Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9032, for James Reewark, Maryland
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[following is printed and written]
(8-1776) [printed; upper left corner]
SERVICE [printed upper left corner]  NUMBER [printed upper right corner]
Md   |Reewark, James   |R. 9032 [written]
[blank]   |or O'Rouke   |[blank]
[blank]   |or Rouark
[printed line]
CONTENTS [printed]
or Ruark   |Susanna [both names enclosed in right curly bracket] Contesting widows
   |Julia
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[following is printed and written; folded doc - left side = written, right side = printed and written; doc is torn]
[left side; written vertically top to bottom] Cond H notified Landed T. Tongue J[illegible] Dec 12. [illegible] 

[right side]
721)
Maryland [preceding written]
[printed line]
James Reewark
private
Maryland Line [preceding written]
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War [printed]
[printed line]
Inscribed on the Roll of [printed] Maryland [written]
at the rate of [printed] 8 [written] Dollars per month, to commence o[torn; printed]
the [printed] 5th [written] of [printed] May, 1818 [written]
[printed line]
Certificate of Pension issued the [printed] 27th [written] of [printed] May 1818, [written]
and [printed] sent to the care of Thomas Tongue, Esq Postmaster Tracey's Landing,
Annarundel Co, Maryland [preceding written]
[printed line]
Arrearages to [printed] 4th Sept 1818. 4 4/9[illegible] [written] |[printed dollar symbol] 32.03 [written] [printed underline]
   |[printed dollar symbol] 32.03 [written] [printed underline]
Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818, [preceding printed and enclosed in curly brackets]
[2 words illegible]
& six months from 
april 1778 [preceding written]
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[following is written]
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Sct
I hereby certify that it appears by the records and
proceedings of Anne Arundel County Court that the
Honourable Jerimiah Townley Chase Esquire who
appears to have taken certified and signed the
within affidavit was on the day of the date
thereof Chief Judge of third Judicial District
of Maryland comprehending the Counties of Calvert Anne Arundel and all adjoining duly commissioned
and qualified and that do all his acts as such full
faith and credit are and ought to be given as well
in Courts of Justice as the record
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of Anne Arundel
County Courts this seventh day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen
Wm S. Green Clk A A Coty Cot
Pension Office
[drawing of a seal] 27 May 1818
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[following is written]
The Deposition of James Reewark, taken before me Jerimiah
T Chase Chief Judge of the third Judicial District in this State of Maryland, deposeth and saith, That he Enlisted in the third
Maryland Regiment on the Twenty fifth day of April in the Year
seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight in the Maryland Line, then
in the Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War.
That he continued in the Service until November in the Year
Seventeen hundred and Eighty at which time he was discharge
and further maketh oath and declareth [preceding 2 words inserted in different handwriting] that he stands in need of assistance
from his Government for Support. [preceding 2 words in different handwriting]
Sworn before
Jerimiah Townley Chase
Chief Judge of the Third
judicial District this 5th
Day of May 1818
I am satisfied the facts contained in the
above Deposition are correctly stated
Jerimiah Townley Chase [preceding 8 lines all in handwriting different from body of deposition]
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[following is written; right side of paper only; faded ink = contrast enhanced version used]
Md 253
Recd [illegible] Nov 18[illegible]
[3 lines faded writing; underlined]
1820
45 [underlined]
1775
[horizontal line drawn]
72
[horizontal line drawn]
1775
80 [underlined]
1895
#
1847
80 [underlined]
67
[horizontal ine drawn]
Tracy's Landing
Md.
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[following is written; page 1 of 3]
X Hr [upper left corner]
State of Maryland Third Judicial District
Anne Arundel County Court
On this twenty first day of September 1820 personally
appeared in open Court being a court of Record and
Constituted as such by the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Maryland for Anne Arundel County James Reewark aged seventy six years resident in Anne
Arundel County in said district who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as
follows as a private in the Companies of Captain
John Smith and Captain Revelly in the third
Regiment of the Maryland Line in the Army of 
the Revolution that he is subscribed on the pension
List Role of the Maryland agency at the rate of eight
Dollars per Month \ [illegible] And I do solemnly
swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United
States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have
not since that time, by gift, sale, or any manner
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "
An act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the
Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March
1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts
or debts due to m; nor have I any income other 
(than)
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[following is written; page 2 of 3]
than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed, and by me subscribed
five shaets 1 Heifer and one bed
Valued by the court at fifteen Dollars current money
That he is by disease and infirmity rendered 
incapable of pursuing any occupation for his
sustinance and has no other person residing with
him but his wife aged about fifty [an 'X' is written above this word] five who is
incapable materially contributing to his support
James Rewark [a '+' and the word 'his mark' are written over the name]
Sworn to and declared on the 26th day of September
in the year 1820 before the Judges of the third
Judicial District of Maryland sitting in Open
Court in and for Anne Arundel County
Wm S Green clk [name underlined]

I William S Green Clerk of Anne Arundel County
Court Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath and
statements thereto annexed are truly Copied from the record
of the said Court; and I do further Certify, that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value
of the property subscribed in the aforesaid Schedule is fifteen
dollars    In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand and affix the seal of the said Court
this twenty sixth day of September 1820
Wm S Green cl of Anne Arundel
County Court [underlined]
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following is written; page 3 of 3]
'X' This date has been altered-it was originally "forty".
Rhett [underlined]
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[following is written; page 1 of 2 pages]
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the I section
of the Act of 3d February 1853
State of Maryland}   To wit
On the  twentieth [different handwriting] day of May [different handwriting] personally
appeared before the Orphans Court of Annearundel
County in the State of Maryland Julia Rouark
a resident of the Fourth Election District of the County
and State aforesaid aged fifty three years who just being
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed
3d February 1853, granting pensions to widow of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war;
that she is the widow of James ORourke generally
called James Rouark who was a private in the 3d
Maryland Regiment during the war of the Revolution
enlisted on the 25th day of April 1778, and for proof of
service she respectfully refers to evidence filed in the
department with the application of her late husband for
a pension which he received during life under what act
or at what agency your declarant is unable to affirm
She further declares that she was married
to the said James Rourke on the sixth day of October
eighteen hundred and twenty one, that her said husband died
on or about the twenty fifth day of October eighteen hundred and
thirty one that she was not married to him prior to the second
of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above
stated. She further declares that she is now a widow
and has never before made application for a pension from
the United States       Julia Rouark [a '+' and the words 'her mark' are written over the name; different handwriting]

State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County} To wit
We John S Stalker and William H
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[following is written; page 2 of 2 pages]
Baldwin Judges of the Orphans Court of Annearundel
County and State of Maryland presiding at a
regular Term of the said Court do hereby certify
that the aforegoing declaration was sworn to and
subscribed before us by Julia Rouark and at
the same time satisfactory testimony produced
and exhibited to prove the statements made in
the said declaration
In testimony whereof we hereunto subscribe
our names the [date scratched/rubbed out and badly overwritten = illegible] day of May
eighteen hundred and fifty six
John E. Stalker [underlined] [drawing of seal]
Wm H Baldwin [underlined]

I Benjamin E Gantt Register Of Wills Of Annearundel
County in the State of Maryland
hereby certify that John E. Stalker and
William H. Baldwin
are Judges duly qualified of the Orphans' Court of
Annearundel County and State of Maryland and
did subscribe the above certificate at a regular
Term of said Court held in Annapolis on the
20th day of May eighteen hundred and fifty
six
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix my official seal this 20th
day of May eighteen
hundred and fifty six
Benj. E. Gantt [name underlined]
Reg Wills
AA County
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[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
Know all men by these presents that I Julia Rouarke
of Annearundel County and State of Maryland widow of
James Rouarke deceased do hereby constitute and appoint
William Sell Claude of Annapolis Maryland my
true and lawful attorney for me and in my name
to obtain and review from the Commissioner of Pensions
a certificate of pension with arrears of pay which
may be due to me as a Pensioner Of the United States
Government for the services of my late husband in the
Army Of the Revolution under the provisions Of an act
of Congress passed On the 3d of February 1853.
Witness my hand and seal this
20th---day of May ---1856.
Julia Rouark [an 'X' and the words 'her mark' are written over the name] [drawing of a seal]
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Wm R. Thompson

State of Maryland         To wit
Annearundel County
Be it known that on this
twentieth day Of May -- 1856 before the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the
county and state aforesaid duly authorized by law to
administer oaths personally appeared Julia Rouark
above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of
Attorney to be her act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Wm [underlined] R. Thompson J.P.

State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Sct
I hereby certify that William R. Thompson Esq
before whom the annexed acknowledgement
was made who has thereto subscribed his name
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[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace
of said State in and for said County duly commissioned
& sworn 
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set
hand and affix the seal of the
Circuit Court for anne Arundel
County this 21st day of May 1856
N H Green clk [underlined]

[written vertically along the right margin, half-way down the page]
Declaration
For a pension
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[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Sct
On this first day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
seven, personally appeared Susanna Rouark,
a resident of the said County aged eighty years
or about, before the subscriber one of the Justices
of the Orphans Court for Anne Arundel County
the same being a court of record: who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on her
Oath make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the acts of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, the
3d March 1843 and the 17th April 1844, acts
granting half pay and pensions to certain
Widows;--That she is the widow of James Rouark,
who was placed on the pension Roll of the
United States in the Month of May in
the year Eighteen hundred and eighteen
at the rates of ninety six dollars per
annum, that her said husband James
Rouark render services in the Maryland
continental army to the United States, during
the whole of the Revolutionary War between the
United States and England, And she further
declares that she was lawfully Married
to  the said soldier James Rouark on the Seventeenth
day of July Seventeen hundred and
Eighty four, by the Revd Mr Deal, that her
husband aforesaid James Rouark, died in
May in the year Eighteen hundred and
twenty three, that she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service but the marriage
took place previous to the year seventeen
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[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
13,318 [underlined; written vertically from bottom to top near the top of the doc's left margin]

seventeen
hundred and ninety four namely at
the time above stated.
In testimony whereof the said deponent
Susanna Rouark hath hereunto subscribed
her name on the day and year first above herein written
Susanna Rouark [a '+' and the words 'her mark' are written above the name]

Jos. N. Stockett, one of the
Judges of the Orphans Court of
Anne Arundel County -- [preceding 3 lines enclosed in right curly bracket]

I, Benj E Gantt Register of Wills for Anne Arundel
County in the State of Maryland hereby certify that Joseph N.
Stockett Esquire who appears to have taken and Signed the
above Declaration was at the time of so doing and Still is
one of the Justices of the Orphans Court of the County and
State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and to
all his acts as Such full faith and credit is and ought to
be given as well in court of Justice as thereout
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto Set my hand
and affix the Seal of my Office the Second day
of March 1847
Benj E Gantt Rg Wills A A Cty
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[following is written; there are several ink blots]
Extract from the records of 
St Patricks church in this
city of Baltimore Md
"on the 6th Oct 1821 with
a license I joined with the bonds
of holy matrimony James
ORourke and Julia Ann
Miller of A. County in presence
of ---Miller James Elliot
etc etc"
Signed " M[4 illegible letters]ville"
This is to certify that the above
is a true copy
Jas Dolan P.P.
St Patricks church
Balti May 7th/1856
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[following is written]
Extracted form the records of
St Patricks church in this city
of Baltimore Maryland
"on this 6th of Oct 1821 with
a license, I joined with the bonds
of holy matrimony James ORourke
and Julia Ann Miller of Arundel County
in presence of Richard Miller
James Elliot and Me
Signed M[4 illegible letters]ville"
This is to certify that the
above is a true copy.
Witness my hand
and seal of said church the
eighteenth day of Feb
in this year 1859
James Dolan
Pastor of St Patricks 
church
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[following is written]
State of Maryland
Annearundel County    To wit
On the eighteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and
fifty six before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the
State of Maryland in and for Annearundel County
personally appeared Elizabeth Elliot known to me to be
a credible witness and made oath according to law that
James Rouark when he married Julia Rouark was a 
widower, and has said in the presence of witness that he
was married to Sophia McCauley of Annearundel County
five years before the expiration of his term of service in
the Revolutionary Army, they lived together in Annearundel
County as husband and wife and were so reputed the said 
James Rouark had three children by the said Sophia
whom witness believes to be dead and said Sophia died in
the year 1808 or 1809 age not known after which the said
James Rouark remained a widower until he was
married to Julia Miller

Subscribed to and sworn the day and year first
above written before me 
Elizabeth Elliot [different handwriting]
Philip Clayton - J.P. [different handwriting]
State of Maryland  Anne Arundel County Sct
I hereby certify that Philip Clayton Esquire before
whom the annexed affidavit was made & who has
thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so
doing a Justice of the peace of the said state in &
for the said County duly Commissioned & sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand & affix the seal
of the A.C. for a [uncertain] this 19th
day of June 1855   N.H.Green Clk [preceding 10 lines in different handwriting]
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[majority of doc is typewritten; only handwritten portions are transcribed]

O[illegible letter] [written diagonally] James Reewark [underlined] AW [written diagonally]
R.9032 [underlined]

Mr Kline Record Div showed me
the [illegible] item were at least
75 G.W.Parker [written vertically; top to bottom; in left margin]
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[following is written]
[horizontal line drawn near bottom of page]
Jno Johnson
of 
Washington DC
rgr
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[following is writen]
Recd Sept 3/58 [different handwriting and ink]

Ellicott Md,
Howard Co.
Sept 2nd 1858
To all whom it may concern I hereby
authorize and appoint Mr John Johnson of Washington
City my attorney to prosecute the case I
filed in the Pension office in Jany last, in favour
of Mrs Julia Reuark widow of James Reuark
decd who was a pensioner of the United States
at the rate of $8 per anna
Witness my hand and seal on the
day and year above written
David Feelenyer [drawing of a seal]
Witness
John T. Jenkins
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[ following is printed and written]
Treasury Department,
Comptroller's Office, [preceding 2 lines are printed]
9th May 1856 [written]

This is to certify that Julia Rouark
of Anne Arundel County Maryland Widow
of James Rouark deceased a Soldier of
the Revolutionary Army is a pensioner of
the State of Maryland and so registered
on the books of this Office
W.N. Purnell
Comptroller
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[doc consists of 2 notes - upper left corner and lower right corner; both notes are written]

[upper left corner]
V.   No 13318
Susan Rouark
Md ['d' underlined]
Let to Dr James Wynne
April 29 . '47
J.N. Coffin 17th April 1854
Let [illegible] D Wynne
act 7 July 1838

[lower right corner; cut from original & damaged; multiple handwritings]
No 6548
Julia Rouark
Widow of James
Wm Sell Claude June 3/56
same June 13 1856 - same
July 111856 - same Sept
24. 1856
Feb 17th 1858. David Freelenyer
Same Mch 17/59
Claimant, April 22/59
9032
3 Feby 1853
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[following is written]
Pen on June 23 1836
Sir
Will you state when Jas Reewark of Md was last paid at $56 a year under
the July 1818? The papers do not show whether or not he was entered on the list after
1818. If he was please state whether his arrears were paid to a widow and if so, give her name. [last sentence underlined]   Respectful
R J Atkinson Esq     R. McRae
[unknown letter] and   for Comm
J. [unknown letter]plett
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[following is written]
3d Auditor's Office
June 26th 1836
Sir:
James Reewark Md, Act 1818, at $8.00
per month has been paid to 4 Sept. 1823
Very Resply
J. Minot Esq            Rob J Atkinson
Comm. of Pensions   Auditor
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[following is printed and written; top portion of doc was not scanned = missing]
[4 unidentifiable numbers written on printed line]
P.O. [followed by printed line]
Julia Rouark Widow [written on printed line; leters 'uar' written over previous letters]
Service: James Rouark or Reewark [name written on printed line]
Enlisted: ____, 18 [printed]
Discharged:____, 18 [printed]
'REJECTED' [stamped diagonally across previous 2 lines]
Application filed:___, 18
Alleges: ___ 
Re-enlisted:___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ___
___ Recognized.   ___Contract.
___ Cert. of Dis.   Searched for ____, 18 [previous 7 lines printed]
[?] Jack Cummings given age, res, + troops &
[?] ked if this one was wanted, etc [preceding 2 lines written top to bottom along left margin]
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James Reewark
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[following is written; lower section of doc contains math calculations]
I certify that it appears by the
Musters of Maryland Troops
that James Reewark a private in
3rd Regiment Enlisted on 25th April 1778
and was discharged in Nov. 1780
R. Loockerman Adjutant
Auditors Office Annapolis 5 May 1818

6.967
1.560[underlined
8.03

Thomas Tongue, Junr
Postmaster
Traceys Landing
Ann Arundel
Maryland

$24--                     21
8 [underlined]        4 [underlined]
$32                         27 [underlined]     4 [underlined]
                               31                          30

930 [underlined]                      
30x29 = 810
31x4 = 124 [underlined
934
930 [underlined]
4 [underlined]
930

4
8
930 [3200 inside division bracket] 3
        [2790 inside division bracket and underlined]
410 [underlined and underneath division bracket]
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Annapolis Sep 9, 1856
Sir
I have received and herewith submit two
additional Affidavits relating to the services
and marriage of James Rouark.
It is the impression of Julia Rouark that
her husband was a pensioner Of the Federal
Government though no proof of this fact is
extant to her knowledge.
If scruples still
exist I hope the testimony enclosed will
remove all doubt and secure the benefits
of the Act to the applicant
Very respectfully
your obdt servt
Wm Sell Claude
Hon J. Minot
Com of Pen
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[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
Annapolis July 1856
Sir
I shall be absent from Annapolis for some
time and must answer your letter of the 1st inst
without having seen Mrs Julia Rouark. She resides
in the country and only visits the city at occasional
intervals but she was positive in the statement
that her husband drew a pension from the
General Government and she is the identical
person who now receives a pension from this State
as the widow of James Rouark a soldier of the Revolution [preceding 5 words underlined] under a resolution of the General
Assembly of Md a copy of which with reference
to its date 1835, was transmitted by me for your
inspection.
The testimony submitted to the Department
constitutes the information from which I derive my
knowledge of her claim to a pension. If that is
not abundantly sufficient to obtain the benefits
of the Act passed Feb 3, 1853, according to my
judgement in no instance can the object of that
law be attained or its advantages secured to those embraced in its provisions.
The service of James Rouark a private in the
army of our Revolution, his marriage with Julia
Miller, his subsequent death, her existing
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[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
widowhood, the recognition of Julia as the
widow of James Rouark a soldier of the
Revolution [preceding 5 words underlined] by the State in which the parties
resided, are facts incontestibly proved by
credible witnesses and corroborated by official
records
It is not probable that James Rouark could
have been guilty of bigamy with two women in
the same county and escaped detection, The 
resolution to which reference has been made
conclusively shows that Julia Rouark is proved
and admitted to be the widow of James Rouark
the soldier [these 2 words underlined] and the reference is irrefutable that
no other woman could have borne that relationship
with him in this vicinity since 1835 the date of its passage
Under these circumstances the propriety or [word scratched out]
and legality of her claim is established and
I presume will be concluded by your
judgment not withstanding the pretensions
of an [illegible] application
very respectfully
Yr Obdt Srvt
Wm Sell Claude [name underlined]
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[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
Washington April 11th 1854
Sir:
In the Revolutionary pension case of
Mrs Susan Rewark widow of James, Act July 7
1838, I herewith transmit Affidavit of Richard
Crandell proving
1st Identity -- The [scratched/rubbed out] He [written over previous word] "knew
"personally James Rewark Senr father of James Rewark
"now making application for a pension in right of his
"mother Susan Rewark deceased and that he knows
"he served as a soldier during the Revolutionary War;
"he remembers distinctly his return to the neighborhood
"in which he the said deponent resided, as a discharged
"soldier after the termination of the war; and that he
"continued to reside in his neighborhood up to the time of
"his death; that he frequently heard him speak of his
"battles and wounds, and has seen him exhibit a scar
"represented to be the scar of a wound received in battle.
"Further this deponent knows of his own knowledge that
"the said James Rewark Senr received a pension from
"the State of Maryland for his Revolutionary services,
"said deponent having frequently drawn his pension
"for him", ---
and proving
2d: the Marriage prior to Jan 1st 1794.
He swears that "the said James Rewark Senr was
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[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
"married to his wife Susan (he thinks her maiden name was
"Susan Tucker) very soon after, certainly within two years
"after his return to this neighborhood, and he recollects that
"he returned very soon after the war was by public
"report known to this deponent to be over, said deponent
"was not present at the marriage of James & Susan
"Rewark, but knows that they were reputed to be
"husband and wife, and the" etc.
Thus is the marriage proven to have occurred
within two years after the end of the war---and 1783
being the end of the war, it is proved to have been as
early as the year 1785---being the long period of
Nine Years prior [preceding 3 words underlined] to the 1st of January 1794.
He also proves the fact of general reputation "that they were
"reputed to be husband and wife and the fact of their
"having been married was never called in question by
"their acquaintances."
I therefore request that the case may be allowed.
I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Isaac N. Coffin [name is underlined]
Honble Loren P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington. D.C.
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[following is written; folded doc; writing is on 2d fold from left]
Juliane Rouark [crossed out]
Julia Rouark
4 Sept [illegible character]53
[preceding 3 lines are at top of doc]

"
,66 [line above writing]
[preceding 2 lines were written up-side down in middle of doc]

Ruark
Back
[preceding 2 lines were written up-side down at bottom of doc]
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[following is written]
Date Sept 7th /57
Sir
I received your Letter dated
Sept 3d on 4th and I rite to you
to inform you that I am positively
a son of James Rouark of Eanadle County
who was an Officer in the Revolution
War  You can find at No 30 Republican
Street - Baltimore City  Yours & Truly
M.F. Rouark
Balto, City, Officer

Residence No 30 Republican Street
Between Baltimore & Holland streets
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County Land:
I hereby certify that it appears from the
Records of this Office, that on the seventeenth day of
July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty
four a marriage licence was issued from this Office
to James Ruark and Susanna Tucker.
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set may hand and affix
the Seal of Anne Arundel
County Land this twentysixth
day of February eighteen
hundred and fifty seven
Jno. H Nicholson [name underlined]
clerk of Anne Arundle County
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Land Office of Maryland
January 30th, 1856
I certify that it appears by the
Muster Roles remaining in this Office
that James Ruark enlisted as a 
private in the 3d Maryland Regiment
on the 25th of April 1778, and that he
is rated as having joined. --
In testimony whereof I
hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal
of the Land Office of Maryland.
J. Murray
Commer of the L Off
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[following is written]
35 Liberty St. Balto.
6 Apr 1847.
Sir:
I enclose for your consideration
papers relating to Susanna Rouark
widow of James Rouark, a pensioner
act. 18 March on the Maryland roll
consisting of Her Declaration,
1st
2d and [crossed out] evidence of marriage,
3d with [crossed out] depositions and [crossed out] of Mrs Kirby
and N. Atwell.
Y-- truly,
James Wynne [underlined]
C [ink blot] J. L. Edwards
Co-- of Pensions [preceding 2 lines enclosed in a bracket]
Page 38

[following is written and stamped]

5 [postmark; a '5' enclosed in a circle; horizontal ink smear thru center]
Col. J.L.Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Sept 14, 47
dist cort
Susan Rourk [preceding 3 lines written vertically bottom to top adjacent to left of the main address]
Page 39

[following is written]
Balto.
11 Sept. 1847
Sir:
Sometime since some papers relating to the
claim of Susanna, Widow of James Rourk, for a pension
were placed in my hands, by her agent, with the
request that I would present them to the Department,
which was done. I received in reply a letter from you
setting forth that the widow now claiming, was but a
child according to his declaration, at the period when
she alleges to have been married.
As nothing has yet transpired to disprove his
statement in the production of such proof as your letter
required as far as I am aware [preceding 6 words inserted between lines] and as I am entirely unacquainted with Mrs
Rourk, I beg leave to state that until the most positive
evidence is addressed you will look upon this claim as
invalid in that doubt, which the difference of statement
between herself and husband carries upon its face. My connection
with it ended in presenting your letter to her agent.
Y-- truly,
Jas Wynne
Col J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pens [preceding 2 lines enclosed in a right curly bracket]
Page 40

Elk City, Oklahoma.
Jan. 25, 1926.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions: --
Washinton, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
Have you any record of Ebenezer Johnson having received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War?
Also Archibald Parker and a Mr. Rouark; whose first name I have been unable to find. I know that is not very definite, but it being such an unusual name that I might get some clue from it.
George Washington Parker served in the civil war and received a pension for same. His father is Archibald Parker and I am wondering if the record of G. W. Parker might give the ^date of Archibald Parker's birth and death or
any other information that might aid in finding whether he or his father ever served in the revolutionary war.
Also wish to know if Daniel Johnson received a pension for service in the Revolutionary war.
Thanking you for any information that you may be able to send me, I am
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jack Cummings,
Elk City, Okla.
Box 396
Page 41

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
Howard County
On this twentieth [different handwriting] day of January 1858,
personally appeared Richard Miller, before
me a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County (said Miller being personally
known to me as a highly credible witness)
and made oath in due form of law
that he was well acquainted with
James Rewark, of Anne Arundell county
state aforesaid, who was a revolutionary
soldier and pensioner, and that he
well remembers the day and [preceding 2 words crossed out] year
when the said James Rewark was
married to Julia Miller and the
circumstances of the marriage in the
fall of 1821, the said Miller being
a resident of the immediate neighborhood.
That the said James Rewark
and the said Julia were married
legally according to the ceremonies of
the Catholic Church- that they lived
together as man and wife, and he
never knew the legality of their marriage
questioned by any one - and the said
James Rewark and Julia his wife
Page 42

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
had one child named Moses S. Rewark
now residing in Baltimore, and that
the said James Rewark died in
said county in the year 1824, and
left the said Julia his widow, and
that she is still a widow and
was such on the 3rd day of
February 1853.

Sworn to and subscribed     Richard Miller [name in different handwriting]
before me the day and
year above written
George W Anderson
Page 43

[following is written; ink is faded]
State of Maryland
Howard County [preceding 2 lines enclosed in right curly bracket]     To wit
On this 20th day of January
1858 personally appeared Julia Rewark [preceding 2 words in different ink & handwriting]
before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said county and made
oath in due form of Law that she
is the widow of James Rewark late
of Howard or Anne Arundel Co. and
who was a pensioner of the United
States at the rate of $8 per month
that she was married to the
said James Rewark on or about
the [illegible and crossed out] day of November 1821, [preceding 2 words in different ink & handwriting]
and that the said James Rewark
her said husband died in said
county on the 1st  [different ink & handwriting] day of April
in the year 1824, leaving her the
said Julia Rewark a widow, and that
she was a widow on the 3rd day
of February 1853 and has not since
been married but is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the above date [preceding 2 lines enclosed in right curly bracket]
Julia Rewark [an 'X' and the words 'her mark' are written over the name; this name is adjacent to right of previous bracketed lines]
George W Anderson [below bracketed lines; different handwriting & ink]   / Witness  Richard Miller [different handwriting & ink]
Page 44

[following is written; ink is very faded]
State of Maryland
Howard County [preceding 2 lines enclosed in a right curly bracket] ss
On this 20th [different ink & handwriting] day of January
1858 personally appeared Julia Rewark [name in different ink]
before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said county and made
an oath in due form of law that she 
was the widow of James Rewark late
of Howard or Anne Arundel co. decd
who was a pensioner of the United 
States at the rate of $8 per month
that she was married to the
said James Rewark on or about
the [next word crossed out; illegible] day of November 1821 [month and year in different ink]
and that the said James Rewark
her said husband died in said
county on the 1st [different ink] day of April
[illegible] the year 1824 leaving her the
said Julia Rewark a widow and that
she was a widow on the 3rd day
of February 1853 and has not ever
been married but is still a widow
Sworn to & subscribed
before me the above date [preceding 2 lines enclosed in a right curly bracket
George W Anderson [different ink & handwriting]
Julia Rewark [located to right of bracket; an 'X' and the words 'her mark' are written over the name]
Witness [different ink & handwriting] 
Richard Miller [different ink & handwriting]
Page 45

[following is written]
State of Maryland
Howard County
I W.W. Watkins [name and 1st letter in different handwriting] clerk
of the Circuit Court of Howard County
do hereby certify that satisfactory
evidence has been exhibited to said
court that James Rewark of Anne
Arundel county was a pensioner of the
United States at the rate of $8 per
month, that he was married to Julia
Miller in the fall of 1821, that the
said James Rewark and Julia his
wife were legally married by a Catholic
Priest--that they lived together as man
and wife--that they had one child
named Moses S. Rewark--that the 
said James Rewark died on the 1st of
April 1824, and left a widow named
Julia Rewark, who is still a widow
and was such on the 3rd day of
February 1853.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of said
court this 20th [different handwriting] day of January
1858.
W.W. Watkins Cl;k of Circuit Court [name and title in different handwriting}
Page 46

State of Maryland
Howard County
I W.W. Watkins [name and 1st letter in different handwriting] clerk
of the Circuit Court of said county, do
hereby certify that Geo W, Anderson, [name in different handwriting] before
whom the annexed affidavits of Richard
Miller and Julia Reward were made
is, and was at the time of signing
a Justice of the Peace in and for
the aforesaid county, duly commissioned
and qualified by law.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed
the seal of the said court
the 20th [different handwriting] day of January
in the year 1858.
W.W. Watkins Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Howard County [name & title in different handwriting]
Page 47

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
County of Howard [preceding 2 lines enclosed in right curly bracket; initials SS. after bracket]
On this nineteenth day of February
in the year 1858, personally appeared 
Richard Miller, before me a Justice of
the Peace in and for said county, and
made oath in due form of law, that
he resided in the immediate neighborhood
of, and was intimately acquainted with, a
revolutionary pensioner named James
Rewark--that the said James Rewark, resided in Anne Arundel county, State
aforesaid--that he always kept a sword--
that he was a Catholic, and was a
tolerably good citizen only when occasionally
he got to drinking; at which times
he would get out his sword, flourish it
about and threaten violence to his
neighbors--this he once did when some
person told him his pension was to be
taken from him--That the said
James Rewark had three children
by his first wife, two of which are
supposed to be dead, and one by this
last wife, Julia, named M.S. Rewark,
Page 48

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
Said Miller well recollects all the circumstances
of the marriage of the said
Julia to the said James Rewark--that
at the time of the marriage much
neighborhood talk was indulged in about
the inequality of the persons--and the
parents violently opposed the marriage
on account of the age, and at times,
loose character of James Rewark--that
he is very certain that the said Rewark
did not live longer than between
two and three years after his marriage
with the said Julia, which took place
in the fall of 1821, as nearly as he can
fix the date from circumstances attending
himself and neighborhood--but that the
said Miller is positively certain, without
the least shadow of a doubt, that the
said James Rewark did die in the
spring of the year 1824, and he knows
this date to be true by the fact that 
the said James Rewark died in the
spring preceeding the summer in which
Gen Lafayette arrived in this country,
and at the time of the death of the
said Rewark the visit of Lafayette
to America was the common news
Page 49

[following is written; page 3 of multi-page doc]
of the day--that the said Julia Rewark
is uneducated--can neither read nor write--
nor did she know how to spell her
husband's name, and in consequence of
which circumstance numerous errors have
been made since his death as to the
authography of his name, and much
confusion has thereby been created--but
that the son of the said Julia and James
Rewark is educated and now spells
his name according to the true pronunciation
of his Father's name Ruark [underlined]--
that the said Miller further declares
that the said Julia has made a mistake
in declaring her husband died in 
1831, and that it is common with her
when questioned as to dates to say that
certain events happened 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 35 years ago etc, by which
mode of determining dates she often
errs to the number of 5 of ten years,
and from recent conversation with the
said Julia, the said deponent inclines
to the opinion that some one else must
have fixed the date of her husband in
1831, and not the said Julia, for she knows better if uninfluenced by others.
Page 50

[following is written; page 4 of multi-page doc]
said Miller further declares that the
business of the said Julia Rewark relating
to pension, etc has been confounded with
names and dates which are applicable to 
the said James Ruark's son's wife, from
which fact he knows that much confusion
has arisen to the prejudice of
the said Julia. and that he cannot
explain why the said James Rewark
fixed the age of his wife in 1823 at
forty-five years except it was to make
his condition as pitiful as possible to
excite sympathy, for he was very penurious,
always pleading poverty, and fearing he
would come to want.
Said Miller further declares that he 
is extensively acquainted over Anne Arundell
and has been for the last 40 years,
and that he never knew nor heard of
any one by the name of Rewark except
the said James Rewark, the revolutionary pensioner
and that he and another old
soldier named Elliot lived in the same
locality and were pensioners.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and
year above written
George W. Anderson J.P. [preceding 4 lines enclosed by a right curly bracket; name in different handwriting]
Richard Miller [written to right of bracket; different handwriting]
Page 51

[following is written] 
State of Maryland
Howard County Sct
I Wm W Watkins Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Howard County do hereby certify that George
W. Anderson Esq. before whom the aforegoing
affidavit appears to have been made was at
the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the 
State of Maryland in and for the second
election district of Howard County duly
Commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I
hereunto subscribe my name & affix
the seal of the said Court this
19th day of February A.D. 1858.
W.W. Watkins Clk [name underlined]
Page 52

[following is written]
State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County p
On This sixteenth day of August A.D.
1856 personally appeared before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for said county & State Rezin
Lowman a credible and disinterested--
witness and made oath in due form of
law that he was personally acquainted
with James Rouark and was frequently
engaged in conversation with him and
heard him repeatedly say that he was
a soldier of the Revolutionary War; and 
that Julia Rouark formerly Julia
Miller is the identical widow of the
said James Rouark.
Sworn to and subscribed this
day and year above written
Rezin Lowman [a '+' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name; name is written in different handwriting; drawing of a seal is to the right of the name]
Before Me     Philip Clayton J.P. [different handwriting]
Page 53

[following is written]
State of Maryland
Annearundel County   to wit
I hereby Certify that Philip Clayton Esq before
whom the written affidavit was made and who has
thereto signed his name was as of the time of so doing one of
the State of Maryland's Justice of the peace in and for anne
Arundel County duly Commissioned and Sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
Name and affix the seal of the Circuit
Court of Annearundel County, this
Ninth day of September Eighteen
hundred and fifty six
N H Green Clk
Page 54

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County Se
Be it known that on this 16th [different handwriting] day of
May in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred & fifty six personally appeared
before me the subscriber a Justice of the
peace in and for said county George W.
Miller aged fifty five years a credible and
disinterested witness and made oath in
due form of law -- that he is personally
acquainted with Julia Rouark the present
applicant for a pension from the United
States on account of the services of her
husband James Rouark deceased in
the Revolutionary War and that the said
Julia Rouark is the identical widow of
the said James Rouark who was always
represented and believed to be in the
neighbourhood where he resided a soldier
of the Revolution, and that the said Julia
Rouark and James Rouark who was a
pensioner of the United States always lived
together as Man and Wife and that the said
James Rouark died on or about the 25th
day of October 1831, leaving a widow the
present applicant for a pension from
the United States.
Page 55

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written.
Before me     George W Miller [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name; drawing of a seal to the right of name]
Dennis Griffith J.P. [different handwriting]

State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Sct
I hereby certify that Dennis Griffith Esq before
whom the annexed affidavit was made & who has
thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so
doing a Justice of the Peace of said State in and for
said County duly commissioned & sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my hand and seal of the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County
this 21st day of May 1856
N.H. Green clk [name and title underlined]
Page 56

[following is written]
State of Maryland
Annearundel County [preceding 2 lines enclosed by a right curly bracket]      To wit
On the twentieth day of May eighteen hundred and fifty six
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of
Maryland in and for the county of Annearundel personally
appeared Elizabeth Elliot formerly Elizabeth Miller and
made oath according to law that she was present on the sixth
day of October eighteen hundred and twenty one in St Patricks
Church Baltimore Maryland and witnessed the marriage of
James Rouark with Julia Miller and that Julia Rouark
who makes her declarations to obtain a pension from the
United States Government is the identical person then married
and is the identical widow of the said James Rouark since
deceased who was a pensioner of the United States and died
in Annearundel County Maryland on or about the twenty
fifth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty one.
Sworn before            Elizabeth    [drawing of a seal]
Philip Clayton J.P.      Elliot [both names are written in different handwritings]
I hereby certify the Elizabeth Elliot the deponent
is a credible witness and worthy of belief.
Philip Clayton J.P. [name in different handwriting]

State of Maryland  Anne Arundel County Sct
I hereby certify that Philip Clayton Esq before
whom the annexed acknowledgment was made &
who has hereto subscribed his name was at the time
of so doing a Justice of the peace of the State of
Maryland in & for Anne Arundel County duly
commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my hand and affix the seal of the
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County this 21st day of May 1856
N.H. Green Clk
Page 57

Commissioner
of
Pensions
Page 58

[following is written]
To the Commissioner
of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed you will receive two Declarations
by Julia Rouark of Annearundel County
one for a pension the other for Bounty Land
Two affidavits marked  A & B
A certificate from the Commissioner of the Land
Office of Md   marked 1
Do from the Priest of St Patricks Church Baltimore
Maryland   marked 2
Do from Comptroller of Treasury of Maryland
marked 3
I have the honor to be
Respectfully
Yr Obt Sevt
Wm Sell Claude [name undelined]
Annapolis May 21, 1856

Land claim taken out
Adams
May 23/56 [preceding 3 lines written in different ink & handwriting]
Page 59

[following is written]
1835
No 42
Resolution in favor of Julia Rouark
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland
That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Julia Rouark, widow of James Rouark,
a soldier of the Revolution, the half pay
of a private during her widowhood.

I hereby certify that the above is an exact copy
of a resolution passed by the General Assembly
of Maryland February 24, 1836
William Howard
State Librarian

To be found with the resolutions of December
session 1835.
Page 60

[following is written]
Ellicot Mills
Feby 11th 1858
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Sir
On the 21st of
Jany I forwarded you the papers of Mrs
Julia Rewark, who is the widow of James
Rewark, a pensioner [word partially underlined] of A. A. bounty [word underlined] Act
of 18 March 1818 [date underlined]
Claiming ['m' underlined] a pension under [preceding 2 words underlined]
Act 3 of Feby [preceding 3 words underlined] 1853. not receiving any acknowledgement
from the case. I concluded it
was deposited with the Land warrant Applications
and might remain in that position, 
if such be the fact, please refer the case.
Yours Respectfully
David Feelenyer
Page 61

[following is written; doc consists of 2 separate pages that were scanned together]
[page 1]
State of Maryland
A A County   To Wit
On this 15th day of Octb 1858 before me
the subscriber a justice of the peace in
and for the said county personally appeared
Elizabeth Elliot and made oath on the holy
evangely of almighty god that she was
present when James Oroarke and July Ann
Oroarke was marade in the year 1821
Given Tr Befor[illegible]   T.W.Stinchcomb [name underlined; drawing of seal]

[page 2]
State of Maryland
Annearundel County Court
I hereby Certify that Thomas. W. Stinchcomb
Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit appears
to have been made was at the time of so doing one
of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace in and
for Annearundel County duly Commissioned and
Sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
My name and affix the Seal of the
Circuit Court for Annearundel County
this ninth day of November in the
Year Eighteen hundred and fifty
Eight
N.H. Green Clerk
Page 62

[following is written]
Ellicot Mills
Howard Co
Jany 21 1858
Hon Sir
Enclosed please find the papers
of Julia Rewark who is the widow of James
Rewark decd a pensioner of Anne Arundel Co
for Act March 18. 1818 claiming pension for
Act 3d Feby 1853 2nd Sect at 8Ds per annum. She
says that after the term of his enlistment in the
regular army he served some time in a mounted
company and should dragoon service
appear, please allow the case accordingly 
a letter from her her [word crossed out] son refered to in the testimony
is also enclosed
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
David Feelenyer
Page 63

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
Ellicotts Mills
Howard Co
Feb 19 1858
Hon Sir
Your January of the 17th inst is at
hand enclosing a letter to Wm Sell Claude relating
to the pension of Julia Ruark
Enclosed please find the affidavit of explination
of Mr Richard Miller of this place, who is well
conversant of the facts stated, who is a gentleman
of the most undoubted veracity, at the time the
said Julia gave her case to me, she said that a
certain Laure Carpenter of Annapolis had had her
claim in hand for two or three years, but had reported to her that he had committed errors from
which he could not extricate himself, and in
order to correct the case, he had employed a lawyer,
whom I suppose to be Mr Claude
Without knowing what was done by the Carpenter
and Mr Claude, we questioned Julia as to her
marriage, and the death of her husband, and she replied that he died some 30 [previous figure rubbed out and written over] or 35 yrs ago, and that
she was married to him about three years before
he died. This she declared over and over again, And how the Annapolis parties got his death in
1831 we cannot tell.
The Carpenter told her that he could get about $6000 [number underlined]
for her, and the longer her husband lived the better
for her, and there is no doubt she told him 25 or 30 years ago. and he must expressly fixed the date
in 1831, both Julia and Mr Miller seem to be
Page 64

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
perfectly satisfied as to dates, and give strong reasons
as to the grounds of their evidence. Mr Miller
says the mind of Julia has been much abused &
confused by one Dunn and others, who have tried
to make dates fit so as to get her a pension years ago.
Hoping this explination will be satisfactory
Yours Respectfully
David [ink blot] Feelenyer
Page 65

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
perfectly satisfied as to dates, and give strong reasons
as to the grounds of their evidence. Mr Miller
says the mind of Julia has been much abused &
confused by one Dunn and others, who have tried
to make dates fit so as to get her a pension years ago.
Hoping this explination will be satisfactory
Yours Respectfully
David [ink blot] Feelenyer
Page 66

[following is written]
State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County p
On this fourteenth day of August A.D.
one thousand eight hundred & fifty six
personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the peace in
and for said State & County Abraham
Duvall aged eighty five years a credible
and disinterested witness and made
oath in due form of law that he was
personally acquainted with James Ruark
deceased who was always represented & believed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary
war in the neighbourhood where he resided
and that he herd the said James Ruark
say that he was wounded in the sholder
in said war. and that Julia Ruark--
formerly Julia Miller is the identical
widow of the said James Ruark deceased
who has been dead about twenty five
years, to the best of his Knowledge and
belief.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me on the day and year above written,
Abraham  [different handwriting; drawing of a seal]
Duvall
Sworn before me
Philip Clayton J.P. [name underlined]
Page 67

[following is written] 
State of Maryland
Anne arundel County Court
I hereby Certify that Philip Clayton Esq before whom
the written affidavit was made and who has thereto signed
his name was at the time of so doing one of the State of
Maryland Justices of the peace in and for Annearundel
County duly Commissioned and Sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
name and affix the seal of the
Circuit Court for Annearundel
County this Ninth day of September
eighteen hundred & fifty Six
NH Green clk
Page 68

[following is written]
Mrs Julia A Rourke
Millersville
Anne Arundel Co
Md
Page 69

[following is written; doc consists of 2 pages that were scanned together]
[page 1] 
State of Maryland           To wit
Anne Arundel County
On this 18th day of April 1859 before
me the subscriber a justice of the peace
in and for the state and county aforesaid
personally appeared Eligah Phelphs and
made oath on the holy evangely of almighty
god that James ORoarkes first wife
was dead when he married wife July Ann
Miller
Swer- to Befor-    T.W.Stinchcomb [name underlined; drawing of a seal] 

[page 2]
State of Maryland
Annearundel County Court
I hereby Certify that Thomas W Stinchcomb
Esq before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been
made was at the time of so doing one of the State of Maryland
Justices of the peace in and for Annearundel County duly
Commissioned and Sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
name and affix the seal of the Circuit
Court of Annearundel County this
twentieth day of April eighteen
hundred & fifty nine
NH Green clk
Page 70

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
Anne Srundel County   to wit
On this fourth day of April in the year of
our Lord one Thousand Eight-Hundred and Fifty
Four, personally appeared before me the subscriber
one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the peace
in and for the county aforesaid, Richard Crandell,
and made oath on the Holy Evangely of
Almighty God, that he knew personally James
Ruoark Senior, Father of James Rewark now making
application for a pension in right of his Mother Susan
Rework deceased, and that he knows he served
as a soldier during the Revolutionary war; he remember
distinctly his return, to the neighborhood in which
the said deponent resided, as a discharged soldier,
after the termination of the war; and that he continued
to reside in the neighborhood up to the time
of his death; that he had frequently heard him speak
of his battles and wounds, and has seen him exhibit
a scar represented to be the scar of a wound received
in battle. Further this deponent knows of his
own [inserted in left margin] knowlege that, the said James Ruwark Senior received
a pension from the State of Maryland for
his Revolutionary services, said deponent having
frequently drawn his pension for him.
This deponent further declares that the said
James Ruwark Senior, was married to his wife
Susan (he thinks the maiden name was Susan Tucker)
very soon after, certainly within two years after [word inserted] his return
to this neighborhood, and he recollects that he returned very
soon after the war was by public report known to be over [preceding 3 words crossed out]
to this deponent to be over, said deponent was not present
at the marriage of James & Susan Rework, but knows that
they were reputed to be husband and wife, and 
the fact of their having been married was
Page 71

[following is written; page 2 of multi-page doc]
never called in question by their acquaintances; 
all these facts stated to the best of the
knowlege and belief of Richard Crandell [name in different handwriting]
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
before Martin Deale J P [name and title in different handwriting]

I certify that the above mentioned Richard Crandell
is a credible and highly respectable person; and that
he is believed in the neighborhood to be from 96
to 100 years of age, and that he is known to the subscriber to be in the enjoyment of a remarkable degree
of activity of body and mind
Martin Deale J P

State of Maryland Anne arundel County Court
I hereby Certify that Martin Deale Esquire
before whom the aforegoing affidavit appears to have been
Made was at the time of so doing one of the State of
Meeryland Justices of the peace in and for Anne arundel
County duly Commissioned and Sworn and I believe his
Signature to be genuine In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
name and affix the seal of the Circuit
Court for Anne arundel County this
Sixth day of April in the year Eighteen
hundred and fifty four
NH Green Clk Circuit
Court for AA County
Page 72

[following is written]
To The Com
Of Pensions
Page 73

[following is written]
Annapolis June 6, 1856
Sir
I have no knowledge of Susannah Rouark or
her claim mentioned in your letter of the 3d inst
but if she asks a pension as widow of the same
individual for whose services in the Revolution Julia
Rouark has made application her demand is predicated
upon a false assumption as the records in your
Department I presume will satisfactorily demonstrate
In 1844, when application
was made as you report by Susannah Rouark for
a pension from the General Government, Julia Rouark
your petitioner was recognized as the widow of James
Rouark by the State of Maryland and received a
pension which she still draws for the services of her
husband James Rouark a soldier of the Revolution
under a resolution of the General Assembly 
December session 1835, a copy of which is herewith
submitted.
This conclusively shows the utter fallacy of
Susannah's claim and believing it sufficient with the
proof already filed to remove all scruples on the
subject I have the honor to be
very resly yr
obdt sevt
Wm Sell Claude
S Cole Esq
Adh Com
Page 74

[following is written]
Annapolis June 6, 1856
Sir
I have no knowledge of Susannah Rouark or
her claim mentioned in your letter of the 3d inst
but if she asks a pension as widow of the same
individual for whose services in the Revolution Julia
Rouark has made application her demand is predicated
upon a false assumption as the records in your
Department I presume will satisfactorily demonstrate
In 1844, when application
was made as you report by Susannah Rouark for
a pension from the General Government, Julia Rouark
your petitioner was recognized as the widow of James
Rouark by the State of Maryland and received a
pension which she still draws for the services of her
husband James Rouark a soldier of the Revolution
under a resolution of the General Assembly
December session 1835, a copy of which is herewith
submitted.
This conclusively shows the utter fallacy of
Susannah's claim and believing it sufficient with the
proof already filed to remove all scruples on the
subject I have the honor to be
very resly yr
obdt sevt
Wm Sell Claude
S Cole Esq
Adh Com
Page 75

[following is written; page 1 of multi-page doc]
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore, to wit
On this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and forty seven, before the subscriber
one of the Justices of the peace of the State of Maryland,
in and for the City aforesaid; personally appeared
Elizabeth Kirby a resident of the said city, but formerly
a resident of Anne Arundel County, in the said State
and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God;
that she was and is still intimately acquainted with --
Susanna Rouark, in the aforegoing Declaration made
in the Orphans Court, of Anne Arundel County aforesaid
before Justice Stockett, for a pension from the United
States, from her earliest recollections, that she knows
the said Susanna Rouark to be the identical widow of
James Rouark, deceased a Revolutionary soldier, and during
his lifetime a resident of Anne Arundel County, which
said soldier she well knows drew a pension from
the United States for his Revolutionary services,
the said deponent further declares that she knows
the said Susanna and James lived together as
man and wife up to the time of her said husband
James Rouark's death which occured in the month
Page 76

[following is written; page 2 of multipage doc]
month
of May in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
three, in Anne Arundel County, where his widow
is still living further she saith not.
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me           Elizabeth Kirby [an 'X' and the words 'her mark' are written over the name]
Dennis S. Sweany J.P. [different handwriting]

I hereby certify that the above deponent Elizabeth
Kirby is a woman of good Character and her
oath is entitled all credit in any Court of Justice.
Dennis S. Sweany
a Justice of the Peace [preceding 2 lines in different handwriting]
Page 77

[following is written]
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore, to wit
On this sixth day of March in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred and Forty seven, before me
the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace
of the State of Maryland in and for the City
aforesaid, personally appeared Nathanel [last 2 letters inserted] Atwell,
a resident of the said City but formerly a resident
of Anne Arundel County in the said State, And
made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty
God, that he is personally acquainted with Susanna
Rouark in the annexed Declaration made in the Orphans
Court of Anne Arundel County in the said State
before Justice Stockett, for a pension from the United
States, that he well knows the said Susanna Rouark
to be the identical widow of James Rouark, who
he often times heard say, as well others in the neighbourhood
that he the said James Rouark was
a Revolutionary soldier, which said soldier as this
deponent has since understood drew a pension
from the United State for services rendered during
the Revolutionary War. The said Deponent further
declares that he well knew the said Susanna
and James living together as man and wife
up to the time of his death, further he saith not.
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me         Nathaniel Atwell [name in different handwriting]
Dennis S. Sweany J.P [name and title in different handwriting]
I hereby Certify that Nathanel [last 2 letters inserted] Atwell the said
deponent, is a respectable man, and his
oath is entitled to all credit in any Court
of Justice.
Dennis S. Sweany
Justice of the Peace
Page 78

[following is written] 
State of Maryland, Baltimore Co. Sct
I herby Certify that Dennis S.
Sweany gentleman before whom the annexed
Deposition of Elizabeth Kirby and the aforegoing Deposition of Nathaniel Atwell were made and
who has Subscribed his name to the respective affidavits
thereof was at the time of so doing a Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland in and
for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned
and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereto
set my name and affix the
Seal of Baltimore Co, Court
this sixth day of April 1847
A.W. Bradford
clk.
Page 79

[following is written]
James Ruwark
to
Thomas Tongue
Power Atty
Page 80

[following is written]
Know all men by these presents that I James
Ruwark of Anne Arundel County in the State of
Maryland do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas
Tongue Junior my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to receive from the Agent
of the United States for paying pensions in the State
of Maryland, my pension from the fourth day of March 1820 to the fifth [crossed out] fourth day of September 1820 --
Witness my hand and seal this Seventh day
of October eighteen hundred and twenty.
Signed, Sealed and            James Ruwark [an 'X' and the words 'his mark' are written over the name; drawing of a seal]
delivered in the presence of
CW Reiley [different handwriting]
John H Tillard [different handwriting]

State of Maryland, Anne Arundel County Sct
Be it known, that on this Fourteenth day of 
October 1820, before the Subscriber a Justice of
the peace of the State of Maryland in and for said County
personally appeared the above named James Ruwark
and Acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney
to be his Act and Deed--
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year [illegible] above
mentioned.   John Woods [drawing of a seal]
Page 81

[following is written] 
James Ruwark's
affidavit
to be transmitted
to the Secretary at War
with Mr Green's [illegible]
[illegible] from the record of AA
County Courts record
Page 82

[following is written]
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Sct
Be it known that before me, a Justice
of the peace for the County aforesaid personally
appeared James Ruwark and made oath
that he is the identical James Ruwark named in
the original Certificate in his possession--that he
is entitled to a pension of eight ---dollars per
month on account of services rendered to the United
States during the Revolutionary War--that
he served as a private in the Companys [next word crossed out]
of Captain John Smith and Captain Revelly in 
the third [next word crossed out] Regiment of the Maryland line 
in the Army of the Revolution--that he is inscribed
on the pension list, Role of the Maryland Agency
at the rate of eight ---dollars per month No.
721---that he now resides in Anne Arundel
County in the State of Maryland and has resided there
for the span of thirty ---years last past 
and that previous thereto he resided in
Dorchester County in the same State
Sworn and Subscribed this
Fourteenth day of October 1820
before me, a Justice of the
peace aforesaid
John Wood [drawing of a seal]