Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,588, for John Parker, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Penn.  Parker, John  W. 3,588
Charity
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18.812
Ohio

John Parker of Harrison Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hartly , &c. of the Pen. line, for the term of 1776 to 1781 (Rev.)

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 2 of October 1822.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Nov [illegible] and sent to to John C. Wright Steubenville, Ohio.

Arrears to 4th of March 1823  40.77
Semi anl'ce ending [blank]
$40.77
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
[The following are hand written notes]
4 mo
8
___
32
7.74
1.03
_____
$40.77
May 11Schedule $60
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Pen. Agent, Wheeling, April 24, '37
See letter to Hon. A. Duncan
H.R.
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Ohio
Charity Parker widow of John Parker decd. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private. [The word Penn. added in between the lines.]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars [blank] cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Ending 15 Sept, 1849.

Certificate of Pension, issued the 4th day of Feb. 1853 and sent to Arady Joy present

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act [crossed out] [illegible] 29, 1848, Page 167, Vol. A.
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Copy of the Oath, Schedule &c. of John Parker
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State of Ohio }
Harrison County } SS. Be it remembered that on the second day of October 1822 personally appeared in open Court (the Court of Common Pleas of said County) being a Court of Record, John Parker aged 64 years the 16th Dec. next, resident in Harrison County, Ohio, who being first duly sworn accord to law, doth on his Oath declare, that he enlisted into the regular service of the United States in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the year 1776, in Capt. James Wilsons [sic] Company of Infantry, Col. Irwins [sic] Regiment for one year, marched for lower Canada. In storming the battery of Three Rivers Lower Canada, in that year got defeated, and Col. Irwin was taken prisoner. Col. Irwin was succeeded in command by Lt. Col. Hartly, retreated to Ticonderoga, and went into winter quarters, during which his year expired. Enlisted again at Ticonderoga for during the war, under Capt. Robt. Wilson in 7th Reg. of Infantry, commanded by Col. Conner, afterwards, afterwards [sic, repeated word] commanded by Maj. Hays, continued in the service between 4 & 5 years, during which he was in the engagement at Brandywine, at the Paoli, at Monmouth, and at Germantown, besides skirmishes, and was 6 months detached on the guard of Governor Livingston of New Jersey. That he was honorably discharged in Philadelphia in the year 1781, as near as he can remember, but has since lost his discharge. At the time of his discharge he belonged to Lt. Samuel Kennedys [sic], company of Infantry. And I the said John Parker do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me, nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereunto anexed [sic] and by me subscribed, that is to say.
One Horse 20 years old bot [sic], for 2000 Rails worth ...$10.00
Two Cows worth say ....20.00
Two Sheep D [ditto]... 4.00
a little Crockery ware, a pot & old ovon [sic], bed & bedding old, Gears and old chains without, bottoms, a board table a plow without a Coulter, &c. worth altogether 20.00
And that he owes about one hundred Dollars. He has a wife & ten children, one of whom only, lives at home, a son about 19 years old.
//s// John Parker
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the 2nd day of October 1822, before me. 
//s// William Tingley Clerk of Court of s. Common of Pleas
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Personally appeared also John McElroy aged sixty two years, a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he entered the service of the United States as a fifer in Capt. James Wilsons [sic] Company at Carlisle Penn. in the year 1776, for one year, and continued in the service through the year, & afterwards during the war he knew John Parker the above deponent as a private in the service in the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, and the he continued in the the service until honorably discharged about the first January 1781, at Philadelphia. 
//s// John McElroy
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Oct. 2nd, 1822
//s// Wm. Tingley Clerk

Personally appeared also Alexander Buchanan, a resident of said County of Harrison who being sworn says that he is acquainted with John Parker the foregoing deponent and lives a near neighbour [sic] to him, he is acquainted with his property so far as the same is visible, and thinks that the above schedule contains all that he has, and that its whole value would not exceed sixty Dollars, said Parker is poor and in need of the assistance of his country for support.
//s// Alexander Buchanan
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Oct. 2nd 1822.
//s// Wm Tingley Clerk

Personally appeared Nathaniel Gilmore, who being sworn says that he lives  near to the foregoing Deponent John Parker, and is acquainted with his property so far as the same is visible, he does not think the same worth altogether 60 Dollars, but that the said Parker is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
//s// Nathaniel Gilmore
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Oct. 2nd, 1822. //s// Wm Tingley Clerk

State of Ohio }
Harrison County } ss. I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for County of Harrison, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto anexed [sic] are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Sixty Dollars & [blank] Cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Cadiz this 19th day of October A.D. 1822.
//s// William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Harrison.
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7245
Charity Parker
Wid of John
A
 Act 4 July 1856
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The State of Ohio }
Harrison County } ss.
On this 19th day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges within and for said county of Harrison Charity Parker a resident of Washington Township in Harrison County in the State of Ohio, aged eighty eight years in March last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows and the several acts amendatory thereto:" That she is the widow of John Parker who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and to whom a certificate was granted for a pension, by the Secretary of War, which certificate is now in her possession and is in the words and papers following, to wit, "War Department, revolutionary claim, I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818 and May the 1st 1826, John Parker late a private in the Army of the Revolution is enscribed [sic] on the Pension list Roll of the Ohio Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to  commence on the second day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, Given at the War office of the United States this ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. J C Calhoun Secretary of War." Which certificate is endorsed as follows to wit "Payable semi annually the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March in the year 1823 at Chillicothe by the president of the U.S. B. Bank. Received by J H Henshaw Clerk in Book (B) Vol. 11, page 37, examined & countersigned by J.L. Edwards." That her late husband the said John Parker, entered the service of the United States she thinks in March 1777 and returned from said
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service in December 1781. She further declares that she was married to the said John Parker on the 15th day of February A.D. 1781 and that this affiant and the said John Parker lived together as husband and wife from that time till the 29th day of June A.D. 1844 on which last mentioned day the said John Parker died leaving this affiant his [illegible] & widow, and that she this affiant is still sole & unmarried. She was married in Baltimore county in the state of Maryland in a small Town then called Winchester about thirty miles from Baltimore, by the Rev. Henry Lovall of the regular Baptist church. I had a certificate of our marriage but it is now lost, and I have no record of our marriage nor do I know of any person now living that can testify to our marriage.
[Signed with the note "Her mark" and an "X"] Charity Parker
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written
//s// William Boggs Associate Judge

We Westley Birney & John Graham of the county of Harrison in the State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above affiant Charity Parker and that we believe her to be eighty eight years of age and we know her to be the wife of John Parker decd. who was a soldier of the revolution. She has a good reputation for truth and veracity and we have no doubt but she was married to the said John Parker at the time she states in her above declaration, it is universally believed in the neighborhood where she resides and we concur in that opinion.
//s// John Graham
//s// Westley Birney
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of December A.D. 1848
//s// Wiliam Boggs
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The State of Ohio } ss.
Harrison County }  
[The word "Seal" is below the above]
I William Boggs, one of the associate Judges within and for the county of Harrison and State of Ohio do hereby certify that John Grisham Esq. and Westley Birney who have signed the above certificates are residents of the county of Harrison aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit, and from my knowledge of the reputation of the said applicant, Charity Parker, in the neighborhood where she resides her statement is also entitled to full credit. And I further certify that the said Charity Parker lives about twenty miles from the county seat of said Harrison county and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court. And I give it as my opinion after the examination of the said application and the investigation of the matter, that the said Charity Parker is the widow of John Parker who was a revolutionary soldier and that she was married to him at the times she states. Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of December A.D. 1848.
//s// William Boggs Associate Judge

The State of Ohio }
Harrison County } ss I Samuel McCormick Clerk of the of the [sic] Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, hereby certify that William Boggs Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made, and whose name is subscribed as associate Judge was and now is an acting associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full full [sic] faith and credit are due and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Cadiz this 3 day of January A.D. 1849.
//s// S. McCormick  Clerk
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Suspended Claim
Revolutionary law of 1838 Charity Parker, widow of John who was a pensioner of Ohio & she an applicant from Ohio.

Sir
On the 12th Nov 1851 an acceptance under the law of 1848 was forwarded in this case, and in Feby. last when I was in the Pension Office the papers were in the hands of Mr. Cole for examination. I now enclose certificate of court as to all the facts you require & further proof asking an immediate examination, Since the papers were filed in November 1851 nine months since, I can but suppose that after a delay of 9 months, my turn must have come, will you please answer without delay.
Respectfully
Your Obd. Servt.
//s// Arad Joy

Hon J.E. Heath
Coms. of Pens.
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State of Ohio }
Harrison County } ss. I Brice W Viers The Probate Judge of the said county and district of said State do hereby certify that as a Probate Court holden before me in my office in Cadiz in Said county, that satisfactory evidence was then by the testimony of William Fulton Esq & Griffin Johnson & there exhibited to said court of the fact, that John Parker was a pensioner of the United States, a resident of said county, and died in said county on the 15th day of August 1844 leaving his widow Charity Parker, who survived his widow till her death, and died his widow on the 15th of September 1849 and died in said county, leaving at her death and who still survive her, the following named children, being her only children her surviving & that each of them is over the age of twenty one years to wit: Mary Walton & Richard Parker, I also certify that the said widow was an applicant for a pension from said county and State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal this 8th day of April 1852.
//s/ Brice W. Veirs Probate Judge
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State of Ohio }
Country of Tuscarawas} ss. Harmon Parker whom I certify is a respectable person of the County aforesaid who Being Duly Sworn According to law Deposes and says that he was Born in 1809 that he is a grand son of John & Charity Parker Deceased that this deponants [sic] father was William Parker A son of the said John Parker was A pensioner of the United States, & the said Charity Parker his widow was an applicant for a pension Both Being Dead in the County of Harrison and State of Ohio that the Deponant [sic] always understood and Beleaved [sic] that his said father Wm. Parker was Born in 1782 this Deponant [sic] his son was Born in 1809 as above stated.
//s//  Harmon Parker
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 5 day of April 1852
//s// Joshua Davis A Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio }
COUNTY of Harrison } ss. Richard Parker being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a son & child of Charity Parker (widow of John Parker)- deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of Ohio that this deponent is directly interested as one of the  claimants in said claim and he proposes & offers to accept a pension under the act of the 29th July 1848 he thus makes his appl.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29 day of October 1851 and I do hereby certify that the said Richard Parker is a respectable person and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.
//s// Jonas Holloway Justice of the Peace

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Richard Parker a son of Charity Parker deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension form the State of Ohio do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy of Ovid, . Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in his claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Witness my hand and seal, this 29 day of October 1851 //s// Richard Parker
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF }
//s// Jonas Holloway Justice of the Peace  [Seal affixed next to the name]

STATE of Ohio }
County of Harrison }  Be it known that on the 29 day of October 1951 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, personally appeared Richard Parker above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
//s// Jonas Holloway JP
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The State of Ohio }
Harrison County } I Samuel McCormick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Jonas Holloway whose name appears to the within certificates was at the time he signed said certificates and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that to all whose acts Officially as such full faith and credit is due and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his I believe to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this 30th day of October A.D. 1851.
//s// S. McCormick Clerk
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May 15, 1939
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
JOHN PARKER
W. 3588
BA-J/ML3
Honorable William A. Ashbrook
House of Representatives
 Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Ashbrook:

Reference is made to your letter of May 10, in behalf of Mr. Ira D. Webner, 707 Locust Street, Coshocton, Ohio, whose letter you enclosed, and who desires the Revolutionary War record of John Parker who served from Pennsylvania and in 1822 was pensioned while living in Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio, aged sixty-eight years.

The record of John Parker follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 3588, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Parker was born December 16, 1758. The place of birth and names of his parents were not given.

John Parker enlisted in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1776, served as private in Captain James Wilson's company, Colonels Irvine's and Hartley's Pennsylvania regiment, marched for Lower Canada where he was in the battle of Three Rivers then retreated to Ticonderoga where he went into winter quarters. He enlisted at Ticonderoga about March, 1777, for the war, served as private in Captain Robert Wilson's company, Colonel Conner's [sic] 7" Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Monmouth, also some skirmishes. During this last service he was detached for six months on the Guard of Governor Livingston of New Jersey and was discharged sometime in December, 1791, having served more than four years.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1822, while a resident of Harrison County, Ohio. He died there June 29, 1844.

John Parker married February 17, 1781, in Winchester, Baltimore County, Maryland, Charity ____, who was born in March, 1760; the place of her birth, her maiden name or names of her parents not shown.
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Charity Parker was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War services of her husband, John Parker, on her application executed December 18, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio. She died in that county, September 15, 1849.

In 1822, John Parker stated that he had a wife and ten children, but only one child was living at home, a son aged nineteen years, whose name he did not designate. The following names of children are shown in the claim:

William Parker, born about 1782 or 1784
Mary  "  age not given, who in 1852 was the wife of ___ Walton, his given name not shown.
Richard  "  age not given, who made affidavit in 1851 in Harrison County, Ohio.

The only children of the soldier and his wife, Charity, who were living in 1852, were Mary Walton and Richard Parker.

William Parker, soldier's son, had a sone named Harmon Parker who was born in 1809 and in 1852 was living in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The name of Harmon's mother was not given.

Mr. Webner's letter to you is returned herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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State of Ohio }
County of Harrison } SS: Harmon Parker whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he was born in 1809, that he is a grand son of Charity & John Parker deceased, that this deponents [sic] father was William Parker, a son of the said John and Charity Parker, the said John Parker was a pensioner of the United States, & the said Charity Parker his widow was an applicant for pension, both having died in the above named county, that this deponent always understood and believed, that his said father Mr. Parker was born in 1784, this deponent his son was born in 1809 as above stated.
//s// Harmon Parker
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of June 1852.
//s// John M Brown Justice of the Peace

Charity Parker case, see Arad Joy letter of one day a head of this, & file this with it, as this is proof in the ase.
Charity Parker of Ohio
See papers in her case filed 14 Aug. '52

Charity Parker case
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The State of Ohio, Harrison County, ss:
I Charles Patterson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby Certify that John M. Brown Esq., whose name appears to the within Certificate was at the time he so signed said Certificate and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Cadiz, this 6th day of July A.D. 1832.
//s// C. Patterson Clerk Comm. Pleas

[The following was written upwards along the lower left margin] 
Grand son born in 1809.
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Charity Parker widow of John Parker he was a pensioner of Ohio, & she made her application from there.
Nov 12, 1851 I mailed to you her formal acceptance under law of '48.
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[There are multiple items of text, some written on top of others.
The following is the addressee of a letter]

Steuben
Oct 29
Free
Hon John C. Calhoun
Sec. at War
City Washington

[The following is written on top of the address]
18, 625
John Parker
Harrison Co. Ohio

J.C. Wright
Steubenville, Ohio
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Steubenville, Ohio, 28 Oct. 1822

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secy. at War
Sir,
Enclosed is an application for a pension by John Parker, a poor old soldier in Harrison County. Please examine it, & if found correct forward me the certificate. He is really poor, but had determined tile [sic] now he says to live without a pension, which he now finds himself unable to do.
I am sir, with great respect
your Obd. Servt.
//s// J. C. Wright
Dist. Atty U.S. Ohio
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Ovid, N.Y. Nov 12 '57

Sir
I inclose [sic] a formal power of attorney, and as you will see, we accept of a pension under the law of 1848.
Respectfully
Your Obd. Servt.
Arad Joy

Hon Jas E Heath
Comms. of Pens.
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Sept 21/56
Rel: to case of Charity Parker

A Joy.
Ovid
N.Y.
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Revolutionary Suspended
Claim, see your of 11. Sept 1852
Charity Parker of Ohio

Ovid Seppt 18, 1852
Sir
On the 14th April 1852 please find ample proof filed, the court certificate & all you need to establish the case of Charity Parker of Ohio, to a pension. Proof filed 14 & 15 & 16 April. Please at once refer to it & take up the case as of date of yours & make a finish of it.
Respectfully
Your Obd. Servt.
//s// Arad Joy

Hon J. E. Heath
Coms.
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A. Joy
Febry. [illegible] /53
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Pension Office
July 1, 1853

Sir
If the children of Charity Parker dec. of Ohio will show that no public Record of her marriage is in existence, and if they will prove that Hiram Parker, a grand son was born in 1809, either by the production of a Register of his birth or by [illegible] proof, the claim will be admitted under that Act July 7 1838.

Arad Joy Esq.
Present

[A handwritten correction is on the letter noting that the grandson's name is Harmon, not Hiram.]
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Pension Office
Feby. 24 1853

O. Rolls Wheeling Ag. }
Acts 1818 & 1820 }
$96 /annum }  John Parker to what time paid? 
//s// J. Triplett

J.S. Gallaher Esq.
3 Auditor  
Died 29th June 1844 Paid to his death.
[illegible signature]
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[Line at top of the image illegible]
N. J. Senat
Jany 12, 49
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138

Pension Office
January 12, A.D. 1845

Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the application of Charity Parker widow of John Parker for a pension under that act of 4 July 1836 has been examined and her papers placed in our files.
The service of Claimants [sic] husband for more than 2 years is admitted but as it appears from his declaration that he left the army prior to the 13 February 1781 the alleged date of their marriage, applicant has no claim under the act of 4 July 1836. If Mrs . Parker can show by satisfactory proof that she was married to the late pensioner John Parker prior to 1 January 1794 she may probably claim a pension under the act of 17 March 44. [illegible] from the date of her husbands death.

Hon Thomas Corwin
Senate U. States
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No. 1,198
Charity Parker dec.
Widow of John
Admd. Ohio
29 July 1848
$96 per annum
from
4 March 1848 to
15 Sep 1849
when she died
Pay to Mary Walton & 
Richard Parker 
only children

Act to
Arad Joy Esq
present
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J. L. Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
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Dear Sir
I inclose [sic] the accompanying petition at request of a friend in Ohio, Mr. Scott of Cadiz. Will now please inform me of the result of our [illegible].

Your [illegible]
//s// Tho Corwin
J.L. Edwards
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Brief in the case of Charity Parker widow of John [blank] County and State of Ohio
act 29 July 1848
_____________________
Claim ("original", or "for increase.") [For increase crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner Act 1818 & 1820 at $96 per annum
Proof of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? [blank]

//s// Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
Arad Joy Esq.
present
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153

[illegible] Office
Sept. 11, 1852

Sir
The claim of Charity Parker dec., widow of John, which Richard Parker, one of her children, has requested this office to admit under the Act of July 28, 1848, no Requested under the Act of July 4, 1836, and suspended for the reason that the alleged date of the marriage was not sustained by any reliable marriage [illegible]. The same objection exists to its admission under the act of July 28, 1848. The date of that event can be dealt [illegible] by the procuring of a copy of the marriage Bond or license which is probably a file among the papers of the clerk of Baltimore County, and on which claimant alleges the marriage [illeible]
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[illegible]. If not in that office, then maybe a Family Record, or of if one record does not exist, [illegible] must be satisfied of that fact, the date may be established by the age of Mrs. Parker's children.

//s// Arad Joy Esq.
Ovid,
New York

[The following is written vertically down the right margin]
Arad Joy
Sept 11 /52
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[Left side of image]
1919 Oct 29 [illegible]
Letter in [illegible] Chas. Spooner
1938, May 13 Hist. to Hon. Wm. A. Ashbrook

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3588
Charity Parker
Widow
John Parker
Prvt. Rev. War
__________
Act: July 23, 1848
Index:-Vol. M., Page 109.

[The following is in brackets in the original document]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.    3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 33-88   Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]

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

[The following is in tabular format.]
[Column 1] Dates of enlistment or appointment.
[Row 1] 1776

[Column 2] Length of service.
[Row 1] 1 year
[Row 2] 1781
[Row 3] During this last service he was detached 6 mos. on the guard of Governor Livingston of New Jersey.

[Column 3] Rank.
[Row 1] Prvt.

[Column 4] OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
[Sub-column 4a] Captain.
[Row 1] James Wilson
[Row 2] Robt. Wilson
[Sub-column 4b] Colonel.
[Row 1] Irwin & Hartley
[Row 2] Conner

[Column 5] State.
[Row 1] Penn.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown & Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Carlisle, Penn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1822 His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Harrison County, Ohio.
Age at date of application, born Dec. 16, 1758. died June 29, 1844.
Remarks: He mar. [married] Feby 15, 1781 at Winchester, Baltimore County, Md., Charity, who was born in March 1760. She was al. [allowed] pens.[pension] on an appl. [application] ex. [executed] Dec. 19, 1848 while a resident of Washington Twp., Harrison Co. Ohio. She died Sept. 15, 1849. There were ten children. The only ones whose names are stated are Mary Walton and Richard Parker who survived their mother. In 1852 Harmon Parker a grand son was born in 1809, said he was the son of Wm. Parker born in 1782 or 1784. 

[Notes dded at the bottom of the page]
He [John Parker] died Aug. 15, 1844 [another note is]
died June 24, 1844,
use June 29, 1844 as widow and Auditor both give that date of death.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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THOMAS C. BURCH, VA.  FRANK CARLSON, KANS.
MARTIN L. SWEENEY, OHIO   E. HAROLD CLUETT. N.Y.
JOHN C. TAYLOR, S.C.   NOAH M. MASON, ILL.
FRED H. HILDEBRANDT, S. DAK.  PAUL W. SHAFER, MICH.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK, OHIO  ARTHUR D. JENKS, N.H.
ARTHUR W. MITCHELL, ILL.
HENRY C. LUCKEY, NEBR.
B. FRANK WHELCHEL, GA.
EDWARD W. PATTERSON, KANS.
AIME J. FORAND, R.I.
JOE HENDRICKS, FLA.
NOBLE J GREGORY, KY.
DONALD L. O'TOOLE, N.Y.
JOHN LUECKE, MICH.
HUGH M. [Illegible], ILL.

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House of Representatives
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Washington, D.C.

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May 10, 1938

Hon. Frankt T. Hines,
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C.

Dear General Hines:

I enclose herewith letter from Ira D. Webner, 7076 Locust St., Coshocton, Ohio, who is seeking the records of his great Grandfather Sergeant John Parker.
If you can supply the information, I will appreciate it very much.

WAA/DC  Very respectfully,
//s// Willi A. Ashbrook

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