Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,116, for Henry Maag, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Maag Henry
NUMBER
S. 40.116
CONTENTS

952
Pennsylvania
Henry Haag Capt Housers (Pen a ) Ensign 1777 German Regiment 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1818 and sent to Hon. R. Peters, in Philadelphia.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818. Semi annual allowance 5 months 2/30 $ 101.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
not stated continue 18/1 Philadelphia County
Information sent June 24th 1820 to Joseph P. Kirby Esq. Philadelphia

Henry Maas
912.
3. April 1910
(Sept. 1910.)
Continue.
Ed. P. Norbury Esq. Probs. Phil a .

District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss.
On the 27 th day of June Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, (the said Court being a Court of Record having a Prothonotary, a Seal, and exercising common law jurisdiction) Henry Maag residing in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn in open Court according to law on his oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz.
In the German Regiment Colonel Willner an Ensign in the Company commanded by Capt. Weiser.
Date of original declaration April 3. 1878 Number of Pension Certificate (912)
And I the said Henry Maag do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1878 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States of in the Revolutionary War." passed the 18 th day of March 1878 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and Subscribed declared in open Court on the twenty seventh day of June 1880
Signed Henry Maag

Schedule of the property of Henry Maag—
I have no kind of property except the articles contained in a schedule hereto annexed* worth thirty-eight dollars, am by occupation a Wheelwright but am unable to labour at the business, and work at day labor when I am able and can get employ, I have no children living with me and am in such indigent circumstances, as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my Country.
Signed Henry Maag
* Schedule of all the property Real personal or mixed belonging to the Petitioner
  One Bureau value $5.— { 1 Chest & a Trunk — $1.—   6 Windsor Chairs — 4.— 1 Brass Kettle — 2.—   One Walnut dining Table 3.— 1 Silver Watch — 7.—   " " Tea " — 2.— 6 Silver tea Spoons — 3.—   " " Wine " — 1.— Feather Bed & Bedding 8.—   1 Set Bench Tools — 2.—   $15.— $23.— 
Philadelphia County Gt.
I, Joseph P. Norbury, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and County of Philadelphia do certify that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 38 Dollars.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1820.
J. P. Norbury Pro.

District of Pennsylvania } ss
On this third day of April A.D. 1818 before me Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, personally appeared Henry Haag of Philadelphia County, who being duly sworn deposes and declares that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common enemy as an officer in the Army in the continental estab- lishment, that on the 15 th day of August A.D. 1777, he received a Commission as Ensign in the German Regiment Commanded by Lieut: Col: Moltner, in the service of the United States, and continued in the said service until the expiration of the term for which the said Regiment had been enlisted, the whole time of his service being Three Years. That by reason of his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his Country for support. That he never has received or been allowed any Pension by the Laws of the United States. That he is a resident citizen of the United States and that he is the person de- signated in the Commission herunto annexed.
Sworn and Subscribed } the 3 rd day of April 1818 } before me Richard Peters
Henry Haag

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO
Henry O'Neall Esq:
W E, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be An Insign in
the German Battalion
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every ho. Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of An Insign by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do hereby charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as an Insign and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress
DATED at  the fifteenth day of August 1777. Seventy seven.
By Order of the CONGRESS,
Cha' Thomson Secy
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.
ATTEST.
40116 Maag

40.116
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File No. 40,116
Henry Marx Ensign Rev. Marx
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]