Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,561, Thomas Handy, Penn.
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Service                         Number
Penn.   Handy, Thomas   R.4561
Sarah
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12156
Sarah Handy
Recd Aug.28.1845
Ind
Act. 7.July 38
Susp - no proof of service
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State of Indiana
Fountain County ss
On this 19th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty five before the subscriber the Probate Judge in and for the county and state aforesaid, personly appeared Sarah Handy a resident of said county aged seventy nine years who, being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838 March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844 granting pensions and half pay to certain widows:  That she is the widow of Thomas Handy who was an orderly sergeant and quarter master for five years in the army of the Revolution.  That he entered the service as near as she can remember in the years seventeen hundred and seventy six (1776) in Hamilton County in the state of Pennsylvania, he was in the engagements at Phillidelphia under General Washington and also at Trenton and several other engagements she cannot recollect the names of.  She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Handy on the 24th day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three (1783) in the county of Hamilton and state of Pennsylvania by a minister of the gospel by the name of Hannahs and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Handy died on the 4th day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty four (1824) and that she still remains a widow  She further declares that
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she was not married to the said Thomas Handy prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 vig. at the time above stated.  That her deceased husband the said Thomas Handy never drew a pension. 
[signature] Sarah her X mark Handy
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written
[signature] Joseph Coats Judge 
I certify that Sarah Handy the above declarant who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me is unable from old age and bodily infirmity to attend said court
[signature] Joseph Coats Judge
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State of Indiana
Fountain County ss
I Joseph Restine clerk of the probate court in and for said county do hereby certify that Joseph Coats is probate judge in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the official seal of said court at my office in Covington this 12 day of August 1845
[signature] J Ristine clerk
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State of Illinois
Clark County

Be it remembered that on the 20th day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-five by law the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Clark and State of Illinois, as my office in Marshall personally appeared Stephen Dolson, a resident of said county who being first duly sworn as the law directs, doth on his oath depose and say;

that he is in his seventy-seventh year of age; that he is a brother of Sarah  Handy of Fountain County, Indiana, widow of Thomas Handy deceased; that he was present at the marriage of said Sarah to said Thomas Handy; that she was married by the publication of bans and that he was present in the church at Northampton County, Pennsylvania, when the bans were published by the Rev. Mr. Hannah the preacher who subsequently solemnized the marriage;

that the said Sarah is (mistaken) (who suffers from old age and mental infirmity) in saying that the marriage was in Hamilton County Pennsylvania; 

that he always understood that the said Thomas Handy was an orderly sergeant in the state of and service of the state of Pennsylvania in the war of the Revolution; that this affidavit had a brother in the said service from whom he understood the same thing; that said Thomas Handy; that said Thomas Handy might have held some other office than that of orderly sergeant, but this deponent knows nothing about it;

that he has also understood as aforesaid that said Handy served five years.  That he was at Eastern Pennsylvania when the news reached them of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and that he carried the news into the neighborhoods of his residences; that after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and within a very
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short period of the conclusion of peace the marriage was and when this affiant was about fourteen years of age; that he knew said Handy and his wife as husband and wife in Northampton County Pennsylvania; that the winter following the marriage of his said sister to said Thomas Handy they lived at his father's house;

 that they then moved to Steuben County, New York in the year 1816; they moved to Illinois and to within a few miles of where the now live; that said Handy died and was buried in the County of Clark in the State of Illinois;

that said Sarah moved from here to Fountain County, Indiana where she has three children living and has also children living in this county.
Signed:  Stephen Dolson

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of August 1843, before me
Signed:  Stephen Archer

State of Illinois
Clark County

I, Stephen Archer, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken do hereby certify that the above named Stephen Colson is a credible witness.  Given under by hand and seal this 20th day of August 1843.
Signed: Stephen Archer PSP
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State of Illinois
Clark County

I, Darius Phillips, clerk of the county commissioners court of the county and state aforesaid, do certify that Stephen Archer is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Signed:  Darius Phillips, Clerk
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Sarah widow of
Thomas Handy 
Sus.d Act July 7th 1838 Indiana
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State of Indiana}
County of Fountain}

Be it known, that on this sixteenth day of November A.D. 1852 before me, the under
signed, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared (1) John H. Sloan & Sarah Sloan his 
wife said Sarah Sloan being one of the five heirs of Thomas Handy deceased
resident of {2) Washington in said County, and made oath according to law that (3)said Sarah Sloan is a legal
heir of Thomas Handy who was the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of Revolution, and [strikethrough 'who'] ^whose widow Sarah Handy now deceased has heretofore made application for the benefit of
the Pension Act of (4) ______________
[strikethrough 'That'] (5) that they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension,  and make [strikethrough 's'] this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or 
arguments as [strikethrough illegible] Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. the other heirs consenting to this proceeding.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, [strikethrough 'I'] we hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of
Washington City [strikethrough illegible] true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim (6) of up as heirs of Thomas Handy for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due;  and [strikethrough 'I'] we hereby authorize [strikethrough 'my'] our said Attorney to examine all papers or documents 
in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City, D. C. Agency;
for [strikethrough 'any'] our exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate [strikethrough 'I'] we wish made payable at the Washington City, D.C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that [strikethrough 'I'] we might or could do were [strikethrough 'I'] we personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that [strikethrough 'my'] our said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

[signed] (7) John H. Sloan
Sarah Sloan

Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
(8) Sarah Sloan & John H. Sloan her husband to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party
therein alleged. & the said Sarah wife of John Sloan being examined by me separate & apart from her
said Husband & the contents made known to her acknowledged that she signed the same of
her own accord without confession from her said husband

[signed] (9) John Fields [seal]
Justice of the peace

Attest
David Brier
John H. McGiffus[?]
State of Indiana}
County of Fountain}

It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Fountain County
State of Indiana that (8) Sarah Sloan and John H. Sloan her husband the parties [strikethrough 'party'] who have sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the heir of Thomas Handy reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that (11) John Fields Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this sixteenth day of November 1852
[strikethrough signature 'John Field [seal] Justice of the Peace'] 
[signed] (11) I. Ristine Clerk


1. Claimant's name or names in full. - 2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank - 5. "he is," "she is," or "they are." - 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. - 7. Claimant's signature. - 8. Claimant's name. - 9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." - 11. Magistrate's name." - 12. Clerk's signature

N. B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Claim of: Heirs of Thomas Handy
Pennsylvania and New York Reg. in the Revolutionary War [E. D? Morris?] Ga

[Strikethrough 'For'] Pension and backpay

Date stamped by the U.S. Pension Office
May 28,1897

Date stamped by Old War & Navy Files
June 16, 1897

Filed by :  W. J. Gaston
Solicitors of Government Claims
Des Moines, Iowa
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POWER OF ATTORNEY Campbell Printing Company
Attorney Files [stamp left upper margin]
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Stansburry Riggs, grandson and heir of Thomas Handy late of Co. Pennsylvania and New York Volunteers in the War of the Revolution of Des Moines State of Iowa have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint [REEVE & strikethrough] W.J. GASTON, of Des Moines, Iowa, my true and lawful attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former Powers of Attorney or authorizations whatever in the premises, to prosecute before any Department, or the Courts, or Committees of Congress of the United States, until final completion, for me, my claim for 

[handwritten text] back pay and pension due my said grandfather as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War - and War of 1812. That application for same was first made in 1812 and satisfactory proof of the Marriage of Thomas Handy and his wife Sarah Handy was all the evidence required to complete said claim. That his mother's name was Sarah Sloan.

giving and granting unto [REEVE & strikethrough] WJ GASTON, said Attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that [REEVES & strikethrough] W.J. GASTON, said Attorneys, or their substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21 day of May 1897
BW Castor [signature]
Eli Beerbower [signature]
(Two witnesses who can write sign here)
Stansburry Riggs [signature]
(Claimant's signature)

State of Iowa County of Polk ss:
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 21 day of May in the year eighteen hundred and 97 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for the County and State, personally appeared Stansburry Riggs to me well known to be the identical person who executed the foregoing Letter of Attorney, and the same having been first read over to him and the contents thereof duly explained, acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and that I have no interest present or prospective in the claim.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.
Fred Gaston [signature]
Notary public
(Official Signature)
[L.S.]
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State of Indiana}
Fountain County} A. D.
On this the 6th day of October 1851, personally
Appeared Before me John Fields an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State
afr'd [aforesaid] Lily A. McComas aged about ___ years who being
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain
said benefits of the acts of Congress passed 7th of
July 1838, 3rd of March 1843, 17th of June 1844, &
2nd of February 1848, [vowed?] that she is one of
___ children of Sarah and Thomas Handy Decs'd
that her afr'd [smudged illegible] was as she verily believes
a Sergeant and Quarter Master in the Army
of the Revolution for several years that her afr'd
father and mother were married about the
year of 1783, that his afr'd Father died about
twenty eight years ago that his afr'd Mother remained a 
widow untill his death which took place on the
6th day of December 1850, and left six living children viz. Stephen D. Handy, Samuel Handy, Joseph Handy, Thomas Handy,
Lily A. McComas, & Sally Sloan who are the only living children
all of whom are now living, that she is her fathers
and mothers youngest child that she had fourteen
Brothers and Sisters older than herself, and that 
she herewith presented a record of her age which
record she made several years ago, she was married
first to Daniel Witteh[?] he died and she was then

[Piece of paper attached at the bottom]
Julia A. Welch was
Born August 15th A.D. 1811
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to Thomas T McComas.  She most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions to allow her application and that the certificate [illegible] be enclosed to her Attorney Isaac [illegible] Justice of Kentucky  
[signature] Julia A. McComas
Sworn & subscribed before me on [illegible]
John Fields {seal} JP
I the [illegible] subscribed Magistrate do testify that the above declarant is personally known to me and known to be a Lady of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on the 6th day of October 1851
John Fields {seal} J.P.
State of Indiana
Fountain County} ss                                                                         
I Joseph Ristine Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State afs'd do testify that John Fields Esq is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures above written are genuine 
Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 6th day of October 1851.
J Ristine clerk
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February 2, 1939.
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BA-J/ady
Thomas Handy 
R. 4561
Mr. L. A. Shawlee
West Union 
Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Teunis Dolson, all spellings of the names searched. 
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.4561, based upon the military service of Thomas Handy in that war. 
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thomas Handy are not shown. 
Thomas Handy married August 24, 1783, in Northampton County or Hamilton County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Dolson.
Thomas Handy lived in Steuben County, New York, for a time, and in 1816 moved to Clark County, Illinois.  He died January 4, 1824, his age not stated.  He died and was buried in Clark County, Illinois. 
Sarah Handy, widow of Thomas Handy, applied for pension August 12, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, and aged seventy-nine years.  She stated that Thomas Handy entered the service in Hamilton County, Pennsylvania,
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in 1776, served five years as orderly sergeant and quartermaster, under Colonel Mercer and that he was in the engagements at Philadelphia and Trenton. 
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the service of her husband, Thomas Handy, in the Revolutionary War, as required by the pension laws. 
Soldier's widow, Sarah Handy, died December 6, 1850, place not stated, leaving six children:  Stephen D. Handy, Samuel Handy, Joseph Handy, Thomas Handy, Julia A. McComas, and Sarah or Sally Sloan. 
Said Julia A., was born August 15, 1811.  She was the youngest child of soldier and Sarah, and had fourteen brothers and sisters older than herself, the names of only those above named were shown.  Said Julia A., first married Daniel Welch, he died, and she then married Thomas T. McComas.  In 1852 said Sarah and her husband, John H. Sloan, were residing in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. 
In 1897 Stansburry "Riggs" was living in Des Moines, Iowa, his age not stated.  He was a grandson of soldier, and the son of said Sarah Sloan. 
In 1845, Stephen Dolson was a resident of Clark County, Illinois, and aged seventy-six years.  He was one of the brothers of Sarah Handy, the widow of soldier.  There are no further family data. 
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[illegible] Chambers
April 6, 1846
Dear Sir
Will you please inform me what decision has been made by you in the case of Sarah Handy, and of the administrator of James Carr or Karr both of Indiana? 
If there are objections to the claims it is highly important they should be known early, so that they may be obviated and additional testimony supplied.  They were sent to T.S. & A. [illegible] Smith to be presented 8 months since & it is presumed are before you. 
Your early attention to this is respectfully requested. 
Sidney Breese  
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions.
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12156
Sarah Handy
Ind
[All below has been struck thru]
Let to Hon. S. Breese
April 13. 1846
Unb Krauly Aug 28. 1846
Let. G. C. Ames Feb |
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Hon. S. Breese
April 13.46
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Pen off
Apr 13, 46
Sir
In answer to yours of 6 inst.  I have the honor to inform you that the papers of Sarah Handy were deposited in this office in Aug. last without the requisite proof of service by Messrs. Smiths of this City with the intimation that the proof of service would be thereafter furnished. 
The registers of claims under act of 1832 have been unsuccessfully examined for any claim asserted in the name of James Carr or Karr decd & the register of mail affords on evidence that any paper in relation thereto have been presented by the Messrs. Smiths of this City.
James Carr a pensioner under act of 7 June 32 recd. a pension certificate in Nov 1833.
Hon Sidney Breeze
Senate
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Pension Office
August 22 1846
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 10th --
respecting the case of Sarah Handy widow of
Thomas Handy. I have to inform you that 
the name of her husband is not found upon
the records of the Pennsylvania Line in this
office. We have no rolls of the Militia ser-
vice of that state.
U. Manly Esq
Marshall
Ill.
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Washington Oct 15 1854
James E. Heath Esq

Sir
Enclosed you will please 
find declaration of the children of Sarah
Handy widow of Thomas Handy an
applicant for a pension under the act 
of 7 July 1838 from Indiana
I wish to have the --
of the --the paper now on your
files in support of this claim.
Very respectfully
Your obt sevt
Geo C. Ames
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12156
Sarah Handy
Wid. of Thomas
Indiana
Act July 7, 1838
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Washington D C
27 August 1875
Sir
We have the honor to present herewith
the declaration of Sarah Handy widow of Thos Handy of the Pennsylvania line, for a pension under the acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844, accompanied by the affidavit of Stephen Dolson who was present at their marriage
which took place before 1794. The proof of service will be furnished in a few days
We are very respectfully
Yr Obt Srvt
JLQ A Tho Smith

JL Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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September 30, 1939

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Thomas Handy
R. 4561
BA-J/MMHF: MLB

Mr. Harry F. Jonston
34 West Seneca Street
Buffalo, New York

Dear Sir:

Reverence is made to your letter in which you state that you have a copy of a letter from this office dated October 25, 1937, file BA-J/ady R. 4561, in which it shown that Sarah, the widow of Thomas Handy, was refused a pension because she failed to prove his service in accordance with requirements of the pension laws, but  you found record of pension having been paid one Thomas Handy under the numbers 15960, `14365 and 15240, and you are wondering whether some adjustment had been made in the matter, or whether these numbers pertain to the pension of Thomas Handy, R. 4561.

The numbers cited by you are not pension numbers, but numbers of certificates issued by the Paymaster General and Commissioner of the Continental Army at the close of he Revolutionary War.  This office has no means by which to determine the identity of the recipients of those certificates.

This office has no further information in regard to Thomas Handy than that which was incorporated in the letter of October 25, 1937, to which you refer.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BA-J/ady
Thomas Handy
R.4561
Mrs. Frank B. Julian 
814 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, Calfiornia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the service of Samuel Handy as described by you, in the Revolutionary War, or of Stephen Dolson Handy in the War of 1812, all spellings of the names searched. 
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.4561, based upon the military service of Thomas Handy in that war. 
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thomas Handy are not shown. 
Sarah Handy, widow of Thomas Handy, applied for pension August 12, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, and aged seventy-nine years.  She stated that Thomas Handy entered the service in Hamilton County, Pennsylvania, in 1776, served five years as orderly sergeant and quartermaster, under Colonel Mercer and that he was in the engagements at Philadelphia and Trenton. 
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the service of her husband, Thomas Handy, in the Revolutionary War, as required by the pension laws.
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Soldier married August 24, 1783, in Northampton County or Hamilton County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Dolson.
Soldier lived in Steuben County, New York, for a time, and in 1816 moved to Clark County, Illinois.
Soldier died January 4, 1824, his age not stated.  He died and was buried in Clark County, Illinois. 
Soldier's widow, Sarah Handy, died December 6, 1850, place not stated, leaving six children:  Stephen D. Handy, Samuel Handy, Joseph Handy, Thomas Handy, Julia A. McComas and Sarah or Sally Sloan.
Said Julia A., was born August 15 1811.  She was the youngest child of soldier and Sarah, and had fourteen brothers and sisters older than herself, the names of only those above named were shown.  Said Julia A., first married Daniel Welch, he died, and she then married Thomas T. McComas.
In 1852 said Sarah and her husband, John H. Sloan were residing in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. 
In 1897 Stansburry "Riggs" was living in Des Moines, Iowa, his age not stated.  He was a grandson of soldier, and the son of said Sarah Sloan.  
In 1845 Stephen Dolson was a resident of Clark County, Illinois, and aged seventy-six years.  He was one of the brothers of Sarah Handy, the widow of soldier.  There are no further family data. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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February 2, 1911.
Mrs. Louise M. Waterbury,
115 Lincoln Avenue,
Ionia, Mich. 
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 25" and received the 28" ultime, you are furnished a statement relative to the only Thomas Handy found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau. 
Claim R. File No. 4,561, Rev. War, Sarah Handy widow of Thomas, applied for pension August 12, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, and seventy-nine years of age.  She stated that Thomas Handy enlisted in Hamilton County, Pennsylvania, in 1776, and served five years as an Orderly Sergeant and Quartermaster and was in the battles of Philadelphia and Trenton, but did not give the names of his officers. 
The pension was never allowed for the reason that the claimant failed to furnish any proof that her husband served in the War of the Revolution as she alleged. 
From the papers in the case it appears that Thomas Handy married in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1783, Sarah Dolson; he died January 4, 1824, in Clark County, Illinois, and she died
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[image obscured], 4,561, Rev. War,--2
December 6, 1850, leaving six children, viz: Stephen D., Samuel, Joseph, Thomas, Sally wife of John H. Sloan, and Julia A. (soldier's youngest child) born August 15, 1811, who married Daniel Welch, and after his death she married Thomas G. (?} McComas.
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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Submit in Duplicate 1-681  Phone Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 31576
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior
Washington
Chief, Division of Publications, Room G 137. 
April 18, 1929.  192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pensions Deliver to Room No. 5033
(All copy for duplicating work should be plain and written in elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of seven pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas Handy, Widow Sarah, R. 4561
No. of copies 1 of each page.  Shall form be kept standing?   ...........   ......... days
For further information see M. M. H. Finch  Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
approved: (signed)A D Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
(signed) Margaret M H Finch Chief of Branch
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April 18, 1929

[stamp under date indicates] FINANCE DIVISION BOOKEEPER'S DESK APR 19 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[handwritten note above stamp indicates] Cash- $1.30

Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of (7) pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas Handy, Widow Sarah, R. 4561.
To be certified.

Signed:
Mrs F.E. Follett [signature]
214 Lutz Ave.
W Lafayette Indiana

Received payment
April 18, 1929
One Dollar and Thirty Cents ($1.30)
M.E. Emerick [signature]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

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List of pages [illegible] Mrs. F.E. Follett

Sarah Handy's [illegible]- dated Aug. 12, 1845 - 2 ps
Stephen Dolson's affid. Aug. 20, 1845 - 2 ps
Letter of Julia A. McComas Oct. 6 1851 - 2 ps
Power of Atty - May 21, 1897 - 1 ps
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34 West Seneca St.,
Buffalo, N.Y.
June 6, 1939

[Seal stamped below and right of address] RECEIVED Jun 7 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #19

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D.C.

Attention of Mr. A.D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to Administrator

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise if you have any record of the Revolutionary service of the following soldier:
Thomas Handy, bpt. in the Dutch Church at Smithfield, Northampton Co. (now Bradford Co.) Pa. 2/12/1758 and shown on register as the illegitimate son of Mary Handy.
He married 8/24/1783 Sarah Dolson, dau. of Teunis of Big Flats, Chemung Co., N.Y.
He is said to have entered service in 1776 in Northampton Co., Pa. and served five years as orderly sergeant and quartermaster under Col. Mercer and was in engagements at Phila. and Trenton. His service may have been the same as that of Col. John Hendy of Elmira, N.Y. who is said to be his cousin. John Hendy received pension in 1832.
I have a copy of your letter 10/25/1937 file BA-J ady R.4561 in which you say widow's claim was refused but I am wondering if a pension claim could have been established later or satisfactory proof furnished to the D.A.R. or S.A.R. by some descendant, as I find that pensions were granted to a Thomas Handy under the following numbers: 13960, 14363 and 15240. Do the record of these men tie up with the above Thomas Handy?
Will appreciate anything you can do for me in this matter.
Very truly yours,
Harry F. Johnston [written signature]
Harry F. Johnston [typed signature]

HFJ/F
P.S. Thomas Handy removed to and settled at Big Flats, Chemung Co., and lived on farm adjoining the above mentioned John Hendy. From there went to Steuben Co., N.Y. and died Clark Co., Ill, 1/4/1824

[hand-written note in left hand margin has arrow drawn to Thomas Handy name in first paragraph and states] not our nos. but see if we have him
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West Union, Ill
Jan. 5, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Being a descendant of both Teunis Dolson and Thomas Handy, I would appreciate any information you can give us as to their services in the Revolutionary War.

I have the following references, but our local library does not have the book.

Teunis Dolson=
New York in Revolution  P .264 Ulster Co. 4th Reg.  Also, P. 196 - 3rd Reg.

Thomas Handy=
 Penn. archives Vol. N. 324, Northampton Co.  
Vol. VIII   P. 403-415-432
Return of 8th Co. Militia 5th Bat. June 1782

Thanking you in advance for any information you can give us.

I remain yours
very resp.
L. S. Shawlee
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Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Did my great great grandfather, Thomas Hendy of Handy [names underlined and check-marked by hand] ever receive a pension? He served in the First Class of the Fifth Co., Sixth Battalion, 1788, [date circled by hand] Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, in the War of The Revolution [circled by hand]. From 1788 until about 1810 he lived in Tioga Co., N.Y. and the moved to Clark Co., Ill. We have no record of the date of his birth or death. If he received a pension I should like all genealogical data concerning him.

Samuel Handy [check-marked by hand] also served from Northampton Co., as did John Hendy. They too moved to Tioga Co., N.Y. I have John's pension record. If Samuel was pensioned I should like to have his record also.

Mrs. Frank Berry Julian
814 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, Calif.
October 9, 1937.

[stamped seal at bottom of letter] RECEIVED OCT 14, 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER NO. 16
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[illegible] Commisioner.
Veterans' Bureau.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir. Have you any record of the service of Stephen Dolson Handy [name underlined by hand] (or Hendy) in the War of 1812 [date underlined by hand]? He would probably have enlisted in Tioga Co., N.Y. altho he lived for awhile near Pittsburg, Pa., before moving to Clark Co. Illinois about 1814. If you have such a record all family data in it would be appreciated.

Mrs. Frank B. Julian [signature]
814 West Valerio St.,
Santa Barbara, California.

[stamped seal at bottom of letter] RECEVIED OCT 14, 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER NO.16
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3 - 871.
Act
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A Mare D.. 30 /1 /11
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Thomas {Hand                  
                          {Handy
Service Pa
Additional Service. Rev.
_________________________
No claim___, State records___, 191.
No claim, combination records___, 191.
REMARKS:
No Wid. any service
"     Reg. at all exc.
Rej. (Wid.) 4561 (Ind.)
Handy
____________________________
Not Rev. War Sur as above and

6-----1944                  Chief Division
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[The Emblem of the Daughters of the American Revolution]

Jones Mich
Jan 25th 1911

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir. I have been referred to your office in my search for Revolutionary record of one Thomas Hand, or Handy, of Pennsylvania (said to have been an officer). 

Have you any such record, and if so will you kindly send me a copy of the same

Thanking for the courtesy of a reply, I am, 

(Mrs) Louise M. Waterbury
15 Lincoln Ave
Jones, Mich
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[A bi-fold cover as for a legal document]
[Front (right) side]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [crossed out]
REJECTED [Stamp]
Sarah Handy widow of Thomas Handy

[Printed fields on the cover, all left blank]
P.O. __________ 
Service: __________
Enlisted: __________, 18   . 
Discharged: __________, 18   . 
Application filed:                , 18   . 
Alleges: __________________
Re-enlisted: _____________
Attorney: ____________
P. O. _______________
_____ Recognized.     _____ Contract.
_____Cert. of Dis. Searched for_____, 18 . 

[Handwritten note on front cover]

1852 Rejected & Suspended  Pensions book gives Reasons for suspension “For proof of service.”

[Handwritten notes on back (left) side]

June 21/97 Gaston that the children or other heirs of a Rev War soldier have entitle see Sec. 4743          R.S. [illegible word]
-------------------
1911 Feb. 2. Hist. to Mrs. Louise M. Waterbury & 1929 Apr. 26. Photos to Mrs. F. E. Follett & Fin. Div. ntfd. ADY
-------------------
1937 Oct. 25. Hist to Mrs. Frank B. Julian ADY 
------------------
1939 Feb. 2. Hist. to L.A. Shawlee: A.D.Y.
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1939 - Sept. 20 Harry F. Johnston inf. no further data etc. MN
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52 [upper left hand corner]
71 [upper right hand corner]

Pension Office
Feby 5, 1852.

Sir:

I have examined the papers in the case of Sarah Handy decd widow of Thos of Indiana under Act of 7 July 1838, but find no evidence whatever of service and but very little of the date of the marriage.  She alleges that her husband was in service nearly 3 years in Penn. as Sergt [crossed out] Sergt Major, QM. &c.  If he really did perform any such service, you can no doubt find abundant evidence fit in the archives of that
State. The marriage should be established by
record or documentary evidence.

G.C. Ames Esq
Present.
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[An envelope or cover for a letter]

J L Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions

[written vertically on the left hand side]

July 17 40
Reece 
Sarah Handy
M
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Marshall, Ill.
July 10th 1846
Sir,
I was informed that Sarah Handy
of Indiana has made application
for a pension through her agent
spoken to by her family most of
whome reside in this county to inquire
into the matter. The old lady is very old
and very frail in mind and it is said
even unable to specify the officers
under whom her husband Thomas Handy
served. The family however who was
not consulted when her --was
made out. Speak with much certainty
and positiveness about it from information
denied from their father in his life time.
They all agree in saying that Thomas
Handy was a non commissioned officer either
in --Sergeant Sergeant Major or orderly
sergeant. that he served 5 years of
enlistment and that he was in Col
Mercer's Regiment or at least under
his command. They wish that the Rolls
of Col. Mercer's Regt may examined father's
name and if it shall be found that their
shows such a non commissioned officer
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from Pennsylvania -- in his description
list with their father, that this will
be sufficient identification and they will
then proceed to complete the proof
of man's age -- -- which
they wish to avoid unless his name
can be found on the Rolls.
You will greatly oblige them by having 
this examination made and communicating 
the result to me.
His thoughts that this request is the
present situation of the claim is
not unreasonable or against
the rules of the department.
Very respectfully
--
Uri Manly
I. S. Edwards Esq