Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,858, for Jacob Paitsell, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Paitsell, Jacob
Mary
NUMBER
W. 3,858
B. L. Wt. 24982-160-55.
CONTENTS
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32,288.
Virginia
Jacob Paitsell decd. late
of Franklin in the State of Va
who was a Pri- in the Co commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Penna.
line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. & end.g
4 Nov. '40 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb.
1845 and sent to
Henry Northrup
Arrears to the 4th of Present
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by F. S. Swann Clerk,
Payl. to his widow
Mary Paitsell
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150.245 - Act Mar 3 55
May 28 55
Mary Paitsell widow
of Jacob Paitsell [crossed out, pri]
Paitsell, Pri.
Revolutionary
Pensioner
Rev. War
Pa. line
Va. Feby 48 - 3007
Av. 160 Ac May 15/56
[Boynton?]
Thomas Lumpkin
Washington
DC
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No 24 82 iss May 1st/56

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Cir. T. Lumpkin Mar 25/56
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[crossed out, 1832 Retn - Let to P. agt.]
Duplicate pension certificate
also sent to P. Agt.
Reported
Jany 13/49
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Regm 55-150245

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3007
Virginia Richmond
Mary Paitsell
widow of Jacob Paitsell
Penn
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
13 day of Jany 1849
and sent to
Hon W. L Goggin
H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 175 Vol. 3
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Consd. with
Ad on Wid
File #3858

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Jacob Paitsell
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14 Sept. 582
Revolutionary Claims
Under the Act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 May 1828.
Before me Charles Whitely a Justice of the peace for the County of Bedford in the
State of Virginia, personally appeared Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] of the County of Botetourt in
the State of Virginia who exhibited to me a certificate issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury, numbered 875 and dated the seventeenth day of August 1829 setting
forth, that he is entitled to pay, under the above mentioned act as a surviving private
of Infantry in the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the Revolution: and the said
Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] then and there made oath that he is the person named in the said
certificate, and in testimony thereof signed his name to this affidavit
Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell]
Witness my hand, this fourth day of August in the year 1829
Chas. Whitely
Note. The most convenient Branch Bank of the U.S. is at Richmond.
The most convenient post office is at Chambliss Store.
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Note. The most convenient Branch Bank of the U.S. is at Richmond.
The most convenient post office is at Chambliss Store.

14 Sept.  583
Revolutionary Claims
Under the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 May 1828.
Before me Charles Whitely a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bedford in
the State of Virginia personally appeared this day John Clark of the County of
Bedford in the State of Virginia who exhibited to me a certificate issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury numbered 717 and dated the third day of August 1829
setting forth that he is entitled to pay under the above mentioned act, as a surviving
private of Infantry in the Maryland line of the Army of the Revolution; and the
said John Clark then and there made oath that he is the person named in the
said Certificate, and in testimony thereof signed his name to this affidavit
John Clark
Witness my hand this fourth day of September in the year 1829
Chas. Whitely
Note
The most convenient Branch Bank of the U.S. at Richmond
The most convenient Post Office is at Chambliss Store
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State of Virginia
County of Bedford
Samuel Coulter aged 73 years being duly sworn on the holy
Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth & saith that he was an Ensign in Capt. Samuel Works Company of the third Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col.
Thomas Craig on Continental Establishment, deponent further saith, that he enlisted
Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] for during the war in the fall of the year 1777 at Rees Tavern in the County
of Burks in the State of Pennsylvania, deponent further saith that said Paitsil [Paitsell] served
faithfully in said Company & Regiment until this deponent was compelled to leave the
Regiment, by a wound received at Monmouth in the year 1778 or 1779 soon after which
deponent was sent to Virginia with a company of Artificers & was appointed Superintendent
of the United States Laboratory at New London in Bedford County Virginia, that
after being discharged in 1783 as deponent was on his return home he overtook the
aforesaid Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] the identical Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] who now makes application for a
pension, sick near Annapolis from whence he was discharged & on his way home also.
deponent further says that he carried said Paitsel's [Paitsell] napsack and for many years after
had said Paitsels [Paitsell] discharge in his possession which this deponent at the request of
said Paitsil [Paitsell] deposited in the Auditors Office of State of Pennsylvania where this
deponent believes it is now on file forwarded for the purpose of drawing some arrears
of pay supposed to be due to said Paitsil [Paitsell] deponent further saith that he deponent is
now pensioner of the United States & further saith not.
Saml Coulter
The foregoing deposition was this day subscribed & sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County & State witness my hand this 20th day of December 1828.
William Shrewsbury J.P.

I Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] of Botetourt County in the State of Virginia do hereby declare that I enlisted
in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued
in it service until its termination, at which time I was a private in Capt. Samuel
Moors Company in the third Regiment of the Pennsylvania line & I further declare that
I afterwards received certificates for the reward of Eighty dollars, to which I was entitled
under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778. and I further declare that I was
not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the Pension List of the United States witness
my hand this 20th day of December in the year 1828
Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell]

Before me William Shrewsbury a Justice of the Peace in the County of Bedford in the
State of Virginia personally appeared this day Anthony Evans and William Crump of the said
County who did severally make oath that Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] by whom the foregoing declaration
was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the ┃
Revolution in manner therein stated-
Witness my hand this 20 day of December in the year 1828
William Shrewsbury J.P.
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Virginia Bedford Clerk's Office to wit
Gustavus A. Wingfield Deputy Clerk of the County Court of
Bedford, do hereby certify that William Shrewsbury Gent. whose signature appears to the
foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that
full faith and credit are due & of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such
[hand drawn seal] L.S.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed
my official Seal this 19th day of
January 1829.
P. A. Wingfield D. Clk.

Botetourt County Sept 24th 1830
Dear Sir,
I am informed that inquiry has been made of you if there was such
[obscured, a] man as Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] . At the request of Mr. Jordan and of Mr. Paitsil [Paitsell] I inform
you that there is such a man living in my part of the County and I have known him well for many years, and have always heard him spoken of as a Revolutionary soldier
and believe him to have been such, I have also been informed and believe that he
is now upon the pension list of the United States. These statements I authorise, and
wish you to make to the Secretary of the Treasury, as I feel it to be an act of Justice
to Mr. Paitsil [Paitsell]
I am Yours &c.
Thos. Fowler

Chambliss Store Bedford County
Virginia December 28. 1828
Sir,
I have sent my papers to you & if you grant my claim I want you
to send my money to Mr. Samuel Coulter who is one of my old Officers and
is himself a pensioner of the United States & lives near the post office where I
want my papers sent to and any letters that you may send me you will
please to direct it to Mr. Coulter's care at Chambliss Store.
Your friend &c
Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell]

Chambliss Store Bedford County
Virginia September 7, 1829
Dear Sir,
By request of Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] and John Clark I have the honour
to forward to you the Revolutionary papers
With respect &c
Leroy Jordan

Honble. S. D. Ingham
Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Washington City
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11104
Mary Paitsell
Va
Act 7 July 38
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State of Virginia
Franklin County SS.
On this 4th day of May one
thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared
before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County Mrs. Mary Paitsell a resident of said County
aged about seventy nine years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions
certain widows." That she is the widow of Jacob Paitsell
who was a private of the 3d Pennsylvania Regiment
in the war of the Revolution, and was placed on the
pension list under the act of 13th May 1828, on the
23d day of May 1829. that he then drew $240.00 the
amt due from the 4th March 1826 to the 4th March 1829
That about that period her husband the aforesaid Jacob
Paitsell lost his certificate, and being a careless &
somewhat dissipated man; never after to her best
recollection made any application for another or a
new certificate in the place of the one originally
granted to him, and which he lost. so that from
the time above mentioned viz 4th March 1829, he never
to the time of his death received any pay or pension.
that he died on the 4th day of November one thousand Eight
hundred and forty. she further declares she was married
to the above named Jacob Paitsell in the County of
Berkeley Virginia, about the fall of the year
seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight, as well as she can
now remember, that she has no record of her marriage
and does not know whether any record going to show
her marriage can be obtained from the Clerk of the
County above named, but offer in evidence of her marriage
prior to the 1st January 1794, the Record of the ages of her
oldest child (Sarah), [crossed out, which] who was born in June 1790, that the
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Record herewith sent and to which she refers, was made
in the German language by an uncle by the name of
Christian Black, who died many years ago. that it
was made in or about the time of their births, and
has remained in the declarants possession ever since
That her maiden name was Cashman, that she
was not married to her husband the said Jacob Paitsell
prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage
took place previous to the 1st day of January (1794)
seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz about the time
above stated.
her
Mary [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day
and year above mentioned before
me
Patrick Hix J.P.

State of Virginia
Franklin County SS.
Personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County
Martin Paitsell and Harriett Paitsell persons well known
to me, and who I hereby certify to be witnesses of credibility
who being each duly sworn according to law doth
on their oath say that they have been long and intimately
acquainted with Mrs. Mary Paitsell who signed the
foregoing declaration in their presence, and that they
have ever since the death of her husband the above
named Jacob Paitsell, which took place about or
on the 4th day of November 1840 known her a his
widow, she never having married since his death
his
Martin [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
her
Harriett [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 4th day of May 1844
Patrick Hix J. P.
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State of Virginia
Franklin County  S.S.
I Patrick Hix.
a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County do hereby certify that Mrs May Paitsell
who signed the foregoing declaration before me is from
extreme age and bodily weakness and infirmity physically
unable to attend in open Court to make her declaration
therefore I as a Justice of the Peace in &c. waited on her
in person and took her declaration as appears preceeding.
This I further certify that I have been for many
years well acquainted with the above named Mary Paitsell
and know her to be the widow of Jacob Paitsell,
I further certify that the accompanying record which is
refered to in her declaration, and on which Martin
Paitsell has given his deposition which is certified
by me was cut from a Book printed in the German
language, and which seems to have been printed in
the year 1784, as those figures are at the bottom
of the title page. Given under my hand this 4th
day of May 1844
Patrick Hix J. P.

Virginia - At a Court held for Franklin County at the Courthouse
on the 6th day of June 1844
The foregoing Declaration of Mary Paitsell, taken
before Patrick Hix a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, was presented in open Court, and sanctioned, and
ordered to be certified to the Commissioner of Pensions, together
with the document hereunto annexed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of Office
10th day of June in the year 1844
M G. Casper Clerk of the Court of
Franklin County.
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State of Virginia
Franklin County ss.
On this 4th day of May
one thousand eight hundred and forty for personally
appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and
for said County [crossed out, John] Martin Paitsell who I hereby certify
to be a witness of credibility, who being sworn
according to law says that he is a son of
Jacob & Mary Paitsell, that he remembers the
Book from which this record was taken to have
been in the family from the time of his earliest
recollection to the present time, a space
of some thirty years, and that it has been
regarded as a true record of the ages of the children,
who names are hereon registered and have
been from his earliest recollection
his
Martin [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn & Subscribed the day and date
above written before me
Patrick Hix J. P.
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Jon Jafar Loith 1793
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La Paitsel
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Licenic Rand
Jacob Paitsell for marriage 
with Mary Hickman
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Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Bassel and
Peter Myers are held and firmly bound unto Beverly Randolph
Esq Governor of Virginia in the first and full sum
of fifty pounds current money to be paid to the said Governor
or his successor to the which payment well and
truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs &c. Jointly &
severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals &
dated this eighth day of December 1790.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas
there is a marriage suddenly intended to be solemnized
between the above bound Jacob Bassell and Mary Kershman
both of this County, Now if there should be no just cause to
obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be void
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
his
Jacob [mark, X] Bassell [hand drawn seal]
mark
Peter Myers [hand drawn seal]
Sealed & signed
in presence of
Leakin D. Peddicoard

Berkeley County Set
I, Harrison Waite Clerk of the County Court of
Berkeley County in Virginia do hereby certify that the
above is a true copy of the marriage license bond of
Jacob Bassell for his marriage with Mary Kershman
on file in my office, and I further certify, that said
bond is the only evidence to be found in the office, in
relation to the marriage of said parties
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed
my official seal at Martinsburg in the
County of Berkeley Virginia, this 24th
day of June 1844 and 68th year of our foundation.
Harrison Waite C.Bk.
Fee 73 cts.
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State of Virginia
County of Franklin SS
On this 5, day of May 1853 personally
appeared before me, the subscriber a Justice of
the peace within and for the County and State
aforesaid (duly) authorized by law to administer
Oaths) Mary Paitsel [Paitsell] aged 90 years a resident of
the County & State aforesaid who being duly
Sworn according to law declares that she is the
Widow of Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell] decd who was a private
in the company commanded by
Captain [blank]
the Revolutionary War commanded
by Col. [blank] in the
War with Great Brittain declared the
[blank] that her said husband,
entered the service of the United States
at
on or about the day of 17 [blank]
for the Term of [blank]
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the Bounty land to which she may
be entitled under the act approved March 3rd day
1855 Never having received Bounty Land under
this or any other act or made any other
application for Bounty Land except the present
for the particulars of her said husbands service
and for proff [proof] she now refers to the following
Certificate
War Department
Widows Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the act of
February 2nd 1848,
1
Mary Paitsel [Paitsell]
Widow of Jacob Paitsel [Paitsell]
who was a private in the Revolutionary War
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is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of
eighty Dollars per annum commencing on
the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life
unless she should again marry in which case
the pension is not payable after the time of
such Marriage
Given at the War office of the United
States this 13th January
one thousand eight hundred and
forty Nine
W. S. Marcey
Secretary of War
[hand drawn seal]
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

She hereby authorizes Thos Lumpkin of Washington mark
City D.C. to receive her warrant.
mark
Mary [mark, X] Paitsel [Paitsell]
her
[hand drawn seal]

Affidavit of Two Witnesses
Personally came the two whose names
are hereunto subscribed residents of the County
of Franklin in the State of Virginia who upon
Oath declare that they are personally well acquanted
with Mrs Mary Paitsel [Paitsell] and saw her
make her mark to the foregoing Declaration
that they know her to be the identical person
therein represented and that she is now a
Widow and that we have no interest in this claim
Harriet Paitsil [Paitsell] [hand drawn seal]
Eliza Ann. Paitsil [Paitsell] [hand drawn seal]

Magistrates Certificate
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 day
of May 1855 and I certify that I believe
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the claimant to be the Identical person she
Represents herself to be that the Witnesses are
Credible persons and that I have no Interest
in this Claim
R. Bush, J. P.

State of Virginia
County of Franklin To Wit:
I Robert A. Scott Clerk of the County Court in
and for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Robert Bush whose genuine signature appears
above, is and was, at the time of signing the same
a Justice of the peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified,
that all his official acts as such are entitled to full
faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the said Court this 17" day of
May A.D. 1855
Ro. A. Scott Clk

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No. 245
No 545
Mary Paitsel [Paitsell]
Revolution
Act 3rd March 1855

Filed by
[illegible]
Washington D C
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3858
Mary Paitsell
Wid.
Jacob Paitsell
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2nd/48
Index:- Vol. M., Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9051
Virginia
Mary Paitsell,
widow of Jacob Paitsell,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 4 Nov. 1840,
of Franklin in the State of Va
who was a Pri, in the Com
commanded by Captain [blank] of the
[blank] commanded by [blank] in
the Penna. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of [crossed out, March, 1836.] Novem. 1840.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of
February '45 and sent to
[St?] Northrup
Present
Total amount, $[blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 277
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24982
Nov [illegible]
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Mary Paitsell
widow of Jacob
Paitsell, private
Pennsylvania line
Act 7 July 1838 No. 11.104
" 3 March 43 No. [illegible]
" 17 June 1844 No. 417
$80 per ann
to commence [crossed out, 4 March '36]
when he died
married in 1790
husband died 4 Nov. 1840
Va. roll
Send cert: to H. Northup
Present
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No. 35956
Jacob Paitsell, dec
Private Soldier
Penna. line
2 years from 1777 to 1779
$80 per ann. from 4"
March 1831 to 4 November
1840, when he
died, payable to his widow
Mary Paitsell, under
act 7 June 1832.
Virginia Roll
Send cert to
Henry Northup,
Present.
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[left page]
3 Certs
1 act '32
1 " '38
1 embracing '43 & '44
Reported,

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6663.
Richmond
Virginia
Mary Paitsell,
widow of Jacob Paitsell,
who was a Private,
in the Penn. Line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
19 day of February 1845
and sent to
Henry Northrup
Prest.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 145
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No. of [illegible] present 966
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 29 January 1829.
Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] of [blank] in the County of
Botetourt in the State of Virginia, has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain
Moor's company, in Col Craig's regiment of the Pennsylvania
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd February 1829
[this paragraph appears to be crossed out, It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] in the [blank]]
It further appears that Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] is not now on the pension
list of [crossed out, the] any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March
1826 [crossed out, at the rate of] [blank] [crossed out, dollars per month.]
The name of Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell], cannot
be found among those of the Pennsylvania
line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of
Eighty Dollars, were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud
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War Department
County Land Office
7 May 1829
The records of this Office do not shew
that Jacob Paitsil [Paitsell] of the Penna line ever
received or is entitled to bounty land of the
W. States
Robert Taylor
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Act 1828
N 966
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State of Virginia
Franklin County S.S.
On this 30th day of November
one thousand eight hundred and forty-four personally appeared
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County Mrs. Mary Paitsell a resident of the County
aforesaid aged about seventy nine years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed 17th June 1844 (or the act passed 30th
April 1844) allowing pensions to certain widows:-
That she is the widow of Jacob Paitsell who was a
soldier in the war of the Revolution of the 3d
Pennsylvania regiment, and a pensioner of the
United States under the act of Congress of 15th May
1828. That she is unable to enumerate his services
more particularly and relies upon the Justice of the
Commissioner of Pensions to allow her such pension
as she may be entitled to by virtue of the services
rendered by her deceased husband the above named
Jacob Paitsell. She further declares she was married
to the said Jacob Paitsell in Martinsburg in the County
of Berkeley State of Virginia in the fall or winter
of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety
and she further states that in explanation as to
the family record which accompanied her former
declaration if it is necessary to obtain her rights
that she should make acknowledgements, she frankly
acknowledges an intercourse with Jacob Paitsell
before he became her husband, which she hopes
will be deemed sufficient to explain any discrepancy
which may appear between the record and her
marriage bond. That she did not deem it proper
to make this disclosure before, as in either event
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she thought it would prove that she was married
prior to the first day of January 1794. That her
maiden name was Cashman. She further
declares that her husband the aforesaid Jacob
Paitsell died on the 4th day of November one
thousand eight hundred and forty. That she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service
but the marriage took place previous to the first day
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz
about the time as above stated
her
Mary [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year above written
Before me
John S. Hale J.P.

State of Virginia
Franklin County SS
Personally appeared before me
the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County Martin Paitsell and
Harriet Paitsell persons well known to me and
who I hereby certify to be witnesses of credibility who being
each duly sworn according to law say - That they
have been long personally acquainted with Mary
Paitsell, who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence
and that they have known her as having been the wife
of Jacob Paitsell, who was reputed to have been a
soldier in the army of the revolution, and who died
about the time stated in the foregoing declaration. that the
said Mary Paitsell is now a widow and has remained
such since the death of her husband the said Jacob
Paitsell and further they say not.
his
Martin [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
her
Harriet [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 30th day of November
1844
John S. Hale J. P.
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State of Virginia
Franklin County ss
I John S. Hale a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County do hereby
certify that Mrs Mary Paitsell who signed the
foregoing declaration before me is from old
age, distance from the Court house & physically
unable to attend in open Court to make her
declaration, Therefore I as a Justice of the Peace
and one of the Judges of the County Court of Franklin
aforesaid, waited on her in person and took her
declaration as appears preceeding this certified
by me this 30th day of November one thousand
Eight hundred and forty-four.
John S. Hale J. Peace

Virginia: At a Court held for Franklin County at the Courthouse the
2nd day of December 1844.
The foregoing Declaration of Mary Paitsell taken before
John S. Hale Esqr a Justice of the peace in and for the said
County, were exhibited into the said Court, and examined and
sanctioned by the Court and ordered to be certified in due form
to the War Department of the United States.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court and of my office, this 7th day
of December in the year 1844.
M. G. Casper Clerk of the Court of
Franklin County.
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[illegible] 23d 44
Mary Paitsell
Va. 38
No. 11104 recd 23 June 44
ansd. 8 Oct. 1844
H. Northrup
Prest.

[vertical]
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Present
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Washington City 23rd of Septr 1844
Sir
On the 25th June last now wanting two days only of three
months I enclosed to you the papers of the widdow of Jacob Paitsill [Paitsell]
not hearing anything relative to this claim I wrote you on the
7th of August relative to it, Still not hearing I wrote again
on the 6th instant but as yet not one word is heard relative
to the claim. This [sin?] is peculiarly hard inasmuch as Claims of
this character presented by the same individual I surely
expected would each be reached and reported on in [illegible] yet [since?]
the claim of Mrs McDowell was enclosed by me to you on the 16th
of July 21 days after that of Mrs Paitsill [Paitsell] and on the 4th inst 19
days ago I am advised by the Acting Commissioner of the allowance
of Mrs McDowells Claim and that although it was sent you
by me that he the acting commissioner should send the Certificate
elsewhere. Also in the same letter the acting comminr returned a
memorandum relative to the claim of Nicholas Lang with the
remark that I could not ask a readjustment that it was necessary
for Lang himself so to do, when Lang himself had done so and
such application was on the files. Such is the letter of the acting
commissioner. Thus assuming a new and unheard of [illeg-
ible]. I refer you to his letter of 4th August
I am continually inquired of relative to Paitsills [Paitsell's] case now with
you since 25 June past and can give no answer
Yours Respecty
Henry Northrup
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James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
Present

[postmark]
WASHINGTON CITY
OCT 27

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Oct 28 '44
Mrs Paitsel [Paitsell]
Oct 8 in
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Washington City 20th Octr 1844
SirIn yours of the 8th instant you state that Mrs
Paitsill [Paitsell] must assert her claim to her husbands pension
under the act of 7th June 1832. [illegible] is there any necessity
of making out a declaration for to get this money
will not the present declaration answer all the purposes for
commencing the pension on 4th March 1831
And also you say by the act of 30th of April last her pension
will commence from the death of her husband. the [impression?]
is that there was no new declaration wanted only
that her pension would commence from the death of her
husband instead of 4th of March 1836. Will you sir therefore
cause this pension certificate to be issued
I [remain?] sir Yours Respecty
Henry Northrup
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Present

[vertical notes]
Feb 17 45
Cer
Mary Paitsel [Paitsell]
Va.
H. Northrup
Prest
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Washington City 17th of Feby 1845
Sir
Enclosed is Mrs Paitsils [Paitsell's] second declaration in which she
explains the discrepancy between the birth & Marriage the
woman being thus required to promulgate her own shame
although the certificate of License Bond was produced which
should surely have been sufficient whether children were
previously born or not. In your letter of the 8th of
October last you say "he was intitled to a pension under the
Act of 7th of June 1832, and it is competent for his widdow
to assist his claim"
I know not the nature of the declaration in the widdows former
applications but at that time you made no objection
other than required an explanation relative to the discrepancy
in the record of Birth & License bond
I therefore all is now perfect and have to ask of you to
take up this womans claim for the amount of Pension
due in right of her husband from 4th of March 1831 to the
4th Nov 1840. and a Pension in her own right as the
widdow of the said Jacob Paitsill [Paitsell] as early as practicable
and oblige Sir
Yours Respectfully
Henry Northrup
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James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Present

[vertical note]
June 26 44
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Washington City 25th of June 44
Sir
Enclosed is the License Bond of Jacob Paitsill [Paitsell] Or Backill
and Margaret [Threshman?].
The Declaration of Mary Paitsill [Paitsell] for Pension was filed with
you by my [son?] on the 20th Inst.
I have to request that this license bond may be filed with
the same as further evidence of Marriage
Yours Respectfully
Henry Northrup
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James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Present

[vertical notes]
11104 June 21 1844
On
Va.
Mary Paitsell
7 May 1838

[circled] 1828
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Washington City 22d of June 1844
Washington City 20th of June 1844
Sir Enclosed is the declaration of May Paitsill [Paitsell] widdow of Jacob
Paitsill [Paitsell] a Revolutionary soldier and Pensioner Claiming the
benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 and its subssequent
amendments and resolutions passed since that day one of
which is that the pension shall commence with the date of the
death of her husband which is here represented to have taken
place on the 4th of Novr 1844. By refer to the Marshalls [return?]
for Franklin County [gathered?] during the summer of 1844 Jacob
Paitsill [Paitsell] will there be found as a Pensioner with the note that
he had lost his Pension Certificate
On the Pension list published in 1836, is the name of Jacob
Paitsill [Paitsell] then of Bottetourt [Botetourt] (an adjoining County) as a Pensioner
under the act of 15th of May 1828 at the rate of $80 per year. As a
private of the 3rd Pa. Regt with the amount of Pension then
drawn to 3rd of March 1829 $240. since whence he does not appear
to have drawn any further pension neither does the [illegible] of remarks
contain any remark in this case as is used in cases of [such?]
revisions &c. with the fact of his being living in the summer of 1841
the conclusion is verry natural that he has lost his pension Certificate
and never applied for new one or drew any pension after
the 4th March 1829. The Records and Laws on which Jacob
Paitsill [Paitsell] was placed on the pension list under the act of 15th of May
1828 will doubtless furnish the necessary evidence in support of this
claim as to rank service regt Caps &c and the family record as
to the Births of children will [illegible] be satisfactory evidence
of Marriage however it is probable there may be the [illegible] on
file at Martinsburg which will be sent for, there being and then
Marriage in that county to send for to wit the mariage of Capt Jacob
Gill whose papers now before you for Bounty Land. the
Pension papers being parties have been sent back to thy [illegible]
[illegible]
Will you sir cause this case to be taken up as early as practicable
also give me the necessary advice of the course to be taken to draw
the pension due her Husband from the 4th March 1829 to the 4th
of November 1840 the day on which he died and oblige sir yours Respy
Henry Northrup
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Paa
6663
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State of Virginia.
On the 18 day of October 1848, before me Moses G Booth
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin in the said State, personally
appeared Mary Paitsell a resident of the said County, aged Eighty odd
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 Jacob Paitsell, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution,
and that under the Act of Congress of the 17 June 1844, she received a pension
at the rate of eighty dollars per annum.
she further declares that she is still a widow
her
Mary [mark, X] Paitsell
mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
In presence of
John S. Hale
J. E. Calhoun
Before me
M G Booth J. Peace

I certify that Mary Paitsell the Declarant above named, is personally known
to me.
M G Booth J. Peace

State of Virginia, Franklin County, to wit;
I Moses G. Casper Clerk of the County Court of the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Moses G. Booth is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that he is legally
authorized to act as such, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his,
are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said Court,
this 20 day of October one thousand eight
hundred and forty eight.
M. G. Casper Clerk of the Court of
Franklin County.
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(Copy) Pension Office October 8, 1844
Sir
In the case of Mary Paitsell the alledged date of the
Marriage is duly verified by a certified copy of the Marriage
Bond from the Clerks office of Berkeley County Virginia
By [reference?] to her Husbands papers it appears that he was improperly
allowed a pension under the act of the 15th of May 1828, as the records in
this office show that he was not a "woman" in service at the end of the
War. He neither received the gratuity or Bounty land of a "war man"
man is returned as intitled. He was entitled to a pension under the
act of 7th June 1832 and it is competent for his widdow to assist
his claim. By the act of 30th April last her pension will commence
from the death of her husband
I am respectfully your Obt servant
J L Edwards

Again Pension Office October 20th 1844
Sir In answer to your letter of respecting the case of Mary
Paitsill [Paitsell] widdow of Jacob Paitsill [Paitsell] I have to inform you that I cannot
issue a certificate for her under the act of June 7th 1832 without a declaration
as required by my letter of the 8th Instant, nor can I allow the
claim under the act of July 7th 1838 unless she will produce more
sattisfactory proof as to the period when the mariage took place, the information as to the time of the commencement of the pension which
was given in my letter of the 8th inst upon the supposition that the
proof required would be furnished was not intended as any more
than to apprise the widdow as to what she was to expect in case her
claim should be established. The Marriage Bond was given on
the 8th of December 1790 as appears by the Certificate of the Clerk of
Berkeley County Virginia and the papers purporting to be a family
Record States that her oldest child Sarah was born in June 1790
This discrepancy renders a satisfactory explanation necessary
I am Respectfully your obdt servant
J L Edwards

Washington City 15th of November 1844
Sir above is your two letters relative to the claims of Mrs Mary
Paitsill [Paitsell] to which I would respectfully call your attention and to say if
there is not just cause of Complaint. In your first letter you say
"the alledged date of the marriage is duly verified by a Certified copy of
the mariage Bond" &c could more be required than here admitted
by you yet in your letter of 28th of October you say "the Marriage Bond
was given on the 5th of December 1790 as appears by the Certificate of the Clerk of Berkeley County Virginia and the paper purporting to be a family
record states that his oldest child Sarah was born in June 1790 this 
discrepancy renders a satisfactory explanation necessary" thus on the 8th
October when each & every particle of evidence was then before you the
evidence was satisfactory and the "alledged of Marriage was verified"
yet on the 28th of the same month with those same papers previously
satisfactory new evidence and explanations are required
Why is this course of evasion and [hearing?] evidence piece by piece
pursued if the papers were satisfactory on 8th October the same papers
should surely have been so on the 28th October. Surely the declaration
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of the widdow and that of witnesses knowing the parties together with
the Certificate of License Bond should have been sufficient to satisfy
the most scrupulous. admit for argument sake this discrepancy
does it in a lapse or manual weaken the case any or all the widdow
shows the Marriage to have been before 1794 then how or in what way
does it injure the claim But further it is alledged that Sarah was
born in June 1790 how I would respectfully ask if you have not
known of women having children and never having married or of
men and women being together and having children before mariage or never
marying and may not such an [illegible] have taken place here and
can it be possibility affect this case whether a child was born before or
after Marriage especially when "the alledged date of the mariage is duly
verified" surely under these considerations this claim should be attend
without for their requisitions upon the widdow
yours respectfully
Henry Northrup

[upside down]
James L Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Present

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Nov 16 '44
Mrs. Paitsel [Paitsell]
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Washington DC
May 28th 1855
Sir,
I herewith enclose the
following declaration for
land under Act of 3rd March,
1853.
Viz. No 1 Jacob Oyler, Va
2 Adam Wray, "
3 Bayly Martin, "
4 Mary Paitsel [Paitsell], "
Respectfully
Th. Lumpkin

Hon L. P. Waldo,
Commr of Pension
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Washington
May 10th 56
Sir,
Mary Paitsel [Paitsell] a Revy.
pensioner from Va. an
applicant for Bounty land
Act March 1855, suspended,
No 150,245, earnestly
asks for the allowance
of her claim. [?]
evidence us now
admissible
Respy
Th. Lumpkin
Hon
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Palatine, Cash
(Pallintine)
GRADE Sergeant
LINE Connecticut
In pencil only
WARRANT NUMBER 6331
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Aug. 7, 1789
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.