Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,713, James Day, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE 
Md

Day, James
Sarah

NUMBER 
W10,713
B.L. Wt. 101, 193-160-55
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E
7110
District of Columbia 
Sarah Day 
widow of James Day 
Md 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war , as a Private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars ___cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued 5 day of July 1862 and sent to S.A. Peugh
 Present 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 224[?] Vol. H
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Maryland No 22,488 
James Day 
of Montgomy. Co. in the State of Maryland 
who was a Private. In the company commanded by Captain Nicholls of the Regt. commanded 
by ____ in the Maryland Militia line for 9 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland 
at the rate of 30 Dollars ___ Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 15. day of Novr 1833 and sent to Pensioner 
Present 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 75.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834 15.00 [Total]  $90.00 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1833.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 5. Page 103 

Order to pay 2 Jany 1838

Let. Third Auditor. April 25, 1862.

S.A. Peugh. June 7, 1862.
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317.556. 
Act Mch 3/53 
Apl 21/62 
Sarah Day 
Wid of
James Day 
Pri
Cap John Nicholls 
Md Mil 
Revolution 
See pension papers 
Allowed 160 acres. 
L.M. Drury. Examiner 
D. L. Pugh 
Present. 
Ed Butts
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State of Maryland, Frederick County, Sct: 
I Benjamin G. Fitzhugh, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick 
County, do hereby certify that it appears from the Records 
of the late Frederick County Court, as the said Records now 
remain, and are of file and of record in my office, that a Marriage 
License was issued by the Clerk of said Frederick County Court, 
to James Day and Sarah Mark, on the Fifteenth day of September 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for Frederick County, this Nineteenth day of April 1862 B. G. Fitzhugh Clerk
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State of Maryland 
Montgomery County, }
On this 14th day of April 1862 before me the 
subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the 
County aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Day a resident of the second District in said 
County, who being by me duly sworn deposes & says 
that she is about sixty three years of age, and makes the 
following declaration for the benefits of an act 
of Congress of 3d February 1853 making provisions 
for certain widow of Revolutionary Officers & soldiers 
that she is the widow of James Day late of 
said County who was a private in the Company 
of Captain John H Nichols in the Maryland 
Militia in the war of Revolution and for whose 
said service he received a pension from the 
United States at the rate of ___per annum 
and was paid the same in the District of 
Columbia. She further declares that she was 
married to the said James Day, or about the twenty first day of September 1823 by the Reverend Mr 
Christopher Fry a Methodist Clergyman and that he[r] name before marriage was Sarah Mark and that her said husband died on the 19th day
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Febuary [sic] 1842 and that she has remained a 
widow ever since. She refers to the papers on 
file in the Pension Office for evidence of the service 
of her said husband and for other facts pertinent 
to her case She also refers to the accompany proof in 
evidence of her statement & asks the benefit of the provision 
of the aforesaid act of Congress 
Sworn to and subscribed 
Sarah Day 
Sworn Befour [before]
Joshua Purdum JP
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State of Maryland 
Montgomery County }
Personally appeared before 
me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the 
County and State aforesaid. Thomas Baker of Lalls [?]
[res]ident of Montgomery County and lives in the same neighbourhood 
of Mrs Sarah Day new [knew] her well before her marage [marriage] was present at her marage and went for the 
Minister (Rev Christoper Fry). have a personal 
knowledge of all the above facts. her name before marage 
was Sarah Mark She was married on the Twenty first 
day of Septemper 1823. To James Day who was a Revolutionary pentioner [pensioner]of the United States 
and died on the 19th day of February 1842. Leaving a 
widow Mrs Sarah Day who is now applying for 
any amount of pension that may be due 
April the 14th 1862 
Sworn befour [before]
Joshua Purdum JP

State of Maryland 
Montgomery County 
on this 14 day of Feby 1862 persnaly personally appeared Horace Warfield 
& Mrst [Mistress] Treacea[?] Summers and maid oath on the 
Holy Evangles of all mighty god that that they now [know] that the above 
named Mrst Sarah Day is the identify [identical] person she Represents 
herself to be and that they live in the same naibehood [neighborhood] and now [know] her to her to be the widow of James Day deceas[ed] 
who was a revolution Pentions [revolutionary pensioner]
Sworn Befour
Joshua Purdum JP
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I hereby certify that Thomas Baker 
Horace Warfield and miss Terasa[?] Summers who made the within affidavits are persons of varacity [veracity] whoes testimony is valid in any Court 
Joshua Purdum JP

State of Maryland 
Montgomery County Sct. 
I hereby certify that Joshua Purden Gentleman before 
whom the aforegoing affidavit and certificate was made 
and whose genuine signature is thereto subscribed 
was at the time thereof one of the State of Maryland's 
Justices of the peace in and for Montgomery County aforesaid 
duly commissioned and sworn 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal 
of the Circuit Court for said County this 
19th day of April A.D. 1862 
James G. Herring Clk 
Circuit Court for Montgomery County 

[Stamp:] 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Apr 21 1862
PENSION OFFICE

[Remainder is faint, mostly illegible and at right angles to body of text]

[?] Rev
James Day-Md [?]
1832
[?] application
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FORM OF A DECLARATION 
To be made by the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant. 
STATE OF Maryland 
COUNTY OF Montgomery } ss.

On this 14th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty two personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mrs Sarah Day widow of James Decd, aged 63 years, a resident of Montgomery County in the State of Maryland who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Day, late of said County deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain John H. Nicholls in the ___ regiment of Md. Militia, commanded by ____ in the war with Great Britain, during the Revolution that her said husband enlisted or volunteered at on or about the ___day of ____A. D. _____for the term of ____and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____
 and was honorably discharged at _______ on the _____day ___________A. D. 

She further states that she was married to the said James Day in  Montgomery County on the 21 day of September A.D. 1823 by one the Rev Christopher Fry, a Methodist Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Marks  that her said husband died at home in the second District Montany County on the nineteenth day of February A.D. 1842 and that she is now a widow.* 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855;" she further declares that she has not received a Land Warrant under this or any other law; and authorizes David La Pugh to receive her warrant, and that her said husband was a Revolutionary pensioner on the District of Columbia Role, at the rate of ____ per annum.

[Claimant's signature]   Sarah Day

We, Horace Warfield Sarah Day and Columbus F Purdum residents of the second District Montgon Co in the State of Maryland upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs Sarah Day in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 

[Signature of two witnesses.] Horace Warfield Columbus F. Purdum 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written. And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Joshua Purden J.P 

This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidences such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed -- will be admissible. 

In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased
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STATE OF Maryland  } Omit
COUNTY OF Montgomery } To Wit  

I hereby certify, that Joshua Purdum Esq., before whom the 
foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of 
the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his sig
nature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the Seal of my office, this nineteenth day of 
April 1862

James G. Herring Clerk,
Circuit Court for Montgomery County

[Text vertically from left margin]

CLAIM OF Sarah Day

TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3d, 1855.
Original application of a Widow.

[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT 
OF THE 
INTERIOR 
APR 21 1862
[illegible] OFFICE


D. L. Pugh, Attorney.
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State of Maryland 
Montgomery County } towit 
On this Fourteenth day of November 1833, personally 
appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Montgomery 
County in the State of Maryland James Day a 
Clergyman, residing in Montgomery County State 
of Maryland, aged seventy one years two months 
and six days, 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 7 June 1832- 

That he entered the service of the United 
States under the following named officers and served as herein stated 

That he was born in Montgomery County 
in the State of Maryland on the Eighth day of September Seventeen hundred and Sixty two, 
that his age was recorded in the Family Bible now 
in the possession of this declarant, that he lived 
in Montgomery County in the State of Maryland 
at the time he entered the service of the United 
States, that he has resided in the same County and State since the Revolutionary War and still resides 
in the same about Twenty miles from Rockville 
in said County, That he entered the service as a 
volunteer soldier in the company commanded 
by John H. Nicholls, that he volunteered to serve 
for nine months, that he was stationed at George 
Town on the River Potomac, that his Term of 
service commenced in the spring of the year 1778 
to the best of his recollection and as he verily 
believes, that he remained at George Town for some time and was then ordered to Annapolis in Maryland, that upon arriving there at [Blades of brush? or Bladersburgh ?] the order was countermanded and he was ordered (and marched with the Company of Volunteers
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Commanded by John [?] Nicholls) to Frederick Town 
in the State of Maryland to guard the Prisoners 
of War who were at the old Barracks in Frederick 
that he served until the expiration of the Term of Nine Months fully, when he was discharged, but he 
does not recollect whether his discharge was a written 
one or not, and that if he had a written discharge, 
that he has lost or mislaid it, that he does not recollect 
the names of any officer except his Captain and 
Lieutenant, the name of his Lieutenant was Thomas Nicholls, 
that there is no Clergyman living in his 
vicinity, that Giles Easton who was a volunteer in the same company with him and whose certificate 
this Statement and George Beckworth 
whose certificate also accompanys this Statement 
have been well acquainted with him for upwards  
of Fifty Years and can testify to his character 
for veracity and that he is reputed and believed 
in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been 
a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, That the 
Company he served in and marched with, was an embodied corps of men called into Service 
by Competent authority as he always understood 
and verily believes, that he has no documentary 
evidence and that he knows of no other person 
whose testimony he can procure, who can testify 
to his service, and that he 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 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid- 
James Day
Witness
Wm Stuart
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Interrogatories put by the Court to James Day by whom the annexed Declaration is sworn to and subscribed
First Interrogatory- 
Where and in what year were you born 
Answer In Montgomery County in the State of Maryland on the 8th day of September 1762 

Second Interrogatory- 
Have you any record of you[r] age, and if so, where is it.
Answer that his age was recorded in the Family Bible and that the said Bible is now in his possession 

Interrogatory the third and Fourth 
Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a Substitute, for whom 
Answer In Montgomery County in the State of Maryland and entered the service as a volunteer for nine months and served out the full term of nine months when he was honourably discharged- 

Fifth derogatory- State the names of some
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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- 
Answer That he does not recollect the name 
of any officer except his Captain and Lieutenant or of any Continental or Militia Regiments, and that 
the general circumstances of his services are faithfully 
detailed in the annexed declaration sworn to and subscribed 
by him 

Sixth Interrogatory- 
Did you ever receive a discharge from 
the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer That he did receive a Discharge from the service, but from whom or what has become of 
it (if in writing) he does not know

Seventh Interrogatory 
State the names of 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 service as a soldier of 
the Revolution 
Answer Giles Easton and George Beckwith 

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 appears
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28:319

Admd
$30 per ann

Pensioner present
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to them that Giles Easton and George Beckwith 
who have signed the preceding certificates are 
residents of Montgomery County in the State 
of Maryland, and are credible persons, and 
that their statements are entitled to Credit 
Chs J Kilgour 
T. H. Wilkinson 

I Brice Selby Clerk of the Court of 
Montgomery County in the State of Maryland 
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of the said Court, in the 
matter of the application of James Day for a 
pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth 
day of November 1833 and I do further 
certify that the named Persons Charles J Kilgour 
and Thomas H Wilkinson are Judges of the Court 
of Montgomery County in the State of Maryland 
and that the signatures annexed are their genuine Signatures
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of November 1833
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POWER OF ATTORNEY--Revolutionary Pension Claims.
________

Know all Men by these Presents, That I [repeated: I] Sarah Day
widow of James Day (decd)
hereby constitute and appoint S A Peugh 
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of my own 
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author
ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart
ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and the receive the Cer
tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I 
might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney 
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

WITNESS my hand and Seal this 25 day of June A. D. 1862.

Sarah Day

Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
Joshua Purdum
D. L. Pugh

STATE OF Maryland }
COUNTY OF Montgomery } ss:

On this twenty fifth day of June A. D. 1862
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared 
Sarah Day and acknowledged the foregoing Power, 
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, }
the day and year aforesaid. }
Joshua Purdum J. Peace.
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[The text on this page was crossed out]

[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE 
INTERIOR 
June 28 1862
PENSION OFFICE

Claim of 
Act of 
=======

STATE OF }
COUNTY  } ss.

Be it known, That on this 
day of A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty, before the 
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
a resident of in said County, and 
made oath according to law that he is the 

who was a Revolutionary Pensioner 

at the rate of Dollars per annum; that has been 
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in 
said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my 
Agent may use in prosecuting this claim.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and }
year aforesaid, before me. }
J. Peace. }

I, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that 
who executed the foregoing paper is a 
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.

I, Clerk of the Court in the County 
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that before whom the 
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is signature,

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed my official Seal, this day of 
A. D. 185.

Clerk.
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101.193

160 acres
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Sarah Day 
widow of 
James Day 
Montgomery County 
Maryland. 
Act 3d February, 1853. 
Allowed at the rate of
$30 per annum. to begin 
February 3d 1853 
Private of Infantry. 
Certificate to S.A. Pugh, Esq
Present
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James Day Maryd [Maryland] 
$50 Act 7 June 1832 

To what time last paid 
Pension Office 2 Jany 1838 

paid at Washington City to 
the 4 Sep 1833 JH
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Pension Agency 
Union Bank of Maryland
Baltimore 29 Decr 1837 

Sir
I forward the Vouchers of 
James Day, unclaimed Since 4th Sept 1833 requesting an order for the payment of the same  

I am Sir 
Very respectfully 
Yr Obt Sevt
W V Evans
P. Agent

To
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington DC. 
25 April 1862 

Hon J. H. Barrett
Com

Sir
I herewith enclose 
application of Sarah Day widow of 
James Day for Bounty land under
Act 1853. Applicant is the widow of 
James Day late a Revy Pensioner 
on the Md agency, of the rate 
of $30 per annum. Proof of 
Marriage is on file in the case 
of her application for Revy Pension 
under act June, 1853. 
Yours &c 
S. A. Peugh
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Bounty land
Act. 1855

[Stamp, upside down, mostly illegible]:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [?]
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Brief in the case of Sarah Day. Widow of James Day a 
Montgomery County and State of Maryland act 3 February 1853-2d Section }
Private in the revolution 

Claim, (“original " or " for increase.”) 

Proof exhibited, (if original.) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

James Day, was a Pensioner under act 7th June 1832, at the rate of $30 per ann. His declaration locates him in Montgomery County, Md. and the vouchers in the 3rd Auditors Office show that the last payment of his pension was made 4th September 1841. and that he then resided in that County 

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Sarah Day makes  two declarations. One, before a Justice of the Peace. the other, in open Court before the Judge of the Orphans Court, and asserts that she was married to the pensioner 21st September 1823 that he died 19th February 1842 & that she is now & has ever since remained his widow and resides in Frederick County. Marriage proven by a certificate of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Md. that the records of that court show that a marriage licence was issued 
[text continues below next line]

Name and residence of Agent. Examining Clerk. 

on the 15th of September 1823 to James Day and Sarah Mark. One witness Jacob Baker (Certified to be credible)
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testifies that he knew the parties, before & since the marriage, went for the Clergyman, and saw them married. 

Identity of the applicant, and present widowhood proven, by the testimony of four witnesses certified to be credible but continued widowhood proven by the testimony of two person only. The widow herself swears that she has not been married since the death of her husband the pensioner 

Power of Attorney, and all other papers authenticated in the usual manner. 

Allowed at the rate of $30 per annum, to begin on the 3rd day of February 1853.

L.M. Drury 
Examing [Examining] Clerk

Certificate to 
S. A Pugh Esq 
Present
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Frederick April 19/62 

S.A. Pugh Esq. 
Dear Sir 
Please find certificate 
enclosed, as requested by your favor of 
the 17th inst, 
Very Respectfully yours 
B. G. Fitzhugh Clerk
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Sarah Day
Widow of 
James Day

Revy act 1853

[Stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Apr 21 1862
[?] OFFICE 

S. A. Pugh
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Washington D. C.
25 April ‘62

Hon J. H. Barrett 
Com Pension 
Sir 
I herewith enclose application of Sarah Day Widow of James Day late a Revy Pensioner on the Md & D. C Roll at the rate of $30 per annum, under act 1853.
I am yours &c
S. A. Peugh
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Treasury Department 
Third Auditor's Office 
April 26. 1862 
Sir,
Agreeably to your request, I herewith enclose the voucher for the last payment in the case of James Day, a pensioner of the Maryland Agency under act of June 1832. 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt. 
R. J. Atkinson
Auditor 

Jos. H. Barrett Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington D.C. 5th 
June 1862, 

Hon. J. H. Barrett
Comr
Sir
I herewith enclose 
additional declaration in the 
Case of Mrs Sarah Day widow 
of James of Maryland asking 
the benefit of the provisions 
of the act 3 Feb 1853. 

In presenting the 
Case I do it in conformity 
with the rules of the office as 
heretofore acted upon & which 
have been approved by the 
present Secretary of the Interior 

Yours very respy 
S.A. Peugh
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Affidavit of D L Peugh

[Stamp:]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
June 28 1862
PENSION OFFICE
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County of Washington 
District of Columbia }
On this 14th day 
of June 1862 before me the subscriber 
a Notary Public in & for the County aforesaid 
personally appeared David L Peugh of the County of Montgomery, State of Maryland 
who being by me duly sworn deposes & 
says that he knows Mrs. Sarah Day of
the County last aforesaid & knows her to be 
the widow of James Day late of said 
County of Montgomery, & who was a Revy. Pensioner of the United States. that he 
knows her to be & to have been a widow 
ever since the decease of her said husband 
& knows her to be the identical person she 
represents herself to be & further deponent 
saith not. 
D. L. Pugh 
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 14th day of June 1862 & I hereby certify that said affiant is a [illegible].
John F Callan
Notary Public
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City & County of Washington
District of Columbia 
On this 2d 
day of July 1862 before me the 
subscriber a Notary Public in and for 
the County aforesaid personally appeared
Horatio Crawford formerly of 
the County of Montgomery in the State 
of Maryland who being by me duly 
sworn, deposes & says that he was born 
& reared in said Montgy County & 
has been there nearly all his life 
but has been a resident of this City 
for a few months past. that he 
well knew the Revd. James Day late 
of said County of Montgy, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner & that he 
knows the widow of said James Day 
whose name is Sarah Day & knows 
her to be a widow, & to have been a widow 
ever since the decease of her said 
husband & that further deponent sais [says]
not 
Horatio Cranford 
Subscribed & sworn to before 
me this 2d day of July 1862 & I hereby 
certify that said affiant is a credible 
witness & one in whose statement full 
faith & credit is due 
John F. Callan
Notary Public
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State of Maryland 
County of Frederick }
On this 3rd day of June 1862 
before the subscribers Judges of the Orphans Court in and 
for the County and State aforesaid personally 
appeared Mrs Sarah Day in open Court who 
being by us duly sworn deposes and says that she 
is the widow of James Day (deceased) late a 
pensioner of the United States on the Roll 
of the District of Columbia at the rate 
of thirty dollars per annum that she was married, to the said James Day on the 
Twenty first day of September 1823 by the Rev Christoph [Christopher?] Fry 
a Minister of the Methodist Church 
that her maiden name before marrage was 
Sarah Mark that her said husband died on 
the 19th day of Febuary [sic] 1842 leaveing 
her his widow, and that she has not since 
intermarried but remained a widow and 
makes this declaration to obtain any amount
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of pension to which she may be entitled 
under any law of Congress 
Sarah Day 
Sworn to and subscribed 
This 3rd day of June 1862 
B Amos Cunningham 
John A Simmons 

State of Maryland, Frederick County, Sct 
I, Benjamin G. Fitzhugh, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick 
County, do hereby certify that 
B. Amos Cunningham and John A. Simmons, Esquires, whose names are subscribed 
to the aforegoing affidavit and deposition, are Judges of the Orphan’s Court for Frederick County 
duly elected, commissioned, and qualified, and that 
to all acts by them done in that capacity full faith 
and credit are due, and ought to be given, as well 
in Counts of Justice as thereout, and that I believe 
their signitures [signatures] thereto, to be genuine. 

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my 
name and affix the seal of the Circuit 
Court for Frederick County, this 3rd day of 
June 1862. 
B. G. Fitzhugh Clerk
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_______
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[Written vertically left margin] 
Rev & 181

April 5, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Please furnish photostatic copies of eight pages from 
Revolutionary War pension claim of James Day, Maryland 
Troops, W.10713, certified.

Very truly yours,

Cash - $1 45/
[Square receipt stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION 
BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK 
APR 7 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Mrs Wm. Lawton
100 University Parkway W.
Baltimore
Md

Received payment 
$1.45
April 5, 1930.

Margaret M.H. Finch 

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
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List of pages to Wm J. Lawton: 
Soldier's decl.[declaration] Nov. 14, 1833, with accompanying affids,[affidavits] & interrogatories- 7 p.

Wid af. [affidavit] for bounty land Apr. 14, 1862 1 p.
8
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Please have certified and return to Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Room 5033. 

Photostatic copies of eight pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of James Day, and claim for bounty land of his widow Sarah Day, Widow File No. 10713
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M 233 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division 
Jan. 26 1925. 
Chief Rev Sect. 
I have this day received 
from Paul B. Day 
cash No. [number]
for $1.45, requesting copies as per 
letter herewith. 
Respectfully, 
O. J. RANDALL 
Chief Finance Div. H. C. L. 

Copies mailed and Finance Div. notf. [notified?] Feb. 5, 25
AW.
REV. WAR SECTION
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M 6  Ex. AW

Request for Photostating 
(To be prepared in duplicate) 
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK 

Job No. 1684 Date Jan 31, 25
Subject James Day Rev. W 10713 . 
(No.) 1 copies of (No.) 3 pieces consisting of 8 pages to be forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Division. 
Remarks:____
Approved:

A E Wilson Chief Div. REV. WAR SECTION - 
____ Chief Clerk.
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Paul B. Day
1219 Westover Ave.
Norfolk Va. 

paid $1 45/100 [$1.45] for certified copies of 8 pages from Rev. War pension claim of James Day W10713.

Rec’d payment Jan 26.25 
A Wilson 
REV. WAR SECTION 

[Stamp:]
FINANCE DIVISION 
JAN 26 1925 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 10713 
Sarah Day 
Wid of 
James Day 
Priv  Rev. W[ar]
Act: Feby 3d [remainder of date is missing]
Index:-Vol. A Page 16, [remainder of page number is missing] 

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1925 Feb. 5 copies mailed to Paul B. Day. AW
1930 Apr. 19. Photos mailed to Mrs. Wm. T. Lawton & Fin Div ntfd. [Notified] A.W.Y.
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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with 
James Day, that he served with me in the year 
seventeen hundred and seventy eight in a company 
commanded by John H Nicholls that he volunteered 
to serve nine months and that at the expiration of the said term of nine months he was honorably discharged 
Giles Easton his X mark
Witness 
Robt W Willett 

On this twenty fifth day of March Eighteen hundred 
and thirty three personally appeared Giles Easton before the subscribed 
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland 
in and for Montgomery County and made oath on 
the Holy Evangely of Allmighty GOD that the facts stated in the above certificate are true and  
I hereby certify that Giles Easton is a credible 
Witness and his statement is entitled to credit 
before 
Robt. W. Willett 

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Day 
of Montgomery County in the State of Maryland and have 
known him for more than Fifty Years and that I served as 
a volunteer in the Revolutionary War at Frederick Town in 
the State of Maryland in the year 1778 and saw the said James Day 
serving there at that time as a volunteer in a Company 
commanded by John H. Nicholls, that I have frequently 
heard the said Day converse about his Service, in the 
Revolutionary War, that it is generally believed in the 
Neighbourhood where he resides, that he served as he 
States, that my knowledge of him and in the opinion 
of his neighbours generally, I believe him to be and he is considered a man of good character, of strict integrity and that any statement by him, is entitled
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to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name this 13th Novr 1833. 
George Beckwith his X mark
Witness 
Robt W Willett 

State of Maryland Montgomery County Sct 
13th November 1833 this day personally appeared 
the above named George Beckwith before me a Justice of the peace of for the aforesaid County 
who being first duly sworn according to Law made 
oath that the above certificate signed by him is 
strictly Just and in all its parts true and I do 
hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with 
the aforesaid George Beckwith, that he is a man  of good character, and that any statement made by him is entitled to credit 
Robt W Willett 

In the within deposition, “1779,” was inadvertently filled up by me, instead of "1778" as it now stands, and which as Mr Beckwith swears in the proper year. 
Nov 13th 1833 Robt W Willett 

State of Maryland, Montgomery County Sct
I hereby certify that Robert W Willett [gent-gentleman?] before 
whom the within and aforegoing afsd affidavits appear 
to have been made and whose name is thereto
subscribed which signature is the genuine signature of the said Robert W Willett
was at the time thereof one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in & for Montgom[ery] County duly commissioned & Sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereto 
set my name and the public seal 
of my Office this fourteenth day of 
November Eighteen hundred & thirty three 
Brice Selby Clk
Montgy. County[?]