Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,689, John Clevidence, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Clevidence, John
or
Clevedence, Mary

NUMBER
W. 6689
B.L.Wt. 24775-160-55

CONTENTS
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Notification sent December 26, 1820 to 
RJ Walker, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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[illegible]
Pennsylvania

John Clevidence
of Alleghany Co. in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the regiment commanded 
Colonel Smallwood of the Maryland 
line, for the term of three years & nine mo
War

Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence
the 10th of May, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Sept. 1819
and sent to Samuel Roberts, Esq
Pittsburg, Penna.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 $30.73
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. '20 48.00
22/31
4/30 $78.73

[illegible]/64 Alleghany 

{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818. }

29
60 R

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3906
Pennsylvania, Pittsburg

Mary Clevidence 
widow of John Clevidence
Md.
who served in the Revolutiona
ry war, as a private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence 
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 
24th day of March/54
and sent to 
J. M. Thayer
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 3, 1853, Page 103 Vol. A

1818

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Regd Mar 55 17255
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172.555
Act Mar. 3
June 18/55.
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Mary Clevidence widow 
of John Clevidence 
Clevidence Pnor.
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Md: Contl. line
Pa. Mil.
[written vertically right margin]
Retn

[written vertically across the page]
No. 24775 its May 10/56

War of Revolution
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Ad. 160 Acre May, 5/56
Penn Feby 53 -390 Boynton
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A. W. Foster
Pittsburg
Pa

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Vol C. 151.
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On this tenth day of May AD 1819 before 
me the subscriber President of the Court  
of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial 
District of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania personally appeared John Clevidence 
aged sixty [struck out: sixty fifty fifty five] years & upwards resident 
in Pine Township in the County of Allegheny 
in the district aforesaid who being by me 
first duly sworn 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 & 
naval service of the United States in the re
volutionary war;" That he the said John 
Clevidence enlisted at Annapolis in Maryland 
in the company commanded by Capt David Lynn 
& then transferred to the company commanded by Capt Gaiter & marched under 
in the fourth regiment Maryland line commanded 
by Major Genl. Smallworth on the twenty eighth 
day of August 1779 that he continued to serve 
in this corps for about three months when he 
was ordered to Annapolis when he was put under 
the command of Capt Hughes of the detachment com
manded by Major Landsley continued to serve
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under the 2d. Capt for about six or eight months 
when he was put under the command of Capt
Clickel & ordered to West Point in the State 
of New York where he remained with the corps
till the following spring when he was ordered 
with Capt Clickels company to Baltimore 
Maryland when he was ordered to Pittsburg 
in the company commanded by Cat David 
Luckel, Major Marbery commanded in order 
to relieve Major Findley commandant of Fort 
Pitt.  When he having served his time out which 
was three years & nine months over he was 
discharged at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) by 
Capt David Luckel who then commanded the 
detachment. That he was at the capture of 
Cornwallis and that he is reduced circumstances 
& 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 serving except that which is 
[remainder covered by piece of paper containing the following]
[word struck out] the command [words struck out] of Major Marbery in sd company
to Little York in Virginia where he was at the capture of Cornwallis [Note: there is no 
indication where the foregoing insert is to be placed in the declaration]

aforesaid
Saml Roberts
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[Duplicate of prior page with the remainder of the declaration included and the insert excluded]

under the 2d. Capt for about six or eight months 
when he was put under the command of Capt
Clickel & ordered to West Point in the State 
of New York where he remained with the corps
till the following spring when he was ordered 
with Capt Clickels company to Baltimore 
Maryland when he was ordered to Pittsburg 
in the company commanded by Cat David 
Luckel, Major Marbery commanded in order 
to relieve Major Findley commandant of Fort 
Pitt.  When he having served his time out which 
was three years & nine months over he was 
discharged at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) by 
Capt David Luckel who then commanded the 
detachment. That he was at the capture of 
Cornwallis and that he is reduced circumstances 
& 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 serving except that which is 
transmitted.
Sworn to & declared } 
before me the day & year }  John his X mark Clevidence
aforesaid }
Saml Roberts
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Allegheny County Ss

Personally came before me the subscriber one 
of the Justices of the peace in and for sd County 
Daniel Howe and on his solem [solemn] saith that he was 
well aquainted [acquainted] with John Clevidence in the revolution
ary ware [war] and that he was a soldier in sd ware [war] in the Maryland 
line and that he served in the same companey [company] with him 
[illegible] or nineteen mounths [months] under Daniel Luckett capt and 
John Linn Lieut Joseph Marbury Major fourth 
reigiment [regiment]-William Smallwood Major genrill [general] 
and that he was discharged at Pittsburgh
He further saith that he was aquainted [acquaiinted] with the said 
John Clevidence nearly three years in the revolutionary 
ware [war] and that he the sd John Clevidence was a peaceable 
good soielder [soldier] and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before  Daniel his X mark Hawe
this 28th day of August AD 1818
Robt Boyd
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, June 16th 1819

I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay rolls remaining 
in the Auditor's Office, that John Clevidence pt. received from 
John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line the sum of $21.30 
for arrears of pay from the 1st. Augt. 1780 -- to the 
1st. Jany 1782--Also, the sum of $80.00--for pay 
from the 1st. Jany 1782--to the 1st Jany 1783--
and also the sum of $35.50--from the --
1st Jany 1783--to the 15th Nov. 1783 when
his time expired.
Thos. Karney A.S.M
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Pittsburgh 10th May 1819

I certifie [certify] that Daniel How who hath made the deposition 
attached hereto was inlisted [enlisted] into the army of the U. States in the 
revolutionary war by me in the summer 1779, that during his 
service under me from that time untill [until] the last of Decr. 1780
he at all times conducted himself well, that he is now a resident 
in Allegheny County Pa--that I often have oppurtunetys [opportunities] of 
seeing & hearing from; that his conduct in life is moral & 
that he is highly esteemed by his acquaintances & further that 
I would put as much faith & credit to his deposition as to 
any other many within my knowledge.

[The following is a duplicate of the prior page]

Auditor's Office, Annapolis, June 16th 1819

I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay rolls remaining 
in the Auditor's Office, that John Clevidence pt. received from 
John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line the sum of $21.30 
for arrears of pay from the 1st. Augt. 1780 -- to the 
1st. Jany 1782--Also, the sum of $80.00--for pay 
from the 1st. Jany 1782--to the 1st Jany 1783--
and also the sum of $35.50--from the --
1st Jany 1783--to the 15th Nov. 1783 when
his time expired.
Thos. Karney A.S.M
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[beginning cut of]sylvania Sct

I Saml Roberts President of the Courts 
of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial 
District in the Commonwealth aforesaid 
do certify that it appears to my satis
faction that the said John Clevidence did 
serve in the revolutionary war as stated 
in the preceding declaration against 
the common enemy for the term of nine months 
for one period on the continental establishment.
I also certify that it appears to my 
satisfaction that he is reduced 
circumstances.--I now transmit
the proceedings & testimony taken & had 
before me to the Secretary for the Department 
of War pursuant to the directions of the 
aforementioned [illegible].  In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal 
at the City of Pittsburgh this tenth day of May 
A.D. one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
Saml Roberts
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Pennsylvania,
Allegheny County, Ss.

I Ephraim Pentland, Prothonotary 
of the Court of Common Pleas of 
[Blurred seal of court] Allegheny County, in Pennsylvania, 
do by these presents certify that 
the Honble. Samuel Roberts, Esquire, whose signature 
is affixed to the foregoing deposition and certificate 
now is, and was at the time of taking and signing
the same, President of the fifth Judicial District 
of Pennsylvania, including the County of Allegheny,
and that the interlineations and erasures were made  
previous to the signing thereof, to all whose acts as 
such due faith and credit are and of right ought 
to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere 
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at the 
City of Pittsburgh, this 10th May A.D. 1819.
E. Pentland, Pro.
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Application of John 
Clevidence 
14.213-
Allegheny Co
Pa
Sep 19

[Note in background illegible]
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Among the pleas enrolled in the District Court of the 
United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania are the 
following extracted from the records of our adjourned court 
in the said district held at Pittsburgh on the thurtieth [thirtieth] day 
of August eighteen hundred and twenty and of the 
Independence of the United States the forty-fifth.

United States of America }
Western District of Pennsylvania } Ss

On this thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred & 
twenty personally appeared in open court being a court of record for 
said district, John Clevidence aged sixty one years resident in 
Allegheny County in said district who being first duly sworn according 
to law doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the revolu
tionary war as follows; that he enlisted on the twenty eighth day of 
August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one at Annapolis 
in State of Maryland for three years or during the war, he was en
listed by Captain Linn to served under Capt Henry Gaiter in the 4th 
Maryland regiment commanded at that time by Major Oxberry 
in the Maryland line, that he served three years and nine months 
before he was discharged in one continuous service, on the continental 
establishment and against the common enemy, that he was honor
ably discharged at Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania by Capt 
D Lucket on or about April or May seventeen hundred and eighty 
five which discharge is lost.  That after the end of the war he 
often applied for his discharge but was unable to obtain it untill [until] the time 
above mentioned, that during the service aforesaid he was in the 
battle of Yorktown or the capture of Cornwallis. He was then sent 
to Richmond, then marched back to Annapolis and the next 
season sent to West Point, An I do solemnly swear that I was a 
resident citsen [citizen] of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 
eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that 
time in any manner disposed of my property so as to [struck out: bring 
myself within the provisions] diminish it as to bring myself within 
the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide
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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 eighteen hundred and eighteen, and I have not nor has 
any persons in trust for me any securities or property, contracts or debts 
due to me nor have I any other income other than what is contained 
in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule

He lives upon twenty nine acres of barren, mountainous, [illegible] land 
not worth 50 cents an acre which he claims from right of settlement 
and the title of which is disputed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . $39.50
1 old horse worth $10, 3 very old cows $5 apiece, two caves worth $3.00
1 old foot rake, 1 old sickle and scythe upards [upwards] of 20 years kid $0.12 1/2
8 ordinary sickly unprofitable sheep worth 50 cents a piece . . . . . .  $4.00
9 shotts sickly 50 cents a piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4.50
10 pigs sickly 25 cents a piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2.50
2 sets old horse [illegible] 9 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1.00
1 old mattack & 1 old spade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.37 1/2
3 old hoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .12 1/2
1 old plough 9 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
pair of old [illegible] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .12 1/2
1 old chopping axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .25
1 old meat axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1.25
1 log chain 19 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .50
1 old hand saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .12 1/2
1 20 year old pitch fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    .12 1/2
1 table 27 year old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    .25
1 chest 27 year old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .25
6 [illegible] bottom chairs 17 [illegible] a piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .75
4 old [illegible] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .12 1/2
1 25 year old [illegible] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .50
5 old knives 1 cent a piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .  5
9 pewter plates 19 year old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    .56 1/2
4 hens and 1 cock worth 5 cents a piece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    .25
1 very old saddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .25
2 old iron wedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    . 5 
1 old gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.00
2 old pots, 2 old bake ovens & a kettle 20 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .50

That he receives a pension by virtue of a certificate dated sixteenth day 
of September and No 14,213 that he has no family residing
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with him except his wife who is old and infirm and totaly [totally] unable 
to work, his former occupation was a labourer [laborer] but from old age 
[illegible] bodily affliction and infirmities is totaly [totally] unable to wrk & 
that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to 
support himself without the assistance of his country.
Sworn to and subscribed the thirtieth day of August before 
the Judge of said court.
Jonathan H Walker John his X mark Clevidence

[Blurred seal of Court]

I Robert J Walker clerk of the Court in and for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the fore
going oath and schedule annexed are truly copied from 
the records of said Court, And I do further certify that it is 
the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value 
of said property is eighty five dollars and eighty cents.  In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the seal of said Court this thirtieth day of August 
eighteen hundred and twenty.
R Walker Clk
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State of Pennsylvania 
Butler County Ss

On this nineteenth day of April in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty two personally appeared before the 
undersigned one of the Associate Judges of the 
Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid 
Mrs. Mary Clevidence a resident of Pine 
Township in the County of Allegheny
aged ninety two years and two months who being 
duly sworn according to law doth on her 
oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 
made by the act of Congress passed the twenty 
ninth day of July AD eighteen hundred and
forty eight that John Clevidence who was 
a Revolutionary soldier & who died as herein
after mentioned was the husband of this 
deponent the grade and length of service of 
whom are to be found of record in the 
War department. She further declares that 
she was married to the said John Clevidence 
on the twelth [twelfth] day of March in the year 
seventeen hundred and ninety nine  That 
her husband the aforesaid John Clevidence 
died on the eleventh day of February AD
eighteen hundred and thirty seven That 
she was not married to him prior to his leaving 
the service but the marriage took place 
previous to the second of January eighteen hun
dred to wit at the time above stated.  She 
further swears that she is now a widow 
& that she has never before made any application 
for a pension
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year 
above written before me on of the Judges 
aforesaid }
[words struck out]  } Mary her X mark Clevidence
Samuel Marshalle }
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State of Penna
Butler County Ss

I Samuel Marshall one 
of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for said County & State do hereby 
certify that the applicant who made the 
foregoing declaration cannot from bodily 
infirmity attend the Court & that in consequ
ence thereof the same was taken before 
me at [word struck out] my house in Cranberry Township 
Butler County, Pa on the day therein mentioned
Samuel Marshall

State of Pennsylvania 
Butler County Ss

Personally appeared before 
me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas in and for said County & State 
David Dixon who being duly 
sworn deposeth and saith that he was present 
at the marriage of John Clevidence to 
Mary Clevidence the foregoing applicant 
in the month of March in the year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and ninty [ninety] nine that the same 
took place in Pine Township house of John Reed 
County of Allegheny that said Mary who made 
the foregoing application is the same 
person referred to  That she is now the 
widow of the said John Clevidence he 
having died in Pine Township Allegheny
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County in the month of February AD eighteen 
hundred and thirty seven. And as near as deponent 
can recollect that said John Clevidence 
was a soldier of the Revolutionary war as 
private in the Maryland line

and was a pensioner until he died 
& deponent further states that no family 
or other record of the marriage of the 
said John Clevidence & Mary his wife is 
now to be found
Sworn & subscribed before } David Dixon 
me this nineteenth day of April }
AD 1852 }
Samuel Marshall

I John T Burd Prothy in & for the Court 
of Common Pleas of the County of Butler in the 
State of Penna do hereby certify that Samuel 
Marshall [illegible] before whom the foregoing dec
laration & oaths were made & who signed 
the foregoing certificate is and was at the 
time of the taking & signing the same a 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County 
duly commissioned as such and that full faith 
& credit are due to all his official acts as such 
& further that the signatures are genuine being 
in his own hand writing
[Blurred seal of Court]  In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
sett [set] my hand & affixed the 
seal of said Court this 27th day 
of April AD 1852
John T Burd Prothy
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172.555

AW Foster
_______
Pittsg
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Allegheny } Ss:

On this fourteenth day of 
June AD one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty five personally appeared before me a 
Justice of the Peace within and for the 
County & State aforesaid Mary Clevi
dence aged ninty [ninety] eight years, a resident 
of Pine Township, Allegheny County 
in the State of Pennsylvania, who being duly 
sworn according to law declares that 
she is the widow of John Clevidence 
deceased who was a soldier in the 
war of the Revolution, and for proof 
of his service, of her marriage and 
his death, she respectfully refers to 
the files of the Department of the 
Interior, by order of the Secretary of 
which Department she was, on the 
24th day of March 1854, in conformity 
with the 2d Section of the Act of February 
3d 1853 inscribed on the pension list 
at the rate of ninety-six dollars per an
num.  She further saith that she is now 
a widow, and makes this declaration 
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty 
land to which she may be entitled un 
der the Act of March 3, 1855.  She also 
saith she has not received a warrant 
for Bounty Land under this or any other 
act of Congress, nor made any other 
application therefor
Mary her X mark Clevidence
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We James Gallagher and Ama Reed 
residents of [illegible] Pine Township in Alle
gheny County State of Pennsylvania 
upon our oaths declare that the fore
going declaration was signed and ack
nowledged by Mrs Mary Clevidence 
in our presence, and that we believe 
from the appearance and statements of 
the applicant, that she is the identical 
person she represents herself to be
James Gallagher
Ama her X mark Reed 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit 
were sworn to and subscribed before 
me on the day and year above written 
and I certify that I know the affiants 
to be credible persons; that the claim
ant is the person she represents her
self to be, and that I have no in
terest in this claim
R Forsyth

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, } 
State of Pennsylvania, } ss.

I, Ewd Campbell Jr
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County 
of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same 
being a Court of Law and Record, do by these presents certify, 
that R Forsyth Esquire, before 
whom the foregoing acknowledgement &c
taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, sub
scribed his name, was at that time, and now is, 

an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and author
ized by law to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, &c. to all whose acts, as such, due faith and 
credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, 
at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this 15th day of June 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and of the sovereignty 
and independence of the United States, the seventy-ninth
Edwd Campbell Jr PROTHONOTARY.
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24,775

[illegible] 

160 Acres
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6689

Mary Clevidence
Wid.
John Clevidence 
Pvt Rev. War

Act: Feby, 3d/53

Index:--Vol. A, Page 115

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Mary Clevidence
widow of John
addl. evidence 
____________
Act 29th July 48
suspnd

Papers filed 
under act 3d Feb.
53. suspnd
Pa
____________
J. M.Thayer
Present
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Samuel Clarks deposition

State of Pennsylvania }
Allegheny County } Pine Township

On this 25th day of February eighteen 
hundred and fifty four, before the subscriber a Justice 
of the Peace in and for said County, personally 
appeared Samuel Clark a resident of Cranberry 
Township, adjoining Pine Township, known to me 
to be a respectable person, and a credible and 
intelligent witness, and made oath in due form 
of law that he is well acquainted with Mary 
Clevedence who is an applicant for a pension 
as the widow of John Clevedence. That the said  
John Clevidence was a Revolutionary pensioner of 
the United States at the rate of $96.00 per annum.
That he distinctly recollects the time of the marriage 
of the aforesaid John and Mary Clevedence. That he
did not see the ceremony performed, but he passed by 
the house during the evening and was in the house 
after the marriage was performed, and saw the [repeated: the]
said John & Mary Clevedence there who had just been 
married as he was told.  That he, the deponent, was 
living with his Uncle, James Wallace, not quite half a 
mile from where the said John & Mary Clevedence were 
married. The said Wallace was engaged in teaching school.
That according to his best recollection the said 
John and Marry married in the spring of the year seventeen
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hundred and ninety nine, in March, it was cold weather.
He feels confident it was at the time stated, from 
the following circumstance he, the deponent, came 
into this section, that is, what is now Pine and 
Cranberry Townships, in the spring of seventeen 
hundred and ninety seven with his Uncle, the aforesaid 
James Wallace.  That his Uncle settled within a half mile 
of John Reed, the father of Mary Clevedence, who is now 
an applicant for a pension.  That when he, the deponent,
[struck out: came] moved here, the above mentioned Mary Clevedence 
was the wife of James Henry, as he understood, and 
was living in Kentucky.  That some time nest [next year 
[struck out: in the] news came that the said James Henry was dead and 
that his widow, now Mary Clevedence, was desirous of 
returning to her Fathers, the said John Reed, and he remem
bers that her two brothers, James and John Reed, started 
after her in the fall of that year, it was about the 
time cold weather was setting in.  That Mrs. Henry, now 
Mary Clevedence, returned with them and was at her 
Fathers, John Reed, that winter.  That the nest [next] 
spring, the spring of seventeen hundred and ninety 
nine, according to his best recollection, the marriage 
of the said John Clevedence to the said Mary 
Henry took place.  He also states that he well 
recollects the excitement which existed when 
the Presidential election was going in the summer
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and fall of the year eighteen hundred.  That 
he thinks the aforesaid marriage took place 
in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine in 
the spring of that year.  The said Mary 
Clevedence is now living and has remained a 
widow since the death of the said John Clevedence 
in eighteen hundred and thirty seven.  He in disinterested.
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me, the interlining of "Mary",  Saml Clark
at the bottom of the first 
page having been done before execution, also the word "married,"
the whole having been read over carefully by 
the deponent, in my presence.
James A. Gibson [word Seal encircled]
Justice of the Peace

Justice Gibson is 
already certified to as 
a Justice.
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Mary Clevedence

State of Pennsylvania }
Allegheny County } Pine Township

On this 26th day of February 
eighteen hundred and fifty-four before the subscri
ber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, 
personally appeared Mary Clevidence, a resident 
of said Township, and made oath in due form 
of law that she is the widow of John Clevedence 
who was a soldier in the Revolution and a pensioner 
of the United States at the rate of $96. per 
annum.  That he died in 1837, in said County. 
That she has ever since remained his widow.
That she has no record of her marriage 
and knows of none in existence.  That it 
was not the custom to keep records of marriages 
when she was married.  That Esqr. Bowler, the 
Justice of the Peace who married her, moved away 
from this section forty or fifty years ago 
or more and she has never seen him since. 
That she asks for a pension under the act 
of 29th July 1848, but if the Department 
refuses her a pension under that act, she 
asks for it under the act of 3d. Feb 1853. 
That her husband belonged in Maryland and served 
in the Revolution in the Maryland troops.
Mary her X mark Clevidance
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the
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same having been carefully read over 
to the deponent by me.
James A. Gibson [word Seal encircled]
Justice of the Peace

And I certify from my own knowledge 
that the aforesaid Mary Clevedence is 
the widow of John Clevedence who was 
a revolutionary pensioner of the United 
States, that I have known them both 
from [struck out: his] my earliest recollection.  That 
they lived together as man and wife 
and were recognized as such in 
this community.
James A. Gibson [word Seal encircled]
Justice of the Peace
[repeated: Justice of the Peace]
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Dixon's deposition

State of Pennsylvania }
Allegheny County }

On this 25th day of February 
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, before the subscriber 
a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally 
appeared David Dixon a resident of Cranberry Town
ship, and made oath in due form of law that 
he is well acquainted with Mary Clevedence, who 
is an applicant for a pension, that he was well 
acquainted with John Clevedence husband of the 
said Mary. That he was a Revolutionary pensioner 
of the United States at the rate of [repeated: of] $96. per annum.
That he well remembers the marriage of the said John 
and Mary Clevedence. That he was living in 
Pittsburg at the time.  The said John Clevedence 
was living there at the time, and when he 
went up to Pine Township to be married to 
Mary Henry, now Mary Clevedence, he, the 
deponent, went with him and was present 
at the marriage ceremony. That according 
to his best knowledge and recollection, the marriage 
aforesaid took place in the spring of the year 
seventeen hundred and ninety nine.  That he, the 
deponent, went [word struck out] back to Pittsburg and the said 
John Clevedence took his wife there also, and that 
he is disinterested.
Witness Geo Easter  David his X mark Dixon
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the same
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having been carefully read over to the deponent by me 
and I certify that he is a respectable person and 
credible witness.
James A. Gibson [word Seal encircled]
Justice of the Peace 
[repeated: Justice of the Peace]

State of Pennsylvania 
Allegheny County Ss

On this 25th day of February 1854 
before me personally came George Easton 
resident of Cranberry Township, and known to me 
as a credible witness, and made oath that he 
has been well acquainted with Mary Clevedence 
for many years.  That he was well acquainted 
with her husband, John Clevedence, who was a 
pensioner of the United States, and died in 
1837.  That they lived together as man and 
wife, and that Mary Clevedence has remained 
his widow and is now living, and is an 
applicant for a pension.
George Easton
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me.
James A. Gibson [word Seal encircled]
Justice of the Peace
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Washington D.C.
May 19th 1853

Sir:

I herewith enclose to you 
the application of Mary Clevedence 
widow of John Clevedence for 
a pension under act of Feb. 
3d. 1853, of Penna.

She has informed me 
that she has an application 
already on file in the 
Pension office, I presume 
under the act of 29th. July,
1848, to which please 
have reference.
Respectfully 
Yours
J. M. Thayer

Comr. of Pensions.
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Mary Clevedence
widow of John 
Penna.
_____________
Act 3d. Feb. 1853
Rev. Penna.

John Clevedence 
was a pensioner act 
1818. Penna. Roll

[Written vertically and struck 
out right margin]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Pension Office, Official Business

J. M. Thayer
Present
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[illegible]

Mary Clevidence,
wid of John
Alleghany Co.
Pa.

Act/53
$96.00 per an
Com: Feby 3d. 1853.

Revy
____

[Written vertically right margin]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business

JM. Thayer,
Present
Page 36

√No. 1130
Mary Clevidence 
wid of John
Pa

Hon J. W. Howe July 30 1852

Act 29 July 1848
Page 37

22 March Pension Office,
21 st Mch. 1854
6 Feb 37

Sir:

Please certify the time to 
which the within named pensioner 
was paid, or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
S. Cole
For the Commissioner.

John Clevidence, Act 1818
Died 6 Feb. 1837, paid.
F Bush
Auditor

[Written vertically left margin]
"Boynton"
_________

Francis Burt Esqr. }
Third Auditor Treasury }
Page 38

2 [illegible]: 3 ref & Co
1837
_____
think Feby:

"√Boynton"
Page 39

Brief in the case of Mary Clevidence, widow of Jno:
Alleghany County and State of Pa.
act 3d. Feby. 1853.
=========================================
Claim, ("original," [struck out] or "for increase,"])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?   If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the Act 
of 18" March, 1818. & Contd.

Two witnesses were 
present at the marriage & three testify to 
general reputation of marriage & cohabitation.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

J.M. Thayer, Esqr.
Present
Name and residence of Agent 

S. C. Boynton.
Examining Clerk.
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[Envelope]

FREE
[Circular mail stamp]  
PITTSBURGH PA
JUN
[illegible]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.

[Written vertically right margin]
172.555
Page 41

Pen: Act/53. Pa.
Boynton
Page 42

Pension Office.
April 29" 1856.

Sir:

[Remainder not included]
Page 43

No 1688

Mary Clevidence
widow of 
John Clevidence

Let. J. W. Thayer Aug 2/[illegible]
[illegible]

Revy.
Act 3d Feb. 1853
Page 44

STATE OF Pennsylvania }
COUNTY OF Allegheny } ss.

Be it known, that on this second day of May, A. D. eighteen 
hundred and fifty three, before me, a Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Clevedence,
aged ninety-five years, a resident of Pine Township in said County, and 
made oath according to law, that she is the widow of John Clevedence, 
--who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United 
States at the time of his death at the rate of $96.00 per annum--that she was 
married to the said John Clevedence [struck out: on] in the month [struck out: day] of March 
[struck out: eighteen hundred and] between the years 1796 & 1805 in the township of Pine County of Allegheny and State of 
Pennsylvania that her said husband died on the 6th day of February 
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain
ing such a rate of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or 
decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.--and that she has not 
intermarried but continues the widow of the said John
Clevedence.

The said Declarant further states, that she hereby constitutes and appoints --
John M. Thayer her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to 
prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in re
lation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the 
money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and }  Mary her X mark Clevidence
year aforesaid before me, }
James A. Gibson } Justice of the Peace.

I, James A Gibson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mary Clevedence, above named, is a respecta
ble resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the fore
going declaration; she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power 
of Attorney to be her act and deed. and I further certify that 
she is still the widow of the said John 
Clevedence.
James A. Gibson J. P.

STATE OF Pennsylvania }
County, ss. }
[remainder cut off]

ALLEGHENY COUNTY }
State of Pennsylvania } ss.

I, E Campbell Jr Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, the same being a Court of Law and Record, do by these 
presents certify, that James A Gibson 
Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was 
taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting subscribed 
his name, was at that time, and now, is, ---

an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized 
by law to take affidavits &c to all whose acts, as 
such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and 
elsewhere.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, 
at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this twelfth day of May 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three and of the sov
ereignty and independence of the United State of America, the seventy-seventh.
ATTEST:  
E Campbell Jr
PROTHONOTARY.
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[Duplicate of prior page with the clerk's certification included and without the Prothonotary's certification]

STATE OF Pennsylvania }
COUNTY OF Allegheny } ss.

Be it known, that on this second day of May, A. D. eighteen 
hundred and fifty three, before me, a Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Clevedence,
aged ninety-five years, a resident of Pine Township in said County, and 
made oath according to law, that she is the widow of John Clevedence, 
--who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United 
States at the time of his death at the rate of $96.00 per annum--that she was 
married to the said John Clevedence [struck out: on] in the month [struck out: day] of March 
[struck out: eighteen hundred and] between the years 1796 & 1805 in the township of Pine County of Allegheny and State of 
Pennsylvania that her said husband died on the 6th day of February 
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain
ing such a rate of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or 
decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.--and that she has not 
intermarried but continues the widow of the said John
Clevedence.

The said Declarant further states, that she hereby constitutes and appoints --
John M. Thayer her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to 
prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in re
lation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the 
money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and }  Mary her X mark Clevidence
year aforesaid before me, }
James A. Gibson } Justice of the Peace.

I, James A Gibson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mary Clevedence, above named, is a respecta
ble resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the fore
going declaration; she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power 
of Attorney to be her act and deed. and I further certify that 
she is still the widow of the said John 
Clevedence.
James A. Gibson J. P.

STATE OF Pennsylvania }
County, ss. }

I [blank] Clerk of the [blank] 
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that [blank]
before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution, 
[blank] in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; 
and that the [blotted out] signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal of 
Office and subscribed my name, this [blank] day of 
[blank] in the year 185[blank]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | Division of Veterans Administration Archives 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 | BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Clevinger, Thomas | GRADE Private | LINE New Jersey

WARRANT
NUMBER 8170 |ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED April 23, 1798
| |to Abraham Bell, assignee
____
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.