Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 806, for William Nixon, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Nixon, William   W. 806
            Mary
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Ohio 16.92B
R
William Nixon of Wayne Cty in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the artillery company commanded by Capt. Hugg of the (N. Jersey)
line, for the term on 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate
of [illegible] Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22 of Febr. 1820 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of May 1820
and sent to Hon. R. Moore -
A. Reps. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 3.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1820 - [illegible]
[illegible equation]
$:51.23
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
 Continued
Wayne Cty -
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[illegible] See letters to J.S. Lake
Oct. 7 1829 & Feb. 9, 1830 - also
Feb. 9, 1830 to Ohio & Pittsburgh
[illegible]
Notification [illegible] November 13, 1820 to
William Larwell, Wooster, Ohio
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Hon. Robert Moore
old case
Entered 22 Febr. 1820
William Nixon,
Wayne Co. Ohio.
Capt. Huggs Compy of Artillery -
N. Jersey
1776. 1 year.
Service Admitted -
Wayne Cty.
Hon. R. Moore, H.R.
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The State of Ohio
Wayne County
On the 22nd day of February A.D. 1820. before me the Subscriber One of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared William Nixon of said County of Wayne aged sixty five years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that the said William Nixon enlisted in the month of March or April 1776.- in Cohansey Cumberland C: New Jersey in a Company of Artillery Commanded by Captain Samuel Hugg that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States for the term of at least one year. When he was honorably discharged from the service by Capt. Samuel Hugg aforesaid -that he was in the battles of Trenton & Princeton and that he is now in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except what is herewith sent
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day and year first above mentioned
William Nixon
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Now in his power of his said services, except what is herewith sent
William Nixon
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day and year first above mentioned
David McConahay associate Judge

I David McConaghay one of the Associate Judges of Wayne County, Ohio, aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the above named William Nixon did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
declaration against the Common enemy for and during the term in the above declaration mentioned on the Continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances and requires the assistance of his Country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testamony taken and heard before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress -
Given under my hand and seal this twenty second day of February A.D. 1820 -
David McConahay
Associate Judge
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State of Ohio
Wayne County

I William Larwill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that David McConaghay Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken and subscribed, and whose signature is affixed to his Certificate of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned & qualified by lawful authority to all whose Official Acts as such full faith of credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout -
In testimony where of I here to sign my name and affix the Seal of said County at Wooster this 22nd day of February anno Domini 1820 -
W. Larwill Clk
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We the undersigned are acquainted with William Nixon the within applicant, and know that his is a poor man and in reduced circumstances - and in our opinion is an object of the Pension Law of 18th March 1818 - so far as respects indigence.
certified this 25th of April 1820 -
Robert Moore
J. Sloane
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Wm. Nixon
16923
13 May 1820
Con
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State of Ohio
Wayne County

On this 29th day of September A.D. 1820
personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County and State, William Nixon aged sixty four years as near as he can state resident in the County of Wayne who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, in the Corps of Artillery in the Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Hog of Gloster & State of New Jersey, that he enlisted in Cumberland County and Fairfield Township, State of New Jersey in the year 1776 for one year which said period he served out fully and at the expiration of said year he was honorably discharged that the date of his original declaration is the twenty second day of February 1820 - according to his best knowledge and belief and that the number of his pension certificate is 16.923 -
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and 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 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged the the land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto, annexed and by me subscribed -
Schedule of property owned by me necessary clothing & bedding only excepted - I have in debts due to me more than I owe about twenty dollars in unliquidated claims - half a quarter of Section of Military School lands by lease for 99 years -
One old mare   One Saw & Square,  3 Axes,
3 hoes, 2 Pitchforks, 2 Scythes, 1 bucket 
3 Augurs
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1 Set horse [illegible], 2 barrels, 1 harrow, 2 ploughs, 1 log chain, 2 piggins, 1 Iron pot, 2 Iron kettles, 1 Small kettle, 1 Iron wedge, 1 Mattock, 3 tin cups, 1 tin quart cup, 3 knives & forks 2 tea Cups & 4 Saucers, 3 Earthen dishes, 1 Pewter dish, 9 hogs -
I am a farmer by occupation, but am unable by reason of my age and infirmities to support myself by labour without unreasonable severe exertions. My family consists of my wife Mary aged forty    years who is unable to support herself by reason of her being severely afflicted and crippled by the Reumatism, my son William Nixon aged sixteen who is crippled by reason of a Cut of an axe, my daughter Lena Nixon aged about thirteen years -
William Nixon
Sworn to & Subscribed in open
Court 29th Sept 1820 -
W Larwill Clk
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2166
Ohio - Cincinnati
Mary Nixon
Widow of William Nixon
who served in the Revolutionary
N.J.
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd
February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept, 1853 and sent to
Wm H Hall
Toledo
Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Feby. 3, 1853  Page166  Vol. A
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1853
William H Hall
Toledo
Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Fulton County ss S Fulton County Probate Court

On this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appears before the Probate Court of the County of Fulton in the State of Ohio (in open court) Mary Nixon a resident of Delta in the County of Fulton in the State of Ohio aged eighty five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the fol: having Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three and the acts to which that is amendatory; that she is the widow of William Nixon deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; that saw William Nixon enlisted as she believes in the State of New Jersey; that saw William Nixon before his death drew a Pension from the United States for his service a such soldier in said War; that the first instalment of said Pensions was paid to said William Nixon as near as she can now recollect in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty one, and that he continued to draw said Pension in half yearly instalments up to the time of his death; that at the time of his death there was a half yearly instalment due to him
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William Nixon and which this affiant drew as his widow subsequent to his death: Affiant further says that the amount of said pension which said William Nixon drew as aforesaid as near as she can now recollect was between ninety and one hundred dollars and she thinks but little less than one hundred dollars a year which was paid to said William Nixon in half yearly instalments. that the said William Nixon and this affiant at the time said pension was paid as aforesaid resides in Wooster in the county of Wayne in State of Ohio; that said pension was paid to said William Nixon at Chillicothe and state of Ohio where he went for it and she thinks there was a government agency there for the purpose of paying pensions-
She further declares that she was married to the said William Nixon on the twenty eighth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and four at New Lisbon in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio by one James Kinney then an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Columbiana and in the State of Ohio and continues to live with the said William Nixon up to the time off his death as man and wife; that her husband the said William Nixon died on the seventeenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and
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twenty five at Wooster in the county of Wayne and state of Ohio: that she was present and saw him die and attended his funeral: that she was married to him at the time above stated -
She further says that there is no family Record of their marriage as they never kept any: that she knows of no Record or memorandum of their marriage except the Record in the Clerk's office of said Columbiana County a copy of which certified by the clerk of said county is hereto attached; She further swears that she was a widow at the time of the passage of said act on the third day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty three and has been ever since the death of said William Nixon as above stated and that she is still a widow; that she never has made application under said act for a Pension and never has drawn a Pension in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty one but does not know whether the same was ever filed in the proper department or not but if it was she now asks to withdraw the same from the files and claims nothing by virtue of said Declaration -
She further states that the said William Nixon and herself kept no family Record and that a short time after his death
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Matthew McCasky at her request entered his death in his family Record which is all the Record there is of his death to her knowledge, that she has frequently seen said entry since and the paper attached to the affidavit of said McCasky is the genuine entry made as aforesaid -
Mary Nixon
[illegible]
in presence of N Leggett
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Samuel Gillis Judge of the Probate Court of Fulton County Ohio in open court and I do hereby certify that said court is a Court of Record with a seal and duly authorized to administer oaths within and for said county and I do hereby further certify that the impression of a seal herein impressed is the seal of said Probate Court for said County of Fulton - I do further certify that the said Mary Nixon appeared in open court and that I believe her life to be as above stated -
In testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand officially and affixed the seal of said Probate Court this fifth day of July A.D. 1853
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Know all now by these presents that I Mary Nixon of Delta in the County of Fulton and State of Ohio have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint Col. William H Hall of Toledo in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio my true and lawful attorney [illegible] for me and in my name to receive from the United States all such sum or sums of money due me as the widow of William Nixon deceased as set forth in the annexed Declaration, either as a pension for the service of said William Nixon, arrears of pay, half pay pension or any money or moneys which may be due me from the United States on any account whatsoever and to which I may be entitled as the widow of said William Nixon deceased and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and at his [illegible] are to revoke hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do in cause to be done in and about the premise. Hereby expressly and unconditionally revoking all former Powers of Attorney by me given for the purposes aforesaid - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifth day of July A.D. 1853
Mary My X Mark Nixon     Seal
in presence of N Legge
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The State of Ohio
Fulton County} SS
On this fifth day of July in
the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty three before me, Samuel Gillis Probate
judge of said county duly authorized and
empowered to take acknowledgements, personally
appeared in open Court Mary Nixon
and Subscribed and acknowledged the
foregoing power of Attorney to be her free
act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein expressed.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand officially
and the seal of said Probate
Court this fifth day of July in
the [illegible] court aforesaid.

Samuel Gillis
Probate Judge of Fulton
County Ohio
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this Sixteenth day of June in the year
aforesaid Eighteen hundred and fifty
three, I being duly authorized to administer
oaths.
Witness my hand officially
the seal of said court
the day and year above
written.
John Reid
Probate Judge of
aforesaid county
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United States of America;
The State of Ohio, Executive Office.
I, REUBEN WOOD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Samuel Gillis whose
attestation is hereunto annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof an acting Probate Judge within and for the County of
Fulton & State of Ohio
duly commissioned as such: that he is the proper officer to take such attestation: that his said attestation is in due form; and that his official acts are
entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Ohio to be hereunto affixed, at Columbus, the
12th day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty three.
BY THE GOVERNOR: R. Wood
Wm. Trevitt
Secretary of State.
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MCS
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
August 21, 1924
Mrs. Moses C. Nixon
6200 Kenwood Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, W. 806, it appears that William Nixon enlisted
in Cumberland County, New Jersey, in March or April 1776 and was a
private in Captain Samuel Hugg's New Jersey Company of Artillery;
he was in the battle of Trenton and served one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 22,
1820, while a resident of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, aged 64 or 65
years, and he died there September 17, 1825.
Soldier married April 23, 1804, at New Lisbon, Columbiana County,
Ohio, Mary Bell "alias Fulcanson". She was allowed pension on her
application executed July 5, 1853, while a resident of Delta, Fulton
County, Ohio, aged 85 years.
Their children were William who died July 17, 1835, and Lena
who was 13 years of age in 1820.
There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
August 4, 1924.
Mae N. McIntire,
Worthington,
West Va.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 806, it appears
that William Nixon enlisted in Cumberland County, New Jersey
in March or April 1776 and was a private in Capt
tain Samuel Hugg's New Jersey Company of Artillery, he
was in the battle of Trenton and served one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
February 22, 1820, while a resident of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, aged sixty four or sixty five years, and
he died there September 17, 1825.
Soldier married April 28, 1804 at New Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, Mary Bell "alias Fulcanson", she was
allowed pension on her application executed July 5, 1853,
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while a resident of Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, aged
eighty five years.
Children, a son William, who died July 17, 1835 and
a daughter, Lena, who was thirteen in 1820. There is no
further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
W. 806.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
June 10, 1897.
Madam;-
Replying to your request for information concerning Jacob Kyle
and John and William Nixon, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are
advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data
given the names of Jacob Kyle and John Nixon have not been found upon
the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
William Nixon made an application for pension on February 22, 1820
at which time he was 65 years of age and residing in Wayne County, O.,
and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private
in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he
served under Captain Hugg. He enlisted in Cumberland County, N. J.
His widow, Mary, made application and received a pension for the
service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Miss Anna E. Kyle,
Irvington, Indiana.
Box 94.
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Irvington Ind.
Department of Interior
I would like
to know if Jacob Kyle
of Maryland or Virginia.
served in the war of the
Revolution, also please
give me full account of
the service of William
Nixon of New Jersey and
Gen. John Nixon of Mass.
Respectfully
Anna E. Kyle
Box 94
Irvington, Indiana
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Worthington, West Va. July 2, 1924
United States Pension Commissioner
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.
Sir: --
I should like to ask if William Nixon, a private in the
War of the Revolution, ever applied for a pension? He enlisted from
Cumberland County, New Jersey. I am seeking to establish his war
record.
Very respectfully,
Mae Nixon McIntire
Post Office Box 135

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2 cases [illegible] Joseph Skelmore and William Nixon
GLADSTONE HOTEL
62nd ST. AND KENWOOD AVE.
CHICAGO

August 2nd 1924.
Hon Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
I should like to ask if pensions were
ever granted to the following men
who served in the Revolutionary War.
I am seeking dates and date.
William Nixon - enlisted as a private
from New Jersey.
John WILEY private Kentucky.
Joseph Skidmore - Virginia or Kentucky
James Skidmore  -Virginia or Kentucky
James Abbott - Virginia
Respectfully -
Sarah Skidmore Nixon
(Mrs. Moses Cass Nixon)
6200 Kenwood Ave
Chicago

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