Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,051, Ephraim Bates, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Bates, Ephraim S. 2,051
carded.
CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHERS
Recorded from
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Ohio. Pittsburgh.
13066
Ephraim Bates.
of Monroe Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Enock of the Regt commanded by Colo. Broadhead in the Virginia line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh. 
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1833
and sent to Edward Archbold. Woodfield. Ohio. M. Co
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833, 80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 20.00
$100.00
d. Jany 2, 1854
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R Palmer Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 8. Page 106.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832

State of Ohio
County of Monroe SS

ON the 26th day of March A. D. 1833 personally appeared before John Linn an Associate Judge of the said County of Monroe Ephraim Bates a resident of Union Township in the said county of Monroe and State of Ohio aged eighty-nine years and ten months, who was unable by reason of age and bodily infirmities consequent on the breaking of one of his thighs about ten years ago. to appear in open Court, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. to wit  that in April 1777 He volunteered in Captain Henry Enocks' company of Virginia Militia as a Private.  Robert Benham being Lieutenant of said Company.  That he marched from the Neighborhood of Catfish camp (now Washington Pa) where he then resided, to the head of Wheeling creed where he joined the said Captain Enochs, who marched his company to Grave creed ford (where Major David Rogers commanded)  that after they had garrisoned Grave creek fort about two months Captain Enochs' company was ordered to march to Wheeling fort which they accordingly did.  that after the evacuation of Grave Creek fort while this Declarant was stationed in Wheeling a party of men under Captain Foreman were surprized & almost cut off by the Indians at Grave creek narrows.  Whilst Declarant was stationed in Wheeling fort, he was dispatched with an express to Colonel Evans on the Monongahela near where Geneva now stands to obtain reinforcementa ashe believes, that he started in the night & only two or three men could be permitted to accompany him & they but a few miles.  That upon Declarants return he was informed that the indians had invested the fort in great numbers during his absence.  that before the Garrison were aware of the strength of the Enemy, a party of men under Captain Mason went out to oppose them & fell into an ambuscade & were almost all killed, Mason himself lay wounded & concealed in a patch of briers, until the siege was over. (The same Capt. Mason became a robber afterwards & infested the canebreaks on the Mississippi & the roads from Natchis to Nashville).  Declarant recollects that the appearance of things about Wheeling was entirely changed upon his return.  the indians having killed nearly all the horned cattle & smaller stock & carried off the horses.  Declarant remembers seeing cows that had been wounded by indian arrows, which had pierced through to their entrails, yet they recovered.  Declarant remembers Col. Zane, Col Vanswearingen, Colonel Shepherd and Major McCullough who were militia officers, no regular troops being in the country there.  Catfish camp & Wheeling were then in the District west of Augusta in Virginia.  That he continued in the service six months & received a discharge from Capt. Enocks which he has lost.  he has therefore no documentary evidence and knows no person who can testify to this term of service
That on or about the first of June 1778  His place of residence being the same as formerly to wit near Catfish Camp (Now Washington P.A.)  He was drafted and entered the service as a Sergeant in Captain Cross' Company of Virginia militia.  said Company marched to the Ohio River about one days march above the mouth of Big beaver and joined Colonel Broadhead who commanded five hun
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hundred Regulars, Colonel Broadhead immediately crossed his forces over the River & marched down to the mouth of big beaver and joined General Mackintosh Declarant was then detailed into the Artificers, Company as a butcher & in which capacity he continued to serve until the end of the campaign, General Mackintosh's forces crested Fort Mackintosh at the Mouth of Big beaver and garrisoned it a short time. They then took up the line of march from said fort to the Tuscarawas river leaving a garrison in Fort Mackintosh. On the second day of their march they found the dead body of Lieutenant Parks of the Regular forces he having been shot about a mile further they found the dead body of David Ross (he having been shot) together with about forty pounds of beef which the Declarant had been ordered to issue to some friendly indians before leaving fort Mackintosh, suspicion attached to said Indians that after six days march they arrived at a point  on the Tuscarawas River when they built Fort Lawrence. The Declarant remembers a misunderstanding which took place between General Mackintosh & his Son Major Makintosh, while they remained at Fort Lawrence which terminated very whimsically. Whilst the Army remained at Fort Lawrence a difficulty arose in procuring hog heads in which to salt beef, Declarant told Colonel Crawford, that he could save the beef by salting it in a log cabin lined with three or four thicknesses of beef hides, the Officers concurred in the plan which was executed by him accordingly, and Declarant believes the meat was well preserved. Also during this stay at Fort Lawrence a militia Company mutinied & marched out of the fort to return home Gen. Mackintosh dispatched Capt. Ferrel with his Company to compel them to return, which he effect after the mutineers had marched about a mile. In the month of December (same year, Gen. Mackintosh, left a Garrison in Fort Lawrence under the command of Major Gibson and marched his army back to Fort Mackintosh, when the Applicant was discharged in the last of December having served six months
The army, on their return march suffered so much for the want of provisions that the men were compelled to eat the hides of cattle which had been butchered as they went out. The Declarant has lost his discharge, has no documentary evidence but can produce witnesses of his service. To the questions directed to be propounded by the War department, the Declarant made the following answers
1st When and in what year were you born
I was born in Morris Town Morris County New Jersey on the 24th day of May A.D. 1743
2. Have you any record of Your age & if so where is it
I have a record of my age in a book at home here
3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
At each time when called into service I was living near Catfish Camp (Now Washington Pa.) then in the limits of Virginia. I lived there till 1797 I then removed to the flats of Grave creek Ohio Co Va, staid six months, then removed to Belmont County Ohio a few miles above the mouth of Captina creek. I staid there about 12 years. I then removed to my present residence, then in Guernsey County Ohio now in Union Township Monroe County in sd. state
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer were you a substitute
The first Tour I volunteered, the last I was drafted
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your service
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I remember Col. Broadhead, General Mackintosh & his son a Major and Captain Ferrel, Colonel Broadhead commanded 500 Regulars in the Tuscarawas Campaign. The general circumstances were as before stated
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
I received a discharge from Capt. Enocks at the end of the first tour, at the end of the Second I received one but can not remember the Officer who Signed it. Both are long since lost
7 State the names of some persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Andrew Millslaugh. Daniel Petty Dr. McGeary, Elisha Enocks & Job Garby 
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Ephraim Bates

Also appeared before Me John Linn Associate Judge as aforesaid, on the day & year aforesaid, James Foreakers aged Seventy four years, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was a private in Captain Liles company of Va Militia that he marched from fort Mackintosh to Fort Lawrence as the Declarant has stated. that he personally knew the Declarant, and knew that he acted as a butcher, that Deponent frequently went to the slaughter pen & saw the Declarant, who wore a straw hat, engaged in killing beeves; that upon hearing the declaration read he well remembered the principal facts and circumstances mentioned therein relative to the Mackintosh campaign. that he still was able to recognize & remember the countenance of Ephraim Bates the Declarant, who was then in his presence and further this Deponent saith not
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Foreakers x his mark
to wit 26th March 1833
Also personally appeared before me on the day and year aforesaid Isaac Bates aged sixty three years. the son of the Declarant, who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that in June 1778 his Father Ephraim Bates was drafted into the service of the United States and was absent until the last of December of the same year. this Deponent then being between eight & nine years of age & further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Isaac Bates
year aforesaid (to with 26th March 18433

We Philip M. C. Williams and Jonathan King, Residents of Union Township Monroe County Ohio, (Daniel Petty a Clergyman resident in said neighborhood being absent on a journey) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
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Sworn to and subscribed on the Philip McWilliams
said 26th of March 1833 Jonathan King x his mark
And I the said John Linn Associate Judge as aforesaid do declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Ephraim Bates was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States. I further certify that said Bates was unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity and that it appears to me that James Foreakers & Isaac Bates the within Deponents are truthful persons and worthy of credit on oath and further that Philip M C Williams & Jonathan King who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents of Union Township & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
John Linn associate Judge
I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Me in the matter of the application of Ephraim Bates for a pension and that the interlineation on the first page and the two interlineations on the second page & the two on the third page were enterlined before the signing of the parties respectively - March 26. AD. 1833 John Linn

Monroe County SS I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that John Linn Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time and now is an acting Associate Judge of said Court in & for said County. And that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are Genuine-
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 30th Day of March 1833
Robt. F. Naylor Clerk

Ephraim Bates
24206
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24,206, 13,066
Ephraim Bates
Monroe Co Ohio
Adm for 12 Months
from 1777.
Edward Archibald
Woodsfield - O
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is [illegible] to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement showing the Service of Ephraim Bates

Period when the service was rendered.
[illegible] 1777
[illegible] 1778
[illegible]

Duration of the claimant's service
Years.
Months.
6
6
Days.

Rank of the claimant.
[illegible]

Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Enock
Capt Cross
Col Broadhead

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
89 years
[illegible]

Proof by which the declaration is supported
[illegible]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has constructed to extend, well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } 88.
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of
aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
, with
and served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency.. any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in [illegible]
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (I) this
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, make such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belong to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman. residing in the
and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appeals to that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Count of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least on credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons given such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, May make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the [illegible] the Court is here in requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant much invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of war when he served. 
(e) Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he serve, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For ---- year -------- months, and -------- days, I served as a ----------. For --------- months and --------- days, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, providing the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Made of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached there to by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate
Proof of Service
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to () are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rules in note (j) applies to Continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County
Know all men by these presents that I Susanna Bates widow of Ephram Bates a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Church of The County of Alleghany State of Pennsylvania my true and lawful attorney for me and in my naim to [illegible] from the agent of the united States for paying of pensions in Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania the amount of pension due my deceased Husband Ephraim Bates from the 4th day of September A.D 1833 to the 3d day of January 1834-
in testamony whare of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2 Day of July A.D 1834
Susanna Bates  x her mark
Lewis Trescott
Margery Donigan

State of Ohio
Morgan County
Be it known that on the 2 Day of July AD 1834 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid personally appeard Susanna Bates above naimd being the widow of Ephraim Bates and acknaledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed in Testamony whare of I have herunto set my hand and seal this day and hear above mentioned.
Samuel Thompson  J.P.

City of Pittsburgh  Ss
Be it know that on the 15 August 1834 before me an Alderman of said City personally appeared Saml. Church the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made affirmation that the same was not given to him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of Pension therein authorized to be receved by him.  Affirmed and subscribed before me thie same day
Samuel Church
M.B. Lowrie
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County Ss  I Samuel A. Barker Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of said
County, Certify that Samuel Thompson Esq before
whom the within power of Attorney appears to have
been acknowledged was on the Second day of July
inst. one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and
qualified as such to whose official acts full
faith and credit are due and ought of right
to be given
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal at [illegible]
Connelville this fifteenth day
of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty four
S A.. Barker Clerk Court
Com. Pleas Morgan County Ohio

Ephraim Bates Decd
13.18

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Pittsburgh
Pa
3  [Illegible]. 1834
Box 211
C38
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Office Bank of U. S. Pittsburgh, 15 August 1834

Received of A. Brackenridge, Agent for paying Pensioners,

Thirteen - dollars 18 cents, being for Three months 29 days pension due to Ephraim Bates from the 4 day of Sept - 1833, to the 3 day of January 1834; for which I have signed duplicate receipts.

13 Dollars, 18/100

Samuel Church
Atty for Susanna Bates
Widow of Ephraim Bates deceased
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL

July 18, 1930.

Mrs. Homer E. Apperson
350 Woodlawn Avenue
Cambridge, Ohio.

Dear Madam:
You are advised from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2051, it appears the Ephraim Bates was born May 24, 1743, in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
While living near Catfish Camp in the limits of Virginia, later Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in April, 1777, and served six months as a private in Captain Henry Enoch's Company under Major David Rogers in the Virginia troops.
He enlisted June 1, 1778, served as a sergeant in Captain Cross' Virginia Company, was detailed later as butcher, the length of this tour was six months. He was in General McIntosh's campaign.
In 1797, soldier moved from Catfish Camp to the flats of Grove Creek in Ohio Country, Virginia, lived there six months, moved to Belmont County, Ohio, where he remained for twelve years, after which he went to Guernsey County, Ohio, [illegible] was later Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833, while a resident of Union Township, Ohio.
He died January 3, 1834.
Soldier's son, Isaac, was sixty-three years of age in 1833. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Very truly yours,

E.W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

August 24, 1927

Honorable C. Ellis Moore
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Moore:
In response to your letter of the 20th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in that Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2051 it appears that Ephraim Bates was born May 24, 1743 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
While living near Catfish Camp in the limits of Virginia, and what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in April 1777 and served six months as private in Captain Henry Enoch's Company under Major David Rogers in the Virginia Troops.
He enlisted June 1, 1778 as Sergeant in Captain Cross' Virginia Company, was later detailed as butcher, the length of this tour also six months. He was in General McIntosh's Campaign.
In 1797 he moved from said Catfish Camp to the flats of Grove Creek in Ohio County, Virginia and lived there six
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lived twelve years, thence to Guerusey County, Ohio which was later Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833, while a resident of said Union Township.
He died January 3, 1834.
His son, Isaac, was aged sixty-three years in 1833.
The name of soldier's wife is not state.
Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHRUCH
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/ eel /

October 2, 1929

Mrs. T.B. Coulter
1346 So.Norfolk
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3051, it appears that Ephraim Bates was born May 24, 1743, in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
While living in Catfish Camp in the limits of Virginia, and what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in April, 1777, and served six months as private in Captain Henry Enoch's Company under Major David Rogers in the Virginia Troops.
He enlisted June 1, 1778, as sergeant in Captain Cross' Virginia Company, was later detailed as butcher, the length of this tour was six months. He was in General McIntosh's campaign.
In 1797, he moved from said Catfish Camp to the flats of Grove Creek in Ohio County, Virginia, and lived there six months, then moved to Belmont County, Ohio, where he
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months, then moved to Belmont County, Ohiolwhere he lived twelve years, thence to Guernsey County, Ohio which was later Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833 while a resident of said Union Township. He died January 3, 1834.
His son Isaac was aged sixty-three years in 1833. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
[There is the handwritten word "omit" bracketed around this last sentence.]This soldier's name does not appear as Ephra Bates, and is the only one of similar name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,

[handwritten] add only - Ephraim Bates found etc [/handwritten]

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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months, then moved to Belmont County, Ohiolwhere he lived twelve years, thence to Guernsey County, Ohio which was later Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833 while a resident of said Union Township. He died January 3, 1834.
His son Isaac was aged sixty-three years in 1833. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
[There is the handwritten word "omit" bracketed around this last sentence.] This soldier's name does not appear as Ephra Bates, and is the only one of similar name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,

[handwritten] add only - Ephraim Bates found etc [/handwritten] 

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev War
2051
INVALID.
File No. 2051
Ephraim Bates
Privt Rev War

Act:  June 7 1832
Index:-Vol. A., Page 17.
Arrangement of 1870

1907 Nov 2 Hist to Jas. A. Wharton Duluth Minn V.L.M.
1921 Jany 13 Hist. to Mrs. Paul A. Klayder
1927. Aug 24  Hist. to Hon C.E. Moore
1929 Oct 2 Hist to Mrs. T.B. Coulter  M.E.E.
1930 July 7 Photos mailed to Kate S. Curry & [illegible]
1930-July 17-Mrs. H. Apperson, Cambridge Ohio - History  I.L.L.
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County SS
Court of Common Pleas
June Term A.D. 1834
Monday sixteenth of June.  This day it was satisfactorily proven to the Court in open session that Ephraim Bates of said County died on the third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.  That Susanna Bates was the wife of the said Ephraim Bates at the time of his death and is his widow surviving him, and that the said Ephraim Bates at the time of his death was a Pensioner of the United States.

The State of Ohio
Morgan County SS
I, Samuel A. Barker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the Journal of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal & subscribed my name this 16th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
S A Barker  Clk Court CP
Morgan County Ohio
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Payments to be made
at Pittsburgh
by. 1st US. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Ohio
Pittsburgh

Recorded in the Pension Office,
In Book E. Vol 8.
Page 106 by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk.
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War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Ephraim Bates of the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 9th day of may one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Woodfield O
April 2nd

Revolutionary Claims

Free

The Secretary of War
Washington D.C.

April 13
O.
24265
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Woodsfield  April 1, 1833.

Sir
If the claim of Mr Bates be allowed, he will prefer being placed on the roll of the Pittsburgh agency.  Letters addressed either to the subscriber or the applicant will be promptly attended to
Edward Archbold
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Rev/K

123 So. 5th St. Neodesha, Kans.

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me the claim or war record that Ephraim Bates made to this department when he asked for Pension for Revolutionary War service?  If there is any thing concerning family data copy that for me too please.
Ephraim Bates was from Virginia.  However, I think he died in Howard County, Missouri.
I thank you very much for this kindness.
Respt.
Mrs. Paul A. Klayder

also gibe me the same for Elisha Witt who received pension probably from Kentucky

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office.
Dec 6 1920
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June 27, 1930.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of four pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Ephraim Bates, S.2051, Virginia Troops, negative and positive, uncertified. 
Very truly yours,

[illegible] - $1 20
FINANCE DIVISION
[illegible]
JUN 28 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Katie S Curry
1420 [illegible] St NW.
Washington DC

Received payment
$1.20
Jun 27, 1930.
Ada Deyoung.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
Page 28

350 Woodlawn Ave.,
Cambridge, Ohio
June 10- - 1930

Pension Bureau
Dept. of Interior
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs,

Kindly send record of pension of Ephraim Bates for service in the Revolutionary War, Noble County as a descendent of same, am greatly desirous of all information you may possess.

Thanking you, Jane
Yours Very Truly.

Mrs. Homer E. Apperson,
350 Woodlawn Ave,
Cambridge. Ohio

[Circular Stamp}
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN 11 1930
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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS
GEORGE S. GRAHAM, PA.,. CHAIRMAN
LEONIDAS C. DYER, MO.
W.D. BOIES, IOWA
C.A. CHRISTOPHERSON, S. DAK.
RICHARD YATES, ILL.
IRA g. HERSEY, ME.
EARL C. MICHENER, MICH.
ANDREW J HICKEY, IND.
NATHAN D. PERLMAN, N.Y.
J. BANKS KURTZ, PA.
C. ELLIS MOORE, OHIO
JOHN J. GORMAN, ILL.
GEORGE R STOBBS, MASS.
JAMES FRENCH STROTHER, W. VA.
HATTON W. SUMNERS, TEX.
ANDREW J. MONTAGUE, VA.
JOHN M. TILLMAN, ARK.
FRED H. DOMINICK S.C.
SAMUEL C. MAJOR, MO.
ROYAL H. WELLER, N.Y.
WILLIAM B BOWLING, ALA.
ZEBULON WEAVER, N.C.
HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, VA.
GUILFORD S. JAMESON, CLERK
M.D. TURTON. ASST. CLERK

House of Representatives U.S.
Committee on the Judiciary
Washington, D.C.

August 20, 1927.

Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Commissioner Scott:

Will you kindly advise if you have any record of the Revolutionary War service of Ephra Bates of New Jersey?
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
C. Ellis Moore

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
R
Aug 23 1927
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County of St. Louis
Office of
Judge of Probate

J.B. Middlecoff, Judge of Probate.
James A. Wharton, Clerk of Probate

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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am directed by the Adjutant General Office of the War Department to communicate with you in reference to the record of Ephriam Bates in the Revolutionary War.  Will you kindly furnish me such record as your office discloses in reference to this soldier.  Mr. Bates was from Pennsylvania.  I particularly desire to know concerning his birth, his residence and his service.
Thanking you for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
James A Wharton
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Rev. + 1812 War Section

Sept 28, 1929.
1346 So. Norfolk.
Tulsa, Oklahoma.

U.S. Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.

[STAMP]
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section
Bureau of Pensions
Oct 1-1929

Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of Sept 20, 1929, I wish to ask for the histories of the two following soldiers:
Revolutionary soldiers.
1.  Benjamin Howard.  born Sept 6 1755, Frederick Co. Maryland died Apl 15, 1835
His wife was Rebecca Turner.
He is not to be confused with another Benjamin Howard, born also in Frederick Co. Md. - and also Revolutionary soldier.  There is a difference, I think, of 13 years in their births.
2.  Ephraim Bates.
He was born May 24, 1743 in Morristown J.J. and died in Howard Co. Missouri on June 17, 1829. - according to the family bible.  His place of residence during the Rev War was Catfish Camp, Washington, Pa.  His wife's name was Rebecca Wiley.
This is all of the information that I have about these
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I know that both of these men served & i do hope that you can supply me with the records of them.

Thank you so much for any help that you can give me.

Yours truly.
Mrs. J. B. Coulter

[Oval Stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
OCT 1- 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.   1-681  PHONE Branch 476
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[Illegible initials]
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Please furnish work specified below. June 27, 1930.
Bureau ordering Pension   Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 4 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Ephraim Bates,S.2051, Va. Troops.
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[Top of page, missing]
sion on file in this Bureau. Ephraim Bates S.F. 2051

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1777
June 1, 1778
Bai

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
6 mos
Dec 1778..

RANK.
Pvt.
Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Enock
Cross
COLONEL.
Major David Rogers
Broadhead
STATE. Va.

Battles engaged in, was in McIntosh Expedition
Reidence of soldier at enlistment, near Catfish Camp now Washington, Pa then in [illegible] of Va.
Date of application for pension, Mar 26 1833 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Union Twp. Monroe Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, Born May 24s in Morristown Morris Co N. J.*
Remarks: Soldier's son Isaac was 63 year old in 1833
No further family data.
*He died Jany 3. 1834 (from A.B.) OK