Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10191, for Aquilla Stinchcomb
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Service
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Stinchcomb, Aquilla
Catharine

Number
R.10191

Widow's residence [illegible]
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[illegible] Maryland Bay of [illegible] MD
On the 22nd day of April 1850 before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore personally appeared Beale Randall Esq a gentleman of truth & veracity and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that in the neighborhood where he born and raised there was a family of Stinchcomb's and it was generally said that there were nine brothers of the Stinchcomb and that they were all out in the war of the revolution except one named Enoch who was too young - that the deponent knows six of the bothers that is Nathaniel, William, John, McLean, Christopher and Enock but was not acquainted with Aquilla - this deponent further states that he was acquainted with four of the children of the said Acquilla Stinchcomb, Acquilla, George, Henrietta and Rebecca - that Acquilla & George are both dead, that Henrietta who married a Stuart is now a widow and resides in the city of Baltimore, that Rebecca married a Mr. Weaver and they reside in Saint Louis - he is also satisfied that the widow of [illegible] by one of the nine brothers deserves at this time a pension for services of her husband in the war of the Revolution.

Beale Randall

Subscribed and sworn t before
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R.10191
Aquilla Stinchcomb

The printed book of suspended and rejected claims *1852) p. 237 shows the case of Catharine (deceased) widow of Aquilla Stinchcomb who had been a resident of Baltimore Md suspended for further proof.

MBH
Nov 14, 1911
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No 14107
Catharine Stinchcomb - dec
MD
Lett Mrs. R L Weaver 11th May 1850
Lett T M Tueman May 31, 1850

10191

Act 7 July 1838
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10191
Cath. Stinchcomb
Wid of Aquilla
REJECTED
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Copy

Pension Office
May 31, 1850

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 30" instant, requestion the return of all papers filed in the case of Catharine Stinchcomb for pension, I have to inform you that consistently with the practice of this office your request cannot be complied with. The papers filed cannot be withdrawn but copied thereof will at any time be furnished upon the call of a committee of Congress.

This is the invariable rule.

I am etc.

M.F. Tiernan, Esq
Baltimore, Maryland
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Pension Office
May 11, 1850

Madam:

The papers transmitted by you in the case of Catharine Stinchcomb, dec'd widow of Aquilla Stinchcomb, have (been) received and placed on file as a claim under the act of 7th July 1838.

Before we can determine whether there is anything due in this case, a declaration in which the service of Mrs. Stinchcomb's husband, the date of their marriage and of their death must be distinctly set forth in conformity with the enclosed printed instructions must be filed.

Children have no claim to pensions in their own right; they can receive only such pension or arrears of pension as was due and unpaid to their parents at this or her death.

In order to establish the claim of Mrs. Stinchcomb, under the Act of 7th July, 1838, it will be necessary to show that her husband rendered not less than 6 months service, that they were married prior to 1794, and that she was living at the date of the passage of that Act.

Mrs. Rebecca S. Wearn, Present
c/o Hon I.B. Bowlin
H. of Rep
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Pension Office
April 17, 1850

Sir

In answer to your letter of the 16th just, in which you inquire whether the children of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war are entitled to pensions you are respectfully informed that they are not. If in any case, there be arrears of pension due a revolutionary soldier or his widow the children on proper proof of heirship ma obtain these arrears but nothing more.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Serv

J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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Balt, 30th May 1850

J.L. Edwards, Esq

Dear Sir

I am desired by Mrs. Weaver to request that you will forward to Baltimore all the papers filed in your department in the case of Capt. Stinchcomb for a pension for revolutionary services. She contemplates making an immediate application to congress and will require all the evidence touching the matter as is in her power to procure.

By enclosing them to me at once you will oblige

Your obt Servt

M.F. Teirnan
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State of Maryland, City of Baltimore to wit

On this 11th day of April 1850 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore personally appeared Mrs. Chloe Oram and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that she was well acquainted with Mrs. Catharine Stinchcomb the widow of Aquilla Stinchcomb and that she went to school with Henrietta Stinchcomb now Henrietta Stewart and Rebecca L Stinchcomb now Rebecca L Weaver.

Chloe C Oram

Sworn & subscribe before 

A.M. Pinoneth - JP
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14107
Catharine Stinchcomb
Wid of Aquilla
Md
Act 7 July 1838
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For Mrs. Weaver
Mrs. Johnson oath
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Baltimore City

Be it remembered that on this second day of April eighteen hundred and fifty before me the subscriber a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for the city aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Johnson and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that she remembers distinctly that Captain Aquilla Stinchcomb when she was a young girl, came to her father's house and took him (i.e. her father) away to serve in the revolutionary war - that she is positive that said Stinchcomb is the identical man & that her father did not return until the war was over. She also makes oath that she knows Henrietta Stewart and Rebecca L Weaver and that they are the daughters of the said Aquilla Stinchcomb. She further makes oath that in August next she will be seventy-seven years old.

Sworn before

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