Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4533, for Ezekiel Lewis, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Lewis, Ezekiel
NUMBER
4533
Carded
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To Pittsburg frm 4 Septr 1857
Date of [illegible] nul on AB
5972
Pennsylvania
Ezekiel Lewis
of the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the [illegible]
commanded by Captain Campbell of the Reg commanded by Col Lockrey in the Penna line for  11 mo Pen Dragoons - $45.84
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 45 Dollars 84 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb 1833 and put. R E Brown
Kittinning, Penn
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 
$68.76
22.92
=
91.68
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6 Page 67
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13894
Ezekiel Lewis
admitted
Feb. 18th
Private Dragoons
[illegible]  $45.84
R. C. Brown
Kittanning
Pa
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BRIEF in the case of Ezekiel Lewis of Sugar Creek Township County of Armstrong in the State of Pennsylvania -
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open 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.

[column headings: Period. | Duration of Service. - Years, Months, Days. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
volunteered about [illegible] August In 1781. taken prisoner 24. Augt & kept [illegible] 1782 | - 11 - | dragoon | Col Archd. Lockery Capt Wm Campbell Penna troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westmoreland Bay, Penna
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living winess & traditionary evidence -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
17 Feby 1833
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13894
Ezekiel Lewis
Application of Ezekiel Lewis for a Pension under the act of "7June 1834"
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1837.
State of Pennsylvania,
County of Armstrong ⎬ ss.
On this Eighteenth (18-) day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable John Young Esquire resident & Robert Orr & Joseph Rankin Esquires Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, now sitting, Ezekial Lewis
a resident of Sugarcreek Township in the County of Armstrong, and State of Pennsylvania 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 the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Colonel Archibald Lockery, Captain William Campbell (Captain of Light horse) under whom he was, that he entered about the first day of August A.D. 1781. that he was taken by the indians on their way from Jacobscreek in Westmoreland County in this state to the mouth of the Big Myami where he was taken on the 24th day of August
AD 1881 that he continued a prisoner from the 24th day of August 1781 untill the following year in July, to wit the year 1782. and was kept during that time on "Prisoner Island" in the river St. Lawrence, Thinks that Thomas Stokely's Company was one of the continental companies (if so) he served with that Company, that they travelled down the Ohio River, that he has no documentary evidence, the he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the deposition of Robert Orr Esquire who was with him & command one of the Companies under Col. Lockery, which said deposition is herewith transmitted.
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 of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ezekiel Lewis
Fredk Rohrer, Pro
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We, John Dickey a Clergyman, residing in the Township of Sugarcreek Armstrong County Pennsylvania, and Thomas Foster residing in the same Township, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Lewis, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
John Dickey
Thomas Foster
Fredk. Rohrer, Pro
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 ^and hereto annexed that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Dickey who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in Sugarcreek Township in said County and that Thomas Foster who has also signed the same is also a resident in Sugarcreek Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
John Young
Robert Orr
Joseph Rankin
Pennsylvania, Armstrong County ss
I Frederick Rohrer, Clerk of said of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Lewis for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Fredk. Rohrer, Pro
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interrogatories put to Ezekiel Lewis by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Schannadore County Virginia, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty five-
2nd Have you any record of your age if s where is it?
Ans. There is a record of my age in my grandfathers Bible, in the County where I was born, at the death of my Grandfather the
bible was in the hands of Mordeci Lewis his son, who is since dead
3d Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans. In Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, after I returned home from the Indians I lived 9 years in Westmoreland and since and I ^now live in Sugarcreek Township Armstrong County Penna.
4th How were you called in [illegible] you [illegible] you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I volunteered as before stated.
5th 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 service.
Ans.  I was not joined with any Continental Company as before stated unless Captain Thomas Stotely's Company, but I know that Col. Lockerey was under General Clark whom we were to meet at Wheeling, Virginia, who had left Wheeling when we arrived there, who left directions for us to follow him down the Ohio River, which we were doing ^accordingly when taken by the Indians
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so, by whom by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans I never did the Captain having been killed by the Indians.
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7th 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.
Ans. The Revd. John Dickey, the Honorable Robert Orr senr. and Thomas Foster.
These Interrogatories were put by. 
Robert Orr
Joseph Rankin
13894
Ezekiel Lewis
Application of Ezekiel Lewis for a Pension under the act of "7 June 1832"
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Ezekiel Lewis
S4533

August 9, 1939

BA-J/AWF
James Blain
S. 3082

Mrs. A. F. Hatfield
725 East Maple
Cushing, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ezekiel Lewis enlisted in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, died in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; Peter Prince of Pennsylvania; James Blain "Emigrant" from Pennsylvania; James Scudder Blain of Pennsylvania; James Blain, 1st Lieutenant; Captain William Blain.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this
office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Peter Pince or Pence, James Scudder Blain or Blaine, or William Blain or Blaine.

You were furnished June 2, 1939 the Revolutionary War record of Ezekiel Lewis of Westmoreland and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania, pension claim, S. 4533.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of Lieutenant James Blain of Pennsylvania.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

See [illegible] letter in James [illegible] 082
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Apr. 3. '08. Hist. to Mrs. Will B. Patton
1939, June 2 Hist to Mrs. A.F. Hatfield (dtr in law of Ephraim Blaine, W. 1215) - MLB
1939. Aug 9. Mrs. Hatfield sdr. for this one -
4533
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 4533
Ezikiel Lewis
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 2, 1939

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BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. A. F. Hatfield
725 East Maple
Cushing, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Peter Pence, Ezekiel Lewis of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, James McCollister of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who served in Captain Joseph Erwin's company, Chrisley, Christian or Christopher Gumber, Colonel Ephraim Blaine of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the record of his father, Lieutenant Colonel James Blaine (French and Indian War, also) and that of his (Ephraim's) son, James Blaine, appointed captain, U. S. Infantry, 1798, resigned 1807.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James McCollister (or other spelling of that
name) who is shown to have served in Captain Joseph Erwin's company, or who was of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, nor for service of Lieutenant Colonel James Blaine in the Revolutionary War, nor for service of the Captain James Blaine cited above, nor for service of a Peter Pence or Chrisley, Christian or Christopher Gumber (Gombare, Gamber, etc.). This office has no record of services rendered in the French and Indian War. The records of Ephraim Blaine and Ezekiel Lewis are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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June 2, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

EZEKIEL LEWIS
S. 4533
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. A. F. Hatfield
725 East Maple
Cushing, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein relative to Ezekiel Lewis were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4533, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Ezekiel Lewis was born in 1755 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not stated.

While living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Ezekiel Lewis volunteered August 1, 1781, served as private in Captains William Campbell's and Thomas Stokely's companies, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania regiment, and while on his way from Jacob's Creek in Westmoreland County, to the mouth of the Big Miami River, he was captured August 24, 1781, by Indians, held prisoner on Prisoner's Island in the Saint Lawrence River, until sometime in July, 1782.

The soldier continued to reside in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, nine years after the Revolution, then moved to Sugar Creek Township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

It is not stated whether Ezekiel Lewis ever married.

In 1832, the soldier referred to his grandfather, then dead, who had lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia, also to his grandfather's son, Mordeci, also, then dead.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Ezekiel Lewis, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
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data:
Ezekiel Lewis
Certificate No. 5972
Issued February 19, 1833
Rate, $45.84 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Lewis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Ser. F. 4533.

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. - CAPTAIN. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. - COLONEL. | STATE.]

Aug 7, 1781 | [blank] | Pri | Wm. Campbell | Archibald Lockrey | Pa

Aug. 24, 1781 was taken [illegible] by Indians on the [illegible] from Jacobs Creek. Westmoreland Co. Pa to the mouth of the Big Miami, kept on Prisoner's Island in the St. Lawrence River until July 1782.
War Camp

[end table] 

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co Pa
Date of application for pension, Sept 18 18 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Sugar Creek Twp. Armstrong
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: [check mark] 

Very respectfully,
[illegible]
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Philadelphia. 3 - 25 - 1908. 

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -

Will you please furnish me with the information your records may give concerning my ancestor, Ezekiel Lewis, a resident of Armstrong Co. Penna., who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War in 1834? I desire this data for genealogical purposes, only.

Yours truly,
M. B. Patton. B.

Address,
Mrs. Will B. Patton
Box 198
Philadelphia.

[circular stamp in black ink reading "U. S. PENSION OFFICE A MAR 26 1908"]
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Oct. 13.
13893 - 13896
pa"

Kittaning Pa
@ 18 Free
Hon. Lewis Cass Esquire
Secretary of War
City of Washing

[illegible] 
13893
13894 
Brigd
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Kittanning 3d Oct. 1832

Sir

take the liberty of transmitting to you the papers of Ezekiel Lewis and Jonathan King (soldiers of the Revolution) relative to their applications for the Benefit of the act of Congress of 7 June 1832. which I hope will be attended to.
Yours very Respectfully
R. E. Brown
Hon: Louis Cass:
Secretary of War.
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Deposition of Robert Orr senr
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(illegible) County

     Personally appeared in open Court Robert Ori Esquire while being duty sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he became acquainted with Ezekiel Lewis (the present applicant for a pension) about the first day of August seventeen hundred & eighty-one.   That at that time he belonged to a Light-horse Company commanded by Capt. William Campbell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Archibald Lockerey.  That this deponent was then a captain of a volunteer company, and that he the said Ezekiel Lewis & this deponent were both taken prisoners below or about the mouth of the Bigmyami (?) on the Ohio River.  That they were taken through some of the Indian towns to town Sandusky where they were separated.  That this deponent has been acquainted with the said applicant since that time.  That he is and has been an honest & upright man and is throughout his neighbourhood believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier & further this deponent saith not.


Swotn to & subscribed in )
open court this19 day of  )
Sept 1832                         )
 
                                          Robert Ori
                                           (signature)