Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11658, John Trucks, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
Md

Trucks, John 
or Trux, Catharine E. 

NUMBER
B.L.Wt.   53666-160-55

CONTENTS
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19,495
R
Maryland
John Trux
of Frederick Cy in the State of Maryland who was a Sergeant in the compy commanded by Captain Keeport of the regiment commanded by Colonel Houssegger in the Maryland line, for the term of three years from July 21, 1776 to _____ 17

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21, of July 1825

Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of July 1825 and sent to John Schley Esqr Frederick Town, N C

Arrears to 4th of
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1825 $ 11.89
$11.89

$ 2.83
 1.06
 8.
$11.89
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820 &}
March 1st 1823

(right side)
See letter to Pensioner Aug. 26, 1830

N New 831
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Maryland Frederick County ss
On this 21st day of July, 1825 personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for the aforesaid expressly made so by the laws of the state aforesaid proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the powers of fine and imprisonment.  John Trucks, resident in said County aged Sixty Nine Years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first May 1820, that he the said John Trucks enlisted for the term of three years on the 21st day of July in the year 1776 in the State of Maryland in the Company commanded by Captain George P. Keeports in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hansaker in the line of the State Maryland on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in the month of August 1779 when he was discharged from the service in Wyoming Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the role of any state and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that he was until within a short period in possession of real and personal estate all which has been sold by the Sheriff of said County to satisfy certain judgements obtained against him in Frederick County Court and that now he is entirely destitute of property and very needy and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820.  I do solemnly Swear that I was 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 any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the
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destitute of property and very needy and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820.  I do Solemnly Swear that I was 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 any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 do me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule 
No property of any kind, necessary  bedding and clothing of himself and family excepted. 
John Trucks
And the said John Trucks doth also swear that he is by occupation a Tailor but very unable to pursue the same owing to his age and having received a wound in his right leg with many other infirmities. That he has a family consisting of a wife aged about 40 years named Catherine, two daughters are named Kitty aged about 20 years other named Harriet aged about 19 years  two sons, John aged about 12 years and William aged about 10 years who depend upon his exertions for a livelihood.  That since the 18th March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property
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Description of Property | Names of persons to whom disposed of | Time of Sale | Amount of Money or description of property recd in return -

1 Mill and 35 acres of land thereto near Emmitsburg | Frederick Coates | 4 May 1825 | None
1 House and lot in Church St Emmitsburg | Issac Baugher | Ditto | Ditto
1 Vacant Lot in ditto. | ditto.  Do. | Do.
1 Ditto.  Do- Do-. | Do -. | Do. | Do.
1 Do- Do-- | Do | Do | Do
1 Corner Do- Do.  | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Back Do- Do-. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Negro Man Peter. | John Dubois. | Do. | Do.
2 Tables. | George Grover. | Do. | Do.
2 Arm Chairs. | Ditto. | Do. | Do.
1 Case Drawers. | Do. | Do.|  Do.
1 Setee. | Do. | Do. | Do.
6 Chairs. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Table. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Desk. | Do. | Do. | Do.
2 Iron Pots. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Spinning Wheel. | Do. | Do. | Do.
2 Ditto. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Stove. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 ditto.  Do.  Do.  Do.
1 Cow. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Morter &c. | John Harritt. | Do. | Do.
1 Hay Fork. | Ditto. | Do. | Do.
1 Plough. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Sleigh. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Cutting Box. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Harrow. | Daniel Sell. | Do. | Do.
1 Horse. | Ditto. | Do. | Do.
1 Saddle. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Jack Screw. | Do. | Do. | Do.
1 Eight Day Clock. | Wm Hickley. | Do. | Do.
1 Wood Saw. | Wm Mansfield. | Do. | Do.
5 Augers. | " Henning. | Do. | Do.
1 Saw &c. | " Gillmyer. | Do. | Do.
1 set horse geers. | Phillip Nunemaker. | Do. | Do.
1 Harrow. | Ditto. | Do. | Do.
1 Gig. | Wm Hull. | Do. | Do.
Sworn to in open Court her this 21st day of July 1825.  Before John Schley clk.
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Maryland Frederick County Ss
I do certify that the within described property was sold by me at public sale on the 16th day of May 1825 to satisfy certain [Illegible] in my hands against John Trucks resident of Frederick County Court at the suit of Daniel Sell of said County and officers fees in my hand for Collection against said Trucks given under hand this 21st day of July 1825.  
Thomas Carlton Sheriff of Frederick County

I hereby certify that the debt owing to me by Captain John Trucks was for part of purchase money for a mill and saw mill on Toms Creek near Emmitsburg and about 35 acres of land more or  less which Captain John Trucks agreed for on the 16th day of May 1817 to pay $7500 in the following manner 4000 Dollars on the 1st day of April 1818 at which time he got peaceable possession of said property and the balance 3500 Dollars to be paid in five annual payments of 700 Dollars each until the whole of the purchase money was paid and the 3 notes, being the last of the purchase money, and not paid, I brought suit for them and obtained Judgment in Frederick County Court against the said John Trucks and his security Basil Spalding. I ordered Executions on the Judgments and the sheriff levied on the property of John Trucks Real and personal and sold it on the 14th day of May 1825 to satisfy my claim against said John Trucks but it did not pay the debt.  I then ordered an execution for the security Basil Spalding for the balance to satisfy my claim against John Trucks and Basil Spalding and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever.
Given under my hand July 16th 1825.  Daniel Sell

Maryland Frederick County to wit,
On the 16th day of July 1825 personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Daniel Sell and makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the foregoing certificate is just and true as states.
Sworn before Lewis Matter
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Maryland Frederick County to wit,
On the 16th day of July 1825 personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Daniel and makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the foregoing certificate is just & true as states.
Sworn before Lewis Matter 

Maryland Frederick County SS
I John Schley clerk of Frederick County Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Trucks did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in proceedings declarations against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oaths and the schedule annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court, and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the said John Trucks has no property and also Certify that Lewis Matter gentleman before whom the affidavit of Daniel Sell appears to have been made whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time therefore one of the Justices of the peace in an for the County of aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 21st day of July 1825.
John Schley Clerk of Fredk. County Court Md.
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5,976
Pennsylvania Line
Catherine Trucks
widow of John, Trucks Md.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853

Certificate of Pension issued 22 day of Nov. 1856 and sent to John H Fricks Philadelphia, Pa

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 160 Vol 36.
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Pension.
of Catharine E. Trucks
widow
of John Trucks
of Revolutionary War.
Act Feby 3, 1853
Sarah Ziegler
Joseph Wharfe
John H. Frick
Philad'a  Aug
Mailed July 2, 1856
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[rectangle stamp]
Sold by John C. Clark & Son
88 Dock Street, Philadelphia

State of Pennsylvania 
City and County Philadelphia  ss
On this First day of July A.D. 1836, before the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Catharine
E. Trucks, a resident of the City of Philadelphia, and State aforesaid, aged 68 years, who first being
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 February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John Trucks who was a Sergeant, in the German Regiment and Maryland Line on the
the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war. That her husband inlisted in Maryland, on or about the 21 day of July A.D. 1776, for the term of
during the war and was honorably discharged at Camp Wyoming on the 24th day of July AD 1779.
that her said husband received for his services a pension of ninety
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six dollars per annum, under the
act of Congress of [blank] AD,
payable at the Maryland Pension
agency, and for further proof of his
Services she refers to the evidence
on file in the Pension office, on which
he received said Pension.
She further declares that she
that was married to the said John
Trucks on the tenth day of June
A.D. 1811 at Emmitsburg, in the State of Maryland by the Rev. Mr Dubois, that
her said husband died on
eleventh day of November A.D. 1831 at
Abbotstown, Penna, that she was not
married to him prior to the second
of January, eight hundred, but at
the time above stated - She further
declares that she is now a widow.
Catherine E Trucks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written, before me
Oswald Thompson
President Judge of 1st
Judicial District Pa.
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[rectangle stamp]
Sold by John C. Clark & Son
88 Dock Street, Philadelphia

We Joseph Wharfe, a resident
of no 174 Pine Street Philadelphia
the State of Pennsylvania, and Sarah Ziegler, a resident of Fourth Street, Camden, in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catherine E. Trucks in
our presence and that we personally
know that the applicant is the identical person she represents herself to be. That the said Catharine E 
Trucks was married to the said John Trucks, deceased, that the name  of the said Catharine E. Trucks before her marriage was Catharine E. Flanagan, that her husband the said John
Truck died at Abbottstown, Pa on or about the eleventh day of November AD 1831, and that she is now a widow. That we have lived for many 
years in Emmittsburg, Maryland and
were personally acquainted with
John Trucks and his wife the above
named applicant during the lifetime
of the former, and lived neighbors
to them and were intimate with them
andI know that they lived together as
man and wife and to be so reputed
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and the fact of their marriage
never questioned and we swear
that we are disinterested witnesses.
Joseph Wharfe
Sarah Ziegler

Sworn and subscribed before me this First day of July A.D. 1836 and I certify that the witnesses are credible and that I have no interest in this claim
Oswald Thompson
President Judge of First
Judicial District Pa.


The Commissioner of Pensions will
place deliver or forward to John H Trucks of Philad., as my attorney, the Pension Certificate to which I may be entitled.
Catherine E Trucks
Witnesses [illegible]
Sarah Ziegler
Joseph Wharfe
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State of Maryland, Frederick County Sct.
I hereby certify that it appears from the records of my office, that on the tenth day of June, in the year 1811, license was issued to John Trux and Catharine Flannigan to be joined in the bonds of matrimony.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the District Court for Frederick County this 14th day of November 1856.
Edward Shriver Clk.
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Pension act
February 3, 1856
Bounty Land act
March 3, 1855
number 250.566

Catharine E. Trucks.
Filed by John H. Frick attorney
Philadelphia
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250,566
[handwritten diagonally across page]: 53666 of Jany 14/57

250.566 
Act May 3, '55
July 2, '56

Catharine E. Trucks, wid.
John Trucks Serg't

Md Mil
A'd:160 acres Jany 10, 1857

Boynton
Revy. war.

Pens'd Act of 7 June 1832

Ins Feb 52

John H. Frick
Phil. Pa.

East P.
Sent J. H. Frick Nov 11/56


Vol. T. 142.
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[header]
(No. 229.)
Application for Bounty Land Warrant.
Printed and sold by Clerk & Sons
88 Dock St.

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Widow of a Deceased Person who has not had a Land Warrant.
State of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia
SS
On this thirteenth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, an Alderman and Justice of the peace within and for the city and state aforesaid, Catharine E. Trucks aged 68 years, a resident of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Trucks deceased, who was a Sergeant in the German Regiment, Maryland Line on Continental Establishment  in the Revolutionary War and that her husband received a Pension until 4th of September 1831.

 in the war with [blank] declared by the United States on the [blank]  day of [blank] , 
that her said husband enlsited at Maryland, on or about the 21st day of July A.D. 1776 for the term during the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three years and was honourably discharged at Camp Wyoming on the 24th day of July A.D. 1779.  She further states that she was married to the said John Trucks in Emmittsburg, Maryland on tenth day of June A.D. 1811 by one Rev. Mr Dubois, minister of the Euch. and that her name before her said marriage was Catharine E. Flanagan that her said husband died at Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on eleventh day of November A.S. 1831 and that she is now a widow.
She refers for the service of her husband further
to the evidence on file in the Pension Office under which he received a Pension up to September 4, 1831.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress,
nor made any other application therefor. She has [illegible] [illegible]  of [illegible] [illegible]  a record of her marriage, nor of any persons present at said marriage now living.

Catherine E. Trucks
We, Joseph Wharfe a resident of 174 Pine St. Philadelphia and Sarah Ziegler a resident of Fourth St. Camden in the state of New Jersey upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catharine E. Trucks in our presence, and that we personally know and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
That the said Catharine E. Trucks was married to the said John Trucks deceased, at [line left blank] in the state of [line left blank] on the [line left blank] A.D. [line left blank] by one [line left blank] that the name of the said Catharine E. Trucks before her marriage aforesaid was Catharine E. Flanagan that her husband, the said John Trucks died at Abbottstown Penn. on or about the eleventh day of November A.D. 1831 and that she is now a widow.  That we lived for many years in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and were personally acquainted with
John Trucks and his wife, the above named applicant, during the life time of the former and lived neighbors then and were intimate with them and knew that they lived together as man and wife and to be so reputed and the fact of their marriage
never questioned.
and we swear that we are disinterested witnesses.

Joseph Wharfe
Sarah Ziegler

* Witnesses will state here the reasons upon which their evidence is founded.
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THE foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
The words "personally known and" being first interlined over word "believe"
Jno B Kenney
Alderman and Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
SS
I hereby certify, that John B Kenney esp. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, an alderman & Justice of the Peace in and for the Cty aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office, as Prothonotary of the Court of Comon Pleas of said County, this First day of July 1856.
Jas G Gibson Prothy

The COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS will please deliver or forward to John H Frick of Philadelphia as my Attorney, the Warrant to which I may be entitled.
Catherine E. Trucks
Joseph Wharfe
Sarah Ziegler
750.566
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
of Catharine E. Trucks,
widow
of John Trucks,
War of the Revolution
John H. Frick
Philadelphia Attorney.
Mailed July 1, 1836
NOTE.--The declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant.  If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible.  If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested person proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy.  If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration: and in such case, other evidence--such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed--will be admissible.
[Symbol of a hand pointing to the right] In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased by taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge of opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11658
Catharine Trucks
Wid-of
John Trucks
Serg. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3 53
Index:-Vol. M, Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Seal stamped, but completely Illegible]
250.566
J Minot Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
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Emitsburg Sept 11 1830
Frederick County Bank.
Please to pay Mr Georg M Eichelberger my pension from the 4 of March untill the 4 instant and you oblige your friend
John Trucks
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3rd Auditor's office July 11/56.
Sir,
John Trux, Maryland (not Tennessee as stated by Pension office) act 1818 at $8 per month has been paid to 4 September 1831.
Robert J Atkinson
Auditor

J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pen off July 10, 1856
Sir
Please state when John Trux of Penns. was last paid $96 a year under the Act of 1818
Respectfully
R. McRae
Interim

R J Atkinson
3d Auditoor
Triplett
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[Illegible]
53 666
[Illegible]
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No 6572
Catharine Trucks
Widow of John
Penn.
Jno H. Frick July 19 1856

Feb 1853
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PHILADELPHIA CITY AND COUNTY, SS.

I, James G Gibson Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, Do CERTIFY, that the Honourable Oswald Thompson, Esq by whom the foregoing Attestation was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of making thereof, and still is, President of the first Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the City and County of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, s such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.

IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the first- day of July eighteen hundred and fifty-six
Jas G Gibson PROTHONOTARY.
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Pension act February 3, 1853
Bounty Land
No 250,566 act March 3, 1853
Catharine E. Trucks
Philadelphia March 17,1853
Sir,
In reply to the letter of the 10th of July last, in the case of Catharine E. Trucks, widow of John, filed for Pension under the Act of February 3, 1853, I enclose a record of a license issued on the tenth of June 1811 by the Clerk of the Frederick County clerk Court of Maryland to John Trux and Catharine Flannigan to be joined in the bonds of matrimony under the hand of the Clerk, and and seal of said court which corresponds with the time mentioned by the claimant as the date of her marriage.
It appears that the name was spelled [underlined] Trux but now [underlined] Trucks. I have seen in the Pension Certificate of the Pensioner it was [underlined] "Trux", but as the sound is the same no matter which way you spell it, whether with an [underlined] X or [underlined] cks, it makes no difference in law.
The Pensioner [underlined] Trux lived at Emmittsburg Maryland for many years and used to receive his Pension through the Frederick
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County Bank, thinking that his Pension Certificate might be there, I wrote to the Cashier of that Bank for information respecting it and received from him the enclosed letter and an order therein dated at Emmittsburg September 11, 1830 to [Illegible] of John Trucks, on the Frederick County Bank for the amount of his Pension.  You will perceive that although the Cashier writes "Trux" yet he recognizes the undersigned “Trucks" that evidently it being that the writer was the same individual.
In the evidence of the witnesses, you will perceive that they declare that they lived for many years at Emmittsburg, Maryland and were personally acquainted with John Trucks and his wife, the above named applicant during the lifetime of the former, and lived neighbors to them, and knew that they lived together as husband and wife and to be so reputed and the fact of their marriage was never questioned, and that she is now a widow.
Mrs Trucks now receives a Pension as annuity from the State of Maryland, as the widow of John Trucks, deceased of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, the same person who received a revolutionary pension from the United States.
I hope the above explanation will
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be satisfactory and the Pension Certificate will be issued as early as practicable as also the Bounty Land Certificate to which she is entitled.
very respectfully
Very respectfully your obedient servant
John H Frick
George C Whiting Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Land office of Maryland
May 6th 1856
I certify that it appears by a depreciation to pay roll remaining in this office that John Trucks, a Sergeant in the German Regiment Maryland Line, received 77" 10" 7.  depreciation money paid to the Maryland Luster of troops in Continental Establishment on the 24th July 1779.
In testimony whereof hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of the Land office of Maryland.
J Murray
[Illegible] [Illegible]
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Catharine Trucks
widow of John
Philadelphia
Penn'a

Adm'd 3 Feby 1853
7 yrs Serg't  $120
a year from the passage of the Act

Cert to 
John H Fricks Esq
Philadelphia 
Penn'a
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Brief in the case of Catharine widow of John Trucks of Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Act 3 February 1853
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 and 20 at $96 a year and died in November 1831.  He was entitled to no more under the act though he was a Sergeant for 3 years- as none were entitled to more who did not serve as a Commissioned Officer under the act of 1832 - 2 years service entitles to $120 a year pension.
Record of marriage
Cohabitation, general reputation of Marriage, her identity as the pensioners widow, his death, and her present widowhood proved agreeably to the regulations.
Agent John H Frick esquire
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Thornton Triplett
Examiner
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Frederick Co Bank
Frederick Sept. 5th 1855
John H Frick Esq
Dear Sir
I have received your of the 29th ult. and the search which I which I have so far been able to make has resulted in nothing but the finding of the enclosed order dated Sep. 11th 1830.  There is no balance due Mr. Trux on the books of this Bank.  I find a number of certificates of other pensioners and it is very probable that Mr. Trux's was also left with Henry Doyle who was the agent for the payment of pensioners as well as the Cashier of the Bank Mr. Doyle still lives in the place and when I see him I will make inquiry of him but not with much hope that he will be able to lay his hand upon it
I will take pleasure in rendering you my further service in the matter
Very Respectfully
Jno H Williams
Esq
M. T. Galligher residence home
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John H Frick
Philadelphia
Penna
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Philadelphia July 2, 1856
Sir:-
I enclose you the application of Catharine E. Trucks, widow of John Trucks, of the Revolutionary War, for a Pension under the act of February 3, 1853.
Please have the above claim examined and a certificate sent to me as early as practicable -
I am Very Respectfully, 
Your Obedient Servant, 
John H Frick
J. Minot, Esq
Commissioners of Pensions.
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Philadelphia July 1, 1856
Sir:-
I enclose you the application of Catharine E. Trucks, widow of John Trucks, of the Revolutionary War, for Bounty Land, under the act of March 3, 1855.
Please have the above case examined, and a warrant forwarded to me, as early as practicable.
I am, Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
John H Frick 
J. Minot, Esq
Commissioners of Pensions.
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25 July Emmitsburg - Free
Secratary of War Washington
Citty

Recd. 29 July 1825
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Emmits burg July the 22nd 1825
I am about to state my reason for not applying for a pention sooner is good I could live without untill a vary short period as will appear from the proceedings of our cort in the applycation send last [Illegible] though not the value of the Property that was sold from me on the 1st of May 1825 on account of the debt Daniel Sell held agains me, the, property sold coust me between nine and Ten thousand Dollars which I Paid all cash for except the yearly payments on the Mill and had I not been so unfortunate as to Loos. Since the beginning of the year 1822 I have lost about 3000 dollars and money that I had depended on to Pay of the notes Daniel Sell held against me and have lost the whole of it and in consequence My Property was sold and not paid the debt I began the world poor and following my trade and maid a very comfortable living and raised my family untill a few years back. I became infirm and not able to follow my trade then Purchased a Mill as has been stated in the papers sent to you - and got what I had all by industry and care and not spent or squandered my earning but intended to save a part in case I should live to be old to have something to support me and not to apply to My Country for a soport and to think that I have a wife and 2 Daughters and 2 sons a small boy of my sister-in-laws that is [Illegible] and we had to take him about 6 years of age and a Mother of fourteen children and none in these parts but a stepsister her principal dependence was on me. She is with my step sister at this time about 7 miles from where I live and is about 89 year and had 9 sons and 5 daughters and George William John Peters and Nicolas was all in the Revolution William and myself and Peters was in the Army the others in the Militia. George turned out and went a volunteer agetant in Pennsylvania Militia 1775 to Boston. they all left this part a number of years since and I was the only one left here and was in hope that it would be in my power to have taken care of her in her old age but now I am itirely destitute of property and it makes my hart almost blead when I think of it and what I have stated is the truth and can be ascertained.  the Rev John Hickey at our semminary goes to see mother every two or three weeks as she is no able to be taken anywhere to church and if thair could be any ways or means to prevail on our country to make something for the suport of a old soldier and family and to soport my old Mother in her infirmities I will thank you for ever if you can let me know what steps to take and do all lays in my power to bear the cross I have met with I must acknolig it is a very heavy but I submit and will bear all for the love of god and remain your Dear friend old Sergeant Trucks orderly Sargent in Captain Charles Bolzel company in the German regiment [Illegible] month
Captain John Trucks