Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 262, Samuel Arnett, Continental Md.
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SERVICE Continental Md

Arnett, Samuel Nancy

NUMBER R. 262
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State of Ohio
Richard County On this 31st day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common Pleas of Rockland County Ohio Samuel Arnett a resident of said county aged eighty six years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States he thinks in April 1780 with Col. Henry Hollingsworth for one year the member of his regiment he does not know he was employed principally as a wagoner and served as such under the following officers for one year and a few days over toured Col. Henry Hollingsworth Capt Samuel Winket or Wingate Wagon Master. Samuel Hewett Quarter Master, John Hamm Pay master. He enlisted at the Head of Elk in Cecil County Maryland, and that place was considered his head quarters during his term of service was in no battles Having served out his time he received a written discharge from John Hanson which he has since lost during his time of service he was in Philadelphia, Trenton, and other places through that part of the country - He was discharged in April 1781
In the last of August or first of September 1781 he again entered into the service of the United States under Capt. Colefax as he believes Capt of Washington's life guard. He entered into the same at the Head of Elk, from the head of Elk he went by
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water to James River and landed at what
was called the College Landing, thence to the
encampment near York Town and there he
remained until after the captain of Cornwallis
after having served six months
the Term which he entered he was regular
by discharged about Christmas he does
not recollect distinctly the time of his entering
into the service nor the time he
was discharged but knows he received
a certificate for six months served
which he has lost. He entered for six months
and longer if required - He was employed
as a waither during the whole term.
He has no documentary evidence of his
service unless it be in the war department and
he knows of no person by whom he can prove
his services - He resided in Cecil County at
the Head of Elk when entered into the service
He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever to a pension or annuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on 
the pension roll of any agency in any State
Samuel X ^his mark^ Arnett

Sworn & Subscribed before me in open 
court Ellzey Hedges Clk

And the said court do hereby declare
it their opinion that the above named applicant
Samuel Arnett was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states
D. Higgins Presd. Judge
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No. 17.950.
Samul Arnett

ask Mr Edwards
case does not come
under the law
rejected

Purdy.
James Purdy.
Mansfield
Ohio Richland
22d Feb. 1833.
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[duplicate of Scan 4 of this set]
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Arnett
of Richland County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 86 years

[illegible; page torn] his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headers for table as follows: | Period. | Duration of Service. | [sub-header here: Years, Months, Days.]  Rank. | [sub-header here: As a] Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. | [sub-header here: Gen.]]

| In 1780 | /. ~ ~ | Wagoner [illegible] | Col. Henry Hollingsworth. Capt. Saml. Wingate, Wagon mainten} |
| 1781 | . ~ . / . ~ . | Mainten. | Capt Colefax |

5. In what battles was he engaged? York Town Va.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cecil County, Maryland

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Has no documentary evidence unless it
be in the War Department -

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
B.F. Pleasants Examining Clerk.
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No. 14,183.
Declaration of Nancy Arnett
wid: of Samuel

Act. July 7. 1838.
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State of Ohio }
Richland County } Ss
On this third day of August 
AD. 1850 personally appeared me David
Wise an acting Justice of the peace within and
for the said County of Richland Nancy
Arnett a resident of the said County of Richland
and state of Ohio aged eighty five
years on the 18th of December last past being
first duly sworn by me according to Law
doth on her oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the [illegible]
made by the act of Congress passed July 7th
A.D. 1838 entitled entitled "An act granting
half pay and pension to certain Widows and
Orphans" (as well as of such other acts as
Congress have at sundry times past as may
be applicable to her case) That she is the
Widow of Samuel Arnett who was a continental
teamster in the revolutionary war
That according to the best of her knowledge
belief and information he was under a
man by the name of Winket (she thinks David
Winket) who was Waggon Master. That he
enlisted in the State of Maryland but where
or in what part of the United States he was
mostly employed she cannot state but is informed
by himself that his Waggonley one and a
half miles from where the battle of Bunker Hill
was fought at the time it was fought and
said the Battle, That he enlisted as teamster for
one year and that after the expiration of that
time he enlisted for six months aboard a Man
of War and served out his time; but the name
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of the vessel she cannot recollect or
where it cruised. She states that she was
Married to the said Samuel Arnett on the
8th day of December AD 1783 in the State of
Maryland that they lived there some eight
years and then removed to Washington County
Pennsylvania and lived there a few years
and from thence they removed to Columbiana
County Ohio and after some time moved from
thence to Richland County and have resided there
untill the death of her husband Samuel Arnett
and that she still resides in said Richland
County being about twenty seven years since
they removed to Richland County. That her
husband Samuel Arnett died on the 28th of
June A.D. 1837 And she is still his Widow
and unmarried. She further states that when
she was Married there was no law in the State of Maryland requiring a license or
record to be made of the Marriage as she
was informed; but that they received from
the Justice of the peace a certificate certifying
their Marriage. That the Country was new
and that She went some thirty five miles to
a Justice of the peace to be Married. She 
States that She understood that her Husband
Samuel Arnett was aboard of the Man of
War in which he was enlisted at a time when
a Colonel Wallace life guard was taken by
the enemy. She further states that she is unable
togive time of occurrences or dates for
the reason that in the Month of December
AD 1835 their house was burned and her
husbands certificates and discharge as well
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as their certificate of Marriage and family
records were all burned and totally destroyed.
She further states that she was
not Married to the said Samuel Arnett
before he left the services; but the Marriage
took place previous to the first of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz
at the time and place above stated
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
Nancy Arnett
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
David Wise
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio }
Richland County } Ss
Before me David Wise an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said
County of Richland personally came Solomen Culver
of the County & State aforesaid & being by me first
duly sworn according to law deposes and says that
that he has been acquainted with Samuel Arnett
and Nancy Arnett during which time they have resided
in the County of Richland Ohio That he is well acquainted 
with the family of said Samuel Arnett and
has been acquainted with the Children of Samuel Arnett
that they had in all five of which are now
living. That he is Married to one of the Daughters of said
Samuel and Nancy Arnett the persons named in the above
affidavit of said Nancy that the daughter to whom he is
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Married is as he is informed & believed is about fifty
four years of age and is the third child of Samuel and
Nancy Arnett. That said Samuel and said Nancy as he
is informed and believes were Married prior to the year
AD 1784 in the state of Maryland and that neither of
them was ever Married to any other person. That he
has the best information to indue him to testify as
above as to facts and not entirely neither his own knowledge
having obtained his information from respect
persons who lived as neighbors to said Samuel and
Nancy Arnett in Maryland before as well as after the
the year 1789. That it is about twenty seven years
since he was personally acquainted with said
Samuel & Nancy Arnett and their family, and
farther saith not. Solomen Culver

Ads a Nancy Culver of the same place being by
me first duly sworn according to law deposes and says
that she is the daughter of Samuel & Nancy Arnett
the persons named in the first above deposition signed
by Nancy Arnett as she is informed. That the family
Records were destroyed when the house of Samuel and
Nancy Arnett (before named) was destroyed by fire about
the year 1835 as near as she can recollect, that she lived with
said Samuel & Nancy Arnett ever since she can remember
untill she was of age with the rest of their children that
said Samuel & Nancy Arnett [illegible] together as Man and
wife ever since she can remember untill his death.
That there was two children older than herself, that she
is now fifty four years old according to her Parents statement
That she is informed & believes from reliable sources that said Samuel 
& Nancy Arnett were Married in the State of Maryland
And that they were Married prior to the year
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A.D. 1794. That she has derived this information
from others as well as of her parents, That the
persons with whom she was acquainted in the 
State of Maryland from whom she derived her
information are dead or removed to parts unknown
to her or still reside in Maryland a great 
distance from this place
Nancy Culver
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
this Eight Day of August 1850
David Wise
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the Person in the first &
Second lines on the Bottom of the first
page of Nancy Culvers Depositoin was
made before the signing of the same also
on the first page of the depositin of Solomon
Culver forth line from the Bottom the
words twelve and Five were altered from
thirteen and Eight before said deposition
was signed
August 8th 1850
David Wise
Justice of the Peace

I also Certify that the name of Nancy
Arnet was in her Deposition by Mistake
Commened with & throughout the whole Deposition
and was by me allowed to A at her 
request
August 8th 1850
David Wise
Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio
Richland County } Ss
I William W Irwin Clerk
Protem of the Court of Common
Pleas of Richland County Ohio certify that
David Wise is an acting Justice of the peace in
said County of Richland and was at the time of
the date of the above affidavits and certificates
to which his name is subscribed and that the
signature purporting to be his signature to the
affidavits of Nancy Arnett Solomen Culver and
Nancy Culver and certificates thereto appended
is his genuine signature
Witness William W. Irwin Clerk protemport 
of said Court of Common Pleas at Mansfield
this 7th day of August A.D. 1850.

Wm W. Irwin Clerk protem
By Wm. S. Higgins Dept

Hildreth & Ford
Attorneys
Mansfield, Ohio
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_____ Ex'r. INVALID.

REJECTED
Nancy Arnett
P.O. _____

Service: _____

Enlisted: _____ , 18 __
Discharged: _____ , 18 __

Application filed: _____ , 18 __

Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
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14,183
[rest of this page is illegible - too dark]
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[round black stamp; upper left; inscribed: MANSFIELD OHIO [illegible] 20]

FREE
Mayo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Rejected

Act 7th June 1838

See letter 18th April 1832
To
James Purdy
Mansfield
Richland County
Ohio
Papers copied & sent to Hon
Wm T Jackson Augt 7, 1850
Mc Bartley - 12 1853
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No 14.183.
Declaration of
Nancy Arnett
Widow of Samuel
Original
Case
Act July 7. 1838

[round black stamp upper right, inscribed as follows: MANSFIELD OHIO AUG 7]

[vertically on the page, follows]

J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

[diagonally, upside down: FREE]
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TO THE HON. THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS:
I hereby appoint Mr. Giles F. Yates, of Schenectady, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney, with power
of substitution, to prosecute before you the claim of Samuel Arnett of Ohio
for a pension under Act of 7th June 1832
and I hereby revoke all powers of attorney by me at any time heretofore made.
You will be pleased to allow him, or his substitute, to examine the papers on file in your office relating to this
claim. Witness my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of October 1852
Nancy Arnett
J.P.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged
before me -
B. Burns
Joel Myers
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The State of Ohio}
Richland County SS}
Personally appeared before
me a Probate Judge within
and for the county of Richland
and State aforesaid Nancy Arnett and
acknowledged the signing and sealing of the
foregoing power of Attorney to be her voluntary
act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
Given under my hand and Seal of my office
at Mansfield in said County this 16th day of
October Ad 1852 Joel Myers. Probate Judge

[vertically in left margin: Saml Arnett of Ohio]
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Samuel Arnett was an applicant for a pension from Ohio,
but never pensioned, his widow cannot give an history
of his revolutionary service, & she ask her for a copy of his alledged [alleged] 
Service to enable her to prove it up, or to know the State of the case
will you please furnish a copy of his alledged [alleged] service, & a copy of your letter
of requisition in the case, that we may know how to act
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
WT Jackson 
H of Reps

To Hon JL Edwards
Comsr of Pensions
Augsr 2/50
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17959
Samuel Arnett
Declaration
For Pension

J. Purcey Agent
Mansfield
Ohio
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17959
Samuel Arnett
Declaration
For Pension

J. Purdy Agent
Mansfield
Ohio
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Wm Patterson } 
Isaac Oshin }
Wm Riddle } Associate Judges
I Ellzey Hedges Clerk of the court
of Common Pleas of Richland County
Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings
of said court in the
matter of the application of Samuel
Arnett for a pention

In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my
hand and of office this
Second day of November
AD 1832
Ellzey Hedges clk
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Samuel Arnott
Act 1832 - Ohio
R
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Samuel Arnott
Act 1832 - Ohio
R
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State of Ohio
County of Richland

Be it known, that on this Fourth day of March A.D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, 
a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 1 Nancy Arnott
resident of 2 Mansfield Ohio in said County, and made oath according to law that 3 she is the widow of Samuel
Arnott Dead who was a Teamster & seaman in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of
the Pension Act of 4
that 5 she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments
as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of 6 Samuel Arnott for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or
documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D.C. Agency;
to appoint of or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
7 Nancy Arnett
Witness 
B. Burns
DH Young

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
8 Nancy Arnott to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
therein alleged.
DH. Young
Notary Public

State of Ohio }
County of Richland }
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of Richland County that 2 Nancy Arnott the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the 10 widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that 11 Downing H Young Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Notary Public, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
genuine.

In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this Fourth day of March 1853
12 CA Cronmsser Clk
By Wm S Higgins [illegible]

1. Claimant's name or names in full. - 2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c.
4. Leave this line blank. - 5. "He is," " she is," or "they are." - 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. - 7. Claimant's signature. - 8. Claimant's name. - 9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." - 11. Magistrate's name. - 12. Clerks signature.

N. B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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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
Samuel Arnett 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 resided, is thee 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 amount 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? 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 other respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? 
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason 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 states in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes - witness
then be some documentary evidence on file in the War Department

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?

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 pensions
merely 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, 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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May 23/53
262
Rel Wid
Saml Arnott, decd.
Revy

M Bartley
Mansfield
Ohio
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May 23/53
262
Rel Wid
Saml Arnott, decd.
Revy

M Bartley
Mansfield
Ohio
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Mansfield Ohio 19th May 1853

The Honorable
Commissioner
of Pensions, Washington City

My Dear Sir
The widow of Samuel
Arnott residing in the this Town, is in very indigent and
rather distressed circumstances, who claims that her husband,
who has been dead a few years, served several years in the
Revolutionary War, as Wagoner driving during that time,
a Continental team.
Not this poor old Lady wishes to know if it be
possible, under the existing laws, for her to draw a pension
from Government. If she can obtain some with in
this way, will you Sir, be so good as to inform me
what testimonials she will be required to present
to the Department, to enable her to draw this boon
Please inform me on the above subject, at your
earliest convenience
With great respect Sir, I am
your obt. Servt.
M. Bartley