Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 29., George Adams, Penn. & Ind. Wars
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.  Adams, George Number R29
& Elizabeth
Ind. Wars
CONTENTS
res of Darke Co. Ohio
d. Oct 31 or Nov 28 1832
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The State of Ohio
Darke County

On this the 7th day of May A.D. 1846
personally appeared before me O. A. Lyman a Notary
Public within and for said County. Jane Dugan
a resident of Van Buren Township in said County and
State aforesaid, and aged seventy five years who
being duly sworn deposes as follows to wit. That she
is a Sister of George Adams deceased, whose widow
is an applicant for a Pension. That said George
Adams entered the Continental a Revolutionary
army at the age of fifteen, but the
number of years he serviced in the
Army she does not definitely recollect.
That said George Served under Captain Finley.
The commanding officer was General Broadhand
who was succeded by General Irving.
The said George Adams service in the Army
some time, but cannot state exactly how
long - That said Elizabeth Adams the present
applicant for a pension was the wife of the
said George above mentioned -
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 7th day
Jane Dugan
mark
May A.D. 1846.
O.A. Syman Notary Public
For Darke County Ohio
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6845.
Elizabeth Adams
widow of George 
O.
act 4 July 1836
Rejected
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The State of Ohio
Darke County
On this the 10th day of April 1836
Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Darke County Ohio Elizabeth Adams a resident of Adams Township in said County of Darke and State aforesaid aged seventy three years the 31st day of March AD 1836 who being first
duly sworn according to law doth do on
her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1835 and also [unreadable] and subsequent act of Congress that she is the widow of George Adams who was this the [unreadable]
of the Continental army or army of the 
Revolution as she has been informed by her  said husband and others as she believes. That said George Adams as she believes served some two years or more the said Continental army as a private but the precise dates or names of the offices under whom he served she cannot of her knowledge go or recollection state that said George Adams
Also was a soldier in the service of the [unreadable] States - [unreadable]in the army and fought against the Shawnee Indians about the 1st October AD 1790 and also on the 4th of October 1790 in which battle he recd five wounds. Three in the body and in the thigh and in the arm. He was also a Soldier under Genl St Clair and fought the Battle against the Indians at the place called Ft Recovery and which Battle was known as St. Clairs defeat - said George Adams Recd a Pension up to his death for his services and on account of wounds recd While in said wars & battles- she further declares
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that she was married to the
said George Adams 26th of Jany 1792 that her
husband the aforesaid George Adams died on the 31st day of October AD 1832
That she has remained a widow ever since
that period [unreadable] successfully appear by afore to the proof hereto accessed
Sworn to and seals [unreadable] on the day and year above written
Elizabeth Adams X her mark
attest
John Beers clerk
The State of Ohio
Darke County  I John Beers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Darke County State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings had
by the said Elizabeth Adams and her statement as made & subscribed in open court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this the 13th day of
April AD1836

6845
Elizabeth Adams
Widow of George
Act 4 July 1836
Rejected
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1929, July 22. Hist.
Cemeterial Branch [illegible]
1935 April 2- [illegible] to Mrs.
W. H. Snider [illegible]
.
I
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___ Ex'r.    INVALID
REJECTED
Elizabeth Adams
P.O. widow George Adams who was in Revy War
Service: Indian or West
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On the list of pensioners printed in 1835.
under the statement of Invalid pensioners residing
in Darke County, Ohio, appears as follows:

GEORGE ADAMS: Private, annual allowance $60, commencing
Jan. 29, 1812, under the Act of July 5, 1812;
increased to $96, from Apr. 24, 1816, under Act of Apr. 24, 1816;
died Nov. 28, 1832.
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There are no papers on file in the Pension Bureau for the above noted pensioner, and no statement as to services, either dates or wars.
A. W. Jan. 6, 1919, (everything searched.)
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel- R.29
July 22, 1929

Cemeterial Branch
Office of the Adjutant General
War Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:

I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that George Adams was pensioned for wounds received while in the service, War of the Revolution.
In 1816, he was residing in Darke County, Ohio.
He died October 31, 1832 or November 28, 1832.
The soldier married January 26, 1792, Elizabeth, who was born March 31, 1773, her maiden name is not given.
The widow, Elizabeth, applied for pension April 13, 1846, while residing in Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband, George Adams, served two years as a private in the War of the Revolution, no dates of service nor names of officers given; that he served against the Shawnee Indians, and October 4, 1790, was wounded five times when in a battle; was also a soldier under General St. Clair and was in the battle at Port Recovery, known as St. Clair's Defeat.
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The soldier's sister, Jane Dugan, also testified in 1846, that her brother, George Adams, entered the service when he was fifteen years old and served in the Revolutionary
War under Captain Finley and Generals Brodhead and Irvine, no dates of service given.
The widow's claim was not allowed as the date of her marriage was subsequent to the termination of his service in the War of the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[nothing to transcribe]
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Hon. S. R. Curtis
Feby. 16, 1859.
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[unreadable] Office,
February 16 1859,
[unreadable]
In answer to the enclosed letter of John Spray, 
Esqr. I have the honor to state, that George Adams [unreadable] a revolutionary [unreadable] pensioner [unreadable] decease. If any part of his pension was undrawn at his death his widow has [unreadable] since received the his heirs are entitled to the amount of arrears due, provided
his widow has not received the same. The Third Auditor of the Treasury can determine whether arrears are due.
There is not anything due
the heirs of Geo: Adams and of Elizabeth
his widow under existing pension law only
it be the small amount of arrears which
may have been due Geo. Adams at his decease
Hon:
S. R. Curtis
[unreadable]
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Greenville O
[illegible] D. 17th

Geo Adams, was
an Invalid
[illegible] Ohio
[illegible]

H.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Paid 20

[illegible] 1836

6,846
Oct 26, 1846
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Greenville Docke county Ohio
October 17th 1876

Dear Sir enclosed i send you the application
of Elizabeth Adams widow of George Adams
deceased late as Pensioner of the [?] States; for
a Pension on account of her husbands services-
the proceedings were here in court last spring
but I detained them [ ? } to get the testimony
of a person who I have [?} as I often do and I
have concluded to send the application on to the
Department and make some enquires
the answer to which may dispense with much
that otherwise might be [?] - you will find
the name of George [illegible] Adams on the Pension
Roll as a Pensioner of Docke county Ohio--
Is the name of George Adams on the roll from 
the Pennsylvania list of the continental army in your office? Q? Do widows draw Pensions
where their husbands service or were wounded
in any of the wars [?]  [?} or the Revolutionary
war say -[?] or [?] campaigns
Please [?] and answer as soon as 
practicable with your duties
Respectfully/
William Bell

J.L. Edwards Eq
Commmm. of Pensions
Washington city DC
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Pension Office
[illegible] 4 1846
The application of Elizabeth Adams widow
of George Adams for a pension under the act
of 4 July 1836 has been examined and her claim rejected.
This act provides for these widows only
where marriage [illegible] place before the [illegible] of their husbands revolutionary service It appears from Mrs Adams statement that she was not married until 1792
Service in the Indian War in 1790 affords no ground for a pension. And none served
by Geo Adams in the revolutionary has been set forth by claimant:
If Mrs Adams can produce satisfactory evidence that her husband served as much
as 6mos service during the revolutionary, and he can establish the the date of her marriage prior to January 1794 by such proof as the enclosed printed sheets point out, she may possibly obtain a stipend
under the act of 7 July 1838

The testimony of Witness should be taken
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before a Judge or Justice of the Peace
Notary Publics one out Judicial officers
afpaunts [illegible] made before them are not admissible
-
Hiram Bell Esq
Greenville
Darke Co
Ohio

[note on edge of page]
[illegible]
Nov 4 '46
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[illegible] Nov 25
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Pension Office
Nov 2 1854
Sir
No law has been passed affecting the
case of Elizabeth Adams widow of George
of Ohio since the 4th of Nov 1846 when
you were written to in relation to it
Proof of Marriage before 1794 and the
and of the service of her husband necessary
H Bell Esq
Greenville
Ohio
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Greenville October 27/54
Sir
there is a claim pending under the
Head of suspended claims made
by Elizabeth Adams Widow of George
Adams deceased for Pension on acct
of her husbands services in the
[illegible] St Clair's [illegible]
I [illegible] Revolution. [illegible] 
George Adams
has a pension as a [illegible] soldier
The application was filed for Darke Co O.
over 10 years ago [illegible] that long
I believed by said late laws she is entitled
to draw a Pension
Will you [illegible] to her and [illegible]
as I am attory for the Heirs of aforesaid Elizabeth who has become [illegible]
Respectfully
H. Bell
[illegible] of Pensions
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Request for George Adams who died Nov. 28, 1832 in Darke Co Ohio - wid Elizabeth
All correspondence returned.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
7/17/24 [handwritten, followed by "19" typed]

MEMORANDUM TO:
Bureau of Navigation,
Navy Department,
Washington, D.C.
* * *
Commandant, U.S. Coast
Treasury Building,
Washington, D.C.
*****
The Surgeon General,
Washington, D.C.
* * * *
In order that headstones properly inscribed
may be furnished, it is requested
that the "Service" of the decedents
named on the enclosed applications be
verified and returned as soon as practicable
to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of
the State from which the decedents came
be inscribed on the headstones. It is
requested that this information be given
and that any corrections be made in red
ink on the form
* * * *
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
* * * *
The General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C.
* * *
In order that headstones properly inscribed
may be furnished for the graves
of the decedents named on the enclosed
applications, it is requested that you
furnish this office the correct spelling
of the names and complete designation
of the organizations.
29 /861/
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Bounty Land Wx. 8911 - 100 acres, was
allowed George Adams, on account of his
services as a drummer in 8" Pa. Regiment
War of the Revolution - in 1840 he
appeared before the Court in Warren Co. Ohio.
See said B.L. Claim Wx 8911 in files
There is hardly evidence in
cases to show that these are the same,
though they are very similar
July 22, 1929
AWF
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Iowa
Daughters of the American Revolution
Vice-President General, N. S. D. A. R.
MRS. B. C. HIGGINS
Spencer, Iowa
Regent
MRS. CLYDE E. BRENTON
3440 Grand Ave.
Des Moines
Vice-Regent
MRS. SETH THOMAS
1200 Tenth Avenue North
Fort Dodge
Recording Secretary
MRS. W. H. SNIDER
1711 Grand Avenue
Davenport
Corresponding Secretary
MRS. HARRY E. NAREY
Spirit Lake
Treasurer
MRS. IMOGEN B. EMERY
731 Higley Building
Cedar Rapids

[stamped "Received Jan 26 1935, Reader 12 VETS. ADM."]

Recording Secretary
MRS. W. H. SNIDER
1711 Grand Avenue
Davenport

Registrar
MRS. W. I. FREDRICKSON
Charles City
Historian
MRS. EUGENE SCHIPFER
Sigourney
Librarian
MRS. E. P. CHASE
Atlantic
Auditor
MRS. O. S. VON KROG
Eldora
Chaplain
MRS. M. M. Burns
Sanborn

Jan 24, 1934
Pension Bureau
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sirs
In McBride's Pioneer Biography Vol 1. P173
I find record of George Adams native of Pa. who received deed of land near Hamilton O. in consideration of services in Revolution. He drew a pension for several years before his death about 1839.
Will you kindly give me his record and do you know if he had a daughter Mary
who m David Reeder & went from Pa to Ohio 1790
"George Adams Seems also to have
been in wars with Indians about 1790 ...
Geo Adams went down the Ohio with express for General Harmar at at Washington --- he joined the Kentucky mounted men & was wounded at time Major Fontaine was killed."
Very truly
(Mrs W H.) M. H. Snider
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April 2, 1935
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George Adams-R.29
George Adams-Wt.8911 - 100

Mrs. W. H. Snider
1711 Grand Avenue
Davenport, Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to George Adams, native
of Pennsylvania, who received deed of land near Hamilton
, Ohio in consideration for services rendered in
the Revolution, that he also served in the Indian
Wars about 1790, and that he drew a pension for several
years before his death, which occurred in 1839.
The Revolutionary War records of this office
show that George Adams was pensioned for wounds
received while in the service, War of the Revolution.
He was residing in 1816 in Darke County, Ohio. He
died October 31, 1832 or November 28, 1832.
This soldier, George Adams, married January 26,
1792, Elizabeth, her maiden name is not given.
The widow, Elizabeth Adams, applied for pension,
April 13, 1846, while residing in Adams Township, Darke
County, Ohio. She stated that her husband, George Adams,
served two years as a private in the War of the Revolution
, no dates of service nor names of officers stated
by her; she also stated that he served against the
Shawnee Indians, was in a battle, October 4, 1790, where
wounded five times, was also under General St. Clair
and was in the battle known as St. Clairs Defeat".
Jane Dugan aged seventy-five years in 1846 and then
residing in Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio, tes-
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tified that her brother, George Adams, entered the
service when he was about fifteen years of age and
served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Finley
and Generals Brodhead and Irvine; she gave no dates
of his service.
The widow's claim for pension was not allowed,
as the date of her marriage to George Adams was subsequent
to the termination of his service in the War
of the Revolution. The law under which she applied,
required that the marriage should take place before
the termination of his service.
There is no reference to children.
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The records of this office show that George Adams
served as drummer in the 8th Pennsylvania regiment, War
of the Revolution, and that he was allowed 100 acres
of bounty land on Warrant No. 8911, issued November 5,
1789.
This soldier, George Adams, was in Warren County,
Ohio in 1810.
This office is unable to determine whether the
George Adams, who was pensioned on account of wounds
received in the War of the Revolution, and the George
Adams, who received the bounty land, were the same
person.
As a possible means of securing information in
regard to the location of the above noted land, you
should address The Commissioner of the General Land
Office, Washington, D. C., citing the following:
Warrant No. 8911-100 acres- Issued November 5, 1789.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator