore & State of Maryland
do hereby make constitute and appoint John Hough
of the Borough & County of York Pa my true and
lawfull attorney for me and in my name to receive of
of the Secretary of War of the United States a Pension
Certificate and do every other act and thing in the law
needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises.
All of which I will ratify and confirm as my own act and
Deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 25th day of January A Domino 1844
Elizabeth Reinecker {Seal}
Witness
Noah Ridgely
Henry Granger

Be it known that on this 25 day of January A D 1844
Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Reinecker
and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to
be her free act and deed. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand the day year above Written
Acknowledged before
North Ridgely
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State of Maryland Baltimore County sct
I hereby certify that Noah Ridgely Gentleman
before whom the aforegoing acknowledgment was made
and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing, one of the Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for the City of Baltimore,
duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto
Subscribe my hand and affix the seal of
Baltimore County Court on this 25th day of
January 1844
Thos Kell Clk
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[Rep 11]
Jany 1844

8003
Maryland
Elizabeth Reinecker
widow of George Reinecker
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 16 day of August 1838.
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Lieutenant in the Company
commanded by Captain —--
of the Regiment commanded by Col Hartley in
the Pennsylvania line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 320 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of
January 1844 and sent to Hon.
H. Nes House of Representatives

Total amount, $1600.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by F. L Swann Clerk,
Book D.  Vol. 1 Page 257