Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,283, Michael Weidner, Penn. Soldiers Residence In 1845

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Weidner, Michael Mary
R. 11.283
Penn. soldiers residence in 1845
CONTENTS

No 25. 872 Michael Kleider
Penn C. 75 L. to Allen: St. Joseph No 14. 46 habet CP for Am N Rep 112 Feb 13. 1845. L. to Hon R. Porthent WR. ab 13 1846
11283
Act June 7. 1832

York Sept 3 rd 1844.
Sir
Enclosed I send you the documents in support of the claim of Michael Weidner to a pension Will you Please Examine the Same and you find all correct please send me his pension certificate and oblige your Humble Servant. Alex Klinefelter Mr James G. Edwards.

Hall of the R. of R. Phila 11th 1846
James L. Edwards Esq Committee of Pensions vii.
Be so kind (if not violative of any of the rules of your Dept) to send me for the use of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions the papers in the favor of Nicholas James & Michl Weidner both of Penna
Yours &c
Richd Brodhead Clerk

Home of Reps. January 18 th 1845
Dear Sir,
I wish to withdraw from the files of your office the papers of Michael Weidner of York Co. Penna. a Revolutionary Soldier which was filed in your office some years ago — I am requested by the old man to present them to the House of Reps.
By your early attention to this you will much oblige you
Most Respectfully
Sir
Henry St
J. L. Edwards Esq Chairman of Pension

Act of July 11, 1892, and March 3, 1893.
11,283
P. O. Michael Weidner
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Papers sent to Congress
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Michael Weidner Sno Oct 1832 Penn Yes

State of Pennsylvania County of York
Be it Known, that on this 29 th day of December A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Henderson
resident of York in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1842 that she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Mary Henderson 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 ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Henderson to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
John A. Wilson Esq.
State of Pennsylvania County of York
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York County that Mary Henderson the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the widow of the identical man of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that John A. Wilson Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this fourteenth day of December 185 2
E. G. Mendenhall
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing the plural should be substituted for the singular number.