Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5109, Michael Hahn, Md. Pa.
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(3-1776)
Hahn, Michael
Nancy

SERVICE
Md.

NUMBER
R.5109

CONTENTS
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25.859
Ohio = Pittsburgh  - Agency
Michael Hahn of Starke Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Pr in the company commanded by Captain Sticker of the Reg't commanded by Col Smallwood [crossed out]Reed[/co] in the Maryland line for

2 y. for $80.00

Inscribed the Roll of  Ohio - P.A. at the rate of 80 Dollars,  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued and the 17th Jan'y and Sento of
1134 Hon John [...]
Arrears to the 4th of April 1883 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 40.00
$240.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by JT Sprague Clerk,

Book [...] Vol. 8 Page 113

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[crossed out] Let to C.B. Cummins, Nov 15, '43
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Michael Hahn
Ohio

[crossed out] Return f.

Admitted 2 year
$80

Hon. Jno Thompson
Ho of Rep.
[crossed out] Hiram Griswold Esq.

Canton,
Starke Co.
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
14.th October 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, ( this: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

a Statement, shewing the Service of Michael Hahn

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. : Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | 

1775 | 1 Year 8 Months | priv. | Col Smallwood, Cap Sticken | 85 years

1777 | 3 Months | priv | Col Reed

1778 | 21 Months | Same officer

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

85 Years | Frederick from Maryland | Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be mad before a Court of
Record of the Country 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}
County of } ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
of [blank] 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 [blank] and
served in the (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 serv-
ed 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 so 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 [blank]
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 [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, and 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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation fo the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed 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.
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of 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, that applicant will so state in his declaration, );) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can by 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 fact 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-
temped; 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 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 of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he 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
inquiry 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 o 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 invariable 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 he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination ot 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."
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
direct 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 tow years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names 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 it 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 the 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 peice 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 tow 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 all 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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Declaration
In order To obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed Feb 3rd 1853
State of Ohio}
Wayne County Ss} On this day, the 20th day of 
May personally appeared before me
Judge of the Probate Court in and for the 
County and state aforesaid, the same being 
a court of Record, Nancy Hahn a res-
ident of Fredericksburg in the county and state afore-
said, aged Seventy seven years who being 
duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by act of Congress passed Feb 3rd 1853,
That she is the widow of Michael Hahn
who was a private in th eRevolutionary
war, and who drew a pension of eighty
dollars per annum, who resided in Tus-
carawas Township Stark County Ohio where
he first drew his pension, died afterwards
at West Lebanon in Wayne County Ohio,
and who received his pension from 
the Pension Agent resident in Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
She further declares that she
was married to the ^said^ Michael Hahn on 
the day of July or August, now unknown
in the year AD 1801 near [crossed out: illegible]^Harrisburg^
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in the state of Pennsylvania; that her
husband the aforesaid Michael Hahn
died on the day of August AD
1844, said day of the month being now
forgotten; that she was married to him 
at the time above stated, according to the
best of her knowledge - but that age and 
infirmity prevent her remembering with
accuracy - She further swears that she 
was a widow at the passage of the act,
and is still a widow, and that she
has never ^before^ made application for a pension
Sworn to and subscribed on the day 
above written and in the year of our
Lord 1853.  Nancy X ^her mark^ Hahn

Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this
20th day of May AD 1853. The said Nancy
Hahn did not appear in open court
because prevented by age and bodily in-
firmity from doing so - She being very
infirm    Saml L. Lorah Probate Judge,
of Wayneslea, Ohio
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The State of Ohio       Omit
Wayne County Ss.      On the 21st day of May
AD 1853, Personally appeared
before me, William Henry of lawful age
who being duly sworn according to law
says, that he is acquainted with the writin
annexed affidavit, and ^ was with^ the writin named
Michael Hahn, that his acquaintance 
comminced with them in AD 1826
and continued up to death of deceased, and
up to the present time with affiant.
That they lived and cohabited together
as man and wife all the life time
of said Michael Hahn, and so appeared
and conducted themselves before the
world. That affiant has no doubt but 
they were legally married, though his
acquaintance commenced sometime
after their marriage. That it was through
the instrumentality of affairs that
decedent obtained his pension as
set forth in the affidavid of the said 
widow  Wm Henry
Sworn to & Subscribed to before me this
20th day of May AD 1853
Saml. L. Lorah Probate Judge
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State of Ohio}
Wayne County Ss} I hereby certify that Samuel
L Lorah Esq before whom the
foregoing Declaration and affidavit were
made, and who has thereunto subscribed 
his name, was at the time of so doing
a Judge of the Probate Court in and for
the county aforesaid, duly commissioned
and Sworn - And that the within affaut
William Henry is a man of good morel
character, and worthy of all credit
In testimony whereof, I have 
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office,
as clerk of the court of com.
Pleas within and for the
said county, this 20th day 
of May AD 1853
Benj Eason, clerk of
the court of Common Pleas.
within said county
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Michael Hahn
26.433.
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State of Ohio}
Stark County SS.}
On this sixth day of August in 
the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid now sitting Michael Hahn a resident of Tuscarawas in the County of Stark and State of Ohio, 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 7 1832 The said deponent being so sworn as aforesaid doth depose and say that he is eighty five years on the 15th day of this present month - that some time in the spring of the year 1775 in Fredericktown
in Maryland where he there resided he enlisted into the Unites ^States^ Service as @ private, to serve in the Army of the revolution, and into a Battalion commanded by our Colonel Smallwood, and having a Major by the name
pf Price. The said battalion immediately after its organization marched to Annapolis in the State of Maryland and there remained some time - probably four or five months for the purpose of being disciplined. From Annapolis
the Battalion marched to New York passing through Philadelphia and some other places. While in Philadelphia, Captain Sticker who commanded the company to which deponent belonged, was promoted to the office
of Lieutenant Colonel and transferred to another Regiment, and the company to which deponent belonged was marched to New York along with the first mentioned Battalion [two crossed out words: in company] under the command of an Ensign in the company previously commanded by the said Captain Sticker, but whose name this deponent
does not recollect. In marching from Philadelphia to New York, the Battalion passed through Trenton and Princeton and some other not recollected, and Morristown
in which latter Town the Battalion remained through the winter of 1775 and 1776. In the spring of the year 1776 the Battalion marched to New York and when arrived there was attached to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Stirling. After remaining in New York as near
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as this deponent can recollect three months. the whole Brigade removed to Long Island and was there when the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in 1776. While
in New York Benjamin Ford was appointed Captain of the Company to which this deponent belonged. This deponent was engaged in the battle of Long Island, and of the company to which he belonged, consisting of Seventy four only fifteen escaped. After this battle the American forces and this deponent along with them retreated to a fort on Long Island near New York and then remained as near as near as this deponent can recollect two or three weeks. and retind [retired] into the City of New York On leaving New York the Army marched to White Plains, in the State 
of New York, As Kingsbridge that part of the Battalion to which this deponent belonged, which had escaped from the battle of Long Island, was engaged in a skirmish with the British - a small party thereof after which nothing of note occurred till the Army
arrived at White Plains. This deponent was present at the battle of that plan [plain]. After that battle the Battalion to which this deponent belonged, marched to Morristown thence to Fort Sw - thence to Princeton, and was proceeding onward, when, between Princeton and Trenton the Battalion was dismissed by the Colonel, verbally, and no written discharge was given. The whole time of his Service under this enlistment was one year and eight months - He enlisted for one year and nine months, but the Battalion to which he belonged was dismissed one month before its time of Service had expired, in consequence of the loses it had sustained in battle.
This deponent, under his oath as aforesaid
doth further depose and say, that some time in the summer of the year of 1777 in Northumberland County Pennsylvania when he there resided he returned as a substitute, ^for his father, Michael Hahn^ and as a private into the Militia of Penna [Pennsylvania] into a Company commanded by Captain Casper Reed
1st Lieutenant Baker. The Regiment to which he was
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attached had [crossed out: had] no Colonel but was commanded by a Major whose name this deponent does not recollect. In this Regiment he Served three months. The Regiment
was engaged in Scouting expeditions against the Indians and guarding the frontier but was in no battle, though it was constantly in Service

This deponent further doth depose and say on his oath as aforesaid that in the latter part of the Spring of the year 1778 he was drafted to serve as a private in the Militia in said Northumberland County in the same company
in which he had previously served as a substitute, as before described, commanded by the same officers and for the same purpose as before - that ^of^ resisting the aggressors of the Indians. He was in no engagement, though constantly in the service. This time he served two months - making the whole period of his service two years and one month

He doth further depose and say that he has no documentary evidence of his Service, and that he knows of no one person whose testimony he can prove, who can testify to the same -
He is acquainted with no clergyman in his neighborhood or elsewhere who can testify to his character for truth and veracity, who is acquainted with ^his^ age, or who knows that in the neighborhood where he resides he is reputed and believed to be a Soldier of the Revolution

He duly relinquishes any 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 -

Questions propounded by the Court -
Ques. 1. When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 15th of August in the year 1748

Ques. 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. There is a record of it in Bucks County, Pennsylvania but I have none with me.

Ques 3d - Where were you living when called into the Service; when have ^you^ lived Since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans.  The time that I enlisted into the United States Army
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I lived in Fredericktown in the State of Maryland; at the two periods when I entered into the Pennsylvania Militia I lived in [crossed out: Bucks County] Northumberland County
Pennsylvania. Since the Revolutionary War till about twelve or thirteen years ago I resided in said Northumberland County. At that time I came to the State of Ohio and lived one year in Jefferson County Ohio, then about six
years in Wayne County, Ohio and the remainder of the time from then till now in Tuscarawas Township in Stark  County Ohio where I now reside

Ques 4 How were you called into the Service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a  substitute, for whom?
Ans. The first time I intered [entered] the service, I volunteered the second, I intered [entered] as a substitute for my father
Michael Hahn, and the third time I was drafted 

Ques. 5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the
general circumstances of your service.
Ans. My recollection of the officers and Regiments is very indistinct. The names of the officers with the troops when I served under my enlistment so far as I can recollect
were General Washington, Brigadier General Stirling Colonel Smallwood Major Price, Captain Sticker, afterwards promoted to a Lieutenant Colonel, Captain Benjamin Ford, who succeeded Captain Sticker, and
the Lieutenants of the company to which I belonged Smith and Ringgold. While in the Pennsylvania ^troops^ the only names of the officers which I recollect are Captain Casper Reed and 1st Lieutenant Baker who were in the company to which I belonged.

Ques. 6. Did you ever receive @ discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received a written discharge -

Ques. 7 State the names of some of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who
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can testify as to your character for truth and
veracity, and their belief of your services as a
soldier of the Revolution
Ans. William Henry John Warden

Michael Hahn
Sworn & Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Jno Myers Clerk

[crossed out: And the said Court] Mr William Henry of Brookfield in Stark County Ohio and John Warden [crossed out: also]
of Tuscarawas Tp. in the County and State aforesaid and residents therein hereby certify that are well acquainted with Michael Hahn. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about eighty five 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 to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jno Myers Clerk

Wm Henry
John Warden

And the said Court do herby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the war department that the above named
applicant was @ Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Henry who has signed the preceding
certificate is a resident of Brookfield in Stark County and that John Warden who has also signed the same is a resident of Tuscarawas Township in said Stark County, that they are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
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The State of Ohio}
Stark County} Ss
I John Myers Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the
application fo Michael Hahn for
a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 12th day of August 1835 -
Jno Myers Clerk


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Michael Hahn
26. 433.
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November 19, 1938

BA-J/AWF aw
Michael Hahn
R. 5109

Mrs. S. B. Miller
Yount Apartment 2
Portland, Indiana

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Michael Hahn, who applied for pension in 1833, while a resident of Stark County, Ohio.

The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, R. 5109, based 
upon the military service of Michael Hahn in the Revolutionary War.

Michael Hahn was born August 15, 1748 in 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of
Michael Hahn, the name of his mother is not given.

While a resident of Fredericktown, Maryland,
Michael Hahn (the son) enlisted in the spring of 1775, served as a private in Captains Sticker's and Benjamin Ford's companies, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment: he was in the battle of Long Island, a skirmish at Kingsbridge, and in the battle of White Plains, length of service one year and eight months.

While living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he served as substitute for his father, in the summer of 1777, three months in Captain Casper Reed's company of Pennsylvania militia, guarding the frontiers and scouting against the
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Indians. He served in the spring of 1778, tow
months in Captain Casper Reed's company.

The soldier, Michael Hahn, lived in North-
umberland County, Pennsylvania, until about 1820
or 1821, then moved to Jefferson County, Ohio,
lived one year, then to Wayne County, Ohio, lived
about six years, thence to Tuscarawas Township,
Stark County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 6, 1833, then living in said
Tuscarawas Township. He died in the month of
August, 1844.

Michael Hahn married in July or August, 1801,
near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Nancy; her maiden
name is not given, nor is it shown when and where 
she was born.

The widow, Nancy Hahn, was living in Fred-
ericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1853, then aged
seventy-seven years.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data in regard to family.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Wooster Aug 4th 1853

Commissioner of Pensions:

Some time since I made out
an application in behalf of Nancy Hahn
the widow of [word a struck out] decd Revolutionary Soldier
to entitle her to a pension under the act
of Feb 3rd 1853 and forwarded the same to
John L Neely Esq of Washington for presentation to the department.  He did not deem the application of Wd Hahn with the accompanying affidavit sufficient and I presume had not presented it to the Department.
Wd Hahn is old and infirm, rapidly sinking
into the grave, with a very much impaired memory, and with no means of directly proving her marriage with the decd.  Her sworn statement is that she was married to him in Penna [Pennsylvania], some fifteen miles above Harrisburg, about such a month in such a year.  She also states, what the records of the department know, the fact of her husbands having been in receipt of a pension, paid at Pittsburg &c. Mr. Henry makes a sworn statement of having been acquainted with her husband and herself and of their having cohab
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ited together as man and wife for many
years, and that he has no doubt of
their having been legally married.
They were persons of excellent moral and
religious character, and abundant proof
like that of Mr. Henry's in relation to co
habitation and reputation could be
obtained.  But the marriage taking place
in a state where no records of marriages
is made, due the great time (30 years) elaps
ing since it took place, renders it next
to impossible to procure any direct proof
of marriage.  Under these circumstances
I am requested to write to the Depart
ment direct, as to whether such a state
of facts would entitle Wd Hahn to a
pension or not.  She is rapidly sinking
into the grave, is very deaf, and has for
years, lived on the bounty of neighbors.
If any thing can be done for her it
must be done soon. She is imminently
deserving as numbers will testify.

The facts are all the apology I
have to make for troubling you with
the above.  Please let me hear as soon
as possible as to the sufficiency or other
wise of the case described.
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I have also to trouble the Department
with another matter.  In July 1851 I
forwarded to applications for Bounty
land under the act of Sep 28th 1850, the
one of Sophia Johnson and the other of
J W Johnson.  The application were recd
by the Department, and their receipt
acknowledged on the 31st July 1851.  In
due time I was notified of the rejection
of the claim of J W Johnson, but have
never been able to get one particle of in
formation in relation to that of Sophia
Johnson.  I have written often, but can
learn nothing whatever.

Please inform me, if it
be possible of the fate of said application
of Sophia Johnson  

Yours &c
Abel Johnson
Wooster
Wayne Co

Case of Sophia [illegible] and of Abel Johnson
Attended to Nov 25/53
[illegible]
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September 5, 1930.

Bureau of Pensions.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.   541
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rev. War claim for pension of Michael
Hahn, File No. R.5109.     Actual 1 of each page.

[Note written vertically in left margin:
See order in Isaac Lewis, S.9748.]


xxx  $1.05. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 pages

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
in. at top of each page and return
papers in each case in folder with
corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in
pencil on those pages which are  Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section
not to be copied.
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List to Kate Curry:

Sol. decl. Aug. 6-1833 ---- 5 pages
Wid. decl. May 20-1853 ---2 pages
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July 28, 1928.

D. F.Hahn
Phillipsburg
Kansas.

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim R. 5109, it appears that Michael Hahn
(son of Michael Hahn) was born August 15, 1748 in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in Fredericktown, Maryland, he en
listed in 1775 and served one year and eight months as a
private in Captain Sticker's and Benjamin Ford's Company,
Colonel Smallwood's Maryland Regiment, and was in the battle
of Long Island, skirmish at King's Bridge, and battle of
White Plains.

While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania,
he enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served three months
as private in Captain Casper Reed's Pennsylvania Company;
and in the spring of 1778, enlisted and served two months
as private in same company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 6, 1833 at which time he was living in Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio.  He died in August 1844.

The soldier married in July or August 1801 near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Nancy, her maiden name is not given.  In 1853, she was living in Fredericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio, and aged seventy-seven years.

There are no data as to children.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[Handwritten note at bottom of page:
I did not say anything
about Widow's rejection as it
was only a suspension-evidently the case was not continued. awf
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MRS. S. B. MILLER
YOUNT APARTMENT 2
PORTLAND, INDIANA

Oct. 7, 1938

Veterans Administration,
Revolutionary Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

[checkmark] Michael Hahn [note above name: only one], born in Bucks
Co. Pa, Aug. 15, 1748, died Aug. 1844.  He 
applied for pension Aug. 6,1833, in Stack 
Co. Ohio.

Will you kindly send summary
of his application for pension, giving
names of his children.

Yours truly

Mrs. S. B. Miller

[Circular mail and time stamp
Arrow pointing up to 3:15
RECEIVED
OCT 10 1938
Remainder illegible]
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United States Post Office
D. F. HAHN, Postmaster
PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS 

September 29, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:-

Will you please look up the pension record of Michael Hahn[note above name: only], who
served with the York County Malitia, York County, Pennsylvania, in
the Revolutionary War.  I would like the name of wife also, and of
his father and mother if given.  Thank you for the trouble.

Sincerely your s
D F Hahn

[Blurred mail stamp]
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

[Notes written vertically in left margin:]

1928 Jul 28 Hist to D. F. Hahn [illegible]
1930 Sept. 15 Photos mailed to Kate Curry.  See Isaac Lewis S.9748. A.D.Y.
1938 Nov. 19 hist to Mrs. S. B. Miller[illegible]

[Right column}

[Following lined through: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

REJECTED
5109
P. O. [Blank]
Nancy Hahn
Service: widow of Michael

Enlisted: [Blank], 18[Blank].
Discharged: [Blank], 18[Blank].

Application filed: [Blank], 18[Blank].

Alleges: [Blank]
Re-enlisted: [Blank]

Attorney: [Blank]
P. O. [Blank]

[Blank] Recognized.  [Blank] Contract.
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No. 3678
________

Nancy Hahn widow
of Michael
[Following lined through: let to H. C. Johnson
Nov 25/53]
Gray

5109

Act of Feb 3/53
Page 31

Washington D.C
Nov. 16, 1853

Sir.

Enclosed please find the Declaration of
Mrs. Nancy Hahn widow of Michael Hahn
a Revol. Soldier, and a Pensioner from the State
of Ohio, for a Pension under the Section
Section of the act of 3d Feb. 1853.

Yours
Very Respectfully
Jno T Neely

Commr. Pensions |
Present |
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H. C. Johnson
Nov 25/53
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127
Pension Office
November 25 1853
Sir.

Tha application of Nancy Hahn
who applies for a pension (under the act of
February 3 - 1853 has been examined, and 
is temporarily suspended, to enable you 
to obtain the certificate of Saml. L Lorah,
Judge of probate, to the credibility of William
Henry, whose evidence is material to the case; 
and also, to prove, by affidavit of one or
more witnesses, duly certified to be credible,
the date of the death of the pensioner. 
Respectfully Y [yours]
HC Johnson
Wooster
Wayne Co
Ohio
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C.B. Cummins
Nov 15 1843
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Pension Office
Nov 15. 1843
Sir

In reply to your letter of [illegible] 2d [illegible]
I have to inform you that I cannot determine
whether the widow of Michael Hahn, [illegible], is
entitled to a pension or not, as you have
not stated at what time they were married.
If the marriage took place before the 1st
of January 1794, she may probably obtain
a pension; but if they were married after
that date her case is not embraced
by the Pension laws. Enclosed here
with is a printed sheet containing
a copy of the law and regulations 
of July 7. 1838

C.B. Cummins, Esq
Massillon
Ohio
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West Brookfield Oh
Nov 3d

J. L. Edwards
(Commissioner of Pensions)
Washington City
D.C.

[vertically on the page]
Nov 10 43

Michl Hawn
Ohio Pete
Page 37

Massillon, Stark Co. Ohio
Nov: 2nd. 1843
J.L. Edwards Esqre. 

Dr Sir.
At the request
of Mrs Nancy Hawn, widow of Michl. Hawn
deceased who was a revolutionary Pensioner
up to the time of his death, I address you
this letter for the purpose of ascertaining
whether she, as his widow, is entitled to receive
anything as pension, if so what course will
have to be pursued to accomplish it. her
circumstances are extremely necessitous
and whatever information you can consistently afford conducive to this end
will confer a lasting favor upon her
& oblige respect yrs. 
C. B. Cummins

P. S. His name was enrolled on the Pittsburgh Agency C. B. C -
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Washington Jan 15th 1834

Mr Edwards

Sir

[illegible] what I know
of the character of Michael Hahn
of Stark County Ohio and of Judge
Henry who certifies for him and
who has written a long letter to
me on his behalf, I have no hesitation in saying that I believe what
Mr. Hahn has stated as facts in 
his case, and [illegible] and have
no doubt he ought to have a
Pension.
John Thomson
of Ohio
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[Illegible]
[Illegible circular mail stamp]

The Hon. John Thompson
Member of Congress
Washington City
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Massillon Stark County Ohio 3d Jany. 1834

The Hon. John Thompson
Dear Sir. I take the liberty of forwarding to you the application
of Michael Hahn, an old Revolutionary Soldier who has made
application at the Department through Mr Griswold of Canton
and has been returned for want of the proper evidence etc
At is appears by the Circular herewith inclosed that Traditionary 
testimony will not be received for troops of the Continental line
he has nothing more that he can offer, as he believes those who had
knowledge of the fact are dead, or remove to places unknown to him.
There is a possibility however of his name being recorded at Annapolis
the seat of Government of the State where he inlisted [enlisted], would you be so good as to drop a line to some proper person in that city, requesting an examination of the proper Record in order to ascertain the fact, his name may be 
differently spelled towit,, Hahn, Hawn, or Haun" If it was found either
of the ways, with his first name correct, it would have not doubt but
he was the person intended. But if nothing more can be done I can
see no objection according to the instructions to his recovering pay
for the 5 Months he served in the State troops. He has been a member
of the Methodist Church I believe for upwards of 40 years. but that
church shifts their Clergymen so frequently that those who are in this part
of the country at present, have been but a short time here, which has
been the cause of his not applying to a Clergyman -
You will my Dear Sir, be serving the cause of humanity
by interesting yourself in behalf of this indigent old Man, he has
no means of supporting himself if he does not get something
from the Government, (which I have no doubt he is Justly entitled to) he must be put on the Township, his neighbours have 
helped him for some years, but that help is very uncertain
Your attention to the above will be duly appreciated
by your friend &c.   Wm Henry
P,S. I would have written to Mr Jones on this subject but
being a new member I thot [thought] he would not be so well acquainted
Wm H
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Michael Hahn's
Pension papers
Page 42

Know all men by these presents that I Michael Hahn
of Tuscordwas township, Satrk county Ohio a Revolutionary
of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint
Samuel Church of the City of Pittsburgh my true and
lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive
from the agent of the United States for paying pensions
in said city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania my Pension
from the fourth day of March AD 1831 to the fourth 
day of March AD 1834. Witness my had and
seal this [blank] day of March AD 1834
Michael Hahn [hand drawn could with the word Seal inside]
Sealed and delivered
in presence of}
Wm Henry}
John Kenigy}

State of Ohio}
Stark County}ss. Be it known that on the [blank] day of 
March. AD 1834 before the subscriber a Justice of the 
Peace in and for said county personally appeared
Michael Hahn above named and acknowledged the
foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
seal the first day of march AD 1834
John Kenigy Justice of Peace


Pittsburgh
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Pension Office
Novembe 21/53
Sir.
Please report time
of last payment to, or death
of, within named pensioner

Respectfully
F Burt E   B. Hooe.
3 aud       for Court
Present. 

Michael Hahn, Act
1832, $80.00 p. annum.~
Paid to 4th Sept. 1843,
no date of death on
our Books.
Saml S Rind,
Atg. Auditor