Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,869, for John Lohner, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE |  | NUMBER
S.C. | Lohner, John | S. 21,869
  | or Lohnar |
CONTENTS
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16.943
South Carolina
John Lohner of Lexington in the State of So Car who was a pri in the [blank space] commanded by Captain [blank space] of the Regt commanded by Col: Brand in the So Car: line for 6 months --
Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina at the rate of 20. Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16= day of Oct. 33 and such N. Sumner
Lexington CH So Ca
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 | 50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 | 10
$60--
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice  Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 6   Page 73
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15240
John Lohman
S.C
Admit as a private
6 mo $20==
4.5.13. Int 6.7
P. 347
N Summer
19 Apl 33
A H Fort [lined out]
Lexington C.H
S.C
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BRIEF in the case of John Lohmer
of Lexington District in the State of So Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge ? Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ?
3. How old is he? 68.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
  | Years,  Months,  Days. | As a | Gen.
drafted In 1782 | "near about 7 mo" | pri | Col Beard - Capt Fulmer
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
0. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lexington Dist S.C
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The device of the Seal invisible
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. L. Williams Examining Clerk.
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15240
John Lohnar
declaration
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State of South Carolina }
Lexington District }  SS
On this twenty-Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & Thirty two.
Personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Josiah C Evans a Circuit Judge of Said State at the Court of Lexington District, the court now sitting [preceding word lined out] sitting John Lohner or Lonr a resident of Lexington District aged Sixty Eight 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 Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.  Saith he was born in the Dutch Fork Lexington District in the Said State in the year 1765, where he now resides his age is recorded in the Church Book in St Johns Church; was living where he now lives when he was called into the service of the Revolutionary War, in the last of the war when he came of age to bear Arms was drafted and marched under Capt Jacob Fulmer in the Regiment commanded by Col Jonas Beard. to Col Thompson on the Congaree River where we lay about six weeks waiting for Arms and amunition and when we were supplied marched to Bacons Bridge where we were stationed between three and four months. and then marched down to Ashley River
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from there marched back to our former Station at Bacons Bridge where we remained about three weeks then march up to Orangeburgh Court House & lay there about two weeks and discharged, the war being ended. was in the serve in the whole near about Seven months in actual Service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State, and no Known documents remain to prove the Said Service &c
Sworn to in open court the day above written 
his 
John  + Lohnar
mark
Edwin J. Scott
C.C.P.
We Thos Ball a clergyman & Mathias Hatfield residing in Lexington District hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lohner who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty eight years of age; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been in the Service in the Revolutionary War, and that we concur in that opinion.
Thos. Ball
M: Hatfield
Sworn to in open Court 29th Sept 1832
Edwin J. Scott
Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Rall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the District of Lexington and that Matthias Hatfield, who has also signed his name the same, is a resident in the aforesaid District, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J Evans  Presiding Judge

15240.
John Lohner
declaration

I, Edwin J. Scott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District of Lexington, in the State of South Carolina, do hereby certify, that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Lohnar for a decision
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Edwin J. Scott
Clerk
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Additional Declaration of John Lohner
Lexington
N. Summer
A. Attry

1st October 1833
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State of South Carolina
Lexington District | S S  Additional declaration of John Lohner for a pension.
On this 30th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Baylis J. Earle one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the State aforesaid, now sitting at Lexington Court House in and for the district aforesaid, John Lohner a resident of Lexington District, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on this oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.
This applicant says that he entered the service of the United States in the first of the month of March in the year 1782, by being drafted or rather by taking his turn, in a company commanded at that time by Capt. Jacob Fulmer but which had been before that time commanded by Capt. Jno A. Summer in a regiment commanded by Col. Jona Beard; Jacob Houbert was the Lieutenant who went into camps: Jacob Fulmer the Captain did not go into camps that tour; They started from the Dutch Fork in that part which is now called Lexington District:  they were marched to the Congaree River at one Col. Thompson's where they remained two months waiting for guns and ammunition.  From Col. Thompson's, they marched to Bacon's Bridge near Dorchester where they remained some short time over three months: from Bacons bridge, they marched down to Ashley River and remained: there a few weeks.  from Ashley River they were marched back to Bacon's Bridge where they remained only a few days and were marched up to Orangeburgh, where they remained two weeks, and in the month of September he was discharged __ having rendered some little more than six months service.
Theis applicant was born in the Dutch Fork between Broad and Saluda Rivers in that part now
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included in Lexington District, on the second day of February 1765.  His age is recorded in the record Book kept in St John's Church in the Dutch Fork.  He was living in the Dutch Fork at the time he entered the service, where he still continues to live, and where he has resided since the Revolutionary War.
He was called into service by being drafted or rather by taking his turn: there having been no regular draft held.  It was the practice in that part of the country where he resided for some part of the men in the company to go on a tour and when they returned for another part to go.  It was in this way that he was called into service.
He states that when they left home they crossed Saluda River 18 miles from where he lived, at or near where Col. Jonas Beard lived, who, when they came to his House took the command of them and continued to command them during the whole tour.  This applicant says that his discharge was merely verbal, and not in writing:  he has hereinbefore mentioned the names of the officers under whom he served.  He further states that George Summer and John Dreher can testify that this applicant served as a soldier in the close of the Revolutionary war.  This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of this state or of any other state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
his 
John X Lohner
mark
Sworn to in open Court at Lexington Court house the day & year above mentioned
B J Earle
presiding Judge
We Thomas Rawl a clergy man, residing in the District of Lexington and George Summer residing in the same District hereby certify that, we are well acquainted with John Lohner who, has subscribed and sworn to the above application that we belive him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed
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in the neigh bour hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  And the said George Summer certifies that he knows of his own knowledge that he was in the service at the time he has herein before stated.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thos. Rall
George A Summer
Sworn to in open Court as above mentioned
B J Earle
Presid. Judge
We [blank space] a clergyman residing in Lexington and George Summer residing in the district aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lohner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, we believe to be sixtyeight [the preceding paragraph following the judge's signature is marked out.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Rawl who ha [remainder of word missing] signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the District of Lexington, and that George Summer who has also signed the same is a resident in the District of Lexington, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  B J Earle  Presiding Judge
I, Edwin J. Scott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Lexington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of John Lohner for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office office this first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, at Lexington Court House
Edwin J. Scott
CCP L.D.
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I hereby certify the within to be the hand & seal of the within named Edwin J. Scott as the clerk of the court of sessions & common pleas of Lexington district South Carolina
John M. Felder
1st October 1833
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M.E.E.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
July 5, 1928
G. L. Summer
Newberry
South Carolina
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 21869, it appears that John Lehner was born February 2, 1765, in the Dutch Fork, Lexington District, South Carolina.
While a resident of said Dutch Fork he enlisted in the first part of March, 1782, served as a private in Captain Jacob Fulmer's Company, Colonel Jonas Beard's South Carolina Regiment and was discharged in September, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832 while a resident of Lexington District, South Carolina.
There are no data on file regarding his family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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John Lohner
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Lohner --- which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ?
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V.  * Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled ?  No.
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ? No.
XIV. [dagger symbol]  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. [double plus symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 6.7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 [blank space] year [blank space] months, and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space]  For [blank space] months and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space] ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 they served two 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 shewn 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 authority; 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.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[double plus symbol] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every in-tance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Revolution
21.869
INVALID.
File No. 21,869
John Lohner
Pri  Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1928. July 5, Hist to J. L. Summer - M.E.E.
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Newberry, S.C. 8/30/'27
1711 Main St.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me all information you have, with names of children, etc., of one John Lohner, a Revolutionary War patroit from this section and who was pensioned by the U.S. Government.
Also, I would want some data realtive to any of the following Rev. war soldiers, if shown as having been pensioned:  Mickail Lohner, Jacob Epting (widow or mother pensioned), John Moreauf Lake, John George Cromer, and Mickael Leituer.
Thanking you for the above data.
Yours very truly,
G.L. Summer.

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