Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,305, Jonathan Wellington, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Wellington, Jonathan
Rachel
CONTENTS
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NUMBER
R. 11.305
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3845
Ohio Pittsburgh Agent
Jonathan Wellington of Columbia in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Seltist of the Regi commanded by Col. Waggoner in the Va
line for 18 months from - 1781-

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Pa at the rate of 60. Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Jany 33, and sent to Hon J. Thomson House of Reps 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   90 -
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:33 30
[total]                                         $120.

{Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 144
.
Moses D Stallcup
Aug 4 1833
Let. [Letter] same Sept 17/ 55 -
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The State of Ohio
County of Columbiana
Court of Common Pleas August Term 1832
On this 16th day of August Term 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting. Jonathan Wellington a resident of New Lisbon in the County of Columbiana aforesaid and State of Ohio aged as he believes 95 years since last December who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832 to wit:
That he entered the service of the United States of under the command of Col Peter
Waggner, Captain John Telliot (as the
applicant is no scholar and he's not a perfect
use of the organs of speech the last name
may not be spelled correctly) Lieut White (he thinks) Alexr, he thinks in the month of July 1781, and continued under the same officers, he thinks, for 18 months or more till the winter of 1783. That at the time of entering said service he resided on the Shenandoah river lived in Frederick County Virginia near a small stream called Perkin or Pecking as he thinks, that he was drafted, that he served his time at Fredericksburg and Williamsburg was in no engagement, but arrived at Williamsburg just after the British had been
there and were just moving off in their
Barges to their ships. There were no continental regiments or companies stationed
with or near him. He was acquainted with
Capts Patterson and Earl of the Regulars
That he has no documentary evidence &
that he knows of no person, whose testimony be
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can procure, who can testify to his service. His discharge, the records of his age & some other papers were lost in removing from Virginia to Ohio.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state 
Jonathan Wellington
X
his mark
Sworn and subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid.
Charles D Coffin Clk [Clerk]

We Clemens Vallandigham a Clergyman,
residing in the town of New Lisbon aforesaid and Jonathan Hamilton residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Wellington who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 95 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
Clement Vallandigham
Jonathan Hamilton

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Charles D. Coffin

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 Clement Vallandigham who has signed
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the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman residing in the town of New Lisbon aforesaid and that Jonathan Hambleton who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit

Interrogatories by Court
1. Where & in what year were you born?
Ans. Near Salisbury in England December 1736
2. Have you any record of your age and
if so where is it?
Ans. He lost the records as before stated.
3. Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war and where do you now
live?
Ans. He lived as before stated in Frederick County Virginia when called into service where he remained for a number of years 15 or 16 and then moved to Washington County Pennsylvania where he resided 4 or 5 years from whence he moved to Columbiana County Ohio aforesaid where he has since remained.
[4] The 4th question is heretofore fully answered.
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 cir-
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cumstances of your service
As already stated there were no Continental troops stationed with or near him, and there was no militia Regiments except that to which he belonged.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I received a discharge from Col. Waggoner which was lost by moving about.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans. Clement Vallandigham, Johnathan Hambleton, Hon. John Thomson, Daniel Harbaugh, William Harbaugh, Holland Green, & Saml Kemble &c. &c.

Charles D Coffin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Columbiana County Ohio do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wellington for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of August 1832.
Charles D. Coffin
Clk [Clerk] Com [Common] Pleas
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State of Ohio
County of Stark S. S.
On this twenty third day of November A D 1855 personally appeared before the Probate Court of Stark County Ohio, Rachel Mckee a resident of Alliance in the County of Stark aged fifty six years administratrix of the estate of Rachel Wellington (deceased) the widow of Jonathan Wellington a Revolutionary pensioner (deceased) Rachel Mckee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States approved the third of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, in right of Rachel Wellington who died the widow of Jonathan Wellington a Revolutionary pensioner, that Jonathan Wellington died at New Lisbon Columbiana County Ohio on the twenty sixth day of February AD 1834 or about that time, that Jonathan Wellington was married to Rachel Wellington about in the year AD 1779 as near as I can tell from the age of the children  that Rachel Willington died at North Georgetown Columbiana County Ohio on or about the second day of December AD 1846, the following children are still living as far as I can tell, they were living the last I heard from them, John Wellington, Wm Wellington, Jane, Thomas, Nancy and Rachel the present applicant who was married to Daniel McKee now deceased.
Rachel Mckee
X
her mark

affirmed to & subscribed before me this 23rd day of November 1855.

Administratrix of Rachel Wellington dcd [deceased]

Isaac Hazlett 
Probate Judge Starke Co. O. [Ohio]
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State of Ohio Stark County SS
I Isaac Hazlett Judge & [illegible] clerk of the Probate Court within and for the County of Stark aforesaid the said Court being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the within named Rachel McKee appeared before me this 23rd day of November AD 1855 and made solemn affirmation to the foregoing statement. I do certify further, that said Rachel McKee has been duly appointed and qualified by our said Court as administratrix of the Estate of Rachel Wellington deceased that letters of  administration have issued to her on said Estate, and that they remain in full force.
Witness my official signature & the seal of our
said Court this 24th day of November AD 1855 at Canton
Isaac Hazlett Judge & 
Ex. of Clerk of Probate Court
Stark County Ohio
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Power of Attorney
Rachel McKee
to
M. D. Stallcup
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Know all men by these presents, That I
Rachel Ackee of the County of Stark State of
Ohio, administratrix of the estate of Rachel Wittington [sic] the widow of Jonathan Wellington deceased and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Moses D Stallcup my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Stark County State of Ohio Rachel Willington's [sic] pension from the fifteenth day of December 1824 to the 20th day of June 1855.
Rachel Mckee [illegible] [seal]
X
her mark
of the Estate of Rachel Willington deceased

Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of June 1855 Sealed & delivered in presence of
Fisher J. McKee
Daniel McKee

State of Ohio
Stark County ⎬
Be it known, that on the 20th day of June 1855 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Rachel
McKee above named and acknowledged the
foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year last above mentioned. 

Harvey Laughlin
Notary Public
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$60 per ann [annum]

Hon. J. Thomson H R
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The State of Ohio
Columbiana County
I Charles D Coffin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, do certify that John Burns, Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made, and whose signature is to the certificate of the same, was at the time thereof and still is a Justice of the peace in for said County of Columbiana, duly commissioned and qualified to whose official acts as such, full faith & credit are due
Witness my Signature and the seal of said Court at New Lisbon, in said County the 24th day of December A.D. 1832
Charles D Coffin
Clk Com. [Common] Pleas
By James G. Coffin Depty
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The State of Ohio 
Columbiana County
Personally appeared before me, the
undersigned, a justice of the peace in and
for said County, Jonathan Wellington, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of
memory 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 period mentioned below and in
the following grade to wit:
I served one year and six months as a private soldier, (as specified in my original application) and for such service I claim a pension
Jonathan Wellington's  X mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this
24th day of December 1832, as witnessed
by my hand and seal hereto affixed
John Burns JP [J [seal] ustice of the Peace]
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Letter to
J. Minot Com [Commissioner]

Power of Attorney
on file with depositions

Stallcup Atty
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1853
Alliance Stark County Ohio Sct
J. Minot Commissioner of Pensions. I send you herewith enclosed the declaration of Rachel Mckee administratrix of Rachel Wellington deceased who died the widow of Jonathan Wellington a Revolutionary Pensioner, I sent you some depositions two or three months since as evidence of the cohabitation of Jonathan & Rachel Wellington that you informed me you had filed with the admitted papers of Jonathan Willington under the act of 1832 please read them as evidence in this application when I sent you these depositions I expected you had a declaration from Amos Burden Esq you directed me to
send you a copy of a letter that  was sent to Burk which I called on Burden for and he gave me the papers he had in the case and I discovered that Rachel Mckee had not been appointed administratrix of Rachel Wellington, so I had her appointed administratrix as you will see by the Certificate of the Judge of our Probate Court annex to the declaration of the Rachel Mckee herewith enclosed please examine this application and report to me at your earliest convenience
Very respectfully

Alliance Stark Co. O [Ohio]l. Moses D. Stallcup Atty for Rachel Mckee administratrix
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No. 15.362
Rachel Wellington,
widow of Jonathan
Ohio

Let. [Letters] Moses D. Stallcup
Dec. 11. 1853

11305

Act July 7. 1838
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The State of Ohio 
Columbiana County
On this 21st day of July 1855 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Authority George A Rogers who being duly sworn according to law deposeth as follows that he was Personally acquainted with  Johnathan Willington [sic] and Rachel Willington [sic] his wife and that they lived together and cohabited together as man and wife and that he became acquainted with them in the year 1816 and that they lived in Elkin Township Columbiana County Ohio about the year 1816 and that they continued to reside there until about the year 1830 and that affiant believes said Willington [sic] Died in Columbiana and that they raised the folowing [sic] family of Children William Willington Thomas Willington Morgan Willington Rachel Willington who was Married to Daniel McKee and that she now lives in Alliance Stark County Ohio and also Jane Willington and Tripena Willington 
George A. Rogers

And Also Personally Appeared before me at the same time and place Johnathan D Harbaugh who was by me Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that he was Personally acquainted with Johnathan Willington & Rachel his wife and that they lived together and cohabited as man and wife and that they
Resided in Columbiana County Ohio and
Raised a family of children together 
J D Harbaugh
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the
County aforesaid this 21st day of July AD 1855
William W Hamilton
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Columbiana County
I J. R. Arter Clerk of the County Court in and for the County & State above mentioned do hereby certify that William W Hamilton whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official a ts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction
Given under my hand & seal of office at New Lisbon this 21 day of July AD 1855
J. R. Arter Clk. [clerk]
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Alliance Stark County Ohio August 30th 55
J. Minot Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir 
yours of the 4th of this instant came to hand in due time acknowledging the receipt of the evidence and papers sent you by me in the case of Rachel Mckee administratrix of the estate of Rachel Willington deceased who was the widow of Jonathan Willington a Revolutionary pensioner deceased 
your letter states that the children of Rachel of Rachel Willington or one of them for all must make a declaration before a court of Record and show when Jonathan Willington died, when he was married to Rachel and when she died. all of which I presume you have on hand,
Amos Burden the former Attorney of Rachel Mckee administratrix of Rachel Willington deceased informs me that he has your receipt for her declaration in the case together with the letter of Administration & he says he thinks the Declaration was sent to you about one year and five months since.
please find and examine the Declaration and
evidence and report to me the situation of the
case as soon as convenient, very respectfully

Moses D Stallcup Atty. for
Rachel Ackee Administrator
of Rachel Willington deceased
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M D Stallcup
letter to the
Commissioner of 
Pensions
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Alliance Stark County Ohio July 30th / 55
L  P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
enclosed please find the evidence of cohabitation as man and wife of Jonathan Willington [sic, throughout document] and Rachel Willington his wife, it is claimed by Rachel Makee the daughter of Jonathan & Rachel Willington that her father was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that there is money due to Rachel Willington as the widow of said Jonathan Willington, also perhaps a small sum due Jonathan Willington at the time of his death, Rachel Mckee informs me that she has been appointed administratrix of her mother Rachel Willington Estate by the Probate Court of our County, enclosed please find Rachel Mckee's power of Attorney to me to act for her in the case Mr Amos Burden has made application some time ago perhaps a year or more, and Rachel Mckee tells me that Burden neglects her business & therefore she dont want Burden to have any thing further
to do with her application, Burden informs me
that there was no further proof required than that of Cohabitation as man and wife to entitle the applicant to draw the amount that was due Rachel Willington at her death, please inform me whether the enclosed proof is satisfactory & the power of Attorney please send me with your a copy of the late pension laws, your answer as quick as convenient direct to 
Moses D Stallcup
Alliance 
Stark County 
Ohio
Moss D W Hemp
(see her application on file)
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11.300
P. O.
Rachel Wellington
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