Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3376, Thomas Forshy, Penn.
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[notecard]
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Forshy, Thomas
or Forshey
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NUMBER
S3376
carded
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OHIO 19,907.
Thomas Forshey
of Muskongum County in the State of Ohio.
who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Wilson of the Regt. commanded by Col. McCoy in the Penna line for two years.

to Ensign .....$240

Thomas Forshey Records of Fbry 25, '04

Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 240 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

 Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Silliman & Stetson Lanesville, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33.                 600.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 21 Mar 34   120.00
                                                              $ 720.00
(Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer
Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 8.

Corrected Find see letter 27 Feb 1835 to Geo, W. Thomson do to same May 17, 1838.
Dead
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Letter to J. Hollister $3 Auditor 17 July 1838.
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Paid at the treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 22 Dec 1836. Agent notified 28 July 1838.
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See ltr to J. Hollister of 3d auditor 23 Oct 1839.
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Paid as above to Mary Reynolds 1/10 from 4 March 1836 to 22 Dec 1836 the day of his death. Agt notified 28th Oct 1839.
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Letter to J. Hollister $3 Auditor 7th March 1844.
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Paid as above from 4 March to 22nd Dec 1836 Agt notified 20 April 1844.
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Thomas Forshey
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Pension Appl
Please direct commu
nications to Lilliman
& Stetson atty for Thomas
Forshey Zanesville Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Muskingum County
On this 20th day of October 1832 
personally appeared before the Supreme Court 
of the state of Ohio for said county of Muskingum Thomas
Forshey a resident of said county of Muskingum aged 
eighty one years who being first duly sworn according 
to law doth on his oath make the following declaration
 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision 
made by the act of Congress ---- June 7th 1832.

That some time during the spring of the year 1775
 he entered the recruiting service of the United States 
as an ensign and during the year he acted as a recruiting 
officer at divers places in the state of Pennsylvania
 and in the spring of 1776 he received an ensign commission
 in the Eighth Regiment of the Penna line commanded by Colonel Enos McCoy and in the company 
commanded by Captain John Wilson. Soon after receiving his commission as aforesaid he joined his regiment. 
Then at their rendezvous near the mouth of Georges Creek 
Fayette County Penna, thence marched with the Regt. 
to the  cottannion towns, afterwards to the neighbourhood 
of Philadelphia, thence into New Jersey and then westward to a place near the Ohio River and was there regularly discharged in the spring of the year 
1777 in consequences of his health being impaired 
by confirmed indigestion from which he has never 
since recovered. === Declarant is not able to state the 
exact time at which he entered the service that he was discharged from it, but that he was 
in the service more than two years. Declarant received a discharge 
signed by Genl Hand (Mathew he believes) which discharged has been since lost. He has no evidence 
of his service except the depositions which he here
with encloses and he knows of no witnesses who can testify to his service except those whose testimony
 he has procured. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present.
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and he declared that his name is not on the
Pension Roll of any agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the ┃
day & year aforesaid
Thomas Forshey
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolu
timary soldier & served as he stated
I John Willson Jr Clerk of the Supreme Court
of the State of Ohio for the County of Muskingum
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
Original proceedings in the said Court in the
matter of the application of Thomas Forthey for
a pension
In testimony whereof I hereto set my
hand & seal of office this 20th day
of October 1832
Jno. Wilson Jr. Clerk
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19.907
Thomas Forshey
Muskingum County
State of Ohio

[Return h. f - Struck Thru]
Adm 2 years Ensign
$260.

[Robert Wilson Jr Clerk - Struck Thru]
Lanesville Ohio
Silliman & Stetson
Lanesville
Ohio
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The Clerks Signature is wanting to one of
 the certificates, & it is also necessary for
the Clerk to certify that the Magistrates
certificate was on the same paper
at the time of his certifying the same
the papers are retured for these cor
rections.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE,
183

Sir:
    The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus}).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Thos, Forshey Muskingum County Ohio.

(Tabular column headings)

Period when the service was rendered/ Duration of the claimant's service years-months-days/ Rank of claimant/Name and rank of officers under whom served/Names of the General and Field Officers/Battles the applicant was engaged/Locations to which he marched/When he entered the service, and age at the present period/Evidence which declaration is supported

Entered 1775/1 year/Ensign Recruiting officer/Captain John Wilson/Col. Enos McCoy Genrl. Hand/None stated (battles engaged)/Fayette Co, Pa. thence Cottannion Town to the neighborhood of Phila., New Jersey to Ohio River/81 years (old) State of Pennsylvania/ Living witnesses
Cont(inued) 1776/1 year/Ensign/"/"/"/"/"/"/

(Transcribers note: The 1776 service has the same information listed for the columnar entries)

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted: 

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and “volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
   1. The Regular Troops. 
   2. The State Troops, Militia and Volunteers. 
   3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
   4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of                                }

On this [space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] A B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space] and State, Territory or District of [space] aged (c) [space] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] line under the following named officers: 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [A stylized hand pointing to the following] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [space]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

[obstructed by a fold in the paper]

their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [space] of the Court of [space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of [space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space] day of [space] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

   1. Where and in what year were you born?
   2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
   3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
   4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
   5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6 {To a Soldier  {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

   {To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.  

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person who [rest of line illegible due to crease in page] the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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  [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
  [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
  [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
  [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
  [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: [space] For [space] year [space] months, and [space] days, I served as a [space]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
  [k] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  [l] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.  [Centered]

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service. [Centered] 

  [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[A stylized hand pointing to the following] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

  [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
  [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
  [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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June 19, 1939

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Thomas Forshy
S.3376
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Alfred S. Jameson
McConnelsville
Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary war record of Thomas Forshy or Forshey who, you state, was born in 1751, and applied for pension in 1832 in Muskingum County, Ohio, having served from Pennsylvania.
The record of Thomas Forshey or Forshy is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3376, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Forshy and names of his parents were not stated.
Thomas Forshy entered the service sometime in the spring of 1775, place not stated, served as ensign engaged in recruiting soldiers for the Revolutionary war at different place in the State of Pennsylvania. He was commissioned in the spring of 1776 ensign in Captain John WIlson's company, Colonel Eneas Mackay's Pennsylvania regiment, soon after rendezvoused near the mouth of Georges Creek in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, marched to different places in that state, New Jersey and to the westward near the Ohio River and was discharged in the spring of 1777.
Thomas Forshy (as he signed, but was pensioned Forshey) was allowed pension on his application executed October 29 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-one years and a resident of Muskingum Coumty, Ohio. He died December 22, 1836.
No reference was made in the claim to the wife of Thomas Forshy, but reference was made to ten children. The only name designated was that of a daughter, Mary Reynolds, whose age, or name of her husband was not given.
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In 1832, one John Forshey was Justice of the Peace for Monroe County, Ohio, his age, or relationship to Thomas Froshy's family, not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, in the case of Thomas Forshy or Forshey, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Thomas Forshey, certificate No. 19907, issued September 24, 1833, rate, $240 per annum, commenced march 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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G.W. Thompson
17 May 1838
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Record (46) page 496
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War Dep
Pension Office
May 17. 1838

Sir
The papers in the case Thomas Forshey decd. are herewith returned.  In order to draw the amount due, you must observe the enclosed
printed regulations adopted in conformity with the act of 6 April1838.
J
Mr. George W. Thompson
Wheeling
Va
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
July 25, 1835

Sir:

   Under the act of 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States (to) the children of Thomas Forshey deceased a Pensioner on the roll of the Wheeling, Va Agency, at the rate of 240 dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836 to the 22d December 1836.
 Respectfully yours,
//s//
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
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[A pre-printed form with information written in]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
October 25, 1839,

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the at the Treasury of the United States,” Mary Reynolds, 1 of the 10 childn of Thomas Forshey, A Pensioner on the Roll of the Wheeling, Va Agency, at the rate of Two hundred and forty Dollars [the words “and     cents” crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid 1/10 of his pension at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836, to the 22d Dec. 1836, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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Louisville 17th Augt 1833

Sir

We have [illegible]ed corrections to be made [illegible] the papers relating to Thomas Forshey’s Pension Applications at [illegible] & again forward them for your [illegible]____

Very respectfully,
Your obt. Servt---

Tilliman J. [Illegible]
Atty for T Forshey

Honl. J. L. Edwards
Comr. Of Pensions
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November 10, 1936

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Mrs. H. G. Shelly
Veterans Hospital
Wichita, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your communication in which you request the records of Jacob Nessly (Neesly, Nissley, Neasly, etc.) who, you state, was born in 1753 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, served in the Revolutionary War from that state and died about 1832 in Ohio or West Virginia, also of Thomas Fawcett (Fausett, etc.) who served in the Revolution, probably from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died in Ohio.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no recrods found for soldiers named by you, identical with your descriptions; however, records were found of a Thomas Forshy or Forshey who served in the Revolution from Pennsylvania and later settled in Ohio, also of a Jacob Nicely who, after that war lived in Ohio. Those records are furnished you herewith, hoping that they may aid you in your research.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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November 10, 1938

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Thomas Forshy
S. 3376
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Mrs. H.G. Shelly
Veterans Hospital
Wichita, Kansas

Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to Thomas Forshy or Forshey were obtained from pension claim. S. 3376, on file based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Forshy and name of his parents were not given.
Thomas Forshy entered the service sometime in the spring of 1775, place not stated, served as ensign engaged in recruiting soldiers for the Revolutionary War at different places in the State of Pennsylvania. He was commissioned in the spring of 1776 Ensign in Captain John Wilson's company, Colonel Eneas Maskey's Pennsylvania regiment, soon after rendezvoused near the mouth of Georges Creek in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, marched to different places in that state, New Jersey and to the westward near the Ohio River and was discharged in the spring of 1777.
Thomas Forshy (as soldier signed, but was pensioned Forshey) was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-one years and a resident of Muskingum County, Ohio. He died December 22, 1836.
No Reference was made to the wife of Thomas Forshy but reference was made to ten children. The only name designated was that of a daughter, Mary Reynolds, whose age, or name of her husband was not given.
In 1832, one John Forshey was Justice of the Peace for Monroe County, Ohio, his age, or relationship to soldier's family not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Divishion, this city and cite the
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following data: Thomas Forshey, certificate #19908, issued September 24, 1833, rate $240 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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McConnelsville Ohio
App 24 1939

[stamped] Received Apr 27 1939 Mail Sub-Div Vets Adm Reader #15

Veterans Administration
Wash. D.C.

Dear Sirs
Please send me all the information you have on the Revolutionary Soldier Thomas Forshy or Forshey
Applied for pension in Muskingum Co. Ohio 1832 Enlisted 1775 Pa. Born 1751
Yours truly
Mrs. Alfred S Jameson
McConnelsville Ohio
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[A file jacket, on the left side]

1938 Nov 10 - Hist. to Mrs Hll [illegible] (see ltr in clm S.46335 of Jacob Neely) --- MLB

1939 June 19 – hist to Mrs. Alfred S. Jameson ---- MLB

[on the right side]

3376
Revtion

INVALID

File No. 3376
Thomas Forshey
Privt &c Rev” War,

Act: June 7” 1832

Index :__Vol. A, Page 128

[Arrangement of 1870.]

* Thomas Forshy Records corrected Feby 25 04 cn.
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A Deposition
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SS I do certify that the Testimony of Matthew Hammon is entitled full faith & credit Given under my hand & seal the 20th Oct 1831
[signed] Jas Garrison

Penna Greene County Ss.
[seal affixed]
I William T Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene do hereby certify that James Garrison Esq before whom the foregoing statement was sworn to and whose name is thereto annexed is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, to all whose official acts full faith and credit is due and that his signature aforesaid is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Waynesburg the 21st day of August AD 1832.
[signed] Wm T Hays Clerk
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Pennla.
Green County ss

    Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Matthew Hannon and being sworn doth depose and says that he inlisted (sic) in the month of August 1776 for term of three years in the Continental service of the United States service in the regiment called the Eighty First commanded by Enos McCoy and after his death by George Wilson and Butler Mason and in the company under John Wilson Captain and Bazel ..atons First Lieutenant and John Harden Second (Lieutenant) and Thos Forshey Ensign and that we rendezvoused at the mouth of George's Creek at Colonel Wilson's in Fayatta (sic) County and marched from thence to the cattanion (sic) towns and after that to Philadelphia and there the news came in to us that our soldiers had taken 8 or 9 hundred Hessians and we rejoiced together and it was said that Thos. Forshey Ensign was a fine fellow and wrasoled (sic) with his soldiers and therein a difficulty arose between my self and the Captain and I changed my situation with George (po)sishins (sic) of the Virginia Line and he to my place and (he) served my time and I served his time. Serving the term of two years and further this deponent sayeth not in consequence of my mind being weak and forgit (sic) particulars.

                                                          //s//
                                             Mathew Hannon

N. Bentoslined before sined (sic)
Sworn and subscribed this 20th Oct 1821 before me
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  Jas. Garrison
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State of Ohio Monroe County Ss
          I Robert F Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that John Carmichael Esq before whom the within Depositions were taken was at the time of taking the same an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County Duly Sworn & Commissioned according to Law, that full faith & Credit are Due and Ought to be given to all his Official acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 9th Day of November AD 1831.
                 R F Naylor Clerk
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I John Forshey Justice of the peace for Munroe County do hereby Certify that Jeremiah Lazaiar Named in the within deposition was at the dante of said deposition a Credible person and his Testimony Valid in Law and that John Carmichael Justice of the Peace who took said deposition is out of office and his successor in office is out of the County and that the said Thomas Forshey is obliged to apply to another Justice of the peace for the Benefit of this Certificate
     Given under my hand and seal this 22∂ day of September 1832
                         John Forshey        [circled: Seal]
                         Justice of the peace

State of Ohio Monroe County Ss
   I Robert F Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for said [smudged: County ?] Certify that John Forshey before whom the within depositions were taken was at the time of takeing[sic] the same an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County Duly sworn & commissioned according to law, and that the signature purporting to be his is true and genuine
     In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Affixed the seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 22nd Day of Sept. 1832
             R F Naylor Clk
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription; this document is very faded and much is illegible]

2 [A page number, upper right corner]
A Schedule of the property of Thomas Forshey of Munroe County Franklin Township and State of Ohio -----

1 – old Mare		  	       $19.00
1 – Cow and 2 Calves		 10.50
7 – head of Sheep		          06.00
1 – B[illegible] and Bedding	  02.00
3 – Kettles			          06.00
1 – pot 			               [illegible]
1 – old Dutch oven		          03.00
[Two lines illegible]		          03.00
				                  07.50
			   	                 $58.05 
The State of Ohio	   }
[Illegible] County ss.    } 

[Illegible certification] this 16th Day of October 1830 in [Illegible location and initials]

Daniel [illegible]
[Second name illegible; both names and all of the above crossed out]

The State of Ohio	   }
Monroe County ss.     } 

[An illegible attestation or certification]

Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this 16th Day of October 1830.
				                    his
John Carmichael J.P.      Jeremiah + Leazear
				                    mark
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[A pre-printed form with information written in]

GIDEON, PRINTER,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the at the Treasury of the United States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, One of the ten childn of Thomas Forshey, decd. A Pensioner on the Roll of the Wheeling, Va Agency, at the rate of Two hundred and forty Dollars [the words “and     cents” crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836, to the 22d Dec. 1836.

Respectfully, yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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5
Green County the Commonwelth of Pennsylvania Personally Appeared be fore me Rich. Kerwood on of the Justices of the peace in and for the coun Affore sd. Gideon Long and after being duly affirmed as the Saw directs doth depose and say that he the deponent was in listed in the Company Commanded By Capt John Wilson and attached to the eighth pennslvania Regament Comanded By Col Enos Mcoy & Col George Wilson and he the Deponent Saith further that Thomas Forshey was an acting ensign in the company of Capt John WIlson afforsd and Sath further that he the deponent was in [] in the 1776 and that they Randyvowd at aplace Caled Gorges Creek in Fayette County and that Thomas Forshye was there and marched with the Company afforesd and further saith that he seen him there affore & Thomas Forshey frequently while in Servis of the Continental army and further this deponent Saith not.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 day of October one Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty nine 
Sworn & Subscribed before me Richard Kerwood
Signed Gideon Long
Rich Kerwood I do hereby certify that forgoing named Gideon Long is a [illegible] is respectable having been appointed with him upwards of thirty years and that has uniformly supported and [illegible] charecter a religious & moral man Rich Kerwood
Greene county the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Before me Rich Kerwood one of the commonwelth Justices of the peace in & for the county aforesd appeared the above named Gideon Long a person with whom I have been acquaented with upwards of thirty years. The s.d Gideon being of this time to my knowledge of sound mind, memory & undeintendory  Witness my hand & [illegible] this 27th day of October 1829
Rich Kerwood {seen}
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Pennsylvania Greene County 
I William T Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green aforesaid do Certify that Richard Kerwood Esque who took the aforegoing deposition is, and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the  Peace in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, duly Compined and qualified and full faith is due to his Official acts. In testemony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of November A.D. 1839 
Wm T Hays