Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2337, Henry Acton, Md.
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Md      Acton, Henry     S2337
                                                         Carded
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Oct 1837
Order to pay 10
let m:15 March 1842 Benj
Eaton & Pension Agent.
B. Easton July 10. 1843
Oct 1837.


let 13030
Ohio 
C
S.S.
Ohio Pttsborough

13050
Henry Action
Bellmont in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Lowe of the Regt commanded
by Col Addison in the md
line for 9 months
$30
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pitt
the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of May
and sent to 
Peter Tallman H.  W Clarisville Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833.
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Sept.
1833

60.00
15.00
S. 75.00

⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Recorded June 7, 1832.
Palmer Clerk
Vol. 8. Page 105
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Henry Acton
20099
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of 7th of June 1832

State of Ohio County of Belmont
On this 5th day of November 1832 Personally
appeared before the Court of Common pleas
now in Session Henry Acton a resident in the
County of Belmont and State of Ohio aged
Seventy Seven years, who being first duly
Sworn according to law 
doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
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
of our Lord (missing) and Seven hundred and
Seventy Six with Horater Clicket and Served
in the flying camp regiment of line
under the following named officers-To wit
Captain John Low -- Horatio Clecket Ensign
Wm Devall Lieutenant Colonels John
Addison and Newel field & Company officers
that he left the service in and about the
Christmas following that he only served under
one term of enlistment-
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that at the time he entered the service he
lived in Prince Georges County near 
Piscataway in the State of Maryland

That he was in the battle of Fort Washington
and also in the battle at the White Plains
that he marched through New York
State-- also through Baltimore and
Philadelphia on his way to New York 
That he entered the service early in the spring onf
1776 and that his term of service expired
near Christmas following making
a period of nine months

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any agency in any State.

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year
above written. above written, (illegible) before 
open Court.
his
Henry X Acton
Mark

And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion that 
the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier
Peter Tallman clerk of the
Court of Common pleas in
Belmont County and State of Ohio
do hereby certify that the fore
going contains the original
proceedings of the said in the matter of the application Henry Acton for a pension in 
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this day of November 1832
Peter Tallman Clk

George Sharp
James Alexander
John Davenport 
Associates
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13. 058.
20099

Henry Acton
Ohio

Send to
G G Bremes

Adm for 9 months
from 1776

Peter Tallman Clk
Belmont Co
St Clairsville
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Henry Acton
County of Belmont in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 77

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
PERIOD
enlisted In 1776

DURATION OF SERVICE
Years, Months. Days.
9 monts

RANK
private

NAMES OF GENERALAND FIELD OFFICER
UNDER WHICH HE SERVED.
Col Addison
Capt Lowe
flying Camp

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
Fort Washington, white places

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince George County Md

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Neither, if not on the Rolls

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect? No clergyman mentioned.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chs W. Forrest
Examining Clerk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henry Acton which require
further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as 
their belief respecting his age and the general
belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 6, 7,
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 his 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
___and months, and ___ days, I served as a ___;
and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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.

+Quere XIV  PROOF OF SERVICE
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 claimants 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.

++QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
>In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Hendrysburgh Ohio
March 11, 1842

Benj Eason
Why does Henry Acton
only receive $30 pension
E33. Recalculate 14/42
Pension Office
W Allison
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Hendrysburgh. O. Mar. 11, 1842

Secretary of War
Sir
Will you oblige me by request of
Henry Acton Esq 
by informing me why it so that
said Henry Acton only dates 30 Annaly Pension
for entitled in Maryland and he remand
nine months, in the Revolutionary War
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Respectfully Yours-
Benj Eaton Paster
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18SS
E.J. Tellett
Armstrong Mills
Ohio

R 10th
Henry Aston
Ohio
1832
Examine  papers
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Armstrongs Mills, Belmont County Ohio

Dear Sir. I received yours last spring and I went to my uncles and they said that  grandfather had nothing coming from government, that Henry Acton got a Pension for about 6 years as near as they could tell and they said they would do nothing in their case. But they told me that if  I could get everything from government [illegible] but as a grandson I don't think I could do anything.  But if youse [sic] think that I can get something I will try for now that [illegible] about  [illegible] more today about the case as they are [illegible] and they won't do nothing I think I can't. 

As  for Samuel Wheeler he has been sick for a year and I could do nothing in that case but now   [illegible] two weeks ago. Nothing more but Address.

E J Tillett
Armstrongs Mills Belmont County Ohio
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May 24, 1843

Hendrysburgh O
May 2

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington
City
D.C.

Three
B. Eaton, P.N.
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Hendrysburgh O May 21st 1843
J. L Edwards Esq
Sir
Some time since
I forwarded to you an application for
Pension for Lucy Alton Widow of Henry
Acton Deceased, who had drew a pension
at that letter mislaid. Will you to so
good as to inform me on the receipt
of this, as the widow is in want of
said pension if it is lawful for her
to have it, yours
B. Eaton
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410
Ohio
Apl 17, 1843
May 3d 1843

Lucy Acton, no pension
have info under 7 July---8
B Eaton

B. Eaton  Free

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
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drydburgh,
Ril, 13th
1843

B Eaton P.W.  Free

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.

May 3d 1843
Lucy Action no pension 
info under act 7 July ___8
B Eaton
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Hendreysburgh O. April 13th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir
I have not seen the Act passed 3d March 1843
in this case I have been directed by a notice I
see in the weekly Sun of N. York. If the application
should be informal please advise me, and how to
proceed, as the case of this applicant is extreme
she is poor, upright & respectable so was her husband. 
Respectfully your Obedient humble
Servant B. Eaton
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NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VIRGINIA
Wheeling, October 5TH 1837
Dear Sir,
i enclose for inspection Voucher
of Fredrick Walters of Harrison County of pensioner $20
per annum under act of June 1832 claiming for one year from
10 September 1836
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Also those of Henry Acton of Belmont County
pensioner at $30 per ann under same act and claiming from
7 September 1836

I am 
yours very respectly
Archd Woods
Pen Agt
S In (illegible)

S. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensioner
Washington
D.C.
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Rev War
2337
INVALID.
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File No. 2337
Henry Acton
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 2
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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Land Office, Annapolis, April 5th, 1833,
I certify, that it appears by a list or roll of the "Flying Camp;" remaining in this office; that the name of Henry Acton, appears upon said roll, to been recruited  by Ensign Horatio Clagett, and to have served in the Flying Camp;"
George G. Brewer
Roy B Off. W. MS