Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3405, Jacob Esser, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Esser, Jacob
Mary Ann
NUMBER
W 3405
CONTENTS
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4897
Pennsylvania
Jacob Esser
of __ ['in' crossed out] the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Crounse of the Reg
commanded by Col Geher in the Penna
line for Private 8 months $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January
1833 and sent to Hon A. Muhlenburgh - House Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 13.33
$53.32
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk
Book D Vol. 6 Page 54
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Letter 26. April 1837 Pension agent
ditto [letter 26 April 1837] Isaac Koons.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 Mar 1839 to 4 Sept 1839. Agt
notified 16th June 1840
Paid as above from 4th March to
4th Septr 1841.  Agt notified June
11th 1842
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County
ss.
Personally appeared before William S Bieber
the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Jacob Esser who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says, I am a son of Jacob and Mary Ann Essee. Jacob Esser my father being decd. my mother
is the present applicant for Pension. I was born in the year Seventeen hundred ninety two on the 9th day of October.
The enclosed is my Dauphokine which is kept by me as a record of my birth, which will corroberate my statement
that is the only record I have of my birth, which I have
had ever since I was quite young.
Jacob Esser
Sworn to and subscribed
this 20 day of July AD 1847
before me
Wm S Bieber
I William S Bieber do hereby certify that Jacob Essex
is a respectable man, and what he says is entitled
to full faith and credit
Wm S Bieber
Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County
I
Peter Strohecker Prothonotary of 
the Court of Common Pleas of Berks
County State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that William S Bieber is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, duly elected and commissioned
and that the foregoing Signatures are true
and Genuine which purports to be his.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal
of Office at Reading this 21st day of July Anno Domini 1847.
Peter Strohecker Prothy
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J L Edwards Esq
Respected Sir,
Inclosed you and receive the Dauphshin of
of Jacob Esser,
showing him to be borne, in 1792 - his affidavit
is connected with it, I promised Mr Esser to get his
Dauphsline back again, you will therefore please return this
Daupskein as soon as done with it-
The papers are held
very sacred by our German Country-men, you will therefore not
reglect to return it, he would not have parted with it. If I had not stipulated for its same return
Reading July 21st 1847.
Your Respectfully
James M Jones
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Jacob Esser
application for Pension
Term of Service 8 months
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Berks ss.
On this fourteenth day of January 1833
personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Garrick Mallary Esquire and his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks now sitting. Jacob Esser at present a resident of the Borough of
Kutstown [Kutztown] in said County aged seventy four years and upwards, who being
first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated
That being a resident of the Township of Maxetawny [Maxatawny] in the said County
of Berks, in the year 1776 he was drafted to serve in the militia and attached to the Company of Captain Paul Grosscup, that the said Company assembled at Kemp's (then Daniel Levan's) Tavern from whence they marched through Bethlehem, Easton, New Jersey to Amboy where they remained until discharged 
that the other officers recollected by him are Col. Balzer Geehr, Major
Lindenmuth and Lieutenant Jacob Zimmerman, that the period which he served in the said Company was two months, that he
never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence whatever of his services
during the above period.
That his class was ordered out again in the year 1777 when he was attached to Captain Charles Crause's Company of Militia, that the company was marched to Germantown, from thence to West Chester where they remained some time from thence to Wilmington, Brandywine, were present at the battle of
Brandywine, from thence they were marched to Newtown Pennsylvania where they
were dismissed that he served this year in Captain Crause's company for a period
of Two months. recollects none of the other officers excepting Colonel Daniel Yaeger.
That he never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence of
his services during the last mentioned period.
That in the year 1778 his class was again ordered out, that in this year he served
in and about the neighbourhood of Reading in guarding convoys etc. for a period of Two months when he was dismissed, he does not recollect the names of the officers
under whom he served, received no discharge and has no documentary evidence
of his services during the last mentioned period
That some time afterwards, the time he does not recollect the exact time his class was again called out when he was once more placed under the command of Captain Crause and served two months at Reading, during which time he was engaged in guarding the Hessian prisoners, he does not recollect the names
the other officers, received no discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his
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his services during the said period.
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 the agency of any State of (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania.
Jacob Esser
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
Jac. Sallade, Prothy
Berks County ss.
We
John Dinius and Daniel Graeff, both residing in
the Borough of Kutztown, in the said County of Berks, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Esser who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
John Dinius
Daniel Graeff
Sworn and Subscribed before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the said County 
January 2. 1833
Jas Donagan
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 the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Dinius
and Daniel Graeff who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Borough of Kutztown, in the said County of Berks, and are persons of credibility, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jacob Sallade, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Esser for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this fourteenth
day of January in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jac. Sallade
Prothy
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Penna Berks County ss.
On the twelfth day of January A.D. 1833 before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County personally
came Benjamin Harmany of the Borough of Kutztown in the said County, whom
I hereby certify to be a credible person and whose statement is entitled to credit
and after being duly sworn according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with
the before mentioned applicant Jacob Esser of the Borough of Kutztown, and knows that he served a tour of duty in the Militia during the revolutionary War, in the Company of Captain James Crause, and was employed at Reading
in guarding the Prisoners taken at Trenton
Benjamin Harmany
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me
Jas Donagan
Penna
Berks County ss.
I Jacob Sallade Prothonotary and Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Berks, do hereby certify that James Donagan before whom the foregoing certificate and the preceding were sworn to and subscribed is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for the said County, and that the signatures thereto annexed are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of office this
fourteenth day of January in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jas Sallade Prothy
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27
No 475.
Apl 23 /47
Mary Ann Esser
[crossed out: 'under act of 7th July 1838 and 3rd March 1843 and']
17th June 1844 - widow of Jacob Esser $26.66
Pa
Act 17 June 1844.
Married before 1794
husband died 24 Augt 1845
Admd 8 mo pen
$26.66 per ann
from 24 Aug 1845
the [illegible] essential as [illegible] of the marriage in this case cannot be returned
J M. Jones
Reading Pa
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" and of the act of 3rd March 1843, and 17th June 1844.
State of Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
On this 19th day of April 1847. Personally
appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, in and for Berks County, Mary Ann Esser, a resident of Berks County Penns Aged _ years, who being sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows & the acts of 3rd March 1843 and 17th June 1844, that she is the widow of Jacob Esser, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and as such served considerable time for which he was pensioned by the United States under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum and that she would refer to the documents on file in the pension
Office at Washington for the evidence of service; she further declares that
she was married to the said Jacob Esser on the Twenty ninth day of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven; that her husband, the
aforesaid Jacob Esser, died on the twenty fourth day of August Eighteen hundred and Forty five; that she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and
Ninety four Viz at the time above stated.
continued over-
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That she received the balance due on her husbands certificate up to the time of his death.
Mary Ann Esser
x her mark
Witness present at signing
J. Pringle Jones
James M Jones
Sworn to and subscribed
this 19 day of April 1847.
Coram me
President 3d Judicial Dist, Pa
J Pringle Jones

I John Pringle Jones ['William High' crossed out] one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Berks County Penns do hereby certify, that I have waited on Mary Ann Esser at her residence, which is about 18 miles from Reading the County-town and taken her declaration as above that she old and infirm and unable to go before Court. duly sworn April 19, 1847
J Pringle Jones
President of the 3d Jud. Dist. Pa
State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of Berks County Samuel Esser who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath says I am well acquainted with Mary Ann
Esser who has signed above in application for pension, I knew her husband Jacob Esser who received a pension from the United States of $26.66 per annum and is now dead, and this woman is his identical widow.
Samuel Esser
Sworn to and subscribed
this 19 day of April 1847. 
J Pringle Jones
President 3d Judc Dist Pa
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Pennsylvania
Bucks County SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Berks County Penns. Peter Kutz who being duly sworn according law on his oath says, I am well acquainted with Mary Ann Esser widow of Jacob Esser who drew a pension from the
United States, I know they lived together as man and wife from about the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven up to the time
of his death I was not present when the marriage ceremony was had but, have been acquainted with them ever since, they were always reputed to have been married and lived together as such until his death-
Peter Rutz
X his mark
Witness present at mark made
William Mason
James M Jones
Sworn to and subscribed
this 19th day of April 1847
Wm S Beiber J.P.

[seal]
State of Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
I Peter Strohecker Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County do hereby certify that J. Pringle Jones is President Judge of the 3d Judicial District of Penna. and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are true and genuine. And also that Wm S. Bieber before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and commissioned, and that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his true and genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of Office at Reading. April 20th, A.D. 1847
Peter Strohecker Prot
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Jacob Esser and his legal
wife Anna Maria, nee Krolinn,
Lutheran faith, had a son
Jacob, who was born on
October 9, 1792, at 2 o'clock A.M.
The child was babtized [baptized]
on October 21 by Mr. Lehman and
the name, chosen by his parents, was given
(Jacob.)
from German Script
March 5, 1930
by S. Froninski
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Jacob Esser
Admitted
Private
8 months
$26.66
Hon Hen. A Muhlenberg
H. R.
James Donagan Agt
Cootstown [Kutztown] 
Penna
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Esser of Kutztown
County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. was drafted in 1776
Duration of Service. 2 months [years, days blank]
Rank. as a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. Col Balzer, Gaehr, Col. Gehr, Penn Militia
Period. ordered out in 1777
Duration of Service. 2 months [years, days blank]
Rank. as a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. Capt Charles Crause
Period. ordered out in 1778
Duration of Service. 2 months [years, days blank]
Rank. as a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. officers not recollected
Period. was again called out does not recollect when
Duration of Service. 2 months [years, days blank]
Rank. as a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. Capt Crause
5. In what battles was he engaged?
not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Maxetawny [Maxatawny], Berks Co. Penna
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness & by traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if 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.
25. Jany 1853
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[Baptismal Certificate, written in German script, see page in file dated 1930 for translation]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
OWR
MCS/HMM
March 6, 1930.
Mr. Charles H. Esser
Kutztown
Pennsylvania.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3405, it appears that Jacob Esser, while
resident of Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops as
follows:
In 1776 two months in Captain Paul Grosscup's Company, in Colonel Balzer Geehr's Regiment; in 1777 two months in Captain Charles Crause's Company in Colonel Daniel Yeager's Regiment. He was in the battle of Brandywine. In 1778 he served two months; officers' names not given; sometime afterward he served two months in Captain Crause's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 14, 1833, at which time he was seventy-four years of age and was
living in Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
He died August 24, 1845.
The soldier married May 29, 1787 Anna Maria or Mary Ann Krollin.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 19, 1847, at which time she was eighty years of age and was living in
Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Their child, Jacob, was born October 9, 1792. There are no further data relative to the family
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said
County Penn. Jacob Esser who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath says. I am a son of Jacob Esser and Mary Ann Esser of Kutztown Berks County Penn. my father Jacob Ester received a pension from the United States, my mother has made application for pension since my father died. I do not know of any record of the date of my fathers and mother marriage. I was born on the ninth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Jacob Esser
Sworn to and subscribed
this 17th day of May
AD 1847
Wm S Bieber J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
I Peter Strohecker Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of Berks County
Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that
William S Bieber is an acting Justice
of the Peace, duly elected and commissioned
and that the signature on the opposite side of this paper purporting to be his is true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 18th day of May AD 1847
at Reading-
Peter Strohecker Prothy
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3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
O. W. and N. Division.
SSC.
Wid file 3405
Rev War.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jacob Esser, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& ['or' crossed out] his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 76
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Paul Grosscup COLONEL. Balzer Geehr
STATE. Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 77
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Charles Crause COLONEL. Daniel Yeager
STATE. Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 78
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  _COLONEL. _
STATE. Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. _
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.
RANK. [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Crause COLONEL.
STATE. Pa.
Battles engaged in, Brandy- [Brandywine]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Maxetawny [Maxatawny] Twp., Berks Co. Pa
Date of application for pension, Jany 14, 1838 -allowed.
Residence at date of application, Kutztown, Berks Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 74 date & pl. of birth not stated
Remarks: Sol mar: May 29 1787, Anna Maria Krollin Died Aug. 24, 1845

Wid. Appln Apl 19. 1847 ae 80 res, Berks Co. Pa. " Mary Ann Esser"
ch. Jacob b. 9 Oct. 1792. testified
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
20581b3m11-05
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Charles H. Esser
Kutztown. Pa
Jan. 10, 1930.
Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen,
Will you please send me the war record of Jacob Esser which you will find in the following file: ISC Widow's File 3405, Revolutionary War
The Jacob Esser in question is a direct ancestor of the writer and we would like to have this record for historical purposes.
The writer would therefore appreciate your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
Chas H Esser
CHE KZ
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OW&N
C
W. D. KLINE, M. D.
24 NORTH 8TH STREET
ALLENTOWN,  PA. Jan. 24 1907
Bureau of Pensions,
Sirs,
Will you please furnish me a statement of
the military history of Jacob Esser, a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
I am interested as a direct
descendant,
Respectfully
W. D. Kline
[stamp] O.W.& N DIV. FILES JAN 26 1907
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A JAN 26 1907
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3 -- 068.
(Old No. 3 -- 649.)
6 -- 20
Bureau of Pensions.
OCT 16 1906
Respectfully referred
To the Hon. Commissioner
with the hope that the
information
desired can be
furnished the writer
who is a friend
of mine and a
well known and
respected gentleman
in his community
James B. Albright
Board of Review.
[Stamp] To Chf. O.W. Div. Action _ COMMISSIONER OCT 16 1906
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Kutztown
Journal...
is an excellent German
Family Newspaper, with
a large circulation, and,
therefore, one of the best
advertising media in the
State.
Price, $1.25 a year.
J. B. ESSER
PUBLISHER
STEAM POWER BOOK
AND JOB PRINTER
BELL TELEPHONE
Kutztown
Patriot...
is an English Weekly,
containing complete and
reliable information of all
the current news, paying
especial attention to local
affairs.
Price, $1.50 a year.
Kutztown, Pa., Oct 13 1906
James Albright Esq.,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Friend:- I am
trying to establish the
fact that my great-grand-father fought
in the Revolutionary War.
I wrote to Harrisburg
and there they inform me
that a Jacob Esser, of
Berks Co drew Pension
January 29th 1833.  I Wrote to Mr. Ainsworth and received the enclosed [report?].
If you can secure any
information in reference to the
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pension matter you will
do me a great favor.
Thanking you for any
trouble you may have
in securing the desired 
information I remain
Your friend
J B Esser
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
3405
Mary Ann Esser
Widow
Jacob Esser
Pri Rev. War.
Act: Feb 2nd 1848,
Index:-Vol. A Page 220
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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1906 Oct. 19. Hist. to
J.B. Esser. C
1907 Feby 4 History to
W. D. Cline M. D. C
1930 Mar. 6. hist to
Mr. Chas. H. Esser M.C.S.
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Reported
Philada [Philadelphia]
410
Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Esser
widow of Jacob Esser
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 24 Augt 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1844.' crossed out]
24 August, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of August, 1847
and sent to
J. M. Jones
Reading, Pa
{Act of JUNE 17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A Vol 2 Page 106.
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X Mary Ann Esser,
Penna
Letter to J. M. Jones May 10 1847
same [Letter to J. M. Jones] May 29/47
Act 17 June 1844
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V No 12950
Fanny Demick
NY
Rejected
Let to T. S. Slingerland
Sept 4 46
Act 7 July 1838
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Jacob Esser Pa
Act 7 June 1832 $26.66 per annum
To what time was he last paid
GCA
Pension Office
August 4 1847
Died 24th August 1845
Paid to his death
BLB
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Col. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose the application of Mary
Ann Esser for a pension certificate. Please forward to me when issued.
Your respectfully
William Strong
Reading Pa. Oct 7. 1848.
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Reading April 20th 1847
J L Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will receive a set of papers establishing the claim or right of Mary Ann Esser Widow of Jacob Esser to a pension. The
proof of the marriage could not be established by any better evidence than the evidence produced, This man being a pension and very old has lived with the 
same neighborhood, and knew her ever since, the time of their
Marriage, Mrs. Esser is a woman whose mind is perfectly good notwithstanding her age being great-
Your Early attention
will oblidge 
Your
Respectfully
James M Jones
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Free 5 ['5' crossed out]
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
May 21 /47
Respy case of Mary Ann Esser Addnl
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Respy case of
Mary A. Esser
Addnl
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Reading May 19th 1847.
J L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
Inclosed you will receive, an affidavit of a son of Mrs Esser, that he is born in the year 1792,
consequently that puts the time back beyond the 1st June 1794.
I wrote out the form and sent it to him to fill up according as his age might be, he lives 10 miles from me. I put in according to the best of his knowledge and belief, because I don't believe it would be proper for any person to swear positively to his age
from an absolute impossibility of any person to know so precisely
the time of his own birth-- I hope the matter will be satisfactory
Respectfully your-
James M Jones
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 30th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Jacob Esser a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 12th, 1840.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Jacob Esser a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 4th Sept. 1839-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Declaration
Mary Ann Esser
under act of 2nd February
A.D. 1848.
admitted
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of February 2nd 1848, entitled, "An act making futher provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution,"
State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS.
On this 29th day of September A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Ann Esser aged 81 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 2nd day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Jacob Esser decd who was a private in the War of the Revolution, that he received a pension while living of Twenty six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum. That she received a pension of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of 17th June A.D. 1844; she further declares that she is
still a widow and resided in the County and State aforesaid.
Mary Ann Esser
X her mark
Witness present
Wm S Bieber
Dieter Sigman
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me
Wm. S. Bieber
Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Ann Esser above named, and that she is the identical person who received a
pension of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of 17th June Anno Domini 1844.
Wm S Bieber
Justice of the Peace
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[seal]
State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
I Peter Strohecker Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Berks County, do certify
that William S. Bieber is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County duly elected & commissioned and authorized to administer oaths, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of Office at Reading, October 7. 1848
Peter Strohecker Prothy
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Mr J L Edwars
Com of Pensions
Philada [Philadelphia] 13 April 1837
Sir
I This morning presented the enclosed
Pension for payment at the [illeglble] Bk, it was rejected on account of Instructions said to be from your department
Will you give instruction to have it paid or your
objections why it shall not please return the
objections to me
YOB
Isaac Koons