Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17181, William Ward, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE   Penn.

Ward, William

NUMBER      S. 17181

carded

CONTENTS
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19.932

William Ward

Missouri

Adm  2 years.  One year 10. Months &[and] 15 days  thereof as Serg
22.1/2 by     112.50
                        5 -
                      117.50

110

3.35
115.5


H.  Griswold
Marthasville
Montgomery Co
Missouri
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June7, 1832, has been examined, and 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 shew 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Ward

[A printed table with the following column headings was filled in with written information as follows:] Period when the service was rendered.; Duration of the claimant's service.  Years.  Months.  Days.; Rank of claimant.;  Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.;  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.;  Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Decr.  1777.    2. [Months.]  priv    Cap. Thompson   Col. Brown
76 years.   Cumberland Co.  Penna.

1779.   6. [Months.]. priv   Cap.  Dougherty.    Maj. Morrison

1780.   2 [Months.]  priv      Cap Wilson

April 1781    1. [Year]   10 [Months]   15. [Days]   Serg      Cap. Boyd

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 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. Sate, Terriory, or District of } ss. On this day of County of A B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before of aged (c) in the county of and State, Territory or District 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 servunder 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, 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. the 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 the 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. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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 day 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 Revoinfantry 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. , 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. 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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3 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 Cisc. 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. {To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv- 6. en, 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. 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. 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. 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. The age of the claimant must invaribly be The declarant must incution the period or periods of the war when he served. very continental officer of soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. 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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year -- months, and --- days, I served as a . Formonth - 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 quarrying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the mintin, &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 pince 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. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. The Clerk must 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 pubthe 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 officer 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. 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 in 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. are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in notes to continental troops This traditionary evidence is misspensable in militia cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Missouri. 19.932.

William Ward.
of Montgomery Co in the State of Missouri who was a Private &[and] Sergeant in the Co. commanded by Captain Boyd, of the Regt. commanded by Colo. Brown in the Penna. line for two years
22 I/2 mos. Serg.     112.50
1 1/2 yr  Pt.                   5. --
                                 $ 117.50

Inscribed on the roll of Missouri at the rate of 117. Dollars   50  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sep 1833 and Sent to H. Griswold   Marthasville, M. Co. Missouri

Arrears to the 4th of Sep.  1833.   293.75
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34.  58.75
$352.50

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

corded B Joseph Palmer Clerk
ok       Vol.  8       Page. 90.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of of the act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832
State of Missouri
County of Warren  SS

On this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before [crossed out 'the under'] Morgan Bryan one of the Justices of the County Court of the County of Warren in the State aforesaid (the Said County Court being a Court of Record William Ward a resident of the township of Charette in the County of Warren in the State of Missouri aged Seventy Six 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the united States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated
In the last week of September in the year 1777 I volunteered as a private under Captain Samuel Thompson.  (James Means was lieutenant in Thompsons Company)  In Cumberland County Kishacoquis Valley in the state of Pennsylvania __  General Lacy was then Stationed in Bucks County Pennsylvania and the British were in possession of Philadelphia   Alexander Brown was Colonel under Gen Lacy. We march at this time and reached the Quarters
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of General Lacy _  and were attached to the battalion of Col Brown --  William Baquitt was Adjutant I recollect no other officers names.  I was here detailed on a foraging party and Sent up Delaware as far as Charots ferry to guard a drove of Stall fed beeves to General Washington head quarters at Vally forge --  then returned to Gen Lacy's headquarters __  While here an order was Issued for Gen Lacys Briggade to go through Bucks County and collect all the horses we could find fit for Service __ We went out and collected  about 300 horses which were sent to Gen Washingtons head quarters --  during this Service we were frequently sent out on Scouting parties near to the British lines often in sight of their picket guards --  At this time I served [crossed out 'about'] two months   Capt Thompson marched us to Lancaster Pa &[and] were discharged and paid off by Capt Thompson in Continental money in March 1778 -- Congress was then Sitting at Lancaster -- I got a written discharge but thought it of no value and threw it away --  The above Service of two months was in the Militia of Pennsylvania
In the year 1779 I [crossed out 'was'] Enlisted in Captain Doherty's company  Lieut Samuel Fields Enlisted me  Fields was in Doherty's company --  I enlisted for Six months at the same place as above tour Cumberland County Pennsylvania  --  we marched under Capt Doherty to Middletown on the Susquehanna in the State aforesaid -- Arrived at Middletown &[and] were placed under Maj Morrison who commanded all the Six
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months men to the number of 600 -- Morrison here took charge of 150 keel boats loaded with flour whiskey &[and] other Military Stores and the whole body moved up the Susquehanna to Wyoming -- to where General Sullivan lay with his army  --  Sullivan's Army then Marched on in company with us (we still had charge of the boats) to the point of Tyogua to where Chemung Creek empties into Susquehanna -  on our way to this place we distroyed Queen Esthers town and another little indian town __ [crossed out 'Gen'] We lay at this place about two weeks &[and] Gen Clinton came down from the Mohaw  river &[and] joined us   Clinton had some Mohawk india   with him __ There was then at this place Gens Sullivan   Clinton  Maxfield and Power __ they had under their command about 4000. men besides our 600. Six months men comanded by Maj Morrison --  While at this place Gen. Sullivan Issued an order calling for a thousand volunteers to go to Surprise a little indian town called Chemung on Chemung Creek --  I volunteered to go And we marched under the command of Gen Sullivan in the night about 12 miles and arrived at the town just before day   had a skirmish with the indians  burnt their Town &[and] destroyed all their corn fields about the place   we lost 19  men killed and wounded &[and] then Marched back to head quarters _  We built a fort at the place and left a Small guard - and the whole army besides Marched up Chemung creek to new Town, (about 6 miles above Chemung town)  where a body of 2000 indians and 500 of the Queens rangers were lying
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And form a line of battle about 3/4 of a mile long the action commenced with Col. Morgan's Riflemen who was the front guard.  I was on the left wing Gen Power had been sent round with his brigade to cut off their retreat  --  The battle continued to rage with the main body. - till the Enemy was dislodged by Col Proctor artilery throwing Shells  _ the enemy returned &[and] we pursued them till dark  -  Gen. Power's pilot misled him &[and] he failed to answer the purpose for which he was sent _  Some little firing passed between him &[and] the enemy as they retreated __ this night we camped on the indian camping ground - at  the time of the battle we took a prisonar who was a tory &[and] Gen. Sullivan promised him a pardon if he would pilot us to the indian Towns which he did  __. We had to live on half allowance of provisions   A detachment from Morgans Reg. went ahead of the army to take a little town And fell in with a party of about 300 indians who killed Lieut. Boyd and all his party but one man named Murfy wh mad his escape and gave this account =  during this expedition wen destroyed all the indian towns &[and] burnt all their corn &[and] laid waste the whole indian Country the corn was in roasting ears. I returned to the fort and [crossed out 'I'] was sent with a party down to Wyoming for provisions   we got the provisions &[and] returned to the fort And Some time after the whole army returned to the fort   Some time in the fall the whole army decended the to Wyoming -- Sullivans army here left us And Maj Morrison marched us down to Coxe's
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Town and there delivered up the boats to Col Cox who was the pay master -- he paid us in Continental money And we were discharged after being in Service 6 months all of which time I served as a private   I here got a written discharge which I threw away thinking it of no value &[and] returned home to Cumberland County  ---

In the year 1780 about the first of June I volunteered as a private in Capt Wilsons company. Wilsons Company belonged to the Militia. -  we were marched over to Paines valley to Gen. Potters house which was head quarters  ---  The company was here divided And I was Sent with a party to McCormacks - At this time the inhabitants of Pains valley were all fled And we were Sent to wach the Mohaw of the indians And guard the frontiers &[and] particularly the inhabitants of Kisacoquels Valley who were cutthg their harvest   We remained here two months and then returned home __  I got no discharge nor no pay for this Service  _ this was in the State of Pennsylvania also ---

In the last week of April in the year 1781 Lieutenant Johnson Came to to our valley recruiting   Capt Boyd was his Captain And was recruiting in the town of Bedford ___  Lieut  Johnson told me if I would enlist he would make me orderly Serjeant and Staid there for some time assisting Johnson in recruiting  -  we then marched with our recruits
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to Bedford somewhere about the tenth of June of the Same year  --  Capt Boyd had been taken prisoner on the third of June &[and] had been taken off And never came back to his company having remained a prisoner during the whole war --  We continued in  Bedford recruiting and occasionally Scouting through the country till the 6 months for which we enlisted exepired___ all the Militia of the country were numbered and each class was compelled to furnish the government one 18 months man -- Robert Moor came as the agent of one of the Classes And hired me as a Substitute for the man his class had to furnish   Said Moor delivered me to Lieut Johnson who commanded Capt Boyds company till the war was over  --  And Johnson gave Moor a Receit and continued me as an orderly Sergeant     This was in the first of November 1781  --  I continued in this Service till about [crossed out 'this Service till about'] the last of March  --  Wintered at Little York and were recruiting but had no other service to perform we then marched back to Bedford    In the year 1782 about the first of March I enlisted for during the war under Lieut Johnson in the same company  --   And was Sworn to Serve the United States during the present contest with great britain - Afte recruiting about 50 or 60 men we were ordered out to Franks town on the little Juniatta about 30 miles in front of the inhabitants -- 

We were  order to this place by Col. Ashman who was Sub Lieutenant of the County Bedford __ here we  remained till the war
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was over. -- Hugh Means was ensign  --  
While here we were engaged in duty Scouting through the country watching the Motions of the indians &.C. [et cetera]  At the close of the war we were marched back to Bedford And discharged for our back pay there was then due Me two years pay  -  Johnson gave Me a written discharge which I have sent. on to the department as herein after mentioned __  In the last service I served as orderly Sergeant fifteen months And a half

Recapitulation

In the year 1777 & 78 I served as a private 2 months in the Militia of Pennsylvania ___
In the year 1779 I served as a private 6 months under the continental establishment ___
In the year 1780 I Served as a private 2 months in the Militia of Pennsylvania ___
In the year 1781 I served as orderly Serjeant 9 months in the Pennsylvania line ___
In the year 1782 I served as orderly Sergeant 12 months in the Pennsylvania line ___
In the year 1783 I served as orderly Sergeant 5 1/2 months in the Pennsylvania line ___
This deponent further Says that to the best of his Knowledge and recollection the foregoing statement is true _  And he makes the following Statement as an explanation why he is not in the possession
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of Some evidence which he has not now in his power   That he heretofore applied for a pension Pryor to the passage of the act of Congress under which he now claims    And sent on to the Secretary of the Treasury a declaration of his service.  that in order in order to establish his claim he sent on to the state of Pennsylvania for the Deposition of Thomas Vickroy --  Martin Riley &[and] Dr. Anderson  -  that he procured said depositions and sent them on by his agent to the secretary of the treasury from whom he received the annexed letter marked (A) informing him of the rejection of his claim ___  which letter as well as the deposition above referred to be pray may be considered in his behalf if it shall be thought necessary --  The depositions he presumes are on file in Said office &[and] he hopes the pension Agent will take the trouble to procure them if he thinks them necessary.    The depositions prove that this deponent was in actual Service in Capt Boyds company as above Stated &[and] that he was 7 years a Commissioner in the county of Bedford after the war
He further states that he had a discharge that he obtained at the close of the Signed Richard Johnson Lieut  P. R. under Capt Boyd __  that he wrote on to Mr. Thomas Vicroy for his discharge and after sending the second time he received it as will be shown by the letters hereto attached marked (C) and (D) which discharge he sent to the Secretary of the Treasury and received the letter marked (E) which he prays may be examined and the discharge procured. __  which discharge will Show that he has received for his Services 250 Acres of
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land No. of Lot 121 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania _  he further Says that he knows of no other proof of his services nor can he procure any other documentary of from a Services witness. ---  And the said William Ward hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Rool of the agency of any State
William  X  Ward
his mark
Subscribed &[and] Sworn to before me the 12th day of June 1833
Morgan Bryan
one of the Justices of the County court of Warren County

Questions by the Justice of the County Court
1st. Where and in What year were you born ?
Ans    I was on the third day of April 1755 In Queens County Province Linster in the Kingdom of Ireland
2nd   Have you any record of your age and if so where is it ?
Ans  __  I have a record of My age in My bible which was copied from My Fathers Bible about 48 years ago
3rd    Where were you living when called into service where have you lived Since the revolutionary war &[and] where do you now live?
Ans __  In Cumberland county Kiccoklen [Kittochtinny?] valey
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in the State of Pennsylvania when called into Service, that was My home till I enlisted    Since the war I lived in the town of Bedford in Bedford County Pa.  11 1/2 years -- And 6 years longer in Sd. county of Bedford on the State road from Philadelphia to pitsburg  __. And 4 years longer in another part of Sd County  --  then moved near Pittsburg and lived 1 year __  then moved to Kentucky and lived 11 years in Ky then moved to the state of Missouri in 1818 and now live in the County of Warren in Sd State which is a new county made of part of the territory of Montgomery County ___
4th    How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute &[and] if so for whom ?
Ans     I first volunteered-- then enlisted _. then volunteered  --  in all my other Service I enlisted.  When I enlisted for 18 months it was as the substitute of Robert Moor as above Stated in My declaration
5th    State [crossed out 'some'] the names of some [crossed out '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 Service ?
Ans    Genl'  Sullivan -  Maxfield --  Clinton. and Power who commanded the New England troops  --   Col - Steel  Commissary  --  Col Proctor commanded the artillery  __. I cannot State the circumstances more definitely than I have in My declaration __
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6th   Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service &[and] if so by whom was it given &[and] what has become of it
Ans    I received a discharge from Capt Samuel Thompson and threw it away believing it of no value  --  I received a discharge from Capt Doherty which I have also destroyed  --  And I received a discharge from Lieut Johnson which I had sent to the Secretary of the Treasury as Stated in my declaration
7th   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
Ans  _. John Jones _  Jared Erwin __  Lewis S. Wyatte and Eliott Clay have known me for a number of years and can testify as required
William   X  Ward
his mark
Subscribed &[and] Sworn to before me this 12th day of June 1833

Morgan Bryan
oner of the Justices of the County Court of Warren County

We John Jones   Jared Erwin   Lewis L Wyatte and Ele M. Clay residing in the County of Warren hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Ward who has Subscribed &[and] Sworn to the above declaration : that
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we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the revolution And that we concur in that opinion  We further State that W  Ward eyes have cataracts on them which render his sight defective and that we believe [crossed out illegible text] that it would be inconvenient for him to travel through the country without a pilot
John Jones.
Jared Erwin 
Lewis. L. Wyatt
Ele. M. Clay
Subscribed &[and] Sworn to before me this 12th day of June 1833

Morgan Bryan
one of the Justices of the County Court of Warren County

And the Said Morgan Bryan Justice of the Court aforesaid hereby declares his 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 Said Justice further Certifies that it appears to him that John Jones  Jared Erwin  Lewis L. Wyatt And Ele. M. Clay are residents of there County of Warren And are credible persons &[and] that their Statement is entitled to credit. And the said Justice further certifies that it appears to him that there is no clergyman being in the Neighborhood who can testify as to the character and Services of the above named applicant   And the he further certifies that the defect of Sight of the above applicant mentioned in the above certificate would render it extremely inconvenient for him to ride to court &[and] that he could not go thither without a pilot =   And he further Say that no Term of the courts of this county will come on before the
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[crossed out 'fourth'] third Monday of August next 
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Seal this 12th day of June 1833
Morgan Bryan      Seal [encircled by inward facing loops]

State of Missouri
County of Warren   SS 
I Carty Wells Clerk of the County Court of the County of Warren do hereby Certify that . . . whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the County Court of Warren County And that said Court is a Court of Record And that the above Signatures of the Said Morgan Bryan are his genuine Signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my private Seal (No Seal office having yet been provided for Said Court) at the County aforesaid this 12th day of June 1833
Carty Wells  Clerk
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[type written letter]
May 25, 1937.

BA-J/ILL   am 
William Ward
S. 171 81

Mrs. George W. McElhiney
6th & Jefferson
Saint Charles, Missouri.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Colonel William Ward who served from Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War and, you state, volunteered again at the outbreak of the War of 1812;  you cite him as a pensioner of Warren County, Missouri, in 1833.

You are furnished herein the record of William Ward, the pensioner cited by you;  the data given were found in his claim for pension,  S.  17181, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  It was not stated that he served in the War of 1812 also.

William Ward was born April 3, 1756 in Queen's County, Province of Leinster, Ireland;  the names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Kiccokler Valley, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served in the Pennsylvania troops at different times, shown as follows:  from the last of December 1777, two months as private in Captain Samuel Thompson's company, Colonel Alexander Brown's regiment;  in 1779, six months as private in Captain Doherty's (Dougherty's) company under Major Morrison, during which he joined General Sullivan's Expedition against the Indians in the Wyoming Valley, assisted in burning their towns and was in the battle at Newtown;  from June 1, 1780, two months in Captain Wilson's company against the Indians; from  early in April 1781, nine months as orderly sergeant in Captain John Boyd's company of Pennsylvania Rangers, engaged in Bedford County, against the Indians;  and from March 26, 1782 until June 30, 1782, as orderly sergeant in that same company.

After his service, William Ward resided in Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, eleven and one half years, and in that same county over a period of twenty years, then moved near Pittsburgh where he resided one year, thence to Kentucky and remained eleven years, and in
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1818, moved to Missouri.  In 1830, William Ward resided in Marthasville, Montgomery County, Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833, at which time he resided in Charette Township, Warren County, Missouri.

It was stated that William Ward was a commissioner in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, for seven years.

Reference was made to the soldier's wife, but her name and the date of their marriage were not given.  It was stated that in 1781, in the engagement at Frankstown, Pennsylvania, between Captain John Boyd's Rangers and the Indians, one Richard Delap was killed, that he was "the husband of said William Ward's wife's mother".  There are no data pertaining to children of William Ward.
Penna Arch Vol. 5. p 96.  Richard Delapt __  killed June 22 - 1781

William was allowed bounty land by the State of Pennsylvania on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following.

William Ward
Certificate #19932
Issued September 25, 1833
Rate  $117.50 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Missouri Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Note -- Vol.  IV.  Penn. Arch  page 503 --- shows Jane Delapt -- wid. of Richard Delapt  Bed. Co. -- pensioner ---
2.
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Sur file.  17.181
William Ward

An unsigned memorandum containing the names of soldiers in Capt John Boyd's Rangers, has bee removed from this case to be forwarded to the War. Depart. at some future date.


Sent to the War Dept.  Jan. 16, 1913

L.H. Aug  2,  1909.
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In reply to your request of.  , received    for a statement of the military history of William Ward a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired  information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec  77
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2  mos
RANK.  Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Samuel Thompson   Colonel John Brown
STATE.  Pa.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  79
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6  mos
RANK.  Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Doherty   Major Morrison

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2  mos
RANK.  Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Wilson

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 9  mos
RANK.  Orderly Sergeant
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Boyd 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mch. 26, 1782 to June 30, 1783
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
RANK.  Orderly Sergeant
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Boyd


Battles engaged in, skirmishes in Sullivans exped. against the Indians.

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Kiccokler Valley, Cumberland Co., Pa.

Date of application for pension, June 12, 1833  - Allowed

Residence at date of application,  Charette Twp. Warren Co.  Mo.

Age at date of application, Born Apr. 3, 1756 Queen's Co. Province of Leinster, Ireland

Remarks:  For tombstone purposes only
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I Do Certify that William Ward has Served as a Sergeant in Captain John Boyd's Company of Pennsylvania Rangers from the twenty Sixth Day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty two to the thirtieth Day of June one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three both Days included and is hereby Honorably Discharged agreeable to the Order of Council dated the 6th June last  --
Given under my Hand at Bedford the 1st July 1783
Richd  Johnson Lieut,
LT  RJ
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I do hereby Athurise and Impower Hugh Barclay Esqr. to Draw a ticket for my Land which is Due for my Service in the Pennsylvania Rangers as Witness my hand this 28th Day April Anno Domini 1787
William Ward


Wm. Wards Discharge from Rev Army

Wm Ward
S.F. 17181
Pa.
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[Insignia of Daughters of the American Revolution in upper right corner of page]

Mrs Leland Cunningham, Regent
SAINT CHARLES CHAPTER
ST. CHARLES, MO.

April 28, 1937

Gentlemen --
Please send me the Military record of "Colonel William Ward. " He was born in Ireland and lived in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.  "At the outbreak of the War of 1812 he again volunteered and took part in the Siege of Malden".  He died at the home of James D. Moore, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, August 16, 1837 at the age of eighty two years.  Missouri Republican, Sept. 9, 1837.

A reprint  -- Death Notices of Revolutionary Soldiers  Missouri Historical Society collection, vol. 5.  No2. p. 219.
Missouri Pension rolls - Revolutionary War, in Box 3-2-9
St. Charles County Court Vault., the following item is cited "Warren County" (our adjoining county)
"Ward, William, Pvt Penn. State Troops, Fwb. 25, 1833."

The above Military record is requested for the following two purposes
The Recorder of the County Court has agreed to make a permanent record of all authentic Military records obtained by our chapter of all Soldiers of the Revol;ution we can prove lived and died in St. Charles County.
Our Chapter has established a growing fund to place a bronze tablet on the wall of the main corridor of our County Court House, upon which will be inscribed the names of all Soldiers
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of the Revolution we can prove eligible to the honor.  Thanking you for your kind attention to my request,  I am
Sincerely yours
Mary J. McElhiney, Historian
Saint Charles Chapter D.A.R.

Please address
Mrs George W. McElhiney
Sixth and Jefferson
St. Charles, Missouri
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[two facing pages from a ledger-like book; left and right pages]

[left page]

17. 181
INVALID.

File No.   17.181
William Ward
Sergt     Rev.  War

Act:  June 7,  32

Index:-- Vol.  1,   Page  395

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[right page]

1909 July 14. Hist. to Mrs: Jonnie C.L. Foristell inquiry in S. File 17086 -  C

1937 - May 25  --  Hist. to Mrs. George W. McElhiney  --  JLL.
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1897

Revolutionary Claims.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
11 Dec 1830. ---

William Ward --- of    in the county of Montgomery in the State of Missouri has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,"  approved the 15th of May, 1828.   He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant  in captain Boyds --- 's company, in the regiment of the Pennsylvania line;  and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the  15th of May, 1778;  and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3rd of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By Order of the Secretary
A. Dickins.

of  File  710
[crossed out '11,128']
# 17.181 Inv

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
14th December   1830
[crossed out 'It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to   in the '] OK
It further appears that William Ward is not now on the pension list of [crossed out 'the'] any -- agency, and has not been so since the 3d. March 1826  [crossed out 'at the rate of   dollars per month']

The name of William Ward cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars was issued __
Peter Hagner  Aud
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partment
County Land Office
17 Dec 1830.

The name of William Ward, is not returned on the records of the Penna. line, among those entitled to bounty Land of the U States --  nor has a Land Warrant issued for him __.
Wm.  Gordon
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
27 Dec  1830.

SIR:
Your claim under the abocementioned act has been examined.  the act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination.  The records at Washington furnish no evidence of your service and that sent by you is not sufficient to Shew your enlistment and Service to have been such as the act requires   Under these circumstances your claim has not been admitted   However, any further evidence you can produce shall receive due consideration.  Captain Boyd under whom you represent you served now resides at 
Nothumberland Pa
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

S. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.

Mr. William Ward.
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[addressed envelope]

Revolutionary Claims                  free

Hon. S. D. Ingham
Secretary of Treasury
Washington 


Sept. 25, 18 30
Audd  Nov'  13, 66

[circular received stamp on lower left stating following inside the circle:] SEP 6
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Recd 25  Sept 1830.   2147
Marthasville /  Sept.  1830
1897

Dr  Sir.
Your letter of 13 Aug last was duly received and the following is the information required  Viz  1. Lieut. Richard Johnston was the only Surviving officer and the one that I recd. my discharge from also the one that --- gave me a Certificate for my pay.   Our Captain was taken  ___ prisoner and remained So during the war. and Lieut Johnston and myself recruited the Company after the defeat;  and continued during the war, and I am now in my 75 year of age and have lost my eye sight so much Ihat I am not able to go about without a guide 
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
William Ward

S. D. Ingham Esqr.
Secretary of the Treasury
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St. Louis. Sept 4.  1830

Hon. S. D. Ingham
Sec  Treasury

Sir
The foregoing was sent to me open to be transmitted to Washington.  I hope the information is satisfactory, &[and] that the poor old man will obtain his pension.
Yours &ce. [et cetera]
J Spalding
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[addressed envelope/letter]

Marthasville Mo                      Free
July 14  1831

The Honl. Secretary Treasury
Washington City
C  D
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Rcd. 29  July. 1831.          3986
Marthasville July 7th  1831

Hon  Secretary Treasury
Sir
In my letter to You I wrote that my discharge was lost but since it has been found among the old papers of Martin Riley Since his Decease and Sent to me   I herewith  enclose it to You which is all the evidence that I can produce at this time  please ask write when You receive this letter
Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
William Ward
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, " approved 15th May, 1828.

Treasury Department,
4 Augt. 1831.

Sir:
The further evidence transmitted in support of your claim under the above mentioned act has been examined, but not found satisfactory
The act provided for no other non-commissioned officers than those who enlisted for the war.  There is nothing to shew that you did to enlist.

I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,

Asbury Dickins
Acting Secretary of the Treasury

Mr. William Ward.
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[addressed envelope/letter]

Alum Bank  28 May                    Free
Thomas Vickroy P.M.


William Ward Esquire
Marthasville  Missouri




[upside down '(G)' at bottom of page]
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William Ward Esqr.       Alum Bank 28  May  1831

Dear Sir,   Your letter dated 4th instant came duly to hand.  I was in Bedford yesterday and received your discharge on your order, which I herewith enclose to you.
your obt. servant
Thomas Vickroy
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[addressed envelope/letter]

Alum Bank  11 April.                  Free
Thomas Vickroy P.M.


William Ward Esquire
Marthasville  P.O.
Montgomery County

State of Missouri
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Alum Bank  11th April 1831.

William Ward Esqr.

Dear Sir,
Your letter of 21 Feby. came safe to hand. Martin Riley is deceas'd. and William Lyon Counsellor of Same is one of the Executors, I was in Beford last week and had a search made among Reiley's old papers and after half a days search found your discharge signed by Richard Johnson, Mr. Lyon refused to give the discharge to me without an order, but said he would deliver it to any person on your order, so that a letter to him enclosing an order will get your discharge by Mail if you have [crossed out 'have'] no other opportunity.
yours with due respects
Thomas Vickroy
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[addressed envelope/letter]

Marthasville  Mo.              Free
Sept. 7th                       H. Griswold P.M
                                       Marthasville


Hon  Louis McLane
Secretary Treasury
Washington City
D.C
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OWJ
#
17.181
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Rcd.  22 Sept  1832                 4999.  
Marthasville  Sept. 6th  1832

Hon  Louis McLane
Secretary Treasury
Dr  Sir
enclosed You will find a letter from the Auditor Genrl. Office of Pennsylvania which in addition to the testimony already in Your Office I presume will be sufficient to ensure Mr Wm. Ward his pension while there is no doubt he is entitled as much So as any pensioner in the Government    If You Should the testimony Sufficient to entitle Mr. Ward to his pension please ford. his Certificate as soon as possible if not please inform me
Verry Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt. 
Harvey Griswold

Address to H. Griswold  P.M
Marthasville Missouri
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Carty Wells Clerk of County Court

Commission



Filed for Record
May 6th  1833
Carty Wells
Recorder
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State of Missouri
County of [crossed out 'Warren'] Montgomery. SS
I Carty Wells do solemnly Swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Missouri  And that  I will faithfully demean Myself in My office of Clerk of the County Court of Warren County So help me God
Carty Wells

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th. May  1833
P. A. McBride
Judge 2nd. Jnd. Cir. Mo.
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THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS --- Greeting.

KNOW YE THAT, WHEREAS; Carty Wells has been appointed Clerk of the County Court for the County of Warren and State aforesaid;  Now, Therefore, I do hereby commission him Clerk of said Court, and do authorize and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of State to be affixed at the City of Jefferson, the 21st. day of April. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Danl. Dunklin

By the Governor;

John L. Edwards
Secretary of State.
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Marthasville. June 26. 1833

Dr Sir
enclosed please find a new declaration of Mr  William Ward  the declaration was made out before the papers which are attached to it come also   You will find the Commission  Mr Carty Wells to prove that he is the Clerk of the County and that his private Seal is the Same as though there was a County Seal (as there is none provided)  this is a new County formed the last Session of the Legislature.  Mr Wells Commission You will please to return immediately
Very Respectfully Yours
H. Griswold
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Pen'ner  Offce

Transferred to the War Department by request.
Treasury Department
13 Nov.  1832.
does not State 25

Harvey Griswold. Esqr.
Marthasville
Montgomery Co.
Missouri


y k Q
1. 3. 24
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Auditor Genl office   Augt. 8th. 1832

Dear Sir
You letter to the Gov on the subject of Mr Wards Claim was handed to me on yesterday we have evidence on the pay roll in this department that Mr  Ward was a Soldier in the Corps he represents a war paid up to the year 1780. I can trace his name no farther but our rolls are very imperfect 
I also examined the land office &[and] find this Ward drew his land from the State which was only given to those who Served to the end of the war or depended officers.  a copy of the book in the land office was made out two or three years ago &[and] forwarded properly authenticated to Washington it will be found either in the Secty. at war or the Secty. of the Treasury office.  this book I have no doubt will give the proof required in Mr  Wards case
Respectfully yours
Danl Sturgeon

Harvey Griswold Esqr  

[Text written vertically from top to bottom on left margin of page is as follows:] The book alluded to in the body of the letter I believe is admitted at Wartimes as proof of service to the case of Mr  Ward    D.S.
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Rcd. 25 Sept  1830
State of Penna.
Bedford County  SSt.
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Justices of the Peace in &[and] for said County Martin Reiley a resident Citizen of Bedford in the County aforesaid who having been Sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth &[and] saeth that he was well acquainted with William Ward formerly of Bedford &[and] now a resident as deponent hath understood of Montgomery County in the State of Missouri. That said William Ward was a Sergeant in Captain Boyd's company of Ranger's stationed at Bedford about the close of the Revolutionary war, that said company was called the Pennsylvania Rangers &[and] raised to protect the frontiers against the indians.  [crossed out 'That Deponent believes said Ward Served from the time since company was raised until they was discharged'] that the time of service of said company was as deponent hath understood about three years.

That Deponent had in his possession a patent of said Ward for 250 acres of Land granted to him by the State of Pennsylvania for his services as a soldier aforesaid.  That said Ward afterwards or some process by his directions got said patent from the Deponent.   That the annexed paper marked R hath been in Deponents possession for many years &[and] contains the names of many of said Boyd's soldiers &[and] was a memorandum made by Deponent when a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1804. for the purpose of making examination respecting this Land said soldiers were entitled to.
Martin Reiley

Sworn to &[and] Subscribed this 9th June  1827
Before Christopher Reiley
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State of Pennsylvania 
Bedford County. SSt.
Personally came before me the subscriber one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace in &[and] for said County Thomas Vickroy a resident citizen of said County who having been duly sworn on the Holy evangelists of almighty god deposeth &[and] saith that he was well acquainted with William Ward formerly of Bedford &[and] now as deponent believes a resident of Montgomery County in the State of Missouri, That in the year one thousand seven hundred n&[and] Eighty one this deponent resided in Bedford in the County aforesaid at which time Captain John Boyd commanded a company of Rangers in Bedford aforesaid &[and] a certain Richard Johnson was his Lieutenant, they were called the ""Pennsylvania Rangers &[and] that said William Ward was a Sergeant in said company   Deponent after saw said corps on parade &[and[] perfectly recollect the said William Ward being a Sergeant as aforesaid &[and] that in the Spring of the year 1781 (as deponent believes) said Captain Boyd &[and] his company went out, as a scout against the Indians &[and] were defeated by them in the Frankstown Settlement formerly Bedford now Huntington County. many of his men were killed &[and] several taken prisoner amongst the former was Captain Richard Delap who was the husband of said William Wards wife's mother. &[and] amongst the latter the said Captain Boyd.  That but few men of said company escaped &[and] amongst them was said William Ward &[and] Johnson the Lieutenant that they remained in Bedford for about two years after to the best of Deponents recollection except when engaging against the Indians in scouring the Country until their time expired. That said William Ward acted as sergeant in said Company during said time &[and] was as deponent understood enlisted in said corps. &[and] was extremely a brave Soldier, that said Ward remained in the same company as deponent hath understood until he was regularly discharged in the year 1783.  That deponent resided
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in Bedford aforesaid during Said Period &[and] in the County of Bedford ever since &[and] was intimately acquainted with said William Ward from the period first mentioned until said Ward left said County.  That said Ward was a respectable citizen &[and] was a Commissioner of Said County.  That deponent would give full faith &[and] credit to any declaration made on anything or otherwise by said William Ward
Thomas Vickroy

Sworn to &[and] subscribed this 8th. June 1827
Before Christopher Reiley


State of Penna.
Bedford County SSt
Pastor John Anderson a Resident Citizen of Bedford in the County aforesaid.  [crossed out 'When'] being duly sworn deposeth &[and] saith that he was residing in Bedford in the year 1781. &[and] was well acquainted with the above named William Ward who was a Sergeant in Captain John Boyds company of Pennsylvania Rangers stationed in Bedford &[and] that said company were employed against the indians until some time in the year 1783. That said Ward served in said company as a Sergeant aforesaid from the year 1781 until 1783 as aforesaid when as deponent understood he was honorably discharged,   That all the facts deposed to in the above deposition of Thomas Vickroy are known to deponent &[and] took place as stated by said Vickroy
John Anderson

Sworn to &[and] subscribed this 8th June 1827
Christopher Reiley
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Pennsylvania
Bedford County SS
I Job Mann Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Christopher Reiley Esqr. before whom the within and aforegoing Deposition appear to have been taken and whose name appears to the within Certificates is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified by legal authority and acting as Such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal od Said court at Bedford the 9th day of June  A.D.  1827.

Job  Mann    [circle drawn on page with the following written inside it:]  Prothy