Mitzie Preston- Do you know what the last line means: "acknowledged by Samuel Cootes Justice of the Peace in Frederick Co. and Samuel Cootes oath is again subscribed by H. J. Gambil, Clerk of Rockingham County, VA."? Would this mean that Christian Haas/Hass/Hawse sent his letter about John Krim from Rockingham Co. to Frederick Co.? I see that there was a Henry J. Gambill who was Clerk of Rockingham County Virginia in the 1832 - 1837 period. The name Samuel Cootes, too, is interesting. A Samuel Cootes was the founder of Cootes Store at Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co., Virginia. However, this Frederick Co. Samuel Cootes who was a JP apparently is an altogether different person. Another interesting ramification of this pension application is that, if this is my Christian Haas/Hass/Hawse, he too would have been eligible for a pensions as Revolutionary War Veteran, Christian would have been at a prime military age in 1777. The Pennsylvania Militia was organized in March 17, 1777 and required compulsory enrollment of all able-bodied white males between the ages of 18 and 53. A "Christian Haasse" served on active duty in the Northampton Co. Pennsylvania Militia, during the Revolutionary War. He was substituting for David Brucker. That Christian was probably the one that later moved to the South Branch of the Potomac River in Hampshire Co., (West) Virginia. He appears there in the 1840 census while my ancestor appeared in the 1840 Rockingham Co., Virginia census. Christian Haas #S 5,478, Rev War Service in VA: Christian Haas, a resident of the South Branch of the Potomac River in Hampshire County, appeared in Open Court on 18 Aug 1832 filing for Rev War Pension. He was about 76 years old and was born in Strasburg, Germany. Before moving to VA he lived in Northampton Co PA. He served 7 years as a private. Pension granted. This Christian cannot be the same person as my Christian. I have never found pension records for Christian Haas/Hass/Hawse of Rockingham Co., Virginia. I actively solicit any information from anyone who has anything to contribute. This is my brick wall -- one of them. Regards- Paul Hawes At 05:00 PM 3/14/2006, you wrote: >X-Message: #3 >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:15:39 -0500 >From: Madaline Preston <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Christian Haas >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >For those of you looking for a Christian Haas I can offer >the following from John Krim's Rev. War pension >application. John was born in Earl Township, Lancaster Co., >PA in 1755. > >"On this seventh day of June 1834 personally appeared in >open Court before Circuit Superior of law and ch…..for the >court of Frederick County now sitting John Krim a resident, >near Chrisman’s Springs of the said County of Frederick and >State of Virginia aged seventy eight years, October 1833 who >being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath >makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the >benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed >June 7th 1832. That he started from Lancaster Co., Earl & >Are…Township, in the State of Pennsylvania on the 9th or >10th of March 1776 as 1st Sargent in a company of Riflemen >of the Pennsylvania Militia - which company was commanded by >Captain Andrew Bare at that time. That Jacob Miar was First >Lieutenant in said Company and Christian HAAS or Hofs was >second Lieutenant or ensign at the same time." > >"....That since he made the Declaration under which he now >draws his Pension of $33.66 per annum, on the said >Certificate, he has discovered that the before named >Christian HAAS or Hoss (Hofs?) is alive, whom he believes >was dec'd when he made said declaration and that he makes >this second Declaration to establish his right to a larger >Pension, by the evidence of this last mentioned officer." > >Christian Hawse testifies by letter that John Krim was in a >company of Riflemen commanded by Andrew Bare. This >deposition was acknowledged by Samuel Cootes Justice of the >Peace in Frederick Co. and Samuel Cootes oath is >again “subscribed” by H. J. Gambil, Clerk of Rockingham >County, VA. > >Mitzie >Mitzie Preston >College of Business >Administrative Staff >3rd Floor Work Center M. Paul Hawes North Carolina I receive more than enough e-mail. Please do not send jokes, virus warnings, or chain letters.