Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8201, Daniel Christian, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn,
Christian, Daniel
S 8201
CONTENTS
carded

Letter to B. Auditor 23 Feb 1843
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 to, from 4 th March 1839 to 4 th Sep 1841. Agent died 17 th March 1843
as above from 4 th Sep 1842 to 4 th Sep 1843. Agt notified 1845
Date of birth not on R.B.
N o 11,791 Maryland
Daniel Christian
of Washington Co. in the State of Maryland who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt commanded by Col Butler in the Penn. Militia time for 11 month Private $36.66
None Paid to 4. 28
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of June 1833 and sent to C. Ringold Hagerstown Md.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833 73.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. 1833 18.33 $91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 5 Page 102

State of Maryland Washington County to wit
On this fourth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the county court of the county aforesaid now sitting, Daniel Christian a resident of the vicinity of Boonsborough in said County, aged upwards of seventy 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 June 7 th 1832 - That he was born in Berks County Pennsylvania in November seventeen hundred and sixty two, but that he has no record of his age; - that he was living in Reading Pennsylvania when called into service - that after the Revolution he lived four or five years in Berks County Pennsylvania - that he then removed to Washington County Maryland and that he has since then lived and now lives in the latter County and State - that he entered the service of the United States in the month of September seventeen hundred and seventy six as a volunteer in Captain George Wilts company at Reading Pennsylvania and marched with said company to the town of Amboy in New Jersey and that he served in the said company two full months - that in December seventeen hundred and seventy eight he entered Captain Kibb's Company as a private and served two months, during all which time he was stationed at Reading Pennsylvania to guard the continental stores and prisoners - that a company, commanded by Captain Spoon, was to furnish a certain number of men for the continental army and that he entered the said company as a recruit on the first of June 1780 - that the

Said Company was attached to the 2 d brigade sixth Regiment, commanded by Col t Butler, and in Major Patticks Battalion and that the commanding officer of the Company in which he served, after he joined the con- tinental army, was Lieut. Stott - that he served in the said Company as private seven months - that he marched from Reading to Philadelphia - from thence to Trenton New Jersey, from thence to Soperton, when he joined the Regular Army and was placed under the Command of the said Lieut Stott - that about two months after- wards Gen d Wayne with the first Brigade made an attack on a fortified block house belong- ing to the British on the North River and that some time after he crossed the North River at Stony Point to attack New York then in posses- sion of the enemy but did not make the attempt and returned to the neighbourhood of Monmouthtown - that from thence we marched to Fort West Point after Gen d Arnold had left said fort, where we remained about four weeks, from thence we re- turned to the vicinity of Monmouthtown for winter quarters - that he was discharged on the first of January 1781 at Pennytown New Jersey by Captain Tice - that he and John Barnhiser and John Hunter were discharged under the same instrument of writing and that they left it with Hunter - that 4 or 5 years since the Christian had sent to Hunter for it and received for answer that he Hunter had lost it - that Jonathan Shafer - David Brookhart Henry Nyman and George Shafer

persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Your Applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 day and year aforesaid Daniel Christian
We David Brookhart residing in , residing in Boonsborough Washington County Maryland and Jonathan Shafer residing in Boonsborough Washington County Maryland hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Christian Senior, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - David Brookhart Jonathan Shafer
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the manifestation of the

of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Jonathan Shafer and David Brookhart who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the neighbourhood of the said applicant and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
25.344 Dated J. M. Williams At. Wash. Co. Ct. Md.
I Otto H. Williams Clerk of the Court of Washington County Maryland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Christian Burt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of April 1833
J. M. Williams At. Wash. Co. Ct. Md.

No 25344
Daniel Christian Washington County Maryland
admitted
11 mo Private # 36166
Sheston Ringold Hagerstown Md
E

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 Daniel Christian Washington County Maryland
   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.     Vol. Sep. 1776 - 2 - private Genl. Wayne   Contd Dec. 1778 - 2 - private Cap Wills 70 years Traditionary & one witness   Contd 1780 - 7 - " Cap Kits Reading papers correctly attached   Cap Spoon, Col Butler Pennsylvania  
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), 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 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 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 [a] 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.

February 12, 1934
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Daniel Christian-S.8201 BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Christian, as found in pension claim, S. 8201, based upon his service in that war, also the War of 1812 record of Daniel Christian, Jr., who died January 14, 1848 at Mt. Carroll, Illinois.
The Revolutionary War record of Daniel Christian is given below, as found in the above noted pension claim.
Daniel Christian was born in November, 1762 in Berks County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Reading, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in September, 1776 and served two months as a private in Captain George Will's Pennsylvania company. He enlisted in December, 1778 and served two months as private in Captain Kit's Pennsylvania company and was engaged in guarding the Continental stores. He enlisted June 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Spoon's (probably meant for Spohn) company, Colonel Butler's Pennsylvania regiment and was discharged January 1, 1781.
Daniel Christian lived four or five years after the Revolution in Berks County, then moved to Washington County, Maryland.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

outed, April 8, 1833, then a resident of Boonsborough, Washington County, Maryland. He was at this time referred to as Daniel Christian, Senior.
No reference is made in the claim to wife or children.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of a Daniel Christian, as described by you.
The applications for headstones for Daniel Christians Senior and Junior are returned herewith, also a copy of letter from this office addressed to Mr. Herbert O. Christian, 116-118 West Market Street, Mount Carroll, Illinois, in which he was given the record of Daniel Christian, pension claim S. 8201, War of the Revolution. You will also find enclosed a letter from Fay F. Christian, Mt. Carroll, Illinois, dated January 23, 1934, addressed to The War Department, Washington, D. C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

State of Maryland Washington county to wit On this 6 th day of March 1833 personally appeared John Barnhouse before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State in and for the county aforesaid and made oath on the holy Evangel of Almighty God, that he knew Darius Christian But to have served in the Continental Army, in the Pennsylvania line, the Second Brigade Sixth Regiment, under Col Butler and in Major Talbot's Battalion, and that the com- =manding officer of the company in which he served was Lieut. Vose, also that the time he served was seven months in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty, and that he was honorably discharged about the first day of January in the year Seven =teen hundred and eighty one at Pennytown New- =Jersey.
Sworn before Iona Shafer
We hereby certify that we believe that the above deponent was in a situation and of such an age as to have a personal know- ledge of the applicant's services. Sworn and subscribed David & Brooks
Iona Shafer

State of Maryland, Washington County, to wit I hereby certify that Jonathan Shaffer, Gentleman, before whom the within affidavit was sworn to and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time thereof, and still is a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is due, as well in Courts of Justice as otherwise.
In Witness whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Wash- ington County this fourth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty, there -
O. Williams Atty
Wash. Co. Ct. Md.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feby 27 th , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Daniel Christian , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maryland — Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gass Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec r 9 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, James Christian , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Baltimore, Md Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1842 , to the 4 th Sept. 1843 .
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

August 1, 1955
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Mr. Fay F. Christian Mount Carroll Illinois
DANIEL CHRISTIAN S. 8801 RA-J/MSIF:MLB
Dear Sir:
As requested, you are furnished herewith photostatic copies of five pages in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8801, based upon service of Daniel Christian in that war.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

BA-J/MLB Rev. & 1812 NO. 274
July 20, 1935. War Navy Dist. 2900 Pg. 970
Rev. War claim for pension of Daniel Christian,
File No. S. 8201
Actual copy 1 of each page
$1.25
5 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1\frac{1}{2} in. at top of each page and return papers in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev. & LSLB Wars Section

Veterans Administration Rev & 1812 Wars Sec.
July 20, 1935 BA-J/MLB
no 274
Please furnish photostatic copies of 5 pages in pension claim, p. 8201, of Daniel Christian, Rev War Soldier
Pay F. Christian Att. Carroll see
Received payment $1.25 July 20, 1935
Mary L. Booroff Rev & 1812 Wars Section.

September 18, 1933
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Mr. Herbert O. Christian 116-118 West Market Street Mount Carroll, Illinois
DANIEL CHRISTIAN S. 8201 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of September 8, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Christian who was pensioned while living in Washington County, Maryland.
His record follows as found in claim for pension, S. 8201, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Daniel Christian.
Daniel Christian was born in November, 1762, in Berks County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Reading, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in September, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain George Will's Pennsylvania company. He enlisted in December, 1778, served two months as private in Captain Kit's Pennsylvania company, and was engaged in guarding the Continental stores and prisoners. He enlisted June 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Spoon's company, Colonel Butler's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1781.
Daniel Christian lived for four or five years after the Revolutionary War in Berks County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Washington County, Maryland.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1833, while a resident of Boonsborough, Washington County, Maryland. At that time he was referred to as Daniel Christian, Senior.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

H. XXXX CHRISTIAN 118-118 W. MARKET ST. MT. CARROLL, ILL.
Mt. Carroll, Ill. Sept. 8, 1933
Pension Dept. Office Washington, D.C. Gentlemen-
My great, great, great grandfather, Daniel Christian, served in the American Revolution. It has been my desire to establish his nationality which I thought might be possible, knowing that he applied for pension, through these pension records
He enlisted at Reading, Pennsylvania, in September, 1776, serving two months under Captain George Wills. Enlisting again in December, 1778, he served two months under Captain Kit. And again, June 1st, 1870, he began service under Captain Spoon and Colonel Butler.
He applied for pension April 4th, 1833 which was allowed June 21st, 1833 and payable at Baltimore. He was living in Washington County, Maryland, at this time. This, I believe, is recorded in Pension Office Book E, Vol.5, Page 102.
I thought the mention of his birthplace or of his father's might be on his pension Application.
Could you be of any assistance to me?
Trustfully-
Herbert O. Christian
P.S. And, if possible, I should like to find out the date of his birth.

EUGENE, OREGON.
July 10 - 1902
The Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear sir
Are there records preserved of the Revolutionary War veterans who afterwards drew pensions? If so, I have wondered if you could assist me in tracing record of Daniel Christian , who served under Anthony Wayne. He was born near Reading, Penn., moved from there to Washington Co., Md., and in 1838 moved to Illinois, - Mount Carroll was the P.O., I think, - dying in 1847, aged 85 years. I shall be very grateful for any information you can give me and beg to remain Very respectfully yours.
Frederic S. Dunn

Amalia M c L. Sept-15-1901
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
I have the record all complete except the name of the ancestor's Wife before marriage-
My ancestor's name was Daniel Christian - of the state of Maryland -
I have his Revolutionary Claim in my possession -
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book C - Vol 5 - page 102 by D. Brown - Clerk -
This Claim was given at - the War Office June 21 st 1833.
I would like a copy of

Danille Christiane application for said claim - and what- ever other information you might give me - that - would help me in making out - my application to become a Daughter of the Revolution -
Please be as prompt - as possible as I would like to get my application in to Washington before the 25 th .
Very truly yours
Mrs. Emma B Gausen
1742 - So. 28 th St.
Philadelphia
Pa.

Rehran
8201.
INVALID.
July 19-1902 Frederic S. Dunn Eugene, Oregon
File No. 8201
Sept. 24-1902 Mrs. Emma Johnson Omaha Neb.
Daniel Christian
1933 Sept. 18-Hept to Herbert O Christian - MLE
Prison War
1934 Feb 13 - first to memo- in Brandt-Wald cph. also a negative for war- of 1812 Daniel Christian See no record - file
Act: June 14 82
1935 Aug 1. Photos mailed to Mr. Gray Christian & Acctg. Div. notified same date - MLE
Index: - Vol. 182 , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Christian, James GRADE Private LINE North Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER N 12055 and 12869 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 13, 1797 To Murdock McKenzie, assignee.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.