Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22590, John Wirtz, Penn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Wirtz, John
S. 22590
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania 26 191.
John Wirtz of Northumberland in the State of Pa who was a in the Company commanded by Captain Clem of the Regt commanded by Col Heiser in the Penn line for c
1 Yr $ 40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 10 Dollars a Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April 1831 and J. B. A. B. RR
Arrears to the 14th of March 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 20.00
$ 140.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk Book 6 — Vol. 5 Page 65
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5th April 1838 from 4th March to 4 Sep 1839. Agt notified 2nd June 1840
Date of death not on A.B.

29. 130
John Works Penn a
Return
Adm 1 year —
Wm S. B. Anthony As of Rep
29 Mar

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 d Jany 1834
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 subjocined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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 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, shewing the Service of John Merts.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778-9. 9. Enlisted Col. Hooper 71 years   1780-1. 2 foris Capt. Elam Lehigh Traditionary   2 " Capt. Scarfop. Pa   2 " " Good   2 " " Kern  
7 7 7 7 7 9
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Summed up. With 11. Months in the Militia.
This claim cannot be admitted as to the first period without proof & as to the 11. Months - Specification is necessary 13 See note 2.

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 } ss. County of }  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. 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)                      , who has 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 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 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 resident in the                      and 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.

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 traditional 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 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 must 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. 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 _____; 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 , is 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 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional 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.

State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County
No. 130.
On this eleventh day of January A.D.
Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Ellis Lewis Esq. President and his associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County aforesaid, John Weitz a resident of Millersburg township in the county aforesaid - aged seventy one years on the fifteenth day of March last - who being 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 day of June 1832 -
Har. J. B. Anthony
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as in the capacity of Captain in the year 1778 or 1779 he herein stated viz - in the year 1778 or 1779 he entered the service under Captain Laurence Eliburn served in the Continental line under Colonel Hooper General Roy Clinton Sullivan for the period of nine months - that immediately after he enlisted he marched to Easton and remained there four weeks - that he then marched to Wilkesbarre under the command of the above mentioned officers and continued for six months viz from May 1778 or 1779 to end of October in the same year to act in the capacity of Teamster between Easton and Wilkesbarre and the remainder of the nine months he continued in service he passed in winter quarters in the county of Northampton. That he resided in Lehigh township Northampton county in the State of Pennsylvania when he entered the service as above stated. That he entered into the service as a volunteer in the militia in the county of Northampton

in the year 1780 or 1781 under Captain Scarfoss - that he marched to Chestnut Hill and continued there under the command of the said Officer for two months - And was then discharged and returned home - that in a few days afterward he volunteered again in the Militia in a company under the command of Captain Good and returned to Chestnut Hill aforesaid - which was then situated in the county of Northampton State aforesaid - and remained there another period of two months - that returned then home after the said period had elapsed and after a lapse of a few days returned again to Chestnut Hill as a volunteer under the command of Captain Reyn Stein & continued there another period of two months that he served as a volunteer in the Militia in the township of Chestnut Hill, Stroudsburg and other places in the county of Northampton aforesaid, conti- nuously for the period of an eleven months - and one month of his last term as a volunteer at Wilkesbarre - under the command of Scarff Captain Scarfoss, Good Looby, Stein, Glendeman & Rhoads - Colonel Seiger - Bollard, Sigfried, Steen - and Major Shantz - The deponent states that the object of his services, was to guard the frontier settlements from the ravages of the Indians. The petitioner states that it is not in his power to produce any other proof of his services than his own declarations - those with him he served being all dead - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any state.

Interrogatories
1 st Where and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born on the 13 th day of March 1762, in the town of Easton, county of Northampton & state of Pennsylvania.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? I have a record in my Bible in Chillicoague township in the county of Northumberland & state aforesaid.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? Ans. When called into service I lived in Lehigh township in the county of Northampton aforesaid - I lived in Lehigh township aforesaid from the period of the Revolutionary war till 1814. I removed to Mifflinburg in the county of Northumberland & state aforesaid 1814 & lived there two years - I then removed to Chillicoague township in said county of Northumberland & have resided there ever since & now reside there.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? Ans. I was drafted, in the first period of my service and afterwards volunteered.
5. Have the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served; such continental & Militia Regiments, as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services. Ans. I have stated the names of all the officers I can at present recollect in the body of my declarations - I cannot recollect any Continental or Militia regiments and the general circumstances of my service have already been stated in body of my application.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

During the first period of my service I was prevented from getting my discharge by reason of my having the camp fever and the captain having departed before I recovered - I have never received a discharge.
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. Answer. There is no clergyman in my immediate vicinity - but John Clayton Esq. and Francis Gearhart can testify to my veracity and their belief of my services -
Sworn subscribed in open Court Jan 11 th 1834 Esq. Bright - Potty
We John Clayton and Francis Gearhart residing in Chillicothe township in the county of Ross, Ohio and aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wertz who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion - that we believe he is 78 years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John Clayton Francis Gearhart
Esq. Bright Potty
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above appli- cant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Clayton Esq. and Francis Gearhart who have signed the preceding certificates are resident in the said township of Chillicothe and are credible persons & that their statements is entitled to credit.
Ellis Lewis Pres t Judge Francis Gearhart

February 27, 1937
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Mrs. James R. Kyle 3809 Peakland Place Lynchburg, Virginia
JOHN WIRTZ S. 22590 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of John Wirtz, whose name appears also as Wertz and Wurtz, as found in pension claim, S. 22590, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Wirtz was born March 15, 1762, in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, John Wirtz enlisted in May, 1778 or 1779, and served as teamster in Captain Lawrence Erbane's company, Colonel Hooper's Pennsylvania regiment, length of service nine months. He volunteered in 1780 or 1781 and served on short tours of two months each, amounting in all to twelve months, as a private under Captains Searfoss, Good, Kern, Jacoby, Rhoads, Glendening, and Colonels Geiger, Bollard, Sigfried and Kerns, in the Pennsylvania troops, and was engaged in guarding the frontier settlements from the ravages of the Indians.
The soldier lived in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania, until 1814, when he moved to Mifflinburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived two years, thence to Chilliquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
John Wirtz was allowed pension on his application executed January 11, 1834, at which time he was a resident of said Chilliquaque Township, Pennsylvania.
There are no family data on file in this claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of John Wirtz, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records

Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Wirtz Certificate #26191 Issued April 3, 1834 Rate, $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Act. June 7, 1885
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[Arrangement of 1890.]

May 18. 1880
Mr Henry Stewart

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 16 th , 1840,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of 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," John Wirtz , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County
J. Edward Y. Bright Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Wertz for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Sunbury the 25 th day of March A.D. 1834 -
Ed. Y. Bright Proth.

Northumberland County
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county personally came the above named John Wertz and being sworn according to law, doth depose and say that, that he volunteered in the militia as a private under the command of Captain Scarfoss, in the year 1780 or 1781, (he doth not recollect which,) that he marched to Chestnut hill, in the county of Northampton in the state of Pennsylvania and continued there under the command of the said officer, two months, was then discharged - that returning home as in a few days afterwards, he again volunteered, as a private in the militia in a company under the command of Capt. Good returned to Chestnut hill aforesaid, remained there under his command another period of two months, and was then discharged - And immediately after his return home he again volunteered as a private, in the militia under the command of Capt. Horn. Again returned to Chestnut hill and continued there under his command for another term of two months - that he served another period of two months in the militia, under the command of Capt. Zachary immediately after his discharge - and immediately after his discharge from the last mentioned officer he served another term of two months in the militia in the capacity aforesaid under the command of Capt. Rhoads - and that soon after his discharge from the last mentioned officer he volunteered again in the militia in the capacity of private, under the command of Capt. Blendening, continued under his command for another period of two months, - that the whole of his service as aforesaid, were rendered in the counties of Northampton and Northumberland - and that he was not engaged in any civil employment, a pursuit during the periods of his service aforesaid mentioned.
Jo. Gouger Justice
Sworn & subscribed before me The 8 day March 1834
John Blayton

Northumberland County ss
I Edward G. Duglit Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that John Clayton before whom the within affidavit was sworn to at the time a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature thereto is his-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said court at Sunbury the 25 th day of March 1831
Ed G. Duglit Protho

February 27, 1937
BA--J/AWF
Mrs. James R. Kyle 3809 Peakland Place Lynchburg, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Wertz, Casper Read, Frederick Read, and Michael Read, soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of either Casper or Michael Read, under any spelling of the surname.
The Revolutionary War records of Frederick Reed and John Wertz are furnished herewith, as found in claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 24, 1933
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Mrs. J. Benton Boyles 220 Edgewood Avenue Grove City, Pennsylvania
John Moore, W. 1915 John Wirtz, S. 22990 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 7, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of two pensioners named John Moore, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and John Wirtz, of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
The records of John Moore and John Wirtz (the spelling of the surname under which the latter was pensioned) follow as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
JOHN MOORE, W. 1915
The date and place of soldier's birth are not shown in the claim.
John Moore enlisted November 14, 1776, place not stated, and served as a drummer in Colonel Richard Humpton's 1 st Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged October 31, 1783. The name of his captain was not shown. It is stated that he served also in Colonel Hazen's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not stated.
In 1819, the soldier was residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and in 1828 he was living in the township of Neshannock in that county, with the nearest post office at New Castle, in the same county.
John Moore was allowed pension on his application executed January 3, 1829, at which time he was of New Castle, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
He died August 15, 1842, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

John Moore married September 19, 1797, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Nancy Morrow.
Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1849, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and living in Westhannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In 1851 she was a resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Children of John Moore and his wife, Nancy, referred to in claim:
Ellenor Moore born April 10, 1800 Peggy " October 5, 1801 Jesse " December 23, 1802 Adam " March 19, 1804 John " March 20, 1806 Rebecca " March 2, 1810 Sarah " October 8, 1812
In 1818 it was stated that James, John and Jesse were father and brothers, but the name of the father was not designated and the name of soldier's mother was not given. It was also stated at that time that James and Jesse Moore were both dead and that John was administrator for them.
In 1818, one Robert Moore was a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania; relationship to soldier not shown.
In 1828, one Charles Morrow was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, not shown.
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JOHN WIRTZ, S. 22590
John Wirtz (the name also appears Wertz and Wurtz) was born March 15, 1762, in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in May, 1778 or 1779, and served as

teamster in Captain Lawrence Krbane's company, Colonel Hooper's Pennsylvania regiment, length of service nine months. He volunteered in 1780 or 1781 and served on short tours of two months each, amounting in all to twelve months, as a private under Captains Searfoss, Coed, Kern, Jacoby, Rhoads, Clendening, and Colonels Geiger, Bollard, Sigfried and Kerns, in the Pennsylvania troops and was engaged in guarding the frontier settlements from the ravages of the Indians.
The soldier lived in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania, until 1814 when he moved to Mifflinburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived two years, thence to Chillicoque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
John Wirtz was allowed pension on his application executed January 11, 1834, at which time he was a resident of said Chillicoque Township, Pennsylvania.
There are no family data on file in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data: John Wirtz, Certificate 26191, issued April 3, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

see 1835 list
Grove City Pa
7/7/30
Bureau of Pensions Wash. D.C.
Could you give me any data in regard to place of residence date of death, family etc of John 29 Moore of Mercer Co, Penna Harrisburg records show that his record is found in Pension Bureau page 200 Book D 514.
Also John Hertz a pensioner of Penna, probably of Northampton Co.
Rev & 1812 Wars section E.G.L.
Yours
Mrs J. Benton Boyles, 220 Edgewood Ave; Grove City, Pa. envelope enclosed.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration Pension's Bureau Washington D.C. -

In Penn. Archives Series II Vol V. p 112. names of Revolutionary Soldiers are given, as culled from pension records:
Among them the name of John Wertz occurs - 3 rd Penn Battalion. Capt. Malin Stewart Co. - Commanded by Capt. George Taylor 1776. Will you please send me what you have of John Wertz record.
And of Cooper Read (Reid) Reith of Berks Co Pa. Battalion of Foot, Militia - Commanded by Col John Patton - 1776.
6 th Batt. Berks Co. Militia. Col Jacob Heister - 1780. for Frederick Read (Reid Reith) and Michael Read. etc.
Thanks for your assistance Mrs James R. Tyle 3809 Popkland Place Lynchburg Va
Feb 12. 1937.