Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9280, for Peter Schwartz, Massachusetts

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Schwartz Peter Schwartz or Mary
IR. 9280 _____
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18.207
Maine
Peter Schwartze
of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gray of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass a Militia line for 8 mos s
M 52. A o 1839
Inserted on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1833 and sent to
D. McCloud. Waldoboro'
Arrears to the 24th of March 1833 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary War, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book E Vol. 1 Page 54

4727 A  Declaration
Mary Schwartz
Wadsworth
Maine
1st July 1838
9280
Denny W. Cobb
Agent
Wadsworth

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Mass
County of Lincoln ss. On this twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Nathaniel Sweet, Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Lincoln ss. of Mass. Mary Schwartz a resident of Frankfort in said County, and here age 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her right make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of Peter Sch- wartz who was a private in the War of the Revolution and his service was as follows She truly believes sometime in the month of March 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier in a comp- any commanded by Capt. Sam l H. Gray of H. Bangor in the Massachusetts Militia and served in said company at a place called "Inner Neck" until sometime in the month of December following making a period of eight months, her said ex- husband also served in the Army of the Revolution The services above stated are more particularly detailed & described in his original declaration made under the act of 7 th June 1832, and to which said declar- ation and the evidence accompanying the same now on file in the Pension Office she respectfully refers as evidence in part in support of

her claims. She said that the amount having been determined by the officers appointed to determine the same now in the Pension Office is a pittance at the rate of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum which is a pittance of pensions granted to others. bears date the thirtieth day of December 1882 and is numbered 15248 a copy of which she makes part of her case. Having surrendered the original to obtain the award of her said husband's pension, and she further declares that her maiden name was Mary Stumpe - that she was married to her said husband Peter Schwartz at her father's house in the city of Somerville in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty five by Rev. A. Schoeffler a settled minister of the Gospel then residing in said town. She further declares that the family records of her marriage as aforesaid was kept and that the only persons were living who were present at her marriage that she remembers Mary Stumpe, Mary Stumpe's mother. She further declares that the Rev. Mr. Schoeffler who was one of them has been dead for a great number of years, and that no record of his marriage can now be found. She further declares that she was married to her said Peter Schwartz sometime in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty five the precise day of the said marriage that her husband the aforesaid Peter Schwartz died on the twenty first day of January A.D. 1889 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty five at the time above stated. and that she has never married any other person.
her Mary Schwartz mark
Witnesses D. M. M. B. B. Lucy Schwartz

State of Maine County of Lincoln Co. Waldoboro Jan y 24 th 1838
Personally appeared before me Nathl Grooton Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County the same being a Court of record. Keeping a record & keeping a record of the statutes and proceedings of persons deceased within said County. Mary Schwartz widow, before me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration being reduced to writing, and read to her understood that her she subscribed her hand thereto with her mark, and made solemn oath that the same is true.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. the day & year above written Nathl Grooton Judge of Probate for Lincoln County

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
Special At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Waldoboro in said County on the 10th day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
Peter Schwarts a resident of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he was born in Boston
in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1757 and is a record of his age in his family Bible. With reference to the Revolutionary War he came to reside in Waldoboro where he still continues to reside - that in the month of March in the year 1775 he enlisted as a soldier in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel C. Grafton of Hallowell in the Massachusetts militia and that he served in said Company until sometime in the month of November following making Eight months - that the Company rendered by him was at a place called "Jones Neck" near the mouth of the Kennebec River and about six miles from Waldoboro, that the Company in which he served was stationed at the aforementioned place for the purpose of preventing the inhabitants in said River from being massacred by the Tories, and also preventing the enemies' vessels from ascending or descending said River - he with others while stationed at Jones Neck with the Captain of said Company & some of the soldiers were in the habit of going out among the Islands for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy and that he remembers of going out with the Captain and Company in a whale boat for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy and that the said Capt. Grafton and himself were chased by the enemies' vessels and fired upon and that it was with the greatest difficulty that he escaped - he further testifies that one Col. Ulmer was with him at Jones Neck and can testify that he served the whole time aforementioned faithfully and obtained an honorable discharge therefor but which has been lost through lapse of time - he further says that he is known to many in Hallowell & Damariscotta by whom who can testify to his being a man of truth and veracity.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Peter Schwarts
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
John Ruggles
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine.

Mr Penny M Cobb and Isaac G. Gorton both residing in Wallborough Certify that we are acquainted with Peter Schmitz who has subscribed who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing application he is reported to be seventy five years of age and is a man entitled to credit on cash he is selected & believed in the neighborhood to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Witness my hand
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid John Ruggles J.P. Sandy, Gorton,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the said Court further certify that Penny M Cobb and Isaac G. Gorton have been deposed the preceding certificate from both said persons, and as all persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
J. Ruggles J.P.
Attest Nath Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.

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Peter Schwartz Maine
16 May 98
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BRIEF in the case of  Peter Schwarze  vs. of Lincoln,  in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May 1813 In 17/3 8 Private Gen. G. Gray  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waldoborough Me. on the 17th  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary. Two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attested agreeably to the regulations nor are the witnesses certified 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Sawyer
Examining Clerk.

Mary Schwartz widow of Peter Claim - rejected Oct 1838 - See letter to D r M c Cobb 10 June '39 " Parker M c Cobb - 9 Octo: '44 " Same July 5. "45

Waldoboro May 11 1835
The Honorable Abner D. Dows Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Your letter under date of the 9 th inst. last respecting the declaration of Mary Schwartz, claiming the benefit of the act of July 1835 I have the honor to receive by due course of mail; but a variety of circumstances have prevented my earlier reply.
It seems by your communication that the two declarations of Mary Schwartz, both appearing to have been drawn up by myself, are on file in your department and that there is a discrepancy in the alleged date of the marriage in the first & second declarations well calculated to throw a suspicion around the claim, which satisfactory proof or documentary evidence, or the testimony of intelligent and highly respectable persons known to be such by the Department only will be able to remove. As regards the declarations both having been drawn up by myself, very factually that such is the fact, although I cannot recall to my mind the particular case. But, as I was for a number of years a clerk of Genl. D. Dows, who was formerly engaged in preparing pension claims for service in the different acts of Congress, I have no doubt of the first decl- aration, having been drawn up by me in conformity to the facts & evidence found to exist at that time. And I have but little doubt that the first declaration embraced the only reliable facts in the case. In preparing Mrs Schwartz's declaration, after the most minute investigation, I was unable to find any record or documentary evidence fixing the date of her marriage and therefore

was completely in getting at the facts, to rely wholly upon her recollection & memory for the date of her marriage. That she has fallen into a fallacy error in her recollection of the date of her marriage, is very evident, and which only can be reconciled (without imputing to her a wilful misstatement of facts) by the absence of documentary & direct evidence so essential to cases of this kind, and a reliance upon her impaired memory consequent upon her advanced age.
The witnesses probably were led into error by her recollection of the date of the marriage year of her marriage, although they are concurred in the month, both in the first & second declarations.
Mrs. Schwartz is a reputable old lady residing in this town, and incapable of making a wilful false statement. There can be no doubt, with those who know her, of her being the widow of Peter Schwartz, as also that she was married to him at one or the other period alleged in her declarations. Accompanying this are the affidavits of two of our most respectable citizens whose statements are certified to by a Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate for this County, which I doubt not will remove any suspicion that may be thrown around the claim. Peter Schwartz name is not borne on the Army rolls as he is in the office of Secretary of State for Massachusetts.
In haste, I am Very Respectfully Yours Most Obt: Servt Parker McCallum

18  Declaration Monday May 6th 1841
Wadsworth 7 Maine
Dear  Mr. Coburn Wadsworth Maine.

State of Maine. County of Penobscot.
At a Probate Court held at Waterville in said County on the 1 th day of May 1844. the same being a Court Record. Personally appeared in Open Court Mary Schwartz widow of Peter Schwartz and the foregoing declaration having been read to her as it is written and at her dictation. and she being first cautioned & sworn to testify the truth. she being unable to write her name. signed the same by her mark in the presence of these witnesses and made solemn oath. That the same is true. I further certify. That said Mary Schwartz. has been recognized and acknowledged as the widow of Peter Schwartz decd. & has received her share in the settlement of his estate as widow and that her declarations under oath are entitled to full credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto caused the seal of said Court to be affixed and inquired my name & directed the same to be countersigned by the Register the day & year above written
Abel Grooton Judge
Attest
M. Nichols. Register of Probate.

STATE OF VERMONT.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that the Hon. Nathaniel Grooton
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln,
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Court this eleventh day of July
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that John T. Eastman whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Court this fifteenth day of July
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four .
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I, Mary A. Cole of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged eighty five years do hereby depose and say that I am well acquain- ted with Mary Johnette widow of Peter Johnette who is now about eighty four years of age and can remember her for more than fifty eight years. Her maiden name was Mary Telfner on the month of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and and and Seventy Seven the precise day I do not remember She was married to Peter Johnette by the Rev Mr. Sheffler who was then a minister of the Gospel living in Waldoboro. I was not present to witness the marriage ceremony, but in the evening after their marriage at the time aforesaid I was present at the Wedding Party at her Father's with many other friends, and she was reported to have been married the same day to the said Peter Johnette. They went down the River a short distance to Rev Mr. Sheffler and there by him married, and returned to a large party was given by her Father who then lived in the village of Waldoboro, and that after her marriage aforesaid I know that she lived with the said Peter Johnette as his wife and raised a family of children. I have lived in Waldoboro for more than seventy years and within two miles of the residence of the said Mary Johnette and know that she is now living in her widowhood and has never been married to any other person since the decease of her said husband which occurred some three or four years ago I think.
Witness
Barbara Welch (Sister)
John S. Gardner
Andrew Stewart
To keep me Book
Mary A. Cole seventy

State of Maine
County of Lincoln. In the Thirteenth day of June 1824 H. Garrison appeared before the Justices a Justice of the Peace in & for said County. Mary C. Wood sworn sworn and made oath to the truth of the within Statement signed by her. I further testify that I am personally acquainted with the within framed document and have known her & lived a neighbor to her for many years and that her statement is worthy of credit & belief.
John F. Coburn Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that David Bickell whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District Court this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four .
— Jacob Smith CLERK.

Margaret Schum of Sherbrooke in the county of Franklin, and State of Maine, do hereby certify that you are well aware and say that some a younger sister of Mary Schum was in New England some years ago and have known her from my childhood. She was known to me as Mary Schum in the month of March in the year fourteen hundred and sixty four. In the year 1834 I was united in Holy Matrimony and betrothed for marriage with Peter Schum, which marriage was performed by the Rev. Mr. Shaffer at his residence in Waldoboro at his home on said Wednesday, and that after the marriage she lived with the said Peter Schum as his wife, and they went up a family of children many of whom are still living. After the death and of that the said Peter Schum is now living the widow of the said Peter Schum and has since intermarried with any other person since his death which took place in the year 1839. I think. so keep me Good
Witness: Frederick Schum Peter Schum
her Margaret Schum mark

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss. June 3 rd 1855. Then personally appeared before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Margaret A. Chase the deponent within named and made oath to the truth of the statements of her signed. Deposition certifying that I am personally acquainted with the within named deponent and that her statement is worthy of credit & belief.
David Cookett Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
For Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the District Court, Middle District
Court this 24 th day of March
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five .
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I Charles Miller, one of the heirs of Peter Schuchert of Middlesex in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged forty five years can depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Mary Schuchert widow of Peter Schuchert late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who is now about eighty five years of age and have been acquainted with the said Mary for more than fifty years. That I was also personally acquainted with Peter Schuchert, at the time of said Mary for more than fifty years prior to his decease. That I am knowing to the said Peter & Mary living together as husband & wife for at least fifty five years previous to his decease which took place to the best of my recollection from a five years ago. That the said Peter & Mary always sustained the reputation of living together as husband & wife, and I never heard of any person expressing a doubt in regard to the legality of their marriage either before or since his decease. That since the death of said Peter I am knowing to the said Mary living his widow and has not intermarried with any other person. Further depose and say that I am knowing to the said Peter & Mary having reared up a family and several of their children are now living in this town, and that the maiden name of said Mary Schuchert was Mary Melner. Further depose and say that he said Peter Schuchert always sustained the reputation among his neighbors of having performed services in the Revolutionary War.
In witness whereof Charles Miller

State of Vermont
Witnesseth, That the 9th day of January, A.D. 1874, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Vermont, Charles Brattle, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing written statement, to me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing written statement, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
John H. Eastman, Notary Public.
Personally appeared Charles Brattle, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing written statement, to me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing written statement, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
John H. Eastman, Notary Public.

Frederick Gustav of Wilhelmsburg in the County of which said John Schrade, aged 72, for years has resided upon an old map that shows generally acquaintance with Mary Schrade widow of Peter Schrade late a Revolutionary Pioneer of the Revolutionary War and have been acquainted with the same during the 40 years of life of Peter Schrade acquainted with Peter Schrade the husband of said Mary for many years from the time of their marriage but then knowing that Peter & Mary living together as husband and wife for at least forty five years previous to her decease which occurred according to the best of my recollection for a few years ago that Mary had any previous affair or doubt as to the legality of the marriage of said Peter & Mary, and they always sustained the reputation of husband and wife in the town of Wilhelmsburg where they resided at the time of his death. At some time after the death of Peter Schrade knowing to the late Mary his widow living as his widow and has since intermarried with any other person. Further before stating that the late Peter Schrade always sustained the reputation in this town of having performed services in the Revolutionary War. I further desire also to say that the maiden name of the late Mary Schrade was Mary Ulmer To keep the facts Frederick Gustav

State of Maine I, Clerk of the Superior Court of Cumberland a.d. 1852 Respectfully affirms before the subscribers a Justice of the Peace in and for said County State Theodore Eastman the within named defendant & made oath to the truth of the statement herein signed
Before me
Thomas S. Eastman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the within named Theodore Eastman that he was formerly for a number of years one of the selectmen of said town, and has been for a number of years a respectable merchant doing business in said town and that his statements may be relied upon with implicit confidence
Thomas S. Eastman

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss. At a Probate Court held at Waldoboro' in said County on the 13 th day of May A.D. 1845. I Nathan Proton Judge of said Court, certify that Charles Miller & Frederick Kuhlner who have signed & sworn to the foregoing affidavits are certify that they are men of character & truth, and entitled to full credit under oath. I also certify that Mary Schwartz is the reputed widow of Peter Schwartz that she is now living in Waldoboro', and that at the death of said Peter Schwartz she was adjudged to be his widow and entitled to her legal rights as such. Nathan Proton Judge

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that John T. Carlson
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Court this fifteenth day of July
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Jacob Smith CLERK.

James R. Groot, of Waldo County in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I have the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Waldoboro, and of have in my custody the original records of said town which contain the Register of Births and Marriages and Publications and in said Town and that after a careful examination, the marriage or intention of marriage of Peter Schmitz and Mary Schmitz does not appear upon the records of said town and publications for the time of said marriage Waldoboro June 17. 1844 To keep some God James R. Groot Town Clerk
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
On this eighteenth day of June A.D. 1844 Personally appeared James R. Groot, known to me to be made out to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him signed. Before me
John T. Eastman Justice of the Peace
I further testify that I am personally acquainted with the said James R. Groot that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his statements made in an oath are entitled to full credit in all beliefs.
John T. Eastman Justice of the Peace

Peter Schwab -
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McCobb.
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In Court September 7. 1832 -
I James Thoms worth of Woodstock in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, do hereby certify and say that Peter Schmitz of said Woodstock in the County & State aforesaid served with me in the army of the Revolution in a Company commanded by Saml. L. Gray of St. George now Warren and stationed at Mrs Beck's on the Missouga River - That the said Company was stationed there from the month of March 1775 until sometime in November following That the said Peter Schmitz served for the term of 8 months in the United States honestly & faithfully and that I was

in the said Company with him and know that he did serve the time abovementioned and received an honorable discharge but which has been lost thro' the lapse of time
Yrs Signed / Sayon to the day of his discharge State of Maine John Rugg in open Court John Rugg as Jus. C.C.P.
Subscribed S.S. Sept 4/1832 These Persons appeared to the abovementioned William Farnsworth and made oath to the truth of the above statement Before me
D. M. M. 6000-10-200 Attest Nathan Coffin Clerk

I George Ulmer of Hope County of Waldo of Lawful age testify and say that in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty five in the Month of March or April in that year Peter Swartsch of Broad Bay New Waldeborough enlisted as a Soldier in the Service of the State of Massachu- setts or the United States I do not know which in a company Commanded by Samuel Gray of St Georges New Varn for the term of eight Months and that he served the term for which he enlisted & obtained an Honorable discharge for I served in the Company with him
George Ulmer
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Fergus McLean Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE for the County of Waldo is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this seventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Coffin CLERK.

I George Ulmer of Hope County of Waldo of Lawful age testify and say that in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five in the Month of March or April in that year Peter Swartch of Broad Bay Now Waldoborough enlisted as a Soldier in the Service of the State of Massachu- setts or the United States I do not know which in a company Commanded by Samuel Gray of St Georges Now Warren for the term of eight Months and that he served the term for which he enlisted & obtained an Honorable discharge for I served in the Company with him
George Ulmer
Personally Appeared the Above Named George Ulmer and Made Oath to the truth of the Above statement
Before me Fergus McLean Justice of Peace

George Ulmer Deposition
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State of Maine.
To all whom this may concern,
Since Cr. p. I Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the Hon. Nathaniel Gaston whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as Judge of Probate is legally commissioned & duly qualified to act as such, & that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 30 th day of January A.D. 1839.
Jacob Smith Clerk.

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War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Peter Schmitz of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Revolutionaries War is entitled to receive twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this thirtieth day of July, one thousand eight hundreds and thirty three.
(Seal)
John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
Examined & counterseal
J. L. Edwards
Paymaster in Pension
18.201

Payment to be made at Portland by President W. S. B. Banks Agree for paying Pensions in the Army of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 1. Per J. H. G. Williams Clerk

I Peter Schwartz of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged from 75 to 80 years on oath testify and say that the Company I served in viz Capt Samuel Gray Company was not according to the best of my recollection attached to any Regiment That the said Company was stationed at times in each for the purpose of guarding the Coast & affording protection to the inhabitants along the Coast. I said Company was attached to any Regiment I does not recall The Colonels  in name so long time having elapsed since the period of my service I recollect that James Robinson was our Lieutenant and one Philip Rugg was our Corporal all of which persons are now deceased - To all time I do Subscribed known to this 33rd Aug 1833 Before me Peter Schwartz Danny Webb Rec.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 9 th 1838 and 23 rd of August 1842 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain Widows"
State of Illinois ) County of Cook ss ) On this day personally appeared before me Peter Schwartz, First Judge of Probate within and for the County of Cook and State of Illinois at a Probate Court, the same being a Quarterly Court at Woodstock Illinois & Schwartz a resident of Cook County & State of Illinois, aged Eighty Four years who being first duly sworn, according to law, with an oath with make the following declaration in order to entitle the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of July 9 th 1838 and 23 rd of August 1842. That she is the Widow of Peter Schwartz who has a Decree in the Revolutionary War that the period of her entering the service and the names of the Officers under whom she performed service is unknown to her declared in the particular details of service she respectfully refers to her original declaration in full as to the services made under the Act of Congress of July 9 th 1838 and 23 rd of August 1842 and in which said declaration and the accompanying evidence the Certificate of Pension was granted, and service not since the decease of her said husband Peter Schwartz been rendered at the Pension Agency at Washington it obtain

the area of Penna due time at his decease.
That she was married to the said Peter Schwartz in said Wiltshire at Waldoboro by the County and State of Maine on the day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven as she now believes by Rev. Dr. Smith an ordained Minister of the Gospel at his house in said Waldoboro that she was not married to any other person at the time of her marriage with said Peter Schwartz and that she is still in Wiltshire and has not since her death which took place in the month of January A.D. 1889 intermarried with any other person that she formerly kept a family record in her family Bible but through the lapse of time it has become mutilated and distorted that since her marriage to the said Peter Schwartz her said husband she has resided in Waldoboro and was at a family of children that the following persons were present at her marriage as she thinks viz Mr. Mary C. Cole & Mr. Clark of Waldoboro and Mr. Pierce & Mr. Nelson of Thomaston that she has no documentary proof of her said marriage except what is her own knowledge.
her Mary F Schwartz mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Witness John H Kennedy Nicholas J. McFadden
Witness room & subscribed on the day & year above written before me Nathan Grotto Judge of Probate for Lincoln County

I, Sister of Wolfgang in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, do hereby certify that you are well acquainted with been acquainted with Mary Schwalbe and can testify for for more than fifty years. Her maiden name was Mary Weber. I was also well acquainted with Peter Schwalbe the mother of said Mary in his lifetime. Sometime in the month of March Seventeen hundred and eighty five the precise day I do not remember I was present at the wedding of Peter Schwalbe and said Mary of Lincoln and I witnessed her marriage with the said Peter Schwalbe by the Rev. Mr. Schaeffer a Lutheran minister of the Gospel then residing in said town. After the marriage the said Mary lived with the said Peter as his lawful wife and was always respected as such until her death which took place a few days ago. The Rev. Mr. Schaeffer has been dead many years, and hope no record of his marriage that can now be found. I further depose say that I know of their raising up a family of children and that since the death of the said Peter her husband the said Mary has lived in her widowhood and is not intermarried with any other person.  Polly Sash.
State of Maine
On this twenty first day of January A.D. 1889 personally appeared the above named Polly Sash and came the foregoing deposition to be read to me and the same being read understood by her the substance was as follows: I made solemn oath that the same is true in all its parts. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing deposition and that the same is true to the best of my knowledge. and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof.  DWY M. B. B. for Deas

I, Mary Benner of Houlton in the County of Aroostook and State of Maine aged seventy nine years do hereby depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Schwartz mother of Peter Schwartz late of Houlton deceased and have known her for more than 50 years. Her maiden name was Mary Tolmer sometime in the month of March of one hundred and fifty five the precise day I do not recollect. I was present and witnessed her marriage with the said Peter Schwartz. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev Mr Scheffer a settled minister of the Gospel then residing in said town. The said Mr Scheffer has been over many years and says no record of his marriages that can now be found. I further depose and say that I know of the said Peter & Mary having up to family of children several of whom are now living. That the said husband of said Mary was a person of the United States and that he died at Houlton on the last of the first day of January A.D. 1850, leaving the said Mary Schwartz his widow and that since his death she has not intermarried with any other person but is now living his widow.
Mary Benner
State of Maine I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was sworn to before me this day personally by Mary Benner who being duly sworn, deposes and says that the facts stated in her deposition are true to the best of her knowledge, information and belief.
DANIEL H. BABB Justice

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Henry N. D. L. Esq. whose name is affixed the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 6 th day of February A. D. 1839
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I Isaac Root of Waldo Maine in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine do hereby certify that I hold the original of said blank and have in my custody the records of the town of Waldo Maine, and that after a careful examination the marriage or intention of marriage of Peter Schwartz and Mary Schwartz does not appear on the records of marriage or publications for the town of Waldo Maine.
Waldo Maine February 6 th 1839.
Isaac Root Clerk of the town of Waldo Maine.
State of Maine.
In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and the seal of the said town of Waldo Maine this 6 th day of February 1839. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was at the time of signing the same a true and correct copy of the original then and there in my office.
DWIGHT H. GIBBS Judge

State of Maine.
IS— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof held at Waldoboro in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the seventh day of September A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Peter Schwartz for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin CLERK.

EDWARD K. GOULD ATTORNEY AT LAW 375 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND, MAINE
NOTARY PUBLIC
Aug. 13, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir: Will you send me photo copies of the pension papers of Peter Schwartz, a revolutionary pensioner under Act of 1835, who served us the Mass. line
2 pages
Yours truly
Edw. K. Gould
[Faint, illegible text at the bottom of the page, likely bleed-through from the reverse side.]

Wadsworth July 18 1842.
Dear Dr. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Enclosed • Thank you for examination decision Substantiating & accompanying indices of Maria Mary Schmidt, claiming benefits of the act of July 9 th 1838 & 23 rd Aug 1842.
In haste truly Respectfully Yours Parker H. (lost in)

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
AUG 27 1923 192
Chief [Signature] Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from [Signature] ..... No. [Signature] for $ [Signature] , requesting post-office address as per letter herewith.
Copies mailed to Finance Div noted and Sept. 8 23
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.

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(IF 42)
Name Peter Schwartz Date Sept. 7, 1923 No. R 9280  Rev.
Photographic copies wanted of 1 pieces, consisting of 2 pages.
Remarks:
EUR. Watson REV. WAR SECTION Chief. Div.
Serial No.
Low Clerk.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
Aug. 15, 1923.
Edw. K. Gould, 375 Main St. Rockland, Me.
Sir:
I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the declaration for pension of the Revolutionary War soldier Peter Schwartz, Mass. Troops, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is two.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
I enclose M.O. for 30¢ for which please send photostat copies of two pages of declaration as per above
Respectfully Edw. K. Gould

1923 Aug. 15. Copy of office to Col. H. Howard. and 1923 Sept. 18. Copying order to Col. H. Howard
9250 P. O. Henry Schwartz Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Henry Schwartz Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rev. War Section.
aw Aug. 15, 1923.
Edw. F. Gould, 375 Main St. Rockland, Me.
Sir:
I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the declaration for pension of the Revolutionary War soldier Peter Schwartz, Mass. Troops, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is two.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the or order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.