Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21079, Silas Evans, Mass.
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SERVICE                                          NUMBER
Mass            Evans, Silas                W. 21079
                   Melescent
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New York  3197
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Melescent Evans
widow of Silas evans
Mass
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts Line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of eighty dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843
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Certificate of Pension issued the fourth day of December 1843 and sent to  C B Dutcher
Spencer town New York
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{Act of March 3, 1843}Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 105
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Silas Evans
Private
Col. Nixon's regiment
Massachusetts Line
3 years

Admitted
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State of New York
Columbia County} SS

  On the fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hndred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county personally appeared Silas evans aged ixty three years  resident in the town of Austerlitz in said county who being by me first duly sworn according  to law, doth on his oath make the following decleration in order to obtain the provision made by the lae act of congress entitled an act provided for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of he United States in the Revolutionary War that the said Silas Evans enlisted in Febry 1777 and was  mustered at concord or lexington in the state of Massachusetts in the company of Capt Barnford, that he continued in the service of the united states til the 14th of february 1780, when he recieved a discharged at West Point in the state of New York, which discharged is herewith presented that he was at the capture of bergoine at Saratoga, nd that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year aforesaid
John C Olmsted
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I Johnathan C Olmsted Judge as aforesid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Silas evans did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding decleration against the common enemy And that he is in reduced circumstances in life and acuires the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and her before me the the secretary for the department of war puruant to the directions of the afrementioned act of congress
John C Olmsted

Dated  at austerlitz
June 5th 1818
State of New YOrk Columbia COunty Clerks office
I certify that Jonathan C Olmsted whose name appears to the annexed papers which I know tobe his handwriting is a Judge of the court of common pleas in  and for Columbia County witnes name and the county seal this 19th June 1818
C Miller Clerk
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State of Maine}
County of Columbia} SS

On the fourth day of MArch 1839 personally appeared before me  one of the judges of the columbia county court Melescent Evans a resident of the town of Hillsdale in the county of columbia upon  about seventy hree years who being first duly sworn according to court  soth on her oath make the following decleration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by  the act of congress passed July 4th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows that there is the widow of Silas Evans who was a Private in the army of the revolution that said Silas evans was for this deponent has been  ( )  in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war about three years and a half the evidnce of which service this deponent supposed is on file in the pension office in the city of Washington District of Columbia that said Silas Evans was placed upon the pension list in the 23rd day of April 1819 as appears from a pension certificate now in he custody of this deponent and of which the following is
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a copy
War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify that in  conformity with the law f the United States of  the 18th  of march 1818 Silas Evans late a private in the army of the revolution is subscribed on the pension list Roll of the New York Agency  at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 4th day of June one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Given at the War office of the United States this 23rd day of April one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
J C Calhoun

this deponent furhter says  from a paper in the ( ) of this deponent that said Silas Evans was in Col ( ) regiment- the following is a copy of said paper
"Soldiers fortune Febry 14th 1780 these may certify that Silas Evans a
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Soldier in the Lt Col witing company Col Mixars Regt   brought into service a gun & accaccoutrments of his own & life there in  ( ) service of the United States 
To whom it may concern} Reuben Silby
                                  Gideon Richardson Secty

This dwonent furhter declares that she was married to the said Silas Evans on the twenty seventh day of august in the year seventeen hundred & eighty six that her husband  the aforesaid Silas Evans died on the eighteenth day of eighteen hundred & twenty seven that she was not married to him prior to his having the service but marriage took place prevous to the first of January seventeen hndred and ninety four  (viz) at the time above stated this deponent further says that she was married to siad Slas Evans at the time above stated and that the marriage was solomnized by Samuel Bryan esquire then justice of the peace in said town of hillsdale that said Samuel Bryan is now dead
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his deponent further says that dilegent search for some record proof of her marriage in aforesaid ^has been made by^  but has not been able to procure such proof- this deponent furhter says that she  was never afte married to any other person or persons but from the time of her marriage as aforesaid  with said Silas Evans she returned to live with him till the time of his death  at aforesaid service which time she has remained hs widow. This deponent further says that  the annexed paper marked C is the family record kept by herself for said husband Silas Evans that said papers was taken from Bible kept  ( ) the life time of her  said husband in their joint papers & since his death  it has been in the custody of this deponent and that it is a correct record of the mariage of this deponent with said Silas Evans 
This deponent furhter says that ^the^ annexed papers marked H is the original pension certificate granted by the department to her said  husband Silas Evans a copy of which is set forth in the foregoing part of this affidavit. this affidavit further says that the annexed paper marked B is the original certificate of which a copy is set orth in a former part of this decleration
Her X mark
Melescent Evans
sworn to and subscribed on the 
fourth day of March 1839 before me
Josiah Knapp Jusge of Columbia County courts