Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 10026, Samuel Finley, Va.
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Service VA
Finley, Samuel 
           Mary
Number
W10026
B.L.Wt. 761_400_Major
Issued Nov. 5, 1796
No papers
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Indiana 1347
Mary Finley, widow of Samuel Finley, Deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the [illegible] of April, 1829 of Lt. Joseph Co. in the State of Indiana, who was a Capt. & Major in the [illegible] command commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt commanded by Col. Posey in the Virginia line for Capt. & Major.

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana, [illegible] the rate of 585 Dollars per [illegible] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of December 1838 and sent to Dr C. A. Finley, surgeon U.S. Army, Ft [illegible], [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $1462.50
Semi-annual allowance ending
 [illegible] 1839                              292.50
$1755.00
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by S. [illegible],  Elliot [illegible]
Book [illegible], Vol. 2, Page 220
1873 January 6, Hon John Cessna giving history of [illegible] to soldier and widow. Widow died Dec. 23, 1838
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Tuesday 5th, May 1789 about 4 o'clock P.M. Samuel Finley and Polly Brown were married.

Tuesday 30th, March 1790 about 6 o'clock P.M. John, son of Sam and Polly Finley, was born.

Wednesday 13th, July 1790, John Finley was by the grace of god in Jesus Christ, admitted to his everlasting rest about 11 o'clock P.M.  Aged mear 3 months and 13 days.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT

OF OUR
LORD and SAVIOUR
Jesus Christ
Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK
And with the former translations diligently
Compared and Revised,
By his Majesty's Special Command.
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES.
CAMBRIDGE,
printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University;
and sold by John, Francis & Charles Rivington, Benjamin White, Charles Dilly, and John Fielding, in London; and J & J Merrill, in Cambridge, 1782

CUM PRIVILEGIO
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Const with

File # 10,026
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act entitled" An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th May 1828.  I Samuel Finley of Chillicothe, in  the County of Ross, in the State of Ohio, do hereby declare, That I was an Officer in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the War, at which period I was a Major attached at a detachment of the Virginia Line, which marched to the South (State of Georgia) under the command of Col Thomas Posey,
Witness my hand this 9th day of June 1828
Sam Finley

Before me James Miller a Justice of the Peace in the County of Ross in the State of Ohio personally appeared this day John McCoy and Humphrey Fullerton Esqrs. of said county who did severally make oath that Samuel Finley, by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution  in ?? as therein stated.
Witness our hands this 9th day of June 1828
John McCoy 
Humphrey Fullerton

Sworn and subscribed the same day before me
James Miller J.P.

I Humphry Fullerton, Clerk of the Court of Common Please, of the County of Ross, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that James Miller before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day fo June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and of the Independence of the United States & of this State the 26th.
Humphrey Fullerton
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Chillicothe June 9th 1828

Sir

At the time of my last promotion the Battle of Eutaw had shortly before taken place, which by the fall of Lieut. Col. Richard Campbell administered to my advancement, and to that of Major Thos Posey;  and our march to the South taking place, before commissions could be obtained, we had no other evidence of our promotion than certificates granted by Colonel Lebiger, who commanded at the general rendezvous at Cumberland Md courthouse.  After the termination of the war I returned very unwell and indeed never inquired about my commission;  of course never obtained it.  I understand it is on the records of the War Office.  As to the commutation I never applied for it until very lately, when a derangement in my concerns, owing to the imprudent conduct of my Clerk, urged me to petition Congress for it, with the view to satisfy for the delinquency of my Clerk;  but by Wm. Hagner's report, my petition proved abortive.  I can with a clear conscience swear I never received it.  I am, Sir, no pensioner.  I suppose there will be no risk in transmitting the money by mail.  If a draught on the Bank of Chillicothe could be obtained, it would be safer and more convenient for me.

I remain, Sir, with respect, your very humble and obedient servant.
Sam Finely

The Honorable Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
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State of Indiana
St. Joseph County 

On this 12th day of November 1838 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of St. Joseph, Mary Finley, a resident of the town of  South Bend in the County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit on that provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838 entitled "an act granting  half pay and pensions to certain widows";  That she is the widow of Samuel Finley who was a major in Col. Posey's Regiment of the Virginia line, and served to the end of the Revolutionary War; and to whom a certificate of pension was issued for the pay of a Captain in the year (she believes) eighteen hundred and twenty eight, which certificate has been lost.  She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Finley on the 5th day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine and that her husband, the said Samuel Finley died on the 2nd day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine;   that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz; at the times above stated, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Samuel Finley.

Mary Finley

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written before me Judge of the Probate Court of St. Joseph County aforesaid, in open Court, being a court of record for said County by the Comr of the State of Indiana.
Jno. J. Deming
Judge of Probate

State of Indiana
St. Joseph County

On this 12th day of November 1838 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of St. Joseph James B. Finley a resident of South Bend in the County aforesaid, aged forty four years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath testify that the accompanying paper is a family record in the handwriting of his father the aforesaid Samuel Finley, this day cut out of a bible that belonged to said Samuel Finley in his lifetime and has been in possess-
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sion of the family of this deponent ever since;  that it is all that was written between the old and new testaments in said bible, that he believes it to have been a complete record of birth, in the family of said Samuel at the time it was written, and therefore that it was written before the birth of a child which according to a later family record was born in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two.  Said deponent further testifies that the above named Mary Finley has lived in his family ever since midsummer of the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine until the present time; and has not to his knowledge or belief been married since the death of said Samuel Finley;  part of the accompanying record aforesaid is truly copied in the words and figures following, viz:  Tuesday 5th May 1789 about 4 o'clock P.M. Samuel Finley & Polly Brown were married."
Jas. B. Finley

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Jno. J. Deming
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3445
1347
C.A. Finley
Surgeon [illegible]
Fort Monroe
VA
[illegible]
7 July '38
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State of Indiana
St. Joseph County

I, Tyra M. Bray, clerk of the Circuit Court of said county & ex officio Clerk of the Probate Court of said county, do hereby certify that John J. Deming who took the acknowledgement of the written power of attorney and examination ?? the oaths ?? in the written affidavits was at the time of the date thereof the acting Judge of the Probate Court within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the said court of which he is and was then judge was then in session and the same is a court of record and so declared to be by the laws of the State of Indiana and that he the said judge is by law authorized to administer such oaths and take such acknowledgements.  And I further certify the enclosed to be the family record referred to by James B. Finley in the written affidavit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at South Bend in the county aforesaid the 12th day of November A.D. 1838.

Tyra M. Bray
Clerk

[SEAL AFFIXED]
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

October 25, 1923

Mrs. P.B. Zink
335 West Walnut St.
Hillsboro, Ohio

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolution War pension claim W. 10036 it appears that Samuel Finley was an officer in the Continental Line and served to the end of the Revolution at which time he was a Major under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Posey of the Virginia Line.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9, 1828 while a resident of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio.  He died April 3, 1829.
Soldier married May 5, 1789 Mary Brown who was allowed pension on her application executed November 12, 1838 while a resident of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana aged seventy one years.  She died December 23, 1838.
Children, John born March 30, 1790, died July 13, 1791;  one born in 1992, name not stated;  James B. a resident of South Bend, Indiana in 1838 aged forty-four years and Clement A. a surgeon in U.S. Army in 1838.

Respectfully

Commissioner.
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[left side]
Oct 13, 1904 Hist to Dawson Lawrence, So. Bethlehem Ills.
1909 Apl 12 Hist to Mrs. Maud Finley Case
1923 Oct 25 Hist to Mrs. P.B. Zink

[right side]

Revy WIDOW, &c
File no. 10026

Mary Finley
Wid. of
Samuel Finley
Major Va. line
Act:  July 7/38
Index:-Vol. A, Page 237

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Mary Finley
widow of Samuel Finley
Capt 3 mo
Major 1 yr 9 mo
Act July 7 1838
$585 per annum
Indiana Roll

Send cert. to Dr. C.A. Finley
Surgeon U.S. Army 
Fort Monroe, Va.
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{handwritten] No of orig pay 95

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
3 July 1828

Samuel Finley of Chillicothe in the County of Ross in the State of Ohio has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 13th of May, 1828.  He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Major in the detachment of the regiment of the Virginia line which marched south under command of Lt. Col. Thomas Posey and that he neither received nor applied for commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 Mar, 1783 until very lately;  and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826. nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

?? secretary
A Dinkins

[handwritten] B22 Ad ?? File no 10,026 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditor's Office
5 July 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Saml Finley Major in Posey's Deta in the Virginia line, amounting to Three Thousand dollars.
It further appears that Samuel Finley is not now on the pension list of any agency and has not been since the 3d March 1826.

Peter Hagner
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M B B
[Postage Stamp] New York, NY MAR 18
1-PM 1909
[Postage Stamp] Station T
[Postage Stamp] U.S. Pension Office
A MAR 19, 1909
[Stamp] Record Pension MAR 19, 1909

THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Commisioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs
I should be very thankful
for any information
you could give me
of Samuel Finley
of the Virginia troops
of the Revolution
Thanking you in advance
Resp.
Maud Finley Case
1066 Clay Ave.
New York, N.Y.
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Hillsboro, Ohio Sep. 13. 1923
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me
a copy of the pension certifical of
Samuel Finley - who was Major
of Virginia line in Revolutionary War
He was placed on pension
roll July 14-1828, when a resident
Ross County, Ohio,
This information is wanted
to complete D.A.R. record
Your very truly
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 W. Walnut St.
Pension Office
SEP 15 1923
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REFERENCES
South Bethlehem National Bank.
Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
Dun's U. S. Express.
J. F. Bader, No. 659, Jr. O. U. A. M., So. Bethlehem, Pa.
A. K. Reeder, No. 93 I. O. R. M., Trenton, N.J.
A. Bowers, No. 75, K.G. E., Bethlehem, Pa.
J. Dimmick, No. 251, P. O. S. A., So. Bethlehem, Pa.
O. E. Roth, No. 267, K.P., So. Bethlehem, Pa.
F. J. Haus, No. 341, I. O. O. F., Bethlehem, Pa.
J. L. Murr, No. 207, K. M. C., Mountville, Pa.

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To The Hon. Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you be kind enough to
give me the military record of Samuel
Finley "a favorite of Washington", a rev.
soldier & appointed by " Collector
of Public Monies for the N. W. Ter. of which
Ohio was a part: he was a settler of
Chillicothe O. He raised a regt for the war 
of 1812, was general & his son lieut in that 
war. They were at Detroit, paroled under 
Hills surrender & returned to Chillicothe,
Very resp'y yours
Dawson Lawrence

no record 1812

Dawson Lawrence
Designer & Publisher

[xx3] [illegible] Avenue
So. Bethlehem, Pa

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OCT
8
1904
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Samuel Finley
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension on file in this Bureau.
Wid. File 10.026
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
STATE

Was an officer in the Continental [Line]
Was promoted (vice Posey) - Major under Lt Col Thomas Posey
Va
and served to end of War

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check]
Date of application for pension, June 9, 1828.
Residence at date of application, Chillicothe Ross Co Oh.
Age at date of application, [check]
Remarks: [Sol mar] May 5 1789 Mary Brown
he died Apl. 2, 1829
[illegible] Nov. 12, 1838 while she was 71 yrs. old & res. at South Bend, St. Joseph Co, Ind
with her son James B 54 years
Ch. John b. Mch 30, 1790 d. July 13, 1791
son Clement A
[illegible] in 1838
(Heilman shows Samuel Finley an officer from 1776)
[Check] 44 yrs.