Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21762, for Anthony Maxwell, New York
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(3--1776)
Service
Continental (N.Y.) Maxwell, Anthony 
Eve
Number
W. 21762
B.L. Wt 30941_160-55
and
B.L. Wt. 1394-200-Lieut.
Issued Aug. 2. 1792.
No papers.
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168688
Act [illegible] 8/63
June 16/38
Eve Maxwell
Widow
Anthony Maxwell Lieut.
Col Aaron Burr
W030941 iss June 23/56
Rev: War
Recd Pension [corleft?]
No 1136
ms. Feb 48 - 1136
[illegible] [illegible]
Willed [illegible] from 18/56
Boynton

A S Baker
Buffalo NY

Vol M=1=21
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Letter to Pensioner Sept 18/49
Reported
1136 3
New York City
Eve Maxwell
widow of Anthony Maxwell
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
320 dollars
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
30th day of August 1848
and sent to
Pierre M. Irving
New York City
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848  Page 126 Vol. 4
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Dead. Letter to Mr. Fairfield.
Dec 10 1835. Let to Hon A
Vanderpoel HR Dec 14 1835
Let to HY Northup Jan 19 1836 
Let to L. A. Dickins, June 15 1836 
do to J.W.. Fairfield Nov. 6 1837
do. 25 Aug 1838

150 New York
Anthony Maxwell
Captain [crossed out] Error
[Army [?] Rates - crossed out] 
$20 per mo. comd. 3d April, 1818
Certified 12th April, 1821 and
sent to Hon: W. Schuyler, of New York, House of Representatives
[illegible] 11th Sept. 1818. 5 2/31 months $101.29

(Revy. Claim, Act 18th March, 1818)

Congress Regiment
[77-war?]

Spencer
Hudson, Columbia County
  Continued
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A. Maxwell
Hon: W. Schuyler
New York
Apr 11th 1818
Commission under
Spencer dated June 1779
served under the [illegible]  
of the 3 Regiment of NY Troops 
Served under Malcom 12
Spencer 12
24
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State of New York
County of Columbia's
Anthony Maxwell of the
city of Hudson in the County and State aforesaid
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that 
in the Spring of the year 1777, he received the commission of Ensign in one of the sixteen additional Regiments, raised by congress in 1777, for the continental service in regiment commanded by Colonel William Malcolm in Captain John Landfords company -- The Regiment was raised in the State of New York--after the regiment was organized and during the summer or fall of 1777 (in the fall this deponent believes) the regiment marched to join the army of General Washington at Valley Forge -- the winter of 1777- 8 was passed  at Valley Forge in winter quarters - In the Spring of 1778 the regiment to which this deponent was attached, took the field with the american army and was engaged in the battle of Monmouth under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Burr -- (Colonel Malcolm being absent). Soon after the  battle of Monmouth the regiment to which this Deponent belonged was ordered to West Point and remained there till fall and then marched to Haverstraw where it wintered. 
 In the Spring of 1779, this Regiment was marched to minnisink in New Jersey, where Colonel Malcolms Regiment was consolidated with Colonel Oliver Spencer's which last was a Jersey regiment. -- Col: Malcolm then left the
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Regiment to which this deponent belonged which was afterwards commanded by the above mentioned Col: Spencer - that by after this consolidation took place this Deponent received its commission which is herewith produced - 
This regiment was now attached to General William Maxwell's Brigade and was one of the regiments engaged in the [western] expedition against the indians under General Sullivan - after returning from General Sullivan's expedition it wintered at Morris Town in New Jersey and was in the ensuing year 1780 engaged in the battle of Springfield - afterwards a company was picked out of each regiment to form a detachment to the commanded by the Marquis de la Fayette and this deponent served as first lieutenant in the company taken from Spencer's regiment - the regiment to which he was now attached to was   commanded by Colonel Ogden - after serving under the Marquis de la Fayette this deponent rejoined his old regiment commanded by Col Spencer - [illegible and struck out] and served under him until the five New York regiments were consolidated into two commanded by Colonels Van Schaack and Cortland when this deponent and many other officers were discharged - this took place this deponent believing in the winter of 1780-81, but of this he is not positive . - This deponent further says that from the time he received his first commission of ensign in the spring of 1777 to the time he was
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finally discharged as above mentioned, he was constantly engaged in active service and did duty as a faithful soldier of the Continental establishment. This Deponent further says the Commission affixed to this affidavit is the same he received from Congress and is authentic in all respect and that he is the same Anthony Maxwell mentioned and named in said Commission. - This other commission is lost or mislaid - This deponent has a large family to support and is in very indigent circumstances and stands in great need of the assistance of his country for support and such this Deponent saith not 
  Anthony Maxwell
Sworn before me this second day of April 1818 
Hezekiah Dayton -- Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Columbia County
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I certify that on the 21st day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me Hezekiah Dayton one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Columbia Anthony Maxwell to me known who made oath to the truth of the facts concerned in the written affidavit by him subscribed and particularly to the authenticity of the commission prefixed to the said affidavit which was produced and shown to me - I am fully satisfied that the said commission is authentic - I am also fully satisfied of the truth of the facts contained in the written affidavit that the witness named Anthony Maxwell needs the assistance of his country for support he being in indigent circumstances & having a family to support - and that he is entitled to a pension of twenty dollars per month by virtue of the "act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 11, 1818. 
Hezekiah Dayton - Judge of the court of common Pleas of Columbia County 
Columbia County Clerks Office I do hereby certify that Hezekiah Dayton is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Columbia acting under the authority of the State of New York Witness my name & seal of said county this 3rd April 1818. C. Miller, Clerk.
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State of New York
Columbia County
City of Hudson
On this twenty sixth day of September - 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Record called the Mayors Court of Common Pleas held in and for the city of Hudson, Anthony  Maxwell of the City of Hudson aged sixty six  years by occupation a gardener when able to labour but is greatly afflicted with rheumatic affiction [affliction], and various maladies affecting his bodily health who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, Enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by captain Edward Weeks in the regiment of Colonel William Malcolm of the New York Line in the year 1776 and continued in the service until some time in the year 1777 when he was appointed Ensign in the same regiment was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in 1778 in the company of Capt. John Sanford in the same regiment and acted in that capacity for one year was then appointed first Lieutenant in said company, the regiment of Col: Malcolm being consolidated with that of Col. Oliver Spencer of the Jersey line, which was afterward commanded by Col. Spencer, and continued in said regiment until the fall or winter of 1781 when he was regularly discharged at Stony Point in the state of New York, was in the battle of Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Hackinsack, Monmouth, and Springfield, as will more fully appear from the papers now on file at the war office on which a certificate No 150 was given at the war office of the United States on the 12th day of April 1818 --
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any other manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons
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engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18, 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property in securities, or debts due to me, nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Anthony Maxwell
Sworn and declared this 26th day of September 1820 before me John Talman Mayer
Real estate I have not any personal property as follows, I have some notes but these are of no value or use to me now and have no good reason to believe they every will be, I have four cows and fourteen pigs worth in all about $30
My family consists of myself aged - 66 years rheumatic and unhealthy from bodily infirmity my wife Eve aged forty five years, and eleven children, five of whom live with me vis
Charlotte aged - 16 years
George W aged - 10 years
Helen-Eliza aged - 9 years
Caroline aged - 6 years
Adaline aged - 3 years 
four are out at service and two are married Charlotte the eldest with me is very feeble and weakly this is the situation of my family and the sources of my dependance- for my own and their support
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as above stated are totally insufficient and without some charitable aid could not subsist, therefore it is that I am necessiated [necessitated] to make this application
  Anthony Maxwell

Hudson Mayor Court, of the term of September September  26 1820
Present John Talman Esquire, Mayor 
The court having inquired into and investigated the case of the petitioner Anthony Maxwell ordered that in the opinion of the court the amount of said petitioners property is altogether thirty dollars --
I Gaizer Garther clerk of the court of common pleas called in the Mayoral Court of the city of Hudson do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits and the schedule to there annexed are truly copied from the records of said court 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on the twenty ninth day of September 1820
G. Garther, Clerk
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State of New York
Columbia County 
I Chester Belding being duly sworn says that he is 79 years of age - that he has known Eve Maxwell of the city of Hudson for 48 years or more & was acquainted with Anthony Maxwell her husband who was a Revolutionary Pensioner - said Anthony died some years since and the said Eve Maxwell who has made the annexed application and declaration for a pension I know to be the widow of said Anthony Maxwell deceased, who was a pensioner and an officer of Malcolm's Regiment 
Sworn before me on this 31st day of August 1838
M Fairfield, commissioner of deeds
Chester Belding
I certify that I am well acquainted with Chester Belding who has subscribed and sworn to the fore going affidavit that he is a credible person this statement entitled to full credit - Augt 3rd 1838.
J.M. Fairfield commissioner of deeds

Columbia County 
I Eve Maxwell being duly sworn says in explanation of her declaration above set forth that she supposed and believed that her said husband Anthony Maxwell was a captain in Malcolm's Regiment, because he is spoken of as such captain in his pension certificate from the pension rolls printed at
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Washington & in the affidavit of Col Aaron Burr who was Lieutenant Colonel in said regiment - and she farther says that the asks for such pension only as the actual service of her said husband & his rank entitled her to 
Eve Maxwell
Sworn to & subscribed
Sept 3rd 1838
before one I. M. Fairfield
commissioner of deeds

Columbia County,
Clerk's Office, S3
I, Killian Miller, Clerk of the county of Columbia, Do hereby certify that I. M. Fairfield before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same a commissioner of deeds in and for said county. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said commissioner and verily believe the name of the said commissioner subscribed to the said affidavits & certificates be his proper hand writing and signature. 
Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said county, this 4th day of September 1838
The word "commissioner" interlined in 3 places for "Justice" in said & certificate also interlined -
K. Miller, Clerk
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140
1043
Eve Maxwell's application 
New York 
Col Wm Maxwell
Sergt 1 May 1777
Ensign 1 July 1777
Lieut 28 Feb 1778
Mustd to March 1779
I.W.Fairfield
commission [illegible]
Spencer Hudson N.Y.
Lieutenant [illegible] June 1779 Agent
[illegible] 1781
Lieut 12 months
Ensign 8 - do
[Srgt?] 4 - do
2 Years

More than 2 years Lieut.
I . W. Fairfield
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State of New York
Columbia County Ss
On the 31st day of July A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Justices of the Justices Court in for the City of Hudson in said county, Eve Maxwell a resident of said city aged sixty two-years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1938 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" that she the said Eve Maxwell is the widow of Anthony Maxwell deceased that she was married to the said Anthony on the 17th day of December A.D. 1791 by Bishop Revost in the city of New York that her said husband died on the 24th day of May--A.D. 1825 and she has remained a widow ever since and is now a widow.
And she further declares that Anthony Maxwell her said husband was, during the Revolutionary War, a captain and had command of a company in the Regiment of Colonel Malcolm and she has always understood and believed that he served as a captain in said Regiment during the whole war--
And she further declare, that Anthony Maxwell her said husband was during his lifetime a pensioner of the United States under the act of congress of 1818 as she has supposed, and that since his decease, she has drawn a balance which was due at the time of his death, as his widow, and she would respectfully refer to the proofs of her said husbands service, on file at Washington, to the Rolls of the aforesaid Regiment and to the affidavits herewith sent
And she further declares that she is the identical person and widow mentioned in the papers upon which the
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Balance of Anthony Maxwell's pension was drown & to which his pension certificate was annexed and that she is the identical Eve Platner mentioned in the annexed certificates of Marriage, and that she is the widow of the same Anthony Maxwell who was a captain in the Revolutionary War in Col Malcolm's Regiment and the annexed certificate signed by "Sam I. Provost" is the original certificate of Marriage given by said Bishop at the time of marriage which has been preserved in the family ever since.
That she has no other documentary evidences but she thinks that her said husbands discharges will be found among the papers upon which his pension was obtained and to which she offers for further proofs.
Eve Maxwell
Sworn in open court
July 31 1838
And the said court hereby certify that they are acquainted with the said Eve Maxwell who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration - that she is a credible person and her statement entitled to full credit.

I, Paul D. Carrique Clerk of the Justices court aforesaid hereby certify as I have heretofore certified that the foregoing contains the original declaration and proceedings had before said court in the matter of the application of Eve Maxwell for a pension and that all the papers connected together by my first seal on the out side were then produced before said court -Witness my hand and the seal of this court Augt 31, 1838
P. Dean Carrique, Clerk
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This is to certify that Anthony Maxwell and Eve Platner were married by me according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer on the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one
Sam I. Provoost
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and Rector of Trinity Church New York
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I do hereby Certify that the marriage of Anthony Maxwell and Eve Platner on the 17th of Dec 1791 is recorded in the Parish Register of Trinity Church, New York.
William Berrida [Berian?]
Rector of Trinity Church
New York

New York
July 19 1838
Sworn to and subscriber
before me the day and year aforesaid
I.M.Fairfield, Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
Columbia County. I hereby certify that on the 19th day of July 1838 personally come before me the above named  William Berrian to me made known as the Rector of the Trinity church and a creditable person whose statement [text missing] entitled to a full credit and made a solemn oath [text missing] the truth of the facts stated in the above certificate
I.M. Fairfield
Comsr of Deeds
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State of New York
Columbia County 
I, Paul Dean Carrique, clerk of the said justices court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before said court in the matter of the application of Eve Maxwell for a pension - 
Witness my hand and seal of my office this 31st day of July A.D. 1838
P. Dean Carrique, Clerk
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168688
In the matter of 
Eve (widow of Anthony) Maxwell
Lieutenant Revolutionary War
(she is sworn as Pensioner)

Claim for 160 acres Bounty land,
Act Mar 3 1855

A.L. Baker
Buffalo N.Y.
Atty
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State of New York
County of Erie ss: On this 12th day of June in the year
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty five, personally
appeared before me, a commissioner of deed duly authorized
and by law to administer oaths for general purpose, within
and for the city of Buffalo,, in said County and State, Eve
Maxwell aged Seventy nine years, a resident of the city of
New York in the State of New York, last temporarily
dwelling in the City of Buffalo, who being duly sworn
according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Anthony
Maxwell who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the 
United States, and as she believes commanded a company of the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Aaron Burr - last of this she is not positive. She
is unable to state the time or place of his enlistment
on discharge or the time of his service - for evidence of
all which, and of her marriage and her husbands
death, she prays leave to refer to the proofs now
on file in the Pension office in Washington on which
her name was inscribed on the U.S. Pension List
Roll of the New York agency of which she now
holds and here exhibits to sue a certificate under the
act of February 2, 1848 dated August 3, 1848, signed
W.L. Marcy Secretary of War, marked on the back
No 1436" Showing her entitled to receive a pension of
three hundred and twenty dollars per annum
for life, Registered in Vol 4, page 126.
she further states that she was married to the
said Anthony Maxwell in the City of New York by
Bishop Provost in 1791 and she thinks on the 17th day of
December. last of the day of the month she is uncertain.
that her name before her said marriage was Eve Platner, and that her said husband died at the City of
Hudson in the State of New york May 24, 1826, and
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the County Land to which she may be entitled
under the act approved March 3. 1855, and she
further says that she has never received under
this or any other act of Congress any County
land [illegible], nor has she made any
other application therefor than the one
above written.

Eve Maxwell

We Lyman Knapp & Adaline Knapp residents
of the City of Buffalo in the State of New
Bork, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed & acknowledged by Eve
Maxwell in our presence, and that we believe,
from the appearance and statements of the applicant
as well as from a personal and intimate acquaintance with her for more than twenty
years that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be. That she is now unmarried,
and that we have no interest in this claim
or in the [illegible] thereof.
-
Lyman Knapp
Adaline Knapp

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn and executed before me on the day & year above
written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be
credible persons; that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest
in this claim.

Clifford A. Baker
Commissioner of Deeds
for the City of Buffalo
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State of New York, }ss.
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Clifford A Baker Esq before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof [Unreadable Due To Damage] at the time of taken the same, a commissioner of deeds, in and for [presumably the, though unreadable] City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing,
and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 18 day of June
A. D. 1855 [Signature] Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
W21762

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
19
In reply to your request of ------,
received ------
for a statement of the military history of Anthony Maxwell 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.
1776
1777
1778
1779
and discharged at Stony Point, N.Y. [illegible] 1787
---
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

RANK.
Pvt.
Ensign
2 Lieut
1 Lieut

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Edward Weeks
John Sandford
" "
" " 

COLONEL.
William Malcolm}
" "                       }
" "                       } Continental
Oliver Spencer   }

STATE.

Battles engaged in,
Long Island [illegible], White  Plains, Hackensack, Monmouth, Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 3, 1818 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hudson Columbia les N.Y.
Age at date of application, [illegible] He died  at Hudson N.Y. Dec 24,18[illegible]
Remarks: Sol. mar. in New York City Dec 17, 1791 Eve Platner She was al. pension her ap. [illegible] July 3, 1855 while living 
in Hudson N.Y.  aged 62 years.  
They had 1 son and 11  daughters, only names stated are as follows: 
[illegible] 20 Charlotte age 16 George W. 10, Helen [illegible] 9, Caroline 6, Adaline 3. The place of sol. birth not stated.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

and he was only detached for a while under
Col Ogden so I did not use that Col as he was never an Officer of Malcolm & Spencers Regt. to which A. M. always belonged
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Pay roll of Capt. John Santfords Co. Col. Oliver Spencers regt. for
Mar. Apr. May & June,
Maxwell, Anthony, N. Y.

W.21.7.62
sent to War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913
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Revy

WIDOW, &c.
No. 21762
Eve Maxwell
widow of
Anthony Maxwell
Lieut Rev War
Act: Feb 2d, 48
x:- Vol. M, Page 11

(Arrangement of 1870.)
W21762
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1919 Oct 23. History to Edna S. Yarnall, and
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Office Note - Oct. 23, 1919 None of the original papers
mentioned in this claim, commission
and discharge, and copy of letter of Aaron
Burr, are to be found the the files I
[undecipherable from digital image]
Rev War Section
Pension Bureau,
Pay roll sent to War Dept. June 16, 1913
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Eve Maxwell
widow of Anthony
NY
Act 7 July 1838
Admd 2 years Lieut
 $320.00 per ann
deduct what has been paid at the rate of $ 260.00 pr ann  no [?]
June 17 44
Admd Act 3 March 1844
$320.00 per ann
  Wheeler H Clarke
  Hudson  New York
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30.941
[illegible]
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See Caveat within & file Sept '18
letters to pensioner & agent 20 March 18??

See letter also of 5th April 1822 to Hon W. Patterson
Suspension removed 9 May 1822. -
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(Hudson) plan of widow
Anthony Maxwell N.Y. Act March 18, 1818
 to what time paid?
  Pen office  Augt 24 1838

Died 24th May 1825  paid to that period
  JH
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Sept 8
NY
  retd papers
No 140 Eve Maxwell
 7 July 1838
28th Feb 1778 - 24 Apl 1779
14 Mar?

[on side]
Hon D.L. Edwards
Commissr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Anthony Maxwell  New York
Act of 1818

Will J W Cole please send the papers [?] the above case
  M?
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New York City
Albany 1043

Eve Maxwell
widow of Anthony Maxwell
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818
and who died on the 24 May 1825
of Columbia Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Pvt, Ensign, Lieut
in the -----
commanded
by Captain -----
of the Regt commanded by
Col. [illegible]  in the N. York
line for Lieut 12 months ..... 160.00
            Ensign 8  " ..................   80.00
            [illegible] 4 " ..............   20.00
                                   -------------------
                                            $260.00

Inscribed on Roll of Albany
at the rate of 260 Dollars  ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of Nov
1838 and sent to J.W. Fairfield
Hudson, N. Y.

Advance to the 4th of Sep. 38   650.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39.  130.00
========
$780.00

Act July 7
1838

Recorded by D. Brown
Book. A   Vol 2  Page 8
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Cer to Pen Agt 29 Dec 1838
To New York City from 4 March 1836  28 July 1839
Letter to P.M. Irving 26 April 1843
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43
New York City
Eve Maxwell
widow of Anthony Maxwell
who was a Lieutenant
in the N. York Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
320 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Increased from $260.00 / ann.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of June '45
and sent to
W H. Clark
Hudson
N.Y
[Act of of March 3, 1843]
Act Jan 7,1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 80

2 Certs: for Increase
1 act '38
1 " '43 & '44

Nep Let to Agt 20 June '45
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1043
New York
Eve Maxwell
widow of Anthony Maxwell
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 24 May 1825
of Columbia in the State of NY
who was a Lt. in the Company
commanded by Captain -----
of the -----
commanded by Col Maxwell in
the N York line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y. City
at the rate of 320 Dollars -----
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836. Increased from $260. p ann
=

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of
June 1845 and sent to
Wheeler H Clark Hudson, NY
Total amount

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L.  Swann Clerk,

Book D Vol. 1 Page 169
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43,
York
Maxwell
of Anthony Maxwell
was a Sergt Ensign & Lieut
in the New York line for
Lieut 12 months $160.00
Ensign 8  " 80.00
Serg   4 " 20.00
========

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
260.
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
27 day of April 1843
and sent to
Pierre M. Irving Esq
15 ½ Wall Street
New York.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 169

Ref.
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Columbia County,
Clerk's Office, ss.

I, KILLIAN MILLER, Clerk of the county of Columbia, Do
hereby certify, That Josiah W. Fairfield Esq
before whom the affidavit purports to
have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a
Commissioner of Deeds
 in and for said county. And further,
that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Commissioner
and verily believe the name of the said Commissioner
subscribed to the said affidavit & certificate, to be his proper hand writing
and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the
said county this 31st
day of July 1838
K. Miller
Clerk
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

State of New-York,
County of New York ss.

On this twenty sixth day of December 1838,  before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said County,
personally appeared Eve Maxwell -- who, on her oath,
declares that she is the same person whose 
[scratched out:  formerly belonged to the
Company commanded by Captain in the  Regiment commanded by Colonel
in the service of the United States; that his ] name was placed on the
pension roll of the state of New York (Albany) from whence she
has lately removed that she now resides in the state (scratched out: district, or territory)
of New York, City of New York where she intends to remain,
and wishes her pension to be there payable in future; and that her reasons
for removing to the [scratched out: state of ] City of New York are to reside
with her children.

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid.

Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public

Eve Maxwell



NOTES. -- The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must
be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a
Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is
genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must
swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must
certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.
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Under Act of 7th July, 1838.

CITY AND COUNTY OF
NEW-YORK, SS.
Be it known, That before me SYLVESTER SPENCER, a Notary Public, in and
for the city and county aforesaid, personally appeared Eve Maxwell
---
---
and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original certificate, in her possession
, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
FIVE YEARS' PENSION.

I Certify, That in conformity with the act of July 7th, 1838, Eve Maxwell
of the State of New York widow
of Anthony Maxwell
who was a Sergeant, Ensign and Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War
and died on the twenty fourth day of May 1825 is entitled to receive five
years' Pension at the rate of two hundred & Sixty dollars and
---
per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow
before the expiration of said five years, the Pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

GIVEN AT THE WAR OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES,
this seventeenth day of November one thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

That she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned Anthony
Maxwell; and that she now resides in New York City and
has resided there for the space of six weeks
past, and that previous thereto
she resided in Hudson Columbia County, to the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied.

Sworn to and Subscribed, this 26th 
day of December 1838, before me, ⎬
Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public.

Eve Maxwell
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State of New York
City and County of New York } Ss
  On this twenty sixth day of December 1838 before the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, personally appeared Elijah C. Hunt of New York City. and made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Mrs Eve Maxwell widow of Anthony Maxwell, and that he well knows her to be the same person described in her affidavit and copy of her pension certificate hereunto annexed.
   Elijah C. Hunt
 Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above written before me,
  Sylvester Spencer
  Notary Public
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316 Mt Prospect Ave
Newark N.J.
Oct 10th
Commissioner of Pensions   Rev War
[postal stamp]  U.S. Pension Office OCT 13 1919

Dear Sir
  Will you kindly give to me the records of your Dept of the following men who fought in the War of the Revolution. I officially wish to find out the time they entered the service and from which states as well as dates of discharge
Anthony Maxwell - born in Scotland Dec 12th 1754
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none at all   P. or B
Henry Platner or Hendrick Platner
Ephraim Burr, none like this
born Mar 5th, 
1735 or 1736

furnished her Oct 16, 1919.
John Kemper

born in Holland
applied for pension Nov. 24, 1832
while residing at Hudson, N.Y.

       more data called for
and Daniel Sherwood born (9,)
I am asking for this information  in connection with joining the D.A.R. and will greatly
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appreciate any information you may send -
 Thanking you in advance  I am
 Yours respectfully
  Edna Sherwood Sarnall
Page 48

New York Sept 18. 1849
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Dr Sir.
In the prosecution of a
claim in my favor for Doweras the Widow of Anthony
Maxwell, proof of my marriage is indispensable, and as
the best evidence is required, it becomes necessary that I should
have the certificate of Marriage accompanying my
application for a Pension in the year 1840 under the act
of 1838. Will you oblige me by forwarding it to me care
of H. M. Burrall Esq No 8. Platt St. as soon as possible-
Your very Obedt Servt.
Eve Maxwell
Page 49

Mrs E. Maxwell
care H.M Burrall
Sept 21, 1849
with copy of Record
Page 50

564
Pension Office
September 21, 1849
Madam
 In reply to your letter of the 18 inst. I have to inform you that the regulations of this Department do not allow any papers, which have been deposited in this office in support of claims for pensions to be with drawn from its files.  I have however caused a certified copy of the Certificate of your marriage to be made and all other affidavits relating to it which I hope will be satisfactory

Mrs Eve Maxwell
Care H.M. Burrall, Esq
 8 Platt St.
 New York

[illegible]
Page 51

New York July 26. 1848
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Eve
Maxwell for a renewal of her pension under
Act 2 February, 1848
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Rene M Irving

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 52

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
City of Washington

[on side]
Feb 7
[Mr?] Evans

[postmark]  ALBANY N.Y. [the rest is blurred]
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Mechs & Farmer's Bank [Mechanics]
Albany Pension Agency
February 2d 1839

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
 Sir,
  In reply to your letter of the 28th ult. informing me of the transfer of Eve Maxwell, a new? pensioner, at $260 per annum, to the New York Agency, I have to state that her name is not on the Books of this Agency -
  I am Sir,
  Very Respectfully
  Your obt Srvt
  Tho W [Ce??]
  Predt Pen agent
Page 54

Dec 9
[postal mark] HUDSON NY
[on side]
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city
Page 55

Hudson State of New York 2nd of December 1835
Sir
Two years ago last August I applied for to  obtain
the evidence of Anthony Maxwell and Dixon [Ellsrohah]
two Revolutionary officers which appeared on the the Rolls
of the Revolutionary Pension List to wit the one in
New York and the other in North Carolina, having
imperfect titles to lands granted by the United States
to officers and soldiers which I wished to perfect
and many of them appeared on the Revolutionary
pension list, but such information has always
been denied me when applied for, but I should benefit the
the soldier  by giving him money for land
that had many times been sold thirty years before
for the taxes, and thus lost to him, and which I have  [illegible]
and at all times been in the habit of purchasing
of the original when I could find him,-
In the case of Anthony Maxwell it would seem that
I was not the only one injured by withholding the
information for that furnished at the time applied
for by me the U.S.  could have been the $240
better in his case, to wit the pension due 3rd September 
1833 and 3rd March 1834 would yet be in the Treasury and the fraud thus discovered
Anthony Maxwell died in this place the 24th or 5 of May
1825 or so intestate leaving  a widdow (who is yet living) and
twelve children, (to wit) one son and eleven
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Daughters, three of which since dead to wit the son and
two of the Daughters
-
On the list of pensioner under
Piscatous Resolution this man appears said to the 4th of
March 1834 since there has fraudulently been drawn from the
Treasury by some one (and wholly unknown  to the family) 
about seven or eight years pension of $240 per annum or
the there has been an error in publishing the amount
deserved by this man and the time of his death, one of the
two cases is certainly the fact and I [illegible] suspect the
case to be a fraud. As the family say that his pension Certificate remained in the hands of his agent untill a
few months since when it occurred to the widdow that the
amount of Pension from 3rd of March to the 24 of May
the day of his death was yet due her and she applied to 
this same agent to get the Pension Certificate in order to draw this money
that he refused her the certificate
but agreed to get it money for the half - I have given these
statements for the purpose of apprising the department
of the fraud committed or errors in the publication
Yours Respectfully
Henry Crowther
Page 57

New York 26th Decr 1838
 Sir
  I enclose the application of mrs Eve Maxwell, widow of Anthony Maxwell deceased, a pensioner under the Act of 7th July 1838, for the transfer of her name from the Albany to the New York City Pension Agency
  Very Respectfully
 Your Obt Servt
  Sylvester Spencer
Page 58

Will the Commissioner of Pensions please certify where Anthony Maxwell a Lieut of the New York line and of Malcombs  regiment resided when placed on the Pension list under the act of 1818, and when  he appears to have died and [where?] and Oblige
  Yours Respectfully
  Henry Cro th  p?
Page 59

New York March 21 1843
 Sir
  I herewith transmit application of Mrs Eve Maxwell for a year's additional pension under Act March 3 1843.
 The certificate can be sent to me, No 15/2 Wall Street.
  Very respectfully
 Your obedient Servant
  [?ine] M. Irving

J.L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city
Page 60

War
Department
Pension Office
August 25 1838
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs Eve
Maxwell, widow of Anthony Maxwell,
deceased, have been examined and
they are herewith returned, in order
that the Clerk of the Court before which
the declaration was made may certify
under his seal of office to the proceedings
taken before the Court. Testimony should
also be exhibited of the applicants being
the identical widow as set forth in
the declaration.
The claimant's husband did 
not serve in a higher grade than
a Lieutenant and left the service in
1781, at the time the New York regiments were 
consolidated.
I am, respectfully,
your obt svt
J L Edwards

T. W. Fairfield, Esq.
Hudson
New York
Page 61

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For Anthony Maxwell Esquire
Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust
and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and  Fidelity, Do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a 
Lieutenant in the Regt now command by  Col Oliver
Spencer in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such [illegible] 
from the 24th day
of April AD. 1779. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant [illegible]
by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant [illegible]
and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions 
from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress
for that purpose appointed,  a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of
The United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance
of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce until revoked by this or a future Congress, the committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness [illegible] John Jay, Esq.  President of
the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia  the 16th 
day of June 1779 and in the third Year of our Independence.

-
Entered in the War Office
and examined by the Board
Attest
P. Scull Secretary of the Board of War
Page 62

[28th?]  Free
[postal stamp] HUDSON NY
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
 Secretary of War
 Washington.
Page 63

State of New York
Columbia County ⎬
City of Hudson
I Anthony Maxwell of the City of
Hudson aforesaid, being duly sworn, do depose
& say that I have not any legal title to, or any
interest in any lands lying or being in the military
Tract of the State of New York to my knowledge or belief.
and that I have not since my pension warranted
to me by the government, received any money or 
other audits of property owned by me - nor am
I the owner
of any property or interest that could be availing to me for a support. And further this
deponent saith not.
Sworn before me this
26th day of April
1822-
Anthony Maxwell
R. Moores a com
Page 64

State of New York
Columbia County ss.
I  Fletcher M Beekman Deputy Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that Reuben
Moores whose name is subscribed to the within
Affidavit was on the day of the day of the date
of said Affidavit a Commissioner duly commissioned &  sworn &
 that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said
Reuben Moores & verily believe it to be his signature
Given under my hand with the seal of said
County affixed thereto this 27th day of April 1822
F M Beekman DepY Clk
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To
the Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir.
In looking over the N.Y.
pension Roll I discover against the name of
Anthony Maxwell the receipt of upward of $3800.
Mr Maxwell died in 1825 or so - & his certificate lay in
the hands of one of his creditors from his death till
the fall or winter of 1833 & 4 when Mrs Maxwell the
widow wished to obtain the balance remaining due
at the time of his decease. I made out the papers
& sent them to New York with the certificate
& the Balance was paid, being $52.88.
The family are desirous to know whether there be
a mistake in those figures, or whether any one
has been receiving his pension after his decease
---
Hudson Decr 2d 1835.
Yours &c
A. Fairfield
Page 66

[T6888 Nov 2,1837]
1886600 1837.
pension office
an
the
And Nov 6 1837
of
Page 67

Hudson N.Y. October 1837
To
The Hon. Levi Woodbury Secty of the Treasury
Sir,
I am requested by Mrs Maxwell of this
City to make the following statement & ask
for such information in the matter as the
records of your department may afford.
The husband of the said Mrs Maxwell, Anthony
Maxwell deceased, served "during the War"
of the Revolution, & was supposed to be
entitled to what has been termed "commutation pay". A certain Mr Duval of
Kentucky or thereabouts obtained from the
widow & heirs a power of attorney to obtain
such commutation money. This was a
year or two ago, and the family are
anxious to know whether an application
has been made to your department
on behalf of said Maxwell & what was
the result. It is understood that such
claims are proferred to the Secretary
of Treasury & that the information desired
can be readily given
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
J.W. Fairfield


Anthony Maxwell, N York
Act March 18, 1818
Page 68

the honb
Secretary of War
Washington

Recd 4 Mar. 1822

M Edwards Caveat
Page 69


Hudson July 20. 1822
Sir
Anthony Maxwell a resident of
this place, is I am informed placed
on the pension list, for Revolutionary
services ren.d to entitle him thereto
I also understand, that indigence and
inability to support, are points indisputable
to be made out, the law on the subject
I am unacquainted with, but as it restricts
his ability to support himself, I inform you
that he claims title to a large tract of land in
the Military tract in this State, that
deeds to that effect are on file in the respective 
offices where the land lays, and documents are
in my possession, confirming these facts-
a suit  is also pending in the Court of Chancery
to recover part of these lands, if necessary 
I take the liberty to refer you to Mr Van Buren
of the Senate respecting my authenticity.
-
with respect
I am Your most ob
[Jam. Strong]

the Honb Secretary of War
Page 70

Hon J.L. Edwards
 Washington D.C.

[on side] [postal stamp] HUDSON NOV 7
[In?] at Nov 10  N.Y

1 year Lieut
8 mo Ensign
4 "  [Sr?]
Page 71

the Hon J. L. Edwards Commiss of Pensions
Sir,
In the matter of the application of Eve Maxwell
for a pension under the act of '38 the papers are
amended agreeably to your letter & returned to your
Office, in August or fore part of September, according to
my recollection. Believing that the proof &C in that
case was full & conclusive & the applicant having been
informed that applications since made, had been
granted, she has become anxious to hear
from you. I hope therefore you will excuse me for
calling your attention to this case.

Respectfully
your Obt Servt
J.W. Fairfield

Hudson N. Y.
Nov 6. 1838-
Page 72

Washington
June 1866.
Sir,
I will thank you to be so
good as to inform me whether
there is any pension due to
the heirs of Capt. Anthony Maxwell
Be so good as to return the
enclosed power of attorney with
your answer
Very respectfully
Yours
F. A. Dickins
James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Page 73

Hudson N.Y. Augt 2. 1838
Hon J.L. Edwards

Dr Sir
I enclose the declaration &c of
Eve Maxwell widow of Anthony Maxwell, for a pension
under the late law. Your regulations were not received
till after the Certificate of Doct Berrian was obtained
That certificate I percieve is not in due form, but
We suppose that deficiency is more than supplied
by the original certificate of the Bishop who performed
the marriages. The applicant swears that it is the
original & it bears on its face full evidence of its
authenticity. If any further evidence can be of any
use she wishes to refer to the President Mr Van Buren, who is well acquainted with the family
we presume that you have all the requisite evidence of
Capt Maxwells service in your hands-- & if you
find among his old papers his discharge, the family
are anxious to get a copy of it
The widow has a sworn copy of an affidavit of Aaron
Burr now deceased of the services of her husband, but
believing that you had the original, it has not been
annexed
yours truly & respectfully
J.W. Fairfield


none of the original papers
discharge - commission

nor copy of  Aaron Burrs letter
found in this claim where
I reviewed it Oct 23, 1919
A Wilson
Rev. War Section
Pension Bureau

payroll was sent to War Dept
"           Jan 16, 1913
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To the Hon J L Edwards
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of 2 copies of your letter of 25th ult. with enclosures
The papers of Mrs Maxwell I supposed were property authenticated as all others have been, & I think your clerks must have
overlooked the certificate on the back of the papers, nevertheless
I have obtained another certificate which you will find in
side-
I have also prefixed to the papers an affd't
of the identity of the applicant, & an affd't of the applicant
explaining why she called her husband a captain
you will find that Anthony Maxwells certificate given by
John C. Calhoun & the pension roll published at Washington both speak of him as a Captain in Malcolm Regiment. Be the fact as it may, she has no desire to
impose upon you in the matter

Your Obt Servt
J W Fairfield

Hudson Sept 4, 1838
Page 75

May 8. 1845
HUDSON N.Y. May 6 
Eve Maxwell

[illegible] 1898 (scratched out)
cl for increase


FREE Pension Office

J L. Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington
Page 76

State of N. York
Hudson May 6th 1845
Sir
Enclosed I send you the appn. of Mrs
Eve Maxwell for an increase of her pension from
the amount She now draws, which is $260 per annum,
for the Revolutionary Services of her late husband
Anthony Maxwell

In 1818 he was pensioned by ye, Dept as
"Captain", at the rate of $240 per annum & he is described
on the pension list in the Secretary's letter of 19th January 1820,
as "Captain" in the "Jersey Line"

I have looked over Anthony Maxwells Statement, on file in our Clerks office made in pursuance
of Act of Congress passed May 1st 1820

In that statement he says he served as 2d Lieut
for one year from 1778 in Malcolms Regiment, & that in 1779
he was appt 1st Lieut, in same Company & Malcolms Regiment
being consolidated with that of Oliver Spencer of the
Jersey Line, which was afterwards commanded by Spencer,
and that he continued in the same until in the fall or
winter of 1781, when he was regularly discharged at
Stoney Point in the State of New York

Mr Maxwell refers to his former statement for
a more specific description of his services,

Mr Maxwell recd. his commutation pay

Mrs Maxwell handed me the Eulord old pay roll
which she testifies she found among her husbands
papers. It shows 4 months service as 1st Lieut in
John Sanfords Company Col Oliver Spencer regt. in
March, April, May & June, the year not stated but
it must have been after March 1st 1779, for the
N. York Rolls show him in Malcolms Regiment in 1776 ┃
1777. 1778 & until March 1779

your attention is particularly called to
this matter, as it is believed Mrs Maxwell is Entitled
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to $320 per annum if no more, and if he served
as Captain, she will be entitled to more.

Whatever she is entitled to I have no doubt
you will give her, when the Evidence of his service is
found by you.

Please attend to this business as
soon as you can conveniently.
Yours truly
Wheeler H. Clarke

Hon.
J.L. Edwards
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress
of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year
to certain widows who have received pensions under the
act of July 7, 1838

State of New York City
& County of New York ⎬ss.

 On this 20th day of
March A D 1843 personally appeared before the
subscriber, a Notary Public duly commissioned and
sworn, dwelling in the City of New York, Eve Maxwell, a resident of the City of New York, aged
66 years, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the prevision
made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d
March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War. That
she is the widow of Anthony Maxwell who was a
Sergeant, Ensign & Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and that she received a pension
under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of Two
Hundred & Sixty Dollars per annum, payable in New York

she further declares that she is the widow

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day & year above written before me
Piene M Irving, Notary Public

Eve Maxwell

I hereby certify that the above deponent is known
to me to be the identical Eve Maxwell described in
her declaration, as Witness my hand & Notarial Seal
Piene M  Irving
Notary Public
Page 79

STATE OF NEW YORK,
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. ss.

I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY, That Piene M Irving before whom the annexed,
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Notary Public
in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of
said Notary thereunto subscribed is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court and County, the
21 day of March
1845
Nathl Jarvis Clerk.
Page 80

Declaration
-
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress
of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to
certain widows who have received pensions under the
Act of July 7. 1838.

State of New York 
City & County of New York ss.

On this sixth day of
April AD 1843 personally appeared before the
Subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds for the City
and County of New York Eve Maxwell a resident
of the City of New York aged sixty six years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843
granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War, That she is the
widow of Anthony Maxwell who was a Sergeant Ensign & Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and that she received a pension under the
Act of July 7. 1838 at the New York City Agency
at the rate of 260 Dollars per annum. She further
declares that she is still a widow.

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above
written before me (the words
"she further declares that she is still
a widow", being added at the end
before such oath & subscription)
Geo. Ireland Jr.
Comm of Deeds

Eve Maxwell

I hereby certify that the above named Eve Maxwell, the deponent, is known to me to be the identical Eve
Maxwell described in her affidavit
Geo. Ireland Jr
Comm of Deeds
Page 81

STATE OF NEW-YORK
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK ss.

I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That George Ireland Jr. before whom the annexed deposition was taken , 
was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds 
in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of
said Commissioner 
thereunto subscribed is genuine

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the
said Court and County, the 13 day of April
1843
Nathl Jarvis
Clerk.
Page 82

State of New York 
City & County of New York ⎬ ss:
On this twenty sixth day of July
A D 1848 before me, Irving Paris, a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths
in and for said City and County, personally appeared Eve Maxwell, a resident of said city, aged
Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary war: That she is the
widow of Anthony Maxwell, who was a Sergeant,
Ensign and Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution,
and that she received a person at the New York City
Pension agency of three Hundred and
Twenty Dollars per annum under the act of 17th
June, 1844.
she further declares that she is still a widow.

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before me
Irving Paris
Commissioner of Deeds

Eve Maxwell

I hereby certify that the above declarant is personally
known to me and that she is the same individual
who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declarations.

Irving Paris
Commissioner of Deeds.
Page 83

STATE OF NEW YORK.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK ss.

I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Irving Paris
before whom the annexed
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner of Deeds 
thereunto
subscribed is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 26 day of July 1848
James Conner Clerk
Page 84

Eve Maxwell
Application under
Act of 1838, 1843
and 1844 for Increase

Wheeler H. Clarke
 Hudson N York
  Agent
Page 85

State of New York
Columbia County ss.
 I, Eve Maxwell
of Hudson in said County a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States, make this application under
acts of Congress passed July 7 1838, 3rd of March
1843 and 17th June 1844, to increase the rate
of the pension I now draw for the Revolutionary
Services of my late husband, Anthony Maxwell
decd

My said husband, Anthony Maxwell, in his life
time drew a pension under act of 1818 of $240
per annum

My said husband served as 2nd Lieutenant &
1st Lieutenant, according to his statement, more than
two years & I make this application for
the purpose of procuring an increase of the pension
I now draw under the acts aforesaid

I draw a pension at the rate of $260
per annum under the aforesaid Acts for
the Revolutionary service of my said late
husband said Anthony Maxwell.

For proof of my said husbands services
reference may be had to his statement & proof
thereof on file in the war Office & to the Records
of the Revolutionary Army & to the old pay roll stub [illegible]
found among my said husbands papers

Sworn to & subscribed before me
this day of (scratched out April) May 1845 by
said Eve Maxwell to me
known to be the same person
above described

Wheeler H. Clarke,
Commissioner of deeds,

Eve Maxwell

I certify that the word May was by me intended? at the time
of the above dispositions being made

Wheeler H. Clarke,
Comm of deeds
Page 86

State of New York
Columbia County ss. 
I, John J. Fraver
Clerk of said County do certify that the
above named Wheeler H. Clarke, on the day
of the date of the foregoing deposition was a
Commissioner of deeds in & for said County
that I
am acquainted with the hand
writing of said Wheeler H. Clarke & know
his name above written to be his hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said County this
6th May 1845
J J Fraver Clerk
Page 87

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans Administration Archives

NAME Maxwell, Cornelius
GRADE  Sergeant
Line  New York

WARRANT
NUMBER
7473
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ACREAGE 100

ISSUED July 22, 1790
to not shown-

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