Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21,706, for Joshua Kelley, Maryland
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Service
MD

Name
Kelley, Joshua

Number
R.21706
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7280
Joshua Kelley
Indiana
Ensign
Col. Guest Md

Hon J Ewing
[illegible] Eckels Adams
Spencer, Owen, Co Ind.

H.R.
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War Department
Pension Office

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 Joshua Kelley

6 years - Rank- Ensign 
Proof - Traditionary & two witnesses

The applicant served as a minuteman and claims for six years, that description of Militia men only called out when the enemy were in the neighborhood when the enemy retreated, they returned to their homes and to their usual occupations. He cannot be allowed therefore for full pay. In computing six years active service the applicant has taken into account such time as he hath himself in readiness to illegible which cannot be allowed. He should state distinctly each time of service performed by him for which only an allowance can be made.

I am respectfully
Your obedient servant

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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allege 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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17281
Joshua Kelley
Pensioner
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State of Indiana 
Owen County Sct.
Owen Circuit Court October Term 1833 

On this 18th day of October 1833 personally appeared 
in open court before the Judges thereof now sitting Joshua 
Kelly a resident of said County and State aged eighty 
two years, who first being duly sworn according to law 
doth on his oath aforesaid make the following amended declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress 
passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under 
the following named Officers and served as herein stated 
Towit, That on or about the 13th day of July 1775 This applicant 
enrolled himself in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland and entered the service aforesaid 
in the company of Captain Hammonds 
whose given name was Isaac, that Samuel Merryman was 1st 
Lieutenant, that the above named are all the officers 
that belonged to the company for one year, 
the company 
being made up by them as this applicant was informed without having a commission, that Charles Carnan was Major and Thomas Guest Colonel of the Regiment 
to which Captain Hammonds company belonged, that 
about 12 months after the company aforesaid was organized 
as aforesaid,
said Company elected one Christopher Owens 
Captain, this applicant Ensign, and Charles Carnand
was elected Major and the said Isaac Hammond 
Colonel of the Regiment, and this applicant saith that 
he was in a few days after commissioned as such Ensign
by Thomas Johnson [?] the then acting 
Govenor of Maryland as this applicant believes that during this first year 
above spoken of two persons one by the name of Jonathan 
Plowman the other Richard Richards were appointed 
to carry on two papers one for “enrollment”the other called “association” the latter all were to sign the former none but those who could do military duty they refused to perform their offices and this affiant was then appointed and performed the duty fixing his own name at the top of the list for his township
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this applicant recollects that but 4 other persons 
signed the enrollment in his township (towit Pipe creek 
Township) that this applicant contined in the service 
as last stated as such ensign under capt C. Owens 
aforesaid for four years, and said Owen then died
and the company then elected William the Brother 
of this affiant Captain and that he served 
under his said Brother William Kelly for 
three years next ensuing 
This applicant further states during said services
as aforesaid, under Capt. Owens he was selected 
by the Lieutenant of the County (whose name was [Genrl ?] Andrew 
Buchannon) to take a list of the Horses oxen
Waggons boats and bay-crafts and return them 
To him, and it was his duty to return them to the 
Council of Safety, and this applicant performed 
the aforesaid trust for the whole county of Baltimore 
aforesaid, that the men belonging to said company 
were called minute men, and their service minute service, that their chief employment during 
the whole of said time that this affiant was in the 
service as aforesaid was to guard and fight the  tories, that they were frequently called into the town 
of Baltimore, to defend the town from the landing 
of the British, and to different sections of the Country 
to disperse bands of tories, that during the seven last 
years as aforesaid he served and acted in said Company 
as Ensign under the commission aforementioned 
that said company was stationed near the regulars 
commanded by Captain Smith, Captain Good of the 
infantry and Captain Plunket of the cavalry and 
Captain Gray of the cavalry, that they were stationed 
on the Chesapeak in Maryland particularly at Baltimore, 
that he was in no engagement with the British 
that he never received any compensation for his services 
during the whole of the above period, that his commission 
as aforesaid he retained for a long time till it was 
worne out, that he has no documentary evidence 
of his service aforesaid, or other proof of which he now knows
other than that herein set forth and the deposition of Joshua Cromwell
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and Moses Kelly, that he was born in Maryland in 
the year 1751. and lived there till 1793 and moved to Huntington 
County Pennsylvania remained till 1799. from thence to Ross 
County Ohio staid 2 years & 5 months, thence to Ky [?] years residence 
There to Owen County Indiana were he has resided ever since, that 
He has the record of his age from the Church of England, which 
was given him by his Father 

Applicant saith he served in all about eight years that during 
said time they had respite from service for a few days together 
that the time he was in actual and active service he believes could not be 
less  than six years, and that he served as he hath stated to wit, as 
Ensign and for such service he claims a pension. 

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 or agency of any state as a pensioner
Joshua Kelley Sener 
Read Sworn to and subscribed }
in open Court this 18th day of Oct. }
1833. Test T.C. Johnson Clk }

We Joshua Cromwell and George W. More
There being but 
one Clergyman in the neighborhood whose attendance 
cannot now be procured he being absent on business) 
residents of the same County and state with the above 
named Joshua Kelly, and state that we are well acqainted 
with said Joshua Kelly who has subscribed 
and sworn to the above declaration that we believe 
him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed 
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides 
and (where he has resided in said county for about nine years), to have been a soldier of the revolution 
and that we concur in that opinion. 
Read Signed and sworn to ⎬ 
in open Court this 18th day }
 of October 1833 }
Test T.C.Johnson Clk }
George W Moore
Joshua Cromwell 

And the said Court does hereby declare their opinion 
after the investigation of matters and after putting 
the interrogatives prescribed by the war Department. 
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier and served as he stated, that the other persons 
who signed the above certificate and affidavit are 
entitled to credit as witnesses, and the affidavits 
of Moses Kelly and Joshua Cromwell hereto attached 
was duly made in open court and form part of this 
proceeding and that it appears to us that his their statements 
are entitled to credit and aged [?] as therein stated 
Signed in open Court this 18th day }
of October 1833 }
A Kinney 
President of 7th Judicial Circuit
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State of Indiana 
Owen County 
I Thomas C. Johnson Clerk of the Circuit 
Court of the County in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify 
that the above is the original proceedings of the Court in the 
case of the pension application of Joshua Kelly had in open 
Court on the 18th day of October 1833. 
Given under my hand as Clerk of the Circuit 
Court aforesaid with the seal of said Court 
at Office in Spencer this 18th day of October 
1833. 
T.C. Johnson, Clk Ct. Ct. 

The Department will see that this is an amended declaration, 
the reasons we have sent it in this form is that we could 
cure the defects more easily in this way than in any other 
the facts we think may now be all gathered from the two 
declarations of the applicant, and the proof required 
from the two affidavits hereto affixed is given, the time for which 
the applicant claims is Six years and the Grade for which 
he claims is that of Ensign of the militia.
Eckels & Adams for 
Atty for applicant
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State of Indiana  }
Owen County ss. }
Owen Circuit Court October 
Term 1833 
Joshua Cromwell aged sixty three years 
being sworn before and by the order of the 
Judges of said Court the said court being a court of Record now in session and upon his 
Oath aforesaid deposeth and saith, that he is will acquainted with Joshua Kelly, who this day signed 
and was sworn to a declaration for a pension, that 
he became acquainted with said Kelly prior to 
the commencement of the revolutionary war, in 
Baltimore County in the State of Maryland, that on 
the day the Declaration of Independence was signed 
he saw said Kelly mustering in the company of Capt 
Christopher Owens in the County of Baltimore 
in the State of Maryland, that he was then and there 
carrying the Colours of said company and acting 
as Ensign of said company, and that he afterwards 
seen said Kelly in the service at a place called the 
soldiers dilight when and where said Kelly 
was acting 
as aforesaid in the company aforesaid, and that he 
frequently after seen and knew of the said Kelly  performing service as he states in his declaration 
at divers times, that one he recollects of their going 
to Baltimore and was gone some time, the precise times
not now recollected, that said company while commanded 
by Capt. Owens and afterwards by Capt William Kelly was often called out to disperse 
the tories and guard the whig settlements, and further 
this affiant saith not.
Joshua Cromwell
Test. 

State of Indiana
Owen County Sct I Thomas C. Johnson Clerk of the Circuit Court 
of the County in the State aforesaid do certify that Joshua Cromwell 
did sign and was sworn to the above affidavit after the same 
was publickly read, in open court on the 18th day of October 1833. 
Given under my hand as clerk of said court with the seal thereof at Office in Spencer this 18th day of 
October 1833 
T.C. Johnson Clk of O.Ct.Ct.
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State of Indiana 
Owen County Sct
Moses Kelly being sworn in open 
Court before the judges of the Owen Circuit Court now 
sitting October Term 1833. the said Court being 
a Court of Record, and upon his oath aforesaid deposeth 
and saith that he has been acquainted with 
Joshua Kelly ever since they were children, they were 
born in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland that 
during the revolutionary war same about 13 months 
they both mustered in the same company under 
the officers named in the declaration of said Joshua 
Kelly this day read and sworn to in my hearing. 
that said Joshua Kelly while mustering under Christopher 
Owens Capt. and offten under Captain William Kelly, carried the Colours of the Company and acted 
as ensign, that he has seen the commission of said 
Joshua Kelly as such ensign, but dont distictly recollect 
by whom it was signed, whether by the “Council of 
Safety” or the Govenor. I knew of his frequently going 
after the tories and recollect he took two tories by the 
name of William and John Shillen and one by the name 
of Caleb Stansbury, and took them to Baltimore, where 
they were long imprisoned, that the period of his service 
was from the beginning to the close of the war, that he 
knew of his being stationed several different places 
in said County and at different periods, particularly 
at the town of Baltimore, where he was often stationed 
for a long time together, that whenever the tories 
assembled in any section of the County, the said Company 
was generally called on to, and went to disperse them.
this affiants age is eighty years and further he saith not.
T.C. Johnson Clk 
Moses Kelly [his handwritten] + mark 

I Thomas C. Johnson Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Owen 
and State of of Indiana do certify that after the reading of the above 
affidavit of Moses Kelly the same was by him signed and sworn to in 
open court on the 18th day of October 1833. Given under my hand 
as such Clerk aforesaid with the seal of said Court 
at office in Spencer this 18th day of Oct 1833 
T.C. Johnson, Clk. Ct. Ct.
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State of Indiana 
Owen County Sct 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for said County 
Joshua Kelly, 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 
the time he was from home on service in the war of the 
Revolution, that the six years in his declaration mentioned 
includes all the time he lost by reason of the service, that 
he cannot say how long he was employed taking a list of 
Waggons carts boats and bay crafts a copy of the act under 
which he was appointed, as well, as well as an appointment 
was given him, the appointment is lost, the copy of the act 
he has wherewith forwarded to the department, that he lost 
a year in attending to civil business relating to the 
war, [?] but according to the best of his recollection 
as a minute man he served not less than the term below counting 
the days he was from home on the performance of 
Military duty. For two years I served as an Ensign 
and for such service I claim a pension, that for 
the time he was employed as a civil officer in 
matters relating to the war he formerly thought and 
believed he was entitled to a pension having never 
recd any compensation therefor which he now relinquishes
claiming only for his actual military services which 
were rendered in the the Revolutionary war Joshua Kelley Senior
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of January 1834 
before me.
D. R. Eckels [his handwritten] seal
Justice of the Peace 

State of Indiana 
Owen County Sct 
I Thomas C. Johnson Clerk of the 
County Board of Commissioners in and for said County do 
hereby certify that Delana R. Eckels Esq whose signature appears to 
the above affidavit of Joshua Kelly is and was at the time of signing and 
sealing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County 
duly elected commissioned and qualified as appears of record in my 
office under the above signature is genuine and his act entitled 
to credit as such. 
Given under my hand as Clerk of the Court aforesaid 
with the seal thereof at Office in Spencer this 15th 
day of January 1834 
T. C. Johnson, Clerk, O. C.
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(3-223)
REVY
No 21706
REJECTED
Old War Invalid

Joshua Kelley of Indiana
Ensign Cl. Guest Md troops

Service: Revy
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Spencer Ia March 4th 1834 
Sir 
I have just received yours enclosing the pension papers of Joshua Kelly; I very much lament I had not the 
management of the business from the first 
It is impossible to show more particularly than we have done 
the different tours of service which he rendered. The services 
were all performed in the same County the tours were all for 
short periods for the term of 8 years, his memory is much impaired 
by old age, and he informs me he cannot state with more 
precision than he has already done, and do justice to himself 
in the Amended Statement where he says he served two years he 
does not wish it understood two years at one period but many 
making together the greater term of two years. That Mr Kelly is entitled to a pension for the term he 
States I have no doubt. I herewith return the papers to you 
and if you think it most advisable to do so, you may present 
them to Congress for him. We shall be content with the 
disposition you shall make of them, only wishing in 
case you should fail that the pension declaration should 
be returned to him, so that if he should hereafter be able 
to make further proof he may avail himself of the privilege 

I received of Hon R. Boon a note in relation to the mail contract of Ralf Vanhorne, he informed me that 
the result would be made known to us through you. The 
reason I name this is that you may not forget it. The reason 
Vanhorne did not send to you in the first instance was owing 
to his comparitive want of acquaintance. Vanhorne 
was a good mail carrier and should be paid.
I fear that I have been compelled to draw on you, for two 
much of your time and labor, but from the wishes of those for whom 
I do business I could not do otherwise. 
Delana R. Eckels 

Hon John Ewing
House of Reps.
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Remove the suspension 
directed by letter of 
See letter to Ezekie
T  Cox Esq Zanesville Ohio 
and to agent

leter to Hon. not here