Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,473, for Nicholas Mourer, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Mourer, Nicholas
NUMBER
R. 7473
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29.892
Nicholas
Mourers
Ohio
Pension Papers.
Act of 7th June, 1832.
Served 3 years & 6 months
Lieutenant
87 years of age
Address
John Faulk Esq
Jerome Ville
P. Office
Wayne Co. Office

as he states in the annexed declaration 
that this depo ment had knowledge of the 
said Mourer's services, deserving the whole of said six months
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State of Ohio
Richland County [??]
John Mandy havingly me duly sworn deporeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Nicholas Mourer, the applicant for a Pension, that I knew him personally in the County of Franklin, in the state of Pennsylvania, that I know the said Nicholas Mourer, suterand the service of the United States on the first of September 1777 as a commissioned officer, a lieutenant in the drafted militia of Franklin County in the state of Pennsylvania, that I knew John Hawn was the 2nd lieutenant of the company to which the said Nicholas Mourer was attached and that Peter Swingley was the captain of said company, that this deporrent knew Col Davis the col who commanded the Regiment, that this deporrent saw the said Mourrer at the time he was in the company [????] the said Mourer after his return home to his residence in Franklin County at the expiration of his six months service on the first of March 1778.  That this deporrent knows that the said Mouren served said six months as a lieutenant from the first of September 1777 to the first of March 1778.  as he states in his annexed Declaration - that this deporrent had knowledge of the said Mouren services during the whole of said six months
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and this deporrent further says, that he knows that the said Nicholas Mourer, after his said six months tour of duty had expired, that he the said Nicholas Mourer again entered the United States service by Subihing some [????] in the month of May 1778, for the term of three years that this deporrent knew the captain under whom the said Mourer enlisted and service, that his name was Lewis and that the said Nicholas Mourer entered the service under Capt Lewis as a first Lieutenant about the 10th of May 1778 and that his deporrent Recollects the Time and place of his Enlistment that the said Mourer enlisted at Little York in the State of Pennsylvania that this deporrent knew of several soldiers who enlisted about the same time that the said Mourer enlisted, and served his said period of three years from the time of his enlistment in May 1778 to some time about the latter part of May 1781 when this said deporrent saw the said Mourer on his return to his friends in Franklin County in the state of Pennsylvania that this deporrent has often seen the said Mourers written discharge from the service and recollects that the said Mourer showed the same to this deporrent, Immediately after his return from the army - that this deporrent has a perfect knowledge of said Mourers enlistment and services for Three years and six months as he has stated in the annexed] declaration and that he served as a lieutenant for said time.
Sworn and [??????ed] before me this 8th day John his X mark Monday Isaac Osborn associate judge
I hereby certify that John Mondy who has sworn to be subsaited the above Deposition is a Credible person + that his statements are entitled as full faith + credit
This 8th day of December 1833  
Isaac Osborn associate judge
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We being inhabitants of the county of Richland in the state of Ohio, and being personally acquainted with "Nicholas Mourer" the applicant for Pension, do herby certify that we have always considered and believed him to be a solider of the revolution and that he has serviced in every respect as he state, in his annexed declaration, that his statements have always been uniform on the subject of his services, that he is now, and for years past has been considered a soldier of the Revolution, no doubts having ever existed on the subject of his services, that he is a man of unblemished character for Truth and veracity, and is a worthy member of the "Lutheran Church" in this county - in good standing that no man sustains a better character for truth + integrity that he does - that he is justly esteemed a good and worthy citizen of this county and that he believes him justly entitled to a Pension as ahe is now old, Poor, Decrepit and very Infirm,
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and stands in
need of his Pension
for a support, not being able to
labor  or in any other way to help
himself
to a livelihood, to be
comfortable
This 15th day
of October 1833
Rossanna Echelberger X her mark
George Echelberger
Wm McCrory
Samuel Echelberger
James Whittington
John Whittington
Samuel Whittington
Samuel Harmon
Benjamin Smith
James Simone
Abraham Johnson

State of Ohio,
Richland County Ss
I Wells Kellogg a Justice of the Peace in and 
for the County of Richland in the State of Ohio
Hereby Certify that the persons who have
subscribed the foregoing certificate are all credible persons, and their statements entitled to full faith & credit
Octr. 15th 1833
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
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State of Ohio Richland County ⎬ Ss I, Rossana
Mourer of Richland County being duly
sworn depose & say that at the time
that the said "Nicholas Mourer "the applicant for a Pension, entered the service, in
Franklin County in the State of Pennsylvania
I was living in said County with said
Nicholas Mourer, he living in the same
family where I lived at the time in the
month of September 1777 that I know he
left am House & went into the army of the
Revolutionary service for the Term of six months
and served as a commissioned
Lieutenant for said period of six months
& he has stated in the annexed Declaration
that he was absent to my own knowledge
in the army for said Period and after
he returned home I saw his discharge
which he brought with him from the army. that he remained at home
after his return
in the month of March 1778
until the time of his enlistment as stated
in the annexed declaration on the 10th
of May 1778. when he again enlisted
for the period of three years as he has
stated in his annexed Declaration
that when he started from home to join
the army at "Little York" in the State of
Pennsylvania, I was living & Boarding
at the same place & know the time of
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his enlistment & his going into the army
on the 10th May 1778. as he has stated
and I know he was absent in the army
as a Lieutenant for the Term of three
years in constant service as he
has stated in his declaration hereto
annexed that I resided in the same
house with the said in
applicant at the time of his enlistment
and at the time of his return home
that I do know he has served the
two periods, the one of six months
and the other a Period of three years
as a Lieutenant in the revolutionary service as he states, that his having
served was for may years a matter
of General notoriety in the State of Pennsylvania
where he resided

Sworn to & subscribed this 15th day of October 1833.
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
Rossanna Mourer X her mark
State of Ohio
Richland County ⎬ Ss
I Wells Kellogg
a Justice of the Peace in & for the County
of Richland & State of Ohio do hereby Certify
that
"Rossanna Mourer", who has sworn
to & subscribed the foregoing Deposition is
a credible person & that her statement is
entitled to full faith & credit.
October 15th. 1833.
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Ohio
Richland County Ss
on this 15th day of October
In the year one thousand Eight Hundred
and thirty three, personally appeared
the Nicholas Mourer of the Township of
Vermillion Richland County in the
State of Ohio aged Eighty Six years,
who being first by me 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 army of the United States
in the year 1777 in the month
of September in said year, the first day
of said September 1777.
that he went
out with a company of Drafted Militia
men, from Franklin County in
the State of Pennsylvania, that he was a
Lieutenant in said Company and "John
Hawn" was the second Liutenant of said
Company, and the Captain who commanded
the company was one "Peter Swinley,
and the number of the Regiment to which
this applicant belonged was he thinks the
first Regiment of Milition in the State of
Pennsylvania but is not certain of the
number of said Regiment
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the Colonel who commanded the
Regiment to which this applicant
belonged was one Col "Davis:, and
that he served under said officers
above named as a commissioned
officer, as a Lieutenant in said
Company of Drafted "Militia  men" 
for the Term of Six months in said
Militia, that this applicant entered the
service in Franklin County in the State of
Pennsylvania, near the line of the
State of Maryland, that the army with this applicant marched from said County of Franklin the first of September
1777. to a place called at that time
Getty's Burgh in
the State of Pennsylvania
where the army laid a few days and
from thence they were marched
to a place called
at that time
"Little York".
in the
State of Pennsylvania
where
the army and the Principal
part of said time, that at the time
this applicant was stationed at Gettys Burgh" and "Little York" another regiment
of
Drafted Militia
men were stationed
at said place
under the command
of one
Cal Stoll
the Major who commanded this applicant
during this first tour above mentioned
under the said
Col. Davis was one "Major "George Swingley
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who was a Brother to "Peter Swingley"
the Captain under whom this applicant served, 
as Lieutenant, for the said
"Six months", above mentioned
and that this applicant says he
served said time faithfully from the
first of September 1777 to the first of
March 1778. that the
troops laid at Little York
aforesaid During the winter of said period until the time of
their discharge in
March 1778, in
when this applicant was discharged
from the service at "Little York."
in the month of March 1778 as above
mentioned-- that this applicant was
in the service of the Militia with the
"Drafted militia men"
that whilst
this applicant was stationed at "Little
York", above mentioned a short time
before he was discharged
from the service he was "fencing with his sword,
with "Peter Swingley", his captain and
received a sever cut, or wound
in his hand from the Captain which
Scar, remain to be seen to this day-- that
he has
good reason to remember the
Cause
of the scar,
that he received
it from his said
Captain "Swingley"
in the manner above stated, in
the exercise
of Fencing with Capt Swingley
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that at "Little York" in the Month of
March 1778. this applicant received a
written discharge from the service, in
that said discharge was signed by his
Col "Davis", who commanded the in
Regiment during said time the
name of the "Adjutant" of the Regiment
to which this applicant belonged was one
"Burgess"
and this applicant further says that
he did after his said six months tour
above mentioned
he enlisted as a
first Lieutenant in the State Troops of
the State of Pennsylvania,
that he enlisted
at a place called "Little York" in the
State of Pennsylvania in
the spring of
the year.
1778 in the month of May
of said year
that he enlisted for the Tem
of Three years and served from the
10th of May, 1778 to the first of June
1781. that this applicant enlisted under
an officer whose name was Captain Lewis
and that this applicant was enlisted with Two
other men by the name of Murphy
the two Murphy's were Brothers, and one
other man by the name of Benjamin King who
was enlisted about the time
this applicant enlisted under said
Captain Lewis as
above mentioned
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that the captain who commanded
this applicant was "Lewis" who
enlisted this applicant as aforesaid
as well as the said "Two Murphy's, and
the said Benjamin King were,
a few days after their enlistment in
the month of May 1778 marched
and ordered from "Little York" to a
Place in the State of Maryland, called
"William Port" on the "Potomac River"
and remained there a short time and thence
they were marched to a place in
the State of Maryland called "Hagerstown," where this applicant with a Body of Men
Under his command kept guard
over a Body of "British Prisoners"
called "Hessians" and from there
some of the officers ordered the said
"Hessians" "to some other place but where
they went to this applicant does not
Know, that whilst the Prisoners were
under the guard of this applicant
they had a large grove of Timber cut
down to make cooking huts & "tent
Houses" to Cook & eat in during the time
he had them in guard & keeping
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that from the place called "Hagerstown", in the State of Maryland
this applicant, was ordered into the state of
New Jersey
and stationed at a place called the "Hopewell--
Meeting House, where the army laid
Two or three days, and
from thence they were marched to a place in the
State of New-Jersey" called "Mon mouth where
this applicant was in the engagement
with the British troops at said place,
which Battle this applicant recollects
was fought in the latter part of the
month of June in the year 1778.
being the first engagement he was
in after his enlistment in the under
Captain Lewis under whom this applicant fought
in said action that this applicant came very near being killed on that Day,
that he was sent with a detachment
of troops a short distance from
the main Body of
the army when they
met by a considerable Body
of the enemy & after a severe fight
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with the enemy they finally succeeded
in gaining the advantage of the enemy
and again Joined the main body
of the Troops-- that during that
Engagement this applicant received
slight wound in his right leg the
mark of which he will carry
to his grave, that he was not however 
confined by it, but in a few days
recovered so as to perform the principal
part of his duty again that the army or that part of which this applicant was attached to
were marched to a place in the State of
Pennsylvania near Philadelphia
called "Germanton" where they remained
a few days and this applicant
was ordered to a place in the State of
New Jersey called "Middle Brook"
that General Lincoln had the command
of Troops at Middle Brook at the
Time this applicant was at said
station, that General Lincoln Commanded
the continental Troops at Middle Brook
that Col Morgan's Regiment of Riflemen
were lying at Middle Brook at the same
time this applicant was stationed there
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that from thence the troops were sent to a
place called
Quincepeck Creek
where they laid for several weeks
and then the army marched to a
Place in New Jersey Called the Crossroads in "Somersett" County, and
from thence they were sent to a place called
"Elizabeth Town", in the State of
"New Jersey" and after remaining
there a while this applicant was sent to keep a garrison about six months with a Body
of Troops at a Place Called
Trimbley's Point in the State of
New Jersey
where this applicant had the principal command
at said Place, which place is about Six or Seven Miles from Elizabeth Town when this
applicant was again called to join the main Body
of the army, at or near Trenton in the State of New Jersey that the army was under the orders
of General Washington at the time,
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and were ordered to a place called
Brunswick in the State of New Jersey
where the army laid a short time
and then this applicant was sent
Back to "Middle Brook" where they
remained during the winter of 1781.
and in the month of May the
20th of May 1781. This applicant was
finally discharged from the service
By his Captain and received a
written discharge from his Captain that before his discharge the Troops were sent to
" Pitts Town" or "Quaker Town" in the State of "New-Jersey, where
this applicant was with the rest of
his comrades discharged from the
service, having served in the army
of the Revolution in the Pennsylvania
Line of troops under an enlistment
as a first Lieutenant in the service for the
period of Three years and served the whole three years as a
Lieutenant under Capt "Lewis"
and served one tour of six months
as a Drafted Militiaman
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as a Lieutenant under Capt. Peter
Swingley
that the whole period
of this applicants service was three
years and six months in the army
of the revolutionary war and
that the whole time was served
as a commissioned officer as a
[inserted] that he was not during said time engaged in any civil pursuit 
Lieutenant in the army. that the
name of the Col. who commanded
this applicant during the three years
enlistment was one Col Craigg
who commanded a part of the time and
one Col. ShryHock, a Dutchman
who was Col a part of the time,
the said Col Shry Hock commanded
this applicant at the time of his discharge
and the Major, was one Major
"Swearingen,"
that those officers
were in the service with this applicant and served at the same time, 
and this applicant further
says that he is now in his 87th year of age
and very infirm of Body and mind not able scarcely
to leave his room, without help
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that his memory is very frail, and
he is unable to detail farther than
he has done the particulars of his
service, as many facts & circumstances
have altogether escaped the recollection
of this applicant, that in consequence
of Ill Health, & Bodily infirmity he
is entirely unable to attend an
Examination in open Court of Record
and for that reason have submitted
to an Examination
before Wells Kellogg Esquire a
Justice of the Peace in & for the
County of Richland State of Ohio
this applicant says that
no living witness can be had
or procured to prove his service
above mentioned or any part
or portion of them other or further
then by this Declaration
by this applicant subscribed and Sworn to and
the annexed Depositions herewith exhibited and annexed
Nicholas Mourer X
Sworn to & subscribed before me this
15th day of October 1833
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
Sworn to & subscribed this 8th day of December 1833
Isaac Osburn
Associate Judge
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names of person who can testify
as to my character for truth & their
Belief of my services as a soldier
of the Revolution

Haron Hoaglin
John Faulk Esq
Atty at Law, Revd F. W. Binderman
Wm McLaughlin Esq Atty at Law, 
George Echel Berger Peter Furry
John Clayton, John Watson, 
Frederick Dragoo, all of whom 
have for several years known me
and can testify to my character. 
Nicholas Mourer

Officers who served in the army with me & whilst I was in the army were
Genl. Dickinson, Genl Lincoln, Col Stoll, Col. Davis, Col. Seeley. Major Swearingen, Col. Craigg, Col. Chambers, Col Chamberlin, Capt Lewis, Capt Peter Swearingen, Lieutenant "John Hawn," Col "Morgan" and several others & adjutant Burgess &c
Nicholas Mourer
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 15 day of October 1833.
Wells Kellogg J.P
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of ⎬
December 1833
Isaac Osburn
Associate Judge
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Interogatories
1. where & in what year were you born?
Ans I was born in the year 1747 on
the 15th day of August of said year, being
now upwards of 86 years of age.
I was born in the County of Lancaster
In the State of Pennsylvania
Nicholas Mourer
2d. Have you any record of your age, & if so
where is it?
Ans I. Have a record of my age
In an old "Dutch Bible" now in my House
and have from that given the exact
account of my age as above set  forth
Nicholas Mourer
3d. where were you living when called into
the service; where have you lived
since the revolutionary War, and
where do you now live?
Anr
I was living when I was first
called into the service in Franklin County
in the State of Pennsylvania, when I
first entered the army of Drafted Militia
men for a period of six months and
served said time of a Lieutenant
and afterward I enlisted and served
as a Lieutenant, for the term of Three
years and saved the same as such
Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line
of troops, since the close of the
Revolutionary war, I have lived in
Franklin County in the State of Pennsylvania
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and from thence. I removed to the
State of
Offio, in Richland County
where I now live and have
resided here for the past six years
Nicholas Mourer
4. How were you called into the service
were you drafted, did you volunteer
or were you a substitute, & if a substitute
for whom?
Ans I was once Drafted & served
as a Lieutenant for six months
and once I enlisted and served
as a Lieutenant in the Troops of
the Pennsylvania Line for three years as first Lieutenant
for the whole
Period of three years
and making in all my Revolutionary
service a period of three years
and six months as a Lieutenant
of Revolutionary Service
Nicholas Mourer
5th State the names of some of the regular
officers who served with you
Genl Lincoln
Genl. Dickerson
Col. Craigg. Col. Davis, Col Stull
Col Chamberlin Col Seeley
Major Swearingen
Genl Forman &
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Capt Lewis
Adjutant Burgess Capt
John Hawn & Capt Peter Swingley
Major Swingley, Nicholas Mourer
6th did you ever receive a written
---
Discharge from the service, and if
so by whom
was it signed & what
has become of it
Ans I did at the expiration of
my first six months service receive
from my Col Davis
under whom I served
Davis whose name was Lewis [this name is struck thru] in the month of 
March 1778 a written discharge signed by Col Davis,  but the same is long since
lost & destroyed & cannot now be produced
by me, and after
my period of service under my 3 year Enlistment
I received
a written discharge from my Captn.
whose name was "Lewis" on
the 20th of
May 1787, but the same is long since lost
and destroyed, and cannot now be
produced by me. said Discharges were signed by my Col. Davis the first one & the second
By Capt "Lewis"
Nicholas Mourer 
7th Did you ever receive a Commission & if
so by whom was it signed, & what has become
of it?
I received a Lieutenants commission and
served as such. But they are now lost & gone
, & I do not recollect whose names were
to them, subscribed-
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I think that Col. Davis name was to
the first and Col Craiggs to the
last commission, but cannot recollect
positively
as they are now lost & gone 
and have been for several years
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Nicholas Mourer

Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 15 day October 1833,
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace

Sworn to & subscribed this
8th day of December
1833
Isaac Osburn
associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Richland County ⎬ ss
I Nicholas Mourer
the applicant for a Pension do hereby
relinquish 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
in any State
Nicholas Mourer
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 15th day of October 1833
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of December
1833
Isaac Osburn
associate Judge
We William Mathews-- a Clergyman, residing
in the County of Richland & State of Ohio
and George Echelberger of the County of
Richland & state of Ohio do hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with
Nicholas Mourer, who has sworn to and
subscribed the above declaration; that
we believe him to be Eighty six years
of age; and 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
George Eckelberger
Wm Mathews

Sworn to & subscribed this 15th day
October 1833
Wells Kellogg Justin of Peace
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Sworn & subscribed this 8yh day of December
1833
Isaac Osburn 
associate Judge

State of Ohio
Richland County ss

I Wells Kellogg Justice of the Peace
In & for the County of Richland in the
State of Ohio do hereby declare that
it is my opinion after the investigation
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatory
prescribed by the War Department, that the
above named Nicholas Mourer the
applicant for a Pension, was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states, and
I do further certify, that it appears to me
that William Mathews in who has signed
the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman
resident in the County of Richland and
State of Ohio, and that George Echelberger
who has also signed the preceding certificate
is a resident of the County of Richland in the state of Ohio and is a credible person
and that their statements are
entitled to full faith & credit.
this 15th day of October 1833
Wells Kellogg
Justice of Peace
Sworn this 8th of December 1833
Isaac Osburn
associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Richland County ⎬Ss

I, Wells Kellogg a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County of
Richland in the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the said "Nicholas
Mourer" the applicant for a pension is
unable by reason of old age & bodily-
Infirmity to attend any Investigation in
open Court of Record, as he is
very Infirm & decrepid, as well as
extremely old, supposed to be at least in his 87th year of age, he has therefore
submitted to an Examination & investigation
before me this 15th day of October 1833
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name & seal the day & year above
written
Wells Kellogg
Justice pf Peace

this 8th of December 1833
Isaac Osburn
associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Richland County ⎬ S. S. 
I, Ellzey Hedges
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Richland in the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that Wells Kellogg who has subscribed
the foregoing Deposition & proceedings was an
acting Justice of the Peace [inserted] and that the Isaac Osborn was an associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas
 in & for the County of
Richland in the State of Ohio duly commissioned & qualified at the date & times of the taking thereof
and that their signatures & seals thereto subscribed and affixed are their genuine signatures & seals
this Given under my hand and seal of office
[illegible] Richland this 16th day of December 1833
Ellzey Hedges Clk
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The State of Ohio
Ashland County Ss
On this 27th day of January
1852. before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally
came, Rosanna Echelberger, a resident of said
County, who being duly sworn according to law
makes oath and says, that she is the daughter
of Nicholas Mourer late of said County deceased, who in his life time claimed a revolutionary Pension, under the act of Congress of
7th June 1832. That the said Nicholas Mourer her
said father died in said County on the thirty
first day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving no
widow, but leaving as his surviving children
and as this declarant believes his only surving children, this declarant, and Adam
Mourer, John Mourer and Daniel Mourer
this declarant also states that Margaret
Fenisee and Mary Soniser were children
of her said Father, but she supposes that
they have long since been dead, but of this
she is not certain
She makes this declaration on behalf
of herself and the other surviving children
above named, for the purpose of obtaining
the arrears of pension due her said father
under said act, or other act of Congress, and refers to his declaration and the evidence in support
of the same on file in the Pension Office.

Rosanna Echelberger X her mark
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Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year first above written
J M Rowland JP

State of Ohio
Ashland County ⎬
On this 27th day of January
1852, before me a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid personally came Mary Echelberger a resident of
the said County, of lawful age, who being
first duly sworn according to law, makes
oath and says, that Nicholas Mourer
above named, who in his life time claimed
a revolutionary Pension died in the said
County on the last day of December Eighteen
hundred and thirty four, and was buried
on the first day of the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five-- the reason she
recollects the day of the said burial with
certainty is that it was on the first day
of the year in which her daughter was
born and her daughter was born in the
year Eighteen hundred and thirty five,
which she knows, both by recollection
and also by reference to the record thereof
now just made by her (the reference
just made, not the record) in the family
Bible: she has no personal acquaintance
with any of the brothers of the said Rosanna Echelberger who is the daughter of
the said Nicholas Mourer, but she has
often heard the said Nicholas Speak of
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his children, and from that information
and from other sources similar from
other persons, she is satisfied that the said
Rosanna Echelberger, Adam Mourer, John
Mourer and Daniel Mourer are surviving
and only surviving children of the said
Nicholas Mourer deceased: and that he
left no widow to survive him.
And she further states that she has
no interest in the foregoing application

Mary Echelberger X  her mark

Also, then came Samuel Echelberger of
the said County, of lawful age, who
being first duly sworn according to law
makes oath and says, that Nicholas
Mourer above named died, in said County ┃
on the last day of the year Eighteen hunand and thirty four and was buried the
first day of the year Eighteen hundred and ┃
thirty five-- leaving no widow, but
leaving Rosanna Echelberger, Adam
Mourer,  John Mourer and Daniel Mourer his surviving children, and as this
deponent believes his only surviving
children, that the goods for the burial
of the said Nicholas were purchased of
John Scott and charged to this deponent, and he further states that he has
no interest in the foregoing application
Samuel Echelberger
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Also then came John Scott of the said County
of lawful age, a Merchant, who being duly
sworn according to law, makes oath and
says, that in his own hand writing on his
day book of original entries under date of
December 31. Eighteen hundred and thirty
four, he finds charged to Samuel Eckelberger certain
goods which were of such character
as were then usually sold for burial purposes and which from an erasure and
interlineation then made he is satisfied
was for such purpose, but for whose burial
he has not now any recollection.
John Scott
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, severally by
the said Mary Echelberger - Samuel Echelberger
and John Scott, and I certify that they and each
of them are credible and disinterested witnesses, to me well known, and that their statements are and ought to be relied on, the
day and year first above written
J M Rowland JP
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Rosanna Echelberger
daughter of Nicholas Mourer late of Richland
County (now Ashland Co.) Ohio deceased who in
his life time claimed a revolutionary pension
hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs of Washington City
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of said Nicholas Mourer
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself and Adam Mourer, John Mourer and Daniel Mourer only
surviving children
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 27th day January A. D. 1852
Rosanna Echelberger X her mark {seal}

Signed and Sealed in the presence of
J M Rowland
T. R. Stanley
STATE of Ohio
COUNTY OF Ashland }ss: 
On this 27th day of January A. D. 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Rosanna Echelberger and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid.
J M Rowland
J. Peace.
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[upper right corner] Nicholas Mourer
Ohio
suspended Act 1832

Claim of
Act of
STATE of Ohio
COUNTY Ashland }ss.
Be It known, that on this 27th day of January A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty two, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Rosanna Eckelberger a resident of Tennillion township in said County, and
made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Nicholas Mourer 
late of Richland (now Ashland) County Ohio decd. who in his life time claimed a Revolutionary
Pension, that she is directly interested as a claimant in
said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Rosanna Echelberger X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. 
J M Rowland J Peace

I, J.M.  Rowland Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Rosanna Echelberger who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J M Rowland J. Peace

State of Ohio
Ashland County } ss.
I J. O. Jennings, Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. M. Rowland Esq. before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal this twenty Eighth day of January A.D. 1852.
J. O. Jennings Clerk.
[circular seal lower left corner - illegible]
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Act 7 June 1832
Suspended
See letter 26th March
1834
7473
to
John Faulk
Jeromeville CTO
Wayne Co
Ohio
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
P.O. 7,473
Nicholas Mourers
Service;
Enlisted
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
Recognized.
Contract.

REJECTED  [STAMPED across the form]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Mourey, Christian  GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER  10109
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED November 5, 1789
to is not shown-
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.