Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4367, Aaron Vinsent, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE    NUMBER
Vinsent, Aaron or Vincent or Vinson
W 4367
Rebecca
CONTENTS
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7770
Maryland
Rebecca Vinson, alias Rebecca Vincent widow of Aaron Vincent who was a Private Md in the Revolution husband died 18th August '40

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day  of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of June, 1846 and sent to T. L. & A. Tho. [Thomas] Smith Esqr [Esquire]
Present

[Acts of March 3, 1843.] & 17th June '44

Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 256

[illegible]
let R. Burton March 11/57

3d [illegible]  March 28/57

Let J.W. Rorgson April 1/57
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paper to Pater March 28/57

25.950
Maryland
Aaron Vinsent of Dorchester, to in the State of Md who was a Pri [private] in the Company commanded by Captain Lyons of the   commanded by   in the Maryland [line for crossed out] Militia - 8 Mo 23 ds Pr $29.20

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland - at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Jan and Sent to    1832 Jon McCutchen, Washington, C. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 73. 00
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mch [March]  '34. 14. 60
$87.60

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 121

Duplicate No
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I certify that on the 30th day of Augst. [August] 1792. I
solemnized the Rites of Marriage between
Aaron Vinson & Rebecca Smith Licensed. 
Jas. Kemp
May 20th 1846. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the Records of Great [illegible] 
Park Parish.
Cambridge, Md.}
J. A. McKenney
Rector of G. C. Parish
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State of Maryland}
Dorchester County} ss
On this 22d day of April personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County now sitting Aaron Vinsent a resident of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland aged about Seventy two 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 7, 1832 
That he entered the service of the State of Maryland under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: that as near as he can remember he entered the service of the State of Maryland on or about the 10th March 1781 -- and served under
Capt. David Lynn & Lieut. Cross; he thinks in the 4th Maryland Regiment; the term for which he entered the service was nine months which time would have expired on the 10th. of Decr. [December] 1781. he was discharged on the 3d of Decr. [December] 1781- seven days before his time was out he remembers Genl. Washington & Genl. Smallwood. he was at the siege of York and was present when Lord Cornwallis surrendered himself and forces up to Genl. Washington, that he was subsequently discharged at Annapolis Md. on the 3d. day of Decr. [December] 1781 - 
That he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service. That [illegible] W Eccleston & Saml. [Samuel] LeCompte Esqs. will
testify as to my character for veracity &c
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or if any only that of the agency of the state of Maryland
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Interrogatories propounded the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born
Answer - In Dorchester County State of Maryland on 22 Apl [April] 1761 -
2d Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it 
Answer I have none it has been destroyed but remember to have seen it in my fathers Bible
3d Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary, and where do you now live-
Answer I have lived in Dorchester County State of Maryland all my life past only excepting the time I was in the army
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom --
Answer I volenteered- [volunteered] 
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstance of your service
Answer I Knew Genl. Washington Genl. Smallwood Col Woolford and many others who I have since forgotten My service was principally connected with the Siege of York
6th  Did you ever recieve [receive]a discharge from the service and if so what has become of it, and by whom was it un
Answer: I did -- but have many years since mislayed [mislaid] and lost it & I do not remember by whom it was signed
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7th State the names persons to whom you are Known in your present neighbourhood [neighborhood] who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behaviour, [behavior] your services as a soldier
Answer William W Eccleston and Saml. [Samuel] LeCompte Esq can testify as to my character & as for my Services I know of no one who can testify in my behalf most of my fellow soldiers having departed this life I have with forward a certificate from the land office of this state. 

Sworn to and subscribed this 22 day of April 1833
his
Aaron X Vinson
mark
Test. J. C. Henry.

I Stephens Woolford.  Clergyman residing in Chester County State of Maryland and William W Eccleston gentleman residing in the same, do certify that from our knowledge of Aaron Vincent the applicant in the foregoing declaration we believe his statement to be entitled to full credit. And that he actually served in the Revolutionary  War as stated in his declaration we are well convinced Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Stevens W Woolford
Wm W. Eccleston
Test
J. C. Henry

We the Orphans Court of Dorchester County, do certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings in the case of Aaron Vinsent an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. and that the Revd. Stevens W Woolford is a clergyman as stated and that Wm W Eccleston and himself are entitled to full credit, and that we concur in their opinion
Jno. C.  Henry
James Thompson
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I William Washington Eccleston
Clerk of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had (in said Court now sitting) in the case of Aaron Vincent a Revolutionary soldier and that the written signatures hereunto attached are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 22d April 1833 W W Eccleston Regr [Registrar] W D C 

A Vinsent Md

John McCutcheon 
Washington City
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29.400
Aaron Vinsent
Maryland
Adm 8. Month & 23 days
John McCutcher
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
30th Jany [January] 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Aaron Vinsent
 Period when the services was rendered. 1781. 
Duration of the claimant's service.  8. months 23 days
Rank of the claimant. priv [private]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Lynn
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 72 years Maryland
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extent, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contract, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made  before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides,  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss.
      County of                        } ss.
On this         day of             personally appeared (a) before

A.B. a resident of (b) of             in the county of
            and State, Territory or District of           
aged (c)             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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          , with           and
served in the           (e) regiment of the               
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more that one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  (picture of pointing hand) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He here by relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                 A.B.

[And then fill follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                 of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                             
                   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
      day of                 &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                        
                     and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
                                           , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be             
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                        and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                       Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      fora pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of             &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substittute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  (To a Soldier.)  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
  (To an Officer.)  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solider of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with hin, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary solider and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.  

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.   And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the delcaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, atten the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge of Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a)  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason bo bodily informity: in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e)  Every continental officer or solider must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his delcaration by maing an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sorn, 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 recolection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grade: - 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."

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 pharse about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 everycase, be clearly shown 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h)  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguised from any other seal, of if he 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.

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 papers 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 impropertly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j)  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 claimant's 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.
__  The notes from (e) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rules in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l)  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Maryland}
County of Dorcester [Dorchester]} To Wit
On this twentieth day of May Eighteen Hundred and forty Six personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the orphants [orphans] Court of the aforesaid County and State, a courts of record Rebecca Vinson a resident of the County of Dorchester and State of Maryland Aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows of Soldiers that served in the revolutionary War, and that the aforesaid Rebecca Vinson is the lawfull [lawful] widow of Aaron Vinson who was a private in the Militia raised in said County to serve in the contiental [continental] army which will be more fully set forth by refering [referring] to the pension papers of the aforesaid Aaron Vinson on file in the pension office he drew annually about $29.20 and this deponet [deponent] Rebecca Vinson doth further state that her maiden name was Rebecca Smith before she was married to her deceased husband Aaron Vinson [for whose service I am making application for a pension] in the month of August and year Seventeen Hundred and Ninty [Ninety] Two And at a place called Great chop tank Parish by the Revd [Reverend] James Kemp who at the time a Clergyman in the Prodestant [Protestant] Church the aforesaid Rebecca Vinson doth further state that she had lawfull [lawful]
(over)
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Children to her deceased husband Aaron Vinson who departed this life on the month of August and year Eighteen Hundred and Forty and that she still remains a widow and this deponant [deponent] further states that she was not married to him
Prior to his leaving the service in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and ninty [ninety] four viz at the time above stated
her
Reba X Vinson
mark

Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid before me one of the Judges of the Orphans Court of Dorchester County and State of Maryland}
Arthur Bell

Maryland sct
I Thomas H Hicks Register of Wills in and for Dorchester County, do certify to all manner of persons whom it doth or may concern that Arthur Bell before whom the aforegoing [foregoing] affidavit was sworn and whose name is thereto annexed was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the orphans Court for Dorchester County in the State of Maryland and still is and the signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and seal of my said office affixed this 21 day May 1846
The A Hicks Regr [Register] W D C
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10040
Maryland
Rebecca Vinson alias Rebecca Vincent Widow of Aaron Vincent who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 18th August, 1840 of Dorchester in the State of Md. who was a Co in the compy [company] commanded by Captain Lyon of the
Reg commanded by     in the Maryland line for 8th & 23 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 18th Augt [August] 1840 the day on which he died

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of June, 1846 and sent to T. L. & A. T Smith Esqs Present

Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho. Lumpkin Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 259

Reported
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State of Maryland, Dorchester County
I hereby certify that it appears from the Record's of Marriage Licenses granted by the Clerk of the Court of said County, that a License for the Marriage of Aaron Vinson & Rebecca Smith, was granted on the 28th day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two.-
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Dorchester County Court this 20th day of May 1846
W Jackson Clk. [clerk] 
of Dorchester County Court
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's office
March 31st 1837
Sir
Your letter of the 28th inst. has been received & in reply I have to inform
you that the pension of Rebecca Vinson, Maryland roll, under act of July 7. 1838. 3 March 1843 & June 17, 1844, at $29 20/100 per annum, appears to have been paid to March 4, 1846. The last payment, to that date, was made to Walter L. Price, her duly constituted attorney.
I return the papers enclosed in your letter
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt  [obedient servant]
[illegible signature] 
Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr. [Esquire]
Commissioner of Pensions
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12801
Rebecca Vinson, Md"
July 7, 1838
T. L. & A. Tho. [Thomas] Smith
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Washington D C
27 May 1846
Sir
We have the honor to present the application of Mrs Rebecca Vinson widow of
Aaron Vinson, a revolutionary soldier of the Maryland line, who was a pensioner & whose papers are on file in the Pension office, The present application is under the act of 1838 & the proofs and believed to be complete
Be pleased to give the case an early examination
We are respectfully
yr obt [obedient illegible]
J & A Tho [Thomas] Smith
L. Edwards Esq.
Commr [commissioner] of Pensions
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[postage stamp]
Rebecca Vinson
Aaron Vinson or Vincent 
March 10 1843
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Jerusalem Mills
Harford Co Md Feb 23rd /57
Commisioner of Pensions
Will please inform me if an application has been made to your Department for an Increase of Pension for the benefit of the heirs of Aaron Vinson If so has it been granted
Please also inform me what position Aaron Vinson occupied in the Maryland Line during the Revolutionary war
By complying at your earliest convenience you will oblige
Yours Respectfully 
Robt Burton
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Land Office Annapolis Feby 28th 1833,
I hereby certify, that it appears by a pay roll remaining in this office, endorsed, "An Alphabetional [Alphabetical] list of Discharged soldiers of the two battalions of Militia raised to serve 9 months, or until the 10th of December 1781;" That the name of
Aaron Vinsent appears upon said list to have received [British pound] 12.[illegible] and to have been discharged on the 3rd of December 1781
George G. Brewer
Regr [registrar] Ld. off. W. S. Md.
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Land Office
Annapolis, 2nd May 1846.
I hereby Certify, That it appears by "An Alphabetical List of discharged Soldiers of the two Battalions of Militia raised to serve in the Continental Army in the year 1781," remaining in this office. That the name of Aaron Vincent, appears upon said list or record, to have received [pound sign]12. n --and to have been discharged on the 3rd day of December, 1781.
George G. Brewer,
Regt Land off. Md.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4367
Rebecca Vinson alias Rebeca. Vincent Wid. Aaron Vincent Pvt.  Rev: War

Act: Mch [March], 3d/43, June 17th/44

Index: -- Vol. M, Page 300
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pension Office,
March 11. 1851.
Sir, 
In reply to your inquiry you are informed that it does not appear that an application has been made for an increase of the Pension awarded to Aaron Vinson alias Vincent, late of Dorchester County, Md.  -- nor was he entitled to a larger amount than he received. He claimed to have served 9 months in the militia of Maryland, under Capt. David Linn from on or about the 10th of March, 1781. But the Rolls at Annapolis showed a service of 8 months and 23 days only, which entitled him to a pension of $29.20. That amount he received to the day of his death, and it was also awarded in the case of his widow, Rebecca Vinson, and paid to the day of her death, viz, to the 18th of Augt [August] 1840. There is, therefore, nothing due in either case, and children have no claim to pension in their own right. 
Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner
Please answer J W Ringore Baltimore City Md.
Robert Burton, Esq.}
Jerusalem Mills,}
Harford Co., Md. }
She died in 1846 & Heirs Sais She never was on Pension List Please explain the Word seconded to her
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Aaron Vincent Md Act '32 last paid? 29 May '46 G. W. C. 
Died 18th Augt [August] 1840 paid to that period JH
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State of Maryland  )
Dorchester County )  To Wit
on this 22th day of May Eighteen Hundred and forty six Personally appeared John G. Abbott aged fifty three years a resident of Dorchester County wheare (where) he was bred and born he is a gentleman well known to me and sustains a strict moral carecter (character), and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almity (Almighty) God that he was Personally acquainted with Aron Vinson and Rebecca Vinson his lawful wife for upwards of forty years and knew them to live together as man and wife and they weare (were) refuted and recognized by the People in the neighbourhood to be man and wife  and Aron Vinson was believed to be a revolutionary soldier and a Pensioner Rebecca Vinson is the lawful widow of the aforesaid Aron Vinson who drew a Pension for his revolutionary services.

Sworn to and subscribed to  )
before me the subscriber a   )
Justice of the Peace in and    )
for the county and state       )
Aforesaid                              )

Robet Bele JP (signed)

John G. Abbott (signed)
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Maryland Dorchester County, Towit. I hereby Certify that Robert Bell Gentleman before whom the within probate was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of taking and publishing the laws, and still is one of the Justices
of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office this 22d day of May Anno Domini 1840
Wm. Jackson Clk [Clerk]
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State of Maryland }
Dorchester County } To Wit
on this twenty second day of May Eighteen Hundred and forty six personally  appeared Zekiel Frazier aged seventy one years a resident of Dorchester County where he was bred and born he is a Gentleman well known to me and sustaines [sustains] a strict moral carecter [character] and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almity [Almighty] God that he was personally acquinted, [acquainted] with Aron Vinson and Rebecca Vinson his lawful wife for upwards of forty or fifty years and knew them to live together as man and wife And they weare [were] reputed and recognized by the people in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] to be man and wife and Aron Vinson was believed to be a revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner. Rebecca Vinson is the lawfull [lawful] widow of the aforesaid Aron Vinson who drew a Pension for his revolutionary Services
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State afore said Robert Bell, J. P.
his
Zekiel X Frazier
mark
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State of Maryland, Dorchester County Ss.
I hereby certify that Robert Bell Esq., before whom the within affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the time of so doing, one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace, in and for Dorchester County, duly commissioned  and Sworn.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Dorchester
County Court this 22d. day of May 1846. 
Wm Jackson Clk.
Dorchester County Court.
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2.80 [illegible] '43 8 C 5.4 aid 44.550

Rebecca Vinson Md Act 7 July 38 M 92.d.40. 

admd
8 mo. 23 days
29.20 from 18 Aug 1840 -- also Acts 43 & 44 29.20

T. D. & A. Thos [Thomas] Smith Present
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State of Maryland}
Dorchester County} To Wit
Be it remembered that on this 21th day of May Eighteen Hundred and forty six before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Dorchester and state aforesaid personally appeared William Soward a resident of said county wheare [where] he was bred and born Aged Eighty six years who being known to me as a gentleman and of the strickest [strictest] integrity who can be relied upon, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almity[Almighty] God that he was personally acquinted [acquainted] with Aron Vinson deceased who served in the revolutionary War, know him to be the Identical
Person who rendered the service as a militia man in the continental Army for at least twelve months, reckolect [recollect] when he went out and came home, we were raised boys together and was intimate from boyhood tell the time of his deth [death] which took
place in the month of August and year Eighteen Hundred and forty
Sworn to and subscribed to before me a Justice of the peace and the day and year Above Written} John Speddy
William Seward his X mark
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State of Maryland, Dorchester County ss.
I hereby certify that John Spedden Esqr. [esquire] before whom the within affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of so doing, one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace, in and for Dorchester County, duly commissioned & Sworn
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Dorchester County Court this 22d day of May 1846
Wm Jackson Clk. [clerk]
Dorchester County Court