Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9293, for Aaron Simmons, Maryland
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SERVICE
Md

Simmons, Aaron
Sarah

 NUMBER
W. 9293

CONTENTS
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4816
Maryland
Sarah Simmons
Widow of Aaron Simmons dec'd
[torn] and who was a pensioner under the Act of ______________
[torn] and who died on the 1st March 1832
[torn] of Charles Co. in the State of Md,
[torn] who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain______of the Regt commanded by
Col Grayson in the Md line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 80 dollars______   Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued 3d day of Jany
1840 and sent Wm Simmons Partners Hill MO
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1839 $280
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar .40.  40.00
$320
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book A   Vol 2d  Page 175
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4123
Sarah Simmond
Md
act 7 July '38
m. Jany 83 d March '32
adm'd
2 yrs pri
$80
No deduction
Wm Simmons
Partners [illegible] Md
Md
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State of Maryland, Charles County to wit:
On this the twenty third day of December in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine; personally appeared before the subscriber Chief Justice of the first Election District Court for Charles County in the State of Maryland aforesaid Mrs. Sarah Simmons a resident of said County who being by me duly sworn upon the Holy Evangely deposes & makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows” namely that she is the widow of Aaron Simmons who was a Solider of the Revolutionary War; that her maiden name was Sarah Thompson and that she intermarried with the said Aaron Simmons on the thirtieth day of January in the year 1783 in Charles County Maryland where she has resided ever since; That her husband died in Charles County aforesaid on the first day of March 1832 and that she has remained his widow ever since and still is the widow of said Aaron Simmons; that her late husband was a private in Captain______ company in Col. Grasons Regiment of the Maryland Line; that she has understood and believes that her husband entered into the Continental Service at an early period of the war but she cannot say exactly at what date as she is now old and infirm and cannot remember periods of time from mere hearsay, but that she has understood and believes that her husband continued in Service until the Spring or summer of 1782 or until the Maryland troops were disbanded and that her husband received during his life time as she has heard him say and as she believes the sum of £77.1.5 depreciating money from Maryland as will appear by a pringed certificate hereto annexed; That she has understood from her
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said Husband and others in olden times; That he was with and belonged to Capt. ____Company in Col. Grayson's Regiment of the Maryland line of troops;  That her said husband at the time of his entering the service resided in Charles County Maryland and was drafted from that County and continued in Grayson's Regiment of the Maryland line during the whole time of his service.
And she further declares that she is now about Eighty two years of age.  That she was married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took plale prior to the first day of January 1794 to wit in Charles County Maryland on the 30th January 1783;  That her said husband died in that County on the first day of March 1832 and that she has not married since then and is still the widow of the said Aaron Simmons.  All of which declaration was sworn and subscribed to by the said Sarah Simmons before the Chief Justice of the said First Election District Court this the twenty third day of December in the year 1839  
Sarah Simmons  X her mark
Jno B. Lawson

I the subscribed Chief Justice of the First Election District Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the within named deponent Sarah Simmons is unable to attend the court from bodily infirmity.  Witness my hand this 23d day of December in the year 1839.
Jno B. Lawson Chief
Justice of the First Election
District Court Charles County
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State of Maryland Charles County Sct
I hereby Certify that John B. Lawson Gentlemen before whom the aforegoing Deposition was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time thereof & still is Chief Justice of the First Election District Court of Charles County duly commissioned and qualified and to all whose acts as such full faith & credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as [illegible]
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court this twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine.
John Barnes Clk of of County Court
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State of Maryland Charles County Sct:
I hereby certify that it appears from the Record and Proceedings of Charles County Court that a License was issued out of the Clerks office of Charles County on the thirtieth day of January seventeen hundred and Eighty three to join together in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony Aaron Simmons and Sarah Thompson.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.
John Barnes Clrk of Chas County Court
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State of Maryland Charles County to wit:
On this second day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared Mark Richardson before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and states that he is seventy five years of age and makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he is well acquainted with Sarah Simmons who is applying for pay for the services of her late husband Aaron Simmons in the Revolutionary War and states that he knows the said Sarah Simmons to be the widow of the said Aaron Simmons, deceased, and that the said Aaron served in the the Revolutionary War as a private in Col Graysons Regiment in the Maryland line and received seventy seven pounds one shilling and five pence depreciation money; further this Deponant sayeth not. Witness my hand & seal.
A.H. Beall, J.P. (seal)
State of Maryland, Charles County Sct.
I hereby certify that Allison A. Bealle Esqr. before whom the above deposition appears to have been made an whose name is thereto subscribed was on the day of the making and suscribing
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the same, and still is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for Charles County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.

Jon. Barnes Clr of Charles County Court
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deposition of Mark Richardson
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State of Maryland, Charles County} to wit
I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County do hereby Certify that on this the 14th day of December in the year 1839 personally appeared before me in said County Mark Richardson well known to me as a respectable, credible and competent witness worthy of confidence and belief which I hereby Certify who being by me duly sworn upon the Holy Evangely deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Sarah Simmons who is applying for a pension as the widow of her deceased husband Aaron Simmons; That he has known her for upwards of fifty large odd years; That deponent was present at the ceremony when she was married under her maiden name which was Sarah Thompson to the said Aaron Simmons and saw them united in Marriage in Charles County Maryland in the latter part of January 1783 and as he believes on the thirtieth day of that month; That the deponent knew Aaron Simmons very well for a great number of years as he lived in Charles County where deponent resided from the time of his marriage in 1783 until his death with was on the first day of March 1832 and that he knows the said Sarah Simmons now claiming a pension for the Revolutionary services of her said husband is the identical person who intermarried with said Aaron Simmons who the deponent understood and has always believed was a private in Col. Graysons Maryland line of Continental troops. The deponent also Says that the said Sarah has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband and that the deponent is now about seventy-nine years of age.
Mark Richardson
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year first above written.
Thomas B Berry
Justice of the Peace for above said County.
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State of Maryland Charles County to wit:

I hereby Certify that Thomas B. Berry Gentleman before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time thereof one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as there at.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affix the seal of Charles County court this 14th day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.

John Barnes Clk of Charles County Court
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The Clerk of the Court under seal will certify that the Justice of the Peace is that
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LAND OFFICE,
ANNAPOLIS,

5th February, 1839, I Certify that it appears by Depreciation Pay Roll, remaining in my Office that Aaron Simmonds(sic), a private of Grayson's Reg't of the Maryland Line, received £77.1.5. Depreciation Money, issued to the Maryland quota of troops on Continental Establishment, o the 23rd day of August 1782,

George G. Brewer,
Register Land Office, W.S. Md.
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LEO SIMMONS.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
No. 600 F. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

March 31, 1898.189

Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:

Will you please inform me of the services rendered by my great-grand-father, Aaron Simmons of Maryland, in the Revolutionary War?

Very respectfully,

Leo Simmons
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9293
Sarah Simmons
Wid. of Aaron Simmons, Pat. Md. line

Act: July 17/38

Index:--Vol. M, Page 214

[Arrangement of 1870]
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State of Maryland Charles County to wit:
I hereby certify that on this eleventh of February eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared Mark Richardson before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for County and State aforesaid and made oath as follows (to wit): That he the said Mark Richardson was well acquainted with Sarah Thompson, now Sarah Simmons of Charles County, widow of Aaron Simmons and that the said Sarah Simmons is now living in the aforesaid County, and further that he the said Mark Richardson was present and saw the said Sarah Simmons married to same said Aaron Simmons and further that he the said Mark Richardson believes himself to be 78 years old the 12th of February 1839.
Sworn before Thomas B. Berry, Associate Justice of the Peace for the Third Election District Court of Charles County.
State of Maryland, Charles County Sct.
I hereby certify that Thomas B. Gerry Esqr Gentleman before whom the above affiant Making and subscribing the same, an Associate Justice of the Third Election District of Charles County duly commissioned and
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sworn and that to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charoes County Court this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.

John Barnes Clrk of Chas. County Court
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mail

Mr. Charles Devany
Care of Mr. John H. Lang
Washington City, D.C.
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Land Office, Annapolis, 28th Oct., 1839
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 24th Inst., I have to state that I cannot inform you from the records of the revolution in this office, who were the officers under Col. Grayson, the records are very imperfect, and afford no further evidence of the service of Aaron Simmons than is contained in the Certificate heretofore furnished you from a depreciation payroll. From a letter on file in this office, from Charles Jones, Commissioner, (Virginia) dated to 30th Septr. 1785, and in which was enclosed a list of non Commissioned Officers and privates of Grayson’s Regiment [], that “Grayson’s Regiment” was something like “Rawlings’ Regt” composed of citizens of both States Virginia and Maryland, but there(sic) services terminated in Virginia. Col. Grayson does not appear to have been commissioned in Maryland. I presume he belonged to the Virginia line by the list above mentioned of the non-commissioned officers and men of “Grayson’s Regiment.” Aaron Simmonds is entered to have enlisted the 18th July 1777.
Very respectfully
G.G. Brewer

Mr. Charles Devaney
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Know All men by these presents that I Sarah Simmons of  Charles County, State of Maryland for divers(sic) good causes and considerations have made, ordained, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, bid, aim, authorize, nominate, constitute and appoint  William Simmons of the County and State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, and for my own property use and benefit, to ask, demand, and sue for, recover and receive of and from The United States of America all such sum or sums of money, debts and demands as whatsoever, which are ever due or owing to me the said Sarah Simmons by and from the said United States of America and to have and to use and take all lawful ways and means in my name or otherwise for the recovery thereof by attachment, arrest, distress or otherwise, and to compound and agree for the same, acquittance(sic), or other sufficient discharges for the same for me and in my name to make, seal, and [torn], and to do all other lawful or [torn] and things whatsoever concerning the premis[torn].
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as fully, and in every respect, as I myself might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof, and one or more attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and again at his pleasure to revoke, ratifying and confirming, and by these presents allowing, whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
Sarah (her x mark) Simmons (seal)

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 16 Jany one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Signed, Sealed, and delivered in the presence of W.A. Haislip, Charles Devaney
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District of Columbia, Washington County}Sct

Know all men by these presents that I William Simmons for divers good causes and considerations me(sic) thereunto moving have made and appointed and by these presents do make and appoint Charles Devinney my true and lawful attorney with all the powers vested in me by the within Power of Attorney, and give him full power and Authority fo execute the same as fully as I could myself if I were personally present at the doing thereof.
William Simmons

Signed & acknowledged before me this 4th day of February 1839.]
B.K. Morsell, J. Peace for Washington County, D.C.
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Previously intended, Sec No 4023

M Act Md. 7 July 38

today!

Report [] With an Simmons Present

William Simmons

W. Thompson, Agent
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State of Maryland Charles County to wit:
On this 16th day of February 1839 personally appeared before the Subscribed Chief Justice of the First Election District Court for Charles County & State aforesaid, Sarah Simmons, a resident of the State of Maryland in the County of Charles, aged Seventy-five 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 7th 1838 Entitled “an Act granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows;” That she is the widow of Aaron Simmons, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Simmons
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on the 30th day of January 1783, that her husband the aforesaid Aaron Simmons died on the 1st day of March 1832, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but that the Marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January 1794, viz: at the time above stated.

Witness the Subscriber Chief Jus. Of 1st Elec. Dis Court for Chs County
Walter M. Millar

State of Mary’d Charles County to wit:
I hereby Certify that the within named deponent (Sarah Simmons) is unable to attend the court from bodily infirmity. Witness my hand this 16th day of Feby 1839
William M. Millar
Chf Jus as aforesaid.
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State of Maryland, Charles County Sct
I hereby certify that Walter M. Millar Esq. Gentleman before whom the aforegoing declaration appear to have been made and whose name is thereto Subscribed was at the time of the making and subscribing the same Chief Justice of the first Election District of Charles County duly commissioned and sworn, and the to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Charles County Court this twentieth day of February in the year, Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.

John Barnes Clk of Charles County Court.