Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,363, for Joseph Litchard, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Litchard, Joseph or Ledyard or Lidgeard
C 2 2, 3 6 3
CONTENTS

11.083
Pennsylvania
Joseph Sitchard
of Spring in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shad of the Regt commanded by Col Bridhead in the Pennsylvania line for
90. Mo. Time - $ 66.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 66. Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833. Sent to Hon S. Seward, Secretary of State
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 133.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 33.33
$ 166.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John D. Sprague Clerk Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 35
Hon. G. H. King by June 1834. for same July 11/54.

Joseph Litchard apt to exam papers
Pres d act d 32 Penn. 2 sum after was was struck from the Roll.
57.2 49.25 7.95 107.40 57.2 57.2 9
32.75 12.1 6.75 42.0 10 8 20 25
15.75 19 85.81
4 by the Made Nov. 11-1887

Sparta Livingston Co N.Y. May 27 1857
To the Commissioners of Pensions
Dr Sir
With You please permit W.G. Wade Esq of Wayne Co N.Y. to open the case of Joseph Titchard My father who was a revolutionary pensioner from the state of Pennsylvania but under what act he drew I am not able to state but think it was of 1818 John Estlin

N o 10550 Jos. Litchard
See let 27 Feb. 1883
Hon. L. Dewart
L 294
Adm c
20 mo's Private
$ 66.66
Dewart
Hon. L. Dewart
Sumbray
P a

(Old Case)
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Sitchard County of Lycoming in the State of Penn a (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 84 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     day & year not In 17 Memoranda - 1 st Batt n Penn a Riflemen 1 8 — Private Col. Broadhead, Capt. Shade, M c Gowan and Grey  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton Co. Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Refers to the files of the P. Office  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Application of Joseph Litchard for a Pension
18550

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss
On this sixth — day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lycoming now sitting Joseph Sitchard a Resident of Muncy Creek Township in the County of Lycoming aforesaid aged about eighty four years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the seventh 1832 that as a Revolutionary Soldier the name of the said deponent has been placed on the pension roll under the act of March 18th 1818. and has been dropped therefrom on account of property, as the said applicant believes, from age and infirmity of memory the said applicant cannot state the day and year upon which he was enlisted but states that he was enlisted at Northampton County in Pennsylvania for twenty months in the first Battalion of Pennsylvanian Riflemen that he belonged to the Company commanded by Captain — Shaeffer. Colonel Broadhead was the lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment can't remember the name of the Major of the Battalion in which he served — that he was discharged on a New Years day at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. — that he thinks the discharge

discharge was signed by Colonel Stewart of the regular army — and that the applicant believes that his discharge is now in the war department. He further states that at the Battle of Long Island the Battalion to which he belonged was cut off afterwards, Captain Thade resigned. I then served under Captain M c Gowan — he afterwards resigned — and the applicant subsequently served under Captain Grey in whose company he continued to serve until his discharge — I now reside in Muncy Creek township in Lycoming County as above stated at which place I resided at the time of my first application for a pension.
In state, that he served as a private and never received any Commission in the army
Peter Jones, who now resides in Moreland Township in Lycoming County, served in the army in the Flying Camp. He knew me at the Battle of Long Island, and at the White Plains.
The said Applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency except as above stated, his name having been on the pension roll of the under the act of March 18 th 1818 and dropped therefrom as above stated.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. May  Att.  Esq.  St. Asaph

And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as a State John Cummings
A. Davidson
I Joseph Wood Postmaster of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Litchard for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of October in the year of our Lord 1832
J. Wood Post.

May 1, 1931.
Mrs. Rolf H. Marteni 603 North Court Street Fairfield, Iowa.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section III
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22363, that Joseph Ledyard, name also appears Litchard and Lidveard, enlisted May 1, 1776, in White Hall Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captains Shade's, McGowan's and Gray's Companies, Colonels Brodhead's and Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania Regiments, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged at Valley Forge on January 1, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, while a resident of Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy years, and was then referred to as Joseph Ledyard, Senior..
Soldier's son, John, was living in Sparta, Livingston County, New York, in 1851. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Revolutions
22363 INVALID.
1929 Sep 22 Mrs. N. H. Hess add. cast of cast of photos. mss 1931 May 1. Photos mailed to Mrs. H. W. Webb + Fin. liv. ntfd. away.
1931 - May 1 - Hist. to Mrs. R. H. Marteni. L.L.L.
File No. 22,363
Joseph Litchard 1885 New York
Act: June 7 th 1822
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13751-2
No Bounty Land
not W.
" R in other D.
no B.L.
26
FEB 8 1897

Rejected. Ex't. OLD WAR.
File No. 20.396
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Joseph Ledyard Pris. Capt. Gray P.O. Line Rear Kn.
Died at _____
REJECTED
other claim.
_____, 187____
Clerk.
Evidence insufficient. Oct 1828
Application filed: _____, 18____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

The Bearer Joseph Lidgeane a private in Capt. Gray's Company having served the term of Twenty Months in the Regiment at present commanded by Col. Waller Stewart according to the Articles of his enlistment is now Honorably Discharged from the Service and Permitted to pass towards his own home Given under my hand this 1 st day of January 1798
W. Stewart Col Joseph Lidgeane

7318. H.
Pennsylvania
Joseph Ledyard S.P.
of Lycoming in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of two years
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of May 1818
certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Mar 1819 and sent Hon. Comt Nelson Williamsport Lycoming
arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819
79.76 48.00
127.76
1527.76 13,031.76 49.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Memoranda from
Geo. Hastings
No papers of Ebenezer Dyer
Joseph. Ditchard
Pa. & 32

298 33
4 (M 33)
133 32 South
Charles Ellis Struggled of Phil. City for the Pension in 1842-43

Joseph Litchard, act 1832, $133.32, paid to Charles Ellis, druggist of Phil: attorney for the junior, being rent from 4 Mar 1831. to 4 Mar 1833. at $66.66 per annum. No payments appear since 4 Mar. 1833.
F. Bent Auditor

Hon. J. B. Mansel D. S. J.
I recd an answer to a former communication in refer- ence to the case of Joseph Sitahard. You will perceive by the letter which I enclose that it did not give the precise information desired. It seems that the Sitahard of my correspond- ent was a pensioner under the act of 1818 & that he received his pension for a short time when it was suspended. Mr. Woodruff wish- es to ascertain the cause of this dis- pension & if the pensioner Sitahard of 1818 is identical with him of 1832.
Yrs Geo. Hastings

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Joseph Ledgard - Penn Line
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Evidence insufficient } New off. Act 1828 }

Application for pension Penna
begin in '80.
Joseph Sedgwick Penn a line.
further evidence of service required.
Amir? P. Discharge
Henry Wm Wilson

the assistance of his country for support, that he has in his possession his discharge obtained from Colonel ... after ... the ... of ... evidence and in the presence of ...
Statements and declarations before me this day and year aforesaid.
Jeth Chapman
Joseph his  Lidgeard mark
Joseph Chapman, as aforesaid, deposes, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Lidgeard ... in the proceedings ... stated in the preceding declaration against the ... for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment and now has ... the proceedings and testimony ... to the ... for the Department of ... to the ... of ...
Williamport May 6 th 1868.
Jeth Chapman

(69)
The undersigned (being) a private in Capt. Green's company having served the term of twenty months in the regular army of the United States is hereby discharged from said service and permitted to depart for his home given under my hand this 11th day of January 1818.
John B. Mendenhall Q.M. 1st Regt. Col. 10th Inf.
Sydney County ss. I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of common pleas in Sydney County in the eighth Judicial District of Pennsylvania do certify that Seth Chapman Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of taking thereof President of said District, duly appointed & qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Williamsport in the County, aforesaid the 6th day of May A.D. 1818
Thos. Hays Proth.

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss J. Seth Chapman Judge
President Judge of the eighth judicial district of Pennsylvania. Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Lidgeard Subin did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months, on the continental estab- -lishment; and that he is in reduced circumstances and requires the aid of his country for support; — and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid mentioned act of Congress.
Williamsport December 11 th A.D. 1818 J. S. Chapman

Revolutionary Claims.
[ C. ]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Joseph Ledgards of Lycoming county in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Warren Ogden & H. H. Warner jointly or severally my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a private in the 6th Pennsylvania regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight in the presence of Joseph Ledgards [L.S.] Theodore Wells Benjamin Warner
Before me, The Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Joseph Ledgards whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this Twenty Sixth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight  Benjamin Warner
I, Timothy Boyle Prof. or Clerk of the Court of the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Benjamin Warner before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight  T. Boyle Clerk
[ D. ]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, The Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day, W. S. H. Newman the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of

Before me Michael Houle, Notary Public for the County of Washington in the District of Columbia personally appeared this day John R. Stone, one of the attornies mentioned in the within power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authori- zed to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand & notarial seal this 29 th day of September 1828.
Michl Houle Noty Pub

138 Pension Office. July 11, 1854.
Sir,
I have filed herewith  the the letter of Philip Woodruff, of Scottsburg, N.Y. and in reply to his inquiry from the State to state that the Joseph Ledyard, alias Lidgeard who was a pensioner on the Pennsyl- vania Roll under the Act of June 7, 1832, was the party of the same name who was inscribed on the Roll of the same State under the Act of March 18, 1818, and dropped therefrom in consequence of his failure to affix comply with the requisitions of the Act of May 1, 1820. When he made his second declaration he was a resident of Lycoming County, Pa and known as Joseph Ledyard also Litcham aka Lidgeard, which last is affixed

to the application for the benefit of the Act of March 18, 1818, and corres- pond with the name on his discharge.
I have &c.
Hon Geo. Hastings July 11/62
Hon Geo. Hastings, H. of Reps.

Pension Office.
17 th June 1854.
Sir,
The letter of Mr Woodruff in relation to the claim of Joseph Litchard of Pennsylvania, has been received, and is herewith returned.
Hable Joseph was a pensioner under Act 7 th June 1832, and according to the report of the Third Auditor was paid up to 4 th March 1833. It does not appear he was ever dropped from the roll while receiving his pension under this Act. It is probable he died before his next semi-annual payment fell due.
Hon. Geo. Hastings.
House of Reps.

Pension Office.
13 th June 1854.
Pennsylvania Rolls.
Act. 7 th June 1832.
$66.66 per annum.
} } }
Joseph Litchard.
To what time paid?
When did he die?
L. Waldo
Commissioner.
Francis Bent Esqr.
Third Auditor.

Depositions & exhibits in the matter of the applica- tion of Joseph Litchard alias Joseph Ledyard for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 -

mineralog Pennsylvania Sycamore County Set
In the matter of the application of Joseph Litchard otherwise Joseph Ledyard of Muncy creek township in Sycamore county aforesaid a Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
I Simon Schuyler one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that as such Justice of the peace I took the deposition of Wm A. Petrikien Esquire, Postmaster of the Borough of Muncy in the same County upon the 9th day of March 1833, That I took the deposition of Abraham Taylor Esquire upon the 11th day of March 1833 and also the same day have taken the deposition of William Cost Ellis Esquire Attorney at Law, in relation to the above matter which depositions are hereto severally attached, I do hereby further certify that the said William A. Petrikien Abraham Taylor and William Cost Ellis are each

and every of them as men of respectability and credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 11th day of March 1833 S. Schuyler Seal
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lycoming County Set I the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid do hereby certify, that Simon Schuyler Esquire before whom the annexed deposition of Wm. & S. Peterson Abraham Taylor and William Cox Ellis, have been respectively taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for Lycoming County aforesaid duly Commissioned and acting as such, and that the name S. Schuyler signed to the said deposition and to the annexed certificate is in the hand writing of the said Simon Schuyler, the same being well known to me. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common

Pleasg Lycoming County the twelfth day of March A D 1833 — P. Wood Broth Rev. G. Bellusina Esq.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss - Be it remembered that upon the 11th day of March 1833 personally came before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the peace in and for Lycoming County aforesaid William Cook. Ellis of the Borough of Muncy in the said County attorney at Law, who being affirmed according to Law upon his solemn affirmation doth say, that he is well acquainted with Joseph Litchard of Muncy Creek Township in the County aforesaid, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of 7th Jan 1832 - That his application was prepared in the Affirmants Office - That since the applica- tion was approved by the Court and within a few days he has been informed that the Family name of the applicant is Ledyard , but that he is commonly called Litchard - The affirmant states, that the applicant without any hesitation, informed him upon enquiry that his Family name is "Ledyard" - but that he is mostly called Litchard - That he cannot spell. The affirmant further states, that Joseph Litchard and Joseph Ledyard, are the names in use and claimed by the applicant Joseph Litchard - The applicant further stated

to the Affirmant upon enquiry - that his former pension under the act of Congress of 1818 was granted to the best of his recollection in the name of Joseph Ledyard. The affirmant has been present at a full examination of the papers of the applicant with a view to find the Certificate of the Pension but it cannot be found - Nor does the applicant know where it is -
A paper of the 7th May 1829 addressed to Joseph Ledyard, was found by Major Wm A Petrikini in the presence of the affirmant, among the papers of Joseph Litchard or Ledyard the applicant but the original Certificate they could not find. This paper is hereto attached, on account of the admission therein contained as to the discharge of the applicant being on file in the war department.
Affirmed & Subscribed before me the said Justice of the peace the 11th day of March 1833
Witness my hand & Seal
H. Schuyler Seal
M. Cost. Ellis "

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7 May 1829
Sir :
Your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war , and served until its termination . It appears by a report from the War Department that your discharge now on file in that office, is dated 1 st January 1778. Your claim has therefore not been admitted. —
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Almon Dikins, Acting Secretary
W m Joseph Ledyard

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lycoming County
Be it remembered that on this ninth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me the subscriber an officer of the peace in and for the County of Lycoming aforesaid, Wm. A. Pettibon of said County, who on his solemn oath doth say, that he has this day read an application of Joseph Litchard of Many Creek Township Lycoming County for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - That he also read a letter from J. S. Edwards, chief Clerk of the Pension Office in the War Department of Feb 27. 1833 addressed to the Hon. Lewis Devoot member of Congress, in which it is stated that "the name of Litchard cannot be found in the Roll as having been in receipt of a Pension - The deponent states, that he is well acquainted with the applicant and knows perfectly that he was a pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818 - and was dropped therefrom on account of the applicant being the owner of a tract of poor land on which he then, & now resides - That the said deponent several times received, on his power of Attorney, instalments of said Pension for said applicant - He further states, that he aided and assisted in procuring his present application to be prepared & approved of by the Court, but that the name Joseph Litchard is not the name under which the Pension was granted - That the name was written Joseph Ledgard . The applicant is now very old & feeble, his memory & faculties much impaired by age - from which he accounts for the mistake in the name being written "Litchard" in the application - The manner in which his name is usually pronounced in the neighborhood - He further states, that the applicant is so nearly blind from age, as to be unable to read writing -
Sworn & Subscribed the 9 th day of March A.D. 1833 before me
T. Schuyler
Wm. A. Pettibon

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lycoming county & c. Be it remembered that on the 11th day of March 1833 personally came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Lycoming county aforesaid, Abraham Taylor Esqr who being duly sworn according to Law upon his Oath says, that he has known Joseph Litchard of Albany Creek township in Lycoming county — since he can remember, that for thirty years past he has known that the said Joseph Litchard has claimed and frequently said to this deponent that his proper family name is Ledyard , This deponent further says that he is generally known by the name of Litchard — The deponent further says that he has always been reputed and believed to be a soldier of the Revolution — and that he has frequently heard that some years ago he received a pension from the United States — but that he was dropped from the pension roll, on account of having some property — He is now a very old infirm man —
Sworn & subscribed before me the said Justice of the Peace the day & year aforesaid —
Abraham Taylor
D. Schuyler

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 15 Nov 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Joseph Ledyard under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
A. Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department! Bounty land office
It does not appear by the records of this office that Joseph Ledyard a private of the Pennsylvania line ever received or is entitled to receive bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 18 Nov 1828

Payable semi-annually--the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next.
at the United States Bank Philadelphia
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818.
Joseph Ledyard 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 on the sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 14th day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
5 May 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Joseph Ledyard under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, or other evidence was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
Anthony Dickinson Acting Secretary
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Letter from War Department 7 May 1829

1115 Joseph Ledyard Declaration & power to Aaron Ogden State Minister

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Joseph Ledgard of the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Corporal in Captain Gray's Company, in the Stewart's Regiment, of the Pennsylvania Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this Twenty sixth day of August , in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Joseph X Ledgard
Before me,‡ One of the Justices of the peace in the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Joseph Ledgard and Joseph Ledgard of the said county, who did severally make oath that that the foregoing declaration by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this Twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Joseph Ledgard We are and subscribed this 26 day of August 1828
I, Benjamin Warner Clerk of the Court of the County of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that Benjamin Warner before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this first day of September one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight B. Warner
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10 October 1828
Joseph Ledyard of Muncy Creek township in the County of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Gray's company, in the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary F. H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
10. October 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joseph Ledyard in the
It further appears that Joseph Ledyard is now on the pension list of the Pennsylvania agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
The name of Joseph Ledyard cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued -
John Hagner And

603 N. Court St. Fairfield, Iowa. Mar. 27, 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me any military records or family data you may have concerning Joseph Lichard (Litchard, Latchard) who served in the American Revolution in Captain Henry Shadia's Company of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Mills in 1776 — His

Wife's name was Anna Maria - He applied for a pension and was placed on Roll March 23, 1833 at age eighty - six -
Also please send any information you may have concerning Daniel Demarest who was born in Hackensack N. J. - Dec 20, 1761 - Married Sarah Peck in Scraalenberg N. J. 1791 - Moved to Haverstraw in Orange Co. (now Rockland Co.) He may have served in the Revolution from either New Jersey or New York -

I shall be very grateful for this information -
Very truly yours, (Mrs) Rolf H. Martini

HUBERT W. HESS, A. B. SCIENCE
PINE GLADIOLUS GENEALOGY
172 RIDGE STREET GLEN FALLS, N. Y.
Sept 18
19 29
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir .
I am interested in finding the War record of Joseph Litchard ( Litchford ) who is said to have served in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Revolutionary War . I wrote to the War Department and they referred me to you.
I am also interested in the record of Philip Reifsnyder ( Reifschneider ) who it is said was a Capt in a Pennsylvania Regiment in the War of 1812. If you can help me in any way in this search I shall indeed be very grateful .
Very Sincerely Yours
Mrs. H. W. Hess
172 Ridge St Glens Falls
New York

Rev.&1812 Wars Section, MMHF
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
September 26, 1929.
Mrs. H. W. Hess, 172 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the Revolutionary War data in this bureau relative to Joseph Litchard, are on file in his claims for pension and contain the soldier's own statements.
Photostatic copies of these papers will be furnished upon request at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five cents additional for certification of the entire set if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is twenty-two.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. Reply to Civil War request will follow.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

ROBT W. HESS, A. B. 172 Ridge Street GLENS FALLS, N. Y.
FINE GLADIOLUS GENEALOGY
April 11, 1931
Mr. A.W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
M.O.# 3731 - $6 00
Dear Sir-
I am enclosing Post Office money order for $ 2.70 for photostatic copy of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Christian Schell (Scheel or Shell) R. 9253. Your letter to me on April 1 says refer to Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MMHF
I also am enclosing Money Order for $3.30 for photostatic copy of Revolutionary War data relative to Joseph Litchard. As it is so long since I had that letter from your Department I am enclosing the letter regarding it.
Very sincerely yours
Louise B Hess (Mrs. H. H.)
172 Ridge Street
Glens Falls
N.Y.

Bureau of Pensions. Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
April 27, 1931.
541
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim of Joseph Litchard, File
No. S.22363.
1 page which was omitted from order of April 20. 1931.
XXX
Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

Bureau of Pensions. Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
April 20, 1931.
541
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim of Joseph Litchard, File No. S.22363.
Actual 16f each page.
$3.30.....22 pages
XXX
Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corres- ponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

and 1812 ers Section AWF/eel
November 12, 1929
Mrs. H.W. Hess 172 Ridge Street Glen Falls, New York
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the War of 1812 records of this bureau fail to afford any data in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the services of Philip Reifsnyder or Reifschneider.
You were advised September 26, 1929, the cost of photostat copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Joseph Litchard, S.22363. Upon receipt of this payment, these copies will be furnished you.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev. We-
Rev.&1812 Wars Section. MVRP
September 26, 1922.
Mrs. H. W. Hess, 173 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the Revolutionary War data in this bureau relative to Joseph Litchard, are on file in his claims for pension and contain the soldier's own statements.
Photostatic copies of these papers will be furnished upon request at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five cents additional for certification of the entire set if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is twenty-two.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. Reply to Civil War request will follow.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
She wanted a copy of a duplicate of Jos. Litchard's Pen. Ctf. which he had grand-mother had lost; wanted it for genealogical purposes.
The Civil War sol. was Mrs. Merritt Demarest, widow a pensioner she said, & wanted dups. of her ctf.
letter sent to Record Dis. Sept. 27-