Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41770, for Hezekiah Lindsey, Virginia
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
Va 

Lindsey, Hezekiah 

NUMBER
S41770

CONTENTS
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11613
Ohio
Hezekiah Lindsey
of Clermont Co in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson of the Virginia line for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 5th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1819 and sent to Alexander Blair Esq
Judge Williamsburgh [Williamsburg] Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1819: 8 26/30 mo $71.96
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 
$48
[total] $119.96

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818}

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Notification sent the 28th June 1820 to
David C Bryan Clk
Clermont Cty
Ohio
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Hezekiah Lindsey
5 June 1818 private
Col Gibson Virginia line
Three years Wanted the judges certificate of the recorded circumstances of the claimant & further
proof of Service

see cert & additional 
proof within
Admd

Williamsburg, Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County
Be it remembered that on the 5th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Came personally before me Alexr Blair a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Hezekiah Lindsey aged Seventy one years and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith he enlisted in the army of the United States in the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylania in the Company commanded by Captain Uriah Springer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Gibson in the Virginia line on Continental Establishment that he served in the American Army three years the full time he had enlisted for that he obtained his discharge from the Army at Fort Pitt now Pittsburgh Pa that some years after the War he transmitted his said discharge to the State of Virginia to obtain his land warrant but that he never obtained any land for his services. the deponant [sic] offers the annexed deposition of Andrew Chalmers as evidence that he never has obtained any Pension and hereby relinquishes every pension heretofore allowed by the
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Laws of the United States - and this deponant [sic] the said Hezekiah Lindsey on his oath aforesaid declares that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support
Hezekiah Lindsey
X
his mark

State of Ohio
Clermont County 
On the 5th day of June 1818 came personally before me Alexr. Blair a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Andrew Chalmers and being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he saw the above named Hezekiah Lindsey at Fort Pitt in the State of Pennsylvania in the year
one thousand seven hundred and eighty that he travelled having obtained furlow [sic] with him while both of them were on their way home about 40 miles that he this deponent understood and does verily him believe that the said Hezekiah had served in the American Army of the revolution against the Common Enemy
Andrew Chalmers

I certify that the above named Hezekiah Lindsey took and subscribed before me the above oath and that it appears to my satisfaction that he served in the revolutionary war against the common and also the above named Andrew Chalmers took and before the above oath subscribed
Alexr Blair
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County

I David C Bryan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do Certify that Alexander Blair Esquire whose name is signed to the within Certificate of the deposition of the therein named Hezekiah Lindsey and before whom the same appears to have been made now is and was at the time of signing his name thereto a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be
given to all his official acts as Such
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the 9th day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
David C Bryan
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I Alexander Blair Judge as aforesaid to further
certify to the Honorable Secretary of War that it has been proven to my satisfaction that by
reason of the reduced circumstances in life of the within named Hezekiah Lindsey that he is need of the assistance of his country for support-
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said court to be affixed the 20th day of May A.D. 1819
Alexr Blair

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Hezekiah Lindsey

11.613

7 June 1849
[illegible] 1819

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David C Bryan Esqr
Clk
Clermont Cty
Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County ss. 

On the 8th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common pleas within and for said County, and also being a Court of record which have the power of fine and imprisonment Hezekiah Lindsey aged 73 years, resident in the said County, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary War as follows to wit in the 9th Regt Commanded by Col John Gibson in the Company commanded by Capt John Springer in the Virginia line and that he was notified of his being [illegible] on the pension list roll of the Ohio agency at eight Dollars per month commencing on the 5th day of June 1818 by a pension certificate No 11613, bearing date 7th June 1819 & I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time, by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress titled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me
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nor have I any income other than what is
contained in The Schedule hereunto annexed
and by me subscribed to wit, real estate none, one Cow, five bee hives, and he is a daily  laborer but owing to age and infirmity is unable to work but a small part of the time, & that he has no family, but himself
Hezekiah Lindsey
X
his mark

Sworn to and declared on the 8th day of June 
1820 before the said Court

I David C. Bryan Clerk of The Court of Common
pleas aforesd do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copyed [sic] from the records of the said Court & I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total  amount of the property exhibited in the aforsd. Schedule is Ten Dollars
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12th day of June 1820
David C. Bryan Clerk
of the Court of Common pleas
Clermont County Ohio

[seal]
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MWH
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

March 15, 1927

Mrs. Edna M. Keister
503 North Grant St.,
West Lafayette, Indiana

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41770 it appears that Hezekiah Lindsey enlisted, date not stated, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and served three years as a private in Captain Uriah Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1818 while a resident of Clermont County, Ohio aged seventy-one years.
It is not stated whether he was ever married.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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41770
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 41770
Hezekiah Lindsey
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. 5, Page 295

{Arrangement of 1870.]

1915. Mch 18. History to Mrs. Jennie Lindsay,
M. B. H. 
1926 Dec. 23. Hist to Hon Frank B. Willis M. M. H. F.
1927 - Mch. 15. Hist to Mrs. Edna M. Keister M B H
1927. Nov. 22. Hist. to Mrs H. L. Burnham MMHF
1928 Aug 15, Hist to Mrs. Grace B. Scherb MEE
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The State of Ohio
Brown County

On the sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen came personally before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county Patrick Grogan a respectable witness and being duly sworn on Holy evangelists doth depose declare and say that he this deponent was a Soldier in the War of the revolution in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson in the Virginia line on Continental establishment. And that he was in the said War and now is acquainted with Hezekiah Lindsey who resides in the County of Clermont in the State aforesaid and that the said Hezekiah Lindsey was an enlisted soldier in the American Army of the Revolution and that the said Hezekiah did serve as a Soldier in the army aforesaid for more than nine months at one time and this deponent verily believes that the said Hezekiah did serve in the same army
for about three years the whole time that
he enlisted for and further this
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Deponant [sic] saith not-
Patrick Grogan
X
his mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
Robt Allen
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Brown County  
I William Middleton Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Robert Allen Esq. whose Signature is annexed to the foregoing deposition was at the time of signing the same and is now a legally authorised [sic] Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and that due faith and credit is and ought to be paid to his official acts as such ---

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Ripley this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
William Middleton D. Clk. B.C.
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267 Norwood Ave
Youngstown Ohio
June 13, 1927

Commission of Pensions
Department of the Interior

Dear Sir:

May I have a copy of the pension record of Hezikiah [sic] Lindsey of Virginia Continental
Troops War of 1776
Thanking you I am
Yours truly
Mrs Harry L. Burnham

[postmark]
U. S.
PENSION OFFICE
JUN 17 1927
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Rev War

Indianapolis Ind
Oct. 22 1927.

Dept Interior
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:-

Will you please give me the military record of
Hezekiah Lindsey, who fought in the Revolutionary war. His birth place I think was in Ohio & was burried [sic] in the State of Ohio
Respectfully yours
Mrs Grace Barber Scherb
2816 N. Talbott St
Indpls Ind.

[stamp]
OFFICE
THE CHIEF CLERK
OCT 25 1927
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[stamp]
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED
OCT 25 1927
TO BUR. PENSIONS
SEQYS. OFF. APPTS., MAILS & FILES.
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FRANK S. WILLIS, OHIO, CHAIRMAN
HIRAM W. JOHNSON, CALIF.
IRVINE L. LENROOT, WIS.
WILLIAM M. BUTLER, MASS.
HIRAM SINGHAM, CONN.
ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND.
GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.
KEY PITMAN, NEV.
JOSEPH T ROBINSON, ARK.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
EDWIN S. BROUSSARD, LA.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, DEL.
SAM G. BRATTON, M. MEX.
CHARLES A JONES, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON
TERRITORIES AND INSULAR FOSSESSIONS

December 21, 1926.

Dear Commissioner Scott:
I shall very much appreciate it if you will look up the record of
Hezakiah [sic] Lindsey
Westmoreland, Pa
and give me as full a statement as you can. Mr. Lindsey fought in the Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully yours,
 
Francis B. Willis

Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
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[illegible]
Fredericktown Ohio. 3-8-1915

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C
Sir,
Am writing you to inquire if the name Nimrod Newman is on record in your office as Revolutionary Pensioner or as having made application for same.
He probably I enlisted from Virginia. His wifes name (which is not known to me, may be on your records.
Would also inquire about Zebulon Holliday whose wife was Elizabeth Kiser, or his father Holliday whose wife was Rebecca Simpers
Zebulon Holliday enlisted from Pennsylvania
or Maryland, later located in Ohio.
Was Hezekiah Lindsey who Enlisted from
Virginia a Revolutionary Pensioner Please give any military Record you may have of Lindsey. His Hezekiah wifes name is not known to me but may appear on pension rolls.
He removed from Virginia to Pennsylvania and from there to Maysville or near Maysville Kentucky.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may give. I am very Resp. Jennie Lindsey
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503 N. Grant Street
West Lafayette, Ind
January 25, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions
Div. Revolutionary War Records
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Was Hezekiah Lindsay Revolutionary War soldier of Virginia or Pennsylvania, a pensioner?
If so, and his papers contain a Bible record I would greatly appreciate a copy of the Bible record
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Edna M. Keister
503 N. Grant Street
West Lafayette
Indiana
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MMHF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

November 22, 1927

Mrs. Harry L. Burnham
267 Norwood Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41770, it appears that Hezekiah Lindsey enlisted, date not stated, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and served three years as a private in Captain Uriah Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1818 while a resident of Clermont County, Ohio aged seventy-one years.
It is not stated whether he was ever married.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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M.E.E.
copied from
letter by MMHF
dated Nov. 23, 1927

EEV. 1812
Wars Section

August 15, 1928

Mrs. Grace Barber Scherb
2916 N. Talbott Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Madam:

I advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41770, it appears that Hezekiah Lindsey enlisted, date not stated, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and served three years as a private in Captain Uriah Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1818, while a resident of Clermont County, Ohio, aged seventy-one years.
It is not stated whether he was ever married.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Hezekiah Lindsey, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
WINDFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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MMHF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

December 23, 1926

Honorable Frank B. Willis
United States Senate

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of the 21st instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41770 it appears that Hezekiah Lindsey enlisted, date not stated, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and served three years as a private in Captain Uriah Springer's Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 5, 1818 while a resident of Clermont County, Ohio aged seventy-one years.
It is not stated whether he was ever married.

Very truly yours,


WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

In 1820 he stated "I have no family but myself" that may have meant all dead or that children
are not liv. at home etc

Date of death not on AB
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 [blank]

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Hezekiah Lindsey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 41770
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[check mark]

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 years

RANK,
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Elijah Springer
COLONEL.
John Gibson

STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Westmoreland Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, June 5. 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Clermont Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 71 years
Remarks: There is no family data  on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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