Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40233, for Peter Ox, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Alx, Peter
S. 40233
CONTENTS

40 233
Recy INVALID.
File No. 40 233
Rev Cr
Dr Cr No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 872
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,866 R
Pennsylvania David R -
Huntingdon in the state of Penns who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Col Von Heer the for the term of 1 year Washington's life guard
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of July 1819 and sent to David R - Huntingdon Pa
Arrears to 4th of Apr 1819  20.80 Semi-ann. all ce ending 2 18/30  20.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
58 Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

Declaration of Peter O X
1866 Feb (M)
May 19

State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss  On this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in open court before Charles Huston Esquire President and David Stewart and Joseph W. Cune Esquires his associates Judges of the court of Common Pleas for Huntingdon County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania said court being a court of records) Peter Ox who being a resident in said County aged Fifty five years and being first duly sworn according to law doth declare on his oath that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two he enlisted in Captain Vanhairs Company for during the war at the end of which Period he was Honourably discharged that his original declaration is dated the seventeenth day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and the number of his Pension certificate is 12,855 and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March A D one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person or persons in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
  2 Acres & twenty three Rods of Mountain Land $20 00 Brought forward $34.50   1 Cow 10 00 1 Old Spade - - - ~ 50   1 churn 75 1 Old Hoe - - - - 25   1 Kettle small 1.50 1 Old Chest - - - - 1.50   1 Pot Iron 50 1 Old Table - - - - 1 00   3 Cups & saucers 25   4 Knives & Forks 50   1 Grubbing hoe 1 00   $34 50 $37.75 

That he is by trade a Rough Carpenter but that owing to his advanced age and other infirmities he is unable to procure his occupation so as to obtain anything like a lively bread for himself and family that he has a wife Peggy whose age is Fifty Five years and from her advanced age is able to contribute very little towards the support of the family and two Children Iane & Jonas one aged seventeen and the other nine years old Sworn to & declared in } open court 16 th Augt 1820 }
Peter Ox
William Steel clk
Huntingdon County ss
Abraham Vantrief being duly sworn depose and say that he is well acquainted with Peter Ox the before named Pensioner and his circumstances and property and estimates the same to be worth $37.75 which in the opinion of the deponant is the full value of the same
Sworn & subscribed in } open court 16 th Augt 1820 }
Ab m Vantrief
William Steel clk
Huntingdon County ss
The foregoing declaration having been made in open court on the 16 th day of August 1820 and the schedule aforesaid being exhibited and the evidence of the value of the property of Declarant produced estimating the value of the same at Thirty Seven Dollars and Seventy five cents the court approved of said valuation & concurs therein
By the court
William Steel Party

Peter Ox. a Private in Capt. Van Heer's select Chos of Horse
Independent troop of Cavalry attached as a Guard to the Commander in Chief.
Capt Vonheer —
April 1782
June 1783
Admired

Pennsylvania and Huntingdon County ss
On this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aforesaid, personally appeared Peter Ox aged fifty four years, resident in Huntingdon County aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on this oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War." That he the said Peter Ox enlisted in Reading in Berks County in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Company of Light Dragoons Commanded by Captain John Von Heer and attached to the suit of his Excellency General Washington in the Month of April or about that time in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty two; that he continued to serve in the said Corps, in the Service of the United States until in the Month of June A.D. 1783, when he was discharged from Service (Conditionally provided the definitive Treaty of peace was Ratified by Great Britain and the United States) in Old Shankam or Shankum in the State of New York which discharge by carrying became cut and torn to pieces and lost. That the duty of the Troop to which he belonged was to attend the Commander in Chief and carry as prepared. And that he has a crippled and in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he hath no other evidence now in his power of his said Services, except the affidavits hereto attached. That he hath no pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States to his knowledge, and if any such exists he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States. In presence to subscribed and declared before me, the day and Year aforesaid.
Davie Stewart
John Ox
Peter Ox in English
Huntingdon County ss
Before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Jacob Bartel of the County of Lehigh in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and being by me first duly sworn according to law saith that the above applicant for a pension Peter Ox enlisted in the Company of Light Dragoons Commanded by Captain John Von Heer in or about the Month of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the Town of Reading in Berks County in Pennsylvania and this deponent was present at his enlistment, that the said Peter Ox continued to serve in said Company or Troop of Light Dragoons in the Service of the United States and attached to the suit of his Excellency Genl. George Washington Commander in Chief of the American Army until the twenty third day of June A.D. 1783 when he

was discharged conditionally (provided the treaty of peace was ratified between the United States and Great Britain) from the service of the United States. That this deponent was a Member of the Troop and was discharged the same day Peter Cox was, and deponent seen Peter Cox get his discharge on the twenty third day of June One thousand seven hundred and eighty three, and is positive of this fact by having him his own discharge in his possession at this time. Sworn to and subscribed the sixteenth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred & Nineteen
Before David Stewart
Jacob Luther
Huntingdon County Pa.
I David Stewart an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do certify that from the examination and oath of the said Peter Cox as well as from the affidavits of Peter Luther and Jacob Bartlet Credible Witnesses it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Peter Cox did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemies; and that he is poor, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Hon ble the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. June 17 th 1819.
David Stewart

Huntingdon County ss
Before the subscribers one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid came personally Peter Luther of Mifflin County and being sworn agreeable to law did depose and say: That Peter Ox did Enlist some time in the year 1782 in a Company of Light Dragoons commanded by Capt. John Hains in the service of the United States which Company were Life guard to Genl. George Washington. That the said Enlistment took place in the Town of Reading, Berks County & State of Penn. This deponent further saith that he verily believes that the said Peter Ox served from the time he enlisted untill the end of the Revolution and was regularly discharged and further saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed this 10th day of June 1819
Peter Luther
Before
Matthew Wilson
Pennsylvania Huntingdon County ss
I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County do certify that Matthew Wilson Esquire before whom the above deposition appears to have been taken was at that time and still is a Justice of the peace in and for Said County and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in courts of Justice as otherwise.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at Huntingdon the 16th day of June 1819
William Steel Proty

Pennsylvania Huntingdon Co.
I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid do hereby certify, that David Stewart Esquire before before whom the foregoing depositions appear to have been taken and the certificate which appears to have been made by him, was at that time and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of the said County at Huntingdon the 18 th day of June A.D. 1819
William Steel Proth.