REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD OF BALTZER WIRT-June, 1777 "Capt. Conrad Ritter" Northampton County, Pa

I am a descent of Baltzer Wirt that was mustered as Baltzer Wirt into the 18 Jun 1777 Rolls of Capt Conrad Ritter at North Hamp;ton, Co, Pennsylvania, as a private.
He served his time and a few years later received a land bounty which he took to Ohio after 1810 and invested it in lands of Montgomery Co,Ohio (that separated off the new county of Butler, then in 1807 Montgomery and Butler severed off another new county the lands that became Preble Co, Ohio.) Baltzer was not an educated man, he kept a piece of paper in his pocket to be able to spell his name and when he lost it or misplaced it he just let the county clerks spell his name the way he wanted. His name is spelled Balser, Baltzer, Balasar Wert, Wirt, Wertz, Wirtz, Wirtz, Wirth,
We do not know his age but have a fair idea of it by looking at the 1800 Northhampton Co PA census which gives his age as being over 45 (born before 1755). After 1845, he applied for a military pension in Preble co, Ohio and received it, listing his son from his third wife as the contact person he was living with: Baltzer Wertz Jr married to Nancy Piles. But on the census of 1850 Balasar/Baltzar Wirt SR is not in his household. However the state population census was started about the same time as the Federal cenus, but published in 1851 and it does have Balasar Wirt SR listed on the 1851 population census (which handled military pensions, deaths, populations, causes of death). This is the only information we have regarding his birth and death. This would make him about 94 to 96 when he died. He was buried in Harrison TWP, Preble Co, Ohio. He had about 17 children all born in North Hampton Co, Ohio except for the last two: Baltzer Wertz Jr and George Wertz which were born in Harrison Co, Ohio.
I am descended from Baltzer Wertz SR (bef 1755 to 1850-1 North Hampton, PA) via Baltzer Wertz Jr born 1811 Preble Co, Ohio, via his dau Maria Barbara Wertz born 1834 Preble Co, Ohio (became Mrs Levi Miller) Ohio, via her daughter Mary Sophia Miller born 1853 Montgomery Co, Ohio (married James Warren Harris), via her Son Louis Warren Harris born 1876 Iroquois Co, Illinoia, via his son Warren Deis Harris born 1911 Kern county, California... Warren was my father.For questions email Jo

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