Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3646, Henry Becker, Penn

SERVICE
Penn.
Becker, Henry Catharine
NUMBER
Nr 3646
CONTENTS

5582 Philadelphia Catharine Becker widow of Henry Becker
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Penn n private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1831 and sent to
Hon M. M. Simmons House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 284, Vol. 2,

12677
Catharine Becker Mama of Henry Pa
act 7 July 1838
Marrid 1787 1789 husb. died 1821
Adm o 11 mos 9 d $20 per annum, licks
38 43844 48
Phil a Roll
How M. M. Himmick W of K

Munroe County ss
I Peter Allmon a Justice of the peace in & for the said County do hereby certify that, John P. Decker by whom the above and foregoing affidavit affidavit was made, is a person of good moral character and his statements are entitled to credit & belief.
P. Allmon
Munroe County ss.
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came David Fisher and being duly sworn according to law deposed & saith that the persons named (& the date of their birth given in the within affidavit sworn to by the Rev John P Decker) are the Children of Henry Becker & Catharine his wife the said Henry being Becker having died about the year AD 1820 or 1821. The said Henry & Catharine being the same persons referred to in the depositions of deponent this day made for said Catharine Becker who now resides in the Township of Jackson in the County of Monroe. Sworn & subscribed before me this 8 th April AD 1846. David Fisher Mark. Philip Vriesp JD
Munroe County ss I do hereby certify that David Fisher who made and subscribed the above foregoing affidavit is a person of good moral character & his statements are entitled to credit and belief Witness my hand this 8 th April 1846.
Philip Vriesp JD
State of Pennsylvania } Munroe County ss }
I James H Stone, Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of Munroe County do hereby certify that Peter Allmon and Philip Vriesp, the Justices of the peace before whom the above and foregoing proceedings were had were at the time the above proceedings were had and now are Justices of the peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the signatures purporting to be the signatures of the above named Justices of the peace are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of said court this 19 th day of April AD 1846
James H Stone, Prothonotary
J. H. Stone, Prothonotary

Pennsylvania Monroe County ss } I do hereby remember thirtieth day of March A D 1846 Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came John P. Decker pastor or preacher of the German Reformed Church in Ropf Township in said County, and being duly sworn according to law, deposes & say that the following is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows -
 William Decker born 6 Februar 1790  Philipp Decker born 10 Juny 1794  Heinrich Decker born 30 April 1796  Frederick Decker born 17 July 1798  Conrad Decker born 5 Juny 1801  Johannes Decker born Octob 1804  Margareth Decker born 10 Juny 1806 
I John P. Decker above named deposes & say that I hold the office of Pastor or Preacher of the German Reformed Church in Ropf Township in Monroe County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church Given under my hand this 30 day of March 1846 P. S. Attestor J. P. Decker

State of Pennsylvania ) On this fift day of Monroe County ss February Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty six Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Catharine Becker a resident of Jackson township in said County aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th July 1838. entitled 'An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows'
That she is the widow of Henry Becker who was a soldier of the Revolu- tionary war, that from old age and loss of memory - she cannot state particularly the time or period the said Henry Becker entered into the service of the United States as a soldier or how long he served but remembers from the account given her by her husband that he the said Henry Becker was at the battle of Brooklyn and Long Island and was there taken prisoner by a party of Hessians and was confined in a meeting house or church for some time time - according to her best recollection she believes that her said husband was for several years in the service of the United States and was in the regular army under General Washing- ton - That the said Henry Becker when he first entered into the service of the United States as a soldier resided at at a place now called Chestnut Hill township in then Northampton County now in Monroe

County. from loss of memory she cannot state the names of the Subordinate Officers under whom the said Henry Becker served
She further declared that she was married to the said Henry Becker, as near as she can now state in the month of March or April Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eighty Nine at the home of Conrad Becker in Chesumhill Township in Northampton County now known by a German Preacher whose name defendant has forgotten That she or her husband kept no record of their marriage - That her husband the aforesaid Henry Becker died on the second day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty one in Pocono Township Northampton County. Grownhorner near the place where she now resides - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated. Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me, with February date before signing.
Joseph Keller Esq. Catharine her Becker mark
Pennsylvania
Monroe County.
{ I Joseph Keller one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that Catharine Becker who made & subscribed the above and foregoing declarations is personally known to me that I have been acquainted with her (her husband Henry Becker until his death ) for a period of thirty years in the course of that she is a person of credibility and her

Statements deserving of belief. That from bodily infirmity the said Catharine Becker cannot attend the Court to make said declaration.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands this fifth day of January February Eighteen hundred and forty six. Word "February" interlined upon signing.
Joseph Keller + Judge
Munroe County ss. I James K. Strong Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. do hereby certify that Joseph Keller before whom the above foregoing declaration declarations and proceedings were had was at the time of the taking the same one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned & qualified and further I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hands writing of said Judge Keller and the foregoing signatures to said declarations and proceedings purporting to be his are genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of said office at Strongsville this tenth day of April 1846.
J. K. Strong Prothonotary

Rev. War Section.
January 16, 1917.
Miss Nellie A. Brown,
The Majestic,
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In response to a personal inquiry on this date, you are furnished the following information:
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that on May 11, 1789, a Warrant numbered 221, for 500 acres of bounty land issued on account of the services of Henry B icker as Colonel of the Pennsylvania troops in the Revolution; the number of the regiment is not stated.
Also, on May 12, 1789, a Warrant numbered 194, for 300 acres of bounty land, issued on account of the services of Henry B ecker fr. , a Captain of the Pennsylvania troops in the Revolution, regiment not stated:
There is no further information relative to either of these officers, for the reason that there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office.
The papers in claim Widow's File No. 3,646 Rev. War, show that Catharine Becker was allowed pension for the services of her husband Henry Becker, on her application executed February 5, 1846 at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and a resident of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. She stated that Henry Becker resided in Chestnuthill Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, when he entered the Militia of that county and served for several years, during which time he was taken prisoner at the battle of Brooklyn, Long Island, and confined in a meeting house or church for some time - no dates, rank, nor officers stated. Henry Becker married in Chestnuthill Township, in March or April, 1789, Catharine Seefass: he died March 2, 1821 in Ponco Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Their children were,
William born February 16, 1790. Philip " January 5, 1794. Heinrich " April 30, 1796. Lorenz " July 7, 1798. Conrad " January 5, 1801. Johannes " October -, 1804. Margareth " January 10, 1806.

From the papers in the claim of Jacob Baker, Survivor's File No. 8,946 Rev. War, it appears that he served in the War of the Revolution, and subsequent Indian Wars; that he was a Matross in General Wayne's Army, was wounded at the battle of Miami, and was pensioned for disability, from April 17, 1802.
There is no further information as to his service or disability. In 1819, he was a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and "upwards of seventy years of age". There is no family data whatever on file. The date of his death is not shown, but his pension was last paid up to and including March 4, 1822, at which time he was an inmate of the Poor House, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The above is the only Jacob Baker found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

V W 12/177
Catharine Beckm
Pen Letter to Hon. R. Broadhead 17 th ap l 46. Same May 2 nd 46 I am May 28.
Hon M. M. Dinnick Aug t 10/50
a d - 7 July 1838

1912 Jan. 26. History to Miss Edith E. Smith. & 1914 Aug. 4. History to Christian Troger letter in M t 221-500 Henry Becker. & 1916 July 24 Brief outline to Wesley O. Buckner letter in Henry Beck in M t 221. & 1916 Aug. 4. Full hist. to W. C. Buckner and data as to photo copies, etc 1917 Jan. 16. Hist. to Miss Nellie A. Brown
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3646
Catharine Becker  Widow  Henry Becker  Prot. Rec. Mar
Act: Feb. 2, 1888
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.043
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Catharine Becker
Widow of Henry Becker who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 2 nd March 1831 of Monroe in the State of Penna who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Penna line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1837 and sent to Hon. Mr. M. Simmelhoff House of Reps Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Weightman Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1. Page 215

8940 Penna Philadelphia Catharine Becker widow of Henry who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1843 and sent to
Hon. M. M. Quimby House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 104

Washington
Jany 26/57
Dear Sir
I send you the enclosed certificates as additional evidence in the case of the widow of Henry Becker of Penn a under the act of 1838 I think
I find there two certificates one in the name of Henry Becker and the other in the name of Henry Baker it is probable they were intended for the same man
I hope this additional evidence will be satisfactory so as to admit of a favorable decision in her case I know the widow well and her husband Henry Becker was always deemed and reputed by those who knew him to have been a Soldier in the revolutionary war
Truly Yours
Com r of Pensions
Wm Dummick
Mr Cole 1838
Your last letter states that the marriage is satisfactorily established

No 8460 B.
£ 10. 6. 6. Specie
I do hereby certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Henry Baker of Northam. Co. Militia in the sum of ten pounds, six shillings & six pence Specie, with lawful interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this Office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784. Comptroller General's Office } 2 Jany. 1786
Auditor General's Office } Harrisburg Jany 24 th 1857
I certify the above the foregoing to be true copies of the originals on file in this Department! Witness my hand and seal of office the date aforesaid J. H. Hammond for John V. Purviance Aud Gen

No 8682. B.
S. 4. 0. 6. Specie
I do hereby certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Henry Becker of Northum. Co. Militia, in the sum of four pounds & six pence, with lawful interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this office — Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784, Comptroller General's Office 4 th Jan y 1786, } 3 nos Jno Nicholson
Auditor General's Office Harrisburg Jan y . 24. 1831.
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file in this department;
Witness my hand and seal of office the date aforesaid
D. W. Hammond for John N. Purviance Aud. Gen.

Washington
Col J L Edwards
May I request you to do me the favor to have the Rolls examined in your department to ascertain whether the name of Henry Becker does not appear on the same as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War,
I am personally acquainted with his widow Catharine Becker who is now residing in the County where I live. From information received from aged persons residing in the neighborhood where Henry Becker died, I have no doubt Henry Becker was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War was taken a prisoner at Brooklyn, and rendered service to his country as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War,
Respectfully yours &c
Wm Dimmick

Hall of the Ho of Reps
Apr 14th 1841
Col Jas L Edwards Comm r of Pensions,
Sir Here with I send you the application of Mrs Catharine Becker of Monroe Co Pa for a Pension - There are several papers accompanying her declaration:-
I think the law is an honest one - I know the Witnesses and the gentleman who drew the paper, - They are respectable and entitled to full credit and belief -
The name of the husband name I have no doubt you will find  be found upon the Rolls in your department - if a careful examination is made -
The old Lady I know lives in a section of country where the knowledge of Pension Laws is not sought, and on that acc d ground I account for the delay in making the application
Yours &c
Richd Woodhead.

Pension Office
April 17 th 1846.
Sir.
I have the honor to inform you, that the papers in the case of Catharine Becker, widow of Henry Becker, under the act of 7 th July 1838, have been examined and filed. Mrs. Becker alleges that her husband was in service more than 2 years in Pennsylvania; but she is unable to specify any one tour; nor does she give the name of a single officer under whom it was rendered. Before any satisfactory adjustment of this claim can be made, the length, period, and grade of each tour, with the names of the company and field officers, under whom the service was performed, must be clearly set forth, and sustained by the best attainable proof. If Becker belonged to the Line of that State, evidence of his service should be found at Harrisburgh, and if in the Militia, the testimony of two or more witnesses, who served with him, should be adduced to establish the same. The papers now presented afford no proof of his services. The date of the marriage is satisfactory.
Hon. R. Broadhead Hof. Rep.
I have the honor to be Respectfully &c. J L Edwards

May 23. 1886 Dear Sir
Copy of a Certificate of John Evans 441525 719 private in the Revolution War
in the same Company and Regiment
It is requested that Henry Heath Pecker who initials is an applicant for a Pension should in the same Company and Regiment which the within named John Evans was

War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 and 1 st May 1820 John Evans of Northampton Co Pa 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 sixteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Given at the War Office of the United States the twelfth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
on the original is the following in lead mark Capt Henry Lewis. Comp of Infantry 2 d Jersey Regt Col Shrewes.

Commissioner of Pensions or
Mr Sam l Cole Pension Office Washington D.C.

Washington
July 11/57
Dear Sir
In the case of the widow of Henry Becker alias Baker, I desire to say that I am personally acquainted with the widow have known her for some seven or eight years past, and am well acquainted in the neighborhood where her husband died. That it is a matter of tradition and generally believed and understood in the neighborhood that said Becker, was a soldier of the revolutionary war, - I have every reason to believe that he was such that . I therefore hope that the additional evidence which was submitted in this case a few days since will be satisfactory and induce a favorable decision, feeling satisfied that the case is an honest & just one and that a small pension granted to the old lady would relieve her from great want & indigence under which she is now suffering
Truly your friend W. M. Dimmick R.W.P.

May 23. 1896
Adroe to case
Catharine Beecher
B
Mrs Beecher Case additional Testimony
H. R. Brodhead
ADR

Washington City
May 22. 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions -
I desire you again to look at the case of Mrs Catharine Becker of Monroe Pa -
You state to me in your Letter of the 17th ulto that the name of her Husband Henry Becker should be found at Harrisburg - It does appear upon the Records as will appear by a Letter from the auditor Genl filed in Mrs Sabas (late Van Etten) Card.
The following is the extract which relates to Henry Becker's Service - "I have also discovered Henry Becker but not in such a place as to amount to any thing more than the mere proof that he was one of the Northampton Co Militia, He rec d a Certificate in 1784 for £4. 0. 6 bearing Interest from 1 Jan y 1783, but this will not establish the length of time he served. If you wish a copy of it you can have it" [This Certificate was granted in pursuance of an act passed in 1784, see said Letter]
But the name of Henry Becker must appear upon the Rolls in your Department for he rendered good Service - An agent called upon the old Lady from a distance and I refused to let him employ him - It is supposed that said Becker served in the same Company John Evans who

plead on the Roll under the act of 1818 - A copy of Evan's Certificate I herewith send you -
I leave examine this case again and let me know the result -
Yours Respectfully
Rich d Woodhead

State of Pennsylvania } Be it remembered Monroe County ss. } that on this Eighth day of April A D Eighteen hundred and forty six. Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid. Personally came David Fisher of Chemung township in said County in the fifty second year of his age, and being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he was well acquainted with and personally knew Henry Becker from the time of deponent's boyhood until the death of said Henry Becker. The said deponent further says that he also knew and was well acquainted with Catharine Becker his wife formerly Catharine Seifass. That the said Henry Becker from the time of deponent's first acquaintance with him resided in Chemung township and remained in that vicinity until the time of his death, he may have died in Pocono township a few miles distant from where he lived resided when in Chemung township. The said Henry Becker and Catharine his wife were known to be man & wife or were deemed and reputed such to the knowledge of deponent prior to January Seventeen hundred & ninety four. The deponent knew the said Catharine from his youth the use then the reputed wife of said Henry Becker. That the said Henry Becker & Catharine

his wife lived and cohabited together as such man & wife until the day of the death of said Henry which took place about the year Eighteen hundred & twenty or twenty one at or near the place where the said Catharine now resides That the said Henry Becker was deemed reputed and considered to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War, deponent had several conversations with said Henry Becker in reference to his Revolutionary servi- ces as a soldier in said war, and was informed by said Henry Becker that before his death that he had been in the army at Long Island and was there when the American forces were defeated Some of them taken,
That the said Henry Becker & Catharine his wife raised a large family of children the names of some of whom are, are William Becker, Jacob, John and several other sons That he never heard the marriage of said Henry & said Catharine disputed or questioned That the said Catharine now resides in the township of Jackson

which was formerly a part of Pocono Township in Monroe County, where she lived at the time of her husband's death, - and further deponant saith not
Sworn & subscribed to me this 8 April 1846, his Dawalt Fisher Mark Philip Freesge
Monroe County ss. (Philip Freesge) Justice of the Peace a Justice in said County do hereby certify that Dawalt Fisher who made & subscribed the above and foregoing deposition or affidavit is a person of good moral character respectability & his statements are entitled to credit & belief. Witness my hand this 8th day of April 8 th 1846.
Philip Freesge
State of Pennsylvania } Monroe County ss. }
I James H. Stroed Prothonotary
of the court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that Philip Freesge the Justice of the Peace before whom the above and foregoing were had was at the time the above proceedings were had and now is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of said court this tenth day of April 1846.
J. H. Stroed Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania Montgomery Co.
On this Twenty 28 day of March A D 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in the County and State aforesaid George Frantz of Rops Township Monroe County in the year of his age who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Catharine Becker widow of Henry Becker. That he was also well acquainted with Henry Becker. That he resided in the same neighbourhood with Henry and Catharine before their marriage. That he was present at their marriage which took place in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, or seventeen hundred and eighty nine That they were married at the residence of a German Preacher by the name of Lurrip, That the said Catharine and Henry have lived together as man and wife from the time of their aforesaid marriage until the death of said Henry Becker which took place in the year eighteen hundred and twenty or twenty one. That said Henry and Catharine raised a family of Children together and that he never heard their marriage questioned or disputed and further this deponent saith not sworn to and subscribed { before me this day & year } Gregory J. Smith done written Jas (Rable)

Monroe County ss §
I do hereby certify that George Frantz who made and subscribed the above and foregoing affidavit before me is a person of credibility and that his statements are entitled to credit. Witness my hand this Twenty Day of March 1846
Yrs (Robb) (JAD)
State of Pennsylvania } Monroe County ss }
I James H. Strohecker Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that Joseph Trable the Justice of the peace before whom the above & foregoing proceedings were had was at the time the above proceedings were had and now is a Justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and seal of said Court Thirteenth day of April AD 1846
J. H. Strohecker Prothonotary

Northampton 5th Month day of Memor County 3 March A D 1846 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally came Laurence Seifass of Chalmers Township in Memor County in the twenty third year of his age and being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Henry Becker the husband of Cath- arine Becker of Jackson Township in said County - That he first became acquainted with said Becker shortly after the close of the Revolu- tionary war, that the deponent's father & the father of said Henry Becker resided within one mile from each other in Chalmers Town- ship in Northampton County Penn during the Revolutionary war & that this deponent was informed and understood from the father's family of said Henry Becker that the said Henry had gone to the war and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war - and more especially upon his return home to his father's family - this deponent became acquainted with said Becker who then informed him he had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war and at

different times gave him an account of his services as a soldier in said war. That the said Henry Becker was deemed and reputed to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and was so considered to the time of his death. That the said Henry Becker was married to said Catharine to the best of deponent's recollections about the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine - That this deponent was living in the same neighborhood at the time the marriage took place and remembers the circumstances perfectly well. That it was understood and said at the time that the said Henry & Catharine were married by a German Preacher by the name of Tarrick - that the said Henry & Catharine lived and cohabited together as man & wife from the time of their reputed marriage until the time of said Henry's death which took place as near as deponent now recollects about the year eighteen hundred & twenty one.
That said Henry & Catharine raised a family of seven or more children and from the time of their reputed marriage until the death of said Henry. H.

always resided in the vicinity or neighborhood of the place where they were married, sworn to and subscribed } Lawrence S. Duff before me the day & year } above written before me } Isaac H. Stock
Monmouth Co. I do hereby certify that Lawrence S. Duff who made and subscribed the above and foregoing affidavit before me, is a person of good moral character & deserv- ing credit and that his statement are entitled to credit & belief In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9 th day of March 1846, Isaac H. Stock
State of Pennsylvania } Monmouth Co. } I James H. Stock Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of Monmouth County do hereby certify that John Stock the Justice of the peace before whom the above and foregoing proceedings were had was at the time the above proceedings were had and now is a Justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine Witness my hand and seal of said court this tenth day of April 1846 J. H. Stock Prothonotary

Law ew
Received of Horton B. Potter Gen. Delivery, Detroit, Michigan $3 70 for certified copy in case of Henry Becker Rev. War Wid File No. 3646.
AWB Law
Oct 27 1916
BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
Oct 27, 1916.
Chief of War Pension Sir:
I have this day received from Horton B. Potter draft Cash for $3 70 requesting post office addresses  certified copy as per letter herewith.
Oct 28, 1916 Finance Rev. to return money.
AWB Law
Very respectfully,
W. H. Campbell Chief of Division.
Date Oct. 27, 1916. Name Henry Becker No. 3646 Rev. War Photographic copies wanted of 17 pieces, consisting of 23 pages. Remarks Certified APPROVED: Ext. S.S. Chawley Chief of Rev. War Div. Serial No. _____ Chief, Law Division.

Law Division
Pay
October 28, 1916.
Judge Mr. Horton B. Porter, General Delivery, Detroit, Michigan.
Sir:
In compliance with your request of the twenty-seventh instant, there is inclosed cer- tified copy of certain papers on file in this Bureau based on the service of Henry Becker, Revo- lutionary War, widow's File No. 3646.
Respectfully,
H. G. TIEMAN
Acting Commissioner.
Judge Horton B. Porter Gen. Delivery Detroit, Mich.
Certified copies 23 pages @ 15c Henry Becker W. 3646 Rev. War.
370

Law Division
PWB
August 15, 1916.
Mr. W. O. Buchner, 800 South Chestnut St., Lansing, Michigan.
Sir:
In compliance with your request of the eighth instant, there is inclosed herewith a certified copy of certain papers on file in this Bureau in the claim of the widow of Henry Becker, Revolutionary war, widow's file No. 3646.
Respectfully,
C. M. SALTZGABER Commissioner.
RWB/EOA

800 North Broadway St. Louis, Mo.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, Finance Division.
Aug 10, 1916
Chief of Law Division Sir:
I have this day received from W. O. Buchanan M.O. draft No. 4221-73 for $2,100. requesting post office address as per letter herewith.
10 + in Int. Rev. stamps herewith August 15, 1916 Finance Div as to disposition of the money WTB Very respectfully, Law
W. Campbell Chief of Division.

100 South Chestnut St. Lansing, Michigan
Law en
100 South Chestnut St., Lansing, Michigan. August 8th, 1916
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: Attention Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber, Comm.
In accordance with your letter of Aug. 4th, I am enclosing herewith money order for $2.35✓ together with ten cents in internal revenue stamps, covering certified copy of the subject matter con- tained in the fourteen page Revolutionary War pension claim of the widow of Henry Becker, W. File 3646.
Thanking you in advance for a prompt reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
W O Buchner
B-P Enclosure

Box 125 Myalusing, Penna, Jan. 15 th , 1912.
J. L. Davenport Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the pension record of Mrs. Catherine W 3646 Becker. She drew a pension on Henry Becker who was a Revolutionary Soldier. Thanking you for the favor,
am yours truly, (Miss) Edith E. Smith

77 1 Rev Dec
WESLEY O. BUCKNER 800 SO. CHESTNUT ST. LANSING, MICHIGAN.
August 1, 1916.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In response to your letter dated July 24th, 1916, you stated you would send me full record of Henry Becker's family. W. File #3; 646 Rev. War.
Thanking you in advance for same,
I am
Yours very truly,
W. O. Buckner
P. S. You stated in your letter "in the papers in claim". Please send me a copy of all "in claim" papers of the Henry Becker, or Col. Henry Bicker, or Jacob Baker.
W. O. B.

Rev. War Section.
August 4, 1916.
Mr. Wesley O. Buckner, 800 S. Chestnut St. Lansing, Mich.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 1 st instant, you are advised that by reference to the Bureau letter of the 24 th ultimo, you will see that there are no papers on file relative to the bounty land claims of the Revolutionary War soldiers, Col. Henry Becker and Capt. Henry Beker, Warrants Nos. 221 and 194.
There is but one paper on file in the claim of Jacob Baker S. File 2946, who was pensioned for wounds incurred at the battle of Miami, of which a full abstract has been sent you.
You are herewith furnished a full abstract of the Revolutionary War pension claim of the widow of Henry Becker, W. File 3646, containing the family history. The subject matter in said claim is contained in fourteen pages.
Under the provisions of the Act of August 12, 1912, a charge of 15 cents a page is made for photostat copies of such documents.
If you desire such copies, the proper amount should be forwarded by certified check, draft, money order or cashier's check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. If a certified copy is ordered, the cost is 25 cents additional, and also a ten cent internal revenue documentary stamp, which stamp should

be forwarded and not included in the remittance.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
In the papers in claim W. File #3,646 Rev. War, it is stated that Henry Becker served for several years in the Northampton Co. Penn. Militia, was captured at the battle of Brooklyn, Long Island and confined in a meeting house or church for some time--no officers nor dates stated. He married in 1789 Catharine Seefass; he died March 2, 1821 and she was allowed pension on account of his service. The names of their children will be furnished if this is the Henry Becker you desire; please quote the number.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Copy of letter of July 24, 1916 to W. O. Becker, his letter to me Henry Becker, B.L. Warrant 221

Miss Wilson -
Please see what you can find in this matter
JJD
For
Miss Nellie A. Brown The Majestic City

Jacob Baker or Becker o Peter " " John " " Phillip " " Henry "
Revolutionary soldiers records. Time of entering service, under whom they served, where registered from, age, where they pensioned and where.
Are there any papers in the name of Catherine Becker widow of Col Henry Becker.

These Beckers was the name is often written Baker, were from Pennsylvania.
I have looked through many volumes of the Pennsylvania archives and the records are apparently quite complete and I find only records of a Henry Becker serving in the Revolution. But in a list of pensioned Pennsylvanians an act of congress 1789 - mentions Jacob Baker matross " " artificer no other record. Also in a list per act March 1811 Jacob Baker (dead) is listed. Dead at the time the list was made out.

Jacob Baker or Becker o Peter " " John " " Phillip " " Henry "
Revolutionary soldiers records. Time of entering service, under whom they served, where registered from, age, where they pensioned and where.
Are there any papers in the name of Catherine Becker widow of Col Henry Becker.

Rev. War Section.
January 16, 1917.
Miss Nellie A. Brown, The Majestic, Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In addition to the enclosed data relative to Jacob Baker, Henry  Bicker and Henry Becker of Pennsylvania who served in the War of the Revolution, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show that a claim for pension or bounty land was ever made on account of the services of any Peter Baker, Becker or Bicker, therefore there is no information on file concerning him.
As the names "John" and "Phillip" Baker appear more than once upon said records, it is suggested that you call at the Bureau to examine the papers, and determine which (if any) are the subjects of your inquiry.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

The papers in claim, W. File No. 3,646, Rev. War, show that Catharine Becker was allowed pension for the services of her husband Henry Becker, on her application executed February 5, 1846, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and a resident of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. She stated that Henry Becker resided in Chestnuthill Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, when he entered the Militia of that County, and served for several years, during which time he was taken prisoner at the battle of Brooklyn, Long Island, and was confined in a meeting house or church for some time- no dates, rank, nor officers given.
He married in Chestnuthill Township, in March or April, 1787. Catharine Seefass; he died March 2, 1821, in Pocono Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Their children were:
William born February 26, 1790. Philip " January 5, 1794. Heinrich " April 30, 1796. Lorenz " July 7, 1798. Conrad " January 5, 1801. Johannes " October -, 1804. Margareth " January 10, 1806.
This Bureau has no further information regarding the above soldiers.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Christian or Nancy Troyer.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tielman.
Acting Commissioner.
Aug. 4. 1914.
To Mr. Christian Troyer, Windermere, B. C. Canada.
His letter in Mt. 221-500 Henry Bicker.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Becker , 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.
W. File 3646
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ several yrs. ✓ ✓ ✓ Pa.   Northampton County Militia   He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Brandywine P.S. and confined in a Quaker house in church for some time - no date.   was off in a...  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, July 5, 1846. Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, 77 yrs old.
Remarks: He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Northampton Pa. He was born March 2, 1821. Second trip Northampton Pa. La. Ch. William L. Feb. 1790 - Philip L. Jan. 5, 1792. Heinrich L. Sept. 20, 1790 - Henry L. July 1, 1798 - Conrad L. Jan. 5, 1801 - John L. Oct. 1804. Margaret L. June 10, 1806.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.