Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,320, for Edward Logsdon, Maryland
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(3 - 1776 ) 
SERVICE 
Md. 

CONTENTS 
Logsdon, Edward 

NUMBER 
S. 8320 
carded
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See letter to Agt. & J.S. [Shriver] Sept 3d 1834 
[?] to Agt. Sept 6. _____ to J.S. Shriver
Sept. 9. 1834. [?].. & Ans. Sept. 11. 1834

26416 [or 20416]
Maryland 

Edward Logsdon 
of Allegany Co. in the State of Md. 
who was a [?] in the Company commanded Captain Winchester of the Regt commanded 
by Col [?] in the Maryland 
Line for Militia 
8 Mo [?] $26.66
d. Sept. 27 1834.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland 
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June ‘34 and sent to Hon A. Stewart H. R.

Arrears to the 4th Mch ‘3 70.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  13.33
[Total:] $83.33

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, 
Book C [ or 6] Vol. 5 Page 111
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29.304 
Edward Logsdon 
Maryland 
from[?] 1781 [for 8 m ?]
$26.66 
Return 
County [illegible]

Wm Thistle
Cumberland 
Maryland
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War Department
Pension Office
24th Jany 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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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 complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement showing the Service of Edward Logsdon

Period when the service was rendered:
BLANK

Duration of the claimant's services in Years, Months and Days:
8 MONTHS

Rank of the Claimant:
PRIV

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:
Capt. Winchester, Lieut. Fringer
Maj. M.I. Bailey

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service:
80 YEARS
MARYLAND

Proof by which the declaration is supported:
TRADITIONARY

I am respectfully
Your obedient Servant

J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions

Mr. Bailey is now living in the city of Washington, and his testimony should be procured.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, 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 contracts, 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, musicians 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 County of }ss. On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (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 than 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. 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 hereby 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 will 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 day 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 for a 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 it 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 substitute? 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 soldier 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 him, 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 soldier, 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 enquiry 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 declaration 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, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or 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, or 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 services, 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 of bodily infirmity; 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 soldier 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 declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths 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 phrase 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 every case, 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or 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 improperly 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 [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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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[?] Matthews
Maryland, original 
recd 17. Jan ‘34.

29.304.

[?] Thistle 
Cumberland
Allegany Co.
Md
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State of Maryland Allegany County Selvil[?]
On this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen 
hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, 
before the Judges of the Orphans Court, now sitting as a 
Court of record, in and for Allegany County and State aforesaid 
Edward Logsdon, 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 7th 1832. That he is a resident of Allegany 
County and State aforesaid and was eighty years old on the 15th 
day of August last past, that he was born in Frederick 
County in the State of Maryland, on the 15th day of August, 
in the year of our Lord 1752, that he has no record of his 
age, that when called into service, he was living in Frederick 
County, Maryland, near a small town called Westminster 
that since the revolutionary war he has lived part of his time 
in Frederick County, Maryland, and the balance in Allegany 
County in the same State, that he now lives in Allegany County 
in the State of Maryland, that he entered into service 
as a volunteer, and does not recollect any of the names 
of the regular officers under whom he served, except the 
name of Major, Mount Joy, Bayly, that he does not 
recollect the continental and militia regiments in which 
he served, that he was second sergeant, that he was not in 
any engagement, that the place where his services were 
performed, was in Frederick Town, Maryland, that he served as a guard to the prisoners, at the garrison in 
Frederick Town, that he served as a volunteer in 
the select militia of Maryland, under Captain William 
Winchester, and Lieutenant Nicholis Fringer, from the 
10th of April 1781 until the 10th of December 1781, 
and considered himself in service during that time 
period of eight months, that during the time in which 
the service was performed, he was not employed in any 
civil pursuit, that he never received a written discharge, 
but was discharged verbally by Major, Mount Joy Bayly, 
that the following are the names of some of the 
persons, to whom he is known in his present 
neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character
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for veracity and their belief of his services as a 
soldier of the revolution, (Viz) Jonathan Arnold 
John Mattingly, Samuel McKinzie Sen, 
Leonard Smith, James Edwards, that he has no documentary 
evidence, and that 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 in the 
United States 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before the Judges of the Orphans Court aforesaid }
Edward Logsdon
Test. C. Heck, Register 

We Francis H Marshall, a clergyman, residing in Allegany 
County, in the State of Maryland, and John Mattingly 
residing in the same County and State aforesaid, hereby certify 
that we are well acquainted with Edward Logsdon, who has subscribed 
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe 
him to be eighty 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 to and subscribed 
this Thirteenth day of 
August 1833 before the 
Judges of the Orphans 
Court aforesaid, in 
the year aforesaid. 
Francis H. Marshall
John Mattingly

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, Edward Logsdon, was a revolutionary 
soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further 
certifies, that it appears to them, that Francis H. Marshall 
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergiman,
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resident in the County and State aforesaid, and that John Mattingly 
who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same 
County and State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that 
their statement is entitled to credit, 
Thos  Cresaps⎬ Judges of the Orphans Court
Jno. McNeill  }

I, Charles Beck register of the Orphans Court aforesaid do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
Edward Logsdon for a pension. In testimony whereof, 
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of August 1833 
Charles Heck 
Register of Will for Allegany County
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Revolutionary War Records Section

3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

S.F. 8320
Rev War

In reply to your request of blank received blank for a statement of the military history of Edward Logsdon a soldier of the revolutionary war you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau.

Date of Enlistment or Appointment - Apr 10, 1781
Length of Service - Dec 10, 1781
Rank - 2nd Sergt
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered - Captain - William Winchester
Colone - checkmark
State - MD

Battles engaged in - none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment - Frederick County MD near Westminster
Date of application for pension - June 12, 1833 - His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application - Allegany Co MD
Age at date of application - Born Aug 15, 1752 in Frederick County, MD, Died Sept 27, 1834

Remarks - There is no data on file as to his family.

Respepctfully,

Commissioner
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James H. Caustin Esq 
Washington D.C.  

ansd [answered]Sept. 3. 1834
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Balt Augt 27th 1834 
My Dear Sir, 
Herewith I enclose a power of 
attorney authorizing me to receive the 
pension of a poor man residing in a remote 
part of this State, which I have to turn 
your kindness to procure orders to be paid by the acting Secratory [Secretary] of War - The Pension 
Officer here having refused payment on the ground of its informal execution; my subscription to the affidavit not having 
been made in the actual presence and 
before the eyes of the magistrate who 
administered the oath 

Expensive and troublesome as it would 
be, I should at once require the transmission 
of other papers from Allegheny, 
if this were the only instance of such 
frivolous & scandalous obstacles being 
interposed to the payment of these poor pittances - But I have experienced 
the same vexatious quibbling in other 
cases in which I have been called upon 
to render similar service, and it is in 
the hope of effectually redressing these
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grievances, like discreditable to the 
nation and injurious to the subjects of its gratitude that I pray the interposition 
of the War Department. 
unless the superciliousness of these 
petty agents is rebuked and fair facilities 
are afforded to the payment of their doing 
it is evident that no man of correct feeling 
will consent to act as agent in these cases - 
the service being on entirely gratuitous one. Begging[?] you[r] immediate attention to the subject.
I am [?] truly 
Yours 
J. S. Shriver
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Baltimore Sept. 5, 1834 
Sir,
Your opinion as to the sufficiency 
of the vouchers in the case of Edward Logsdon was submitted to the Pension agent 
this morning; and payment refused, unless 
commanded 
to be made. The reasons for the 
refusal were stated to have been communicated  
to your Department. It seems therefore 
only to remain for me to pursue your 
polite instructions, which I do by communicating the facts together with the 
vouchers for such action as will possess Logsdon of his pension, now for some time done.
With [?] respect 
I am yr. Obt. St.
J. S. Shriver

J. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Comm. of Pensions 
Washington.
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Balti Sept. 10th 1834 
Sir,

Without being able to concur in the correctness 
of the opinion pronounced in the case of Logsdon, 
which gives greater force & superior credit to a mere statement than is awarded to the solemn judicial act 
of a judicial officer, I nevertheless yield to the decision 
quite sure, that as far as I am concerned, it will effectually "put a stop to any complaint of the like nature in future”.

Conformably to your instructions and to obviate 
all difficulty the document has been re-executed & 
it is hoped "properly executed” and is now transmitted 
in the confidant expectation that it will receive 
your sanction and order to be paid - The presentation 
without such order being precluded by Mr Evans' former 
declared determination not to pay unless commanded.

No erasures have been permitted, experience having taught that the slightest offence in that particular 
would be altogether fatal to the admission of the paper. 

Trusting that I shall not have occasion to trouble  
you further in regard to this truly unpleasant 
business, I am with respect. 
your obt Servant 
J. S. Shriver 

J. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ansd. [Answered] Sept. 6. 1834
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Union Bank of Maryland 
Balt. 5 Sept. 1834 
Sir
In answer to of that part of your letter 
of 3rd Inst received by me this day - I have to state 
that as the instructions of the Department to this agency 
require, that all vouchers must conform 
substantially to the forms laid down for our government. 
That in the present case, Mr J.S. Shriver made application 
for the payment of the Pension of Edward Logsden, and as his attorney, the form requires that an 
affidavit shall be made before a Justice of the Peace 
and that it must be sworn and subscribed before him. Mr. J. S. Shriver presented the voucher without having 
signed the affidavit, he was requested to return to the 
Magistrate and sign it in his presence, he remonstrated, and stated that it was futile and ridiculous, he however 
withdrew and afterwards returned with the 
Voucher signed by him, drew the pension and then 
remarked how very absurd the form was, as he had 
not signed it as required, He was then informed
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that as the voucher was now known to be informal, it 
would not be received, he then withdrew the 
receipts and vouchers, was again requested to conform 
by signing in the Magistrate’s presence, which he positively 
refused, declaring he would make a representation 
of the whole matter to the Department, which 
it appears has given him more trouble than walking 
into a magistrates office near which, he passes 
several times daily. 

We are not disposed to throw the slightest 
difficulty in the way of paying pensioners, but at 
the same time, it is necessary for us to proceed in such manner that our accounts when presented for 
settlement may not be defective and returned upon 
us as a loss. 
Very respectfully 
Yr Obt Sevt
H. W. Evans
Pension Agent

To
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
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P. S.

Mr Shriver has called since the above 
was written, and has presented your letter authorizing 
me to pay, should there be no objection, 
he has presented his vouchers and refuses to State 
whether they be the same that I knew to be informal. 

Waiting further orders from you upon this subject 
I remain very 
Respectfully 
H. W. Evans 
P.A

J. L. Edwards
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1919 Sept. 25 Hist. to Mrs. M. J. Ezell with letter of Transmittal
Rev War
8320  
INVALID. 

File No. 8320 
Edward Logsdon 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 1832 
Index: -- Vol. 1st.[?] Page 227 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Chicago Ill 
August 30 1919 
3026 Arthington St 

Treasury Department 
Bureau of War Risk Ins. 

In looking over some of my mothers 
papers she has left for us, I would like to 
have someone to give me The War Record of Edward Logsdon Sr. Information obtained 
by Mary P Grieger at Pension Office Washington, Invalid Certificate No 8320 
Edward Logson of Allegheny Co Md 
was granted a Pension for 8 mos service 
as private in the Revolutionary War. 
He alleged his application which was 
signed by Mark “ that he was 80 yrs 
old the August 15 Preceding June 12 
1833 When he made his application 
He was borne in Frederic Co Md, 
August 15 1852 enlisted in Frederic 
Co Md, April 10, 1781 as Guard to prison[ers]
in Fredric After the war and until his 
application he had resided in West Minister 
Md. and in Allegheny Co Md

[Stamps and notes written on page:]

MILITARY & NAVAL [?] RISK INSURANCE 
SEP 4 [?]

Pension 
Pen. Sec
EB

U. S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 6 1919
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2 
He had served under Captain Winchester 
Lieut Finger Major Bailey J. S. Shriver 
was the Attorney No date of death is 
given and there is no Widows claim 
I would like to have the 
History of My Ancestory [ancestry] as far back as can be traced. I have a little diagram 
of it begining of Edward Logsdon but 
before him know not much of I have Items here that relate to many Incidents, I would 
like you to help me find these papers prittaning [pertaining] to my Ancestory I would love to know all My Ancestory relations before This Edward Logsdon, 
I have it staight after the 
Edward Logsdon as far as ourselves 
my Brothers Children and Sister’s Child 
Would you kindly do me the favor or tell 
me how I may find these books of 
my ancestory relations and the History 
of their lives. I am sure I will be grateful 
to all whom may tell me I am the daughter of
Mrs. M. J. Ezell
Before marriage 
Miss M. J. Logsdon 
Daughter of Joseph Logsdon 

Rosa Ezell
8026 Arthington [or Withington] St
Chicago Ill

answer tell me how I can find the Records 
of these Logsdons, I want to find them.
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also pleas give me the address 
of Robert Ezell, I have written to 
his last address he gave me but he 
has not acknowlege [acknowledge] 
of receipt of letters 
is He dead are alive We would like 
to know of his absence in answering 
our letters. I wish to hear from him 
if alive.
Rosa Ezell

[Stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 8 1919
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Rev. War Section. 

September 25, 1919.
Mrs. M. J. Ezell, 
3026 Arthington Street, 
Chicago, Ill. 

Madam: 
In response to your letter dated the 30" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the history of Edward Logsdon, 
S. File No. 8,320 Revolutionary War and are advised that this 
office is not a Genealogical Bureau and has no information 
concerning the parents or ancestors of Edward Logsdon. 
Family records are sometimes found in the Clerk's Office of 
the towns and counties in which the soldier resided before 
and after the Revolution. 

In order to obtain the last address of Robert Ezell if he is still in the service you should apply to the 
Adjutant General U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
and state the soldier's name, his company and regiment and 
last address known to you. 
Very respectfully, 
E. C. Treman 
Acting Commissioner.