Chester-Montgomery County PA Archives Military Records.....BUZZARD, Hannah Nee SAVAGE May 29, 1878 Warof1812 - Pension PA Vol Militia under Capt Schwenk ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diana Quinones audianaq@msn.com March 10, 2006, 10:37 pm War Of 1812 Widow Pension Claim of Widow for Service Pension on John BUZZARD War of 1812 : State of PA, county of Philadelphia On this day 5/29/1878 appeared before me, Prothonotary of Court of Common Pleas, county and state aforesaid, Hannah BUZZARD, aged 85 years, a resident of Philadelphia, in PA, and declares that she is the widow of John BUZZARD, deceased, who served under the name John BUZZARD, private in the company commanded by Captain Schend/Schwenk, Montgomery Co Regiment, PA Vol Militia, in the war of 1812, that her said husband enlisted at 'the Trap' Montgomery Co on or about 9/10/1814 for the term of the war and continued in actual service in said was for terms of 3 months, and was honorably discharged at Montgomery Co PA on 12/20/1814. She further states that this is a description of her said husband at the time of enlistment, viz: born PA, occupation, saddler, height 5 feet 5 inches, ligh complexion, sandy hair, blue eyes, age 19. She further states that she was married to the said John Buzzard at city of Reading, county Berks, PA on the 3rd of January, 1816 by one Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg who was Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before said marriage was Hannah SAVAGE; and she further states the neither of them were previously married, and that her husband John BUZZARD died at Montgomery Co PA on the 16th of June, 1856 and that she has not married again. She further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and said husband since the date of his discharge, viz: Montgomery Co and Philadelphia. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled under Sections 4736-1740, revised statues, and the Act of March 9th 1878, and hereby appoints Joseph S Ford and Co, 406 Library St Phila, her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim and declares that she has made an application for bounty land and secured land warrant (number not known) to which she respectivefully refers for evidence not herein contained, and that her residence is 1909 Vine St, Philadelphia PA, same for post office address. signed Hannah (her mark) BUZZARD Witnesses: Mr H.S. Kamer[sic LAVER] and Jacob Bower Also appeared personally Jacob BOWER, aged 52, residing at 2402 Lock St Philadelphia and Harrison S LAVER, age 43, residing at 1218 Melton St, Philadelphia, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Hannah BUZZARD for 25 and 32 years respectively, that they were present and saw her make her mark to the forgoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe, for her appearance and acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she respresents herself to be, and they further state that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical John BUZZARD who rendered the said service alleged in the above application, and that they were well acquainted with her said husband and know that they lived together as husband and wife, that the said John Buzzard died at Montgomery Co Pa on the 16th day of June 1856, and that the said Hannah Buzzard has not remarried since his death. Signed: Jacob Bower and Harrison S LAVER. 5/29/1878 by YMMaclarn, Deputy Prothonotary Affadavit filed 12/9/1878: Personally appeared before the Deputy Prothonotary Court of Common Pleas, in and for county of Philadelphia, Lucinda BARNES, aged 61, a resident of 1909 Vine St Philadelphia, and Theodore BUZZARD, aged 47 years, resident of 435 Franklin St, Phila, being sworn accordingly, and declare they are the children of John and Hannah BUZZARD who has made application No. 25.676 for service pension under Act of March 9, 1878, that they have made due and diligent search for the public record and have been unable to procure it, that the officiating celergyman is dead, that there are no eyewitnesses to the marriage ceremony, that Lucinda BARNES was born 10/12/1817 and Theodore BUZZARD was born 1/12/1832, that their parents, the said John and Hannah BUZZARD were always regarded and respected as husband and wife by their neighbors and friends and that they have no interest in this claim of Hannah BUZZARD for pension other than that of children of their mother. signed: Lucinda Barnes, Theodore Buzzard Wit: Lewis List, Deputy Prothonotary Hannah Buzzard was on the pension rolls in 1883, age 92. source: Volume 2, page 843 - Pensioner's Rolls of 1883. Her pension number was WC #13591. Additional Comments: Montgomery Ledger, May 26, 1885 Death of an Aged Woman Mrs. Hannah Buzzard, widow of John Buzzard, died on the 22nd of May, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lucinda Barnes, No. 1909 Vine Street, Philadelphia. Deceased was in her 95th year, and her husband was a soldier in the war of 1812. Her maiden name was Hannah Savage, and she was born in East Coventry, Chester County, being a sister of Zenas Savage, of Chester County, and of Nathaniel Savage, who resides in Pottstown with his son in law and daughter, Nathan Hoffman and wife. Another brother of the deceased, George Savage, lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is nearly 90 years of age. Mrs. Buzzard leaves two daughters and one son. The funeral will take place on May 26th, at 2 o'clock. p.m. Harrison S LAVER, witness in her pension application, was her nephew, a son of her sister Juliana SAVAGE LAVER. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb