Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,958, George Clapper, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Clapper George Elizabeth
NUMBER
R. 1958
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2 & W.

No. 13.082.
George Wapsher. of Muskingum the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Irwin of the Regt. commanded by Col Swoop. in the Penn a time for one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 40. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of Mar. Irwin. Lancaster. Ohio. and sent to Hon. W.M.
  Arrears to the 4th of March. 1831.  80. 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33.  20. 00     100. 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 8, Page four.

Lib to Han A. Harper May, 20. 1846. Same June 11. 1846 •

George Clapper
Pension Application
to be returned

The State of Ohio
Muskingum County ss On this 21 st day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for said County George Clapper of Salt Creek Township Muskingum County Ohio aged seventy five 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 act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 —
That in July 1776 he was drafted at York County Pa. for two months, was attached to the company of Capt. Irwin & marched to Philadelphia thence through Trenton & Elizabethtown to Bergen Point & there having completed his term of two months he enlisted as a private in Capt. Christian Stakes company of Col. Michael Swoopes Battalion of the Penn a Flying Artillery then under the command of Genl. Irvine, for eight months; from Bergen Point he marched to Fort Lee & was there stationed until after the capture of Fort Washington near Fort Lee (the greater part of the company to which he belonged being at Fort Washington when the Fort was taken, were made prisoners) Declarant with the other troops then retreated with New Jersey & was at Trenton at the capture of the body of Ressler's & remained at Trenton until the expiration of the term of eight months from his enlistment & was then discharged —
At a subsequent period of the war, he is not able to recollect the time he was again drafted at York Co. Pa. for two months & stationed at Philadelphia as one of the guard during the session of Congress. Declarant has no evidence of his service & knows no means of procuring any except that which is herewith enclosed — He was born at York County Pa. in February 1757 — has no record of his age — he resided at York Co. Pa. for several years after the Revolutionary war, then in Fayette Co. Pa. &

for sixteen years last past in Salt Creek Township in said County of Muskingum, He never received a written discharge, The following persons residing in the neighborhood of the Applicant can be referred to for witness of his character &c. He hereby relinquish- es every claim to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. (Persons above referred to are. Caleb Dunn, John Mercer, David Peairs) his Subscribed & sworn to in } George X Clapper Open Court } marks
We Samuel Kammeyer a clergyman residing in Zanesville Muskingum County Ohio
in said County hereby certify that we know the said George Clapper who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that we are well acquainted with many of his friends & relations that we believe him to be twenty five years of age, that he is respected & believ- ed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions upon the evidence exhibited, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that the above named Samuel Kammeyer is a clergyman resident at Zanesville in said County of Muskingum & that his certificate above is entitled to credit
John Willson Jr Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the County of Muskingum

aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of George Clapper for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office. Phil. fifth day of November 1832 at Lanesville
Geo. Wilson Jr. Clerk.

13. 082
George Blaffer Washington Co. Ohio
Adm: for 1 year from 1776
Hon. W. W. Irwin Washington Co. Lancaster Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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 George Clapper Meushingum  60 Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank 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.     July 1776 " 2 " Priv. Capt Irwin 75 years York Witness Jacob Barnett   " " 8 " " Gen. Ewing 60   Col. Joseph Penn a   Capt. Stair   Not recd. " 2 " " Not stated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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 declarations; 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 enquiry 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 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.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
December 22, 1933
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Honorable Byron B. Harlan House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
BA-J/EL George Clapper-R.1958
My dear Mr. Harlan:
Reference is made to your request by telephone, of December 22, for the record of George Clapper, a Revolutionary War soldier. His record is given below as found in pension claim, R.1958, based upon his service in that war.
George Clapper was born in February, 1757, in York County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania, in July, 1776, and served two months as a private in Captain Irvin's Pennsylvania Company; he re-enlisted, date not given, served as a private in Captain Christian Stokes' Company, Colonel Michael Swope's Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp, and was in the battle of Trenton, length of this service, eight months; he later served two months at Philadelphia, where he acted as guard to Congress, then sitting at that city.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1832, while a resident of Salt Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.
CAB He died August 11, 1837, place not stated.
He married Elizabeth; her maiden name, age and the date of their marriage are not shown and there is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

V.L.M. Rev. War Section.
ADMIN I
February 11, 1920.
Hon. C. Ellis Moore, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Moore:
In response to your letter dated the 9" instant, I have the honor to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. File No. 1,958 that George Clapper was born in February 1757, in York County, Pennsylvania, where he enlisted in July 1776, as a Private in Captain Irvin's Company, Pennsylvania troops, and served two months.
He then enlisted as a Private in Captain Christian Stakes' Company, Colonel Michael Swope's Battalion of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp and was in the battle of Trenton, served eight months.
After the above he was drafted for two months and stationed at Philadelphia as one of the guard during the session of Congress.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 26, 1832, while a resident of Salt Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died August 11, 1837, place not given.

His wife was Elisabeth----- maiden name is not stated and there is no other data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

Record Division.
March 11, 1910.
Mrs. Catharine Anderson, # 1105 Oakland Avenue, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 4" and received the 7" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim of George Clapper, R. File No. 1,958, you are advised that the date of his marriage is not stated, and that the pension ceased at his death; his widow never received pension and hence the date of her death is not of record.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

was contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- file in this Bureau. George Clapper Rep 1958
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 2 mos Pvt. Irvin Pa   1776 8 mos Christian Drake Michael Slope Pa Flying Camp   — 2 mos Stationed at Phila as one of the guard during Session of Congress  
Battles engaged in, Trenton Residence of soldier at enlistment, Yu. at York Co. Pa Date of application for pension, Oct. 26. 1832. His claim was al. Residence at date of application, Salt Creek Twp Muskingum Co. Ohio Age at date of application, to York Co. Pa Feb 1757 75 years. Died Aug. 11. 1837 (from Oneybook.
Remarks: Soldier left widow Elizabeth —. No further family data. The Rev. War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to George Clapper's service as requested in your former letter, the above noted being the only soldier of that name found on said records.
Very respectfully,

1908 Jan 18 Hist. to Catherine Anderson. V.L.M.
1910 Mar. 11, Catherine Anderson, wife no date of mar.
not of widows death
1920 Feb 11 Hist. to Hon. G. Ellis Moore
1920 Mar. 25 Hist. to Mildred Moore.
1933 Dec 22. Hist. to Hon Byron B. Harlan - 8th.
1958
REJECTED
P. O.
Elizabeth Clapper
Service: widow of George
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Cannot find any record of registration or president's list of 1851
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Committee room of Rev. Pensions.
Dec. 22. 1847.
Sir.
I desire to know whether George Clapper (a private in the Revolutionary Army, company and Regiment unknown. Said Algebra Book says Aug 11 1837 to have died on the 24 th of December 1836, was on the Pension List of the Ohio agency at the time of his death, and if so, under what act of Congress he received a pension.
Also whether Amos Mire, obtained a pension certificate in perhaps April 29. April or May 1819. (said Mire believed to be also on the Ohio agency, but perhaps of the Pennsylvania). If so, how much, and until what period was the same paid. -
also , whether the applications of Clarinda Mire, of Ohio, and Elizabeth Clapper of Ohio for pensions have been before you, and if so the reasons why they were rejected.
Very respectfully yours
Hon J. L. Edwards
Committee of Pensions.
William Strong

C. ELLIS MOORE 15TH DIST. OHIO
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 9, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am desirous of securing some information concerning George Clapper, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who drew a pension, and whose death occurred near Chandlersville, Ohio, in 1837.
If possible, I would like to know in what company and regiment he served, when he enlisted and his age at the date of enlistment.
Appreciating any information your records may disclose, I am,
Very truly yours,
C. Ellis Moore
CEM/D

July 2 d 1846
Judge Harper
Is requested to withdraw from the files of the Pension office the papers in relation to the applications for pensions of Mrs X. Elizabeth Clap- -per and Samuel Gray - and have them referred to a committee, and request an immediate report of results on them.
Respectfully Yr recd Clk,
Nat M'Nicholl
X attended to -

Washington 23 d Jan y 1832
Sir
At the request of Wyllys Silliman Esq r of Lancaster, Ohio, I send you an application for a Pension. Please direct your answer, either to Mr. Silliman or to my self -
Very respectfully Yrs & W. W. Smith

June 5 2006
Sam Gray, Ind herpes sub to 3rd
Eliz Cabbe
Cathy Taylor
Am A Harker WQ

Washington June 4th 1846
Sir
Papers sent to 30th Dec 2nd week
I enclose herewith, the application of Samuel Gray for compensation, and am desired if it is not granted to request that you return the papers to me
I am also requested to ask that the papers if any, in the case of Elizabeth Clappier may be returned to me, I wrote some time ago, for the papers of both her and Taylor with a view to ask relief from Congress on her behalf, they have not yet been read,
Yours Respectfully &c A. G. Hays
J. L. Barrow Esq Comr of Pensions

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Elizabeth Clapper Ohio George
Act 17 June 1845 10mo pri
1958

Washington, 4 July 1846
Sir
I enclose herewith another letter from Docto. Mitchell to which I beg your attention, I have been already assured that no paper of Bryant's Clapper is in your office, May I now to call your attention to the certificate of fusion to Mrs. Parkerson of which you informed me some time since
With great respect your obedt Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pleasants
Geo. H. Payne

Rev Sec en Hoopeston. Ill
March 5. 1920
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, - I very much desire to become a D.A.R. I am the fifth-generation in the line of George Clapper who was a Revolutionary soldier in service for Pennsylvania. He died in 1837. Have you any data that would be of service? I do not know the date of his birth.
Is there any records available except family records.

Thanking you in advance for any information I am,
Yours truly Mildred Bloom

Everything searched. Widow's app not on file see letter section

March 7 th 1910
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
In January 1908, you, by request of me, sent to Toledo Ohio, where I was then, a copy of the Pension of George Klappner, of Revolutionary War service. Now what I

want is, in if in his application for pension, did  he  give  the date of his  marriage . if so will you please forward the information at once, as I need such knowledge, and have not been able to find any record or any one who knows the exact date,
Feeling sure that when he applied for a pension he must have also given the date of his marriage in said application,
Will be most grateful for an early reply,
Most Respectfully Mrs. Catharine Henderson 1105 Oakland Ave Ann Arbor Mich

Said George Klappner is or was my Great Grandfather, on my Mother's, Mother's side.
Did Elizabeth Klappner, wife of George Klappner, draw the pension after the death of George Klappner? and if so what was the date of her death when the Pension ceased.

Jan 8 th 1908.
To Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs,
A few weeks ago I wrote you for copy of the record of my great grandfather's pension (a George Klafner or Klafner as it used to be spelled).
You replied that the records failed to show any information about the pension. I have

been informed, that, he drew a pension, some years, prior to his death which occurred. about 1840, Surely there ought to be a record of it at the Bureau of Pensions,
This information is very necessary, to me,
Most Respectfully
Mrs. Catharine Anderson 128 - 20 th ST Toledo Ohio,

Sen. Byron D. Warren (Ohio) House of Representatives called by telephone, Dec. 22, 1933, for Rev. War record of George Clapper, R. 1958.
MMF Capital R-1019

✓ No 251. — Elizabeth Clapper, Ohio Mar to John S. Perkins on July 11. 1846. To A. Harper. Aug 21/46. Same Dec 17. 1846. Set to Hon. W. Strong Lang 44 45. Mar to Hon. A. Johnson. July 19. 48 Act 17 th June 1844

Hon: Henry Johnson. 1 Elizabeth Clapper July 19 th .

Pension Office July 19, 1848
Sir
In relation to the petition of Elizabeth Clapper widow of George Clapper, I have the honor to report that her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum, that an application was filed in her behalf in 1846 but being informal was returned - and that no papers in support of her claim are now upon the files of this Office. Mrs Clapper's petition is herewith returned
Hon Henry Johnson Chairman of the Committee on Pensions U. S. Senate

Lunneybean York County Pa. 1826, Before me George Barnitz one of the Judges of the several courts of York County aforesaid, Personally came Jacob Barnitz Esq., of the Borough and County of York aforesaid, and on his solemn oath, doth say that he was foreign in Captain Abraham Stakes Company of Colonel Michael Swoap's Battalion of the Lunneybean Flying Camp, that George Blasipax (or Blasipax) now residing in the State of Ohio, was one of the Privated Soldiers of said Company, and also taken a Prisoner of War at Fort Washington, a loved New York on the eighteenth day of November A.D. 1776. That the Captain & Lieutenant J. Holzinger, (both dead) the Regiment and the greatest part of the Company were also taken Prisoner at the same time, and but a few and none alive. —
Sworn to be true before me at York the sixth day of March A.D. 1826.
Jacob Barnitz
Geo. Barnitz
I certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit the said Jacob Barnitz was well known to me and that he was a man of veracity and entitled to full belief herein under my hand this 12th of January 1833 — Geo. Barnitz

Pennsylvania, York County, S d
I Richard Porter prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do certify, that the Hon. George Barnitz, before whom the within Deposition was taken & by whom the within certificate was made, is, & was on the sixth day of March 1826, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid & as such is duly commissioned & qualified, and believes the signatures to the same, to be in his proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at York Borough, this 12 th day of January, A.D. 1833.
Richard Porter " protho
Deposition of Jacob Barnitz.