Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11361, Parley Hughes, Continental (Conn)
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Service Continental (Conn) 
Hughes, Parley 
Hughes, Mary
Number 
W.11361
 B. L. Wt. 43511-160-55
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Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the Act of the 18th March 1818 State of Connecticut County of Tolland US Superior Courts April Term 1826 
On this 20th day of April 1826 personally appeared in open court being on county of record for the county affairs having the power of fine and imprisonment Parley Hughes resident in said county age 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the 1 May 1820 that he, the said Parley Hughes enlisted for the term of one year on the day of January in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Col. Ebenezer Larned in the line of the State of Massachusetts, William Shepherd Lieutenant Col. on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until the 1st of January 1777 when he was discharged from the service in Peekskill in the State of New York; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension--the declarant for ten years past has resided in the State of Indiana excepting the time he has spent within two years past in journies to the Eastern States and could obtain no evidence of his service in that part of the country Nor was he till lately reduced to such indigent circumstances as to need support from his Country
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And in pursuance of the Act of 1 May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 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 bring 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 in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me described
90 dollars in cash------90.00
A debt due me from David Jewett Jun. to be paid in boarding & lodging----35.00
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125.00

Parley Hughes
That since the 18 day of March 1818 the following change has taken place in my property
I then owned a quarter section of land in Posey County State of Indiana consisting of 160 acres of land having no other property and sold the same to Frederic Rapp in February 1824 and received therfor the some of 555 dollars in full for the same--465 dollars of said money has been since that time expended for my support boarding lodging clothing the expenses of several journies to and from the Eastern States including a procession for
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for board in the debt above mentioned of thirty-five dollars--Said money being monthly expended in travelling renders it impossible for me to be more particular as to [illegible] the amount expended
The applicant has no family and no person on whom to depend for assistance or support--he is infirm and unable to labour & is troubled with paralytic affliction occasioned by sickness and has no means whatever of earning money and is in need of assistance from his Country for his support
Sworn to and declared on the 20 day of April 1826 before the Hon. Superior Court
I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the Superior Court for Tolland County do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Parley Hughes did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental establishment 
I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in [illegible] of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 125 dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
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my hand and affixed the seal of the said County on this 20th day of April 1826
Elisha Stearns
Clerk of the Sup. Court
[seal]

20 April 1826
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1,374 [handwritten]

Pennsylvania Phila [handwritten]
Mary Hughes, [handwritten]
widow of [typed] Parley Hughes [handwritten]

who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [typed] private [handwritten]

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [typed] 96 [handwritten] dollars [typed] 00 [handwritten] cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. [typed]

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Certificate of Pension issued [typed] 12th [handwritten] day of [typed] April 1858 [handwritten] and sent to [typed] Arad Joy Ovid, N. York [handwritten]

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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol [illegible]
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[Manuscript is entirely handwritten]
2035-20, Act March [illegible]/53
A straight horizontal line is drawn across the page
Mary Hughes Aug 17/35
Mary Hughes, Widow of Parley Hughes, decd
Parley Hughes Private Pn.
A straight horizontal line is drawn across the page.
Cap. Samuel Curtis
[Something is written here, possibly Col, and then crossed out] Wm Shephard
Co Infantry, Reg [illegible] Mil
[Overlapping the above section and written across the page is: 43511 (illegible) Sep 20/56]
Rev War
Pa Mar 1818- M 28
A straight line is drawn across the page
H: 160 [illegible] Sept 9/56
[a signature, possibly]
Mary Hughes, 
Hyde Park, Pa
[The following two lines are written on the facing page] 
Set. Claimant
Vol H2- 138
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[Left sheet of paper is handwritten]
Transf to Penna 17 Sep 1831 from 4 Sep 1831 and note sent to [The name S H Parson is written and then crossed out] Pensioner Pleasant [illegible]
Penna
See let: 14th January 1841 to M. S. Blackman
Let: 2 June 1941 to Hon B A Bidlack. 
[The number 203520 is written along the margin of the page, oriented perpendicular to the writing]
[The right sheet of paper is typed with names, dates, and amounts written by hand]
To
19.740
Pennsylvania [Beneath this the word Connecticut is crossed out]
Parley Hughes
of Tolland County in the state of Connecticut who was a private [private written in pen] in the company commanded by Captain Larned of the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd in the [something illegible is crossed out] Continental [this word is written below the crossed out word]
[illegible] for the term of One year from January 1776 to January 1777.
[Two closely spaced parallel lines are printed across the page.]
Described on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th day of November 1826.
[Two closely spaced parallel lines are printed across the page.]
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th of Feby 1827 and sent to the Hon. C. Willey 
Senate U. States
[Two closely spaced parallel lines are printed across the page.]
Arrears to 4th of March 1827 $29-29
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 
[The total is printed below this]
$77-29
[The information mentioned below is written in three lines and enclosed within curly brackets]
Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
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[Typed]
Application for bounty land,
Under the act of
March 3rd, 1855,
Names of Claimant or Claimants
Name of the State
War in which the Claimant served
[Straight line drawn across the page]
Agents,
N. R. COBB & Co.,
22 WILLIAM STREET, 
NEW-YORK
No. [illegible]
 On the facing page [in writing] 203520
A large solid round stamp is affixed beneath this number
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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.

[the following 2 lines are connected with a curly bracket and the letters "S.S."]
State of Pennsylvania
County of Luzerne

On this 25th day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Hughes aged Sixty six years, a resident of Lackawanna Township in the State of Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Parley Hughes, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War in the Company, commanded by Captain Samuel Curtis, in the Company of Infantry in the regiment of Malitia, commanded by William Shephard in the War with [crossed out from "War with" to "(or)"] Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, (or) the War of the Revolution that her said husband enlisted (or volunteered or was drafted) at Thompson in Connecticut or about the [left blank] day of [left blank] A.D. 1775. or 1776 for the term of [left blank] and continued in actual service in said War for the term of [left blank] and was honorably discharged at [left blank] on the [left blank] day of [left blank] A.D. [left blank].
She further states that she was married to the said Parley Hughes in the State of Connecticut on the twenty Sixth day of June, A.D. 1826, by one Valentine Buck, a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Skinner that her said husband died at Lackawanna Township, on the Eleventh day of August, A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty one, 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 3d, 1855.
Sworn and subscribed before me (Claimant's Signature.)
this 25th day of July A.D. 1855
William Pier J.P. Mary Hughes
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[This part of the document is typed with the names of people and places and the signatures filled in writing]
We Michael Tedrick and Thomas Y Atherton, residents of Lackawanna Township in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Hughes 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 Witnesses)
Michael Tedrick
Thos Y Atherton
The foregoing declaration and affidavit are 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 she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William Pier, [followed by the initials J. P., indicating he is a Justice of the Peace.]
Note: - The 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 evidence- 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.
[a small 'icon' of a sideways pointing finger] In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow [these three words in italics] of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances [last three words in italics] from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
[The section mentioned below is handwritten]
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne Co
I, Reuben Downing, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do certify that William Pier Esq before whom the above deed foregoing acknowledgment was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Luzerne duly commissioned and sworn and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and audit and that his signature to said acknowledgment is in his own proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have here unto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at 
Wilkesbarre this third day of August, A.D. 1855.
Reuben Downing,
Prothonotary
[To the left of this written section, a round seal has been affixed].
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[Typed except for names of persons, places and signatures]
To all whom it may concern:
THIS CERTIFIES,
That Parley Hughes of the Town of Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut and Mary Skinner of the Town of Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut were joined together in HOLY MATRIMONY on the [illegible - it looks like it says thirty first, although there are on thirty days in June.] day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-[illegible]
By me, Valentine Buck Minister of the Gospel
In presence of S. Griswold Jr.
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[Entire document is handwritten]
State of Pennsylvania
County of Luzerne
on this 22d day of March 1858 before a Judge of the Court in and for said County personally appeared Mary Hughes Aged Seventy on years a resident of said state; who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Parley Hughes deceased who was a pensioner of $96 per annum resident of said state where he drew his pension and where he died. She further declares that she was married to the said Parley Hughes in Wethersfield Connecticut on the 2nd day of May 1826 by Rev Valentine Buck, that her name before marriage was Mary Skinner; that her husband died at Lackawamma in said state in 1841 that she has recd the balance of pension due to him at his death, and has recd bounty land, she refers to those papers for proof of her marriage by certificate on file, & also proof of her husband death, that she was not married to him prior to 1800 but at the date above mentioned and that she is now a widow. 
She hereby appoints Arad Joy her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim for a pension & to receive the certificate when issued.
Witness  [signatures appended here] 
R Merrifield      Mary Hughes
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify that I believe her to be as above stated, and of the age above stated, & I believe her to be a respectable person and that I have no agency or interest in the claim.
[Sign placed here] Wm Merrifield, Associate Judge
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[This document is handwritten]
State of Penn 
Luzerne County

[these two lines are followed by a curly bracket and what appears to be SS]
I W W Ketsham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that William Merrifield before whom the written affidavit was drawn was at the time of swearing the same one of the associate Judges of the said Court duly commissioned and qualified, and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature to the [illegible] therein is [illegible] 
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at WilkesBarre March 29th A. D. 1858
W W Ketsham
Prothonotary

[At the top left corner of the document is a large, solid seal in the shape of a circle with serrated edges]
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[This document is handwritten]
State of Pennsylvania
County of Luzerne
Thomas Y Atherton and Julius P Skinner personally appeared before me, and after being duly sworn according to law, deposed and say, that they resided neighboring to Parley Hughes late a pensioner deceased, were personally acquainted with him & with his wife Mary Hughes the present applicant for a pension, that these deponents knew the parties personally, & know that for many years they lived together as husband and wife, that the said Parley Hughes died in 1841 leaving his widow the present and above named Mary Hughes is now a widow to the personal knowledge of these deponents, of the death of the said Parley Hughes these deponents are witnesses having seen his remains in the coffin & having attended his funeral & seen his remains committed to the grave and now further state that the present applicant for a pension, the said Mary Hughes is the identical person and widow of the above named Parley Hughes late a pensioner that these deponents have no agency or interest in this claim & that their post office is Clarks Green Pennsylvania.

[To the right of the section of the document that is transcribed below, two signatures are affixed- Thomas Y Atherton, Julius P Skinner]
Sworn before me this 25 day of March 1858 and I certify that the above named Thomas Y Atherton and Julius P Skinner are respectable persons and worthy witnesses & I further certify that I have no agency or interest in this claim. 
Wm Merrifield Associate Judge
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[This document is handwritten. Near the upper left corner, a round seal with serrated edges is seen. No writing or image is discernible on it]

State of Penn
Luzerne County
[These words are followed by a curly bracket and  SS]
I, W.W.Ketsham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that William Merrifield before whom the written affidavit was sworn was at the time of swearing the same and now is one of the associate Judges of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit and that his signature to the [illegible] of said affidavit is genuine. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the said court at WilkesBarre March 29, 1858.
W W Ketsham
Prothonotary

[Below this document, perpendicular to the direction of the writing until now, there is this handwritten note]
Mary Huges
wid of Parley
Declaration
Act 3rd, Feby 1851 Revolutionary 
[illegible]
Arad Joy
Ovid N.Y. 
Has recd bounty land
Cole 1833
[Beneath this is a lighter pen]
Parley Hughes- Pa
1818 to 1818
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[This entire letter is typed]
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM
January 20, 1930.
Veronica H. Florek,
115, South Ridge Street
Taylor
Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam,
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 11361, it appears Parley Hughes, while residing at Killingly, Connecticut, enlisted in January, 1776 and served one year in Captain Samuel Curiss' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
It is also stated that he served in 1777, no officers given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1826, aged seventy-one years, and a resident of Tolland County, Connecticut, having lived in Posey County, Indiana, from about 1818 to 1824.
He married May 21, 1826 at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Mary Skinner of said Wethersfield.
Soldier died August 11, 1841 at Lackawanna Township, Pennsylvania, and she was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1858, while a resident of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years. She stated in 1855 that she was sixty-six years old.
A married daughter of soldier lived in Vermont in 1826; her name is not given, nor is it stated that he had other children.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner
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43.51.1

Rev Amos [based on following paid claim]
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[The document is an envelope with handwritten text]
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

[On the right upper corner there is a stamp of three cents with a seal of Hyde Park, Pa. stamped on it. 'AUG' is written at the centre of the seal, the year is illegible]

To the left of the envelope, perpendicular to the handwriting is the number 203520]
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[The entire document is handwritten]
[On the left page of the document]
3 [followed by what appears to be a 'degree' sign] auditors office
April 9, 1858
Sir,
Parley Hughes,
Pennsylvania [abbreviation used] act 1818, at [something is crossed out] 8 pm, diet august 11 1841. This pension has been paid in full to that date to Polly Hughes his widow.
Very Respy
[a signature appended]
Auditor 
Geo C Whitney Esq.
Comm, of Pensions

[On the right page of the document]
No. 6996
Pension Office
April 8 1858
Sir,
Be pleased to certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, or the date of his death.
Also certify who recv the arrears of pension in this case.
Yours respectfully,
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner
[In a lighter ink, and probably a different hand, it is written May(not sure, but probably) 1841]

Ro. J. Atkinson, Esq.
[illegible] auditor, Treasury
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[The document is handwritten and has two parts. There is some writing at the top, cut off in some places, there is some more writing at the bottom with some of it cut off in places]

[illegible] decease has been rejected by this office and the decision rejecting the claim has been affirmed by the Secretary of the M. 

[from the bottom of the document]
The claim of the heirs of Mary Latimer as the widow of Charles for the pension alleged to have been
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[This document is handwritten. It consists of two pieces of paper that are torn apart but are aligned together at the torn edge]
April 7th 1858
Sir,
The claim of the heirs of Mary Latimer as the widow of Charles for the pension alleged to have been due her decease has been rejected by this office and the decision rejecting the claim has been affirmed by the Secretary of the [?]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11361
Mary Hughes
Wid of
Parley Hughes
Print Rev War
Act: Febry 3rd, 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870]
[on side of page handwritten]
1928 Mary S Hughes to Veronica H. Florek
1930 Jan 20- "  " "  " 
([illegible] me)
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Rev 21512 Wars Section.

May 8, 1928.

Veronica H. Florek,
115 South Ridge Street,
Taylor, Pennsylvania.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11361, it appears that Parley Hughes, While Residing at Killingly, Connecticut, enlisted in January, 1776, and served one year in Captain Samuel Curtiss' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's mass. Reg.

It is also stated that he served in 1777, no officers given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1825, aged seventy-one years, and a resident of Tolland County, Connecticut, having lived in Posey County, Indiana from about 1818 to 1824.

He married May 21, 1825 at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Mary Skinner of said Wethersfield.

Soldier died August 11, 1841 at Lackawanna Township, Pennsylvania, and she was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1858, while a resident of Pennsylvania,
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aged seventy-one years. She stated in 1855 that she was sixty-six years old.

A married daughter of soldier lived in Vermont in 1826, her name is not given, nor is it stated that he had other children.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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115 So. Ridge Street
Taylor, Penns.

Mr. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,

Dear Sir,

Last year our Historical Soceity erected a monument in honor of Parley Hughes [underlined]. We sent to you for information to establish his claim as a Revolutionary War veteran which you most obligingly gave us.

Unfortunately, your letter was lost at the printery, where we were having a copy of it put into out programs.

We are collecting material, such as historical books, pamphlets, and relics for a historical library. We are very anxious to have an official letter from you among out collections.

Won't you please oblige us again?

Yours very truly,
Veronica H. Florek
Secy. Taylor Historical Soceity.
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This is a copy of your letter as it appeared in our programs. 

United States
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Wasington, May 8, 1928

Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11361, it appears that Parley Hughes, While Residing at Killingly, Connecticut, enlisted in January, 1776, and served one year in Captain Samuel Curtiss' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's mass. Reg.

It is also stated that he served in 1777, no officers given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1825, aged seventy-one years, and a resident of Tolland County, Connecticut, having lived in Posey County, Indiana from about 1818 to 1824.

He married May 21, 1825 at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Mary Skinner of said Wethersfield.

Soldier died August 11, 1841 at Lackawanna Township, Pennsylvania, and she was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1858
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while a resident of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years. She stated in 1855 that she was sixty-six years old.

A married daughter of soldier lived in Vermont in 1826, her name is not given, nor is it stated that he had other children.

Respectfully
(Signed) Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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115 So. Ridge Street
Taylor, Penns.
Apr. 11th, 1928

Director of the Pension Bureau,

Dear Sir,-

The pupils of the freshman Civics Class of the Taylor High School, Taylor Penns., are eager to erect a monument in honor of Parley Hughes, who our local history says was a bodyguard to General Washington during the Revolutionary War, and who is now buried in the Taylor Memorial Cemetery.

We wish to know whether he was on your pension list and would greatly appreciate any information and would greatly appreciate any information about his life which you are able to give us.

Thank You.

Sincerely,
Veronica H. Florek
Secy. Civics Class
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[The entire document is handwritten]

[In the upper left corner]
Amos Robinson
41.80 [illegible]
No. 14 [this could be 74, too, because the top of the number is flush with a straight horizontal line]

[In the main body of the document]
[Illegible] opp
July 4
18[one illegible number]4

W,, Perley Hughes
Tolland
County of Tolland
State of Connecticut
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It Royalton Sept 11 1824
Parley Heugh, to Arney Robinson Dr [Dr written above Robinson]
to bording thirteen weekes at 7/6 - $1625 [numbers at end of line are aligned for adding]
to housekeeping thirteen weeks 1/6   325
to pay for Skereling hors [line] 100
intrest on the Same [line]230
[Under addition line] 2280
to boot betwen horsses [line] 1500
[Under addition line]  $3780
Cm by lash for boot of horses [line] 1500
[Under subtraction line, no operator] $2280
Dr to going to Kandalf & Chelsey
and 'cash paid out for Expences 400
[Under addition line] $2680
Royalton June the 24th 1826
State of Vermont} I personally appeared Amos
Windsor County fi} Robinson of Royalton on the
Fourth day of July 1826 and
oath that the above amount is just and truley
due to him from Perly Hughs
before me Moses Luther Just of the Peace
kew payment by State
January the 2 9th 1427
Anny Kabinson
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Copy of Deed from Parley Hughes to Frederick Rapp
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Copy 
This Indenture made this twelfth day of Feb 6 wary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, By and between Parley Hughes of Posey County State of Indiana of the one part and Frederick Rapp of Harmonic in the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Parley Hughes for and in consideration of the sum of Six Hundred Dollars, to him in hand paid by the said Frederick Rapp, of the sealing and delivery of these presents, the Receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted bargained and sold and by there presence doth grant bargain and sell to the said Frederick Rapp his Heirs and assigns forever, all that track or quarter section of land Known and designated by the North west quarter section twenty in Township five (south) of Range thirteen (west) of the Land directed to be sold at  vincennes  and pattented George Rapp and associates, by the President of the united States by Patent bearing date the twenty fifth day of March 1818. and sold by the said George Rapp + associates to the said Parley Hughes as per deed dated the fifth day of may 1819. To have and to hold the above described track or quarter section of land to the said Frederick Rapp his Heirs + assigns forever
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and year above written 
Witness present
R.L Baker
Parley Hughes
Jno L. Baker
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[The document is handwritten. At the bottom left corner, there is a round seal. The writing on it is not legible]

Recd. of Frederick Rapp Six hundred Dollars the full amount of the consideration money within mentioned.
February 25th 1824       Parley Hughes

State of Indiana 
Posey County
[This is followed by curly brackets]
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace in and for the said county the above signed Parely Hughes and acknowledged the within writing to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned, and desired that the same may be recorded accordingly. 
Given under my hand and seal this 16th [date is a bit unclear] day of February 1824

Recorded in my office in Book D page 3D8 & 3D9 the 15th Nov 1826 -
J P Drake R
[followed by curly bracket]
Peter Saltzman J P [illegible]

State of Indiana 
Posey County
[followed by curly brackets]
Set:
I James P Drake Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said County of Posey and Recorder of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Deed from Parley Hews to Frederick Rapp is a true copy of the Record in my office. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Mount Vernon this 15th day of November AD 1826.
J. P. Drake Clk
& Recorder [illegible]
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[This document is handwritten]
State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
[This is followed by curly brackets]
[Illegible] Hartford

On this 13th day of September 1831, before me the subscriber, a Notary Public for the said County of Hartford, personally appeared Parley Hughes, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Curtiss, in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Shepherd, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he expects to remove in a few days to the state of Pennsylvania, where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable at Philadelphia, in future. His object in removing to Pennsylvania is to pursue his occupation more profitably, as he finds his trade & pension insufficient to support his family where he now resides.

[illegible] to before me Parley Hughes the day & year aforesaid.
Samuel H Parsons
Notary Public

[At the lower left corner of this document, an octagonal seal is affixed. The writing on the seal is illegible].
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[This document is handwritten]
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Parley Hughes a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the roll of Connecticut Agency, and know him to be the same person who subscribed the written affidavit in my presence. 
Samuel H. Parsons
Notary Public
[Beneath this, in the left lower corner, there is the imprint of an octagonal seal. The shape of a shield is visible in the centre of the seal. The writing on the seal is illegible]
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[This document is handwritten]
I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal therof, do hereby certify,
That Samuel A. Parsons Esq. whose name is subscribed, in his proper hand-writing, to the foregoing Certificate, is, and for more than one year last past has been, a Notary Public within and for the County of Hartford, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; that the Seal affixed to said Certificate, is his genuine Seal of Office; and that full credence is due to his official acts so authenticated.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, the thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. 
Thomas Day
Page 38

[This document is handwritten]
Lyman S Kibbe
bill [illegible] dated May
29. 1826 ___ $10.44

No. 10 ___
Page 39

Saund May 29.1826
Mrs. Parley Hughes B. L. of L. S. Tibbee
3 1/2 yds linen and Satteen 4/-  2.34
3 " Cotton Stripe - 20 each - .60
30 - 3 yds [illegible] Drilling 4/ - 2.00
from 10 - 12 Gals [gallons] [illegible] Rum 38 each - 4.56
1/4[each] Cussia 3/ and 1 or San [illegible] 4[each] - [.]16
4[each] Bro Sugar  11[each] and 1/4[each][illegible][.]78
[total]$10.44
Recd pays in full
Lyman S. Tibbee
Page 40

[This document is handwritten]
J. B. Pitkin & Co

Bill of goods del
May 29.1826
[followed by curly bracket]
28.44

No 9___
Page 41

Followd May 29th 1836
[illegible words written over words]
B. of J. B. Schmitley
6 Yds Ciscassiam@3/  3,50
1 " Silk vesting .83
1 1/2 " Brown Linen@.23  .34
3/4 " Tilloting@1/6 .19
1/2 " Buchman@20 .10
5/8 " Padding @4/[illegible] .38
3 " Binding @3[cents} .09
2 " Tape  .02
1 Stick Twist  .10
8 S Silk @3 1/2 [cents] .28
2  Thread @2 [cents] .04
Coat Moulds .03
Vest ?.02
2 Set Point Buttons .10
______
June $6.02


10 02. Yds Ticking @30  3.60
14 1/4 " Green Lastony@5/6 1.15
17 25 Feathers@2/ 12.50
To L. Easton in border  5.50
________
$28.77
Rec'd payment in full of
the above Bill J. B Pithirley
Page 42

[This document is handwritten]

Eaton & Andrews
bill for Tailoring
5.50 June 20. 1826

No. 13
Page 43

[This document is handwritten]
Tolland June 20th- 1826
Mr. Parley Hews
To Eaton & Andrews Dn [n is in superscript with a horizontal line and two vertical lines beneath it]

To making Coat, Vest, & two pair pants. $5.50
Rec. payment
Eaton and Andrews
Page 44

J. B. Humphreys Clerk
of Steam Boat  Mechanics
Passage from Louisville
to Pittsburgh
Receipt 
Steamboat Mechanic
to
Mr P.Hugh
$26 00/100

Sketch of a work product with dimension
 3 feet 11 high
sabing
With
"IT
l sift
With of the fra
Page 45

[This document is handwritten]
Recd of Mr P. Hughs twenty six dollars in full for your passage and freight from Louisville Ky. to Pittsburg Pa. 
March 24th 1824
Recd Pay!
J. B. Humphreys 
Clerk S. B. Mechanics
Page 46

[tilted 90 degrees to the left]
Fred [illegible] Rapps bice
of gover Feby 17. 1824
128U/1000 - 
N.4 -
Page 47

[This document is handwritten]
Harmonie Feb 14th 1824
Mr. P. Hughes

Bot ['t' appears to be in superscript] of Fredk Rapp
6 yd Irish Linen 68 3/4------$4/ 2 1/2
thread -----------------------" "/ 2 1/2
1 Sett Razors-----------------" 4. 00
1 1/4 yd blue cloth 325------"4.0 6 1/4
9 Button----------------------"3  1 1/4
thread-------------------------- 6 1/4
1 qt whisky                        __________
                                              $12.75
                                                   12 1/2
Page 48

[This document is handwritten]
Chester May bill
of horse & harness
June 23. 1824
4 [illegible] No. 6
Page 49

[This document is handwritten]

Woodstock June 23 1824
Pearley Hughes

Bought of Chester May one horse thirty five dollars one harness twenty dollars
Received Payment in full.
Chester May [This is a signature]
Page 50

[This document is handwritten]
Royal Carters bill
of Waggon Recd. noted June
22. 1824
No. 7
Page 51

[This document is handwritten]
Thompson June 22d 1824
Pearley Hughes
Bought of Royal Carter one horse waggon thirty dollars price agree on 
Recd payment in full
Royal Carter [This is a signature]
Page 52

J.B.
Page 53

[This document is handwritten. There seems to be markings from a previous bill of sale or record on the paper.]

Tolland April 5 1826
[illegible]
B[ill] of J.B. Pitkin [illegible - possibly "& Co"]
3 Yds Blue Sattinett @8/ $4.00
1 Silk Flagg[sic] 83
10/12 dir. Pant Buttons 05
$4.88
Rec Payment
J.B. Pitkin [illegible - possibly "& Co"]
By H.C. Pitkin
Page 54

[This document is handwritten]
Spargin M. Co, Bill
Recd June 24. 1824
$10.25/100____
No. 5
Page 55

[This document is handwritten]
Ashford June 24. 1824
Mr                   Hughs
Bot of Spragin [illegible]
1 ps N. Orleans Shirting 3/ yards @11c-$3.9
1 ps Super Indigo Plaids 2/"@18--5.22
9 yds Shirting Coarse --12--------1.07
          __________________________________
                                              $10.25
Recd payment in full
For Spragin [illegible]
James H. Preston [this is a signature]
Page 56

[This document is handwritten]
J. B. Pikin [illegible] bill
April 8. 1826. $1,04

no-11--
Page 57

[This document is handwritten]
Mr. Hughes
Bill of J B Pitkin
April 8th 1826

3 yd shirting @32cn--- .96
8 Buttons--------------.04
2 S Thread------------.04

____
$1.04
____

Recd. payment
J B Pitkin [this is a signature]
Page 58

Fredk Rapps bill of goods Jan 12, 1824
20 79/100
      No 3
Page 59

[This document is handwritten]
Harmonie Jan. 12th. 1824

Parley Hughes Esq.
Bot of Fredk Rapp

4 yd cloth a $3........$12
1 cloth vest pattern...1.50
2 yd holland................1.00
1 doz coat buttons____50
thread mohair & flanel..1.00
18 Vest buttons..........20
                          __________
                             $16.20
Shoes ---------------4.50
                            ________
                             20.70
Page 60

J. Bamard, vet
Steam boat Clerk
bill $13.80
No 1
Page 61

March 14 1824. [illegible] Corpl M - P. Hughes thirteen Dollars 80/100 in fees for his passage left on A[illegible] - Church p[illegible] - Island to Louisville on board the then Boat Faynd -  J. Barnard clerk
Page 62

[This document is handwritten]
Statement of Bills paid by Parley Hughes ____
Page 63

An account of Rect.s for money paid by Parley & Hughes to sundry persons-(towit)
March 14. 1824. 1. Paid J. Bernard clerk of Steamboat, passage to Louisville $ 13..80
24. No. 2, Bill for passage from Louisville to Pittsburgh paid JB Humphrey clerk of Steamboat Mechanic- } 26..00
No. 3 Frederick Rapps bill of goods dated Jany.12.1824  20..70
No 4 do -  do – do -- dated February 17.1824  12..87½
No 5. Bill pd Sprague M[illegible] & Co. Ashford June 24.1824 [crossed out: Rect.] 10.. 25
No 6 Chester May’s bill of horse and harness June 23.1824 Rect. 47..00
No. 7. Royal Carter. Thomson- bill of Waggon June 22.1824 Rect. 30..00
No 8. A. Clark & Co Connersville bill of goods August 2. 1825 - 16..50
No 9. J. B. Pitkin & Co Toll and bill of goods & paid L. Eatons bill per my order} May 29. 1826} 28..77
No 10. Paid Lyman S. [illegible] as per Rect. [crossed out: May 29.] 1826 - 10..44
11 Paid JB Pitkin & Co as per Rect. April 8.1826 - 1..04
12 Paid J.B. Pitkin & Co per Rect. April 5.1826 - 4.88
13. Eaton & Andrews Tailors bill June 20.1826 - 5.50
14. So paid Amos Robinson for boot in horses Sept 1.1826 as per his Rect. for the same – { 15..00
Do [ditto: 14] now due to sd Robinson for board &c [etc.] as per his acct rendered & sworn to - } 26. 80
NB. Robinson lives in Royalton Vermont
[double underline]
$269..55 ½
Page 64

[This document is handwritten]
Parley Hughes
Bill from A Clark [illegible] August 1825
$16.50 
No 8.
Page 65

Comrsville Aug. 2. 1825
Mr Parley Hughes
Bot of A. Clark

2/3 yd padding----[illegible]---.50
1/8 " vesting @200----1.75
1 3/4 " Flannel ---50----[illegible]
Blk thread--------18 3/4
1 Blk [illegible]----6 1/11
12/12 doz Best quilt Buttons 3/5----8 1/2
2/3 doz Smith  do--- do------12 1/2
2 3/4 yd [illegible] @125---3. 43 1/4
1 1/2 [illegible] Buttons @12 1/2--18 3/4
1 pr suspendors------[illegible]--37 1/2
augt 3 1 Bunch Tape ---12 p----12 p
8 cotton threads--------12 1/2
29. 1 vest pattern and Trimmings 300----3.00
2 Bandana Handkf 112 1/2----2.25
2 White Muslin Cravats ---50---1.00
1 pocket knife ---37 1/2---37 1/2
to pay D. Beck---50----50
1 Razor----62 p----62 p
                      ____________

                      $16.50
Red Payment by note
on William Allen

A Clark [this is a signature]
Page 66

[This document is handwritten]
Hartford Left 12. 1831

Sir,
I herewith endorse the application of Parley Hughes to be transferred from the Connecticut to the Philadelphia Agency- Will you be pleased to direct your reply to him at "Pleasant Mount" Post office Pennsylvania. 
To oblige yr ob. [illegible]
Samuel H Parsons [this is a signature]

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy of war
Page 67

Washington February 12th 1897.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir at the request of Parley Hughes I implore to you the papers and documents which were formally examined by you on his application to the [illegible] on the pension list together with some further wisdom in the use particularly a copy of the deed of land to Rupp and also some wisdom as to the [illegible]ture of the [illegible],  Mr. Hughes lives near me and I believe he is now very poor and if he served in the war of the revolution so as to entitle him to a pension I know no reason why he should not have one.
Yours kindly,
Calvin Willey
Page 68

[This document is handwritten]
State of Indiana
Posey County [This is followed by curly brackets]
Seat

Be it remembered that on the 14th day of April 1826 personally appeared Ephram Hacket of the same place & after being duly sworn according to same deposith and saeth that Parley Hughes did actually reside in the State of Indiana Posey County on the 18th of March 1818 and was a resident of said place until the year of 1824 further this deponth saeth not 
Ephraim Hackett [this is a signature] [illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 14th day of April 1826
James W Swift [this is a signature] [illegible]
Justice of the peace 

State of Indiana
Posey county
[This is followed by curly brackets]

I James P Drake Clerk of the Circuit Court for the said County of Posey do hereby certify that James W Swift Esquire whose name is signed to the within and foregoing affidavit was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be placed in all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal for he said Court at Mountvernon this 14th day of April A.D. 1826-

J P Drake Clk P C [This is a signature]
[At the left lower corner of the document there is a circular seal with illegible markings]
Page 69

[This letter is handwritten]
State of Indiana
Posey County
This is followed by curly brackets
[illegible]
I James R E Goodlett president Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit of the said State of Indiana do certify that James P. Drake whose name is signed to the within certificate of Magestry is now and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the Circuit Court of Posey County and that his certificate is in due form of law. 
Given under my hand & seal this 19th day of April A D 1826

J R E Goodlett [This is a signature]
Page 70

Mr Jonathan Luce & David Jewett & both of Tolland in the County of legal age testify & say that Parley Hughes now resident in said Tolland came her in October last year fro Indiana and has resided here ever since excepting a journey to Vermont when he was absent about three weeks that he has been boarding here the time afore at expense and has no means of earning money being unable to labor? on account of age & infirmity.  We do not know of any property he has nor do we believe that he has money except what is contained in is schedule
Page 71

Tolland County SS Tolland April 25 1826 Personally appeared Jonathan Luce & David Jewett [illegible] the before named Deponents and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by them subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth _ I also certify that the said Luce and Jewett are reputable & credible witnesses _
Jonathan Barnes Justice of Peace [signature]

Tolland County SS}
Clerks office _}
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court in  afor [sic] Tolland County in the State of Connecticut do Certify that Jonathan Barnes Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly in rolld [sic] [caret] in this office as a Justice of Peace in afor said [sic] Tolland County and duly authorized to discharge the Sessions duties of sd Office & that his signature is in his [word covered by seal] handwriting - In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the public seal of sd. Court at Tolland in said County this 25th day of April AD 1826

Jeremiah Parish Clerk [signature]

[seal affixed to lower left of page]

[illegible]-Apr-1826 [sideways on lower left corner of page]
Page 72

[This letter is handwritten]

I Stephen Herrick of Randolph in Orange County and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the month of January of said year Perly Hughes now resident in the State of Indiana as I am informed and myself with four others being then inhabitants of Killingly in the State of Connecticut set our names to enlisting orders held by Lieut. Simon Learned of said Killingly, our Brigadier General's name was Heath of the Massachusetts line our Head Colonel's name was Ebenezer Larned, our Leiut. Colonel was William Shepard, our Major was Ebenezer Sprout, our Captain was Samuel Curtis, and our other Lieutenant name was Felton, and Thomas Moore was our Ensign; said Perly Hughes and myself immediately joined the army at Roxburg. where we remained until the British left Boston; we then marched to New York: on the fifteenth of September of the same year we began our retreat from New York and were dismissed at Peekskill the first of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven. Said Hughes and myself were in service together during the whole of the said time. we received our dismission at the same time, and we returned home to Killingly in company with each other. according to my best recollection said Hughes when we enlisted as above was about twenty two years of age. and further this deponent saith not. 
Stephen Hernick [This is a signature]

State of Vermont
Orange County [Illegible]
[This is followed by curly brackets]
Randolph April 18th 1825
Personally appeared Stephen Herrick the signer of the above deposition and made solemn oath that the above deposition is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me 
Wm Nutting [this is a signature]
Justice of the Peace
Page 73

State of Vermont
Orange County SS)  Randolph April 18th 1825
   This may certify that we the undersigned consider Stephen Herrick the signer of the foregoing deposition to be a person of truth & veracity & that we are well acquainted with the ?Stephen
      Edmund Weston
      Dudley Chase

Orange County SS Randolph Apr.18 1825

Edmund Weston & Dudley Chase above written personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them ?scribed.
       before me Wm Nutting Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above names of Stephen Herrick Edmund Weston & Dudley Chace & know them all to be considered men of strict truth and veracity.

               Wm Nutting Justice of the Peace

            State of Vermont
            Orange County Clerks Office April 18th
            in 1825 - I HEG McLaughlin Clerk
            of Orange County Court do hereby 
            certify 
that William Nutting before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Orange & aforesaid acting under the Authority of this state and his signature to the foregoing certificate are in his own handwriting.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the County Seal the day of year above contained.
        Attest HEG McLaughlin Clerk
Page 74

I John Wilson of Thompson in Windham County and State
of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that in the years 
Seventeen hundred and Seventy six in the month of January
of said year Parley Hughes with four others being then 
Inhabitants of Killingly in said State of Connecticut set
their names to enlisting orders held by Lieutenant Learned
of said Killingly the head Colonel's name was Ebenezer
Learned of the Massachusetts line and in the year Seventeen
hundred and seventy seven being then myself in the ???
mortal army stationed apart of the year at Valley Forge
I was knowing that the said Parley Hughes served in 
said Army for the term of Eighteen months during that
and the following year... according to my best recollection
the said Hughes when he enlisted as above stated was
about Twenty one years of age and further their
deployment s not 
State of Connecticut
Windham County

John Wilson

Thompson December 21st 1825
Personally appeared John Wilson the signer of the 
above deposition and made solemn oath that the 
above deposition contains the truth the whole 
truth and nothing but the truth
Before Mr. Jonathan Nichols Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
Page 75

State of Connecticut
New haven County, SS  ? December 21st 1825

Personally appeared Theodore Dwtht and Noadiah Larned. Signed of the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.

     Before Me Jonathan NIchols, Justice of the Peace

David C Bolles Clerk of the County of Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do certify that Jonathan Nichols Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit had been made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace within and for said Windham County, that the respective signature of his name preceeding, are in his handwriting, that full faith ? ought to be given to his acts as such.  In testimony whereof I have
   hereunto set my hand & affixed
   the publick? seal of said Court
   at Brooklyn in ? County this
twenty second day of Dec A.D.1825
            David C.Bolles Clerk
Page 76

Economy Pa
march 24 th }

25.

Mr,, Parley Hughes
Tolland
Conecticut
Page 77

United States of America
Commonwealth Pennsylvania
   Before me a Notary Public by authority of said Commonwealth and for the County of Allegheny duly commissioned and sworn residing in the city of Pitsburgh personally came to Frederick Rapp of Harmony to me well knonwn, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he is acquainted with Mr Parley Hughes late of the State of Indiana in the month of February 1824 this ? bought a quarter section of land in Indiana from said Parley Hughes at the price of $600, the sum of two hundred fifty dollars was paid at the time of the purchase, and deponent gave three notes for the balance one for $100, at twelve months, one for $100. at twenty four months a third for $150.00 at three years after date, all dates the 25th Feby 1824 that in about three months afterwards, deponent believes in the month of May next succeeding the above date he met with said Parley Hughes in the city of Philadelphia and said Hughes stating that he asked for the on said notes this deponent lifted the note discounting on the first six dollars, on the second twelve dollars and on the third twenty seven dollars, making $45, giving him $305 for the three notes.  The said notes were drawn payable to the order of said Hughes at the house of Mess Jacob & Abm Retter in Phl.  and there deponent met with  Mr Hughes lifted them as above stated.  Deponent further states that said Parley Hughes was a resident citizen of the State of Indiana on the 18th day of March 1818 and further saith not affirmed and subscribed before me a Notary Public as aforesaid, this 21st day of March 1826 in writing whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial form and Seal of Office the same day (the words ? ? ? by said Notary before signing)

Matthew B Lowrie
            Not.Pub            Fredk Rapp
Page 78

               Economy March 24th 1826

Mr. Parley Hughes,
                        D Sir
              Annexed please find my affidavit taken by Mathew B Lowrie Esq Notary Public in Pittsburgh; in relation to those points set out in your letter

I hope the purpose thereof will be useful in obtaining a just demand if your claim can be otherwise established.

   Our Society enjoyeth good health, and are ?
satisfied with our recent change of situation.
                         Respectfully
                         Fred Rapp
Page 79

                  Mikele(?) Bane, Pa. 6th Jany 1841

J.S. Edwards Esq.
                     Court of Pensions
Since Parley Hughes, a Revolutionary sodier residing in this county, obtained in 1827 a pension under the Act of 1818.  Being now in an extremely reduced and suffering condition, his neighbors and friends have urged me to endeavor to obtain for him "back pay" as it is termed, fo the time between those two pensions, viz: from 1818, the date of the Act, to 1827, the time of making his proof and obtaining his pension. Finding neither law nor precedent for such a proceeding in the letter of the Secy of Man, boc.ho. 126, 26th Congress 1st Sept. I am induced to write to you for the information on the following points:
  Can a pensioner obtain pay for the time between his application, and the date of the law upon which his application is founded?
  If so, what is the course of proceeding? 
Your early attention to this may subsene the cause of humanity, _Address
                                      M.S. Blackman
                                      Wilkes.Barre
                                       Luzerne Coy.
                                              Penna
Page 80

State of Pennsylvania Ss Personally came before me the subscriber one of the County of Luzerne
)Justice of the Peace in and for said county Rev.W.K.Mott who being duly sworn doth say that he was acquainted with Parley Hughs saw him during his last sickess Preached his funeral sermon on he occasion of his death and saw him buried That he is acquainted with Mary Hughes and since her husbands death has lived all the time, near her and is well convinced that she still remains a widow and never has been married since the death of her husband Parley Hughs.
Sworn and subscribed before me the 14h day of Aug  A.D. 1855
W.K. Mott
William Pier J.P.
Page 81

                203520

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Luzerne County SS
                   Personally appeared before me H.V.Hall Esq, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Julius P Skinner and Ms. Rebecca J. Atherton who being duly sworn depose & ? that they are the children of Mrs Mary Hughes, that after her marriage with Parley Hughes, they resided with him for considerable time in Tolland Co. CT & aftrwards with him in Luzerne County Penn - that they also know that the said Parley Hughes was for many years prior to his death a revolutionary pensioner - that he died at Lackawanna township in said County of Luzerne about august 11, 1841.  And that the aforesaid Mrs. Mary Hughes is the widow of the identical Parley Hughes, above referenced to.
                                    Julius P Skinner
                                    Rebecca L Atherton
Sworn and ? before me Wes 3d day of Sept 1856

H.V. Hall  J.P.seal

My maiden name was Mary (or as I was then more called Polly Stinson.  Parley Hughes was my second husband with whom I resided for several years in Tolland County CT. & afterwards in Luzerne Co. PA. till his death in 1841 Aug.11th. Sworn & abs
Page 82

Mary Hughes.
Wid,
Parley, Pa
Admit for 96# per An.
Com- Feb. 3rd. 1853. Under the 2nd, Dec, act Feb. 3rd, 1853.
$488.00
Cert.
Arad Joy.
Ovid, N.Y.
Page 83

[illegible] & Co; 210 death.
41. & wn & wrn : un.
rew arrears.
Luzerne Co: P.a:
Mary Hughes
Page 84

Know all men by these presents, that I Mary Hughes of Dunmore Providence Tp claiming a back pension. I do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name being directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a back pension
Witness my hand and seal, this nineteenth day of March 1857
Sealed and delivered in the presence of}
H.V. Hall
J.P. Skinner
Mary Hughes
Page 85

                      Ovid N.Y. May 7, 1857
Sir,
   I enclose my agency in the claims of Mary Hughes, widow of Parley Hughes, formerly a pensioner & herself a pensioner of PA under the act of Feb.3, 1853. I want the agency filed, that I may be known as her agent.
                   Most respectfully,
                   Your ??
                   Arad Joy

Hon. Geo C Whiting
                Cond.(?)
Page 86

Brief in the case of Mary Hughes widow of Parley, Luzerne County and State of Pa:
act 3d Feb. 1853.

Claim, ("original," or "for increase" [crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original,)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was pensioned under the Acts of 18 March, 1818 & 1st May, 1820 @ the rate of #96 per an. Two witnesses testify that the parties lived & cohabitated together & were generally reptd [?] Man & wife. [2 words illegible] in 1844/11 Aug as appears from the affiants of Credible witnesses report of the This Auditor.

Widowhd [?] & [illegible] is Established by two Credible affiants & This

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

Auditor reports the Claimant rew [?] the arees [?] of pension.

Arad Joy. Esq. Ovid. N. York
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.