Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11005, Jonathan Waite, Mass.
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Waite, Jonathan
Service Mass.
Number R 11005
Rejected B. L. 293559-55

Contents
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293.559 Act Mar 3/33
Aug 30/58

Naomi Waite
wid of Jonathan Waite decd.
Private
Revolutionary War

Ohio sus 19 July '48
Tucker & Lloyd prest.

(crossed out-John Tennis Esq. Xenia, Onio)
Jno. Tennis Sept. 11/58
See On Mass Rej. No 11005
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Declaration of a Widow claiming additional Bounty Land

State of Ohio
Adams County ss.

On this 21st day of May 1857, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, personally appeared (1) Naomi Waite aged 83 years, a resident of Adams County Ohio who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Jonathan Waite, hwo was a (3)  [blank] in the company commanded by Captain [blank] in the Regiment of Massachusetts commanded by Col. Michael Jackson, Revolutionary War. That her said husband (4) served from Danvers Mass, on or about the [blank] day of [blank] for the term of Record proof of services is filed with her pension application and was honorably discharged at [blank] on or about the [blank]
day of [blank]. 
She states that she knows of no record proof of her said marriage, except the family record filed with her pension application. She further states that she was married to the said (2) Jonathan Waite at Adams County, Ohio on the 26th day of January A. D. 1797 by one John Beasley a Justice of the peace; that her name before her said marriage was Naomi Collins; that her said husband died at Adams County Ohio on the 17th day of July 1840, and that she is now a widow. She states that she has never before made application under any Act of Congress for Bounty Land. she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the (additional-crossed out) Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received Bounty Land and she hereby constitutes and appoints Jno. Tennis, of Xenia Ohio her attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any army records or documents in which her husband's services may be recorded, and to do and perform any and all other lawful acts and things that maybe necessary to establish her claim, and revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
(5) Naomi   X   Waite
her mark

We James Puntenney and Moses B. Adams residents of Adams County in Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by (1) Naomi Waite with whom we are personally acquainted, that we were personally acquainted with (2) Jonathan Waite and his wife, the above named (1) Naomi Waite during the life time of the former, and know that they lived together as man and wife and were so reputed, and they believe that the husband of the sid (1) Naomi Waite was the identical person who performed the military services mentioned in the above declaration; that the above named (2) Jonathan Waite is dead, and the said (1) Naomi Wait is now a widow and they further swear that they are disinterested in this claim, and lived for over forty years in this same vicinity of Adams County Ohio with this claimant and her husband.
(6)James Puntenney
Moses B. Adams
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
(7) Jacob S. Rose

Instructions
1. Claimant's name. 1. Soldier's name. 3. Specify the soldier's rank. 4. Enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted. 5. Claimants signature. 6. Witnesses' signatures. 7.Magistrate's signature.
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State of Ohio
Adams County SS
I. G. H. Puntenney clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, co herby certify that Jacob S. Rose Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 22nd day of August 1857
G. H. Puntenney Clerk

see old war
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
rejected widow 
#11005
Act of March 3, 1855
Claim for Bounty lane
Mrs. Naomi Waite
Widow of Jonathan Waite
Revolutionary services

Address
Jno. Tennis
Atty for Claimants,
Xenia Ohio

NOTES
Under the Act of March 3, 1855, each of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Musicians, and Privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, ranges,  militia, or teamsters, who were regularly mustered int0 the service of the United States, and every Officer, Seaman, Ordinary Seaman, Marine, Clerk and Landsmen of the Navy in any of the wars in which this county has been engaged since 1790, and each of the survivors of the militia, volunteers, or State troops of any State or Territory, called into military service and regularly mustered therein, and whose services has been paid by the United States, are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of land, provided the period of service amounted to fourteen days or more, or they shall have actually been engaged in battle. Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, those who served at the invasion of Plattsburg, in September 1814, at the attack on Lewistown, Delaware, in the war of 1812, or in the battle of Nickojack against the confederated Indians of the South, are entitled to the benefits of the Act; and Indians are entitled in the same manner and to the same extent as white men.
If the person having been in service is dead, Bounty Land is due his widow or minor children. The second marriage of a widow is no bar to her claim if she is a widow at the time of her application. Those are considered minors who were so at the date of the act.
All Officers or Soldiers who have received a Land Warrant, or Lan Warrants, for less than one hundred sixty acres of Land, are untitled to additional Bounty land, provided the widow is a widow at the time of her application, and the children are minors at the date of the act, and provided the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence. 
No Land Warrant can be issued under this act unless the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence.
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293,559
Bounty Land claim
Act March 3/55

Naomi Waite widow,
Jonathan Waite
Revolutionary war

Address
Jno. tennis
Xenia Ohio
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State of Ohio
County of Adams Ss.

On this twenty fourth day of May 1858 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, Mrs. Naomi Waite aged eighty four years, a resident of Adams County and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the (blank) section of the Act of Congress, approved march 3, 1855, granting Bounty Land.
That she is the widow of Jonathan Waite, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and who served from the State of Massachusetts. Ther her husband was the identical Jonathan Waite who served from Murrayfield and State of Massachusetts as described in the certificate from the Secretary of the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" herewith enclosed. She further states that she was married to the said Jonathan Waite on the 26 January 1797, the "Family Record" of which is herewith enclosed, and which she asks to be returned, that she was married at Manchester Adams Co. Ohio, that she could not procure Public record of said marriage. She was married by John Beasley a justice of Peace, that her name before marriage was Naomi Collins. that her husband Jonathan Waite died on the 17 July 1840 in Adams Co. O. And that she is now a widow. She further states that she forwarded a declaration within the present year in which she set forth the wrong service and was therefore rejected, & that, and the present one are the only applications she has presented to Dept. for B. Land and that she has never received Bounty Land under any act of Congress. And on the same day came Jno. Puntenney Jr. and Alexander McClaren residents of Adams Co. Ohio, who being duly sworn declare that they were present and saw Mrs. Naomi Waite make her mark to the above declaration and they know her to be the identical person therein represented. The said Jonathan Waite is now dead, and said Naomi Waite is now a widow, and they know the facts because they were neighbors in a quarter of a century and are disinterested witnesses.
That she hereby constitutes and appoints Jno. Tennis of Xenia Ohio Attorney in the premises & to receive her warrants.
Naomi  X  Waite
her mark
Attest Jano. Puntenney Jr.
Alexander McClaren
Witnesses
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year first above written, before me, I certify that I know the declarant to be the identical person she represents herself and that the above named witnesses are credible persons, and that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution.
Jaco S. Rose, J. P. seal.
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The Family record of marriage he has been shown to me corresponds with the date as stated in this declaration
W. H. Woodley
Feby 2d 1861


The State of Ohio, Adams County, SS;
I, A. C. Robe, Clerk of the Court of Common Please, within and for said County do hereby certify that Jacob S. Rose, Esq, whose name appears to the foregoing declaration & power of attorney was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for  said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that as such full faith and credit are due to his official acts and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court at West Union, this 28th day of May A. D. 1858.
A. C. Robe, Clerk, Adams Co.
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State of Ohio
Adams County Ss.

On this 31 day of December, 1851 personally appeared before me, Jacob S. Rose, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named James Puntenney who being by me first duly sworn, according law doth upon his oath, make the following Affidavit: That he has had the possession of the Family Bible of Jonathan Waite from the time of his death in July 27,1840 untill this date. that it contains the record of his marriage to Naomi Collins; and which record this affiant herewith forwards to the pension office to enable the said Naomi Waite to procure a pension.
And the said James Puntenney also further states that he was well acquainted with the said Jonathan Waite in his lifetime and well knew and still remembers his style of writing, and knows that the said record of marriage is the genuine handwriting of the said Jonathan Waite and affiant states he has no interest in this claim.
James Puntenney
The above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed the date above before me and I know the witness James Puntenney to be credible and I have no interest in this claim.
Jacob S. Rose, 
J..P. {seal}
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State of Ohio, Adams County, ss:
I, G. H. Puntenney, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said county, do hereby certify that Jacob S. Rose, Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that as such full faith and credit are due his official acts, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court, at West union, this 4th day of January 1858, and in the 56 year of the State of Ohio.
G. H. Puntenney, Clerk A. C.
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[stamped] REJECTED
11005
Naomi Waite

Her B. L. Claim
No 293559
1853 rej. file
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No. 1484
Naomi Waite
Widow of Jonathan
Ohio

for Jno. Tennis
January 28/58
(see case of Elizabeth Waitt adm. Mass. act July 7 1838
Jno. Tennis Mch 20/58

11005

July 29, 1848

293559
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[Stamped]
Jno. Tennis
Land office and
Pension Agency
Xenia, Ohio

Xenia, O. Jan. 21, 1858

Hon. A. Harlan
Sir,
I send you declarations  Mrs. Waite for Pension & B. Land, and enclose a letter from E. F. Drake Esqr. asking your immediate attention to this claimants case.
I believe if you will see the first clerk of pension Dept. and urge his personal and prompt attention it will hasten the examination.
I think all the proof is complete. The great age and debility of Mrs. Waite demands haste for there has been so much delay already.
Will you please write me o these cases and oblige.
Your constituant, most respectfully yours,
Jno. Tennis
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We want to you to be certain and have the family record returned if you please.
J. T.
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Washington
Jan. 26, 1858

Dr Sir,
I enclose you papers in reference to which I wish you to correspond with Mr. Tennis of Xenia, O.
Very respectfully
A. Harlan
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[stamped]
Jno. Tennis
Land Office and
Pension Agency
Xenia, Ohio

Xenia O. Feb. 23, 1858

Hon. Commissioner

Sir,
On my return from a western trip I have read yours of Jan. 28th in which you reject the pension claim of Naomi widow of one of the Jonathan Waites, who served in the Revolution from Mass.
N. Lyman Strong, clerk of pensions, for the Secy. of State of Mass. informed me, there are three Jonathan Waites on the Mass. roll of revolutionary soldiers. Our man Jonathan Waite resided in different parts of the state  and served as a private in the army--and also as an
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Artificer in the Armory at Providence, R. Island during the Revolution, into which Armory he was taken removed from the ranks in the army which he had entered either by enlistment or as a volunteer.
These two facts, that our Jonathan Waite served as private in the Revolutionary war from Mass. and also as an Artificer in the Armory at Providence can be substanciated by the most authentic traditionary evidence.
Also, that he removed from Mass with Genl. Putnam and others, and settled in the "Ohio Companys purchase", on the Ohio river at or near the present town of Marietta, between 1790 & 1800, and the most reliable citizens of that vicinity still
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remember "Jonathan Waite" as the "revolutionary soldier".
We now ask you to send us the proper address to reach the Armory records and vouchers of Providence during the revolution. Also to return us the "Family record" of marriage proof. (And which the family wish returned after all is completed) that we may be enabled to commence anew.
And please send such other directions as will enable us to (illegible) the claim.
Most respectfully yours
Jno. Tennis
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Sstate of Ohio
Adams County SS

On this 24th day of May 1858 personally came James Puntenney to me well known as a credible witness, and a resident of Adams County and State of Ohio who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath, declare That he was well acquainted with Jonathan Waite, who was generally reputed a "A Revolutionary Soldier who served from the state of Massachusetts". That he personally knew said Jonathan Waite for over forty years, that during that period, said Waite and this affiant both residents in the same vicinity in Adams county then. This affiant also states that he well remembers the hand writing of said Jonathan Waite and knows that the "Family Record" herewith provided to the Pension Office at Washington, D. C. is the genuine hand writing of the said Jonathan Waite dec'd. He also further states that he has had the custody of the Family Bible of the said Jonathan Waite since his death and know that this record was taken therefrom. He also states that he has no interest in the widows claim for B. Land.
James Puntenney
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The foregoing affidavit of James Puntenney was subscribed and sworn to on the date before written, before me, a Justice of the Peace in Adams County & State of Ohio and I certify that I have no interest in this claim.
Jacob S. Rose, J. Peace

State of Ohio, Adams County,SS:

I, A. C. Robe, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County do hereby certify that Jacob S. Rose Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit was at the time of signed the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that a such full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our court at West Union, this 28th day of May A. D. 1858
A. C. Robe, Clerk Adams Co.

293559
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston
Dec. 5th 1858

I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan Waite is borne on return of enlistment from Danvers, Feby. 26, 1781 for three years.
Name born on list of Final Settlement in Col. Michael Jackson's Regt.
No. 35.708  Jany.1 1784  $ 40.43
No. 52,295    "        1783    23.01
No. 63,343     "        1782   58.40
No. 54,039     "        1783   80.00

In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
F. DeWitt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Xenia, Ohio May 25th 1857

Hon. Secy. of State Mass.

Sirs,
Mrs. Naomi widow of Jonathan Waite a Revolutionary soldier wishes to learn her husbands service.
Jonathan Waite enlisted in your state of Massachusetts in the year 1777, but we cannot obtain the names of his officers.
Will you please inform me if you can have the rolls of your "state continentals" searched without fee, or otherwise for the service of Jonathan Waite, he was a private.
Your early reply is respectfully solicited.
Jno. Tennis

I enclose stamp for reply
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston
Dec. 29th 1857

I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Servies in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan Waite is borne on ay roll of Capt. Enoch Shepard's Com. Col. John Moseley's Regt. from Oct. 21st to Nov. 17, 1776, 28 days and 160 miles travel from Murrayfield.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Enoch Shepard's Comp. Col. John Moseley's Regt. from Aug. 17, 1777 7 days and 83 miles travel as private
Service on alarm at Bennington.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
F. DeWitt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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B. L. Claim
Act of 1855

Naomi Waite
widow of
Johathan

Power of Attorney
to Examine Claim
No. 293559

Charles C. Tucker, Attorney, Present

Rec'd February 2d, 1861 and filed with papers Reg. No. 293557
B. Hood
a.c.c.
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Power of Attorney

Know all men by these presents; that I Naomi Wite widow of Jonathan Waite a Revolutionary soldier do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker of Washington City, D. C. my true and lawful Agen and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Naomi Waite wid. of Jonathan Waite for amy amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that mey be due under the provisions of the Act of (blank) or any other Act of Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or agruments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the pruposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 21 day of May 1857.
Naomi   X   Waite
her mark
In presence of Moses B. Adams
Jno. Tennis

State of Ohio, Adams County SS
On this 21 day of May 1857, before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above mentioned, personally appeared Naomi Waite and acknowledged the foregoing powr of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Jacob S. Rose,
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio
Adams County, SS
On this 21 day of May 1857, before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Naomi Waite a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that she is the identical Naomi Waite who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that she is directly interested in said Claim and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in presenting said Claim, and that she is the widow of Jonathan Waite who was a Revolutionary soldier.
Naomi   X  Waite
her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Jacob S. Rose,
Justice of the peace {seal}

State of Ohio
County of Adams
I, G. H. Puntenney Clerk of Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that Jacob S. Rose, Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full credit.
(illegible cross out) & that his signature is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereeunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 22d day of August 1857.
G. H. Puntenney, C. A. C. 

The above erasure was made before affixing the and signing my name.
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Declaration of Mrs. Naomi Waite, widow of Jonathan Waite for Revolutionary Pension under the act of the 29 July 1848

State of Ohio
County of Adams ss.
On this 22 day of August 1857 personally appeared before me James McColm Probate Judge for the County and State above named, Mrs. Naomi Waite a resident of Adams County in the State of Ohio aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29, 1848 granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jonathan Waite who was a private (she believes) and served from Danvers in the state of Massachusetts in the War of the Revolution against Great Britain, and that she herewith transmits an authenticated copy of the record proof of her husband Jonathan Waites service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Waite on the 25 day of January A. D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven at Adams Co., Ohio by one John Beasley, a Justice of the peace, that her name before marriage was Naomi Collins and that her said husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Waite died at Adams County Ohio on the 27 day of July A. D. 1840 and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband. And she has not been above to procure any public record proof of her said marriage, but send an authenticated, genuine family record which she asked may be returned to her.
Naomi   X   Waite
her mark {seal}

I hereby certify that the above declaration and the foregoing affidavits were signed and sworn to before me on the dates give, and I know from general tradition and belief the fact set forth to be true. And I further state that I know the affiants to be respectable citizens & redible witnesses and that they the witnesses James Puntenney & Elisha Hoskins are residents of Adams Co. Ohio. Witness my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of Adams county and State of Ohio this 22nd day of August 1857. 
James McColm, Probate Judge
Also, I have no interest in this claim or in its prosecution.
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Know all Men by thee Presents, that I, (blank) of the County of (blank) and State of )blank) do hereby constitute and appoint (cross out) Washington D. C., my true and lawful agent and attorney, for me and in my name, to prepare and prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary Pension by reason of the services of my deceased husband; and I hereby empower my said attorney to examine all records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington, to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, with full powers of substitution. Hereby revoking and countermanding all former powers of attorney that may have been given by me for the above specified purpose.
Witness my hand and seal this (blank) day of (blank) 185_

State of (blank) 
County of (blank)
On this (blank) day of (blank) 185_ personally appeared before me, (blank) and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.

Claim for Pension
Act of July 29, 1848

Mrs. Naomi Waite
Widow of Jonathan Waite
Declaration

Address
Jno. Tennis
Atty. for Claimants
Xenia Ohio
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We James Puntenney and Elisha Hoskins residents of Adams County and State of Ohio, do depose on oaths declare that we were present and saw Mrs. Naomi Waite make her mark to the declaration on the first page, and we also further state that we well knew her husband Jonathan Waite and the declarant Naomi Waite to live together as man and wife for over (illegible) years, and that they were so reputed without doubt in their vicinity and that we also know that he, Jonathan Waite, died on the 17th day of July 1840, that we then and still do live in the immediate vicinity in Adams County Ohio.
James Puntenney
Elisha Hoskins
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NOTES
1.	The Declaration must be made in open Court, or before a judge of a Court of Record of the County where the declarant resides. In the latter case, the judge will certify that by reason of age and bodily infirmity, she is unable to appear in open court, and the official character and signature of the judge must be certified to by the Clerk of the Court. A Declaration made before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, will not be admitted as evidence.
2.	If the soldier was not a Pensioner, the claimant will state in her declaration all the information known of his services, to the best of her knowledge and belief, such as the day, month and year (if possible) when he entered the service and the time he left it; if he was under more than one engagement, will specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, volunteered, or was a substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched; the names of officers and soldiers who served with him, and other such information as will be useful in the investigation of the claim, and if the facts be so, that she has no documentary evidence of the service.
3.	If the soldier was a Pensioner, that fact should be stated, and it will be unnecessary to mention any particulars of his services. In such a case, the Declarant will state under what act her husband was pensioned, its amount per annum, and at what agency it was paid. 
 Instructions for all the evidence necessary for the claim will be forwarded on receipt of the Declaration.
ACTS OF CONGRESS, relating to Pensions of Widows of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers.

Act of June 7, 1832
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of th United States in Congress assembled: That each of the surviving officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, soldiers and Indian spies, who shall have served in the continental line or State troops, volunteers or militia, at one or more terms, a period of two years during the war of the revolution and who are not entitled to any benefit under the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution, passed the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, be authorized to receive out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in the said line according to his rank, but not exceeding in any case the pay of a captain in the said line; and that any such officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private as aforesaid, who shall have served in the continental line, State troops, volunteers or militia, a term or terms in the whole less than the above period, but not less than six months, shall be authorized to receive out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, during his natural life, each according to his term of service, an amount bearing such proportion to the annuity granted to the same rank for the service of two years as his term of service did to the term aforesaid; to commence from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Section 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, mariners or marines, who served for a like term in the naval service during the revolutionary war, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, in the same manner as is provided for the officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution.

Act of July 4, 1836
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person who served in the war of the revolution in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh ay of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled, &c. have died, leaving a widow, whose marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service, such widow shall be entitled to receive during the time she may remain unmarried, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, but virtue of the acty aforesaid, it living at the time it was passed.

Act of March 3, 1837
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c. . That the benefits of the third section of the Act passed July 4, 1836, entitled, &c. hall not be withheld rom any widow in consequence of her having married after the decease of her husband for whose service she may claim to be allowed a pension or annuity under said act: Provided, That she was a widow at the time it was passed.

Act of July 7, 1838
Sec. 1. Be it enacted &c. That if any person who served in the war of the revolution in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled, &c. have died, leaving a widow whose marriage place after the expiration of the last period of his service and before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, such widow shall be entitle to receive for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, in virtue of the said act, if living at the time it was passed; Provided, That in the event of the marriage of such widow, said annuity or pension shall be discontinued.
The pensions allowed by the above act, have been extended by subsequent acts to during life or widowhood of the widow, except for the two years between March 4, 1841 and March 4, 1843, which have not been provided for.

Act of July 29, 1848
Sec. 1. Be it enacted &c .That the widows of all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, soldiers, mariners or marines, and Indian spies, who shall have serve in the continental line, State troops, volunteers, militia, or in the naval service in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, shall be entitled to a pension during such widowhood, of equal amount per annum that their husbands would have been entitled to, if living, under existing pension laws, to commence on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and to be paid in the same manner the other pensions are now paid to widows; but no widow now receiving a pension shall be entitled to receive a further pension under the provisions of this act; and no widow married after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, shall be entitled to receive a pension under this act.

Act of February 3, 1853
Sec.2. And be it further enacted, That the widows of all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the revolutionary army, who were married subsequent to January, A. D., 1800, shall be entitled to pensions in the same manner as those who were married before that date.