Matthias Hepner, Pension File, Request for Service Report, 1878

[stamped] DEC 20 1878, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE

Service Pension, War of 1812, or Bounty Land.

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No. 25124

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Mathias Hepner

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Enlisted: Salem, N. J.

Discharged ["or died" lined out]: [blank]

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[stamped] RECEIVED, ADJUTANT GEN'LS OFFICE, DEC 16 1878

["Navy, Old War, and Bounty Land Division" lined out]

Service Pension, War of 1812, ["or Bounty Land Claim" lined out]

Department of the Interior,

PENSION OFFICE,

December 12, 1878.

Sir:

You are respectfully requested to furnish official evidence of the enrollment, muster, service, duty, and discharge ["or death" lined out] of Mathias Hepner, who is alleged to have ["been" lined out] volunteered at Salem, N. J., on the [blank] day of [blank], 18[blank], in Captain Pierce's Company, of Col. Winfield Scott Regiment of 3rd Artillery, and to have been discharged (["or died" lined out]) at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank], 18[blank].

If the above name is not found on the rolls of said Company, will you so state, and report as to enrollment, &c., in the case of any man bearing a similar name, whom you have good reason for believing to be the soldier inquired for.

Please return this Circular with your report.

Claim No. 25,124.

Respectfully yours,

J A Benthy [?]

Commissioner.

Hon. Adj. General,

Present.