Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt.1407-100, for Mathias Mayer, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
continental
Mayer Mathias
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1407-100
Penn residence of heir in 1828
CONTENTS

No. 1407
Margaret Murphy
Miss Ter of
Mathias Mayer
Rev.
Armand
mail to
D. Cury
Penn ca

STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Lancaster } ss
I Margaret Murphy heir at law of Mathias Mayer do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that he the said Mathias Mayer did enlist in 17 , for the term of during the war, and served in the regi- ment No. under the command of Colonel Genl Armand of the Conyngham line ; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the
War I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to her the said Mathias Mayer on the part of the United States ; nor do I believe that he ever receiv- ed it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever, therefore,
KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Margaret Murphy aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint David Coney of York Pa to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid ; and my said attorney is hereby fully au- thorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
ATTEST, Robert Spear
Margaret Murphy mark
Personally appeared the above named Margaret Murphy subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be my free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
ATTEST,
Robert Spear Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Lancaster } ss.
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for said county, Margaret Murphy and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the Niece and an heir at law, of Mathias Mayer late a soldier in the Generals Regiment of Armands Legion and that the said Mathias Mayer died the on or about day of the year 1804, without leaving a and that he has no wife child or children living
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty eighth day of August 1828 Robert Spear J. P.
Margaret Murphy mark
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid county, Barbara Gambel & George Bietz credible and disinterested witnesses, and made oath, in due form of law, that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Margaret Murphy and that she in the reputed heir of Mathias Mayer who died without leaving a on or about the year 1804
Sworn and subscribed before me, Barbara Gambel of Columbia the day of September 1828 before me Robert Spear J. P.
Barbara Gambel mark George Bietz mark

State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County ss
I, Nathaniel W. Sample S r . Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Lancaster Do Certify that Robert Spear Baine before whom the foregoing was acknowledged, and recorded when the within affidavit was made, was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Lancaster duly Commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Lancaster this eleventh day of September Anno Domini 1828
N. W. Sample S r . Pr: Christ. Bachman Deputy

Lancaster County } Pennsylvania }
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Barbara Campbell a credible Witness who being by me duly sworn according to Law Saith That she was well acquainted with Matthias Mayers a Soldier of Armands Corps in the Revolutionary war and he had leaving no Children and that his Wife is also dead and that he had one Brother who is Also dead and left a Daughter who Resides in Lancaster County whose name is Margaret Murphy who is an heir at Law of Matthias Mayers dec d
Sworn to & Subscribed before
on this 24 th day of October, 1828 for
Robert Spear
Barbara X Campbell Mark