Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2890, for Christopher Myers, Maryland

SERVICE
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Myers, Christopher
S.2890
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d Date of death not on AB d
Ph. 13-119 Ohio
Christopher Myers
of Piqua in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morningstar the Regt commanded by in the Maryland Militia 6 Months
Enscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May and June 1833 and June 1833 1833 at Vernon Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4. 33 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B. Whiting Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 16

Phaeogolaria answered by C. Moyni

Interrogatories, answered by Christopher Myners, an Applicant for the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th AD 1832 —
1 st Where, and in what year were you Born Ans 2 I was Born in Frederick County in the State of Maryland, in the year AD. 1759
2 nd Have you any Record of your age, and if so, where is it Ans 2 I have no Record of my age —
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live
Ans 2 I lived in Frederick County in the State of Maryland when I entered the service of the United States. I have lived in said Frederick County, Maryland, in the State of Virginia near the Town of Winchester in said State, in Washington & Fincastle Counties in the State of Ohio, since the Revolutionary War & I now live in 1 st Knox County,
4 th How was you called into service, was you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substituter, and if a Substituter, for whom,
Ans 2 I entered the service of the U.S. by being drafted —
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the Troops where you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services —
Ans 2 There were no Regular officers, with the Troops where I served, no continental or Militia Regiments, And the general circumstances of my service is set forth in my Declaration —

6 th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service? and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans r I never received a regular (a written) discharge from service
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution,
Ans r Thos. Rigdon & Judith Gimmelman
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 27 th day of Sep. 1832.
Witloff notes
Alex Elliott, CLK
Ames gothic answered by C. Hays

15080 Declaration of Christopher H. Hays

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. th 1832
The State of Ohio ss On this 27 day of September Knox County ss } A.D. 1832. Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Knox, now sitting, Christopher Myres, a resident of Wayne Township in said County of Knox, aged Seventy Three years, last March, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, to wit, under the command of Captain Philip Morningstar and Lieut. William Beck, who command- ed a company of Drafted Militia, That he entered the service about the first of April, he thinks in the year 1781 at Frederick Town, in the State of Maryland, at which place his said Company was stationed, to guard about five Hundred British prisoners that was then stationed at said Fredericktown. Declarant further says that he was drafted into service for the term of Six months all of which time he served in said company at the said Town of Fredericktown, by guarding said prisoners, except a few of the last days, which were employed in remov- ing said prisoners to Fort Frederick, where he and his said Company were dismissed from service, Declarant says that there were no regular officers, or troops, stationed at Frederick Town, at the time he was in the service, — Declarant, further says, that he lived in Frederic- =K County in the State of Maryland, when he was

drafted into the service of the United States, And that he was born in said Frederick County in the month of March in the year A.D. 1759, that he has no Rec'd of his age, That he has lived in said Frederick County in the State of Maryland, in the State of Virginia, five miles from the Town of Winchester in said State, in Washington & Knox Counties in the State of Ohio - Since the Revolutionary War, It is not in declarant's power to produce any docu- -mentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person now living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said services or any part thereof, Declarant hereby relinquishes, every claim, whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Alex Elliott C.K. } Witness my hand R. 6 ps
We Thomas Rigdon a Clergeman residing in Clinton Township, in Knox County & State of Ohio and Godlieb Gimmelman residing in said Township, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher Moyres who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood, where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Thos Rigdon G. Gimmelman

The State of Ohio Knox County ss.
I Alexander Elliott clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher Myles for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10th day of Oct 1832
Alex. Elliott CLK

November 8, 1939
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Mrs. L. N. Johnson Box 86 Marshalltown, Iowa
CHRISTOPHER MYERS S. 2890 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to Christopher Myers were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 2890, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Christopher Myers was born in March, 1759, in Frederick County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not stated.
While living in Frederick County, Maryland, Christopher Myers enlisted about April 1, 1781, served six months as private in Captain Philip Morningstar's Maryland company, engaged in guarding about five hundred prisoners at Fredericktown.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided in Frederick County, Maryland, then in Virginia about five miles from Winchester, and in Muskingum and Knox Counties, Ohio.
Christopher Myers was allowed pension on his application executed September 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether this soldier ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Christopher Myers, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Christopher Myers, certificate No. 13119, issued May 13, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Christopher Nye Snow & Phipps
For Maryland a/c Nite no 6 $20.-

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Christopher Myers, of Knox Co Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes  NO IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
*QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The State of Ohio Knox County ss:
At a Court of Common Pleas at the trial of H. H. & Amanda Hays Esq. (pursuing) & James W. Gibson, et al. (Thos Banning & Alva Ayres Esq.) as special Judges of said Court. Christopher Myers being first duly sworn doth in open court make his declaration in writing in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. And the Court having heard the said declaration and having investigated the matter, and having propounded the several interrogatories prescribed in the regulations of the War department, are of opinion that the said Christopher Myers was a Revolutionary soldier, and swears as he states in his said Declaration. And the Court having also examined the Certificate attached to the said Declaration signed by Thomas Rigdon & Gottlieb Zimmerman are satisfied that the same is in due form, and that the said Thomas Rigdon is a Clergyman residing in said County of Knox, and that said Gottlieb Zimmerman is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. The Court do therefore order that the whole certify accordingly.

MRS. L. N. JOHNSON BOX 86 MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA
10/24-1939
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - Should like to have all the information you can give me of Christopher Myers , a Revolutionary soldier - a private in Maryland Militia - later lived in Ohio. also Adam Brown - who lived in North Carolina and Ohio - may have been enlisted from Maryland or Virginia.
Thank you for the favor.
Yours truly.
Mrs. L. N. Johnson

Trisley
RECORD SEP 10 1920

Put in file Laddouig Mo - Sept 6 1920 -
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
My dear Sir, Could you furnish me with any information concerning Christopher Myers who was a pensioned Revolution- ary soldier and who died in Knox County Ohio in the early part of the Nineteenth Century -

I should like information concerning the name of his wife or children. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, so probably enlisted from that place.
Respectfully, yours, Miss Ellen Jane Tinsley
Saddonia Box 134. Mo.

1920 Oct. 16. History to Miss Ellen J. Sisley. cu 1939 Apr. 18 - Heir to Mrs. Pauline Myers City in Clm. P. 171 19 of Christopher Moyer DPL D 1939, Nov. 8. Heir to Mrs. L. M. Johnson - Mrs. P.
Rev War
2890 INVALID.
File No. 2890
Christopher Myers Print Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

November 7, 1939.
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Mrs. L. N. Johnson Box 86 Marshalltown, Iowa
BA-J/ady Christopher Myers S.2890
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of Adam Brown, who lived in North Carolina, Ohio, Maryland, or Virginia, all spellings of the names searched.
The record of Christopher Myers is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 18, 1939
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Miss Pauline Myers 3640 - 16th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Christopher Myers P. 2890
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your great-grandfather, Christopher Myers (variously spelled) who came from Germany about 1790, settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, lived later in Ohio where, in Brown County, he was buried, the name of his wife, Augusta Ann. You cite a Revolutionary War pensioner of Maryland with that name who, you believe, may have been your ancestor.
Two claims for pension, only, have been found based upon service of soldiers with the name of your ancestor. All spellings of that surname have been searched. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration. The records of those two soldiers, one the pensioner cited by you, are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 18, 1939
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Miss Pauline Myers 3640 - 16th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Christopher Myers, S. 2890
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Christopher Moyer, S. 11119
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BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The records of Christopher Myers and Christopher Moyer, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, are furnished you, as follow:
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
S. 2890
The data herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 2890, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Christopher Myers.
Christopher Myers was born in March, 1759, in Frederick County, Maryland. The names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, Christopher Myers enlisted about April 1, 1781, served six months as private in Captain Philip Morningstar's Maryland company, engaged in guarding about five hundred prisoners at Fredericktown.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided in Frederick County, Maryland, then in Virginia about five miles from Winchester, and in Muskingum and Knox Counties, Ohio.
Christopher Myers was allowed pension on his application executed September 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether this soldier ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of

Christopher Myers, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Christopher Myers, certificate #13119, issued May 13, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
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CHRISTOPHER MOYER S. 11119
The data which follow in regard to Christopher Moyer were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.11119, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Christopher Moyer was born in 1750 in Germany and when two years old came to this country. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, Christopher Moyer enlisted in November, 1776, and served at various times until the fall of 1782, amounting to seven months twenty-four days, as private in Captain Sharp's company, Colonels Van Rensselaer's and Banker's New York regiments. One Cornelius Myer (relationship not stated) served with Christopher part of the time. During his service he was in the battles of Fort Anne and Iron Hill and was discharged at Schenectady, New York.
The next year after the close of the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved to Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, where he remained seven years, thence to Sharon in the same county, and while a resident of Sharon was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1833.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of Christopher Moyer.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Christopher Moyer, you should address the Comptroller General as in the other case and furnish that official the following data: Christopher Moyer, certificate #20508, issued September 15, 1833, rate, $25.97 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

12890
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Christopher Myers 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.     Apr. 1, 1781 6 mos Pvt Philip Morningstar ✓ Md                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frederick Co. Md. Date of application for pension, Sept. 27, 1832 His d. was at Residence at date of application, Wayne Twp. Knappa Co. Ohio Age at date of application, in March 1859 in Frederick Co. Md. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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