Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,906, William Devin, Md.
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SERVICE 
Md

Devin, William 
or 
Devine, 
Mary 

NUMBER
R. 2.906
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13502 
Kentucky 
William Devine 
of [illegible] in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company command 
by Captain Somerville of the Regt command
by Col Grundy in the Kentucky[lined out] Md 
line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and send to Marshall Reg Washington G. H

Arrears to the 4th of March 160.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
$200.00 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 1
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State of Kentucky 
County of Mason set 

On this thirteenth say of August in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of said County now sitting. William Devin a resident of the County + State aforesaid aged about sixty six 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 act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit. He enlisted as a private soldier in the County of Calvert in the State of Maryland in March in the year 1782 for three years, that he was so enlisted by Capt. James Summerville of Col. Grundy's regiment and was
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marched to Annapolis when he was inoculated for the small pox and remained there during the summer of that year and in the fall was marched to the North and was at West Point and at Stony Point during that winder and in the spring of that year 1783 he was marched to Philadelphia where the men who had enlisted for the war were discharged, but he was marched to Fredericktown in Maryland and there enrolled in a company composed of those whose term of service had not expired and was marched to Pittsburgh under the command of Capt. David Luckett (Lieut. John Linn and Ensign Hawkins belonging to the same company) where he served until March 1785 + where he was honorably discharged and his discharge signed by the aforesaid Capt. Luckett, but there being some arrearages of pay due to him as he supposed at the at the explanation of services he gave up discharge to a merchant at Pittsburgh with some sort of power of attorney to draw the pay and got some goods
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on account of it and has never seen his discharge since and has not written evidence of his services and knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year afore said. 
Wm Devin 

We, John H Reed and Mark Perry Jefferson [illegible]ing in the County of Mason and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Devin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him he be sixty six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where resided to have been a solider of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

John H Reed
Perry Jefferson
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State of Kentucky 
Mason County set. 
August Court 1832 
William Devin produced in Court and subscribed and swore to the foregoing written statement on declaration of his services as a soldier of in the war of the Revolution, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832 which is ordered to be certified to the secretary of ware of the United States. And sundry witnesses being sworn and examined, the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated by him. 
I Marshall Key clerk of the County Court of Mason County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Willian Devin for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office for said Court this 24th day of September A.D. 1832 and of the Commonwealth the 41st. 
Marshall Key 
13715 

Wm Devin 
Declaration
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Claim of - 
Thomas Devin 
To Pension 

John N. Jefferson
of Maysville, Ky 
Atty
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State of Kentucky 
County of Mason  S. S. 
On this 23rd day of Decemebr A.D. 1853, before me Lewis Collins, presiding Judge of the Mason County Court, personally appeared Thomas Devin who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the only son and heir at law of William Devin deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, under the [illegible] of March 18th 1818 (as he believes) on the rolls of the Louisville, Ky-Agency, at the rate of $96- per annum. 
That the deceased pensioner resided in Mason County in the State of Ky for fifty years pensions to his death, and died in the City of Maysville, County of Mason and State of Kentucky, on the sixth day of August A.D. 1846. 
He also further declares, that the said pensioner William Devin, left a widow at the time of his decease Mary Devin, the mother of the said Thomas Devin that was lawfully married to the said William Devin, int he County of Mason in the State of Kentucky on the second day of February A.D. 1799-
that her name before said marriage was Mary Harris, that she died in the city of Maysville, County of Mason and State of Ky, on the ninth day of April A.D. 1849, and never made any application for the arrearage of pension due the said William Devin her husband at the time of his death, nor did she make any application for any pension due her after his death as his widow. 
And the said Thomas Devin, now make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrearage of pension due his father William Devin at the time of his death and also the amount due his mother at the time of her death as the widow of the said William Devin deceased. 
(The evidences unto [illegible]) He also declares, that he was 46-years of age on the 27th day of May A.D. 1852. 
Thomas Devin 
Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Thomas Devin the day and date above written and further certify that the said Thomas Devin is a respectable and truthful man- and that he is of the age above stated. 
Lewis Collins
Pensions Judge, Mason Co. Court
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Know all men by these present, that I Thomas Devin of the County of Mason, and State of Ky do hereby constitute and appoint John N. Jefferson of the City of Maysville, Ky my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name to receive forms the United States, the amount of pensions or certificate, therefore to which I may be entitled as the son and heir at law of William Devin deceased, and also the amount due my mother at the time of her death as the widow of the said William Devin deceased, as shown in the foregoing declaration. 
Hereby confirming all and whatever my said atty may do or cause to be done in and about the pensions; legally. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal, this 23rd day of December A.D. 1852. 

Thomas Devin 

Subscribed and acknowledged before me by the said Thomas Devin, this the day and year above written. 

Lewis Collins 
Pres'd Judge, Mason County Court 

State of Ky. 
Mason County set 
On this 22nd day of December 1852 before me, personally appeared Andrew Mitchell a competent and [illegible] [illegible], who being duly sworn in according to law declare that he has been for many years an "undertaker" in the city of Maysville and that he prepared and made the coffins of both William Devin and his widow Mary Devin and that both were taken to their place of burial with [illegible] [illegible] and under his observation, and that William Devin was buried on the 7th day of August A.D. 1846 - and that his widow Mary Devin was buried on the 10th day of April A.D. 1849- and that both of them died in the city of Maysville, County of Mason and State of Kentucky at the time heretofore stated, [illegible] pillegible] 
A Mitchell seal
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State of Kentucky 
Mason County set 
I Robert A Cochran Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Devin was intermarried with Mary Harris in the County of Mason and State aforesaid on the second day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine (1799) by George Sarrin who was duly authorized by law to acelebrate the rites of matrimony as appear from the records of my office. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. Done at office in the city of Maysville this 18th day of December 1852. 
Robt A. Cochran clk
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Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Andrew Mitchell this the date above written. 
Lewis Collins 
Pres'd Judge of Mason County Court 

State of Kentucky, Mason County set: 
I Robert A Cochran Clerk of the County Court of the County in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the Hon Lewis Collins is the Presiding Judge of the Mason County Court and was at the time his foregoing acts bear date duly elected, commissioned and sworn, that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the signature purporting to be his genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. Done at office in the City of Maysville this twenty third day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two 
Robt A. Cochran clk
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13.715 
William Devin 
G. G. Brown 

first 1780 private 
2 years 
$80 

Somerville 
Grundy 
[illegible] 

clk court
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13.715

BRIEF in the case of William Devin 
County of Mason in the State of Kentucky 
(Act 7th June, 1832) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 66 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period. Enlisted in 1782 March

Duration of Service. 
Years, Months, Days. 
Served until March 1785

Rank. 
As a Private 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. 
Capt. James Somerville 
Capt. Grundy - Capt. D. Luckett. 

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Calvert Cty, Md.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk. 
F. Waugh 
Feb.19. 2833
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No. 1,254 
Mary Devin dec? 
Widow of William 
Ky 
J.N Jefferson May 30/53 
2906 
29 July 1848 

See letter to S. M. Tracy, July 23, 1831. do
to Hon. S. H. Vinton 8 Feb 1832 do to Hon. R M. Johnson + Pen. Agt. Ken. Apr. 27. 1832
do to Hon J. Rariden HR. Feb 14. 1839. - do to same person 7th Feb 1840-
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Brief objections to the admission of pension claim of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Devin which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? - YES

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? - YES

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? - YES

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? - YES

V. Has he mentioned 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? - NO

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? - YES

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? - YES

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? - YES

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? - YES

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? – YES
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? - CITIZENS

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reasons assigned for not obtaining it? - NO

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? - YES

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

BLANK

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? - BLANK

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? - YES

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them s not so answered? - BLANK

Explanatory Notes

Quere V. 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, etc. A.B. 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For blank year, blank months and blank days, I served as a blank for blank months and blank days I served as a blank; and for such service I claim a pension."
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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 they served two years in the militia, etc. 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.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants entering the service and the time and matter of his leaving the same as well as 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
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 paper 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 form being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court or other certifying officer has no 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.
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Land Office
Annapolis, April 24th 1833

I certify that it appears by a pay roll remaining in the office that William Devine a private received of John Hamilton Agent of the Maryland Line $80.00 in arrears of pay from the 1st August 1780 to the 1st January 1782 also $80.00 pay from the 1st January 1782 to the 1st January 1783 - also $43.30 from the 1st January 1783 to the 15th of November 1783.

Gratuity - blank - Toal Received $203.30

George G Brewer
Register Land Office, W.S. Md

Memo - on the above payroll opposite the name of Wm Devine and under the head of receipts is the following entry "pr power of attorney to Wm Rowley by D Luckett."

George G Brewer
Register Land Office W.S. Md
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May 11th 1853

Dear Sir

Will the department please inform me if the claim of Thomas Devin for pension has been examined. He claims the amount due his mother Mary Devin widow of William Devin who survived her husband about 3 years and made no application - her husband being a pensioner at the time of his death - said Thomas being the only heirs at law - I think the claim was sent to the department either in Dec, Jany or Feby last.

Please examine relative to this claim and report as soon as convenient as we have had no receipt for or account of said claim, since it was sent to the department.

Your obt servant
John N Jefferson
Atty for Thos Devin
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Rev. Pen. Claim 
Act of - 
Mary Devin 
widow of 
Thomas Devin 
Ky. 
Power of Atty. 
to examine claim 
- 
Claim filed in law on 
Feb 1853 - 

[upside down] 
Thos. Devin 
to Power of Atty
Chas. C. Tucker 

Chas. C Tucker. 
Atty.
Present.
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I hear all men by these presents that I Thomas Devin of the city of Maysville Ky do hereby constitute and appoint Charles C Tucker of the city of Washington D.C. my true and lawfull attorney and agent for me and in my name to examine all papers that may be on file in the pension office, placed there to obtain a pension for me, as the son and heir at law of William and Mary Devin deceased, and he is also authorized to prosecute my said claim before the department to fill all additional needs [illegible] and arguments that may be necessary to obtain the same, and do all [illegible] necessary to obtain said pension, that [illegible] and he is authorized to receive the certificate that my be issued. 
Hereby confirming all that my said atty may do as aforesaid, and revoking all power of attorney heretofore given by me, for the above specified purpose. 
Given [illegible] my hand this 9th day of June 1853. 
Thomas Devin 
State of Ky Mason County set. 
I Robert A. Cochran clerk of the county court of Mason County Ky, do hereby certify.
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that the foregoing power of attorney was this day signed and acknowledged before me by the said Thomas Devin to be his act and deed for the purpose therein expressed. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office on this the 9th day of June 1853. 
Robt A. Cochran Clk
by James W. Owens. DC
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Clark County Ky 
Aug 23 

Free
Cole 

Pension Office Department 
Washington City 
D.C.
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Also William Devin, Kentucky Rolls, act June 7 1832, at $80 per annum, please state to what time paid. 

Very Respectfully 
J. Cole 
for [illegible] of Pensions, 

J Burkes 

3 Auditor 
William Devine, Act 1832 $90 p.an. - Paid to 4th March 1846, no date of death of our Books. 
F. Bush 
Auditor
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Act of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873. [lined out] 
[stamped] REJECTED 

2.906 
.O. 
Mary Devin 
Service: 
Widow of William 

Enlisted: ,18 
Discharged, 18 
Application filed: ,18 
leges: 
e-enlisted: 
ttorney: 
.O. 

Recognized. Contract. 
Cert. of Dis. Searched for, 18