Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4535, George Winham, Md.
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SERVICE                              [Illegible]
MD    Windham, George.   W4535
           Windham, Mary
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11.475
Ohio R

George Winham
of Belmont County in the state of Ohio
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Howard of the Maryland 
line, for the term of 2 yrs & 6 Mos-

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 15 of August 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1818
and sent to D. Jennings Eighth St
Clairesville, Ohio - 

Arrears to 4th of March [illegible-1819]- 6 21/31.      52.30
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819-                          48.00

                                                                                       $100.30

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March 1818}
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Ohio    5538

Mary Windham
widow of George Windham dec

who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and died on the 2nd of August 1831
of Belmont in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain [illegible] of the regt commanded
by Col. [illegible] in the [illegible] 
line for 2 years

Inscribed in the Roll of Wheeling, VA
at the rate of 80 dollars ____ Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day June
1840, [illegible] and John Ferguson, Esq.
General Post Office, Washington, DC

Arrears to the 4th of March 1840                      $320.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept '40.        $40.00
                                                                             {Act July 7,
                                                                                1838}

Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk
Book A.  Bol. 2.  Page 216
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State of Ohio Belmont County ⎬ On this Fourth day of December A.D 1838 personally appeared before me the Sub-Scriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Windham in and of said County of Belmont aged Seventy three years on the 10th day of Deccember 1837 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 7, 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain [illegible]  that she is the widow of George Windham who was a private in the army of the revolution dont know in what Service except that he was a soldier and served his country; That for seven or eight years previous to his death he was a pensioner of the United States, and that his pension Certificate was given up for the purpose of drawing his pension due on the 4th of September next subsequent to his death. The has now in her hand no documentary evidence to support the claim. that the said George Windham lost his discharge but they found his name on the board of War or something , she dont know what they called it. that she has heard her husband say that he was in the battle & the Cowpens and the Brandywine and the White Plains. She dont know the day of the year when her husband, Windham aforesaid, entered the service She did not know him at that time the has heard her husband say that he never got
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any thing for his services, or at least, that they hand him in such money that he scarcely got home on it. This he said both before and after he got his pension aforesaid. 
She further declares that she was married to the said George Windham on the 11th day of December AD 1783 and that her husband, the aforesaid George Windham died on the [illegible] day of August A.D. 1831: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January A.D. 1794. viz at the time above stated.  
Affirmed to and subscribed by making 
her  mark this 
Fourth day of December A.D. 1838, 
before me 
Mary Windham X her mark

Asa Hage Justice of the Peace 
The State of Ohio Belmont County ss 
I John C. Tallman Clerk of the Court of 
Common pleas in and for the County of 
Belmont and State aforesaid, do certify 
that Asa Hoge Esq. at the time of taking 
and certifying the foregoing affidavit, was 
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for 
said County duly commissioned & sworn 
and that the above signature purporting 
to be his is genuine 
In witness whereof thereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at St Clairsville this 24 day of January AD John C Talmon Cap
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99 
George Windham 1
11. 475. 
issued 7 June, 1819 

David Jennings
S Clairsville, Ohio
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State of Ohio Belmont County ss 
At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at St Clairsville in and for the County of Belmont on the Twenty fourth day of July - AD 1820 before the Honourable Benjamin Tappan Esquire President of the fifth circuit of the Court of Common Pleas and Edward Bryson Joseph Anderson & John Willy Esquires associate judges of the said Court on this Twenty ninth day of July AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the said County in the Circuit George Windham - aged Sixty- years, resident in the County of Belmont in the said Circuit being first duly Sworn according to  Law doth on his Oath declare  that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows That he enlisted for the term of three years some time in the Spring of the year 1777 in the State of Maryland in the Company commanded by William Wilmoth in the Third Maryland Regiment commanded by Colonel Howard That he the said George Windham continued in the service of the United States in said corps until the three years clapsed when he was discharged in April in the year 1781 in the State of North Carolina which discharge he hath lost.- That he was in the battle of Gates defeat in the battle of the Cowpens the battle of Germantown Powlershook (Paulus Hook) Guilford Courthouse and in the battle of Ridgely Mills- That he hath no other evidence now in his power of his said service that his declaration bears date in August 15th 1818 he believes upon which a certificate issued from the war department numbered 18475.-
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And I do solemnly swear --- - that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities contracts or debt due me; nor have I any income other than what is contain in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed .
That the said George Windham hath no Real Property. That the following is a schedule of his personal property.- 

                                           Brought up $13.87                                     Brought up $20.12 [crossed out]
                                                                                                                   [item crossed out]
1 old Table - $1.00            |      10 plates. 1.00                                 |    Several Small articles 1-
1 old Cupboard 2.00         |      3 tin cups  .25                                 |    2 Cows and Calf   -       20
1 Spinning Wheel 1.25.     |      1/2 dozen Cups and Saucers  .50 |    1 Mare old -                   15
3 Small Wheels - 3.00.     |       2 Bowls  .50                                   |     4 Small pigs -                1
1 old Chest-1.00.               |       1 Tea pot & cream jug   .50
3 chairs - 2.00.                  |       1/2 doz knives & forks   .75
3 small pots - 3                 |        1 Shovel and Tongs  1.00
1 Tub old    .25.                  |        Pot rack & one axe  1.75
1 Bucket     .37                   |
   
$13.87                                |           $20.12                                         |                                 $57.12


That his family consists of his wife Mary aged Forty five years able to spin and two children Mary Windham aged Twenty four years who has fits and is a charge and Sarah Windham Twenty years able to work-- That his occupation is a farmer not very able to work some indebted 

George X Windham his mark Sworn to and declared on the Twenty ninth day of July 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont County in the State of Ohio-- Attest Ezer Ellis Clk Attest
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I Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Belmont do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is Fifty Seven Dollars and [16 deleted] twelve cents.
$57.12
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at St Clairsville on this first day of August- 
Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty -  
 Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Belmont County Ohio Cents
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State of Ohio 
Benton County  
on [illegible - fifteenth?] day of August Anno Domini 1819 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas  in and for the County of Belfort aforesaid personally appeared George Windham otherwise George Whenham aged about sixty five years resident in the County and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war [illegible - perhaps hath the he the] said George Wenham inlisted or he believes, some time in the Spring by the year 1777 for nine months in the County of Montgomery State of Maryland; that after his enlistment he marched into the State of New Jersey, and at the White plains or valy forge he enlisted for three years some time in the latter end of the summer or beginning of the fall in the year 1777 in the Company command by Capt William Wilmot of the[ineligible, inserted above] Maryland regiment commanded by Col. Howard, as he believes;  that he continued to serve in the service of the United States untill, the full end of the said three years, when he was discharged from service at Camden in the State of [illegible]the some time in the year of 1780, that he lost his [illegible- arm?] and was discharged by time and accident in the battle of Camden Monmouth, Germanton and at the defeat of Gen. Gates, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stair in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his [illegible] of his said service. 

George Windham
His Mark
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 
Joseph Anderson        Seal
associate Judge
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State of Ohio I Joseph Anderson one of the Belmont County Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said George Windham or Wenham, did serve is the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the time therein mentioned, on the Continental establishment, and I certify also that it appears to my satisfaction, that the Wenham is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of the United States for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had before me [illegible] the Secretary for the War Department [illegible - "subsequent"?] to the aforesaid act of Congress, In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and this 15th day of August Anno Domini 1818.

Joseph Anderson - Seal
 associate Judge 
State of Ohio Belmont County 

on the same day and year aforesaid personally one Barnes who  being by me first duly affirmed, oath that he doth honour the aforesaid George Winham, and that he is a man in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the bounty of his County. In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of August 1818 
Joseph Anderson - Seal
 associate Judge
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Thomas C. Wyndham son of George Wyndham and Mary his wife was born December 28 1784.

 William Wyndham son of the aforementioned was born, Jany 28th 1787 dyed Sept 7, 1809 

Harriet Wyndham Daughter of the aforesaid [Illegible] 18th, 1789 

Mary & George [illegible] daughter of aforementioned was born April 23, 1791

Ann Wyndham Daugh of the aforementioned was born January 22, 1794 (?) and died this life [illegible] of August following 1794

Elizabeth Wyndham Daugh of afore[illegible] was born June 13, 1795

[Illegible] & Hezekiah Wyndham Daugh and son of the aforesaid was born May 25, 1797. 

Sarah Wyndham Daugh of aforesaid was born March 18, 1800

Benjamin (?) Wyndham son of the aforesaid was born November 23, 1804 and died Oct [ripped] following.
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P. 276.      of our Savior Jesus Christ.
 After this our Lord concluded his whole Sermon thus; that the Foundation of Happiness was their good works: and their not-hearing, or teaching, but [illegible] what he taught: which was laying the Foundation [illegible] rock, so that no storms should shake the building raned upon it. But that the Hearer of his words, and not practicer, was like a fool building his house on sand. Upon which a time would be, when the raines should come, and the winds blow, and the floods arise, and the storms beat vehemently upon it; and the fall thereof should be very great and terrible. And thus ends our Lords great and famous Predication in the Mount, to his Apostles, and to all the People ; who, saith the Evangelist, were much astonished as at his doctrine, so at the manner of his delivery thereof; For he spake to them all these things with a kind of Majestical Authority, and not as the Scribes. 

The Histry of the Holly Life of my Savior Jesus Mary Windham & handhad & per George Wyndhams Book Bought of Thomas Mary The 17 1820 
Martin Weckley
Martin Weckley
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State of Ohio 
Belmont County 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Windham and made oath in due form of law that the is the same Mary Windham who sometime since made her application for the benefit the act "Granting half pay and pensions to certain [illegible]" that she was the wife and is now the widow of George Windham a  Revolutionary Soldier in the armies of the United States and who is now dead; that she has now no record whatsoever of her marriage with the said George Windham and never had any.  that the only family record of any kind  or description whatever in her possession or ever in her possession is the one hereto attached and on which is written the words, "Only family record," that said Record except the words aforesaid is in the hand writing of Thomas C. Windham that said Record is a leaf taken from a Book now in her possession --called "The History of the Holy life of our Savior Jesus Christ" that there is in said Book No other family Record or  past [illegible] of a record.
The record is (underlined)  [illegible]  and was interlined thus "She [illegible] the" before signing) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April - 1840  Mary Windham X my mark. 

Sworn and subscribed by making her mark this 16th day of April 1840 before me 
Asa Hage Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio Belmont County

I John C Tallman Clerk of the Court of Com mon pleas within and for the County of aforesaid do certify that Asa Hoge Esq at the time of administering and certifying the forgoing affidavit, was acting Justice of the Peace in an for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature, above, purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at N. Clairville this 15th day of June AD 1840 John C Tallman Clerk 

[upside down at bottom of page]
The writers [illegible] Mary Windham in absentia making her mark in my presence
William Coffee
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the within named Mary Windam have subscribed the within affidavit of making her mark in my presence. 
William Coffill
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1st 

 Affidavit of Mrs Ann Bowie, late of the County of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, but now of the County of Morgan and State of Ohio State of Ohio 
Morgan County SS. 

Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Ann Bowie, and, after being duly such to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, states that Mary Windham, now living in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio aforesaid, is her own sister that her maiden name was Mary Card that she, the said Mary was married to George Windham, in November, in the year 1782 or 1783, which of said year he does not now recollect that the said marriage took place in St Mary's County in the State of Maryland, that she, this affiant, was present at the ceremony 10 that they were maried by Parson Stephens, Pastor of all faith church; that this affiant has in her possession no record of the marriage aforesaid , nor does she know of any now in existence kept either by her Father's family or by the said Mary Windham or any body else, she, this affiant believes the above named George Windham was a Revolutionary soldier, that the said George Windham has been dead four or five years, leaving her sister Mary aforesaid a widow. 

Sworn to and subscribed  before me this 8th day of June AD 1840 
William Parrish 
and in presence of
David M Parry 
Mary A Breckenridge 


Ann Bowie (signature)
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And I, William Parrish, the within names Justices of the Peace, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named Ann Bowie, and that I know her to be a respectable and credible person, and that I believe the facts stated in her within affidavit are true as therein stated and set forth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of June A.D. 1840.

William Parrish (seal)
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Morgan County
I James M Gaylord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that William Parrish Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for Said County, duly commissioned to act as such, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I do hereby unto subscribe my name and affix my official seal at M Con (illegible) this 9th day of June 1860
Ja M Gaylord (illegible)
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Copy of abstract by A.D.Y

July 9, 1935 

XXXXXXXXXXXXX 

George WInham
W. 4535
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Marie Bailey 
829 Oakmont Avenue 
Steubenville, Ohio 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter relative to one George Windham , a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W. 4535, based upon the military service of George Winham, Windham, Wyndham or Wyndom in that war. 

He enlisted in the spring of 1777 in Montgomery County, Maryland , served as private in Captain William Wilmot's company in Colonel Howard's Maryland regiment; was in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Paulus Hook, Camden, Rugley Mills, Cowpens and Guilford Court House and was discharged in April, 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1818, while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio, town not named, and he then stated he was aged about sixty-two years, and signed by mark " Gorge inham". In 1820 he stated he was sixty years old and then signed by mark "George Winham".  In 1820 he stated he was sixty years old and then signed by mark "George Windham."

He died August 2, 1831, place not stated. The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given. 

This soldier married Mary Card, who was born December 10, 1754, place not stated. She stated they were married December 11, 1783. Her sister, Mrs. Ann Bowie, stated that Mary Card was married to the soldier in November, 1782, or 1783, in St. Marys County, Maryland. 

The soldier's widow, Mary Windham, was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1838, while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio. She then signed by mark "" Mary Windham". It is stated
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that ever since the death of her husband she had lived in Goshen and Smith Townships in said Belmont County. In 1839 she was living in Ohio near St. Clairsville.

The names of the children of George and Mary Windham, Winham, Wyndham or Wyndom as shown on an old record on file are as follows: 

Thomas C. Wyndham                    born   December 28, 1784. 
William Wyndham                              "     January 28, 1787, died September 7, 1807
Harriot Wyndham                               "      January 18, 1789
Mary and George Wyndham             "      April 23, 1791
Ann Wyndham                                    "      January 22, 1794, died August 6, 1794
Elizabeth Wyndham                           "      June 13, 1795
Meriah and Hezekiah Wyndham      "       May 25, 1797
Sarah Wyndham                                "       March 18, 1800
Benson Wyndham                             "       November 23, 1804, died October following


On the reverse side of the old record the name is written Wyndom, it is not shown as WIndom.

Mrs. Ann Bowie was a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1839 and was living in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1840.

Very truly yours


A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Revy     WIDOW, &c

--------------------

File No. 4535
Mary Windham
Wid.
George WIndham
Pvt. Med. line

Act:  July 7th/38

Index: -- Vol.  M, Page 338

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mary Windham
of George
Ohio  

----

Suspended


---


[See let: 6 June
1839 CC Carroll
do. 21 Mon 39] (struck through)

Act of July 1838
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George Winham, Ohio Pittsburgh,
March 18, 1818- Up to what time was he paid?

Died 2 Aug 1831 paid to that period
JH


Pension Office
Dec. 12, 1836}
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Sept 6

Ohio
Addl proof
Mary Windham


Pension Claim
Honorable J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, DC
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J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions


C.C. Carroll, Esq
St. Clarksville,
Ohio
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4601
Mary Windham
of George
Ohio

------

admitted

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Pr 2 yr.  $80
Cap:  Wilmot  [illegible]
Howard, Md

died Augt 2, 1831

Act of July 1838
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4601 
Mary Windham
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Ohio



died Augt 2, 1831
[illegible] list
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State of Ohio Belmont County 
I. Carl C. Carole Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify from personal knowledge that at the time of the making of the declaration herewith forwarded by the Mary Windham, the said Mary Windham was unable from the infirmities of age and [illegible] to attend Court; and that the reason why this certificate was not made by Asa Boge the Justice before whom the above declaration was sworn to is that it necessity was not the thought of. In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 23 day of January A.D. 1839 
[Illegible] (Carlo C Carol?) 
Notary Public
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State of Ohio Belmont County Le 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Belmont and State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record David Heskett And after being duly affirmed deposeth and saith that he has lived in the Neighbourhood of and been acquainted with the aforesaid Mary Windham who has made declaration hereto attach ed that he knew her as the wife of the said George Windham therein named that the said George Windham died sometime in the year 1831 he believes that it is correctly set down in the declaration aforesaid that he died on the 2nd day of August AD 1831, that the said Mary Windham has lived all the time since his death in the neighbourhood of the deponent and that he knows she has not Married since the said George Windham death that all the time aforesaid the said Mary Windham and the deponent have lived in Goshen and [illegible] Township in the County of Belmont and that from his own personal kno wledge that she is unable to attend Court, on account of bodily infirmity 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of February 1839 David Heskett his mark
Hugh Rogers Associate Judge
The State of Ohio Belmont County Js. 
I John C Tallman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County --- do certify that Hugh Rogers Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed, was at the time thereof one of the associate Judges of the said Court of Common pleas in aforesaid County duly  Commissioned and sworn. In witness whereof I hereunto my hand and seal of said Court at Classville this day of December AD 1839 John C Tallman Clerk ┃ page
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The State of Ohio Belmont County [illegible] 

I John C Tallman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing Signature purporting to be the signature of Hugh Rogers Esquire. I verily believe to be genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at [illegible] this 13th day of June AD 1840 

John C Tallman Clerk 

4601
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M A the Honble 
 James Alexander [illegible] 
Hall reponally 
Washington
DC
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Maryland, Saint Mary County towit 
I hereby certify that it does not appear that there is a[illegible] of Marriage license in this office previous to the 14 Sept. 1794.  the records and papers of this office having been destroyed by five about five years ago.

 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this first day of [illegible] eighteen hundred and thirty nine 
[illegible] clerk
Saint Marys County

[illegible]
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St Clairesville (postmark)
June 1

[illegible] PAID   18 3/3

return this letter with her certify AD 1834 John Ferguson Esq
of the Post Office Depot
Washington City
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Granville June 17th 1840

I have this day sent to the war Department the correspondence in the case of Mary Windham's application for pension. It is the claim about which I written you some time hence.  [illegible]  obliged to you [illegible] to write the  the application the pension if you will urge the immediate consideration of the matter by the War Department.

Among the evidence the statement by me in which I say that I have [illegible] Mary Windham for family records they have none. [Illegible] because that they have a sort of record which I have sent to the Department. I hope my statement will not [illegible] to prejudice the claim.

Very Truly
Yours

C.G. Carroll


Mr. Ferguson, Esq.
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C. C. Carroll 
June 6. '39 

M
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War Dept: Pen: Office 
June 6. 1839 

Sire,

The declaration of Mrs Mary Windham widow of George Windham deed has been examined and filed with suspended cases. Before a final decision can be had [illegible] proof of the marriage as is required in the enclosed a printed sheet should be exhibited 

C. Carroll, Esq
St Clarksville
Ohio

4601
7 July 1838
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War Dept: Pen: Office  
Mar 21, 1839 

Sir,

The additional testimony in the case of Mrs Mary Windham widow of George Windham decd has been examined and [filed with suspended cases - struck through]the papers are herewith returned.  The credibility of the witnesses should be certified by the magistrate before whom they made their affidavits as you will perceive is [illegible] by rule 2 and contained in the enclosed printed sheet and the official character and signature of the magistrate before whom David Heskett made his affidavit short be certified as required by rule 6. If thereby one family record of the claimants' marriage or of the births of her children, it should be exhibited as required in note C in the enclosed sheet, and if there is more she should state the fact.
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under oath. 



C.C. Carroll Esq 
St Clairville Ohio 


C.C. Carroll
Nov. 21, 1839 
CC

4601
AD 7 July 1838
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Copy 

War Dept Pension Office 
March 24, 1831 

Moses Coulter, Esq. 
St Clairsville, Ohio 

Sir,

 In reply to your inquiry respecting the case of George Windham, who is said to be insane, I have to inform you that his guardian can draw the money due on his producing evidence from the proper officer, under his seal of Office to show that he was legally appointed, and still holds the office of Guardian over the person and property of said Windham.

J.L.E.
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Hon Wm Bennon 
Dec 15. 1836 


Record & 36 page 383
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War Dept 
Pension Office 
Dec. 15. 1836. 

Sir,

In answer to the enquiry contained in your letter of the 6th inst respecting the case of George Winham, decd late a pensioner on the Pittsburgh roll under the act of March 18. 1818, I have to inform you that it appears from the Auditor's books that the arrears due up to the 2d August 1831, the day of his death, have been paid.

 Hon Wm Kennon 
H. R.
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Dec 12

James L Edwards, Esq 
Pension office 
present 


Hon Wm Kemon
AK
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Washington Dec 6th 1836


Dear Sir

George Windham of Belmont County Ohio who died August 2nd 1831 drew a pension at Pittsburgh his widow wishes to know whither there is any thing coming to her as such 

Yours very respectfully 

William Kennon 

J L Edwards Esq
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Pension Claim

Hon J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of [illegible]
Washington City

Jan 28, 1839
Ohio
4601
7 July 1838
Windham
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St. Clairsville Jany 23. 1839. 

More evidence is required of any matter contained in the inclosed Declaration thenwhat is furnished by the declaration itself the Department will please inform me. And if any thing is wanting in the form and manner of authentication and making such, please send the laws and form - the only copy that I knew of in this County being lost. 

Very Respet
 C. C. Carroll 

N.B. I am known to Jas Alexander of the House of Reps and Ezer Ellis Clerk in the Employ of the Government at Washington 

C.C.C.
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State of Kentucky County of Bourbon [illegible]

The affidavit of Mrs Ann Bowie of the County aforesaid taken at the office of Wm Syle, in the Town of Paris, Ky on the 26th August 1839 

The affiant, Ann Bowie, being of lawful age and first duly sworn, states that Mrs Mary Windham, who now lives in the State of Ohio near St Clairville, is her own sister, that her maiden name was Mary Card that she was married to George Windham in November in the year 1782 or 3, which year she does not now recollect that he was present at the ceremony, which took place in St. Marys County in Maryland by Parson Stevens, pastor of all Faith Church. She states that George Windham, was, to the best of her information a Revolutionary Soldier, and that said Windham has been dead, she thinks, some four or five years leaving her sister a widow. And further this affiant saith not 

Ann Bowie 

attest 

Wm C. Lyle 
W Bodenhamer 

The above affidavit of Mrs Ann Bowie, was taken, subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid at the time and place, specified in the caption thereto. Given under my hand and seal, as dated above.

 Wm C Lyle (Seal)


State of Kentucky County of Bourbon 

I Thomas P Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that Wm C Lyle Gent before whom the above certificate appears to have been made and sum to, was at the time of performing such [illegible] is an acting Justice of said County that his signature is genuine and his acts entitled to full faith & credit 

In Testimony whereof
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 I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 26th day of August 1839.

[illegible]
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4601 
June 18, 1840
Ohio
Mary Windham
[illegible] claim

Mr. J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of [Illegible]
Washington City
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St Clarksville Ohion June 15, 1840


Sir, 
Received [illegible] you this testimony in the case of [illegible] Mary Windham application for a pension.

I am [illegible]

C.C. Carroll


Hon. L.R. Poinsett
Secretary of State[illegible]
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State of Ohio 
Belmont County 
I do herby certify that the within named affiant William Coffee has been personally known to me for about eight years past, and that know him to be in respectable and creditable person; and I am acquainted with David Herkett who has made his affidavit before Judge Hugh Rogers and know him to be a respectable and creditable person and it may not be improper to state that I am also acquainted with Mary Windham the applicant for pension and with several respectable persons in the neighborhood of her residence and the idea is general information understood that she was the lawful wife and was the widow of George Windham the Revolutionary pennsioner. And that I verily believe it is true.  I have inquired of Mary Windham and her family of [illegible, possibly "earnings received"] and they have none. The affadavit of Ann Bowie taken in Kentucky was taken without any direction from me and I perceive the Justice does not certify that Ann Bowie is a creditable person. I know nothing of her except what I can others have learned from Mary Windham and her family from whom we have learned nothing to the discredit of Ann Bowie. The affidavit can be made once again if required by the department. Mary Windham states that she was married to George Windham in the [illegible] of Maryland. The certificate of the clerk is herewith forwarded.[illegible]
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State of Ohio 
Belmont County 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, William Coffee and made oath in due form of law that for Sixteen or Seventeen years last past he has been acquainted with Mary Windham who has made the declaration hereto attached; that he knew her as the wife of the said George Windham mentioned in said declaration; that the said George Windham died sometime in the year 1831, he believes that it is correct [illegible]  in the declaration aforesaid that he died on the 2d day of August 1831; that the said Mary Windham has lived all the time in his death in the neighborhood of this affiant and that he knows that she has not since married--Since  the death of her said husband the said George Windham; during all the time aforesaid the said Mary Windham has lived in the Township of Goshen and Smiths in the County of Belmont aforesaid and this affiant during all the time aforesaid he lives in Goshen Township --

William Coffee

[illegible] County 
 Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 19th day of April AD. 1839. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  affixed the seal of my Office the day and year [illegible] written 
C.C. Carroll
Notary Public
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George Winham
Private
Col Howards Regiment
Maryland Line
1777 [3 years-struck out]
2 yrs 6 mos
15th Aug [illegible]


Sent to Annapolis
for proof of servie

Admitted
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The State of Ohio Belmont County 
I Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Anderson Esquire before whom the within depositions appears to have been taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of taking the same and still is an acting associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and said County of Belmont, State of Ohio, duly commissioned and qualified, to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit due and ought to be given as well in Courts of record as thereout.- In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at St Clairsville  the Seventeenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and eighteen- Ezer Ellis Clk 

Auditor's Office, Annapolis, May 10th 1819 
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that George Windham enlisted as a Private  in the Third -- Maryland on the Twenty Fifth day of Apr. 1778 and was discharged on the 1st Nov. 1780 
Thos Karney Aud. S. M.
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 829 Oakmont Ave. 
Steubenville, Ohio 
June 10, 1935 

Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir Would you kindly give me any information that you have in your records concerning George Windham (Windom) a Revolutionary War soldier Claim W 4535. or concerning his wife and names of his children. I would also like to know the date of his enlistment & in what battles he fought. I would like all the facts you could give me concerning his date of birth, death or anything further you have about him or his family .

Yours respectfully, 
(Mrs Marie Bailey)
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May 14, 1937
Veterans Administration
Washington, DC

Gentleman,

Please furnish photostatic copies of nine pages on file in the claim for perion W 4535 based upon service of George Winham (Windham) in the Revolutionary War.

Yours very truly,

Mrs. E. Patterson
1538 Centre St.
Detroit, Michigan 
c/o Milner Hotel
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3006 Third (3rd) Avenue
Richmond, Virgina
November 28, 1932

U.S. Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:

Kindly informa me whether you have on your records a George Windom (GEORGE WINDOM) who served in the Continental Army - from Maryland - during the Revolutionary War.  He died, I believe,  in Belmont County, Ohio,  about 1831. Any and all information that  you may have about him would be very much appreciated.

Thank you, I am
Sincerely yours,
Roger L. Windom
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77 Adelaide Street,
Detroit, Michigan.
July 13, 1933

Veterans Administration,
Washington,
D.C.

Gentlemen:

Mary Windham, the widown of George Windham (Windom)- a Revolutionary soldier- was granted a persion on her application dated December 4, 1838. She was then living in Belmont County, Ohio. I understand this record is contained in your Revoluationary War Claim, N. 4535.

Will you kindly give me the following information:

1. When did Mary Windham die-and where?
2. Do any of the papers on file show where in Belmont couty George Windham or wife lived?
3. Did George Windham always sign his name to the papers as Windham or did it appear on any as Windom?
4. What was the date of enlistment of George Windham?

If there is anything in the files showing any light on the family history of George Windham, I would like very much to have it.

Thanking you in advance for any information you can give me, I am
Your respectfully,

Edward N. Patterson
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George Winham
W. 4535
BA-J/MMRF:MLB

Mr. William E. Patterson
1588 Centre Street
c/o Milner Hotel
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herewith, as requested, photostatic copies of nine pages for Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4535, based upon service of George Winham or Windham in that war.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BA-J/MLB
No. 374

May 14,  7.



Rev & 1812 War Section XXXXXX.    War & Navy Branch 970
XXXXXXX



Rev. War claim for pension of George Winham  Actual     1 of each page 

File No. W. 4535


$2.25.                  9 pages


Kindly leave margin of 11 inches at top of each page and return papers in case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied                                                 Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 


[Handwritten vertically]

List selected by:
Mr. Wm Patterson
Sol's decl August- 15, 1818
both sides of the single sheet
Sol's decl -July 29, 1820 both sides
Widows decl - Dec 4, 1838- both sides
Widows  affidavit April 16, 1840 in re to
Four. record both sides.
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August 4, 1933

 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 

BA-J/ADY
George Winham
W 4535

Mr. Edward W. Patterson 
77 Adelaide Street 
Detroit, Michigan 

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter relative to one George Windham, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.4535 based upon his military service in that war. 

George Winham, Windham, Wyndham or Wyndom, enlisted in the spring of 1777 in Montgomery County, Maryland served as a private in Captain William Wilmot's Company,  Colonel Howard's Maryland Regiment; was in the battle of Germantown, Monmouth, Paulus Hook, Camden, Rugley Mills, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House and was discharged in April 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1818 while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio, town not named, and he then stated he was aged about sixty- two years, and signed by mark "Gorge Winham". In 1820 he stated he was sixty years old, and then signed by mark "George Windham " 

He died August 2, 1831, place not stated. Soldier married Mary Card, who was born December 10, 1764, place not stated. [Ilegible] not stated.

Soldier married Mary Card, who was born December 10, 1764, place not stated. She stated they were married December 11, 1783. Her sister, Mrs. Ann Bowie stated that Mary Card was married to the soldier in November 1782 or 1783 in St. Marys County, Maryland. 

Soldier's widow, Mary Windham, was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1838, while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio. She then signed by mark "Mary Windham". It is stated that ever since the death of her husband she had lived in Goshen and Smith Townships in
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said Belmont County. In 1839 she was living in Ohio near St. Clairsville. 

The names of the children of George and Mary Windham, Winham, Wyndham or Wyndom as shown on an old record on file: 

Thomas C. Wyndham born December 28, 1784. William Wyndham " January 28, 1787, died September 7, 1807. 
Harriot Wyndham " 4 January 18, 1789. 
Mary & George Wyndham " April 23, 1791. 
Ann Wyndham " January 22, 1794, died August 6, 1794. 
Elizabeth Wyndham " June 13, 1795. 
Meriah & Hezekiah Wyndham " May 25, 1797. Sarah Wyndham " March 18, 1800. 
Benson Wyndham " November 23, 1804, died October following. 

On reverse side of the old record the name is written Wyndom, it is not shown as Windom. 

Mrs. Ann Bowie was a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1839 and was living in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1840. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Mary Windham, the name of person paid and possibly the date of her death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. , citing all of the following data: 

"Mary Windham, widow of George Windham, Certificate No. 5538, issued June 20, 1840, rate $80.00 per ann m, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, Ohio Agency"". 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.
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December 10, 1932

BA-J/ADY
George Winham
W.4535

Mr. Roger L. Windom.
3006 Third Avenue,
Richmond, Virginia.


Dear Sir: 

 Reference is made to your letter relative to one George Windom, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.4535, based upon his military service in that war. 

George Winham, Windham, or Wyndham, or Wyndom, enlisted in the spring of 1777 in Montgomery County, Maryland , served as a private in Captain William Wilmot's Company, Colonel Howard's Maryland Regiment; was in battles Germantown, Monmouth, Paulus Hook, Camden, Rugley Mills, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House and was discharged in April 1781.

[Handwritten on side] Mrs. Finch said not to give the battles of Brandywine or White Plains in 1776 which the widow gave as the " also stated she knew nothing of the sol. service and the " did not name these battles.

 He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1818 while a resident of Belmont County, gave, as the " --- Ohio, and he then stated he was aged about sixty-two also stated years, In 1820 he stated he was sixty years old, and then and signed by mark "George Winham." In 1820 he state he was sixty years olf and then signed his mark "George Windham."

He died August 2, 1831, place not stated.

Soldier married Mary Card, who was born December 10, 1764. She stated they were married December 11, 1783. Her sister, Mrs. Ann Bowie stated that Mary Card was married to the soldier in November 1782 or 1783 in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Soldier's widown, Mary Windham, was allowed pension on her publication executed December 4, 1838, while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio.  [Handwritten:] She signed the mark "Mary Windham". It is stated that ever since the death of her husband she had lived in Goshen & Smith Twps in said Belmont Co. In 1839 she was living in Ohio near St. Clairsville.
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Date of widow's death not on AB

The names of the children of George and Mary WIndham, Winham, Wyndham or Wyndham as show on an old record on file


Thomas C. Wyndham born December 28, 1784
William Wyndham " January 28, 1787, died September 7, 1807
Harriot Wyndham " January 18, 1789
Mary & George Wyndham  " April 23, 1791
Ann Wyndham  " January 23, 1795, died August 6 1794
Elizabeth Wyndham "  June 13, 1795. 
Meriah & Hezekiah Wyndham " May 25, 1797. Sarah Wyndham " March 18, 1800. 
Benson Wyndham "  November 23, 1804, died October following

[Handwritten:] On the reverse side of the old record this name is written Wyndom
 Mrs. Ann Bowie was a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1839 and was living in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1840. 

Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator