Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 735, Henry Beltz, Continental (Penn)

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(3-1776)         

SERVICE                                                   NUMBER
Continental (Penn)  Beltz, Henry                  R735
                                or Bettz

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CONTENTS

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Henry Battz decd
Pension Supal [Supplementary]  Act
7th June 1832


Gen John Sipes
Harrisonville
Fulton Co
Penn al  [Pennsylvania]



Evans & Fait

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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Fulton}

Be it Known, that on this 26 day of January A.D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared, Ludwick Battz resident of Licking Creek Township inn said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir of Henry Battz Dec'd who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
that He 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.
                                                  
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I constitute and appoint F S Evans of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Henry Battz for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due;  and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; 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 rarifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
7 Ludwick Battz

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Ludwick Battz to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.

John F. Davis JP

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Pennsylvania}
and County of Bedford} js
On this 11th day of Septr [September] 1833 personally appeared before me John F. Davis a Justice of the Peace in Bedford County Ludwick Bettz, a resident of Belfast Township in the County of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania aged 52 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 is the son of Henry Bettz Decd [deceased]  who died the 26th day of June 1833. aged 84 years and by his last Will & Testament he left said claimant Executor and principal Heir of his small Estate having lived in the family of said claimant at the time of his Decease, and ever after the Decease of his Wife which was 9 or 10 years previous to his Decease;  that on examining his papers these only were found (relative to his Revolutionary Service) enclosed in the pocketbook and will be enclosed and accompany this Declaration to the said Department is all the documentary evidence can be procured of his services in  the Revolutionary War, one of which dated 3 of March 1779 shows the name of his Captains under whom he served Hefferman & Jostdreisbach purporting to be a certificate of two months pay in Arrears due to Henry Bettz sergeant He in the Corps commanded by Major Ottendorff specifying a settlement by order of Cornel Armand then Commander of the said Corps' the others of different dates in the years 1778 & 1779 some of which is Receipts to Henry Bettz foreman of the Baker of Bread for the  use of the Continental Army the names of the different persons these to affixed perhaps are recognized and known in the War Department; that these papers corroborate with the greater part of the narative [narrative] or statements made by Henry Bettz the Deceased in the hearing of said claimant. (Viz) that he first entered the service in the Revolutionary War in the Militia Drafted from near Chamberstown (now Chambersburg) and Franklin County in the State of Pennsylvania where he then resided Y whilst in this service he enlisted in the Army of the United States, early in the war, and whilst in the service on being

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known to be a Baker to Trade (having previously served a time to that Business in Philadelphia) he was put to that service for the use of the Army; said that he inlisted for five years that he had a Discharge and that he was entitled to his land but had never looked after it, said that he was a Serjeant when in the army and soon after the end of the war he returned again to Franklin County & from there moved to Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania, as rolls of the regular Troops in the revolutionary War exist in the War Department (with the aid of the enclosed Certificate Rists and Declaration) it may be presumed will be found the name of the Deceased Honey Bettz if so will entitle the claimant to the full pay from the 4th day of March 1831 up to his Decease being two years three months & twenty one days.  He the claimant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention [pension] or annuity except the present and declares that the name of Henry Bettz Dec'd (his Father) is not on the pention roll of the agency of any state.   Septr 11th 1833
John F Davis J. P.     Ludwick Bettz

We Jacob Ambrose and John Noble residents of Dublin Township in Bedford County & State of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ludwick Bettz, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be of good character for veracity that we knew him when a young lad at home with his Father Henry Bettz now Dec'd , that he is the Executor and principal Heir to his Father's Estate that we saw the will and was the appraisers of the little effects of the Estate of Henry Bettz Dec'd, we attended the funeral on the 27th day of June 1833, that of Deceased shortly before his Death said he was then in his 85th  year of his age and that he could get a pention [pension] for his revolutionary services if he wd [would] apply, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn (and subscribed) the day and year aforesaid John Noble  to 2nd Dec. 1833 John F Davis J. P.  
             his
Jacob      X  Ambrose
             mark
Before me Jon [John] Dickey

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State of Pennsylvania and}
County of Bedford}
On this 2nd day of December 1833 personally appeared before the Honorable John Dickey a Judge of the Court of Bedford County a Ludwick Bettz a resident of Bedford Township in the County of Bedford and state of Pennsylvania aged 52 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 all the statements and Traditionary evidence exhibited in the Declaration made before John F. Davis J. P. in Bedford County dated 11th day of Septr 1833 to which these are attached are all just and true.
He the claimant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity , except the present, and he declares that the name of Henry Bettz Dec'd (his Father) is not on the pention [pension] roll of any agency of any state.
Sworn to and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Jon  [John} Dickey          Ludwick Bettz

And the said Judge do hereby declare his opinion that the above named claimant is the legal Heir and son of Henry Bettz Dec'd and also Certify that his Father Henry Bettz died the 26th day of June 1833.
And the Judge further certifies that John Noble and Jacob Ambrose are residents of Dublin Township in Bedford County who has sworn to and signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit.
December 2d,. 1833    Jon [John} Dickey

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Bedford County Js I Job Mann Prothonotary Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bedford in the state of Pennsylvania, do certify that John F. Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing Deposition of Ludwick Bettz appears to have been taken and whose name is thereto Subscribed was at the date there of and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Bedford, duly commissioned and qualified by legal authority & acting as such and that the signature "John F. Davis" hands is genuine and that the Honorable John Dickey before whom the foregoing Deposition of John Noble, Jacob Ambrose, Ludwick Bettz appear to have been taken & whose name is thereto subscribed and by whom the foregoing Certificate appears to have been made was at the time of the Date thereof and now is an associate judge of the County of Bedford, duly Commissioned and qualified by legal authority & acting as such, and that the name "John Dickey" thereto subscribed is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Bedford the 3rd December 1833.  Job Mann Prothy [Prothonotary]


27730
Ludwick Bettz
for his father

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CROSS REFERENCE




ITEM;  leather money pouch


ARTIFACT
Item No. [begin underline] 15-3-372 [end underline]

FILE REFERENCE: Beltz, Henry
Cont. Pa.
R 735

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Act of 7. June 1832
735
Rejected

Service not provided for 

See letter 2nd Jany try 1834 [arrow pointing toward 18?

to Ludwick Bettz
Licking Creek 
P.P
Bedford Co 
Pa

[written vertically on left]
Let Evans & Fant
June 15. 1853

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Feb 23 of 853
Rel: to case of 
S Ludwick Betytz
dec'd

Evans & Fant

Mays

Present

James E. Heath 
Commr [Commissionary]

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Henrfy Beltz or Betig
Penn
R. 735

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[Postmark {IWL National Archives illegible}]

I do Certify That There is two Month pay in Arrear due to Henry Betts as Serjeant in any Company in the Corps commanded by Major Ottendorff as settled by me with Captain  by order of Cornel Armand then commander of the said Corps.  He & Herman X  witness my hand this 3. May 1779.
Jostdreisbach a dear Capt

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EX'r.                                INVALID.


No. 730

[{Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.} crossed out]


Ludwick Beltz

P. O._______________________________________________
Henry Bettz

Service: ___________________________________________


Enlisted:__________________________________, 18
Discharged:_______________________________, 18

Application filed:__________________________, 18

Alleges:____________________________________________
____________________________________________________

Re-enlisted:________________________________________
____________________________________________________


Attorney:__________________________________________
P.O. _______________________________________________

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We the undernamed subscribers hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ludwick Bettz who is now a claimant for a pention for services rendered as a Soldier of the Revolution by Henry Bettz Dec'd, (his Father) who died June 26th 1833, aged 84 years that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he did reside to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and that the above named claimant is of good character for varacity Septr 1833.

Abraham Walker                   John Noble
[illegible]                               John Favourite
[illegible]                               James Austin
John F Davis                          C. Reamer
Joseph B. Noble                     John Kerr
Conrad Sipe                     William Showa[illegible] 
John Cook                             D Shoemaker
William [illegible]                   William Noble
[illegible]                                Jacob Ambrose
David Humphrey                    George Newman
Joseph McFarlane                   William Davis
Jacob Howser                          William McCoy

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Washington, Feby 22, 1853

Sir,
We are authorized to call up for adjudication the case of Ludwick Bettz, dec'd.  Penna {Pennsylvania Susf, an rejected Act 7th June 1832.
This case was acted on at a time when this character of service was rejected, but which has been admitted since in numerous cases.
It is evident that he was in the service and the claim should be admitted for 9 months and 2 days.
So far as regards the [begin underline} "5 years rule" [end underline} we know that it has not been adhered to in all cases, and by the time this shall be reached, I am of the opinion that it will only be known as a part of the history of the Pension Office.

James E. Heath Esqr            Very respectfully
Comm of Pensions.               Evans & Fant

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Washington, Jany 29th 1853

Sir.

We herein enclose a power of attorney in the case of Henry Bettz dec'd Pen Susp Act June 7th 1832, authorizing us to examine the papers and to prosecute the claim.
Very respectfully 
Evans & Fant.

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Your obedient servant
James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[Written on the right side]

No 27. 700
Ludwick Beltz
Pennsylvania




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Ludwick Bettz
Licking Creek
Bedford County
Pa

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                          WAR DEPARTMENT, 
                                        Pension Office,
                                        23d Nov. 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 noted, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace,  (thus: }).  You will, when you return you 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, showing the Service of Ludwick Bettz
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
[Column headings] Period when the service was rendered I Duration of claimant's service. I Rank of the claimant. I Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. I Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. I Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[Secondary headings]  Yeas. I Months. I Days. I 

I am respectfully,
       Your obedient servant
                 JAMES 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                           ss.
On this [——] day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of [——] and State, Territory or District of [——] aged [c] [——] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the. benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [——], with [——] and served in the [——] (e) regiment of the	                  line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.   [hand pointing right] 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.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                   of the Court of                           do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of           for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this            day of                                                                      
                                    &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                    , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be          
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the       and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I                      Clerk of the Court of               do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application           of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal                                                  of office, this          day of                   &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 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 services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following [m] interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.	Where and in what year were you born?
2.	Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.	Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.	How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5.	State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.	To a Soldier. 	Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given 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 testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, 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 go by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which ease the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]	The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]	The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]	The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]	Every continental officer or soldier most give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln 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 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, it too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the 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 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.
[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 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which, contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
  [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the
Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, 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 this case 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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No 27. 730
Ludwick Beltz
Pennsylvania


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Ludwick Bettz
Licking Creek Pa
Bedford County
Pa

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The claimant is required to make his declaration in open Court before a Judge thereof.  (a Justice of the Peace will not do.) and the said Court must Certify he is the legal heir as representative and also Certify as to the time when his Father died_____________  Which proceeding must have the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court under his Seal of office.

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Henry Beltz or Bettz
Penn.
R. 735
4 receipts, signed William Shedaker, and dated respectively Sept. 2, Sept 9 and Sept 24 and Oct 10. 1778.
3 receipts, signed Edm [Edmond} Lewis, A.C. of I. and dated respectively Dec. 10, 1778 and Dec. 13 and Dec. 15, 1778 (the last 2 on same paper),
a receipt, dated Pittstown, Feb. 10, 1779;
a receipt dated Philadelphia, Mch. 31, 1779;
and a receipt signed Robt. Traill, A.D. Q. M. and dated Easton, June 12., 1779.
These papers have been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
M. R. June 21, 1911.