Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,609, Ephraim Wilson, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.

Wilson, Ephraim

NUMBER
S.32.609
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CONTENTS
b. July 18, 1756 in Sussex Co. Del.
res at enl. Washington Co Pa (then called Yahagany)
(Youghioheny)
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22104
Indiana
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Ephraim Wilson
of Ripley Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Johnson of the rgt commanded
by Col Cannon in the Penn
line for 7 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Oct
1833 and S S Harding Versailles
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 58.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 11.66
[total] $79.98

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book C Vol. 7 Page 134

[right side, written downward]
Date of death not on AB
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26.740
Ephraim Wilson
Ripley Co.
Indiana
for 1778 private
7 mo $23 33/100

S. S. Harding
Versailles
Ind
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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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Ephraim Wilson

[Chart, listed by row, rows numbered and columns indicated by letters]
[1a] Period when the service was rendered.
[1b] Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
[1c] Rank of the claimant.
[1d] Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[1e] Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
[1f] Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[2a] 1774
[2b] 2 [months] 14 [days]
[2c] Pr.
[2d] Cap R Johnson
[2e] '77 Pa.
[2f] Traditionary.

[3a] 1778
[3b] 1 [month]
[3d] Cap Wright

[4a] --
[4b] 1 [month]

[5a] 1779
[5b] 1 [month]
[5d] Col Cannon

[6b] 2 [months]

[7a] 1780
[7b] 2 [months]

[8b] [total] 7

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 brand 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 solider [sic], 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 if 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 knowledges 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
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alleged 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 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 who 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 he 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 who 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 solider, 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.
[ARROW IN LEFT MARGIN AT THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH]
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.
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[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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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---months, and ---- days I served as a ----. For ---months 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 tot he 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 expression 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 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.
[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 affix 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 end 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.
[pointing hand] The notes from [a] to [i] 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 seat to the War Department, with the declaration.
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26.740
Declaration, for a Pension.

State of Indiana
Ripley County } ss

On the 13th day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appears in open Court before the Honorable Henry B. Hukill Probate Judge of the Ripley County Probate Court now sitting Ephraim Wilson a resident of the County of Ripley and State of Indiana aged Seventy seven the 18th day of next July 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 the 7th 1822. --

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as he stated. He entered the service in the month of May in the year of 1774 ["4" circled] as a volunteer and was commanded by Captain Richard Johnson, Lieut George Shilling, & Ensign John Stergus, He left the service this first tour the last of July same year as he entered, after serving faithfully for two months and two weeks. This service was rendered on the frontier, North West of the Ohio River against the Delaware Indians. He then [lined out: again] in the month of May 1778 was drafted for one month to stand as a guard at the garrison situate at the mouth of Mentures Run [Montour Run] on the Ohio River 12 miles below Pittsburgh During this 2d term of service he was commanded by Cap'n Zadok Wright, and Lieut Danl Jacobs, When this term of thirty days was expired he enterd himself for annother month and servd as a substitute for one Danl Brooks. during this time he was commanded by Capt Mayhary Ivins, & Lieut George Shilling. He was then dismissed, after serving one month as a substitute for Danl. Brooks, and one month on the draft, which aded to the first term of one month and half makes the term of four months and an half. He then a third time enterd the service, as a substitute for one John Dunkins in the month of March in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy nine and left the service the last of April same year after faithfully serving for one month more which aded to his other terms of service makes five months and half. He was commanded this tour by Col. John Cannon, Major
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Gabriel Cox, Captain David Richy & Lieut John Hull. He then a fourth time, the last of June in the year (that the Muncy Towns were destroyed by Col. Broadheads [Daniel Brodhead] Regiment, (this applicant by reason of the loss of memory cannot fix the year of any other event) enterd the service as a Volunteer and served for the full term of two months against the Muncy Indians. He left the service the last of August same year, one In which enables this applicant to fit the seasons of the year is this, at the Muncy Towns the company to which he belonged destroyed about 150 acres of standing corn which belonged to the Indians, and the corn was hardly fit for Roasting Ears at the time. He was commanded by Col David Broadhead [Daniel Brodhead], Major Cox, Capt. Sparks, & Lieut Peter Fey [?]. This tour of two months added to the other tours makes the term of seven months & an half. He then in the Month of March in the year of Col. McIntosh' campaign, (this applicant by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory cannot fix the time by any other Event but he thinks that it was in the year of 1780) he [lined out: enterd] was drafted and served for two months more against the Indians on the North Western frontier. He left the service for this tour in May or June same year after serving for two months at least He was commanded by Capt. Nathan Ellis, & Lieut Jeremiah Ellis, and march to the relief of the Tuscarora Garrison then under the command of Major Butler. This tour of two months added to the other tours makes Nine months and a half for which he claims a pension. He resided at the several times he entered the service in Washington County Pennsylvania (he thinks that it was then called Yahagany [Yohogania] County and was considered to belong to Virginia). The 1st & 4th tours of service he was a volunteer, A part of the 2nd and the 5th tours he was drafted, and a part of the 2d and the 3d tours he served as a substitute for Daniel Brooks and John Dunkins. He was in the Battle of the Wapatomica Towns. During his first tour he marched from
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what was then termed Yohogany [Yohogania], County to Cat Fish Camp, from thence to the mouth of Wheeling Creek from thence he crossed the Ohio River and went to Indian Wheeling, from thence to Wills creek, from thence to Still Water, from thence to the River Muskingham [Muskingum] Just below the mouth of Wapitomica Creek where the Indian town of that name stood where they destroyed the same from thence he marched back to Pittsburgh and was dismissed by his captain. During his second tour he marched from Pittsburgh to Menture Run [Montour Run] on which stream the garrison was situated, and remaind stationary for two months, when he was discharged. During in his third tour he marched from Major Gabriel Cox's to Pittsburgh where he remain for some time when he was discharged. During his fourth tour he marched from Catimmain [Kittanning?] (now called Armstrong) from thence to the mouth of French Creek, from thence to the Muncy towns, where the soldiers destroyed the two towns and about one hundred and fifty acres of standing corn, from thence he marched down the Allegany [Allegheny] River to Pittsburgh where he was discharged by Col. Broadhead [Daniel Brodhead]. During his fifth and last tour he marched from Pittsburgh to Tuscarora Garrison under the command of Major Butler, they relieved the garrison and then marched back to Pittsburgh where he was discharged. There were no continental Regiments or companies, with which he served. There were no regular officers with the troops where he served. The general circumstances of his services has been stated within. He has no dockumentary or [illegible] Evidence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of my state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,

Ephraim Wilson E his mark

We Mishach Hyatt a clergyman residing in the County of Ripley and State of Indiana, and Edward Pendergast, residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and
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believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[signed] M. Hyatt
[signed] Edward Pendergast

And the s'd Court does hereby declare his 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 solder and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Mishach Hyatt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Ripley and State of Indiana, that Edward Pendergast who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and State, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

H.B. Hukill P. Judge {Seal}

Answers to the Questions presented by the War Department -- Answer to Quest. 1st I was born in in the County of Sussex in the State of Delaware on the 18th day of July 1756. Ans to Quest. 2d I have a Record of my age at home, the one that my parents gave me. Ans to Quest. 3d I was residing at the time I enterd the service in Washington County Penn. (then called Yahagany County and thought be in Virginia), and continued to reside there untill the year 1795. Since that time I resided in Kentucky for 22 years when I removed to Ripley County Ind. where I now reside. Ans to Quest 4. The 1st and 4th tours I was a volunteer, a part of the 2d and the 3d tour I was substitute for Danl. Brooks & John Dunkin. A part of the 2d and the fifth and last tour I was drafted. Ans. to 5th Quest. They were no regular officers, or continental or militia [militia] companies where I served. the general circumstances of my service is stated within. Ans. to 6th Quest. I rec'd [received] no other discharge than a certificate of my service, each time, those certificates I always left with Col. John Campbell our paymaster, ^from whom I drew my pay. And to 7th Quest. Enquire of William Shree [?] Col. Robinson, Col. John Hunter John Johnson Esqr and all who kno me.

I, David P Shook Clerk of the Ripley County Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Wilson for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of May AD 1833.

David P. Shook. Clk
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July 3, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ephraim Wilson-S.32609
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Ephraim Wilson, who served with the Pennsylvania troops, and died March 22, 1850 in Ripley County, Indiana. With your request was enclosed the original application for headstone for Ephraim Wilson, which is returned herewith; there was no correspondence enclosed.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32609, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ephraim Wilson.

He was born July 18, 1756 in Sussex County, Delaware; the names of his parents are not given.

While residing in what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, but was then called Youghiogheny County and was considered a part of the state of Virginia, Ephraim Wilson enlisted early in the Revolution and served two months and two weeks in Captain Richard Johnson's company on the frontier against the Delaware Indians. In the spring of 1778, he served one month in Captain Zadock Wright's company and one month in Captain Mayhany Ivins' company, as a guard at the garrison on the Ohio River about twelve miles from Pittsburgh. He enlisted in March, 1779, served one month under Captain David Richy and Colonel John Cannon and from June, 1779, served two months under Captain Sparks and Colonel Daniel Brodhead against the Indians. He enlisted in March, 1780, served two months under
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Captain Nathan Ellis and marched to the relief of the Tuscarora Towns.

Ephraim Wilson moved in 1795 to Kentucky, where he lived about twenty-two years and moved to Ripley County, Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833, then living in Ripley County.

There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Ephraim Wilson, nor are the date and place of his death shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[left side]
32 609
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,609
Ephraim Wilson
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 456
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1924 May 1. Hist. to Miss N. Bailey AW.
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1934 July 3 - hist. to memorial Branch AWJ.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
JUN 20 1934 [on form: 1933]

Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

1 enc [enclosure]

[Round stamp] RECEIVED JUN 22 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. [illegible] 33
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Request for Rev War record of Ephraim Wilson of Pa. & died Mar 22. 1850 in Ripley Co. Ind -
Record [illegible] July 3. 1934 & Application for headstone
returned
AWF
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3-049.
Ex. M.C.L. Div. Rev & 1812 Wars Section
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 12, 1924

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.

First name of Widow
[lined out: No. of claim,] Catherine Wilson
Name of soldier, Ephraim Wilson
P. O. address of [lined out: claimant] soldier at enlistment & after service
near Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky.
Company
Regiment
State where enlisted Virginia or Kentucy
Date of [lined out: enlistment] birth July 18, 1756
Date of [lined out: discharge] death March 22, 1850.
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Return attached letter with reply.

Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.

6--2469
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[oval stamp]
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER S APR 19 1924
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Cincinnati, Ohio, April 16, 1924.

Mr. Hays Haymaker, Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I return herewith the form which you sent me in answer to my letter of March 11, and which I have filled out with the information that I possess.

This soldier, Ephraim Wilson was a pensioner for services rendered during the War of the Revolution. I am not clear whether he enlisted with a company of Virginia or the territory of Kentucky, but after the close of the war he returned to Kentucky, and lived in Bourbon Co. for many years. I am very sorry that I cannot give more information, but I should like very much indeed to have the military record of this soldier, and I will surely appreciate any consideration you will give me.

Thanking you very heartily, I am,
Very respectfully,
Nettie Bailey,
5717 Whitney Ave.,
Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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[Oval stamp]
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER S APR 19 1924
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[Re]v. & 1812 Wars Section.
May 1, 1924.
Miss N. Bailey
5717 Whitney Ave.
Madisonville,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 32609, it appears that Ephraim Wilson was born in Sussex County, Delaware, July 18, 1756, and during the Revolution he lived in what was later Washington County, Pennsylvania, but was then called Youghioheny County and was considered a part of Virginia.

He was allowed pension for seven months service as a private in the Pennsylvania Troops, War of the Revolution, on his application executed May 13, 1833, while living in Ripley County, Indiana. He had resided in Kentucky, place not stated, for twenty-two years, before going to Indiana.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.