Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5699, for Peter Lohr, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Lohr, Peter

NUMBER
S.5699

carded

CONTENTS
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Virginia 12.515
Peter Lohr

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 of Augusta in the State of Virginia
__who was a pri. in the company commanded 
by Captain Ronald [struck through of the __commanded]
by [blank] in the Maryland
line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May '33
and sent Jef. Kinney
Staunton - Augusta Co. Va.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33 --40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept. --10
[total] --$50

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by William Miller, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 16

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[illegible- Ice Alters?] to D. W. Patteson & P. Agt. Dec. 23 1836-
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Paid at the Treasury under
Act of 6 April 1838. from 4th
Sept. 1836 to 4 March 1837. Agt
notified 30 May 1838
___________________
Return to [illegible] - April 13/66

Date of death not on 
A.B.
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22,671.

Peter Lohr:
Virginia.

Admit as a private
for 6 months [underlined] $20.00

Jefferson Kinney, Clk:
Augusta County,
Virginia.
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War Department, Pension Office
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7 1832 has been examined and hte p0apers 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 needing to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the marhgin with a brace (this: }). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them and you will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Peter Lohr of August Cy., Ga

[handwritten across tabular form. for ease columns and their information are columnar in following]
Period when the service was rendered: Vol in '76 |
Duration of the claimant's Service: Upwards of 6 months |
Rank of the claimant: Pvt
Names and Rank of the Company offices under whom he served: Capt John Ronolds, Lieut Chaplin |
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Gen Bell |
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: White Plains |
Country through which he marched: Hagerstown then to the City of N York thence to Fort Washington thence to Tuckahoe River thence to White Plains. Philadelphia |
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Hagerstown, Md. Aged 81 years |
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: 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, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance,
make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

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

State, Territory, or District of
County of  } 88.

On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident of  in the county of  and State, Territory, or District
of  aged (c)  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  , with  and
served in the  (e) regiment of the  line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
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 enered 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 persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

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

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.     A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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Continuation of the Regulations Under the Act of June 7,1832 started on page 6 of this transcript
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22671
Peter Lohr
(Declaration)
State of Virginia
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State of Virginia
Augusta County to wit
On this 24 day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the county-court of Augusta now sitting Peter Lohr a resident in the county of Augusta and state of Virginia aged about 81 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 June the 7th 1832
That he entered the services of the United States as a volunteer under the following named officers and served as herein after fully stated - He entered the services in the year 1776 at Hagerstown in the State of Maryland under the command of Captains John Ronalds and first Leustenant Moses Chaplin Henry Shrock was Colonel of the regiment He left Hagerstown in the month of July and marched to the City of New York when the company to which he belonged was stationed a short time from there to be marched to Fort Washington where he thinks he remained about six month from thence to an encampment situated on the banks of a small River called Tuckahoe, the British "in great force encamped in sight of the American forces under Genl Bell, who being to weak to engage in a battle retreated in the night to the White plains when they were overtaken about daylight by the British Army; At the White Plains declarant was in a [illegible] engagement which continued the greater part of the day, the next morning the Army marched to Croton Bridge, thence [to crossed out]
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up the North River to Fish Kill when they crossed the North River on their march to Philadelphia when they were ordered to Fort Lee, whilst declarant was at Fort Lee the British made an attack on Fort Washington which was on the opposite side of the River, declarant was not in this engagement the regiment to which he belonged being detained at Fort Lee for some reason which declarant did not know, the victory at Fort Washington was in Favor of the British The fort cannon, ammunition and a number of the Americans being captured, the division of the army to which declarant belonged retreated to Philadelphia when he was discharged and returned him to Hagerstown -- after having served upwards of six months. Declarant received a written discharge at Philadelphia but he took no care of it and supposes that he soon lost it- He knows of no one living in this part of the country by whom he can prove his services, and he has been so long from Maryland say 40 years that he does not know who of his fellow soldiers are [illegible] living that he served the above described tour with
Declarant was born within 7 miles of [illegible] York in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1757 as he believes though of this he is not sure; from the best [illegible] he has upon the subject he thinks he is not 81 years old, he left Pennsylvania when he was very young, he moved from Maryland to the county of Augusta about 42 [illegible] where he has resided ever since
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
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to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any [illegible] sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid -- 
his
Peter X Lohr
mark

[illegible crossed out]

Declarant served upwards of six months in the tour above spoke of --

He would refer to Michael Garber and Morris Austin [illegible crossed out] for his character as to veracity and their belief of his revolutionary services
We Morriss Austin and Michael Garber residing in the county of Augusta and state of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Lohr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 81 years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] Mc Austin
[signed] M Garber

And the said court do hereby [certify crossed out] declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, then the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that M Austin and M Garber who have signed the above certificate are residents of the county of Augusta and are credible persons
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220671
Peter Lohr
(Declaration)

State of Virginia
Augusta County to wit
I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Peter Lohr for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office this 6th day of February 1833 & in the [illegible] year of the Commonwealth
[signed] Jefferson Kinney Cd. C. A.

[white paper attached to left margin]
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[round stamp illegible]
125757
Peter Lohr
Varoll

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
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Richmond Va. Decr. 7th. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir
ON this day I presented at the Agncey for paying revolutionary claims, the Enclosed paper, and was informed by Mr. Robinson the agent that there was some defect in the attestation of Mr. Lohr's mark, growing out of some recent instructions from your department (I think that was the defect) and also that it must be forwarded to trash. because there was more than a years pension claimed -- My neighbour Mr. Lohr is a very domesticated old gentleman, and being poor weak & infirm it is very inconvenient for him to get these little matters in exactly proper form; and withal the substance being complied with, I hope you will feel authorized to instruct the agent here to pay it-- not having this honr. of a personal acquaintance with you I by leave to refer your to any of the Va. representatives or to our Senator Mr. Rivrs. 
Yrs. respfly
[signed] D. W. Catteson
direct to D. W. Catteson
Senate of Va. Richmond
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[handwritten on pre-printed form]
Rev War
5699
INVALID.
File no. 5699
Peter Lohr Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th/32
Index:--Vol. M, Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[illegible scribble at top of page]
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[handwritten on pre-printed letterhead]
Treasury Department, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
May 25th 1838
Dir
Under the act of the 6th April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Lohr a Pensioner on the Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars [and cents crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th Septr. 1834 to the 4th March 1837
Respectfully, yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

TO the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.