Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30496, Samuel Howell, Md.
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SERVICE- Md.
Howell, Samuel
NUMBER S 30496
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Ohio- (scratched out) 29646 Kentucky
Samuel Howell
of Clermont Co in the State of Ohio who as a Private in the company commanded b y Captain Beatty of the REgt commanded by in the Maryland Mil line for 6 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jan 1835 and sent to Hon. T. L. Hamer HR 
Arrears to the 4th of Sep' 34   $70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35  $10.00
$80.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D Brown Clerk Book E2 Vol 8 Page 26
Paid at the (illegible) the act of the C (illegible)
from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837.  Agt note (illegible) 1838
let 19 Feb 1840 to (illegible)
R M Johnson (illegible ) of pension
Letter to Sam Jerson 20 Feb 1840
How W O Butler 27 May 40.
D 28.3 audr:
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 tpo 4 Sept 1839.
Agt hotfield 4th June 1840
Letter to Hon W O Butler and C to Pow Agt 5 June 1840
TO Kentucky from 4 Sept 1839.29
June 1840._ Notification to Perio Cedar Creek Kentucky
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSER
County of Owen ss.
On this 17th day of June 1840 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Owen personally appeared Samuel Howell who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Lemar in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Hearman in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension t be there payable, in future.  The following are his reason for moving from the State of Ohio to Owen County Kentucky that I am very old and not able to support myself without some assistance and my son living in this county I removed here to live with him as he would take care of me in my dotage.
Samuel Howell
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
G C Branham
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity.  He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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Owen County Sct
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for Owen County and made William H Howell and made oath that Samuel Howell who has signed the foregoing affidavit is the identical person named in an original certificate heretofore given to said Howell by the War department Given under my hand this 17th day of June 1840.
The said original certificate bearing date on the 20th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and signed by Law (illegible) of war and being numbered 29.646 
William Howell
I certify that William Howell who has taken the oath above named is a person of veracity and truth.  Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for Owen County this 17th June 1840
G C Branham JP
Kentucky Owen County  Sct
I N M Beacon a clerk of the court for the County aforesaid do certify that George C Branham whose name is signed above and on the side is  Justice of the Peach for this county duly commissioned
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and qualified and that the foregoing signature M Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 17th day of June 1840.  
N M Bacon Clerk
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State of Ohio Clermont County Court of Common Pleas held before the honourable George P Torence presiding Judge and John Emory Robert Haines and Israel Whitaker his associates.  A heir subscribed  (illegible) in the year one thousand eight hundred and and thirty two Clement County 
Personally appeared in Open Court Samuel Howell of Ohio and County of Clermont, aged 72 years , who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act passed by Congress June the 7th 1832.  That in 1779 I became a member of a minute company under Capt. Thomas Beatty's Lieutenant Jacob Cambare at Frederick Town in Maryland 
From Frederick town we marched to Georgetown and remained there two weeks.  We then were ordered to Fredericktown.  We then was ordered to march to Baltimore but before we reached that place we were ordered back to Fredericktown to guard prisoners and remained there guarding prisoners six months;  we then was discharged by Captain Beattys.  In the year I enlisted under Capt. Wm Lemar and was transferred from him to Capt. David Lin at Yorktown in Virginia.
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I remained there till Cornwallis surrendered.  While at the siege I was under the Command of Capt. Lynn  Major Harry Hardman and Otho Williams was our Colonel and I belonged to the sixth Maryland regiment. 
Then returned back to Fredericktown in Maryland in company of Lieut. Beattys Lieut. Bonam to guard prisoners at Fredericktown and guarded them there till the close of the war. and then marched them from Fredericktown to little York in Pennsylvania then returned back to Fredericktown; and was discharged; I then moved to the state of Ohio in the year 1798 and Clemont County and has resided in this County ever since.  And further he does not now, remember how long he enlisted for; but served from his enlisting till the conclusion of the war.  He received from his officer certificates of discharge at the conclusion of the several periods for which he enlisted and has lost them.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on pension role of any agency in any state.  
Sworn to in open court 
November 9th 1832.
Sam Howell 
Jno Morris Clerk
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Be 
residing in the State of Ohio and County of of do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Howell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declar-ation, and we believe him to be 
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resi-des , to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
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32.538
Samuel Howell
Ohio
such under dec
Ct. Co. K
[Inelligible]
Hon. Jd Hames
J.D. Morris
Batavia
Clermont Co
Ohio
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War Department
Pension Office
21st Sep 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined and the papers are herewith returned in men, who the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A statement, showing the service of Samuel Howell
Period when service was rendered:1779
Duration of Claimant's service. 6 months
Rank of the claimant priv
Names and rank of the field of-ficers under whom he served: Cap Beatty
Cap Lemar
Lin
Col Williams
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service: 72 years
Fred K.
Co. Ms
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of }
County of }  S.S.
On this day of        personally appeared (a) before
            A.B. a resident (b) of         in the county of       and State, Territory or District
of             aged (c)       years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)         with           and
served in the         (e) regiment of the         line, under the following named officers:     

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed gthe day and year aforesaid.              A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I                   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of          & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the          and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with               , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,             Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this        day of           & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; 
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given,
and what has become of it?
{To an officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can
testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, 
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign  a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be mad.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and if there
to the best of his
recollection, her served not less than the periods mentiond below, and in the following grads:  -- For ----- year ----- months, and ------
days, I served as a --------.  For ----- months and -----days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 
public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 
papers.

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

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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30496
Revy INVALID
File No. 30,496
Samuel Howell
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32'
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 193

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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June 25, 1840
Report to be made to pensioner at Cedar Tree Ten.
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1[?]

Yours of the 19th Inst. with the declaration of Samuel Howell enclosed was received. -- In reply, I have to inform you, that I have carefully examined the pay and muster rolls of the revolution in this office, and do not find his name upon any of said rolls, -- the declaration is herewith returned.

I am respectfully
Your obt. Sert.
G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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Saml. Powell Born May 15th 1760 --
The first service he done was what then was called minutman for to take care of the seaport towns &c (date not collected) Orders geotown Baltimore . Opotis and guard the prisoners in the Barecks at Fredrictown six months. the above is his first tour 6 months. Tha next anlisted under Capt. William Lamar during the war and assisted as a recruiting officer at Fredricktown Town, Lawneytown, Onidletown & a place calld, a (illegible) now chaged) next transfered to Capt David Linns company whose brother was Lieter he remained with Capt Linn until pease was maid after tha surrender of Cornwallis he was a guard of the prisoners to Winchessat Va, and then was Fulough on account of sickness until calld for which was never done on account of pease being maid. His Regiment was 6th Maryland. Majr. Harry Hardman his commander Time about 2 years.  Recruited afterwards Capt Thos. Wells in Waynes Army. and served 4 months
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Sir:
Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 17. 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Samuel Howell a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio
Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars and ____ cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836 to the 4th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours
Albion H. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Gracebeck's Agency
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
---
County of Owen SS. Kentucky
On this 4 day of April 1840
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Owen personally appeared Samuel Howell
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
William Leman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
John Sturd
in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [lined out: (District,
or Territory,) ] of Kentucky where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from
Ohio that I was
[lined out: to] [illegible] and infurm and had no relations
in that State and thought it was best for
me to go to Kentucky and live with my son
in Owen County
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid.}
Saml Howell
Gle Branham P.A.E. [? P.O.C.?]
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The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the
proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal
of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the
case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must
swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the
witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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Kentucky Owen County  Sct
I N M Bacon clerk of the Court for Owen County certify that George C. Branham before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to is a magistrate of Owen County and the Signature purporting to be his attached thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Said office this 7th day of April 1840.--
N. M. Bacon Clk.
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Commercial Bank of Cincinnati
Pension Agency June 10th 1840

Sir.
Yours of 5th June with enquiry as to what time Samuel Howell a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act 7 June 1832 was last paid, has been received at this agency.
He was paid upto 4th Sept 1839 at the War Department and no further payment has been made here--
I am very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt.
J S Armstrong 
Pension Agent.

To.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner fo Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Congress Hall
30 May 1840

Sir
I enclose for your consideration the letter of Lewis C Suggett Esq containing the application of Samuel Howell a pensioner to be transferred from the Ohio, to the Kentucky Pension Agency

Respectfully
W O Butler

J L Edwards Esq
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Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
May 30th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Samuel Howell a Pensioner on the Roll of the
Ohio agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and 
        Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the to the 4th Sept. 1837 to the 4th
of Sept. 1839
Respectfully, yours,
1560
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Franklin Bank of Cinci.
17 June 1839

Mr Samuel Howell

Sir
Your letter dated 7th inst came to my hands this morning. I am unable to give you precise directions on the subject of your inquiry, but I presume that if you were to address a letter to J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City requesting the transfer of your name to the Lexington Agency it would receive attention

Any power of attorney which you may have given to Mr Lawrence late Pension clerk at this bank, will only answer for the particular occasion for which it was made out. Separate vouchers, power of attorney &c are required on each application for the stipend.

You state that 2 year pension will be due you in Septr.- The payments you are aware are semiannual; and the law requires that all payments which have not been applied for within 8 months after they became due must be referred to the Treasury of the
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United States at Washington - the payment therefore due you in March & September 1838 - cannot be paid at Cincinnati Agency. - It will be necessary for you to complete the usual papers, such as proving your identity &c before a magistrate &c &c & forward them to the Commissioner of Pensions, & if correct he will transmit you a draft for the money due.

The semiannual payment due 4th March 1839 will afterwards be paid here, by J S Armstrong Esq President of the Commercial Bank to whom the Agency had been transferred from his bank

I am yours respectfully 

W. Hooper Cashr
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Franklin Bank of Cincii.
Febry 28 1839

Mr Samuel Howell
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19th instant addressed to Mr Lawrence, late of this institution, I am informed on inquiring of the Commercial Bank to which the Pension Agency is transferred, that no advice has been received of the transfer of your name to the Kentucky roll

I am yours respectfully
W Hooper Cashr
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Dear Sir
I herewith enclose to you the
application of Samuel Howell for a pension
under the law of June 7th 1834. Mr Powell
has infod me that you told him to send
on his behest to you while congress was
in session & you would exert yourself
to see that his claim war properly attended
to. He requests me to state that he knows
of no person who can testify to his service 
as a soldier of the revolution. that
he did not draw his day when in service
(as an officer) from the United States but
from the offices for whom he did
his such, that although he was
enlisted (I think) only as a common
Soldier yet he was regarded as a
kind of cadet -
He can (I believe) procure testimony 
that he is reputed & believed to
have been a solder of the revolution
that he for twenty or thirty years past has
invariably made statements relative
to his service in substantially the same
as those now made and that the
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Revolutionary soldiers who reside in
the village in which he lives (Williamsburg for many years)
and the vicinity have all uniformly
recognized him as one of their compatriots
[illegible] he cannot obtain a pension under the
common form of application he wishes to 
know what success he will probly meet
with whom petition to congress presenting
full proof of the facts above stated
and he also wishes in the time as to
the manner of preparing his petition
& proofs, together with what facts it will 
be indispensibly necessary for him
to prove when his application as it may
be that the rules that govern the legislature
where this subject requires such
as he is unable to produce
He is an old man - a cripple &
if he really served as he states (which
I have no reason to doubt) it is hard that
he should not obtain some compensation
for the time and services that he
freely gave to his country
I am in respectfully
your friend
John Jolliffe
Hon Th L Hamer
House of Reps
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P.S. He requests me to say to you that Mr. Morris of the Senate has known him for many years. Frank and Gil Findley, Saml. H. Davis (Mayor of Cincinnati) to whom he ref for his representation for truth and all honesty.

J. J.
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Feb. 18, 1840

Mrs. Allison [illegible]
J.L. Evans
and respecting [illegible] of pensions

Samuel Howel
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Senate Feb 17 1840

Col Edwards
My Dr friend

Please examine the enclosed papers and return Wm. Suggetts letter with your answer please send me the forms he wants
Your friend
Rh M Johnson
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Washington Jany. 13th 1835

Dr. Sir:

You will oblige me by looking into the enclosed claim & saying what can be done for the old man.

Can the proof named by Mr. Jolliffe be of any avail? If so he will endeavor to obtain it.

Please return Mr. Js letter

Respectfully
Yr Obt Serv.
Th. L. Hamer

J. L. Edwards, Esq }
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }
Court of Common Pleas
November Term 1832

"On this 9th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court Samuel Howell an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states."

The State of Ohio
Clermont County }
I Jonathan D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Please in and for said County do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of said Court at the term aforesaid had on the above named application of said Howell for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia this 19th day of November AD 1832

J D Morris Clerk
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State of Ohio
Clermont County.

Personally appeared before me Azel Bryan
a Justice of the Peace in and for the above
named County Samuel Howell who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old
and the consequent loss of memory he
cannot swear positively as to the precise amount 
of his service but according to the best of her
recollection he served not less than the period
mentioned below and in the following grade
For one year I served under Captain William
Lamar as deputy Quartermaster, and got a
Lieutenants pay. For three months I served
under Captain Linn, writing
for to officers and drew Lieutenants pay.
was enlisted as a private & had no commission
and for such service I claim a pension
was born in Chester County Pennsylvania
in the year 1760 on the 15th day of May
record here at Washington Margues
Fayette General to William Major Hardman

Mayor Creech Col Thomas Price, were with
the those who l served
 Ramoth Bunting
and John McNight   Hugh
Mully know me 
in my present neighbourhood and can
can testify to any character for veracity and
then belief of my service as a soldier up
Revolution.
Sam Howell
Sworn to & subscribed before Saml Howell
15th day of June 1833
Attest
Azel Bryan.  JP
Azel Bryan
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State of Ohio
Clemont County ⎬
Mr Ramoth Bunting, John McNight residing  in
Williamsburgh Township Clemont  County
)hi0 this and Hugh Mulloy residing in
the same Township certify that we are
well acquainted with Samuel Howell who
has sworn to the accompanying declaration
that we believe him to be Seventy two
years of age; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
 Ramoth Bunting  his mark
John McNight his mark
Hugh Mulloy

Sworn to and subscribed
herefore this the 15 day of Jany 1833
Axel Bryan


I certify that I am well acquainted with
Ramoth Bunting John McNight & Hugh Malloy
who have reserving subscribed to the
above affidavit and that each of are
men of veracity and resided in Williamburgh
Township in the above named County
and their statement is entitled to credit

given under my hand & seal the date above mentioned hereby
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I William Howell of Owen County State of Kentucky that I have examined the affidavit and pension Certificate of Samuel Howell and do well know of my own personal knowledge that he is the identical pension named in the original Certificate and that he was a pensioner in the state of Ohio and now resides in the State of Kentucky and in Owen County.
W.W. Howell

State of Kentucky}
County of Owen}
Be it known that on this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Samuel Howell and William Howell both were known to me to be persons of respectability and truth and subscribed and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me I do further certify that from my personal acquaintance with t he said Samuel Howell and the [illegible] before me that I am fully satisfied that he is the very identical person named in the certificate produced given from   under my hand this 4 day of April 1840
G.D.Branham J.P.

Kentucky Owen County sit
I N M Bacon Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid certify that George C. Branham before whom the
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above affidavit was sworn to is a magistrate of Owen County and the signature purporting to be his to the certificate is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 7th day of April 1840

N M Bacon Clk
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Georgetown Scott Co. KY April 22 1840

Dear Sir

The enclosed has just been received from one of your constituents. The family resided in the State of Ohio and was a pensioner and now wants to be transferred from the Ohio Agency to Kentucky and receive his pension at Lexington. There is also one or two years pension due him which he is desirous to receive. I hope you will have the kindness to have the matter attended to as soon as possible so that the dear old man can get his pension.

I have the honor to be with great [illegible] your most obedient servant.
Lewis C. Suggett

Hon William O Butler
Washington City
D C

N B 
I am requested by Mr. Jeremiah Adams (one of the persons who claim to be a pension you presented to Congress) to inform you that he is poor and blind and when that you will have his pension allowed and that he cannot live well without a pension
L C S
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State of Ohio
Clermont County ⎬
I Jonathan Davies Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County
Ohio Certify that Azel Bryan before whom
the within affidavit of Samuel Howell
appears to have been subscribed and
sworn, and also the affidavit Ramoth Bunting
John McNight and Hugh Mulloy and
who appears to have certified for the
credibility of said Bunting McNight and
Mulloy was at the time of the taking of said
affidavit and of the making said certificate our of the acting justice of the peace in
and for the above named County duly
commissioned qualificease, and that the
Signatures to each of said apport
and to said certificate which purport
to be his, are genuine.
-
In testimony whereof I have herewith ┃
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Batavia this 17th day of June
AD. 1833 -
J. Morris  Clerk
Bunting, McKinght and Mulloy
are each revolutionary pensioners their
name I pressume may be found on the role
of the Department
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Howell, Seth GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRAN 7230 ACREAGE 100 Issued Jan. 5, 1791
to ---- not shown-

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.