Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,913, for Peter Lawyer, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Läuryer, Peter
NUMBER
NUMBER D. 40.913
CONTENTS

(3,817). Pennsylvania Roll
Peter Lawyer Capt R of private Pennsylvania line 1778 War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Octo 1818 and forwarded to Andrew Boden Carlisle Penn
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818  33.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48.00
$81.60
4 m. 6/30 -
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Landisburgh Cumberland Co. Penn

Peter Loyer Jr 29. April 1818.
To Andrew Boden Carlisle Penn a

Cumberland County 1/2 State of Pennsylvania
On this twenty-ninth day of April A. D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County personally appears Peter Lawyer aged sixty four years and five months, resident in the town of Landisburg in the County & State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said Peter Lawyer enlisted in the Borough of Lancaster in the state of Penn s in the company commanded by Captain George Rops in the 11 th  6 regiment of Pennsylvania regulars in the year 1778 that he was enlisted for three years or during the war, and that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown & Elizabethtown in Jersey, that this deponent was transferred from the 11 th to the 10 th regiment of Penn s regulars commanded by Col. Hampton after the battle of Brandywine, that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States until he received his discharge at the end of war

Deponent further says that he had his discharge in the pocket of his pantaloons, and that his wash woman washed it to pieces in the pantaloons & that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services as sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid
Peter Luyea
Jacob Hendel
Cumberland County ss
I Jacob Hendel Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said Peter Luyea did serve in the Continental army in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy, and I now trans- mit the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me to the Secre- tary for the Department of War.

pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty- ninth day of April A. D. 1818.
Jacob Hendel 
Cumberland County, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Hendel Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, and who hath therunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Deposition and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county,
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the forty second
ATTEST,
Robt McCoy

Peter Lawyer
381
John
381

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County Y.
On the 7 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County aforesaid it being a Court of Record which proceeds according to the course of the Common Law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of their proceedings Peter Sawyer aged fifty nine years resident in said County and State who being first sworn according to law, deposeth and saith on his solemn oath and declares that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows, declarant enlisted in the year 1779 in the Company Commanded by Captain George Rapp & in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Richard Hampton & served until the end of the war. declarant was at the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli Black & several skirmishes.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 so 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me now have I have I any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed A Schedule of the Real and Personal Estate of Peter Sawyer aforesaid declarant. 1 Bed and Bedding, 3 chairs, 1 Table 1 Iron Kettle 1 Chest 1 Iron Kettle, Some small articles of kitchen furniture not recollected.
Valuation of the above property fifteen dollars,
By the Court L. Graham
Peter Sawyer the declarant is by trade a bluedyer and that he is so infirm that he cannot do any work to support himself he has a wife aged about fifty seven years this constitutes his family.
Sworn and subscribed the 7 th August 1820 Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of said Court in open court (Signed) L. Graham.
(Signed) Peter Sawyer

Cumberland County Pa.
I Robert Mc Coy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Cumberland do certify that the foregoing copy of the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court. and I do 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 fifteen Dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Seventh day of August A.D. 1820.
Robert Mc Coy Prothon.

Rev. and 1818 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 16, 1930
Mrs. Louis Conrad 1001 -13th street, N. E., Canton, Ohio
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40913, it appears that Peter Lawyer was born December 15, 1761, place not stated.
He enlisted at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and served as a private in Captain George Ross' Company, Colonel Richard Humpton's Pennsylvania Regiment. He was in the battles of Brandywine, (1) Germantown, Paoli and Elizabethtown and served until the close of the war. (3) (2) 4
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, at which time he was living in Landisburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820 he referred to his wife as then aged fifty-seven years. Her name is not stated, nor are there any family  further data.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

May 18
Lynchburg Va
Recd
Mr. A. T. ... John ...
Gen. S. L. Edwards
Comr. Pensions
Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Lindisburg Penn a - May. 14. 1835 -
Dear Mr Edwards.
It is in kind come on Peter Lawyer's Pension. Have the affidavits been furnished to shew he is not entitled to a pension. If they have I trust you will let me know all about them. and if they have not. I hope the suspension will be taken off & that the old man will be permitted to draw his pension yours truly & Respectfully
J. Miller

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
P.F. 40913
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Lawyer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * 1777 2nd of Jan Robt. George Ross Richard Hampton 10th Penn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, * Brandywine, Germantown, Elizabeth Town. Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Lancaster Penn. Date of application for pension, Apr. 29. 1818. His cl. was ab. Residence at date of application, Lancaster Penn. Cumberland Co. Age at date of application, b. Dec. 13. 1761, place not
Remarks: In 1818 he refers to his wife who was 57 years old. Her name is not stated nor is there further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Canton Pa. June 7. 1930
Pension Dept. —
I would like to have investigated the war record of Peter Lois?  Lawyer (German Leyerin) who fought in the Revolutionary War. Probably enlisted in 1777 at the age of 16 years. What department did he serve in? And in what battles? Family records say he received a pension and died in 1835. His wife was Elizabeth Heineq. He had five children Eve - Betsy, Rachel, Daniel - Susie. He died in Pennsylvania. and was probably buried near

Harrisburg. Can you give me what information you have on record.? Very Respectfully
Mrs Louis Conrad 1001- 13 th St N.E Canton, Ohio.

Canton O July. 9. 1930 U.S. Pension Dept.
Kind Sirs -
In May I wrote to this Dept. for this information I recd. no reply. If I am writing the wrong department please set me right. I would like to have the war record of Peter Lawyer (german Seyrin ) who fought in the Rev. war. Enlisted in probably 1777. Old records say he fought in the Continental line in Capt. Ross's Co. as a private. Can your department verify this statement?

I would like to have his record investigated. Can you refer me to the correct department to have this done. I would like to have the dates on which the pension was given etc. I might add that he was from Pennsylvania. Hoping to receive a reply at your earliest convenience. Very Respectfully
Mrs Louis Conrad Conrad 1001- 13 th St. N.E. Canton Ohio.

The Adjutant General's Office War Department Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Being a member of the D. A. R., and an ancestor of Peter Lawyer, who served in Capt Ross's company 1777, for 3 yrs & 11 mos, I now would like to know if Peter Lawyer he drew a pension, having heard so from relatives.
Any information will be gratefully received.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Geo. B. McCutchen
230 Jeff. Ave Washington Penna

40 913
Rev INVALID.
1912 Oct. 7 Hist. V Mrs. Geo. B. Mcbuchen 1930 July 16 - N. L. L. Mrs. Louis Curaçao
File No. 40 913
Peter Lanyer Rev Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Apr 15 Landisburg Pa Rd price Mr. Attention Com. Peter Leuque
Free Miller
J. L. Edwards Esq Con. Pension Washington City D.C.

Lansburg Perry County April 11 th 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Some time since I wrote to Major Hook to inquire at your office the cause of the suspension of Peter Lawyer's Pension, and am now informed by your letter to him which has been enclosed to me, that a charge has been made at your Dept. against him that he was too young to have been in the revolution. — I met the old man to day & before I told him of the information I had rec d . I inquired how old he was when entered the service. He told me that he was in his sixteenth year when he enlisted, and that he was now in his 74 th year. He told me his age was recorded in his

family bible and as he lives but a short distance out of town I told him to go & bring his Bible He did so, and I found it entered therein that he was born on the 15 th Dec. 1761. - He also states that when he first enlisted he was intended for a drummer but as he did not succeed well at that he turn'd in as a Common Soldier -
I have no doubt of the truth of the old man's statements and have no hesitation in giving it as my opinion that the old man's Pension ought to be paid without further delay. I have known him for many years, and that intimately and from his whole conversation I do not entertain any doubt but that he was in the Revolutionary war.

I will venture to predict that no such affidavits as you allude to in your letter will be found from respectable men which will be of a definite & satisfactory character.
The old man is very poor. Do let me hear from you on this subject
Very respectfully
Your Obed. Servt
J. Miller

Rev Bloomfield P. 2. 7. 1842 J. L. Edwards Esq.
Mr. Atlantic Comr Oct 1842
Commisioner of Pensions War Department Washington City

March 16 th 1835.
Sir
Your Letter has been received by me three days since, the evidence in the cases of Lackey & Savage are somewhat scattered, and will be difficult to come at, but our court will commence on the first Monday in April next, I will have to be there, when an opportunity will present itself (I think) to obtain information, on the subject - I certainly will exert my self to obtain affidavits, sufficient I think to convince you, that those persons, never were soldiers in the revolutionary War - I expect you will hear from me about the second or last week in April. I am Your obed t Servant
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. War Department
Francis Gibson

Peter Lueyer's Pension Certificate
48 Payable on the 4 th of September in each year at the Bank of the United States
City of Philadelphia
Recorded
a Copy

War Department Revolutionary Claim
I Certify That in Conformity with the Act of the United States of the 18 th March 1818, Peter Linviger late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence the twenty ninth day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War office of the United States this twenty second day of October One thousand eight hundred & eighteen
(Signed) J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
(True Copy)
Seal

1 st January 1891
J. S. Edwards Esq. Com d Pension

Post auditors Office
J. S. Edward Esq
My dear Sir
May
An old pensioner
the name of Peter Sawyer has recently died Without leaving any widow. — See Fitter was his Atty & is in possession of his papers and furnished him with the necessaries of life while living. & to the whom he died in debt & asks to know in what manner the arrear of Pension due can be drawn. Will you have the goodness to send me the information desired
Very Respectfully your Affec't
J. Miller