Chester-Montgomery County PA Archives Military Records.....BUZZARD, Hannah Nee SAVAGE May 29, 1878
Warof1812 - Pension PA Vol Militia under Capt Schwenk
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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.


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