Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 10633, Giles Easton, Md.
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(3 - 1778 )

SERVICE
Md.
Easton, Giles

NUMBER
S.10633
Carded

Contents
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[illegible-scratched out]\12,131
District of Columbia

Giles Easton
of Mongomery in the State of Mayland who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jno Nichols of the _____ commanded by [both words scratched out]___ in the [scratched out] Maryland Militia
9 mo Private $30


Inscribed on the Roll of District of Columbia at the rate of 30 Dollars ___ Cents [scratched out] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of March 1833 ___ and                 U Forrest
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                 60
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  15
                                                                      75
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7 1832}

Recorded by Jno T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 8 Volume 6 Page 110
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Claim of
Act of

STATE OF Maryland
COUNTY Montgomery
Be it known, That on this 15th day of
May A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Jeffrey Easton a resident of      said County, and
made oath according to law that he is the son of Giles Easton who died
on the 14th day of April in the year Eighteen
hundred and Forty two
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of
Thirty Dollars per annum; that has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he 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
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me.
Jefferson Griffith J. Peace.
Jeffrey Easton

I, Jefferson Griffith Justice of the Peace,
in and for said County do hereby certify that
Jeffrey Easton the individual who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly
interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Jefferson Griffith J. Peace

I, James G. Hening Clerk of the Circuit Court in the County
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jefferson Griffith before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal this seventeenth day of
[illegible] A. D. 1852
James G Hening Clerk
C C Montgomery County

[Signature top left margin] S. A Peugh
[Handwritten notation top right margin] Giles Easton
Claim act '32 Md
[Handwritten notation left margin - mostly illegible] [?] 1832 [?]  Md or [?]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Jeffrey Easton
hereby constitute and appoint William Peugh
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of my father Giles Easton
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to

to appoint one 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.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 5th day May
A. D., 1852.
Jeffrey Easton
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Martha Anne Easton
William Elen Easton

STATE OF Maryland
COUNTY OF Montgomery
On this 15th day of May A. D. 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Jeffery Easton [esq?] and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand
the day and year aforesaid.
Jefferson Griffith J. Peace
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Giles Easton's application
for a pension for nine
months service during
Revolutionary War
Admitted Uriah Forest
Rockville Montgomery
County Maryland
$30 per annum
U. Forrest
Present
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State of Maryland
Montgomery County Scilecit

On this twenty fifth day of March Eighteen hundred
and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before Montgomery
County Court Giles Easton a resident of Montgomery County in
the State of Maryland in the seventy second year of his age,
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 seventh eighteen hundred
and thirty two, that he was born in Prince Georges County
in the State of Maryland on the thirtieth day of September
seventeen hundred and sixty two, that his age was recorded
in the Family Bible which is in the possession of some other
member of his Father's family but he does not which member of
the Family has it, that his age was recorded in the Parish
Register in the Parish where he was born, that he removed
to Montgomery County when very young that he has resided
in Montgomery County since the Revolution War

That he entered the service of the United in the month of
March seventeen hundred and seventy eight that at the time of
his entering the service he resided in Montgomery County
that he was a volunteer soldier in the company commanded
by Captain John Nicholls, that he was stationed at George Town
then in Montgomery County in the State of Maryland, that while
there the company was ordered to march to Annapolis, they commenced
the March and proceeded as far as Bladensburg when the order
was countermanded and ordered to proceed to Fredericktown in
the State of Maryland to guard the prisoners then kept in the old
Barracks at French Town in the State of Maryland, That he
was a volunteer private soldier, that he volunteered to serve
nine months and that he served the full term of nine months
and was then discharged, that he received a written discharge
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the family is in the possession of some
member of his Father's family but he does not which member of
the Family has it, that his age was recorded in the Parish
Register in the Parish where he was born, That he removed
to Montgomery County when very young that he has resided
in Montgomery County since the Revolutionary
War 
That he entered the service of the United in the month of
March seventeen hundred and seventy eight that at the time of
his entering the service he resided in Montgomery County
that he was a volunteer soldier in the company commanded
by Captain John Nicholls, that he was stationed at George Town
then in Montgomery County in the State of Maryland, that while
there the company was ordered to march to Annapolis they commenced
the March and proceeded as far as Bladensburg when the order
was countermanded and ordered to proceed to Fredericktown in
the State of Maryland to guard the prisoners then kept in the old
Barracks at Frederick Town in the State of Maryland, That he
was a volunteer private soldier, that he volunteered to serve
nine months and that he served the full term of nine months
and was then discharged, that he received a written discharge
from his captain but has since lost it.  That the regiment
to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel Bailey. That
he does not recollect at this distance of time the names of
any of the officer except those mentioned by him above. He further
states that James Day and Thomas Stillings
were private soldiers
in the same company with him, and whose depositions will be
found accompanying this declaration, that he has no
documentary evidence to support his claim for a pension
and knows of no other person now living except the said James
Day and Thomas Stillings, who can testify to his services-
He further states that James Day and Absalom Thrift are well
acquainted with him and have been for many years and
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can testify to his character for veracity; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier in the Revolution
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
Saml. Stonestreet
Giles Easton

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
By order of Court
Brice Selby
Montgomery County Court
March 25, 1833

We James Day a Clergyman, residing in Montgomery
County in the State of Maryland and Absalom Thrift
residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Giles Easton, who has sworn to and subscribed
the above declaration; that we believe him to be in the
seventy first year of his age that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Day
Absalom Thrift

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 James Day who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resident in Montgomery County and that
Absalom Thrift who has also signed the same is a resident
in said County and State and is a credible person, and that
their statement is entitled to credit

I Brice Kelly Clerk of Montgomery County Court do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Giles EAston for a pension
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By order of Court
Brice Selby [illegible]
Montgomery County Court
March 25 1833

We James Day a clergyman residing in Montgomery
County in the State of Maryland and Absalom Thrift
residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Giles Easton, who has sworn to and subscribed
the above declaration; that we believe him to be in the
seventy first year of his age that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides, to have
been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Day
Absalom Thrift

And the said court do heeby 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 James Day who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Montgomery County and that 
Absalom Thrift who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county and state and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Brice Selby Clerk of Montgomery County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Giles Easton for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have herein
it my hand and affixed the Seal of Montgomery
County Court, this twenty fifth day of March
Eighteen hundred and thirty three
Brice Selby
of Montgy [Montgomery] County Court
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On this 25th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court James Day in the seventy first year of his age and makes oath on the Holy Evangelists of Allmighty God that he was a private in the Company Commanded by John Nicholls, that he was well acquainted with Giles Easton and that he knows that the said Giles Easton served in said Company as he has stated in preceding declaration,
Sworn to in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
Brice Selby Clerk
Montgomery County Court
And the said Court certifies that James Day 
who has made the above affidavit is a credible person
and that his statement is entitled to
credit
I Brice Selby Clerk of Montgomery County Court
certify that the above affidavit is the original affidavit 
made by James Day in the matter of Giles Easton for
a pension. In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of office this twenty
fifth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty three
Price Selby
Clerk of of Montgomery County Court
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/HMM

October 11, 1929.

Mrs. Bertha H. Talbott
Rockville, Box 7
Maryland.
Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 10633, it appears that Giles Easton was born September 30, 1762, in Prince Georges County, Maryland.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, to which
place he stated he had moved when very young, he enlisted in March
1778 and served nine months as a private in Captain John Nicholls'
Company in Colonel Bailey's Maryland Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 25,
1833, at which time he was a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland.
He died April 14, 1842.
He had seven children but the only names given are Jeffrey, a
resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1852, and Benjamin.
The name of the wife of Giles Easton and the date of marriage
are not given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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James Day
Pensioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/eel

September 30, 1929

Mrs. William Harvey England
5707 McPherson Avenue
Saint Louis, Missouri

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.10633, it appears that Giles Easton
was born September 30, 1762, in Prince Georges County,
Maryland.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, to
which place he stated that he had moved when very young,
he enlisted in March, 1778, and served nine months as a
private in Captain John Nicholls' Company in Colonel
Bailey's Maryland Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 25, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
He died April 14, 1842.
He had seven children but the only names given are
Jeffrey, a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, in
1852 and Benjamin.
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The name of the wife of Giles Easton and the date of
marriage are not given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[Logo] 
USD 1812 [in a star over an anchor]
State of Missouri
St. Louis Chapter

[heading]
National Society 
United States Daughters of 1812
President National, Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope, Narberth, Penn.
----
Mrs. William Harvey England, Chapter Regent
5707 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, Mo.

Sept. 24 - 1929 [postmark stamp SEP 26 1929]
Revo [handwritten]

Pension Dept
Washington D.C.
Commissioners of Pensions

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the date of death and any other data you can give me of Giles Easton Rev. Soldier Maryland Line Montgomery Co 
He was granted a pension by the Act of Congress in 1832
Will you let me hear from you at your earliest convenience
We are holding important papers for this data.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply
Sincerely Yours
Elizabeth A England
(Mrs W.H)
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[Logo]
USD 1812 [in star over an anchor]
State of Missouri
St. Louis Chapter

[Heading]
National Society
United States Daughters of 1812
President National, Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope, Narberth, Penn.
-----
Mrs. William Harvey England, Chapter Regent
5707 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, Mo.

(Rev. Soldier)
Giles Easton Montgomery Co
Maryland
would like to have date of marriage and death also his wife Co. he served in as Private:
History of Western Maryland
Vol 1 - Page 680
Giles Easton Rev Soldier
$30 per annum Maryland Line
[postmark stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S.
SEP 26 1929
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Rockville, Md.
August 7  1929.

Dear Sir:
Please send me the record of Giles Easton (Mntg. Co.) said to have been of the Maryland Line, and pensioned under the Act of Congress of 1832.
I specially want dates of birth and death. An early reply will be greatly appreciated.

Very sincerely yours
Mrs. Bertha H. Talbott
Box 7
Rockville, Maryland
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1929, Sep. 30. hist. to Mrs. Wm. Harvey England. M.C.D.
1929, Oct 11 hist. to Mrs. Bertha H. Talbott. M.C.D.

Rev War
10633
INVALID

File. no. 10,683
Giles Easton
Priv. Rev. war

Act: June 9th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 29, 1853
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
Benjamin Easton, one of the seven children of Giles Easton, dec. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Dist. Col. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1841 to 15th April 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
J.M. Brodhead
Comptroller.
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United States of America.
Department of State.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

I CERTIFY, that William Waters whose name is subscribed to the paper hereunto annexed, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and confidence are due to his acts as such.

In Testimony whereof, I Edw Livingston Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribe my name, and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1833, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty seventh
[signed] Edw Livingston

[seal affixed, but blank]
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I, Thomas Stillings, of Washington City in the District of Columbia hereby certify that I was acquainted with Giles Easton now of Montgomery County State of Maryland; who served in the same company and regiment with me in the Revolutionary Army; according to my present recollection it was under the command of Captain Nicholls in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Bailey that our adjutant was Peter Mimm - a Dutchman with one eye  that said Giles Easton served faithfully and honorably during the period of nine months and was honorably discharged - and that said Giles Easton was a common soldier in said Revolutionary Army-
[signed] Thomas [his mark] Stillings
Witness
William Waters

District of Columbia
County of Washington } to wit
On this twenty eighth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty, personally appeared before this subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Stillings, about seventy eight years of age and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that the facts stated in the above certificate which signed by said Thomas Stillings are true, and I do certify that the said Thomas Stillings is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit
 William Waters Justice of the Peace