Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11115, Edward Ward, Md.
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( 8 -- 1776 )
SERVICE      NUMBER
Ward, Edward    R. 11115
or
Wards, Lucy
CONTENTS
deceased
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Ohio, Pittsburgh, 25.757
Edward Wards
of [illegible, torn] Co in the State of Ohio who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain Daval of the Regt. commanded by Col. Johnsen in the Maryland line for [illegible] 5 Mo, [illegible] $20.00
48,774
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Jany [January] and sent to 1834 Hon [illegible] Ewing, Sonate U. S. 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 50.00
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mch [March] '34 10.00
$60.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by I. T. Sprague Clerk, Book C, Vol. 8  Page 133

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th Sept. 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt [Agent] Notified 16 Decm [December]1840
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28.837.
Edward Wards
Declaration
Adm 6. Months
$20
Hon Thos [Thomas] Ewing
Senate U.S.
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The State of Ohio} ss Court of Common Pleas
Perry County} November Term A.D. 1833
On this 14 day of November A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of said Court now sitting Edward Ward a resident of said Perry County aged Seventy Six 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 the 7th day of June AD 1832. That he volunteered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he volunteered as a private in the company commanded by Captain William Duval in the Regiment or battalion of Colonel (or Major) Baker Johnson (applicant does not recollect whether said Baker Johnson had the rank of Colonel at the time he volunteered, or that of major, but thinks he was a Colonel)
at Fredericktown in the State of Maryland, in the winter of the year 1776. This applicant at the time he so volunteered was a resident of Frederick County in said State of Maryland and that he volunteered to serve for the term of six months, that he immediately after he so volunteered joined the said company at Frederickton and was marched directly into New Jersey to the head quarters of General Lord Sterling, which were about a day's march from Brunswick, where the British forces were stationed. Passed on the march, through Trenton Saw the then recent field of battle, the horses killed in the battle were lying on that field. Declarant marched with about five hundred troops to near Brunswick and was in a direct engagement between the American and British forces. He then returned
with the American troops to said head quarters and remained there in garrison until the latter part of June(1777) when & where he was verbally discharged by his officer, that he served out his full term of six months for which he had engaged, and then returned home to Frederick County in Maryland - That the next year thereafter (1778) he removed with his relation to near Cumberland in Maryland, and that he continued to reside there until 1811 when he removed to his present place of residence in Perry County and State of Ohio, and has continued to live in the latter place ever since 1811 - & still resides there-- Declarant states that he never had a record of his age but that he has often been
told by his father & mother that he was born in Charles  County in the State of Maryland (in the year 1757) and that he was removed with his father's family in his infancy to Frederick County
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and he believes this statement to be true. This declarant well remembers frequently seeing General Lord Stirling at his head quarters in New Jersey in the winter of 1776 & 1777 & the spring of 1777- and was at his quarters, once or twice in that time. He also remembers having seen the Virginia Militia on their march into New Jersey in the Winter of 1776 & 1777) This declarant further states that during the
said tour of Service by him performed, he was engaged in no civil pursuit- This declarant further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said service. 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 -- Reference may be had as to applicants character to Elijah Scofield & Jeremiah Ward of the County of Perry in Ohio.
Edward Ward
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.-- } John Beckwith Clk C.C.P.P.
We Eijah [Elijah] Scofield a clergyman residing in Hopewell Township in said Perry County in Ohio and to Jeremiah Ward residing in the same Township in the same county and a near neighbor to the said Edward Word do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Word who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed in said Court the day & year aforesaid } John Beckwith Clk C. C. P. P. C.
Elijah Scofield
Jeremiah Ward
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 Elijah Schofield who has Signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said Perry County Ohio and that Jeremiah Ward who has also signed the same is a resident in Hopewell Township in said County and a neighbor of said applicant and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and the said court do further certify that the following interrogatories were put to the said applicant and that said
applicant on his oath made the corresponding answers to each interrogatory. viz 1. Interratory [interrogatory]-- Where & in what year were you born?
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Answer. In Charles County in the State of Maryland in the year A.D. 1757
2d Interrogatory. Have you any record of your age, & if so, where is it?
Answer - I have never had a record of my age, I derive my knowledge of my age from the declarations of my father & Mother, deceased, & my own knowledge of the probability of their statements - 
3d Interrogatory. Where were you living when called into the service; when have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Answer - I lived in Frederick County in Maryland when called into the service
have lived in the County of which Cumberland in Maryland is the seat of Justice Since that war until the year 1811 and since 1811 at my present place of Residence in Perry County in Ohio, where I now live - 
4th Interrogatory - How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I volunteered-- was never drafted or served as a substitute.
5th Interrogatory - State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops, when you served; such continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - I saw General Lord Sterling at his head quarters & in camp in New Jersey in the winter & spring of 1777- I saw the Regiment of Virginia Militia on their march to New Jersey in the winter of 1776 & 1777- I saw I was very well acquainted with my own officers, viz. Capt. Wm Duval & Col. or Maj Baker Johnson & was discharged by the said Captain Duval
6th Interrogatory - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer . - I never received any other than a verbal discharge and that
from the said Captain Duval
7th Interrogatory - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solder of the Revolution? 
Answer - 
I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Perry
and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eward [Edward] Ward for a Pension- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of November In the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty
three-
John Beckwith Clerk
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State of Ohio}
County of Perry} ss
On this the 19 day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid John Wilkins and Edward Davison Two
creditable witnesses who being duly sworn according to law on oath declareth [declare] and saith that they are well acquainted with John Ward. James Ward, William Ward Jeremiah Ward and Anna Burgess who are the children of Edward Ward and his wife Lucy Ward who were married on the 6th day of August A D 1779, that Edward Ward was a revolutionary pensioner and died on the 25th day of August AD 1840 and that the above named Children are now living and all over Twenty one years of age, and that this declaration is made for their own benefit
Witness
Joseph Burgess
his
John X Wilkins 
mark
his
Edward X Davison
mark
Sworn to subscribed before me the day and year above written
Baultzer Eversole J . P
I. Baltzer Eversole a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Wilkins and Edward Davison are creditable witnesses and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Baltzer Eversole J. P
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Know all men by these presents. That I William Ward of the County of Perry and State of Ohio have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint John T. Arthur of the City of Zanesville Ohio, my true and lawfull [lawful] attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate or Warrant or pension certificate and all such sum or sums
of money due me on account of arrears of pay, three months extra pay or any money or moneys which may due me from the United States on any account whatsoever, and generally to all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause
to be done in and about the premises. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of April AD 1851. William Ward
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for the County of Perry and State of Ohio this 11 day of April A D. 1851
Baultzer Eversole J P
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State of Ohio}
Madison Township}
Perry County}
On this 19th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty and personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid William Ward who being duly sworn according to Law on oath declareth [declares] and saith that his Father Edward Ward was a Revolutionary soldier and drew a pension of Twenty four Dollars per annum up to the date of his death August 25th A.D. 1840 in the County and State aforesaid
that he was married to his wife Lucy Ward who was Lucy Wilson before marriage on the 6th day of August A D. 1779 and who survived the death of her said husband untill [until] the 27th day of May A.D. 1847, having drawn no pension
during this time to which he was entitled by law and that she and her husband both died leaving them [illegible] and now only living the following children to wit John Ward. James Ward, William Ward Jeremiah Ward and Anna Burgess who was Anna Ward all of whom are over Twenty one years of age and that this declaration is made in order that they may obtain the pension their Mother Lucy Ward was entitled to after the death of their Father and her husband Edward Ward and which she had not drawn and for further evidence of the services of their Father reference is made to his papers on file in the proper Office at Washington City D.C. upon which his pension was granted
William Ward
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Sworn to a subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Baultzar Eversole J P
I Baultzar Eversole a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Ward and that he is the identical person above named and described, and that his statements are entitled to full confidence and belief
Baultzar Eversole J. P
The State of Ohio Perry County SS
I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Baultzar Eversole Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were taken was at the time of taking the same acting Justice of the Peace within said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given all his official acts as such and I believe his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto to my hand and seal of said Court at this 14th day of April 1851
John Beckwith Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS/eel

October 10, 1928.

Miss Nellie Steece
Care Mrs. Emmet A. Steece
900-19th Street, N.W., Apt. 602
Washington, D.C.

Madam:

   I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11115, it appears that Edward Ward was born in 1757 in Charles County, Maryland.

   While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, where he had moved when an infant, he enlisted at Fredericktown, Maryland, in the winter of 1776 and 1777, as a private in Captain William Duval's Company, in Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland Regiment, was in the battle of Brunswick and served until late in June, 1777.

   In 1778 he moved to a place near Cumberland, Maryland, and lived there until 1811, when he moved to Perry County, Ohio.

   He married, August 6, 1779, Luch Wilson.

   He was allowed pension on his application executed November 14, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Perry County, Ohio.
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He died August 25, 1840 in Perry County, Ohio.

His widow, Lucy, died May 27, 1847.

They left the following children: John, James, William, Jeremiah and Anna, who married _______ Burgess.

               Respectfully,

               E. W. MORGAN
               Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS/eel

October 10, 1928.

Mrs. Ruth Moore
Care Mrs. Emmet A. Steece
900- 19th Street, N.W., Apt. 602
Washington, D.C.

Madam:-

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11115, it appears that Edward Ward was born in 1757 in Charles County, Maryland. 

While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, where he had moved when an infant, he enlisted at Fredericktown, Maryland, in the winter of 1776 and 1777, as a private in Captain William Duval's Company, in Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland Regiment, was in the battle of Brunswick and served until late in June, 1777.

In 1778 he moved to a place near Cumberland, Maryland, and lived there until 1811, when he moved to Perry County, Ohio.

He married, August 6, 1779, Lucy Wilson.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 14, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Perry County, Ohio.
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He died August 25, 1840 in Perry County, Ohio.

His widow, Lucy, died May 27, 1847.

They left the following children: John, James, William, Jeremiah and Anna, who married __________ Burgess.

Respectfully,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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                                                                   June 5, 1936
                                                                       XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

                                                                       Edward Ward,R.1115
Miss Florence Reusch                                     BA-J/MCS
c/o Mrs. Emmet A. Steece
900 Nineteenth Street, N.W., Apt. 602
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

   At the request of Mrs. Emmet A. Steece you are furnished the Revolutionary War record of Edward Ward, R. 1115.

   The date which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 1115, based upon the military service of Edward Ward.

   Edward Ward was born in 1757, in Charles County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.

   While residing in Frederick County, Maryland where he had moved when an infant, he enlisted at Fredericktown, Maryland, in the winter of 1776 and 1777, as a private in Captain William Duval's company in Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland regiment, was in the battle of Brunswick and served until late in June, 1777,

   In 1778 he moved to a place near Cumberland, Maryland, and lived there until 1811, when he moved to Perry County, Ohio.

   He married August 6, 1779, Lucy Wilson.

   He was allowed pension on his application executed November 14, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Perry County, Ohio.

   He died August 25, 1840, in Perry County, Ohio.
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    Lucy Ward, the widow of Edward Ward, died May 27, 1847.

    The following children survived the widow, Lucy Ward: John, James, William, Jeremiah, and Anna who married ---- Burgess.

                                                            Very truly yours


                                                             A. D. HILLER
                                                             Executive Assitant
                                                             to the Administrator
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
December 17th 1840.
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," The widow of Edward Ward, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, PA Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [and Cents crossed out]
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839- to the 4th March 1840
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.

Note. Edward Ward died Aug. 25th 1840
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Zanesville. O. June 30th 1851
Sir
Will you do me the favor to inform me what disposition if any the department has made of the application of William Ward for the money due his mother who was the widow of Edward Ward a Revolutionary Pensioners and resided in Madison Township Perry County Ohio?
Very Respectfully
yr obt servt [your obedient servant] 
John T Arthur
To. J. E. Heath
Comr [commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
D. C
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April 26. 1857

Decl [declaration] of William Ward as heir of Edward and Lucy Ward
11,115
Claimant
Madison Township Perry County Ohio
Let to J. T. Arthur Sept 51
Act Feb. 2. 1848
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May 13/97 Hist. Mrs. J. M. Collins 303 N. Logan St. Lincoln Ill. Mlle.

1928 Oct. 10 Lust. Collins Ruith uses also to uses Nellie Steel Wes.

1936 June S. Hist. to Mrs. Florence Reusch at request of Mrs. Emmet A. Steel Wes.

("Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873" is crossed out)

1113

P.O. Mrs. Namlom 
Lucy J.Wars

REJECTED

Service: Edward
Enlisted: [Blank] 18
Discharged [Blank] 18
Application filed: [Blank] 18
Alleges: [Blank]
Re-enlisted: [Blank]
Attorney: [Blank]
P.O. : [Blank]
[Blank] Recognized.
[Blank] Contract.
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June 2, 1836
Veterans Administration
Please send to the following
address, the Per-War record of
Edward Ward R. 11115-
Miss Florence Reusch
c/o Mrs Emmet A Sleece
900 19th St. N.W. Cept. 602
Washington D. C.
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Mrs Ruth Moore
Seattle, Washington

To
Mrs Emmet A Steece
900- 19th St N.W. Apt 602
Washington D.C.

Miss Nellie Steece
1419 N Seventh St.
Burlington, Iowa

Mrs Emmet A Steece called & requested that best ones be sent to Mrs Ruth Moore and Miss Nellie Steece and that both be [illegible] be sent to her address -- 900- 19th St Apt. 602 Wash., D.C.
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Revolutionay Service.

O.W. & N. Div

Memoranda.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier: Edward Ward

Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) Hagerstown, Maryland

Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) Mt. Perry, Perry Co, Ohio

Date of death (as near as possible): August, 1840

Christian name of widow: Lucy

Did either he or his widow receive a pension? He, received pension

Remarks:
[illegible] 96.00 per year. Do not know whatever his widow did or not

Your name and address:
Leila B. Collins
Lincoln
Logan Co
305 N. Logan St [illegible line] Ill

[Form Number] 6-870

[STAMP] Pension Office US APR 23 1895
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Lincoln, Illinois, February 27th, 1895

Commissioner of Pentions.
Interior Department,
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Sir:--
I am attempting to secure information about my Great Grand-Father, He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was paid a pention [NOTE: the "t" is crossed out and "s" handwritten above the word] from the Government: He was from the State of Maryland, will you be kind enough to inform me to what department, I should apply to learn the particulars about his War records. This information will greatly oblige me.

Yours truly.
Mrs. J.W. Collins,
#305 N-Logan St
Lincoln Ill