Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3614, for David Levenston, Maryland
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(8-1776

SERVICE 
Md. 

Levenston, David
Levistone
Lowenstein
Livingston 
Anne or Anna

NUMBER
W. 3614
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Act 1832 
3
7655
Philadelphia, Penna.

Anna Levenston 
widow of David Levenston 
Md.
who was a Private 
in the Revolution.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
30 Dollars 66--
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the [struck out: 4th] 2d day of [struck out: March] July, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
3d day of April 1846, 
and sent to Hon. A. Stewart, 
House of Representatives

[ Act of March 3, 1843. ]
& June 17, 1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 111

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Letter to [illegible] Jany. 2d 1847
Repd. Dead

d. Jan. 5, 1846 (A.B.0
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Letter 13 May 1837 - Pa Agent
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do do do J. B. Trevor 
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do to 3d Auditor 23 Decr 1849
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Paid at the Treasury under 
the Acts of the 6 April 1838, 
from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 
1840.  Agt. notified 31. Decr.
1840

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25,872
Pennsylvania

David Levenston 
of Somerset Co. in the State of Penna
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Casel of the Regt commanded 
by Col Johnson in the Maryland 
line for Militia
11 Mo Pr $36.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 36 Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jany
and sent to 
1834 Chas Ogle, Somerset, Pa

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 91.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 18.33
109.98
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C, Vol 5 Page 34
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On July 22, 1793, David Lowenstein and Anna 
Mischler were joined in matrimony.

In 1794, On May 28th at Tivili(?) Veronica (Francika)
Lowenstein was born.

On December 27, 1795, at Maria Lowenstein 
was born.

On June 29, 1797, Samuel Lowenstein was born.
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27,756
David Levenston
Penna.

[struck out: Return ]
Adm. 11 months 
$36.66

Charles Ogle Esqr
Somerset
Pennsylvania
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
14. Novemr. 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has 
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of 
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and 
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, 
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is 
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, 
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when 
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.
______________________________________________________________________________
A Statement, showing the Service of David Levenston.
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Period when the. |
service was |
rendered. | 
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1780.
March 1781.
Duration of the |
claimant's service. |
_________________ |
Years. | Months. | Days. |
____________________ |
[blank] | 21 |
[blank] | 9 |
Rank of |
the |
claimant. |
________ |
priv

Names and rank of the Field of |
ficers under whom he served. |
__________________________ |
Capt. Cassel |
" Troutman |
Col Johnston |
Age at present, |
and place of abode |
when he entered |
the service. |
_______________ |
76 years. |
Fredk |
County |
Md. |
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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Traditionary

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 

J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

The claimant is required to amend his declaration as to his last 
tour.  See Note e.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, 
and to include under the terms "Continental Line, " "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all 
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who 
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such was Clerks to Commissaries and to 
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board private armed vessels are 
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged 
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.  
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first 
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of 
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is 
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }

On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before    
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District 
of     aged (c)     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 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with     and 
served in the     (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he ser
ved under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the 
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, 
and the country through which he marched.  👉This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and per
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of 
the Agency in the State of   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu
tionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I   of the Court of 
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this 
   day of  &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be 
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, 
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the   and C. D. residing in (the same) 
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with   , who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider 
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 
putting the interrogatories by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. 
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
of office, this  day of  &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if 
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the ser
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light 
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful 
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person 
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal 
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at
tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex
pected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and 
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his 
case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of 
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State 
troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such 
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv
{ en, and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 
{ has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are 
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, 
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be 
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from 
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. 
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character 
and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct 
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before 
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper 
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, 
and will also certify that the applicant, cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper 
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a 
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before 
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the 
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period 
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the 
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom her served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the 
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so 
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c., A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his 
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For ___ year ___ months, and ___
days, I served as a ___.  For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension."

[The following text has braces [ { ] on the left and right margins.]
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law 
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, 
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the name of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is 
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; 
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 
pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses 
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
👉The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in 
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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12,017

Anne Leveston 
Pa
Act 7, July 38
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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the 
Act of Congress of the 7th of July 
1838, entitled "An act granting half 
pay and pensions to certain widows."

State of Pennsylvania}
Somerset County } Ss

On this nineteenth 
day of June A. D. eighteen hundred 
and forty five personally appeared 
before the subscriber one of the 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 
of Somerset County Anne 
Levestone, a resident of Paint 
township in the County of Somerset 
aged seventy six 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, passed July 7, 1838, 
entitled "an act granting half pay 
and pensions to certain widows." 
That she is the widow of David 
Levistone who was a private during 
the Revolutionary war, in the army 
of the United States. She further 
declares that she was married to 
the said David Levistone on the 
twenty second day of June in the 
year seventeen hundred and ninety 
three, that her said husband, the 
aforesaid David Levistone died on 
the second day of July A. D.
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eighteen hundred and forty three, 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 before stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the 
nineteenth day of June A. D. eighteen 
hundred and forty five before 
me
John McCarty } Anne her X mark Levistone
Associate Judge }
Witness to signing A J. Ogle }

I John McCarty one of the Judges of 
the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset 
County in the State of Pennsylvania 
before whom the foregoing declaration 
was made, do hereby certify that from 
bodily infirmity the above named 
Anne Levistone widow of David 
Levistone who was a Revolutionary 
soldier is unable to attend Court.
John McCarty

Somerset County Ss.

Personally appeared 
before the subscriber one of the Judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset 
County Henry Foust who being first 
duly affirmed according to law 
doth depose and say that he is 
married to a daughter of David
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[The note shown on top of the text of the declaration appears to be in 
German.  I am unable to translate the text of the note. The text below the note is found at the top of the next image.]

Somerset County } 
Pennsylvania} Ss

I, Sannuel W Pearson 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas in & for Somerset County in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
do by these presents certify that 
John McCarty Esq, before whom the 
foregoing declaration & affidavit were made, is one 
of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas 
in & for said County of Somerset, duly commissioned 
and sworn & that his signatures thereto are 
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Somerset 
in the said County this 23d day of June A.D. 1845
Saml W. Pearson Prothonotary
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and Anne Levistone.  That he 
resided in the same house with 
the said David Levistone who was 
a pensioner of the United States. 
That the family bible of the said 
David Levistone came into his 
possession after his the said David's 
death which took place on the 
second day of July A. D. 1843 and 
that the leaf hereto attached was 
taken by him from the family 
record contained in the bible 
of the said David Levistone. 
Affd. & subscribed } Henry Foust 
before me June 19, 1845 }
John McCarty Judge

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Somerset County } 
Pennsylvania} Ss

I, Sannuel W Pearson 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas in & for Somerset County in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
do by these presents certify that 
John McCarty Esq, before whom the 
foregoing declaration & affidavit were made, is one 
of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas 
in & for said County of Somerset, duly commissioned 
and sworn & that his signatures thereto are 
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Somerset 
in the said County this 23d day of June A.D. 1845
Saml W. Pearson Prothonotary
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 
the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of Pennsylvania 
Somerset County Sct.

On this fourth day of September eighteen 
hundred and thirty three personally appeared before 
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for 
said County of Somerset, (being a Court of Record 
and having a common seal) David Levenston 
a resident of the township of Shade in the County 
and Commonwealth aforesaid aged about 76 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 7th 
1832.  That he entered the service of the United 
States in or about the year 1780, as a substitute militia 
man-for his father Andrew Levenston, in a 
company commanded by Captain Peter 
Kassel in the County of Frederick & State of 
Maryland for the term of two months, that 
he served the period of the said two months 
in guarding prisoners in the said County 
of Frederick. That he does not recollect the 
names of the Major & Colonel under whom 
Captain Peter Kassel served. That he entered 
the service of the United States a second time 
on the first Monday in March A. D. seventeen 
hundred and eighty one by volunteering under 
Captain Peter Troutman for the term of 
nine months in the County of Frederick 
aforesaid, that he marched to Georgetown 
though the lower parts of Maryland, and 
into Virginia, that he was at Yorktown 
at the time Cornwallis surrendered to 
General Washington, that he helped to guard 
some of the prisoners there taken.  That he
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served a great portion of his time in pursuit 
of the tories, we put over two hundred of them 
into jail at Frederick town, Maryland & guarded 
them there, that he served out his term of 
nine months and received his discharge which 
was signed by Major Bailey, but that the 
discharge was lost about thirty six years ago 
by accident.  That the company of Peter 
Troutman was in the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Johnston, that he (this declarant) 
moved to the place where he now resides 
about thirty five years ago and has resided 
there ever since.  He hereby relinquishes 
every claim whatever to a pension or an
annuity, except the present, and he declares 
that his name is not on the Pension Roll 
of any agency of any state.  That he was  
born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania 
in the year 1757 or 1758, that he moved 
with his father when four years of age 
to Frederick County Maryland. And that 
he served the United States in the war 
of the Revolution eleven months in 
the manner above set forth.
Sworn & subscribed } David Levenston
the day & year aforesaid, }
in open Court. 
C. Forward Prothy
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section | MMHF

April 15, 1925

Honorable S. A. Kendall 
House of Representatives 

My dear Mr. Kendall:

In response to your letter of the 14th instant, 
I have the honor to advise you that from the papers 
in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 3614 it 
appears that David Lowenstein (name also appears as 
Levenston, Levistone and Livingston), the son of An
drew, was born in 1757 or 1758 in Lancaster County, 
Pennsylvania. 

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland 
he enlisted in 1780 and served two months as a private 
in Captain Peter Kassel's Maryland Company.

He enlisted the first Monday in March 1781 and 
served nine months as a private in Captain Peter Trout
man's Company, Colonel Johnston's Maryland Regiment and 
was at the surrender of Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed 
September 4, 1833 while living in Shade Township, Somer
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set County, Pennsylvania.  He died July 2, 1843.

Soldier married June 22 or July 22, 1793, Anna 
or Anna Mischler who was allowed pension on her ap
plication executed June 19, 1845 while a resident 
of Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania 
aged seventy six years.  She died January 5, 1846.

Their children were:

Veronica (Franika) | born | May 28, 1794.
Maria | " | December 27, 1795.
Samuel | " | June 29, 1797.

In 1845 Henry Faust stated that he married the 
daughter of David and Anne Levistone but did not give 
her name.

Very truly yours,

Commissioner.
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[Envelope with note]
[Written vertically left margin]

Mar 21 46
Recd
Mrs Levingston

[Address]

A Stewart 
Md

J L Edwards Esq
Com Pensions
War Dept
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Ho of Reps
March 19 46

J L Edwards Esq

Dr Sir:

I wish you would have 
the goodness to take up old Mrs 
Levingston's case from Somerset Co
[illegible] if you can't give her a pension 
without waiting the action of the 
Senate on the file before them. 

I understand the old woman is 
actually starving in her mountain 
cabin.  I wrote to Annapolis 
for further evidence without effect.  The 
militia rolls are not preserved.  I 
think the proof which got the old man 
on ought to avail the old woman 
I can get no further evidence of his 
services & this is the only difficulty. See 
what you can do.  I hope you will send 
her certificate  Yrs respectfully

A Stewart
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[Envelope with note]
[Written horizontally let margin]

Jan 27 '46
Recd
S
Mrs Livingston 

[Address]

A Stewart 
H R

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Present

Mr A Stewart
M. C.
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J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Will you be so good as 
to let me know what further proof is 
required to entitle Mrs. Livingston 
of Somerset Co. Pa. to a pention [pension]?

She filed her application through 
me last session or the session before 

Your answer will oblige

Yrs &c

A Stewart 
H of R
Jany 24, 1846
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[Envelope with note]
[Written vertically left margin]

A. G. Brewer Esq
as to D. Livington 

March 7 1846
Re service of 
David Livinston

[Address]

[Circular mail stamp]
ANNAPOLIS 
FEB
[illegible]

The Honble. FREE
A. Stewart 
In Congress 
Washington City 
D. C

Hon A Stewart 
H. R

[Note before address]
S
Anne Leveston
Somerset Pa
[illegible]
7 March 46
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Land Office, Annapolis, Feby 19th, 1846

Dear Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 12th Inst., 
I have to inform you that, I have examined very carefully 
the muster and pay rolls of the Revolution in this office, 
and they afford no evidence of the service of David Livinston 
or Livingston.  The officers under whom it is alleged he 
served, belonged to the Militia troops, and the rolls of the 
Maryland Militia that served in the Revolution are very 
imperfect, many of the muster and pay rolls of the Compan
y's are not to be found.

I am very respectfully yrs

G. G. Brewer

The Honble.
A. Stewart
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
December 24 1840.

Sir:

Under the act 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," David Livingston (or Levenston) 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at 
the rate of Thirty 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 1837 
to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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8509
45

Anne Levenston 
widow of David 
Levenston 
Private, Militia 
$30.66 per ann.
Act of March 3, 1843 
& Act 17 June 1844, pension 
to commence 2d. July 1843.
__
Penn. roll
__
married 22 June 1793
husband died 2 July 1843
__
Cert. to
Hon. A. Stewart
House of Rep
Page 26

July 22nd 1793
David Loewenstein and Anna Mishler was joined in the bonds of matrimony.
Page 27

[Envelope with note]
[Written vertically left margin]

Penna May 11.
Peter Troutman 71,054
Dav. Levinston 25,872

[Address]
[Illegible mail stamp]

FREE
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Page 28

Philadelphia Bank
May 9, 1837

Dear Sir

It appears an application at 
the Grand Bank that the inclosed [enclosed] Powers
of Attorney must be transmitted to you 
for your approbation.

Will you have the good
ness to examine them and if correct return 
them instructing the payment of the same

Yours respectfully 

JB Trevor
Page 29

Payments to be made 
at Philadelphia Pa
by [illegible] Grand Bk
Agent for paying Pension
ers in the Agency of Penna


Recorded in the Pension Of
fice, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 35 by 
John T Sprague Clerk.
Page 30

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, David Levenston 
of the State of Pennsylvania 
who was a Private during the Revolutionary War,
is entitled to receive Thirty Six dollars and 
Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, com
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United 
States this 17th day of 
January one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty four.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and }
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 31

[Envelope]

Aug 28 '45

[Illegible mail stamp]

fm A Stewart
Md

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comisr Pensions
Washington City

Anne Lewiston
Page 32

Union Town 
Augt 22d '45

Dr. Sir

Will you be so good as to furnish 
me with the name of the husband of Anne
Leviston & the regt &c in which he served 
so as to enable me make the proper inquiries of Mr
Brewer of Annapolis to obtain the evidence of 
service required in your's of the 13th Inst.  Mrs 
Leviston lives in Somerset Co. & I cannot 
see her on the subject.

Yours &c

A. Stewart

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Page 33

[Envelope with note]
[Written vertically left margin]

12,017.
July 5 1845.
Ann Levenstone
July 7, 1838.

[Address]

[Illegible mail stamp]
10 struck through
A Stewart 
Md.

James L Edwards Esq
Comsr of Pensions
Washington City 
Dist Cola
Page 34

Union Town 
June 30th 1845

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dr. Sir

I enclose the application 
of Ann Levinston widow of David Levinston 
for a pension.  I also enclose the original 
certificate.  The proof is complete.  Please have 
the case examined & let me know the result 
as soon as convenient

Yours respectfully

A. Stewart
Page 35

[Envelope with note]
[Written vertically left margin]

Jan 2 1847 
Mr Evans

[Address]
[Illegible mail stamp]

5 
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D. C.
Page 36

Somerset Penna.
30, December 1846.

J. L. Edwards, Esq

Sir-

I have in my 
possession a Certificate of Pension 
signed by W L Marcy & countersigned 
by yourself, in favor of Ann Levenston 
of this County, dated 3 April 1846, 
allowing her half pay pension from 
2 July 1843, until 4 March 1848. The 
pension is payable in Philadelphia 
by S F Smith Esqr, Pension Agent.

The widow died 
leaving several issue I believe and 
my object in writing to you is to ascertain 
who is to get the money due her & what 
the method must be to obtain it. Widow 
died before she had made oath of being the 
widow of David Levenston. 

I want to know where 
to find a form to prove the heirs of David 
Levenston, and to get the money.

Yours &c

Amos Steck
Page 37

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ___, 19___

In reply to your request of ___, received ___
for a statement of the military history of David Levenston or Levistone 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen
sion on file in this Bureau. W.3614
Original name appears to have been Lowenstein
=======================================================
DATES OF | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF | ____________________________ | STATE.
APPOINTMENT. | SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | 
________________________________________________________________
1780 | 2 mos | Pvt | Peter Kassel | M
Mch. 1781 | 9 mos | Peter Troutman | Johnston

Battles engaged in, Surrender of Cornwallis

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. in Frederick Co. Md.

Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1833. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Shade Twsp. Somerset Co. Penn.

Age at date of application, born Lancaster Co. Penn. in 1757 or 1758 son of Andrew 

Remarks: Soldier married Anna or Anne Mischler June or July 22, 1793; he died 
July 2, 1843 and she was allowed pension on an ap. ex. June 19, 1845 while 
a resident of Paint Twsp. Somerset Co. Pennˣ; she died Jan. 5, 1846.*
family data Veronica (Franika) born at Tivili 
May 28, 1794; Maria born Dec. 27, 1795; Samuel born June 29, 1797.  In 1845 Henry 
Faust stated that he mar. a dau. of David & Anne Levenston, 
but did not give her name.

Respectfully

Commissioner.
(ˣage 76 yrs. Ew) (*Agency Book-Ew)
Page 38

✓

Plymouth, Ind.
Sept. 5, 1914

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Please send me copy of the 
pension record of John Foust, who lived 
at Montour, Pa., and was 84 years old 
in 1840.  This pension was for service 
in the Revolutionary War, and is given 
in the Penn. Pension List.  Also please 
send me any family records that you 
have on file with the pension record.

Also please send me copy of 
pension record of David Livingston, 
private, Maryland Continental Line, 
placed on Pension Roll Jan 17, 1834, while 
a resident of Somerset Co. Pa.  This record 
is also on the Penn. List of pensioners.

Yours very truly, 

(Miss) Estella E. Myers
Also any family records of David Livingston
Page 39

[Written vertically left margin]
Rev Svc

Johnstown Pa.
Oct., 4, 1922.

Revolution Records Section:-

Will you 
please send me the military 
history of David Livingston. 
Will you please give me 
the information contained in 
his ([word struck out]) application for pension.
Did he inlist [enlist] twice - over 
in Westmer Pond Co., Aug, 1776 
& Frederick Co., Md March 1781?
Page 40

3 
written the name Lowestein. 
However the name is 
David Livingston. He was married 
to a Polly or Anne 
Mishler, and he had 
a son Jacob Livingston 
and David Livingston II was 
his grand [struck out: father] son being 
buried with my 
brothers and sisters in 
the same cemetery.
Page 41

4 
Family history tells us 
he received a pension 
of I think $8.00 per month. 
Please give all dates 
you can as to birth 
death & marriage of 
him and wife.

Mrs. W.H. Puterbaugh 
650 Coleman Ave., 
Johnstown
Pa
[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
O 
OCT
U 6 S.
1922
OFFICE.
Page 42

S.A. Kendall 24th District Pa.
Committee: Post Office and Post Roads
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
April 14, 1925.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C
Gentlemen:
If you can locate the name of David Livingston on your rolls of the Revolutionary War, I would thank you to give me a copy of his military record. He was the son of Andrew Livingston, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1757, his wife's name being Annie Mishler, and he was supposed to have enlisted in 1781.
Yours very truly,
SA Kendall
Page 43

Rev
MH

Mrs. A. O. Alexander 
[struck out: MRS. LAURA HOUGHLAND]
MEXICO, MISSOURI

Oct. 26, 1921

Commissioner of Pensions 
Dept. Interior 
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir, 

Please send me a 
statement of the service 
rendered in the Revolution & 
such data in regard to soldier 
as is found in the pension 
applications of David Hudson 
of Culpepper Co. Va. and 
David Levingston Somerset 
Co. Pa. This information is 
wanted in order to join a 
patriotic society. (over)
Page 44

Yours respectfully 

Mrs. A. O. Alexander 
1019 S. Western Ave.
Mexico
Missouri

[Illegible stamp]

[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
D
OCT
U. 28 S. 
1921
OFFICE
Page 45

[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3614
Anne Levenston
Widow 
David Levenston
Pri. Rev. War

Act: March 3, 1843

Index:--Vol. M, Page 239

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

[Right panel]

1914. Sept 11:history to Miss Estella 
E Myers MMHF
___
1921, Nov. 17 hist. to Mrs. A. O. Alexander Ew.
___
1922, Nov. 7 " " Mrs. W. H. Puterbaugh Ew
1925-April 15-Hist to Hon. S. A. Kendall
MMHF
Page 46

27756

Declaration 
of David Levenston -
a soldier of 
the Revolution.
Page 47

We John Wagner and Christopher Berchert 
residing in the township of Shade in the County of 
Somerset & State of Pennsylvania hereby certify 
that we are well acquainted with David Levenston 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla
ration; that we believe the said David Levenston 
to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood where he 
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution 
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed } John Wagner
the day & year aforesaid } Christopher his X mark Berchert 
In open Court }
C. Forward Prothy }

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 & served 
as he states. And the Court further certifies 
that it appears to them that John Wagner & 
Christopher Berchert are residents of the township 
of Shade in the County of Somerset afore
said and are credible persons; and that 
their statement is entitled to credit.
I Chauncey Forward Esquire Prothonotary of 
the Court of Common Pleas of said County 
of Somerset do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of the 
said Court, in the matter 
of the application of David
Page 48

Levenston for a Pension. In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
of office this fourth day of September 
eighteen hundred and thirty three.
C. Forward Prothy
Page 49

Pennsylvania 
Somerset County Sct

Personally appeared before the Judges of 
the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County 
being a Court of Record & having a common 
seal, in open Court on this seventh day of 
September one thousand eight hundred & thirty 
three, John Wagner a resident of the township of 
Shade in the County of Somerset aforesaid who 
on his oath duly administered doth say that 
there is no Clergyman resident within 
the said township of Shade.
In testimony whereof I have hereto 
set my hand & official seal & caused 
the said John Wagner to subscribe his 
name to these presents.
Sworn & subscribed } John Wagner
in open Court }
Sep. 7th 1833 }
C. Forward Prothy }

Somerset County Pa.
[Blurred official seal]
Page 50

State of Pennsylvania 
Somerset County Ss.

Personally appeared before the 
subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for 
said County of Somerset David Levenston a 
resident of the township of Shade in 
said County, who on his solemn oath duly 
administered doth say and depose in 
addition to the facts set forth in his 
Declaration hereto annexed, that he was 
not employed in any civil pursuit for
the time during which the service in 
the Revolutionary War was performed  
as set forth in his said declaration, 
but that he was engaged all the time 
of the two tours of service mentioned in 
said declaration (viz eleven months) on 
duty either on the field or in garrison. 
That he was stationed part of the time 
at a port on the Potomac, also at the 
barracks in Fredericktown Maryland 
guarding tories & prisoners, and engaged part of the time in hunting 
tories and marching through Virginia. 
That he served all the time of his two 
tours of duty as a private soldier under 
the officers mentioned in the declaration 
hereunto attached.  And further I saith 
not.
Sworn & subscribed } David Levenston
this 3rd December 1833 }
Before me }
Robt Fletcher }
Page 51

Pennsylvania 
Somerset County Ss.

I Chauncey Forward Esquire Prothonotary 
of the Court of Common Pleas in 
& for said County of Somerset 
do hereby certify that Robert 
Fletcher Esquire before whom 
[Blurred official seal] the foregoing deposition was 
made was at the time of 
taking such deposition and now is an 
acting Justice of the peace in & for said 
County of Somerset duly commissioned 
and sworn, to all whose official acts 
as such due faith & credit ought of 
right to be given.  In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand & seal 
this third day of December A. D. 1833.
C. Forward Prothy