Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,082, Garret Harsin, New York New York Sea Service
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(3-1776)
SERVICE 
New York. 
New York Sea Service 

Harsin, Garret
             Elizabeth 

NUMBER 
W. 10.082

CONTENTS
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[left side]
Leolep to Royal Mayhen Nov. 7. 1839
Dead
Letter to How M.M.M. B lh daas '39
Sarrie Person 28th Dec 1840. Cet: to 
Hon: D. Wallace H.R. 25th 
Augt: 1841.
Letter to R. Mayhem 26 Nov 1841
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 
1838 from 4 March 1838 to 
24 Sept 1838. Agt hodified 
27. Nov 1841

[right side]
13921
Garret Harsin 
of Shelby Co in the State of Indiana 
who was a Sailor [illegible] in the country command
by Captain Dixon of the regiment command
by levb Waynecoop in the New York 
line for 6 months private
            18  "       Sailor 

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 92 Dollars - Cents per annu
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of July
1833 and tenth of  J
Robison Shelbyville 
Arrears to the 4th of March               184.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept     46.00
                                                          $23000
                                          Revolutionary Claim, 
                                           Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [signature] Dan Boyd   Clerk, 
Book E    Vol. [either number one nor a dash]  Page 114
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[left side]
7013
Madison 
Indiana 
Elizabeth Harsin, 
widow of Garrent Harsin, 
NY
who was a Private, 
in the N.Y line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
16 day of June '43
and sent to 
Isaac C Sea 
      Madison, 
      Indiana 

[Act of March 3, 1843]
June 17, 1844
Recorded in Books A
Vol. 2  Page 218

[right side]
Wt to I.C.Lea May 25. 1846
[illegible signature]
Date of death 
not [mark]
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State of Indiana 
County of Shelby  
Js. Fifth Judicial Circuit 

On this fifth day of September, personally appeared in open court, before Bethuel F. Morris John Sleeth and Azariah Williams judges of this circuit court of Shelby county state of Indiana, now sitting, Garret Harsin, a resident of Sugar Creek Township, in the county of Shelby, and state of Indiana, age seventy nine years; on the fifteenth day of June last- past-, who being first - duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
   That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated viz: First. Some time in the month of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, he, the said Garret Harsin, volunteered as a private soldier in the city of New York for the term of five months, in a company of volunteer Rangers under the command of Captain Charles Dixon, of which Company, if his memory after so great a lapse of time does not deceive, Thomas Warner was First Lieutenant, and Garret Teipp [Kipp] Sergant. of the Regiment to which the said Company of Rangers, called the Swego Rangers was attached, General Scott was commander, & John Lasher a Colonel of the Same being young at the time, & somewhat regardless of passing events & matters which did not particularly interest him, he does not now remember, more particularly, the names of the several officers below giving to the said Regiment. The soldiers composing the said Regiment, as he believes, were enlisted, with the exception of the Company of Rangers to which he belonged & of which mention has just been made during this
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first engagement, the only battles, in which he was called out in defence of his country, was the  that of Long Island & Harlem Heights, which first occurred about one week after the landing of the British Army on the Island;- an event which took place on the 22 nd day of August, in the afore said year of 1776. In this battle, either throughout, or in part, General Washington was present, & next morning, retreated across the Island to the city of New York. During this term of service, he is not aware that there were any regular troops where he served unless at the battle of Long Island, & he is in consequence unable to mention the names of their officers. Besides the regiment to which he belonged & which has been mentioned. he remembers the second regiment, then under the command of 
Colonel McDougal. During this first term of service, the only march performed was from the city of New York to the scene of the engagement on Long Island, & thence back to the city. He received in this case no written discharge;  but being in a miserable condition- destitute of clothing & bereft- of nearly all the necessaries of life- General Washington, about a week after the battle, & between midnight and daybreak, dismissed the soldiers at Harvest Straw on North River. 
and day break dismissed the Soldiers in a body. When he entered the services, he was a resident of the city of New York. where he was born, in carman, now called Princess' Street. on the 15th day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three, of which fact he formerly had a record in a Bible which has been lost. 
Second: Sometime in the summer of the year one thousand and seven hundred & seventy seven, he the said Garret Harsin again volunteered, as a private soldier, for the term of three months, in a company under the 
command of Captain Moses Contino, in the state of New York to march against Butler & Brandt who were then at Scoharie. He does not with any certainty, at this time, remember the names of the officers of the Regiment to which his company belonged and not having been engaged in any battle during this
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term of engagement  nor meeting with the regular army. he is of course unable to recite the names of any officers then & there in the regular service of the United States. About two weeks before their term of service had expired, the soldiers, who together with him had volunteered at the last mentioned time, were in a body dismissed without any regular written discharge. He was at the time of this second engagement a resident at Sophie's or Esopus' Landing, two miles from the town of Sophis, on North River, in the state of New York. The company was formed at & marched from this place to Scoharie. 
When they arrived there the enemy had fled
March: In the Autumn of the year 1777, & immediately after the dismissal of the soldiers last mentioned, he entered a third time into the service of his country, as a [insert] private volunteer, [insert] in state of New York in a company command by the aforesaid Moses Contini. The term of service for which he volunteered at this time ? was three months. He is unable to state, with certainty, the names of the subordinate officers of this company, not only on account of the distance of time: but because, being a Baker by trade, the captain kept him generally engaged in the exercise of this calling, except when an engagement or some often emergency, required his services as a soldier, at his post, or in the field of battle. The same fact, in some measure, prevents his remembrance of the names of the officers of the Regular Army stationed or being when he served. He is assured, however, that General Gates was principal commander of the army and that Colonel Wyncoop, to the best of his belief, was an officer of the regiment to which the company belonged in which he served. At the time of entering the third time into the service, he still lived at the above mentioned Sophies' Landing where the company was formed. He proceeded by water  from this place, up north river, to the city of Albany, & thence by land to the town of Saratoga in New York. At this place General Burgoyne and his
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army were captured. The American army then escorted Burgoins, as prisoners of war, to the city of Albany, where they were discharged, in a body, without certificate, at the close of their term. He was present and engaged in the said capture. He together with seven others & a sergant, carried Burgoins and wounded from the field 6 miles to Half Moon ferry on his [illegible] [bedstead.
 Fourth: In the close of the year 1777, he entered as a sailor, on board a ten gun public vessel called the Hudson, of which Captain John Parmer was commander, on this vessel he served as a sailor, for the term of eighteen months. This vessel laid at West Point sometimes as a guard ship & sometimes as a store ship & at other times was sent up & down the river, for provender for the army. 
Fifth: Immediately upon leaving the Hudson, he entered the Artificers shop, in the Quarter Master General's department. at Fishkill in State of New York.   There John Parcels was captain, & Thomas Parcels his brother Foreman and Colonel Hughes Quarter Master General. In this shop he served, upwards of two years, making waggons (sic), & doing other similar work necessary & proper for the army. He then voluntarily left the shop, with a certificate of services from Captain Parcels, which has since been lost.  At the close of the Revolution, he left New York & settled in Bourbon County in the state of Kentucky, where he lived till the year 1826, where he removed to Shelby county, in the state of Indiana, where he now resides. He is destitute of all documentary evidence of his aforesaid services; nor does he know of any one living who, from personal knowledge, could testify of the same. Some years ago, he applied through David Tremble, then a member of Congress from the state of Kentucky, to be placed on the pension list, but the application was unsuccessful, in consequence, as the said David Tremble informed him, of come defect in the Declaration, which may have been as to his name which is properly called Garret Harsin, but being of Low Dutch origin was usually, at the time of the revolution, both written & pronounced Horsen. He has never received any pension for his services. He states as persons to whom he is known, & who can testify as to his character for ver-
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-acity, the Reverend Eliphalet Kent, & John Hendirck Esqr of Shelbyville, & Massre Lewis Morgan, & John Morgan, who live in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant, in the above county of Shelby. The hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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, or Teritory(sic) . 
  Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
     Garret Harsin 

We Eliphalet Kent, a clergyman, residing in the village of Shelbyville, Shelby county, Ind, & John Hendricks residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Garret Harsin, who has subscribed sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 79 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. 
   Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
                               Eliphalet Kent
                               John Hendricks 

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, & served as he states. And the court  further certifies, that it appears to them, that Eliphalet Kent, who  has signed the proceeding certificates is a clergyman, resident in the village of Shelbyville, & that John Hendricks, who has signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person & that their statement is worthy of credit. 
            BF Morris
            John Sleath
            Alzu Williams
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I, Sylvan B. Morris, clerk of the aforesaid court of Shelby County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Garret Harsin for a pension; and that the said Bethuel F. Morris, John Sleeth, and Azariah Williams, are Judges of the aforesaid Circuit Court, which is a court of records; and that the signatures annexed to the certificate of the said court are the geniune signatures of the said Judges. 
   In testimony which, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of my said office, this fifth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. 

                                 Sylvan B. Morris Clerk 
                                                                 L.C.C. 
I, Sylvan B. Morris, clerk of the aforesaid court of Shelby county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the applicant of Garret Harsin for a pension; and that he said Bethuel H. Morris, John Sleeth and Azariah Williams are the Judges of the aforesaid circuit court, which is a court of record; and that the signatures annexed to the certificate of the said court are the genuine signatures of the said Judges. 
   In Testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said office, this twenty second day of March in the year one thousand eight-hundred & thirty three. 
         Sylvan B. Morris Clerk 
                                           L.C.C.
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State of Indiana
Shelby County ss
  On this tenth day of August in the year 1841, Personally appeared before the Honorable Jacob Kennerly, Judge of the Probate Court of said county now in Session, Elizabeth Harsin a resident of Morall Township in said county of Shelby and State of Indiana, aged years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838: That she is the widow of Garret Harsin who Served in the war of the Revolution principally as a Sailor. She this applicant has no personal knowledge of the services of her deceased husband, her knowledge or belief as to those services is derived from the conversations with and statements of her said Husband Garret Harsin and others immediately after the revolutionary War. She verily believes from those conversations and from general reputation that said Garret Harsin served in the War of the Revolution part of the time under command of Captain John as a Sailor, part of the time in the land forces and part of the time performed the service of Baking for the officers of the army that he was in the Battle of the White Plains, and at the taking of Genl Burgoine, She knows that after the peace was declared and after the Marriage of said Garret with this applicant he the said Garret received pay for his services as above stated at several times, one of which was at the office of W- Barbour (a paymaster) in the City of New York. She knows of no other evidence of the services of said Garret Harsin except that furnished by him on his application for a pension which he obtained in his life time.- The following she believes to be a true copy of the pension Certificate which he obtained to wit:  "War department  "Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity "with the law of the United States of the 7th June "1832 Garret Harsin of the State of Indiana who was
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"a Sailor in the Navy of the Revolution is entitled 
"to Receive ninety two dollars and - cents per annum 
"during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 
"1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March
"and 4th of September in every year".
[initials circled] L.S.
Given at the War office of the United States this fifteen day of July one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
[Signed] John Robb "Acting Secretary of War."

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions."
She the said Elizabeth Harsin further declares that she was married to said Garret Harson (after the last period of his aforesaid service) in the month of June in the year 1784 by the Rev'd Doctor John Livingston a clergyman in the City of New York She does not know of any record of said Marriage or of any person living by whom she can prove said Marriage (except possibly her brother Christopher Doughty who knew of the same, and the last information she had of him he lived in Pittsburgh Pa and if now living is about 85 years old. She has not heard any thing from him for about four years past. She the said [Garret is crossed out] Elizabeth & the said Garret Harsin have had a family of Eight children, six of whom are now living the eldest of whom is George Harsin who now lives near Port William in the State of Kentucky and is fifty six years of age (on 22nd of April last). That the said Garret Harsin her husband died at the said County of Shelley on the 24th day of September in the year 1838, That she resided with said Garret Harsin from the time of said Marriage until the time of his death as aforesaid and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed
[Signed] Elizabeth her X mark Harsin
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year first above written
[Signed] Sylvan B Morris Clerk PCSC
Personally comes now in open Court in the Probate Court of Shelby County aforesaid on this Eleventh day of August 1841. Maria Harsin, who being first duly sworn, on her oath saith that she is the Daughter
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of the aforesaid Garret & Elizabeth Harsin that she is now forty years of age, that she has [inserted word] (alway's) lived with the said Garret and Elizabeth till the time of her Fathers death and with her Mother the aforesaid applicant ever since Her said father Garret Harsin had always from her earliest recollection [inserted word] been refuted to have served in the War of the Revolution. and that in his life time he received a pension [inserted sentence] at the rate of Ninety two dollars per annum). as stated in the foregoing application, The said applicant Elizabeth Harsin is his widow and remains unmarried The said George Harsin mentioned by said applicant has always been reputed to be the eldest child of said - Garret and Elizabeth Harsin and that according to the computation always made in the family as to their ages, the said George Harsin is fifty six years old- The original record which was kept of the ages of the children of said Garret & Elizabeth, was in a book which was leut and lost many years since- 
                              [signature] Maria Harsin 
Sworn to and subscribe in open court this Eleventh day of August in the year 1841.
                      [signature] Sylvan B. Morris Clerk 
Personally comes now in open court in the Probate Court of Shelby County aforesaid on this 11th day of August 1841 -  Abner Kelsey and Voorhees Conover both of Shelbyville Shelbey County Indiana, who being duly sworn on their oaths say that they first became acquainted with the above applicant Elizabeth Harsin, and her Husband Garret Harsin about sixteen years ago and were well acquainted with them until the death of said Garret Harsin, and with the said Elizabeth since and to the present time, and also with five of the children of said Garret and Elizabeth, or known and reputed as such, The said Garret Harsin was always since their acquaintance with [illegible] reputed to have served in the Revolutionary War, and received a pension therefor in his life time; That they were present at the burial of said Garret Harsin, and know that he died at said county of Shelby, late in the Month of September, (and they believe on the 24th day) in the year 1838; They were well acquainted with George Harsin, known as the son of said Garret & Elizabeth,
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[following was written on the left hand side of the first paragraph] 7976  
                          Elizabeth Harsin 
                          of Garret
                          Indiana 
He said George resided in said Town of Shelbyville for several years they believed him to be of the age stated in the application of said Elizabeth -  said George has received [illegible] said Town - (and as they are informed and believed) to Kentucky near Port Williams [words inserted] (now called Carlton). The said applicant Elizabeth Harsin is the Widow of said Pensioner Garret Harsin deceased, and she has reuained [remained] a Widow ever since
     [signature] Abner Kelsey
     [signature] Voorhees Conover

Sworn to and subscribed in open court
the day and year aforesaid  
    [signature] Sylvan B. Morris Clerk 

And the said court, and SB Morris Clerk thereof hereby certify that they have been well acquainted with the said- Garret & Elizabeth Harsin for several years last past, and know the principal facts set forth in the [word inserted] above affidavit of Abner Kelsey & Voorhees Cononover, - And they further Certify that the said Elizabeth Harsin, Maria Harsin, Abner Kelsey and Voorhees Cononover, whose oaths are above taken are persons of verocity and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
 [faded signature] Jacob Kermerly Probate Judge LC
 [signature] Sylvan B. Morris Clerk PCdl

I Sylvan B. Morris Clerk of the Probate Court of Shelby County Indiana hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the Matter of the application of Elizabeth Harsin for a pension -
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of said Court affixed at Shelbyville this 11th of August in the year 1841
  [signature] Sylvan B. Morris Clerk
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11376
Garret Harsin
Indiana
from 1776 private
& sailor 2 yrs. 
Pr. [illegible]       $20 
Sailor 18 do.        72
7 March 1832     $92

[crossed out] S.B. Morris Esqr 
[crossed out] Shelby Co - 
[crossed out] Shelbyville
                      Juda: 
E. P-286
H.F.Robison 
Shelbyville
Shelby Co. Gnda [Indiana]
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11.376.
BRIEF in the case of Garret Harsin 
or Sugar Creek in the State of Indiana. 
Township, Shelby Country 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 79 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the for

[table with columns labeled as Period, Duration of Service, Rank, and Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Due to the complexity, each column will be transcribed separately] 

Period. 
volunteered, sometime in the month of June 1776
volunteered again summer of 1777
Autumn 1777
in the Close of the year 1777
Entered as a sailor on board a ten gun public vessel called Hudson

Duration of Service. 
Years,        Months,          Days. 
                       5
         nearly    3
                       3
Served 18 months as a sailor
Served 2 years as Artificer 

Rank. 
As a 

Manes of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen.   Vol [illegible] Ranger 
Capt Charles Diseon 
Lt. Thomas Warner
Capt Moses Contine
Gen Gates 
Colo Wyncoop 

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Long Island & Harlem Heights 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? City of New York 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, it what respect?  [blank]

x Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Examining Clerk.
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                                                                                        March 12, 1935
                                                                                         xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                                                                                         BA-J/EEL
Mrs. George T. Torrance                                                   Garret Harsin-W/10082   
224 Van Avenue
Shelbyville, Indiana

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Garret Harsin, who served in the New York Troops and received pension while residing in Shelby County, Indiana. 

     The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.10082, based upon the military service in that war of Garret Harsin.         

     Garret Harsin was born June 15, 1753, in New York City, on what was later called Princess Street. He stated that he was of "low Dutch origin" and that his name during the Revolution was spelled and pronounced "Horser". The names of his parents are not shown. 

     While residing in New York City, Garret Harsin volunteered in June, 1776, served as a private in Captain Charles Dixon's (probably meant for Dickenson) Company, Colonel John Lasher's New York Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island, the retreat from New York and the battle of Harlem Heights and served five months in the summer of 1777, while residing at Esopas Landing, New York, he volunteered and served three months as a private in Captain Moses Cantine's New York Company and went to Scholaries; he volunteered in the autumn of 1777, and served three months in Captain Moses Cantine's Company, under Colonel Wynkoop in the New York Troops: during a part of this tour, he acted as a baker for the troops: he was at the capture of Burgoyne: about the close of the tour, 1777, he entered on board the "Hudson", a public armed vessel, commanded by Captain John Parmer, and served as a sailor for eighteen months: the vessel lay at West Point a part of the time as a guard ship and a part of the time went up and down the river with provisions for the army: immediately after leaving the "Hudson", he went into a shop as an artificer under Captain John Parcels, Quartermaster General Hughs, at Fishkill, New York, and 

[hand written notes in right margin]
Identified officers in NY boat but conld [could] find sol under any spelling. 
Found Hudson as a NY boat but captain's name not given
Conld [Could] not identify Capt John Parcels
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was engaged in making wagons and during other similar work for the army: length of service, two years. 

     At the close of the Revolution, Garret Harsin left New York City, and settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he resided until 1836, then moved to Shelby County, Indiana. 

     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, while residing in Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, Indiana. He signed Garret Harsin. 

     He died September 24, 1838, while residing in Shelby County, Indiana. 

     The soldier married June 15, 1784, in New York City, Elizabeth, maiden name not shown. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not given. 

     Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executes August 10, 1841, while residing in Morall Township, Shelby County, Indiana. In 1845, she stated that she was then aged eighty-two years. 

     The widow stated that she had eight children by her husband, Garret Harsin, of whom six were living in 1841. The oldest child was a son, George Harsin, who was born April 22, 1785, in 1841, said George was residing in Port Williams, Kentucky. In 1841, daughter Maria Harsin stated that she was forty years of age and lived with her mother in Shelby County, Indiana. No other names of children are given. 

     In 1841, the widow stated that her brother, Christopher Doughty, was aged eighty-five years, and that when she last heard from him about four years previous thereto he was residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

          Very truly yours 


          G. H. SWEET
          Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side]
Hon D Wallace   

[right side]
Elizabeth Harsin 
of Garret 
Indiana
Rejected 
See let 25 Augt
41 R Mayhens
let to W.S. Allison July 20' 4
"   "    "  "      "          Sept 23 " " 
husband died after passage of act7 July 1838 

Act 7 July 1838
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Feb 4, 1936
Veterans Administration 
Washington D.C.
[stamp] Received Feb 8, 1936
Mail Sub Div. 
VETS ADM. 7
[faded] READED

Dear Sirs:
I would like to ask for the Revolutionary service of Garret Harsin private in the Revolutionary war in N.Y. State troops, who received a pension 1831 while living in Shelby Co. Indiana. 
I shall appreciate very much for all information possible  

Sincerely
Mrs. George T.Torrance 
224 Van Avenue 
Shelbyville, Ind,.
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[left side]
1927 Mar. 23. photos mailed to Mrs. F.E. 
Gurley Aw
1936 Mar 12 Rist or Mrs G.T. Torrance
                                               EL 

[right side]
Rervy 
WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 10082
Elizabeth Harsin
Wid. of 
Garret Harsin
Pvr N.Y. line 
Act: Moch, 34 th 3 June 17 7hh
Index:-Vol. A, Page 307

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[crossed out] 9388

11.376
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Shelbyville, Shelby County Ind Sept. 5 [illegible] 
To the honourable Lewis Cass secretary of Mas [War] of the United States. 

Sir. 
The following is the authenticated Declaration, according to the instructions of the war department, of Garret Harsin for the benefit of the pension and of 1832. The applicant is old, & in need of such means of support. You will be pleased to take the case under your candid consideration, and let me know as soon as convenient your decision [redacted] [redacted]. The pension retrospectively dive may be transmitted to me at the place where this letter is dated. As Mr. Harsin lives in the neighborhood, the subsequent payments may be transmitted to him, in an enclosure, directed to the same place. If any thing further is required to substantiate his claim, you will be so good as to inform me if it, &, if possible, we will comply with the registration. 
          Yours respectfully
             Mr. F. Robison 
             Alt'y [atty] for applicant  

I, Garret Harsin, of the county of Shelby do hereby constitute Mr. F. Robison, Alt'z [Atty] at Law, as my attorney in fact, & law, to traneact for me & in my behalf, all matters relating to the application and procurement of the pension, for which application is made by the following declaration & the foregoing letter to the Secretary of War: and for all other purposes contained in the said Declaration & the said foregoing letter. 
[signature] Garret Harsin
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Elizabeth Harsin
Indiana
Act 7 July 1838
rejected.
Admd
6 mo pri
20$

W.S. Allison
Prest
June 1. 1843
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Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Harsin of the County of Shelby and State of Indiana, an applicant for a pension from the United State, do hereby constitute and appoint William S. Allison of Georgetown in the district of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to make application and to procure for me from the United States, such pension as is or may be due to me, or can be obtained for me on account of the application or matters contained, or referred to in the foregoing affidavit, or any law of Congress relating to Widows Pensions - and to take and use all lawful ways & means for the purposes aforesaid as fully & completely as I myself might or courts do if personally present. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 18th day of May 1843
[Signed] Elizabeth her X mark Harsin
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
[Signed] Mara Harsin

State of Indiana
Shelby County
Before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Shelly on this 18th day of May 1843. personally came the above named Elizabeth Harsin and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed for the uses & purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand & seal the day & year last above written
Henry Jinkens  [hand drawn seal]

State of Indiana
Shelby County ss ⎬ I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court within and for said County do hereby certify that Henry Jenkins Esqr. before whom the above acknowledgment & affidavit was taken there was and still is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Shelbyville this 22 day of May 1843
[Signed] Jacob Vernon Clerk
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State of Indiana
Shelley County ss

     Be it known that on this 18th day of May in the year 1843, before the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for said County
personally Caure [came] Elizabeth Harsing and being by
me duly sworn made oath in due form of law that
she is the widow of Garret Harsin deceased, who was a
pensioner of the United States under the act
of 7th June 1832 at the rate of ninety two dollars
per annum - That she was married to said
Garret Harsin as near as she can recollect on or
about the 15th day of June in the year 1784
by Doctor Livingston [blank] in the City of
New York in the State of New York, That the
said Garret Harsin died in the County of Shelby afore
said, on the 24th day of September in the year 1838 - 
   That she the said Elizabeth Harsin has made
application for a pension under the act of Congress
of 7th July 1838 and that the papers for that
purpose, together with the original pension certificate
of said Garret Hardin deceased, are now on file in the
Pension Office as she is informed & believes
                                Elizabeth Harson X
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day
of May 1843
                 Henry Jinkens JP ┃
Page 26

[faded postmark] OCT 27

Hon. J.L. Edwards 
Court of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Page 27

Shelbyville Shelby Co. Indiana
Oct. 25 1839

Dear Sir
Garret Harsin late a pensioner of
this County died in Sept. 1838. He had just prepared
his papers for semi-annual stipend, but the removal of the
agency from Indianapolis to Madison, prevented the presentation
before his death. His widow Elizabeth Harsin had
her papers prepared to draw the arrears due at her
husbands death, and also an application with the hope
of a pension under the act of July 7 1838 - the
papers in both cases, together with her husbands
original Certificate were forwarded to the department
sometime last Spring-- since which time no return
has come to hand. she has frequently sent to enquire
of me about the matter-- She is old, very feeble & destitute,
- I did not expect any difficulty existed as to
the application for the arrears of pension-- but if the
papers sent are not sufficient, please advise me + the papers can be made right-
Any information as to her application under the
act of July above mentioned, will be thankfully rec'd
Very Respectfully your Obt Servant
Royal Mayhew
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir, It appears from the accompanying papers that the only defect in the documents sent to the War Department to establish the claim of Garret Harsin to a pension existed in the authentication. Upon a careful examination not only of the papers accompanying the return of the declaration, but of the instructions which I had previously received from the department I can discover no other defect there the failure to attach my for the paper containing my first certificate, to that containing the body of the affidavit and declaration. I have accordingly received my certificate attached the seal of office anew and corrected the former defect by attaching the papers together. The first mission was owing to the circumstances that the direction to this effect was not contained in the instructions previously received
March 22 1833
[Signed] Sylvan Bellarris Clerk
Page 29

WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
March of 1833
SIR:
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim[s is crossed out] of the person[s is crossed out] whose names [are is crossed out] is hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. [Each is crossed out] The case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed] J L Edwards

S.B. Morris Esq
Shelbyville
Inda.
[Signed] Garret Harsin
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
August 28th, 1841. 

Sir: 

     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Garret Harsin, dead-... a Pensioner on the on the Roll of the Indiana Angency, at the rate of Ninety two Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 24th Sept. 1838. 
    Respectfully yours, 
    [signature] Mozoss K. Parris [Albion K. Parris] 
         Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 

      Present. 

[faded] 13921 Chap to. Grr Allison 24 Carry
Page 31

Nov 26 1841
No Allison
No Evans

[Written sideways on the right side]
Shelbyville, Ia
[illegible] 19

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C

free
Page 32

Shelbyville Indiana Nov. 16, 1841
Dear Sir
Enclosed is transmitted additional testimony in the case of Phebe Applegate Widow of Benjamin Applegate deceased, for a pension-
In the case of Elizabeth Harsin Widow of Garret Harsin deceased, Papers were transmitted in August last, for the arrears of pension from the 4th of March to 24th of September 1838, which was due at the time of her husband's death, as also papers on application for a pension under act of July 7th 1838. To the last mentioned application an answer has been duly received showing that she is not entitled, as she became a widow after the passage of that act. But to the application for arrears of pension (6 months & 20 days at $92 per annum) no answer has been rec'd please refer to the papers sent as above mentioned -
In as much as application for the above purposes including the Original pension certificate of Garret Harsin were transmitted in 1839 & the papers lost, the old Lady's anxiety is great.
Very Respectfully yours &c
[Signed] Royal Mayhew

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Page 33

Wm S Allison
Washington City DC
Page 34

Comptroller Office
Albany July 27th,, 1843

Sir
   The name of Harson or Harser is not found on the book, papers or documents remaining in this office relating to the
Revolutionary period. 
       I am very respetfully
      [signature] [illegible]
      [signature] Philip Sharpe 
      [illegible] 

Wm. S. Allison 
Washington City
     D.C.
Page 35

Aug 7, 1842 
Reclass Elz Harsin 

[post mark] GERORGETOWN

E Harsin 
 
FREE 

James S. Edwards Esqu
Community of Pensions 
Washington City
Page 36

Georgetown D.C. Augt 5, 1843

Sir
Enclosed herewith is the letter of the comptroller of New York shewing that the records in his office afford no evidence of the service of Garret Harsen or Harsin. His widow Elizabeth Harsin of Indiana has applied for a pension under act 7 July 1838 from Indiana. Proof is required by the Pension office of service on board the vessel called the Hudson. Garret Harsin alleged service as a private and artificer besides the service in the Hudson. If the records in the Pension Office afford evidence of service as an artificer I presume a pension may be allowed therefor. Be pleased to inform me whether the rolls afford evidence of the service of Garret Harsen or Harsin, and if not, may not a pension be allowed for the militia service 
I am respy 
Wm Allison

J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Page 37

Elizabeth Harsin 

If the other evidence be sufficient be pleased to hand a certificate issued for so [illegible] service or may be established. 
  Respectfully [illegible]
    Wm Allison 
    Sep 26, 1863 [1843]
Page 38

Pension Office 
              September 23. 1843

Sir, 
     In answer to your letter of August 5 1843, respecting the case of Elizabeth Harsin, I have to state that the name of Garret Harsin or Harser, does not appear on the Roll of Artificry. As six months have been heretofore allowed, as a private, the same esclint might be continued, the evidence in other respect being found satisfactory. 

     I am my respectfully, 
      Your oo Servant, 
     [signature] J.L Edwards 

W.S. Allison, Esqr
   Present
Page 39

Pension Agency 
 Madisor April 10 1845.

JL Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions 

     Sir
               Mrs Elizabeth Harsin, widow Pensioner on the roll of this agency under Act 4 July 1838. at the rate of $20. pr annum has prefered a claim for Pension under Act 17 June 1844 but having no evidence that she was pensioned under the Act 3 March 1843 I of [illegible] declined paying the claim. 
    I am [illegible] informed thro her agent that she obtained pay of her pension under the last mentioned Act, at Washington; waiting your instructions in this case. I am 
    Very Respy
     JTD Lauier
          Pen. Agt
      by Isaac C. Lea
Page 40

Shelbyville Ia
Apr 30                                    20

Isaac C Sea Esrq 
Madison 
Indianna
Page 41

Shelleyville Apl 28th 1845

Isaac C Lea Esq
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you the pension papers of Mrs Harsin. I have made them out as near right as I can, from the information I got from her, she is very old and feeble, and cannot recollect any circumstances of her husbands services in the Revolutionary war, more than that he was a sailor in the naval service, under command of Capt John Palmer - She knew she drew a pension of $100 in the winter of 1843, but did not know under what act she drew it.
I would have filled up the blank you sent me but for the change thout would have been necessary to have been made of some half dozen words with regard to the kind of service of Garret Harsin her husband.
The papers I send, I hope will be sufficient to obtain a certificate for the old lady, for if ever the widow of any of the patriots of the Revolution needed a pension it is Mrs. Harsin.
Yours respectfully
Jacob Vernon
Page 42


[stamp] MADISON MAR 
7192 
May 9. 1848
Sly. Harson, 
March 9, 1843
Ind. 

[stamp] FREE 
S. L. Edward, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
Page 43

Madison July 3 1845


J.L. Edwards, 

Sir
  Enclosed I hand you application of Elizabeth Harsin for a Pension under Act 3 March 1843. Should the application prove a valid one, please forward this Certificate to my Care. 
  About a month since (or 6 weeks) I forward an application for pension of the widow of Joseph Wheatly to which I have no reply. 
     Very Reskq
        Isaac C Lea
Page 44

Madison Inda. May 16 1846

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I have received a letter from Elizabeth Harsin widow of Garret Harsin late a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act 7 June 1832 at $92 per annum enquiring why it is that she is only entitled to $20 per annum while other widows obtain the same yearly stipend that was drawn by their husbands. Will you do me the favor to communicate an answer to this enquiry?
Very Respectfully
Isaac C. Lea
Page 45

Garret Harsin -
Application for a pension corected,
The only alteration required being in the authentication it is sincerely hoped that the moments attention which the papers will now require will be given immediately. That the department may be assured without difficulty of the extent of their former investigations, the instructions sent with the return of the declaration are herewith returned.
H. F. Robison, Atty
Page 46

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Garret Harsin which require further proof or explanation.
I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes.
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes.
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.	Has the declaration mentioned the period of periods of the war when he served? Yes.
V.	*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes.
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes.
VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes.
X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes, & has a device.
Page 47


XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes.
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes.
XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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________months and ____days. I served as a ______. For _____months and______days, I served as a ______;and for such service I claim a pension.
Page 48

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which [h]e belongs. 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
Page 49

6769

3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

Mar. 4, 1927

Chief Rev. War Section 

I have this day received from Wm T.E. Gurley, M.O. No. 257725 for $2.45, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith. OIE & cyt

1927 Mar 23--photos mailed & Finance Due notf aud.

O.J. RANDALL, Chief Finance Division, H.C.L.

C17
L19
Page 50

[fold]E.     I-681           PHONE Branch 476
[fold] regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 13566
[fold]tion for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON
[fold], Division of Publications, Room G 137.
March 17, 1927
Please furnish work specified below.
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: photostat copies of 11 pages from the Rev. War pension claim [illegible] 10085, [illegible] herein
No. of copies: 1 of each page. Shall form be kept standing? __________days
For further information see ______[illegible] Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: O.L. Ganbin, Chief Clerk of Bureau
A.E. Wilson, Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made “SPECIAL” unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph.   Single or double space?      Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph.  One side or both sides?    Facsimile signature?
Folding.   Once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling.   Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter.   Fill in address?     Dated?
Addressograph from lists___________
Envelopes, size________________Cards, size____________
Proof list _____________________ Pay rolls ______________
Labels (submit sample) ________ Corrections___________
Fill in letters ___________________ Tabulation sheets _____
Photostat x Size actual Official Use?____Repay? Yes $1.65
Blue Pring___Size_______Official use?____Repay?___ $___
Remarks_____________________________
(OVER)
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1-681  PHONE Branch 476
[left corner is folded over] regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 13566
tion for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON
Division of Publication, 
Room G 137.                       March 17, 1927. 192
Please furnish work specified below. 
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  photostat copies of 11 pages from the Rev. for pension claim, [illegible], 10032, [to faded to read]

No. of copies  1 of each page  Shall from be kept standing? [blank] days 
For further information see [illegible] 3033               341 
                                                           Room No.    Phone No. 

Approved
[signature] OL Gassboch
Chief Clerk of Bureau
Reed 

[signature] We Wilson
Chief of Branch [crossed out] or Division 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering. 

[stamp] DIVISION OF PUBLICATION MAR 17 1927 DEPT OF THE INTERIOR

CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate 
Multigraph             single or double space?         Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph          one side or both sides?          Facsimile signature?
Folding                   once or twice?
Assembling 
Stapling                  Once?    Twice?     Side?      End? 

Electric typewriter    Fill in addresses?        Dated?

Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size                               Cards, size
Proof list                                         Pay rolls 
Labels (submit sample)                   Corrections 
Fill in letters                                    Tabulation sheets 

Photostat X Size  actual   Official use?   Repay? yes $1.65
Blue Print     Size              Official use?   Repay?        $
Remarks 
                                                (OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without [right corner of page is folded over] reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief cle[missing letters] bureaus. 

............. ...............192
            (Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 

[box] Make new addressograph plate
[box] Change present addressograph plate       On list...............
[box] Destroy present addressograph plate 

as follows: 
Now reads    1 .....................
                      2 ....................
                      3 ....................
                      4 ....................
                      5 ....................

Should read  1....................
                     2 .....................
                     3 ....................
                     4 .....................
                     5 .....................   
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION 

ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made ..................... 192   . 
                         Operator ...................

MULTIGRAPH
Operator .......... Date .......... Type set by ..........
Remarks: ..........
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
WALKER MUSEUM OF PALEEONTOLOGY 

[left corner is folded over] URLEY
SLOCOM 
MILLER 

[crest with an eagle to represent the university]

REPLY TO THIS COMMUNCATION SHOULD 
BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNDERSIGNED AT 
6151 University Avenue 

[left corner is folded over] 1812 WARS
ONS
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Department of the interior, 
Washington, D.C. 

CHICAGO February 28, 1927. 
[faded stamp] FINANCE DIVISION 
BOOK KEEP [too faded to read]
MAR 4 1927
[too faded to read] 

Dear Sir: 
     Herewith find money order for $2.45, for which you will please send me: 
Photostat copies of the papers relative to the pension of the Revolutionary soldier, Garret Harsin of New York, and his widow Elizabeth. Eleven pages, $1.65 and certificate 25c - $1.90.

Photostat copies of the papers relative to the pension of Catharine Harsin, widow of George Harsin of New York, a soldier in the War of 1812. Two pages, Thirty cents; certificate 25c, 55c. 
     Awaiting the same, I am, 
                                           Very Sincerely Yours, 
                                      [signature] Wm. F.E. Gurley 

Address:
Wm. F.E. Gurley 
6151 University Avenue, 
Chicago, Illinois. 

[faded stamp]  [too read] PENSION S. OFFICE 
                                         F MAR 3 1927
Page 54

                                                                                               aw

[left corner folded over]  1812 Wars 
URLEY
oc 

                                                                              February 24, 1927. 

Wm. F.E. Gurley, 
6151 University Ave. 
Chicago, Ills. 

Sir: 
     I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau show but one person named Harsin (or other spelling) If you wish photostat copies of the papers in this claim, Garret Harsin of N.Y. and his widow Elizabeth, the number of pages to be copied is eleven. 
     In the War of 1812 pension claim, of Catherine, the widow of George Harsin of N.Y. the number of pages to be copied is two. 
   The price of photostat copies is fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents in each claim, for certification. 
     The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, ([underlined] not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions. 
                         Respectfully, 


                                    WINFIELD SCOTT 
                                          Commissioner, 

[located in the lower right hand corner of page]
11
2
[line] 13
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
WALKER MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY 

[crest with an eagle to represent the university] 

                                                        CHICAGO  February 19, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
   Washington, 
         D.C. 

Dear Sir:-
     
      Will you kindly inform me as to the cost of photostat copies, with your certificate attached, of the papers on file in connection with the application for Pension of the following persons: 

George Harsin of New York, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife, I understand, was named Katharine, or Catherine. Either he or his wife Katharine applied for a pension. [hand written] WC 4516 2 pages 

HARSIN, (variously spelled)  If any person in the State of New York by this name applied for a Pension on account of services in the Revolutionary War, please give me names in full, with the cost of photostat copies of the papers in each case - of course including your certificate. 
                   [hand written] 11 p only one Garret & Elizabeth 

     Awaiting your reply, I am, 
                                               Very Sincerely Yours, 
                                               [signature] Wm. F.E. Gurley 

Address:
Wm. F.E. Gurley, 
6151 University Ave., 
Chicago, Illinois. 

                                    [postal stamp] PENSIONS OFFICE 
                                                             F FEB 21 1927
                                                             U. S.
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1223
Elizabeth Harsin 
act 3. March, 1843,
& 17 June, 1844 -
No 682

Adund of 20sser ave. 

Isaac C. Sea [Lea], Esq
Madison
Indiana.
Page 57

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838. State of Indiana Shelby County ss—On this twenty eighth day of April 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Harsin, a resident of Shelbyville in the County of Shelby and State of Indiana aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Garret Harsin, who was a private in the naval service of the United States in the Revolution; that she received a pension under the act of July 7 1838 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is a widow.
Elizabeth (her x mark) Harsin
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, William Hacker, Justice of the Peace
In the presence of Jacob Vernon
State of Indiana Shelby County ss
I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court Certify that William Hacker is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1845.
Jacob Vernon, Clerk
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[left side of page]
7745

Indiana
Elizabeth Harsin 
widow of Garret Harsin 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 24th: September, 1838-
of Shelby Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Dixon - of the 
Regt: - commanded by Col: LDynkooh [Wynkoop] in 
the New - York-line for 6 months-

Inscribed on the Roll of Madison 
at the rate of 20- Dollars-
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the - 4th: - day of 
October, 1843 - and sent to W.S. Allison 
Present - 

Total amount,  $100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.] 
Recorded by Hitl Stewart - Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2 Page 221 - 

[right side of page]
[faded] Repo 5th Oct, '43
let B Pab Madison Idna afl
16 1845.