Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5311, for Edward Landon, New Jersey
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Service: New Jersey

Landon, Edward
             Tryphena

Number: W5311
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Ohio 19.847. 
Edwd Landon of Knox Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co by Captain Dickerson of the Regiment commanded by Col Drake in the N. Jersey line for 10 mos. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sep 1833 and sent to T. N. Richardson, Knox P.O.K. Co. Ohio 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 83.33 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1834 - 16.67
$100

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Wm H. Palmer Clerk 
Book E Vol. Eight Page 15
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5534 
Ohio, Cincinnati 
Typhena Landon widow of Edward Landon who NJ served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of October 1830 and sent to Messers. Dickens & Coombs Private 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 350 Vol. 4.
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The State of Ohio 
Franklin County 

On this 26th day of June 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County of Franklin G. W. H. Landon a resident of Blendon Township in said County of Franklin who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement, that he was forty five years old yesterday, that he is a son of Edward and Tryphena Landon, that he was the sixth child of his parents, that there was a period of two years or more between the births of each of said children.  All of said children have departed this life except one who is now in Illinois.  

He is sure from the history of the family that his parents were married prior to the first of January 1796.

G. W. H. Landon 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. 

And I further state that Dr. Landon the witness is of good character and worthy of belief
Walter Thrall

Walter Thrall 
Notary Public
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Tryphena Landon 
Widow of Edward Landon 

5926 
Tryphena Landon of Edwards Ohio 

Pension Law passed 7 June 1832

W. Thrall
Columbus Ohio

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. Of Pensions
Washington City
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The State of Ohio, Executive Office

I, SEABURY FORD, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO, Do Hereby Certify, That Samuel Bancroft whose attestation is hereunto annexed, was, on the day of the date thereof an acting Associate Judge within and for the County of Licking and State aforesaid 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 Twenty Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

BY THE GOVERNOR
Seabury Ford 

Oviatt Cole, Private Secretary
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Declaration of Tryphena Landon 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.

The State of Ohio 
County of Licking

On the 14th day of December 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Licking Tryphena Landon a resident of said County aged sixty four 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 July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Edward Landon who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner under the law of the 7th June 1832.  He resided in Knox County Ohio when he received his certificate.  She further says she was married to said Edward Landon on the fourth day of February Seventeen hundred and ninety-one at the house of Esquire Morse in the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York by the Reverend John Hitchcox and had [illegible] children.  That her husband the said Edward Landon died on the 24th August 1834 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety-four Viz at the time above stated. That she has never since been married and she knows of no record proof of her marriage or of births of her children.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above.

Her mark X
Tryphena Landon

Samuel Bancroft Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
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And I further certify that said Tryphena Landon the within applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court.

Samuel Bancroft 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 


For the certificate of the Clerk as to the official character of Judge Bancroft see the 2nd declaration of Mrs. Abigail Williams accompanying this.


I have faithfully endeavoured to obtain the necessary statement from the place where Mrs. Landon was married but as yet I have received no answer.

Walter Thrall
Granville Licking County Ohio
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No 171 19.847 
Edward Landon Knox County, Ohio 

Ohio 

Adm. 10 Months for 33.33 

J N Richardson 
Knox Post Office 
Knox County 
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Edward Landon of Dover, County of Knox in the State of Ohio.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (blank)
3. How old is he? 70 years & 4 months.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank. As a: | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. (Gen.)
Vol(unteered) In 1777 | Better than 9 (months) | (blank) | Private | Capt. Dickerson, Col. Drake |
1778 | (blank) | About 1 (month) | Private | Capt. Landon, Col. Dayton |
Enlisted 1778 | From Oct. to Dec. 1781. | (Capt.) Strong, Col. DeHart |

5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield; surrender of Cornwalis.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County, New Jersey.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary and one living witness.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
s/ Dyer Castor, Examining Clerk.
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Interrogatories by the Court.:
1. Where and in what year were you born.
(Answer): I was born is Hackettstown, New Jersey on the 30th day of April A.D. 1762.

2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
(Answer): The last time I saw it, it was in New Jersey.

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
(Answer): When called into service, I was living in Morris County, New Jersey. Since the Revolutionary War, I have lived in the State of New York for fifteen or twenty years. I have lived in different parts of the State of Ohio since the year 1814 and am now living in Knox County & State of Ohio.

4. How were you called into service. Were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom.
(Answer): My first services under Captains Dickerson & Landon were voluntary. My last services in the Revolutionary War was as a regular in Captain Strong's Company.

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
(Answer): Jacob Drake was a colonel of the Regiment of Volunteers in which I first served. DeHart & Dayton were colonels under whom I served in the Regular Army. Generals Maxfield, Lincoln, Knox, LaFayette & Green.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
(Answer): I received a discharge from Col. Dayton and left it with my mother, Rachel Landon, Morris County, New Jersey at the time I joined the army under Gen. Harman...
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...in 1791. After my return to New Jersey, after diligent search, I was unable to find it.

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
(Answer): I am known to William Y. Drake of Middlebury and Isaac N. Richardson & John Wright of Berlin Township; all of Knox County, Ohio.
s/ Edward London

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 25th day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ Alex Elliot, Clk.
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Edw'd Landon
17,748
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The State of Ohio
Knox County//

On the Twenty fifth day of September A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County & State aforesaid now sitting, Edward Landon, a resident of Berlin Township, Knox County and State of Ohio, aged Seventy years and Four months, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the Seventh of June A.D. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States on the 20th of April 1777 under Captain David Dickerson as a volunteer for nine months near Flanders, Morris County, New Jersey in Col. Jacob Drake's Regiment. Marched from Morristown, N.J., to Fort Mifflin, Red Bank. Marched through South Amboy, & Elizabeth Town. He continued in serve at that time better than Nine months. He next volunteered under Captain Samuel Landon in the month of June 1778 in Col. Dayton's Regiment and marched to Springfield & Connecticut Farms in New Jersey to meet the Hessians and Regulars at the time they killed Mrs. Caldwell. Was at the Battle of Springfield & was there surrounded. He continued in service at that time for about one month. He enlisted in the month of October in the year 1778 into the company of Captain Strong, which then belonged to Col. DeHart's Regiment of Regulars, for the term of the war. At Morristown he was then marched to Trenton, New Jersey, where Capt. Strong's Company was transferred to Col. Dayton's Regiment. The army marched through Lancaster, Penn(sylvania); through Fredericktown, Maryland; crossed the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, during which time he continued...
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...with it. He was in the Battle of Yorktown; present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. After this, he was marched to Philadelphia and was discharged from the army in the month of December A.D. 1781.

He further states that he was born in Hackettstown in New Jersey on the 30th day of April AD 1762.The record of his age was kept in the State of New Jersey. When called into service, he was living in Morris County, New Jersey. Since the Revolutionary War, he has lived in the State of New York for Fifteen or Twenty years. He has lived in different parts of the State of Ohio since the year 1816 and is at present living in Knox County & State of Ohio. His first service under Captains Dickerson & London were voluntary. His last services in the Revolutionary War was as a regular in Captain Strong's Company. Jacob Drake was a colonel of the Regiment of Volunteers in which I first served. DeHart & Dayton were colonels under whom I served in the Regular Army. He thinks he belonged to the brigade which was commanded by General Maxfield.

He recollects that Generals Maxfield, Lincoln, Knox, LaFayette and Greene were with the army at the Battle of Yorktown. When the army was disbanded, he received a discharge from Colonel Dayton. This discharge was left with his mother, Rachel Landon, of Morris County, New Jersey, at the time he joined the
army under Gen Harman in 1791. After his return to New Jersey, after diligent search, he was unable to find his discharge. He is known to William Y. Drake, Isaac N. Richardson and John Wright of Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio. He has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person who can testify to his services except Wm. Y. Drake, whose affidavit accompanies this...
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...declaration. He hereby relinquishes every claim [crossed out: to] whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present. And he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
s/ Edward Landon

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
s/ Alex Elliot, Clk.

[crossed out: We] We, Isaac N. Richardson & John Wright, residing in Berlin Township, Knox County & State of Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Landon, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ I.N. Richardson
s/ John Wright

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
s/ Alex Elliot, Clk. Knox Co., Ohio

And the said Court do herby declare their opinion after 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 Isaac N. Richardson & John Wright, who signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the State of Ohio, County of Knox, and are creditable [credible] persons. And their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Alexander Elliot, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the said Edward Landon's application for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ Alex Elliot, Clk. Knox Co., Ohio
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10,989
Ohio, Cincinnati
Tryphena Landon, widow of Edward Landon, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24th August 1834 of Knox Co. in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dickerson of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Drake in the New Jersey line for (blank).

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of October 1833 and sent to Messer's Pickens & Combs.

Total amount, [illegible]

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by H.A. Heightman, Clerk.
Book D; Vol 1; Page 391
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8,901
Ohio, Cincinnati
Tryphena Landon, widow of Edward Landon, who was a Private in the Revolution(ary War).

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of October 1833 and sent to Messer's Pickens & Combs, Present.

{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 206.
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Rev(olutionary War)

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5311
Tryphena Landon, wid(ow) [of] Edward Landon.
Pri(vate), Rev(olutionary) War
Act. Feb. 2nd/'48.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 417.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

Feb. [illegible] 1902.
Geo. L. [illegible] c/o T.W. Talmage [illegible].
1912 July 29 - Hist(ory sent) to Kathryn B. Cass. J.L.M.
1912 Aug. 21 - Mrs. Ada N. Platt. M.R.M.
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Vancouver, Wash., July 22, 1912.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please furnish me with the military history of Edward Landon, (also spelled "Langdon") a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

He was a resident of Flanders, N.J. at the time of his enlistment, but was born at Hackettstown, N.J. Application for pension made by said Edward Landon (or Langdon) in 1832, when a resident of Knox County, Ohio; Pension granted. After death of said soldier, which occurred in 1834, Tryphena, his widow, secured a widow's pension."

Respectfully yours,
s/ Kathryn B. Cass

P.S. On June 24, 1912, I sent you a letter of which this is a copy, but I am afraid I failed to sign the former letter; hence I am sending this one.
s/ Kathryn B. Cass
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Vancouver, Wash., June 24, 1912.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please furnish me with the military history of Edward Landon, (also spelled "Langdon") a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

He was a resident of Flanders, N.J. at the time of his enlistment, but was born at Hackettstown, N.J. Application for pension made by said Edward Landon (or Langdon) in 1832, when a resident of Knox County, Ohio; Pension granted. After death of said soldier, which occurred in 1834, Tryphena, his widow, secured a widow's pension."

Respectfully yours,
s/ Kathryn B. Cass
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OFFICE OF F.W. Tallmadge

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND SOLICITOR OF CLAIMS 
For prosecution before Government Departments or Courts.
PIONEER CLAIM AGENCY - 39 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. | PENSION CLAIMS A SPECIALTY.

1423 F STREET N.W.
Washington D.C. 

Feb. 6th 1902

Hon. H. Clay Evans

Sir,

Respectfully ask in behalf of the widow of Hon. Geo. L. Converse, late, Representative 12th Dist. of Ohio in Congress.

Information as to the age and service as shewn in the pension papers, Tryphena, widow of John Landon, supposed to have served in Revolutionary War or War of 1812 and date of birth & death of soldier.

Also Edward Landon, a pensioner, supposed to have served in one of the old wars or widow of Edward Landon; want date of birth or death.

It is desired to know the age of John Langdon and John Hemet in Revolutionary War.

Yours truly,
s/ F. Tallmadge
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St. Joseph, Mich., August 15, 1912.

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please furnish me with the military history of Edward Landon also spelled "Langdon' a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

He was a resident of Flanders N.J. at the time of his enlistment but was born at Hackettstown N.J. Application for pension made by said Edward Landon or "Langdon" in 1832 when a resident of Knox County, Ohio. Pension granted. After death of said soldier which occurred in 1834 - Tryphena his wife secured a "widow's" pension.

Respectfully yours,
Signed: Ada Napier Platt.

( Copy )
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RECORD DIVISION. | 3-525
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C., (blank) 19 (blank)

W.F.5731

In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Edward Landon, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
[illegible] 1777 | 9 mon(ths) | Private | Daniel Dickerson | Jacob Drake | N.J. |
June 1778 | 1 mon(th) | (Private) | Samuel Landon | Dayton | (N.J.) |
Oct. 1778 | Dec. 1781 | (Private) | Tobias Strong | DeHart, Dayton | (N.J.) |
[illegible]
1791 | under General [illegible]. |

Battles engaged in, Springfield, when he was wounded & Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Monmouth Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sep. 25, 1832. His cl(aim) was al(lowed).
Residence at date of application, Berlin Twp., Knox Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, B(orn) in Hackettstown, N.J. Apr. 30, 1762.; D(ied) Aug. 24, 1834.
Remarks, Soldier's mother's name was Rachel [illegible]. He married Feb. [illegible] 1791 at [illegible], [illegible] Co., N.Y. Tryphena [illegible]. She was all(owed) pension on an application executed Dec. [illegible], 1838 while a resident of [illegible] Co., Ohio , aged 64 yrs. There were [illegible] children; no names are given other than Geo. W.H. Landon, who was the sixth child and 40 years of age in 1840.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1565b3m10-08
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Tryphena Landon
Ohio
Suspended.

See let(ter dated) 11th Sep. 1839 W. Thrall.
(See) let(ter dated) 26 June '49, Hon. J. Ewing.

Act 7 July 1838
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The State of Ohio
Knox County//

Personally appeared before me, Isaac N. Richardson, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Y. Drake, of Middlebury, County & State aforesaid, and after being duly sworn doth state that he was well acquainted with Edward Landon (now an applicant for a pension) in the State of New Jersey about Fifty five years ago. And remembers that said [Edward] Landon belonged to Captain Dickerson's Company of Nine months volunteers, and heard that said [Edward] Landon was in the Battle of Springfield and was wounded. He [crossed out: said] also recollects that said [Edward] Landon enlisted under Captain Strong in Colonel DeHart's Regiment of Regulars and marched somewhere to the south and did not see him for some time afterwards. This affiant further states that he was born & brought-up within two miles of said [Edward] Landon and believes him to be Seventy years of age.
s/ William Y. Drake

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of September A.D. 1832.
s/ I.N. Richardson, Justice of the Peace

I certify that Wm. Y. Drake, whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit, is personally known to me and that he is a creditable [credible] person and his statement is entitled to credit. And that he resides in Middlebury Township, Knox County & State of Ohio.

s/ I.N. Richardson, a Justice
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The State of Ohio
Knox County//

I Alexander Elliott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do herby certify that Isaac N. Richardson, Esq., before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same & yet is an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly [crossed out: hereby by certify that] commissioned & qualified & full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. And I do hereby certify that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said County at the Clerk's Office in Mount Vernon this 28th day of September 1832.
s/ Alex Elliot, Clk. Knox Co., Ohio

Deposition of Wm. Y. Drake for [Edward] Landon's pension
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Mr. J.L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington City

5926
July 18
Ohio
Ret(urned) cases:
Abigail Williams
Mary Philbrook
5926 - Tryphena Landon

Add(itional) Decl(aration):
Joshua Baker
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Granville, Licking Co., Ohio
July 13th 1839

Dear Sir.

Enclosed are the applications of Mrs. Philbrook, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Landon for pensions. We find it out of our power to get the necessary certificate from the place of marriage.

Would one certificate of the official character of the Judge, for all taken about the same time.

We are anxious to hear from Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Servell's application.
s/ Walter Thrall

Hon. J.L. Edwards
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To the Com(missioner) of Pensions
Columbus, O(hio)
June 26, 1850

Herewith, please find the [crossed out: application] papers of Mrs. Landon, who renews her application.

We expect that the Hon T. Ewing is personally acquainted with Dr. G.W.H. Landon, the witness in this case.
s/ Walter Thrall

I suppose no authentication of my authority to administer oaths is required but if it be, write me and I will forward it.
s/ W. Thrall
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Columbus, O(hio)
July 24, 1840

J.L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir,

I have just read the letter of the Hon. T. Ewing stating that Mrs. Landon, widow of Edward Landon, must make a new declaration, or if dead, produce evidence to the Court of the date of her death &c.

He also states that in the case of Dorothy Mead, widow of Stephen Mead of Licking Co., the claim has been reconsidered and allowed and that a certificate will be issued so soon as she shall make a declaration under the Act of the 2nd Feb. 1848.

Soon after my communication of June 19, I rec(eive)d intelligence of the death of Mrs. Mead.

Please inform me whether her heirs shall pursue the course, which you have pointed out to heirs of Mrs. Landon, to obtain the pension due at the time of her death.

In my communication of June 19. I requested a reexamination of the application of Mrs. Abigail Williams, widow of Hiel Williams of Licking Co. Her case...
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...I believe, was the same as Mrs. Mead's. The proof of marriage not sufficient under the law of 1838 but probably sufficient under the law of May 7, 1846. See Page 10; Sec. 2.

If I did not name Mrs. Williams in my letter of June 19, it was accidentally omitted. You did not name her case in your answer.

Please state to me whether she shall make an application (as you say of Mrs. Mead) under the Act of Feb. 2nd 1848. Would she draw from 1838 under that declaration.

Very respectfully yours &c.,
s/ Walter Thrall
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Columbus, June 20th 1849

Sir,

I am requested to call the attention of the Pension Department to the application for pensions of three old ladies of Licking County, Ohio; Mrs. Dorothy Mead, widow of Stephen Mead; and Mrs. Abigail Williams widow of Hiel Williams; and Mrs; Trephena Landon, widow of Edward Landon.

We expect that the more liberal laws of May 7, 1846, Page 10; Sec. 2, which states that a widow shall not be required to produce other proof of marriage than such as would be sufficient to establish the marriage in civil personal action in a Court of Justice.

And the other law which gives widows a pension if they were married prior to 1800. We think we have established the proof that these widows lived with their husbands as man and wife prior to 1800. They each raised families; several of each of them are in this section of the country.

We feel urgent in these cases because we feel confident that they are, by law, entitled to their pensions.

We wish that the Hon. Thos. Ewing...
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...might be consulted upon their claims. We have written to him requesting him if consistent with his duties and he could take the time to give his opinion upon their rights.

If there be any defect in our applications, anything informed or anything by which our evidence does not have the weight which we expect it ought to have, we should be glad to be informed, that we may correct them.

We are [crossed out: (illegible)] anxious that their claims should have another hearing.

Very Respectfully
s/ Walter Thrall

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com(missioner of) Pen(sions)
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Landon, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? (blank)
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? (blank)
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? (blank)
V.   *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? (blank)
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (blank)
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? (blank)
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? (blank)
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? (blank)
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? (blank)
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? (blank)
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? (blank)
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (blank)
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No.
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? (blank)
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? (blank)
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (blank)
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? (blank)
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? (blank)

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* - QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

J.L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir,

The papers of Edward Landon are herewith transmitted to you with the objections answered as far as is in his power. If further proof is required, I suppose the old man will be unable to prove it or his application will have to and for the present.

I am, Sir, yours,
s/ J.C. Hall
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State of Ohio
Knox County//

Further Statement of Edward Landon in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832.

This the 19th day of August 1833, personally appeared before me James. McGibny, Associate Judge in and for the County aforesaid, Edward Landon, a resident of said County, who makes solemn oath that matters hereinafter stated by him in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress aforesaid are true.

V. Objection:
He states in relation to the length of time he served in the Army of the Revolution, that he served under Col. Jacob Drake, Capt. Dickenson, Lieut. Cass, Ensign Hull, 9 months after the 20th of April 1777. These services were in the capacity of a volunteer. His next services were under Capt. Samuel Landon, Col. Dayton, Lieut. Ares, Ensign Reynolds He served with them at least one month...
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...commencing in June 1778 and ending sometime, as he believes, in July. That he left the army in consequence of being wounded. That as soon as he recovered of his wounds, the October following, he enlisted under Capt. John Strong, Col. DeHart, Ensign Lewis, Lieut. Mercer. The enlistment was for three years, or during the war. That he is positive he served three years & think a few months [crossed out: more] over, as he was not discharged until sometime after the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown. That all his services were amongst the New Jersey Militia & N. Jersey Troops.

XIV. Objection:
That it will be out of his power to procure any further testimony as to his services, as all those who he knows that served with him in the army are dead. That he has written to New Jersey; his notion states to obtain if any can be proceeded and has for the fist time heard of the demise of many of his old associates in the army...
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...That he has just received an answer from the son of an old mate in the army from Vincennes, Illinois, that informed him of the death of Thomas Jones (the elder). William Y. Drake, whose testimony is hereby transmitted, is all that he can procure.
s/ Edward Landon

Subscribed and sworn this, the 19th day of August 1833, at Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
s/ James. McGibny, Asso(ciate) Judge

State of Ohio
Knox County//

Personally appeared before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, J.C. Hall, who makes solemn affidavit that he has, for some
time back, been acquainted with Edward Landon, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That he believes him to be an industrious and worthy man and a man of truth & veracity. That he never heard any person doubt that he had served in the War of the Revolution, as he states.
s/ J.C. Hall

Subscribed and sworn 19th day of August 1833 before me.
s/ James. McGibny, Asso(ciate) Judge
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State of Ohio
Knox County//

I, s/ James. McGibny, one of the Associate Judges in and for the County of Knox and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am personally & well acquainted with J.C. Hall, whose affidavit is herewith attached. Also, I am personally and well acquainted with Isaac N. Richardson & John Wright, whose affidavit is attached to the former declaration of Edward Landon and that I believe them to be men of strict veracity. And that all their statements heretofore and herewith transmitted are entitled full credit and confidence.

Given under my hand this, the 19th day of Aug. 1833, at Mt. Vernon, Knox County, State of Ohio.
s/ James. McGibny, Asso(ciate) Judge

J.L. Edwards will pleas address his communications to Alex(ander) Elliott, Esq., Mount Vernon, Ohio.
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Edward Landon
Application for a pension.
Additional.
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The State of Ohio
Knox County//

I, Alexander Elliot, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that James McGibny, Esq., is one of the Associate Judges of said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn & full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Record as thereout. And I further certify that the foregoing signatures as purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at the Clerk's Office in Mount Vernon this 21st day of August 1833.
s/ Alex. Elliott, Clk.
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 of July 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

The State of Ohio
County of Franklin//

On this 26 day of June 1850, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said Franklin County, Triphena Landon, a resident of Blendon Township in said County of Franklin, aged 76 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 July 7 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Edward Landon, deceased, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner under the law of the 7th June 1832. He resided in Knox County, Ohio, when he received his certificate. She further says that she was married to said Edward [Landon] on the Fourth day [of] February Seventeen Hundred and Ninety one at the house of Esq. Morse in the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington and State of New York by the Rev John Hichax. That the said Edward [Landon], her husband, died on the 24th of August 1834. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the
service but the marriage took place prior to the...
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...First of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four. Viz.: At the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow.
s/ Tryphena Landon (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on [duplicate: on] the day and year above written before me.
s/ Walter Thrall, Notary Public

Said Tryphina Landon further says that she had a Family Record but it has been lost for many years. She has now no records except those lately written and she knows of no record evidence of her marriage.
s/ Tryphena Landon (X - her mark)

Witness:
Walter Thrall

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of June 1850. And I further certify that Mrs. [Tryphena] Landon, the above affiant is a woman of good character and worthy of belief.

And further, that I am by law authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
s/ Walter Thrall, Notary Public
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5926
Tryphena Landon, of Edward, Ohio.

Act 7 July 1838.

Married 1791.
Husband died 24 Aug. 1834.

Adm(itted) 10 mos. for $35.33 per annum from 4 March 1836.

Also Acts '43 & '44, 45.

Cincinnati Agency

Dickens & Combs, Present.
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The State of Ohio
Licking County//

Be it known that on this 26th day of June 1839 before the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said County, personally appeared G.W.H. Landon of Hebron in said County of Licking, aged Thirty four years (34), and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son of 

[crossed out: Tryphena Landon and] Edward Landon, deceased, and Tryphena Landon, widow of said Edward [Landon], who is now applying for a pension. That deponent is the sixth of his parent's children; that is, they had five children [crossed out: before] older than deponent and that there is over two years
between their ages, except one. And that he has heard his parent both say that they were married near one year and a half before they had any children. That deponent believe they were married prior to 1794. That deponent has no means of ascertaining exactly the date. Deponent further saith that his mother has never since been married. He further saith his presents had other children than deponent. That he has but one sister older than deponent and no brothers now living and that his older sister lives, he expects, in the State of Michigan at the Town of Niles. He further saith that his father had a Family Record but [crossed out: he thinks] it is has been destroyed 15 16 years past and no other record made. And further hath not.
s/ Geo. W.H. Landon

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I further certify that the deponent is worthy of belief.
Walter Shrall, Notary Public