Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7826, for Emanuel Ott, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Ott, Emanuel
R. 7826.
CONTENTS

29. 301.
Emanuel Ott died
Pa —
78 26 suspended
Return.
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Capt. T. H. Hook U.S. Army - Present.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24 th Jany 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Emanuel Ott
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778 2 priv Cap. Haught Col. Kishline 71 years Pa Traditionary.   2 " Col. Geiger   Not allowed 4 Ensign Cap. Melinger   28 Lieut Col. Reads   2 priv Col. Siegfried   1 12 Lieut Col. Miller  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
All claimants as Commissioned officers, are required to produce their original Commission as satisfactory proof they were duly commissioned, and served in that capacity for the time alleged.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Jacob Ott  surviving son of Emanuel Ott late of Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania (deceased) do hereby constitute and appoint Alexander Ray Esq of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Emanuel Ott decd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to to the surviving children of said Emanuel Ott deceased such I do hereby authorize said Alexander to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 23 rd day April A. D., 185 3 .
his Jacob Ott  mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } George Walter M. Duncanson
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss: COUNTY OF Cumberland }
On this Twenty third day of April A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Jacob Ott and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
George Walter J. Peace.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF COUNTY
} ss.
Be it known, That on this
day of
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty
, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared a resident of in said County, and
made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of Dollars per annum ; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. } J. Peace.
I,
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
I, Saml Martin Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George Walters before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths ; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 25 th day of April A. D. 1853.
P. Lingley For Saml Martin Clerk.
The cert is the blank of the Court, is the blank of the

State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County } J

In the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County
State of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County ss
Personally appeared in Open Court this seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four before the Honorable John Reed President and the Honorable Isaac Graham and William Line associate Judges composing the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Cumberland now sitting Emanuel Ott a resident of Southampton Township in the said County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania who being first sworn and according to law deposeth and saith that he had in his possession at one time his discharges and as a militia man as also his commissions as an officer of militia for the time stated by him in his declaration made on the thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 That he was duly commissioned and served in the capacities stated in the revolutionary army in the capacities and in the manner stated in the said declaration
That his commissions to the best of his recollection were signed by Col. Fishline and Samuel Smith who were the sub lieutenants of the county. That this document after the revolutionary war his discharges and commissions were worn out and lost before he removed from the county of Berks. Deponent further states that he does not know of any body now living by whom he can prove the facts stated in his declaration made as aforesaid nor can he

as he knows making any other proof of the same other than that which he has made and he is too old and infirm and too poor to go to the county of Berks to seek for any additional evidence and he does not know that he could obtain any if he did. Deponent further states that he knows of no record of other proof of his commissions other than stated Emanuel Ott
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court
Test W. HARRISON Prothonotary
Cumberland County ss
We the subscribers citizens of the county of aforesaid being duly sworn according to law depose and say that we have known
Emanuel Ott who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing states, and that he has sustained a good reputation for truth and that we do believe the said statements made by him on oath to be true
Sworn and subscribed
This 8th day of May 1832 before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland and state of Pennsylvania
James M. G. G. James M. G. G. Joseph C. P. R. R. Wm. M. C. O. N. E. L. L.
Wm. A. Finley Wm. M. Grier Sam. L. Reed John Mull David Nevin George Wilson Henry Seebelt David M. Clance John Rippy Paul Martin

Stephen Cochran Edward Guiton Gifford, Morris, William Blean David Blean " " John Maxwell Tho Brewster Peter Shultz Samuel H. Adams Abraham Seaver John Seiders
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss
I John Harper Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland do certify that the foregoing declaration subscribed by Emanuel Ott and attested by me as sworn to him by him in Open Court contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the supplemental declaration of Emanuel
Ott made to obtain a pension and I do further certify that James Sturgis Esquire before whom the foregoing affi- davit was made is a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and his signature annexed to the said affida- vit is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office and sub- scribed my name this twenty second day of May in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty four
J. HARPER Protho of the Court of C.P. Pleas of Cumberland County

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County
§ §
Personally appeared in open Court on this thirteenth fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before the Honorable John Reed President and the Honorable Isaac Graham and William Line associate judges composing the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Cumberland now sitting, Emanuel Ott a resident of Southampton Township in the said County of Cumber- land and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy one years and six months 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. He was born on the twenty ninth of March in the year one thousand eight hundred seven hundred and sixty one in West minster Township in the County of Bucks
In the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight to the best of deponents recollection he joined the militia com- pany under Captain Peter Stought, he this deponent being then but seventeen years of age. The officers of the company besides the captain were Lieutenant Jacob Ott and ensign John Ott who were deponents brothers. The second lieutenant Henry Eagle did not go with the company. Deponent had three other brothers in the said company, Henry Ott Peter Ott and Benjamin Ott. All of deponents brothers are now dead. The company marched from Bucks County to which it belonged to Amboy and from that to Powles Hook in the State of Jersey where the company remained until the time expired for which it had entered the service. This deponent was out at this time in the said company for two months. The said company was under the command and belonged to the Battalion of Colonel Fishkill. The Major was Alexander Hughes. There were no regular officers with the com- pany to which this deponent belonged. The English lay at New York and there was no fighting in which this deponent took part at that time. The battle of Long Island had been fought before this deponents company reached Amboy. After the two months were up de- ponent returned home with his company. Some time after de- ponent had returned home he joined the company of Captain Philip Kuper- berger of the County of Northampton as a volunteer. The lieutenants of the said company were Shriver whose first name he has forgot and Peter Dishler he has forgot the name of the ensign and he marched in said com- pany which was in the battalion of Col Seiger who commanded to Easton and from that through the Jerseys to New Brunswick near which they joined the army under General Washington. They had to march through when they marched from Easton there was a deep snow on the ground and they had a severe time of it. The British lay in the town of New Brunswick and the American Army was within a few miles of the town. The militia

were a good deal employed in scouting parties and had a good many skirmishes with the enemy but this deponent was not in any of them
Deponent was out at this time two months. When deponent returned home he was elected an ensign in the class of Militia to which he belonged in the company of Captain Melinger. The lieutenant was Abraham Fishbine. Deponent marched with this company from Bucks county below Philadelphia below the red banks to Billingsport where the company remained four months. They were engaged in building a fortification at this place during all that time. The company belonged to the battalion of Col. Severy who was out at that time but had no other field officer within under him. There were also regulars there at that time and there was no fighting.
On the return of the deponent with his company after this tour of four months he was elected a lieutenant. After he went out again with his company which was then commanded by Captain John Stinger. Thomas Armstrong was the ensign of the company. The company joined the battalion of Colonel Reed of Bucks county. They crossed the Schuylkill and marched down to Brandewine and within a short distance of that creek they joined the army under General Washington and in a few days the battle of Brandewine was fought. This deponent with his company was in the battle and was wounded with a musket ball in the right leg about half way below the knee. The mark of which wound he now exhibits in court.
Thomas Armstrong the ensign of the company was taken and David Simpson the first sergeant were taken prisoners. Deponent thinks that General Mifflin had command of the brigade or division to which deponent's company belonged but he is not positive of it as he is old and his memory is frail. After deponent was wounded at Mitchell who belonged to the Bucks county Militia cut the ball out of his leg he was allowed to go home to get well. He returned home accordingly about four weeks after he had marched on this tour. The company had been mustered into service for two months and returned home before this deponent got well. He did not get well for about two months after he had been wounded. As soon as deponent did get well he joined a company in Northampton county which was about to enter the service as a volunteer. It was a company of Militia he joined it as a private. It was commanded by Captain Mosity he thinks. Jacob Yocum was lieutenant and he does not recollect the name of the ensign. This company marched in a battalion commanded by Col. Siegfried. Major Baumeister was the major of the battalion. They marched from Allentown to the Weissahicken near Philadelphia where they joined the army under General Washington. General Mifflin he thinks commanded the Militia then. This deponent and his battalion lay in camp at the Weissahicken for two months when their term of service being up they returned home. There was no fighting at that time. After deponent returned home and

after the English left Philadelphia an other call was made for malitia and this deponent again entered the service with his company as lieutenant under Captain Thomas of Berks County Moses Kelly was ensign When a company was drafted it was taken from different companies and the persons drafted were formed in one company &c The company joined the battalion of Colonel Keller who commanded and we marched marched to New Town and were there about in camp about six weeks General Sackett I think was in command there
Deponent has a record of his age which he now produces in Court After the Revolutionary war he lived in Berks County about ten years and then moved to Lebanon County he lived there eight- een or nineteen years and from that he moved to Cumberland County he lived in Cumberland County five years and then moved to Franklin County and after living in Franklin County for three years he returned to Cumberland County and has lived in Cumber- land County ever since The first tour of service he performed under Captain Stouffer he went as a volunteer the company was drafted his second tour under Captain Moyerberger was as a volunteer but his company was drafted his third tour under Cap- tain Melinger he was drafted his fourth tour under Captain Stinger he was drafted his fifth tour under Captain Mority he was a volunteer but the company was drafted his sixth tour under Captain Thomas he was drafted This deponent performed thru tours of two months service each as a private one as ensign of four months one as Lieutenant of four weeks when had been drafted for two months but was permitted to go home to get well of his wound and one tour as Lieutenant of six weeks which last was at the close of the revolutionary war
He 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 and subscribed the _____ Deponent's discharge and com- pany and year aforesaid in pensions have been worn out and lost Open Court
Before me Michael Prof
Emmanuel Ott
we Frederick Rauhauser a clergyman of the Borough of Chambers Franklin County David Levin (Ireland) and Doct. Wm. A. Findley of Borough Shippensburg in County of Cumber- land hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Emmanuel Ott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be upwards of seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed

and believed in the neighborhood in which when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed
day and year aforesaid
Before me Sam Reddick
Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Cumberland
Wm H Finley David Nevin
Frederick Rahanser pastor of the German Reformed congregation of Shippensburg Cumberland County
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And the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Reverend Frederick Rahanser who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and pastor of the German Reformed congregation of the Borough of Shippensburg in the County of Cumberland and Dr William H Finley and David Nevin who also have signed the same are residents in the said Borough of Shippensburg and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court
John Reed Tindal Isaiah Lybrand Wm Lewis Spears
Cumberland County
I John Harper prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Emanuel Ott for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
J. HANPER clk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County Penn a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
MIHAELER Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County Penn a
State of Pennsylvania County of Cumberland
I John Harper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Certify that Samuel Redett is a magistrate as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office and subscribed my name this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
MIHAELER Clerk of the Ct. of C. Pleas of C. County Pa a

7826
REJECTED
P. O. Emanuel Ott
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Suspended See letter to Sec. War 25. March 1835

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF June 7. 1832.
Emanuel Ott. Penna.
Suspended claim.
~~~~~ POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIM. ~~~~~
CHARLES C. TUCKER, Attorney, Present.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That I Jacob Ott of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a son & heir of Emanuel Ott decd do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Emanuel Ott for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 12 th day of January 1854.
In presence of George Walters } ss.  M. Donaldson
Jacob his mark Ott
STATE OF Pennsylvania }  Cumberland COUNTY--ss.
On this 12 th day of January 1854, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Jacob Ott, son of Emanuel Ott decd late of Pa. County and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
George Walters
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss.  Cumberland COUNTY.
On this 12 th day of January 1854, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jacob Ott a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Jacob Ott who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Jacob his mark Ott
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
George Walters
STATE OF Pennsylvania } COUNTY OF Cumberland
I Samuel Martin Clerk of General Courts of Pa. County do hereby certify that George Walters Esq. , before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 11 th day of March 1854.
Sam Martin Clk Cts

L. bob En.
Chief clerk
Pension Office
Mr. Andrew Paton

Washington
Apr 27. 53.
I believe
Chief Clerk P.O.
Sir.
I enclose herewith a power of attorney from one of the children of Emanuel Ott. deceased an applicant - for ad 7 Mar 1837. from Penn s and suspended for further proof.
allow me to request an examination of the papers filed in his case.
I O'Keefe
On Sir
Alex. Ray