Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4201, Seba French, Mass.
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(8-116)
SERVICE 
Mass

French, Sebra 
Mary
or Molly

NUMBER
W. 4201

CONTENTS
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Pittsburgh Ohio (19.770
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Seba French
of Geauga in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Franklin of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Daggett in the Mass
line for 14 Mos. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
is commence on the Last day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sep.
1833 and Sent to W.L. Perkins
Gainesville
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $116.66
Semi-anl. allowances ending 4 Mar '34 23.33
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$139.99
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
book 3. Vol 8 Page 111

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Was placed on the Ohio
Book by Mestada [?]
------
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 Sept 1836 to 28th
Decr 1836 the day of his
death-Agt Notified
17 Jany 1839
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Reported
Jany 25/49

[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

3358
Ohio, Pittsburgh
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Mary French, 
widow of Seba French, Mass
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
46 Dollars 66,
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
25 day ofJany 1849,
and sent to
Kennedy F. Friend
Pittsburg PA
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners act 
February 2, 1848, Page 34/Vol. 4.
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I Cromwell Bowen of Berkshire in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged Fifty Two years do depose testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Molly French of sd Berkshire widow of Seba French late of Painsville in the county of Geauga and State of Ohio deceased.  The said Seba and Molly formerly resided in Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts the town where I was born and resided until I was sixteen years of age the said Seba and Molly removed from Rehoboth aforesaid to Clarendon in the state of Vermont.  I was then united in marriage to their oldest daughter and child Sarah French who is now fifty four years of age.  I was well acquainted with the said Seba and Molly French some years previous to my marriage with their daughter aforesaid and from that time to the present the said Seba and Molly resided in Clarendon aforesaid about thirty years and then removed to Painsville Ohio where I saw them in 1838 and where I am informed and verily believe the said Seba died on the 28th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. And at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United states as I have been credibly informed.  The said Seba and Molly French lived together as man and wife from the time of my earliest acquaintance with them to the time of the death of the said Seba so far as my knowledge extends and I have no doubt but that the said Seba and Molly were lawfully united in the bonds of matrimony.  The said Molly French widow of the said Seba now resides in Berkshire and I know that previous to the death of her Husband she was the wife and the only wife of the said Seba.
Berkshire Sept. 2. 1838 [signed] Cromwell Bowen
Sworn to & subscribed  this day of September AD 1838  [signed] Perly Hall Justice Peace
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I further certify that deponant Cromwell Bowen who has subscribed his name & made oath to the
foregoing is a gentleman with whom I have been personally acquainted for many years and know
him to be a man of truth and veracity one whose statements is entitled to full faith & credit
That he now holds the office of one of the Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin 
[signed] Perley Hall Justice Peace

State of Vermont Georgia Districts }
I William Bridges Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that Perley Hall Esqr who has affixed his name to the above & forgoing deposition is a Magistrate duly qualified to act as such, that the name purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court at St. Albans in sd district this 7th day of September in the year of our Lord 1838.

[signed] William Bridges Judge of Probate 

[illegible Court seal affixed lower left]
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12164
Seba French

Return 16

not on Mass role

On role
Bradfords Regt
9 Mo

Adm 1. year 2
Months
Wm. L. Perkins
Painesville
Ohio
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand[

BRIEF in the case of Seba French of Painesville County of Geauga in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table with four columns]
Period.
Duration of Service, Years, Months, Days.
Rank. 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

[table data presented in a narrative form]

Enlisted 1st January 1778 for 3 months as a private under Capt. Joseph Franklin, Col John Daggett, Massachusetts Bay Militia
Enlisted July 1778 for 2 months as a private under Col. Thos. Carpenter, Capt Stephen Bullock, Massachusetts Bay Militia
Enlisted about 20 July 1779 for 9 months as a private under Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Capt Adam Fish, 14th Mass'tt Regt.

5. In what battles was he engaged? Butts Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rehoboth, Bristol Bay, Masstts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly Attached

Ⅹ Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed] Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
18 Feb 1833
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Town Clerks Office, Rehoboth, County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, August 18th, 1838 ~
I hereby Certify, that the following appears among the Records of Marriages in said Town of Rehoboth returned by Robert Rogerson Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Rehoboth, (viz) ~
"Seventeen Hundred and eighty three November the Twenty Seventh, Seba French and Molly Ide both of Rehoboth" ~
And I Certify, that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is  expressed on the record in plain Legible Figures as follows, (1783, November 27th)
Attest Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk ~
I Cyrus M. Wheaton above named depose  and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Rehoboth, with the  exception above named as certified by me.
[signed] Cyrus M. Wheaton, Town Clerk of the town of Rehoboth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. August 24th 1838
Sworn to Before me
[signed] A Bassett Just. of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in the said County, do hereby certify that Anselm Barrett is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signature to the within certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight. 
[signed] A Barrett
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In the matter of 12.164
Seba French an applicant for the Pension Act of June 1832
Filed Augt. 11th 1852
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State of Ohio Geauga County ss
On this Eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Hon Joshua Collett and E. Lane Judges of the Supreme Court in and for the County of Geauga now sitting Seba French a resident of the town of Painesville in the said County of Geauga and State as aforesaid aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his own oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That this deponent entered the service of the United States the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight being then seventeen years old at Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts under the "Massachusetts Bay Militia" for the term of three months. That shortly after this deponent enlisted as aforesaid, the regiment which he belonged to marched into the town of Providence in the State of Rhode Island a distance of four miles from Rehoboth and there encamped for the term of two weeks. That while the regiment was encamped at Providence as aforesaid a detachment of three companies joined them, and from this place they removed to Warwick in the County of Kent in said state and there remained, the remainder of his said term of three months which expired the first of April in the year 1778. That after his [illegible] discharge he returned home to his native town of Rehoboth as aforesaid. That Col John Dagget of the town of Attleborough in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts was the highest in command in said Regiments and one Joseph (Franklin) was the Capt [captain]
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in said company and took the command of the same and as this deponent believes the Lieutenants name was John Bullock and that both of the last mentioned officers were from the same town of Rehoboth That for the services rendered in this campaign he received his pay in Continental money. That this deponent remained home until the month of July in the same year, when he again enlisted and joined a company of Volunteers for the term of two months. That soon after his joining the army he marched with the regiments to a place called "Fall River" near the island of Newport in the State of Rhode Island and remained as near as this deponent can recollect at this place two weeks, when the Continental army joined them under the command of General Sullivan and that the Marquis De Lafayette was among the number in command but what rank he held this deponent does not recollect and therefore cannot state the same. That when Gen Sullivan first arrived on the island he encamped on the North part near an elevation called by the inhabitants "Butts Hill" But finding that spot not suitable he removed as he thought to a more advantageous part of the island near Newport and while here a furious storm came on which damaged the fleet of the Count d'Estaing  - then lying off the harbour [harbor] and make considerable havock [havoc] in the army, and that after the storm Gen Sullivan perceiving that the enemy might very easily transport by water reinforcements from New York to Newport - and immediately
retreated to his first position near Butts Hill
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where he was pursued and shortly after halting was attacked by the enemy, and after a gallant resistance-- repulsed with loss. That this battle took place in the month of August 1778, that after the battle the army situated over to Howlands and Bristol ferry in an Easterly and North Easterly direction.  From the ferry the regiment which this deponent belonged to marched to Providence and continued so marching until they arrived at Warwick in Massachusetts aforesaid and here he remained until he got his discharge which took place in the month of September 1778 at the end of. That Col. [Colonel] Thomas Carpenter commanded the regiments and one Stephen Bullock was the Capt and that said Bullock was after the Revolutionary War a member of the House of Representatives many years. That John Perry was the first Lieutenant of the regiment and one Ebenezer Peck of the town of Swansea in the state of Massachusetts 2d Lieutenant and that John Wheeler was surgeon of the regiment from the same town as this deponent. That for the services thus rendered he received his pay in the same kind of money as before mentioned and set forth -
That in the year 1779 he enlisted in the Continental Army at Rehoboth as aforesaid for the term of nine months commencing as near as this deponent can recollect on or about the 20 of July, that he went from Rehoboth to Litchfield in the State of Connecticut a distance of some eighty miles, and that while here some 700 hundred men joined them and
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marched with them under the command of Continental Lieutenant the name of whom has escaped from the memory of this deponent to West point in the County and State of New York.
That while here he was selected out from among the rest in company with a number of others-- to "fill up" a company under the command of Adam Fish, and that Col Gamaliel Bradford Commanded the regiment, and that this regiment was well known and so distinguished by the name and description of the "14th Massachusetts Regiment" and that Gen John Patterson of the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts commanded the brigade
That soon after his entering into Fish's company he was appointed to guard the commissary stores under the command of corporal Elijah Leonard and the he held the appointment the whole of the remainder of his time. viz from the time he so enlisted under Fish until the time of the expiration of his said nine months which took place on or about the 25 of April 1780 and that he received from Col [Colonel] Samuel Bradford a regular discharge for his services and his pay in Continental money  
That at the time he was appointed to watch the store at West Point William Frost was Brigade Commissary
This deponent further says that he was born at Rehoboth in the state of Massachusetts on the 9th day of Sept [September] 1761 as he believes [strike through "he does not know as [illegible] is [illegible] of his age but believes"] there is [illegible strike through] record of [illegible] his age in town of Rehoboth aforesaid. That after the [illegible] was for resided about 7 years in Rehoboth he then removed to s'd [said] Clarendon in Vermont where he resided untill [until] about 7 years ago when he came to Painesville where he has since resided that the [illegible] are acquainted with his [illegible]
And this deponent further says that the discharges he received while in the army and State Troops he has had the misfortune to loose by reason of
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traveling from one place to another since the Revolutionary War.
For greater certainty of the ninth month service this deponent refers the War Department to the records of the Revolutionary War in the year 1780 on which this deponent is induced to believe you will find his name there enrolled among the sect of the "14th Massachusetts Regiments" as aforesaid.
And this deponent further says that he has not in his possession any documentary evidence and that he knows of no person or persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to any of the service herein above set forth.
Lastly that this deponent relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
[signed] Seba French
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open court. 
[signed] Edward Paine and Clerk
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Wm M. Adams a clergyman residing in the town of Painsville and Chas C. Paine residing in the same
town in the County of Geauga hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seba French who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] William M. Adams
[signed] Charles C. Paine

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court,
[signed] Edward Paine Jr Clerk

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 Wm M Adams who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Painville and County of Geauga and that Genl. Chas. C. Paine who has signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Edward Paine Jr. Clerk
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I Edward Paine Jr Clerk of the Supreme Court in and for the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains  the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seba French for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Supreme Court office this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
[signed] Edward Paine Jun. Clerk.
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(1428)
Mary French
widow of Seba
Vt
Act. 7. July 3 8.
Married in 1783.
-
---
---
admd
14 mo pri
$46.66 / 100
deduct dec'd 28 Dec. 1838.
pen: Com. 29 Decr. 36
36
[signed] Wm Bridges
St Albany
Vt
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Act of 1832
At the time be applied for, and obtained his pension he was a resident of Painesville in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio, where he died on the 28th day of December 1836. He left no documentary evidence of his service to her knowledge.
She further declares that she was married to the said Seba French, by the Rev Rogerson of Rehoboth afsd in the month of November Seventeen hundred and eighty three, that her said husband, the aforesaid Seba French, died on the 28th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six as afsd. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written.
[signed] Mary French

Before me William Bridges Judge of Probate I Romeo H Hoyt Register of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that Wm Bridges who has affixed his name to the above declaration is Judge of the Court aforesaid duly authorized to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at St Albans in said district this 8th day of August, AD 1838. 
[signed] Romeo H Hoyt Register
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1428
Mary French
widow of Seba
Vt
Act. 7. July 38.
Married in 1783

admd
14 mo pri.
$46.66/100
deduct. died 28 Dec. 1838
Pen: Com. 29 Dec. 36
Wm Bridges
St Albany
Va
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."

State of Vermont Georgia District ss }
On this 8th day of August, AD 1838, personally appeared before the subscribing authority, Mary French a resident of Berkshire in the County of Franklin & State aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled An act granting a half pay & pensions to certain widows ~
That she is the widow of Seba French, who was a soldier in the army of the United States, and served in the Massachusetts line.
At the time he entered the service he was a resident of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, where he remained after his return from the army, several years.
It is her impression that her said husband was in the army at two different periods, but she does not recollect the name of any of the officers under whom he served She believes that he served one campaign at West Point in the year 1780, and afterwards at Rhode Island, at the time the British left New Port, that he served in the whole about fourteen months, thinks he served nine months at West Point, and five at Rhode Island.
(this is according to the best of her recollection) for which service he obtained a pension, under the
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Act of 1832
At the time he applied for and obtained his pension he was a resident of Painesville in the County of Geauga State of Ohio where he died on the 28th day of December 1836.  He left no documentary evidence of his service to our knowledge.
She further declares that she was married to the Said Seba French by the Rev. M Rogerson of Rehoboth afsd in the month of November seventeen hundred and eighty three, that her said husband, the aforesaid Seba French, died on the 28th of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six 1836 afsd. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time about stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,.
[signed] Mary French

Before me William Bridges  Judge of Probate
I, Romeo H Hoyt Register of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that Wm Bridges who has affixed his name to the above declaration is Judge of the court aforesaid duly authorized to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at St Albans in said district this 8th day of August AD 1838. [signed] Romeo H. Hay Register
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Revy WIDOW, &c. [initials] om[sp]
File No. 4201
Mary French
Wid.
Seba French
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2nd
Index:-Vol. A, Page 252
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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The State of Ohio  Geauga County ss }

Jamesville Township July 10th A.D. 1839.
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Township Personally appeared Molly French Widow of Seba French late of Painesville deceased who on her oath declares that she is the same person who recently resided in East Berkshire in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont that her name was placed on the Pension Roll of the Vermont Agency payable at Burlington from whence she has lately removed.   that she now resides in the State of Ohio where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Berkshire aforesaid to Painesville in the State of Ohio.  that she has three sons residing in Ohio with one of whom she expects to spend her few remaining days -
Molly French (signature)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
J. A. Tracy Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Geauga County ss }
Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Charles W. Briggs, who under solemn oath says that he is personally requainted with the above named Molly French widow of Seba French and knows her to be the identical person set forth in the above affidavit by her subscribed and sworn to \ [signed] C W Briggs
Sworn to and subscribed before me this (10?) th day of July A.D. 1839.
[signed] J. A. Tracy Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Geauga County Painesville Township ss.
I, J. A. Tracy Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Charles W. Briggs the signer of the above affidavit that he is a person of truth and veracity.
[signed[ J. a. Tracy Justice of the Peace
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The state of Ohio
Geauga County ss.}

I D. D. Aikin Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that J. A. Tracy Esq. before whom the foregoing oaths appear to have been taken, on the 10th day of July AD 1839 was at that time and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and do verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chardon this 11th day of July A.D. 1839
[signed] D. D. Aikin Clerk

"April" erased and "July" interlined by me D.D. Aikin
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Seba French Pittsburg Ohio- Act 7 June 46.66/100 when last paid? 
GWC
25 Oct 38

pd to 4 Sep 1836
JH
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771
Ohio Pittsburgh
Mary French
widow of Seba French
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
 and who died on the 28th Dec. 1836
 of Franklin in the State of Vermont
 who was a Private in the Company
 commanded by Captain Franklin
 of the Regt commanded by Daggett in
 the Mass. line for 12 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
 at the rate of 46 Dollar 66
 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 & Ending on the 29th Dec. 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the Ninth day of January 1844 and sent to JC Paine Painesville Ohio.
Whole amount due $38.23
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F.L. Swann Clerk
Book: A Vol. 2 Page 217
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[left side]
Ohio - Pittsburgh
771 -
===================
Mary French
widow of Sebe French decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of Jun 7th 1832
and who died on the 28th Oct 1836
of Franklin in the State of Vermont
who was a Pri. in the Company commanded
by Captain Franklin of the Reg commanded by 
Caggate in the Mass line for 14 mons
===================
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 29 Oct 36
===================
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct 38  
and sent to Wm Burgess
St Albans Vt
===================
Arrears to the 4th of Sept     $83.35
Semi-annual allowance ending   23.33
=====
$106.66
=====
{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk,
-
Book A Vol. 2 Page 39


[right side]
Letter to Pensioner 26. June 1839.
Cir to Pen Age 18 July 1839.
-
To Ohio Pittsburgh from 29 Dec
1836. - 20. Aug 1839 Notification
to Peria Chardon Ohio
Let to 3rd Aud & WH Danny Oct 11. 1842
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4278
Ohio Pittsburg
Mary French
widow of Seba French
who was a private 
in the Massachusetts line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of January 1844 and sent to JC Paine
Painesville Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 158

arrear case.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Officer
January 12th, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the Widow of Seba French, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa Agency, at the rate of Forty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1836, to the 28th December, 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Office at
Montpelier July 23 1839

Sir
Mary French a Pensioner now on the Roll of this agency at $46.66 per an has received no pay, costs. payment is due her from 29 Decr 1836.
Respectfully yours
[signed] A. Clarke

J.L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commr Pensions
Washington City
D.C

[illegible faint date stamp]

[left, on edge]
Janry 9 1844
O
Mary French
for arrears
7 July 1838
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The State of Ohio Lake County ss } On this 30th day of December 1843 personally appeared before this session by a justice of the Peace in & for the township of Painesville in the County aforesaid Mary French, resident of said  Painesville aged Eighty years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836 to the 28th day of  December 1836, from which period she has been allready paid under the Act of the 7th July 1838. And the declarant further alledges that she is still the widow of Seba French dec'd who was a private during the revolutionary war, that her pension was allowed her at the rate of forty-six dollars & sixty six cents per  anum and was first paid her at the Agency of Burlington Vermont. subsequently transfered to Pittsburgh Agency and further she saith not - --Note [ the Declarant was paid up to September 4, 1841. which (if credited to the Agent) should be deducted if not should be paid the Declarant & by her refunded the Agent.
Sworn & subscribed in the day & year above written
before me -- [signed] J. A. Tracy Justice Peace

N.B. The words "refunded the Agent" were inserted before signing by the Declarant.
[signed] J. A. Tracy Justice Peace

The State of Ohio Lake County ss } I John W. Howden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County do hereby certify that Jaber A. Tracy esq is a duly qualified justice of Peace within and for the Township of Painesville in the County
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aforesaid, and moreover that his signature above is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereto set  my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 30th day of Dec 1843 .
John W Howden Clerk
By A. L. Adams, Deputy [signed]

[illegible Court Seal affixed]
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Dec 18 1843
[illegible] See

[date stamp]
PAINESVILLE
DEC 13
Ohio
[/date stamp]

James L Edwards Eqr
Commr Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Painesville O.
Dec 12th 1843
Sir, The papers of the following named applicants for the benefit of the Act of March 3d 1843, have been
sent to your office to long without any return. as induces now to believe they have miscarried or some other mishap befallen them. viz Kiziah Woods, Polly Downing Susanna Owen. Mary French, they were most or all of them sent before the 4th Sep. last. What has become of them? The applicants are tired of waiting
Respcy, your obt. Sevt
[signed] Ira C. Paine

James L. Edwards Esqr
Comnr &c
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4220
Mary French
$46.66 per an [annum]
True[sp] one certificate
☞ under act 3 March 1843
and another
for
☞ Arrears from 4 March
1836, 29 Decr 1836

J C Paine
Painesville
Ohio
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(Return to Ja C Paine, Painesville O)

The State of Ohio Lake County s.s. }
On this 14th day of October 1845 personally appeared Mary French before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, the said Mary French residing at Paines in the County aforesaid, aged Eighty years and to me personally known, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifits of the provision been made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Seba French dec'd who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, but what particular service he rendered or in what parties corps or Regiment he served, she cannot now state. That she received a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of Forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow
[signed] Mary French

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
[signed] Charles B. Smyth Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Lake County ss. }
I John W. Howden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Chas B Lingth Esqr is an acting Justicen of the peace in the township of Painsville in the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and moreover that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Painesville the 14th day of October A.D. 1843-
John W Howden Clerk
By C. D. Adams Deputy [signed]
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State of Ohio County of Lake } ss.
On this 30th day of September in the year 1848, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above mentioned, Mary French of Painesville in the County of Lake aged 85 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Seba French who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that she received a pension of Forty Six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, under the act of 17th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
[signed] Mary French

Sworn to and subscribed on the day year above written
[signed]  Dexter Damon Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Lake County } ss.
I Dexter Damon a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Mary French widow of Seba French, is personally known to me, and that she is the same person, who drew a pension from the United States as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Witness my hand at Painesville this 30th day of September 1848.
[signed] Dexter Damon Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio Lake County } ss.
I Charles D. Adams Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Dexter Duncon is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 20th day of September 1848.
C. D. Adams Clerk
By W.F. Adams Deputy [signed]
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

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