Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,238, Edward Constantine, Md.
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Service
MD

Name
Constantine, Edward
Catharine

Number
R.2238
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Sept 16, 1853
Appl of
Catharine
Constantine
Widow of
Edward
Maryland 
Act 1838

Catharine
Constantine
Harrisonville
Baltimore MD

L P Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

STAMP - Sept 16
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No 15026
Catharine Constantine
Maryland
Let Claimant Oct 10/53
2238
July 7, 1838
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Cath Constantine
MD Act 38

Oct 11 MAIL STAMP

Mrs. Catharine Constantine
Baltimore Co, MD

Department of the Interior
Pension Office Official Business
L P Waldo - Commissioner
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REJECTED
2238
Catharine Constantine
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No 15026
Catharine Constantine
Wid of Edward
Maryland
July 7, 1838

Harrisonville
Balt Co
MD
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State of Maryland
County of Baltimore

On the tenth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three personally appears before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the county and state aforesaid Catharine Constantine a resident of Baltimore County aged eighty-five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July  7th, 1838 and such subsequent acts of congress granting pay or pensions to certain widows of officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution. That she is the widow of Edward Constantine, who was a soldier in the Maryland line of the army of the revolution, that he as well as herself was born and raised in the county of Baltimore, MD and from the said county he joined the army but whether of the regular army or the militia she does not know, or how long he served, she has often heard him speak of his service in the army but she has not any distinct recollections of it, she thinks he served to the end of the war and that his name may be found on the rolls of the Maryland line of troops as having so served and from this circumstance she is under the impression that she is entitled to the bounty land allowed to soldiers of the revolution which he never received as well as such pension as she may be found to be entitled to under any of the acts of congress - she knows of no person now living who can testify to these fats but thinks that his name being found on the rolls of the Maryland troops is strong proof if all the facts as above stated. She further states that she was married to the said
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Edward Constantine on or about the thirty first day of January AD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight by the Rev'd a minister of the gospel in Baltimore County, MD and that she has no knowledge of any marriage certificate being given and that her said husband Edward Constantine died in Baltimore on or about the thirty-first day of January AD one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and that she has no record of his death. She thinks that if it should be required that she might obtain the strongest proofs of her marriage as well as the death of her husband. She further states that since the death of her said husband Edward Constantine she has remained and is still a widow.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any pay, pension or bounty land that she may be entitled to under any of the acts of congress for the benefit of the widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolution.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written and I do hereby certify that I have long known Mrs. Catharine Constantine as one of the most respectable and worthy old ladies of the state of Maryland and that I do most fully believe that the statements set forth by her to be correct.

John W Triplett
Justice of the Peace

The records of the county will show the precise date of her marriage & the name of the minister whose name she has forgotten and the church records will show the date of his death which can be claimed if requisites and she feels confident that the army rolls of the revolution will show his service - she did not deem a long list of signers requisites. She only claims her immediate neighbors
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We the undersigned residents of Baltimore County MD beg leave most respectfully to recommend to the consideration of the commissioner of Pensions Mrs. Catharine Constantine widow of Edward Constantine a soldier of the revolution as a most respectable and worthy old lady, and from a long acquaintance with her we feel the greatest pleasure in recommending her to your most favorable consideration and that the statements set forth by her we do believe to be correct as we feel will that no consideration could induce the old lady to swerve from the truth she as well as her husband was born & raised in the county of Baltimore MD and no doubt but her husband will be found among this list of the patriots of the revolution. It would be a source of the greatest pleasure to us to hear that the old lady has been placed on the pension rolls as we do most sincerely think her worthy of the rewards.

Robert Cross
John R Cockey
Philip D Harris
Herod Choate
John W Triplett
Edward Triplet
Joseph Clegg
W B Hooker
Peter Vondersmith
Winsleus Cook
Elit Triplett
Thos Olls
W W Keyser
J J Walter
Thomas Webb
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Will the Honorable Comm of Pension give the subject his early attention and address Catharine Constantine Harrisonville, Post Office, Baltimore County Maryland