Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9565, for Samuel Meredith, Delaware
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[printed and handwritten]

(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Del.)
Meredith, Samuel
Mary
NUMBER
W. 9565
CONTENTS
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7676 
Indiana
Mary Meredith widow of Samuel Meredith 
who was a pensioner under the Act of the 15 May 28.
and who died on the 29th November, 1841- 
of Franklin Co in the State of Indiana
who was a Dragoon in the- [left blank]
commanded by Captain [left blank] of the
Legion commanded by Col: Lee in
the Virginia line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th: day of
September, 1843 and sent to Freeman Alger
Bath, Franklin Cof [illegible]: Indiana.

Whole amount due . . . . $500-00

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by [illigible initials or first name] Stewart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 222
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Saml Meredith
rec'd Sept 12 1828
ack 13

Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Court with
(illegible)

File #9565


Near Wm D Jones
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For the purpose of obtaining the 
benefits of the act entitled an act 
for the relief of certain surviving
officers & soldiers of the army of
the Revolution approved on the 15th
of May 1828 I Samuel Meredith
 of the County of Franklin & State of
Indiana do hereby declare that I
enlisted in the continental line of the
army of the Revolution for and du-
ring the war and continued in its
service until its termination at
which period I was a private
in Captain George Handy's Company
in the Regiment or Legion commanded
by Col. Henry Lee
I enlisted in the State of Delaware,
and I also declare that I was
entitled to receive certificates for
the reward of eighty dollars ["to which" struck through]
under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778, and
I further declare that I was not on the 15 May 1828 on the pension
list of the United States.

Witness my hand this
7th day of August 1828
his mark [his above and mark below Samuel's signature]
Samuel Meredith
Test
Reuben Blackford
[looks like Reuben was a witness]
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The State of Ohio
Butler [Butler is illegible may be other] county [initials or symbol illegible]
Before me Reuben Blackford a justice of the peace in &
for the county aforesaid personally of
heard this Seventh day of August
eighteen hundred & twenty eight 
Ebenezer Wood of Butler county Ohio
& John Dickerson of the State of Indiana
who did morally make oath that
Samuel Meredith whom the fore
going declaration was subscribed
is generally reputed and believed
to have been a soldier in the
army of the Revolution in manner
as therein stated and these deponents 
do generally make oath
 that they each served in the Legion
 of Col Henery Lee & they believe
that Samuel Meredith who 
has subscribed the foregoing declaration
is the same individual
who served in said Legion and
the said John Dickerson on his
oath says that he was was well
acquainted with said Samuel
Meredith before he enlisted
& after the close of the war
& he knows that he served until 
the close of the war and was
discharged after peace had
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been declared.

Sworn & subscribed 
before me this 7th 
August 1828.
Reuben Blackford

Ebenezer Wood 
his
x
mark
John Dickerson [signed on x between "his"and "mark"]

The State of Ohio Butler County of.
I John Reily Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county afore
said do certify that Reuben Blackford Esquire before whom the
foregoing declaration was made, and depositions taken, was at the time
a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace, and empowered to administer
oaths in the said county of Butler.

In testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said court the twenty ninth
day of August One thousand eight hundred and
twenty eight.

John Reily

A Power of Attorney to John Woods is filed
with the papers of John Dickerson No 1003
F.A.D [initials]
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A list of
The following is a copy of a Marriages filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Peace of the State of Delaware in and for Kent County
Marriages Solemnized by Joshua Deweese.

Dec 23 1788 Solomnized [spelled with "o"] Marriage between Zebedial Carmean of 
Carline County State of Maryland and Elizabeth Moleston of Kent
County in Delaware State 

Dec 24th 1788 Solemnized Marriage between David Lester and
Catherine Sipple both of Kent County in Delaware State 

March 3d 1789 Solomnized Marriage between Jacob Merydith and Kathy [illigible first name]
Merydith both of Kent County in Delaware State

March 12th 1789 Solomnized Marriage between Samuel Merydith and 
Mary Bradley both of Kent County in Delaware State

March 15th 1789 Solemnized Marriage between Isaac Deweese and
Patience Bowman both of Kent County in Delaware State by publication

May 7th 1789 Solemnized Marriage between William Wade of New Castle
and Elizabeth Edgen of Kent County in Delaware State

May 18th 1789 Solemnized Marriage between Thomas Glandon and Rhoda
Beedle both of Kent County in Delaware State by Publication

July 16th 1789 Solemnized Marriage between John Arters and Sarah
Williams both in Kent County in Delaware State

Sept 3d 1789 Solemnized Marriage between John Hallensworth and Elizabeth
Harper both of Kent County in Delaware State

Sept 6th 1789 Solemnized Marriage between William Lowlin and 
Letitia Wilson both of Kent County in Delaware State

I hereby Certify that the above is a true account of all the
Marriages that I have Solemnized since the return I made November
 last
Mispillion Kent County
November 11th 1789 
Joshua Deweese

P.S I have inclosed the bonds of such as even married by
license there is one written bond which I have since filled
up a license for and have enclosed the printed bond blank
I am Sir your Honorable Servant [both abbreviated]
Joshua Deweese

Indorsement
Return of Marriages Solemnized by the Reverend [abbreviated] Joshua
Deweese ret. Nov. 1789
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State of Delaware
Keul County ss }  I Geo. M. Manlove Clerk of the Peace of the State of Delaware in and for Keul County, Certify that the aforegoing (sic) is a true copy of a list of marriages filed  in this office in the year 1789.
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said Office at Dover this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

George M. Manlove
Clerk of the Peace of Keul County

I George M. Manlove above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the Peace in and for Keul County and State aforesaid and that the aforegoing (sic) is a true extract of the original as filed in this Office.
George M. Manlove
Clerk of the Peace

Sworn before me
Thos. Stevenson Jus. P.

State of Delaware }
Keul County  ss    }   I Charles Kimmey,  (illegible) of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware in and for Keul County, do certify that Thomas Stevenson Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing attestation was at the time of signing the same and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for Keul County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that to all his official acts full faith may and ought to be given.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Dover the twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

Charles Kimmey Jr. (illegible)
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Dover, Feby, 24 1843

Freeman Alger, Esq.

Dear Sir

Yours of the 27 Jany, Came to hand on the sixth (illegible), and your request would have been attended to much earlier if unavoidable circumstances had not presented.  The Marriage bonds which the P. S. Starke of cannot be found, and if the one in question could be, it would not be evidence of as to the marriage of the party concerned.  The bonds spoken of is given to indemnify the Minister who unites the parties in Marriage  I have been advised by Henry M. Ridgely Esqr. who was some years served a member of Congress for this  State, to send you a true copy of all the marriages (illegible) (illegible) by the Rev'd. Joshua Deweese Nov. 11, 1789 and filed in this Office.  And you will then see that Samuel Meredith and Mary Bradly were married on the 12 day of March 1789
I have sent you all the evidence of the Marriage that is filed in this Office; but if there is any thing lacking and it is in my power it shall be added.

My charge is for what I have done is, if she obtains any thing from Government to inform me by letter.
She was born I presume in Delaware and so was I.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
George M. Manlove
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
(illegible)

August 11, 1927

Enid F. Lemstra
458 Blackman St
Clinton, Ind

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9565, it appears that Samuel Meredith enlisted in the state of Delaware and served as a private until the close of War in Captain George Handy's Company, Colonel Henry Lee's Legion of Light Horse. The date of his enlistment is not on record.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1828, while a resident of Franklin County, Indiana. His age is not stated, nor is the date of his birth on record. He died November 29, 1841 in Franklin County, Indiana.
Soldier married in Kent County, Delaware, March 12, 1789, Mary Breadley or Bradley, they were both then of said Kent County.
She was allowed pension on her application
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executed April 9, 1842, while a resident of Franklin County, Indiana, aged eighty-two years. There are no data as to children.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Oct. 25, 1905  Hist. to Ida Ludlow, Muncie, Ind. See letter in Rey File 400-7

1922 Mch 23,   Hist. to Rev. J. H. Meredith

1922 Dec 18 Hist to Paul O. Meredith

1925 Oct. 9 Hist to Cong. Allen t. Treaway for Sgt. Frederich Childs

1927 Aug 11 Hist to Eric F Genistra  see corres. rel. to claim Rev. cl. S.32513 War. 


Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.  9565
Mary Meredith
Wid. of 
Samuel Meredith
Pvt.  Va line

July 7, '38

Index: -Vol. M, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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7th Jany 1843

Mary Meredith

Hon. J. L. Edwards
(illegible) Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Hon O H Smith
Senate US
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Washington City
Jany 4th 1843

Sir,

Will you be so good as to inform me, who enclosed me the papers of Mary Meredith which I sent to your office, as I have no memorandum showing that fact and I (illegible) to return your answer just need the proof may be complete. 

Your Obt. Svt
O H Smith

Hon. J L Edwards
(illegible) Pensions
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Corrington, Franklin Co. Ia

Sir

Enclosed you will receive the declaration of Mary Meredith, widow of Samuel Meredith late of Franklin Co. State of Ia.  and also the affidavit of Elizabeth Hodson who testifies to the marriage of the aforesaid persons.  I would here state that there is no record in possession of the venerable widow that would afford any proof of her marriage whatever.

The aforesaid Widow humbly and prays you will grant her a pension if her claim is sufficiently made out, all of which is submitted to your consideration.

While I am, very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Freeman Alger

Mr. J. L. Edwards Com. Pen
Washington
D. C. 


If Mrs. Meredith obtain a pension, it would be most convenient for her to draw at Cincinnati O.
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Dec 31 1842

Indiana
Mary Meredith

J. L. Edwards, Esqr
(illegible) Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Hon. O. H. Smith
Senate US
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Washington City
Dec. 29th 1842
Sir,
The enclosed are sent to the dept being
of the impression that there was an
Act of Congress of the last [sighting] on the subject
pending for the case.

Your Ob’t Srv’t
O. H. Smith

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
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Corrington, Franklin Co. Inc
March 21. 1843
Sir

From a note of the Pension department of the 4 January 1843, to Hon C. H. Smith. I learned that 
the ground upon
which the claim of Mrs Mary Meredith was
rejected under the act of 7 July 1838 has
been removed. But the record of Kent County
Delaware, or the family register showing the
relation of husband and wife prior to
January 1794, would be necessary to entitle
her to a pension. There being no family
register that can be obtained. I have procured
a copy of the record of Kent County which
I send enclosed.
-
You will learn from
the remarks of the Clerk there are no
other proof on record
which is respectfully submitted to your
honorable consideration
While I have the honor to be
Verry respectfully
Your Obed Serv

Freeman Alger

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington
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Bath, Franklin County Indiana
September 7th 1843
Sir 
I received your letter of the 4th May last in
answer to my note of the 21st March 1843, in which was enclosed the record evidence of marriage in case of Mary Meredith, Claiming a pension under the act of 7th July 1838. in which you informed me, that the claimant would be required to make a new declaration, and that the evidence of the time of marriage would be sufficient, provided the claimant be identified with the Mary Bradley named in the record of Marriages I was at a loss to know how the said Claimant could be identified with the Mary Bradley in the record legally without having the same,
I therefore sent immediately to Kent County for another Copy of the record that on the next Session of our Court the claimant might be able to make her claim in proper form, I have not received the Copy last sought perhaps will not. If in your Judgement, it will be necessary to have the record evidence in making the proof of identity required, and will send by return of mail the Copy I transmitted to the Department, we will endeavor to make out he claim if possible, that she may be able to obtain a pension on the next application
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pen. Department
Washington D.C.
I am very respectfully your able Servant
Freeman Alger
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To the Honorable the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States

The subscriber, a citizen of the United States, and resident in Franklin County, State of Indiana, by this her memorial respectfully represent, that whereas, by an Act of Congress of the seventh of July 1838, granting half pay or pensions to certain widows of the soldiers of the Revolution, and your memorialist being the widow of Samuel Meredith late of Franklin County  Indiana, who was a Dragoon of the Virginia line of the Army of the Revolution, and who drew a pension by act of Congress of May 15th 1828 and who died on the twenty - ninth day of November 1841 and your memorialist having applied to the pension department, praying for a pension under Act of Congress of the 7th July7 1838, and not granted on grounds that the husband of your memorialist was living at the time of the passage of said act, the papers being on file in the pension department.
Now your memorialist would respectfully represent and petition your Honorable Bodies to grant her half pay or pension the the same amount (illegible) Eight dollars thirty - three cents per month) her husband received when living during her natural life. 
Which your memorialist would respectfully submit to your Honorable consideration at this  the present session of Congress.

December 16th 1842

         her
Mary    X    Meredith
          mark
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No 8308

Mary Meredith
oft Samuel
Indiana

Act 7 July 38
admd
2 yrs Dragoon

100$


Freeman Alger
Bath
Franklin Co.
Indiana
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State of Indiana
Franklin County

Be it known that on the ninth day of April eighteen hundred and forty-two personally appeared before the Probate Court in & for the County aforsaid  Mary Meredith, a resident of the State of Indiana Franklin County aged eighty-two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of Samuel Meredith who was a dragoon (Lees Legion) of the Virginia line of the Army of the Revolution, and drew a pension under Act of Congress of the 15th of May 1828.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Meredith on the twelfth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Meredith died on the twenty-ninth day of November eighteen hundred and forty-one, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four reg. on the day and year above written.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before
Henry Berry (illegible)
Mary Meredith X his mark
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State of Indiana    }
Franklin County    }  ss

On the Ninth day of May Eighteen hundred & forty-two, before the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared William Bake and Abraham Miller, respectable persons of the County aforesaid, & being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that Mary Meredith who has this day appeared before the Court with the foregoing declaration, is the widow of Samuel Meredith late of Franklin County State of Indiana, that the said Samuel Meredith died on the 29th day of November Eighteen-hundred & forty-one and that the aforesaid widow has not been married since.

Sworn and subscribed the                        William Bake
day and date above written }                    Abraham Miller

Henry Berry P. J. F. C.
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State of Indiana  }
Franklin County  } ss

I Robert John, Clerk of the Franklin County Circuit Court do hereby Certify that Henry Berry is a Judge of the Probate Court in the aforesaid County, and that his signature aforegoing as such is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my seal of office an subscribe my name this Ninth day of May Eighteen hundred & forty-two.

Robert John Clk
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No. of Original (illegible) - 680
1002

Revolutionary Claims

Treasury Department
Sept. 13. 1828

Samuel Meredith, of in the County of Franklin, in the State of Indiana, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Handy's company in Lee's Legion and does not state that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary:
A. Dickens

(illegible) issued Aug. 3 1828

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office
19. September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Samuel Meredith in Lees Legion
It further appears that Samuel Meredith is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since 3d March 1826
Peter Hagner (illegible)
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State of Ohio     }
Butler County    }  ss

Before me Wales B Bonney a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Hodson of Butler County Ohio and being by me duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she was present and saw, Samuel Meredith late of Franklin County State of Indiana, and Mary Meredith widow of the aforesaid Samuel Meredith, joined in wedlock on the twelve day of March seventeen hundred and eighty-eight in the County of Kent and State of Delaware, and has every reason to believe that the marriage was legal, further deponent saith not.

Sworn to and subscribed this Fourth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty two before me.                       
  her
Elizabeth   X  Hodson
mark

W B. Bonney Justice of the Peace

Attest:  John P Clough
Elizabeth Bynum

State of Ohio   }
Butler County  }  ss
Be it know that on the Fourth day of June 1842, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. ----
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John Brannon Jr. Abraham Ross respectable persons and being by me duly sworn deposith  (sic) and saith, that they are personally acquainted with Elizabeth Hodson the deponant (sic) in the foregoing affidavit, and believe her to be a person of truth and veracity.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and date last above written.   John Brannon Jr
Abraham Ross

W B Bonney
Justice of the Peace


State of Ohio    }
Butler County   }  ss
I Taylor Webster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that Wales B. Bonney is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Butler, in the State of Ohio, duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of siad Court this 4th day of June  day of June 1942

Taylor Webster, Clerk
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J.H. Meredith
Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Lometa, Texas. February 15th 1922.

U.S. Commisioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear sirs:-

Is there a record of one Samuel Meredith who lived in either Butler Co Ohio or Franklin Co. Ind.. having been a Revolutionary Soldier, His wife's name was Mary Meredith, neither of them could write their names. They lived first in Butler Co. Ohio, then in Franklin Co. Ind. near Oxford Ohio. Samuel Meredith died Dec. 29th 1841, Mary Meredith his wife died Feb, 21st 1844.
As we have it this Samuel Meredith enlisted in Gen. Washingtons army from Maryland and served seven years as a drummer boy.
Thanking you for any information on the matter I am sincerely yours.
J.H. Meredith
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INDIANA
REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION

President
JOS. J. SCHMID            INDIANAPOLIS

VICE-PRESIDENTS
PETER H. BICK              HAMMOND
CARL B. HART              EVANSVILLE
D. C. JOHNSON           TERRE HAUTE
JOSEPH T. MEREDITH     MUNCIE
THOMAS F. CARSON    INDIANAPOLIS

TREASURER
WILLIAM A BRENNAN    INDIANAPOLIS

OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
905 PEOPLES BANK BUILDING

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
PAUL O MEREDITH              INDIANAPOLIS

EX-PRESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
VERNON C. HASTINGS         SOUTH BEND
ROY FRIEDLEY                       MUNCIE
G. D. GERHART                      KOKOMO

PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED REALTY INVESTORS AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
JAMES S. CRUSE                     INDIANAPOLIS


Indianapolis
21 November 
1922.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I desire to become a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and think that I am eligible through Samuel Meredith, who was a Virginia Militiaman under Colonel Lee.

Thinking that this information may be incorrect I would appreciate anything definite that you can give me on the matter. 

Yours very truly,
Paul O Meredith
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458 Blackman St.,
Clinton, Indiana,
August 5, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Revolutionary War Section

Finance Division
Book-keeper's desk
Aug 8 1927
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir:
Please send me copy of the pension applied for by Mary Meredith on April 9, 1842 on the service of her husband, Samuel Meredith B. 1761 and died Dec. 29, 1841. I think she was then living in Indiana, or perhaps, Ohio, as she and her husband lived near the line and were buried in Indiana, though living in Ohio part of the time.
I think his service was from Delaware, though it may have been from Virginia.
I enclose a check for one dollar, included in check for another copy I am requesting in this same communication.

Very truly yours,
Enid Frist Lemstra


Finance Division
Aug 8 1927
Bureau of Pensions
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ALLEN T. TREADWAY
1ST DIST MASSACHUSETTS

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C. 

Stockbridge, Mass.,
October 6, 1926.

Hon, Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner:

A constituent of mine, Sergt. Frederick Childs of 16 Carleton St., Holyoke, Mass., who is compiling history of the record of service of his family and ancestors in various wars, is anxious to obtain any information available regarding the service during the Revolutionary War of one James McCarthy of Pennsylvania and one Samuel Merideth of Pennsylvania, both of whom were members of the military service.  Undoubtedly the above were pensioners at one time or another, and if a search may be made of your records and you will send me such information as they may bear, I shall appreciate it.
Sincerely yours,

Allen T. Treadway
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O. W. and N Division.

F. W
W. F. 9565
Rev. War

3--525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 25, 1905

Madam, 

IN reply t your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Meredith, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in (and his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   (BLANK)

LENGTH OF SERVICE   Through War

RANK:    Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN:  GEO. HANDY
COLONEL  Hen Lee

STATE:  Va

Battles engaged in,   (blank)
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   Enlisted in the state of Delaware
Date of application for pension,  Aug 7, 1828 His cl. was *
Residence at date of application, Franklin Co, Ind.
Age at date of application,    (blank)
Remarks:   He married Mary Bradley (Breadley) Mar. 12, 1789 in Kent Co, Delaware and died Nov. 29, 1841.  She was al. pen. on her appl. ex. Apr. 9. 1842 while a res. of Franklin Co, Ind. aged 82 years.

Very respectfully,
Mrs. Ida Ludlow
501 8th Jeff St.
Muncie, Ind.

* See Agency book (illegible) issued Aug. 3, 1829


Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.

October 9, 1926

Honorable Allen T. Treadway
Stockbridge
Mass

My dear Mr. Treadway:
In response to your letter of the sixth instant, requesting data for Sergeant Frederick Childs, 16 Carleton Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of any James McCarthy.
You are herewith furnished the history of the only Samuel Meredith (Merydith or Meridith), found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau..
From the papers in the Revolutionary War

Negative searched by (illegible)
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pension claim W. 9565, it appears that Samuel Meredith enlisted in the state of Delaware and served as a private until the close of War in Captain George Handy's Company, Colonel Henry Lee's Legion of Light Horse. The date of enlistment is not on record.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1828, while a resident of Franklin County, Indiana. His age is not stated, nor is the date of his birth on record. He died November 29, 1841 in Franklin County, Indiana.
Soldier married in Kent County, Delaware, March 12, 1789, Mary Breadley or Bradley, they were both then of said Kent County. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 9, 1842, while a resident of Franklin County, Indiana, aged eighty-two years.
There is no data on file relative to children.
Very truly yours,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives


BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME:  Meredith, Samuel    GRADE  Private     LINE  Virginia (Lee's Legion)

 WARRANT NUMBERS   12354 and 13539    ACREAGE  100    ISSUED  September 2, 1789 to--not shown--