Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1063-400, for Matthew Maus, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Maus, Matthew
B.L.Wt. 1063-400
CONTENTS

1063
The heirs at law of D o ct. Matthew Maun Pennsylvania line
Warrant issued
Feby: 17 th 1823 -
1927 Aug. 26 sent to P. Muncy cur.
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County of Washington } Dist. of Col. 19 July 1822 } ss
I John N Maas aged about thirty five years, a citizen of the United States, do upon oath testify and declare that in the year one thousand seven hundred my father Matthew Maas entered in the Army of the Revolution in the Capacity of Hospital Surgeon against the Common Enemy of his Country, and that he served in said Capacity till the close of the war in seventeen hundred and eighty three, when he was discharged. His Commission is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to him on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever.
In own handwriting to before me this 19 July 1822.
John N Maas
Thos Carbery I Peace

The heirs of Doct Matthew Henry Eugene -
ipd N o 1063 -

City Philad a ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Andrew Pettibone Alderman of the City of Philadelphia Mary Washburn & Louis Nicolas of said City, and being duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say, that John N. Mawes & Louisa Mawes are the Heirs at Law, and the only Children of Doctor Matthew Mawes deceased late a Surgeon in the Army of the U States during the Revolutionary War, and that the said John & Louisa are both living
Sworn & subscribed
Mary Washburn Louis Nicolas
Before me A Pettibone Ald n
July 15 th 1822 -
I certify the Deponents to be credible Persons - A Pettibone Ald n
City of Philadelphia ss
To all whom it may concern, I Charles Pierce, Clerk of the Mayor's Court for the City of Philadelphia, Do certify that Andrew Pettibone whose name is signed to the above instrument of writing, is, and at the time of performing the acts therein set forth, and signing his name thereto, was an Alderman of the said City, duly Commissioned & authorized to do and perform all & singular the acts and things as thereby appears to have been done by him as an Alderman of the said City, and to all whose acts, as such, due faith & credit is, and ought to be given.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One Thousand, eight hun- dred and twenty two
Charles Pierce, Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 9, 1930
Miss Anna M. Faulkner 1423 Fremont Place Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Matthew Maus served as hospital surgeon in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.
His children, John N. Maus and Louisa Maus, were allowed four hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 1063, on account of the above mentioned services.
John N. Maus was thirty-five years of age in 1822. The age of Louisa Maus is not stated. It is shown that they were the only children alive in 1822.
There are no further data on file as to his services, nor any further data as to family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Handwritten: R. Mans, USA C- 3-049. Manhattan Ex. A. W. F. Div. Rev. & 1813 Law
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Apr. 14, 1927
Handwritten: address & name of The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intel- ligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
last name of widow XXXXXX
Full Name of soldier. Matthew Mans
soldier at enlist- XXXXXX address of XXXXXX ment & after service.
XXXXXX
REGION Volunteer Surgeon under Gen.
State where enlisted Montgomery (Pa.)
death Date of XXXXXX Sept 23, 1987 birth
Date of XXXXXX
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Handwritten: Only 2 histories furnished each inquirer.
Return attached letter with reply.
Handwritten: [Signature] WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Ms. A. M. H. S. A. C. Manhattan N.Y.

1423 Fremont Place, Knoxville, Tenn.,
May 10, 1930.
U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir,
Please send me all information contained in application for service of Matthew Maus who was a surgeon through the entire Revolutionary War.
If possible please give me his parents , given names and place of birth . Also Matthew Maus' age , place of birth , when  where he enlisted, the year and where he married (if he married) and his wife's name.
Every item contained in the application will be of great value to me.
Dr. Maus' parents lived in Philadelphia, Pa., I believe.
Dr. Matthew Maus was with Gen. Montgomery in his expedition into Canada,

and when Montgomery fell before Quebec he aided Col. Burr in carrying away his body.
Then he served through the entire War of Independence.
If you will please give as much information as possible I shall thank you.
Very truly,
(Miss) Anna M. Faulkner.
P.S.
Please send records of Joseph Maus a Revolutionary soldier with Washington at Valley Forge.
Also Col. Thomas Proctor on Washington's staff.
Thank you very much.
A. M. F.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. Wt. No.1063-400
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August 26, 1927
P. Maus K.S.A.C Manhattan, Kans
Sir:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that John N. Maus and Louisa Maus were allowed 400 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 1063, on account of the father's of matthew maus (his father) father's (Matthew Maus) services as Hospital Surgeon in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.
John N. Maus was thirty-five years old in 1822, the age of Louisa Maus is not stated. It is stated that they were the only children alive in 1822.
There are no further data on file as to his services, nor any further data as to family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Copy War Department.
Edward Jones Esq.
Section of Revolutionary Lands.
Sir,
February 8 th 1818.
I have not been unmindful of your letter of 9 th ulto. relative to the claims of the heirs of the late Doctor Matthew Blair, decd.; - but having been obliged to mark double sides since the commencement of the present Session of Congress, I have not been able to pay the attention I would wish to the old Revolutionary Land Claims, which certainly ought to have been ad- judged just long since.
I presume you recollect that by the conflagration of the War Office in the year 1800, the principal registers of Military Service in the Revolutionary War, were destroyed. It has therefore become necessary for Government at this late day, when claims of the description above-mentioned are brought forward, to throw the burthen of proof on the claimant.
I have the pleasure to enclose to you, for the government of the heirs of Doctor Blair in this process, - a copy of the printed Rules that have long been established in this Department with a view of directing such pursuits.
That Information furnishes an answer to your first & third Queries. - For an answer to the 2 d - my memory does not correctly serve me at this moment, - and I have not the book at hand: but, doubtless, in your library -

at the Treasury Department, you have the digest of the land laws, made under the auspices of Mr. Galatin a few years since; in that work at about the 194 page I think, you will find the Constitution granting land to the Medical staff. —
Sincerely adieu! W. Cutting.
Copy.
Edward Stone Esq.
February 1 st 1852.
Dr Mathew Mason
Essex
Boston, Maine
Rev. Bowditch Land
1063 - 4 th
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Mass.