Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,322, for William Simpson, Delaware
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(3-1776)

Service
Del.

Simpson, William

Number
S. 46.322

Contents
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Warren County (O) 29th Sept 1828

Sir
The enclosed relative to certain revolutionary claims are forwarded with an expectation that the evidence will be considered sufficient to place the persons named to [crossed out] be [crossed out] placed [crossed out] on the pension list should it not be considered sufficient - I wish information from the department where the claim is deficient - 

Hon. Richd Rush 

Respectfully, 
Benjn Baldwin
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[3-230.]

Reissues. 
Revy. [handwritten and underlined]

No. 
Cert 789 [handwritten]

Name: 
William Simpson. [handwritten]

Rank:
Pri [handwritten]

Comp'y:
[blank] 

Reg't: 
Capt Kiirkwood Del Line [handwritten]

[blank] } Agency. 

RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.

1st Issue. [blank] Comm'g [blank]
2d Issue. [blank] Comm'g [blank]
3d Issue. [blank] Comm'g [blank]

DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. [blank] Sent to [blank]
2d Issue. [blank] Sent to [blank]
3d Issue. [blank] Sent to [blank]

Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G. Vol. [blank] Page [blank]
Registering Clerk: [blank]
Disability. [blank]

[handwritten vertically on page and underlined] Allowed.
Act 1828.

[handwritten vertically on page] 46.322
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OWS [possible AWJ]
#46322

[written on separate page under this page, but visible] The State of Ohio
Warren County
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1154.

No. of Original payment 764

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
1 Nov 1828.


William Simpson of Salem township in the County of Warren, in the State of Ohio-,
has applied to Secretary 
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain
Kirkwood's company, in the - regiment of the Delaware
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
FA Dickins.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
7.
1828 [October crossed out] November 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to William Simpson in the Delaware line -
It further appears that William Simpson i [a word, possibly "not", is to be written with an editor's insertion mark] now on the pension
list of [crossed out "the"] any ----- agency, and has [the word "not" is written with an editor's insertion mark] been so since the 3. March
1826

[crossed out "at the rate of"]

[crossed out "dollars per month."]

Peter Hagner And

[Several lines of illegible writing and numbers appear at bottom of page. Possibly: 
See # 11398 [number crossed out] Left [illegible]
" #33.666 [illegible] "
" Ref 9896 [illegible] file]
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1154
The State of Ohio
Warren County
On this 16th day of September
1828 William Simpson personally
appeared before me Benjamin
Baldwin
an acting Justice of the peace
within and for the Township of Salem and County
aforesaid, who after being duly sworn according to
law makes the following Declaration, I William
Simpson of the township of Salem in the County of
Warren and State of Ohio, do hereby declare that I
Enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the [unintelligible]
eastern for During the war and continued in its service
untill its termination at which time I leased
Private for Captain Peter Gequity company untill
after the defeat of General Gates and then I was
attached to light Infantry Company commanded by-
Robert Kirkwood in the Deliware [Delaware] Regiment commanded
By Joseph Parson and do also declare that I afterwards
Received a certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars
To which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress
passed the 15 of May 1778 and I further declare that
I was not on the 15th Day of March 1828 on the pension
List of the United States
William Simpson
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Sworn to and subscribed before me at the town-
ship [crossed out] and County and State aforesaid given
under my hand and seal the day and date first
above written
℗
Benjn Baldwin
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The State of Ohio
Warren County
on this 16th
Day of September

1828 personally appeared Rhoda
Ollien personally appeared 
me Benjamin Baldwin an acting justice of the peace within and for the township of Salem and
County and State aforesaid, who after being Duly
Sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she
is now and has been one of [unintelligible] acquainted with William
Simpson the maker of the within Declaration for up
ward of sixty years and this Deponant further saith
That the said Simpson did enlist in the State of De-laware in the County of Kent under one Joseph Pain's
Regiment this deponent believes commanded by
said Pain and called the Deliver Regiment and
further saith that the said Simpson served during the war or untill peace was made and was Discharged in a town called Dover in the state
of Delaware and this deponant further saith the
within named William Simpson is the self same
William Simpson did enlist and served according to
the within Declaration
and further this Deponant
saith not
his mark
Rhode Ollion

Sworn to and subscribed before me at the township
of Salem in the County and state above mentioned given
under my hand and seal this Date above written
[crossed out]
Ben Baldwin
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Know all Men by these presents That I William Simpson of
The County of Warren township of Salem in the State of Ohio I
hereby constitute and appoint Benjamin Baldwin Junior of
The same place my true and lawfull attorney with a [unintelligible]
of substitution for me once in my name to receive from the
United States the amount of pay now due me under the act
for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the
Revolution approved on the 15th day of May 1828 as a [uninelliglible]
of the Deliware Regiment of the army of the Revolution witness
my hand and seal this 16th day of September 1828
signed sealed and Delivered in ⎬
promise of Elisha Hall
Leven Hayes
William Sampson
Mark
℗

The State of Ohio Warren County ss
Before James Hill Junior a Justice of the peace in the County of
War and [crossed out] aforesaid personally appeared on this day William
Simpson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney
and acknowledged the same to be his act and Deed winess my
hand and seal this 16th day of September 1828
James Hill
The State of Ohio Warren County ss
Before Mr James Hill Junior a Justice of the peace in the County and state aforesaid personally appeared Benjamin
Baldwin Junior the attorney named in the foregoing power and under oath the same was not given to him by reason of any
Transfer or any attachment levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to Enure wholly to the benifit of
The person by whom the said power of attorney was Executed.
witness my hand and seal this 16th day of September 1826
James Hill
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The State of Ohio
Warren County

[illegible mark, possibly a letter B or decorative element] I Jonathan K. Wilds Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that Benjamin Baldwin & James Hill
Esqr who appear to have taken & signed the aforegoing
affidavits & acknowledgement were at the time of the dates
thereof & now are acting Justices of the peace within for
the county aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office &
to whose official acts as such full faith & credit are  [illegible, possible and] 
of right ought to be given & I do further certify that their
aforesaid signatures are genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of the
Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 29th
day of September A.D. 1828
J. K. Wilds Clk
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The state Ohio
Clermont County
Before me Frances Erwin
acting Justice of the Peace
within and for the county aforesaid
personally appeared Esaias Riggs and
seventy years  who after being duly sworn
in under by law Ephraim Saitt
of the personal will William Simpson for ?
saith that the above named William Simpson
did enlist in Kent County in the state of Deleware under one Joseph Parson and
served during the war in a regiment then known by the name of the D_____ Regiment and was
discharged out at the close of the Revolutionary War and this deponent further saith that this 
William Simpson for whom this affadavit  be made as the self sum William Simpson  that did as last ____states. 

 Esquire Riggs
Sworn to and subscribed at the township
of Miami in the County of Clermont
and the state of Ohio this 11th day of September 
18___

Francis Erwin
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
[illegible, possibly Clermont] County 

J. N. A. Bryan Deputy
[illegible] Clerk for David C. Bryan,
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
within and for said County do cer-
tify [certify] that Francis Erwin Esq. whose
name of signed to the within cer-
tificate [certification] of qualification of the therein named [illegible, possible Ezaias] 
Riggs, and before whom the same appears to have
been taken, now is and was at the time of signing
the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said county duly commissioned and qualified,
and that full faith and credit are due and ought
to be given to all his official acts as such -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court,
at Batavia the 12th day of September A.D. 1828
N.A. Bryan Deputy