Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,649, Lewis Harter, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Harter, Lewis
S 39649
CONTENTS

Duplicate certificate issued 27 th July 1822 in lieu of one which was much torn and which was recommended by the pensioner.
Information about November 11. 1820. etc. General Hays, Northern part of Pennsylvania
(14) Pennsylvania
Lewis H Carter, Col Gibson private, Army U. States.
At $8. per mo. com d 10 th April, 1818
Cert: issued 13 th April, 1818. & delivered to the Pensioner in person —
Ar d t. 4 th Sept. 1818. 4 26 / 34 mo d $38.70
Rev d J. claim Act 18 th March, 1818
Virginia line 177 th War
Also Lynchburg Roanoke Washington

26 31 21 205 (673 9.4 24 1.22.0 4.7 1.22.30 161 9.4 4.26/31 8 $326.70 $38.70
Lewis H. Carter printer, Albany, N.Y. $8. Com d 10 April, 1878. paid 13 th April 1878 Del d to the Pension

District of Columbia , ss.
On this 10 th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears Lewis Harker , therein aged 68  an veteran years, resident in Washington at this time , in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Lewis Harker enlisted in Pittsburg in the state of Pennsylvania in 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Bix of the 9 th Virg a Regiment  Col. John Gibson that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the war , when he was discharged from service in Pittsburg aforesaid state of Pennsylvania , that he was in the battles of Sandusky and several other skirmishes with the Indians and was wounded , and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except the annexed document . Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Buchner Thomson Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Lewis Harker did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress; given under my hand this 10 th of April 1818
B. Thomson

Lewis H. Carter
1418
Can
1418

Lycoming County, Pa. I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas - do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is. — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Williamsport the sixth day of September One thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thos Hays Proth

District of Pennsylvania - Lycoming County ss
On the fifth Day of September A D 1820. personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas held in Williamsport for the county of Lycoming being a court of record proceeding accor- ding to the course of Common Law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of proceedings Lewis Sharter aged Seventy six years Resident in Lycoming County aforesaid. Who being first duly sworn according to law. doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the eighteenth of March A D 1818 and first of May A D 1820. That he served in the Revolutiona- ry War, in the Company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Beck, in the Regiment commanded Col. John Gibson in the Seventh Regiment of the line of Virginia. and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 th of March A D 1818 his certificate being Number 1211 dated the 13 th Day of April A D 1818. And to commence April 10 th 1818. And I do Solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 13 th Day of March A D 1818 and that I have not that time by Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th of March A D 1818 And that I have not nor have any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by my subscribed
Sworn & subscribed in open Court 5 Sept 1820 Thos. Rodgers Pres.
his signed Lewis Sharter mark

Schedule of Property
I have no property, real personal or mixed except My locaring appparels. - I have no debts due to me whatever. I am indebted to no person -
I have no trade or occupation and from age and infirmity am unable to gain a livelihood by daily labour
I have no family whatever - Sworn to & subscribed on the fifth day of September in open court AD 1820
Signed { Lewis H. Carter his mark
Thos. Hays Proxy
War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify. That in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818. - Lewis H. Carter late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List. Rolle of the Pennsylvania. Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month to commence on the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
War office seal
Given at the War Office of the United States this 13 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen -
J. B. Calhoun Secretary of War
Endorsement
Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th September in each year by the Agent at the Bank of W. D. Philadelphia
Recorded. N. (141)

August 19, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section FEL Ch...
Mrs. J.C.Brook Stronghurst Illinois
Dear Madam:
He said Capt Bigg or Biggs but it was Capt. Biggs who served in 9th & 7th Va Regts You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39649, that Lewis Harter enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sometime in 1777, exact date not given, served as a private in Captain Benjamin Biggs' Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Sandusky and several skirmishes with the Indians and was discharged at the close of the war. He stated that he was wounded, engagement in which this occurred and nature of wound not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, at which time he was temporarily residing in Washington, D.C., and was aged sixty-eight years.
In 1820, he was living in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and then stated that he was aged seventy-six years, no explanation made for this discrepancy in age.
No reference is made to wife and children.
Date of death not on HB Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Stronghurst Ill. July 21 1930
The Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
In a supplement to the index of Rev. war material on file in the Archive Dept. of the Va. State Library as reported in 1912 we find relative to a Lewis Harter the following
Sect of War 1835; Pensions 2, Pennsylvania Page 103
In a report of the Sect of War in regard to "Pensions" for soldiers of Va. who gave service in the Rev. war which report is on file in the Archive Dept. of the Va. State Library at Richmond Va
On Page 103 of the Penna. Division of this report is the record of Lycoming Co. of that state
The name of Lewis Harter is noted as private who served in the Va. Cont. Line
He was placed on the pension roll Apr 13 1818 with his pay to commence Apr. 10 1818 At that time he was 90 yrs old His allowance was $96 and he received 614.66
Note from the above states that he had moved from Virginia to Penna.
Have you anything on file that would show with whom he lived or other family history?
Sincerely yours
Mrs. J. C. Brook

39 649 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 89649
Lewis Charles Rev Rev J. S.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930-Aug 19-Hist. to Mrs. L. Brook E.E.K.

321.24 8.22 13.50 342.96 50.21 159.34

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I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
Louis Harter , —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 — cents per month, to commence on the ————— of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this one th
13 th day of April eight hundred and Eighteen .
A. C. McAlbourn Secretary of War