Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2735, for George Mallow, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va.  Mallow, George S.2735
CONTENTS
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Ohio 7774
George Mallow
Green Co, in the State of Ohio who was an Ensign. in the Company commanded by Captain Rush. of the Brigade commanded by Gen Wayne. in the Virginia line for
Ensign. 9 months.
Private. 0.20 days.
9.20
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 92. Dollars 22. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of April 1833 and sent to James Galloway Jr Xenia Ohio_
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 33. 184.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 33 40.11.
$230..55
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [illegible] Palmer Clerk, Book [illegible]. Vol 8. Page sixteen
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20077=7.774.
George Mallow Green Co. Ohio.
Admitted for 9 months as Ensign 20 days as a private from 1778.
120
91.67
55
92.22
$92 22/100
James Galloway Jr Xenia Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of George Mallow of Green Co. in the State of Ohio. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes.
3. How old is he? 80 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months Days. | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1778 | About 9. | Ensign | McIntosh
1781 | 20 | Private | Wayne Mulenburg Broadhead Col Bing or Harrison Capt Robert Craven " Rush
5. In what battles was he engaged? Not specified - Guarding frontier
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta Co. Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Yes.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Joseph Rowen Examining Clerk.
[illegible] 240/00
60 30 /90. 22
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State of Ohio
Greene County } Ss.
On this 21st day of November 1832, personally appeared before me John Bales a Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, George Mallow a resident of said County and state aforesaid, aged 80 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 from a record of his age now in his possession he was born in Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania on the 17th day of March 1752, Old stile, that when he was about three years old he was removed with his parents, in the time of Braddock's war to the South branch of Potomac, in what was then Augusta & afterwards Rockingham county state of Virginia, where he continued to reside untill the year 1816 he removed to Warren County State of Ohio, where he resided till the year 1818 when he removed to his present residence in Greene County.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Month of March in the Year 1778 he entered as a volunteer in the Virginia Militia for a tour of six months, in Capt. Robert Cravens Company, Michael Trout Lieutenant, and he (the said George Mallow) was ensign of said company, in Col. Benjamin Harrison's Regiment. The Company rendezvoused at Col. Abraham Smith's in Augusta County State of Virginia, and on the first of May in the year aforesaid, the company marched through Greenbriar to the head of the Monongahela river, and thence down that river to Tigers valley, and remained in that valley untill about the middle of September following, guarding the frontiers against the Indians. The Company was for the most part of the time divided into three parts, each under the command of an officer,
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The Capt with one party occupied [illegible] fort: The Lieutenant with another occupied Haggard's fort, and the Ensign with another party occupied Wilson's fort with 15 men under his command. That about the time their six months tour expired, this deponent and all the company to which he belonged, except about 15 men volunteered for a further term of three months to go with General McIntosh against the Indians northwest of the Ohio, and returned home to Augusta to get ready for the expedition, and in a few days after their return he set off with Capt. Cravens and his company with William Heron his Lieut. about the first of October in the year aforesaid, and joined the main army under Genl. McIntosh at the mouth of Big Beaver on the north west side of the Ohio river and assisted in building Fort McIntosh about a quarter of a mile below the mouth of Big Beaver on the north west side of the Ohio river and assisted in building Fort McIntosh about a quarter of a mile below the mouth of the Big Beaver; after completing this fort his company and himself marched with Genl. McIntosh, and Genl. Broadhead the second in command, to Lawrence River (now called Tuscarawas river) and assisted to build fort Lawrence on the west side of said river, and as he understood about three miles above the mouth of White Woman river, which river and the Lawrence or Tuscarawas river, make the Muskingum river as he understood. Fort Lawrence he understood was about 86 measured miles from Fort McIntosh. He remained at Fort Lawrence until about Christmas when his time of service expired, and he with his company was there discharged, after which they returned through Fort McIntosh, and Shirtee settlement, home to his residence, which was then in Rockingham County Virginia, a new county taken off Augusta: Having been in service as an Ensign for the full term of nine months.
That in the Month of June 1781 he again entered the service as a private in Capt. Rush's company of mounted volunteers but does not remember the names of his Lieutenant or ensign, and served a tour of twenty days under Genl. Wayne and sometimes under Genl. Muhlenburg on scouting or reconnoitering parties, in the neighborhood of Richmond, Williamsburg and Jamestown Virginia - and was discharged between Jamestown and Richmond. That
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he never obtained a written discharge for any of his services that he has no documentary evidence of his services, and that he knows of no person that can testify to prove his services, except Frederick Miller of Preble County Ohio who he believes is still living, but he is uncertain whether he can procure his testimony or not he being an old and infirm man; but he intends trying to procure his testimony_ He the said Miller served under him as a private in the same company for nine months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except to present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Bales Jr. JP George his x mark Mallow
We Wilson McDaniel, a clergyman residing in the county of Greene and state of Ohio, and John Fudge residing in the same. both near neighbours of George Mallow afoursaid here by certify that we are well acquainted with George Mallow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
John Bales J.P. Wilson McDaniel John Fudges
and I the said John Bales, Justice of the peace as aforesaid do certify that the said George Mallow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration before me is an aged and infirm person and unable from bodily infirmity to attend court. and I do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary officer and soldier and served as he states. and I do further certify that it appears to me that Wilson McDaniel who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Greene and state of Ohio and that John Fudge who has also signed the same is a resident in the same, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. John Bales J. P.
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The state of Ohio Green County } ss
I James L Grover Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that John Bales Esq before named is an acting Justice of the peace within aforsaid County of Green duly commissioned and qualified and that the several signatures purporting to be his are genuine his testimony whereof I have hereto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court [illegible] this 21st day of November 1832. J. L Grover clk [illegible]
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWS
Madam:
November 1, 1928
Mrs. Wilson H. Hamilton 509 West Spring St. Sigourney, Iowa.
Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2735, it appears that George Mallow was born March 17, 1752 (Old Style) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
He moved with his parents (their names not given) to the South Branch of the Potomac, then in Augusta County, Virginia, which was later Rockingham County, Virginia, and while residing there, he enlisted in March 1778 and was an Ensign in Captain Robert Cravens' Company, Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia Regiment, and guarded the frontiers against the Indians, in September 1778 he went in the same company and regiment in General McIntosh's expedition to the Ohio River, and helped to build Forts
McIntosh and Lawrence, and served in all 9 months. He enlisted in June 1781 and served twenty days as a private in Captain Rush's Company, and was in several
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scouting parties
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 21, 1832 at which time he was living in Greene County, Ohio. There are no further data as to family. Respectfully E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
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1911. Mar. 30 Hist. to Mr. W. P Pence
1911, Apr 24 - Hist to Mrs. Opal Mallow
1915 Mch. 20: Hist to Mrs. A. H. Bell. M.B.H
1916 Nov. 9 Mrs. A. H. Bell [illegible] wished date to apply to auditor
1917 Jan 10 Mrs. Charles E Estes [illegible]
1928 Nov 1 Hist to Mrs. Wilson H Hamilton AWS

Rev War 2735 INVALID.
File No. 2735 George Mallow Ens. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 235 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Revolutionary claims
XENIA OHIO NOV. 28
Dec. 3d. 1832 0. 20077
Hon. Lewis Cass FREE
Secretary of War Washington City
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Xenia Nov. 28th 1832
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War }
Sir, Enclosed is the application of George Mallow an Ensign in the Volunteer Militia of Virginia for nine months. He is a very feeble and infirm man, and unable to rise up or sit down without assistance.
as soon as a decision is made in his case, please to inform him or myself by a notice addressed to this place. I have the honour to be very respectfully yr. obt. sevt. James Galloway jr
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The State of Ohio Preble County} Ss on this 24 day of November 1832 personaly came before me Ellis S Baldwin a justice of the peace in & for the county & State afforesaid Fredrick Miller an aged & infirm man & of good carecter both for sobriety & morality who firs bing duly sworn acording to law deposeth & saith that he is Seventy two years three months & Sixteen days old he has this day seen & heared read the foregoing declarations of George Mallow & th whitch he appeares to have sworn and subscribed his name & the facts set forth in said declerations as for as recolected to the said George Mallows services as an Ensign in capt Robert Cravens volenteer Company of Verginnia Millitia for & during the term of nine months in Col Benjamin Harrisons Regt & under Genrl Mctoushe & Genrl Broadhead in the year 1778 he knows to be true as he served under him as a private in the same company during the whole time of said term of nine months I was aquainted with Mr. Mallow 24 years and he was a man of unsulied caracter as to truth & varasety & still maintanes the same carecter as far as I know sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Ellis S Baldwin JP Frederick Miller
& I the sadk Ellis S Baldwin Justice of the peace as aforesaid do certify that the said Fredrick Miller who has subscribed and sworne to the above declerations before me is a man as above stated of undisputed carrecter as to truth & morality & is entitled to credit Ellis S Baldwin JP Nov 24_1832
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The State of Ohio Preble County } Ss
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that Ellis S. Baldwin Esquire before whom the within affidavit was this day made is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said said County, duly Elected Commissioned and quallified, and that the signatue purporting to be his is genuin In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid at Eaton this 24th day of Nov_1832 J.C. Howkins Clerk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Mallow 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?
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 amout of pension he is entitled? Yes.
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 the Justice has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? The Justice has
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? Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? One Witness
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?
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?
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 is not so answered? 2. 6.
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, &c. 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 _ year _ months, and _ days, I served as a _ For _
months and _ days, I served as a _ ; 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 pensionsmerely state 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 shewn 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 manner 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 from 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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application of George Mallow of the Virginia Militia 20077
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[illegible] Division,
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,  190
In reply to your request of , received
a statement of the military history of George Mallow a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

Mar 1778 | 6 mos. | Ensign | guarding In fron againt Ind  | Robert Cravens | Benjamin Harrison | Va
Sept 1778 | 3 mos. | Ensign |   | Robert Cravens | Benjamin Harrison | Va
Jun 1781 | 20 days. | Pvt |   | Rush |  | Va
on scouting parties
helped to build Ft McIntosh & Lawrence

Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov 21, 1832 Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Greene Co, Ohio
Age at date of application, Lancaster Co. Pa. Mar. 17, 1752 (OS.)
Remarks:
moved with his parents (names not given) to [illegible] South [illegible] of the Potomac, the Augusta- later Rockingham Co
Very respectfully,
31793b5m10 - 97
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.
November 9, 1916.
Mrs. A. H. Bell,
% Camp Bell Drug Co.,
Brownwood, Texas.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the 15" ultimo, you are advised that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and date of death of George Mallow, S. File No. 2,735 Rev. War pensioner, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, United States Treasury Department, quoting the following data:
George Mallow certificate No. 7,774, issued April 2, 1833, at rate of 82 per annum from March 4, 1831, under Act June 7, 1832, at Ohio Agency.
Very respectfully,
FD Byingford
Acting Commissioner.
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Daughters of the American Revolution Iowa Society DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [logo]
Regent MRS. WILSON H. HAMILTON 509 West Spring Street Sigourney
Vice-Regent MRS. FRANK I. LEE Des Moines
Recording Secretary MRS. L. S. DORCHESTER Clear Lake
Corresponding Secretary MRS. EDWARD H. HALL 122 Hillcrest Avenue Davenport
Treasurer MRS. J. E. FITZGERALD 1821 Ross Street Sioux City
Consulting Registrar MRS. JAMES REMLEY 400 E. First Street Anamosa
Historian MRS. G. A. CHILGREN 412 North Street Burlington
Librarian MRS. B. C. HIGGINS Spencer
Auditor MRS. CYRUS WOLF Hampton
Chaplain MRS. J. D. NEWCOMER Eldora
October 9th, 1928.
Pension Department . Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs;--
Will you please advise me of the contents of the application papers of GEORGE MALLOW who was placed on the pension roll of Greene County Ohio for service as ensign in Capt Robert Craven's Company, Col Benjamin Harrison's Regiment of the Virginia Lines? He died in Greene County Ohio in the year 1837. 
Sincerely, Ethel L Hamilton (Mrs. Wilson H. Hamilton ) Iowa State Regent D.A.R. Society.
U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 11 1928
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Revo. Sec. m
Marine Ind Jan 4 - 17
Beauro of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please give me an information which you may have conserning George Mallow (Ser) as a revolutionary Soldier.
Would like to know his wifes maiden name, also date of marriage and his death.
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any other information which would assist me in establishing my rights as membership in the D.A.R. would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your trouble,
I remain Mrs Chas. E. Easter. 
702 So. Wash, St. Marion Ind.
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m. l. REvo. Sec
mail
U.S. PESNION OFFICE O OCT 19 1916
Brownwood Texas Oct 15th, 1916.
Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sirs:- Will you please inform me when the payment of George Mallow's Revolutionary War Pension was discontinued. There
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is some uncertainty in his family as to the date of his death. His claim was allowed Nov. 21, 1832. his residence at time of application was Greene Co. Ohio but at the time of his service in the war Rockingham Co. Va.
Respectfully Mrs. A. H. Bell
Address in care of Camp. Bell Drug Co.
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Brownwood Texas
LAW DIVSION MAR 15 1915 RECEIVED
Stmpd inv [illegible] in March 10 th, 1915.
One 2 C stamped envelope received OK Revo
Bureau of Interior Pension Dept.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you please send me this Revolutionary war record of George Mallow born in Va. about the year 1753?
I find from his third edition 1912, of McAlister's Virginia soldiers that at
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The age of eighty he received a pension in Green County Ky. having been transferred from East [illegible] March 4th, 1833.
I don't know the name of his widow but he was probably living at the time the pension was granted in 1833 or 35.
RECORD MAR 16 1915 DIVISION
U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 13 1915
Very truly yours, Mrs. A. H. Bell c/o Camp Bell Drug Col Brownwood Texas
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R #6, Xenia O April 16, 1911
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I have a record of George Mallow Sr in the Revolutionary War. Would you be so kind to give me the reference by volume and page of this record? George Mallow Sr was born in Lancaster Co, Pa, Mar 17, 1752. Removed with his parents to Rockingham Co, Va, 1760 Enlisted
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Mar 1778, and served six months, with the rank of ensign in Robert Cravens Co of Benjamin Harrisons regiment; that he served 3 months from Sept 1778 as an ensign in Capt Robert Cravens Co; that he served 20 days from June 1781 in Capt Rushs Co of Independent command; that he served in Gen Mc Intosh's expedition to Ohio Valley.
Very Truly yours, Opal Mallow
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3104 Mt. Pleasant St NW Washington, D.C.
Mar 24, '11
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please furnish me the military record of George Mallow during the Revolutionary War. He was granted a pension Apr 2, 1833, from Greene Co., O. on account of service in Va. He died Apr. 17, 1837
Yours truly, W. P. Pence