Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,137, for Titus Mershon, New Jersey
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SERVICE                                                   NUMBER

New Jersey      Mershon, Titus              W. 10,137
                          Hubbard, Elizabeth
                                           (Former Widow)
Married William [with arrow pointing to Hubbard]
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SEPT 4 1866 --140.00 IN DEC 1867 & IN NOV 1869 FROM JUL7 27 1868 TO SEPT 4, 1869 -- $105.87 HAVING [ILLEGIBLE] FROM SEPT 4.1866 TO JULY 26. 1868 AT $20.00  [ILLEGIBLE] 1872 [ILLEGIBLE] SHOW HIS ROLL STANDS AS TO PAYT MADE & THAT ARE UNPAID
1873 JANY  PEN. AGT TO PAY ABOVE UNPAID PORTIONS OF HER PENSION
1887 AUG PEN AGT REPORTS [ILLEGIBLE] TO MARCH 4. 1886 & [ILLEGIBLE] IN RUTLAND, NELSON CO KY (THEN AGED 88 YRS)
DATE OF DEATH NOT ON (REMAINDER OF LEFT SIDE OF PAGE IS TORN OFF)

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INCREASE NO. 6621
KENTUCKY
ELIZABETH HUBBARD (FORMER0 WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON WHO SERVED INTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS A PRIVATE N.J.
LOUISVILLE AGENCY. RATE 96 DOLLARS 00 CENTS PER ANNUM COMMENCING JULY 27. 1868
[ILLEGIBLE]
CERTIFICATE DATED JUNE 11. 1869
AND SENT TO FITCH AND FOX
PRESENT
RECORDED ON ROLL OF PENSIONERS UNDER ACT FEBRUARY 3, 1853, PAGE 131  VOL. II
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KENTUCKY 29.908.
TITUS MERSON
LAUREL CO IN THE STATE OF KEN. 
WAS A PRIVATE INTHE COMPANY COMMANDED 
CAPTAIN PHILIPS OF THE REGT COMMANDED
COL PHILIPS IN THE N. JERSEY [illegible} FOR 6 MOS & 6 DAYS.

INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF KENTUCKY OF THE RATE OF 20 DOLLARS 66 CENTS PER ANNUM TO COMMENCE ON THE 4TH DAY OF MARCH 1831.
CERTIFICATE OF PENSIOIN ISSUED THE 17 DAY OF APRIL 1835 AND SENT TO JOHN A MOORE MT VERNON, KEN.
ARREARS TO THE 4TH OF MARCH 1835 $82.66
SEMI-ANL. ALLOWANCE ENDING 4 SEPT (1835)  $10.00
$92.66
[REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM, ACT JUNE 7, 1832]
RECORDED BY WM S ALLISON
BOOK 6.2 VOL. 7 PAGE 34

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LET. TO E. SMITH JUNE 15. 1842.
11 APRIL 1841

1.38107
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT THAT [ILLEGIBLE] TITUS MERSHON  & JESSE MOORE ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE SUM OF FIFTY POUND LAWFUL MONEY FOR WHICH PAYMENT WELL AND TRULY TO BE MADE WE BIND OURSELVES OUR HEIRS & [ ] JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY BY THOSE PRESENT WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1832
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT THEIRS IS A MARRIAGE SHORTLY TO BE SOLEMNISED BETWEEN TITUS MERSHON & ELIZABETH DAVIS NOW SHOULD THERE BE NO LAWFUL CAUSE TO OBSTRUCT SAID MARRIAGE THEN THE ABOVE OBLIGATION TO BE VOID OTHERWISE TO REMAIN IN FULL FORCE.
TITUS MERSHON (HAND WRITTEN SEAL)
JESSE MOORE (HAND WRITTEN SEAL)

LAUREL COUNTY 
TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CELEBRAGE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY THESE ARE TO LICENSE YOU TO JOIN IN MARRIAGE TITUS MERSHON & ELIZABETH DAVIS BOTH BEING OF LAWFUL AGE AND THE SAID MERSHON HAVING ENTERED INTO BOND WITH SECURITY AS THE LAW DIRECTS 
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1832
LOT PITMAN CLERK
UPON WHICH IS HE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENT I DO CERTIFY THAT THE WITHIN NAMES HATH BEEN JOINED IN MATRIMONY LAWFULLY BY ME THIS 16TH MARCH 1832
THOS ROBINSON
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A TRUE COPY OF A MARRIAGE BOND AND LICENSE WHICH ARE UPON IN MY OFFICE
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT THIS 14TH DAY OF MAY 1855
C.B. FARIS CLERK
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF CLAY} SS
ON THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE THE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLAY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY THE SAID COURT BEING OPEN AND IN SESSION ELIZABETH HUBBARD (NOW CALLED IN CONSEQUENCE OF HER MARRIAGE TO WM HUBBARD DECEASED) LATE ELIZABETH MERSHON, A RESIDENT OF CLAY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AGED FIFTY EIGHT YEARS OLD THE 4TH DAY OF THIS MONTH WHO BEING FIRST DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW DID[ ILLEGIBLE] AN OATH AND UNDER OATH MAKES THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFITS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED ON THE 3RD FEBRUARY 1853 GRANTING PENSIONS TO WIDOWS OF SOLDIERS WHO SERVED DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THAT SHE IS THE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON DECEASED WHO WAS A PRIVATE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS WELL AS SHE NOW RECOLLECTS THAT IS IF HE HELD AN OFFICE SHE HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF HEARING HIM SAY SO, NOR DOES SHE NOW RECOLLECT OF HEARING HER SAID HUSBAND SAY WHO HIS OFFICERS WERE IN THE SAID WAR NOR  DOES SHE NOW RECOLLECT HOW LONG THE SAID TITUS MERSHON SERVED IN SAID WAR NOR WHEN HE ENTERED THE SERVICE NOR WHEN HE LEFT IT, NOR WHERE HE RESIDED WHEN HE ENTERED THE SERVICE NOR WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED AT, BUT FOR PROOF OF THESE THINGS SHE REFERS TO THE PAPERS ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER WHICH HER SAID FORMER HUSBAND TITUS MERSHON DREW A PENSION. SHE FURTHER STATES THAT SHE HAS
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NOT IN HER POSSESSION THE CERTIFICATE OF HER HUSBAND TITUS MERSHON NOR DOES SHE KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT THAT HE DREW HIS PENSION AT LEXINGTON KENTUCKY, AND WAS A PENSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES BUT DOES NOT NOW KNOW THE AMOUNT HE DREW.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE SAID TITUS MERSHON ON THE 16 DAY OF MARCH 1832, AND THAT HER SAID FORMER HUSBAND TITUS MERSHON DIES IN LAUREL COUNTY KY. ABOUT THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 1841 AS SHE NOW RECOLLECTS, SHE STATES THAT SHE WAS AFTERWARDS [ILLEGIBLE] ON OR ABOUT THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER 1845 MARRIED TO W HUBBARD DECEASED AND ABOUTH THE 2ND DAY OF [ILLEGIBLE] 1858 HER SAID HUSBAND WM HUBBARD DIED IN CLAY COUNTY KY. SHE STATES SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED THREE TIMES AND THAT HER FIRST HUSBAND WILLIAM JARVIS DIED IN TENNESSEE, AND THAT HER NAME BEFORE HER SAID FIRST MARRIAGE WAS ELIZABTH HUGHS, SHE FURTHER STATES THAT THE REASON SHE HAS NOT MADE APPLICATION FOR A PENSION BEFORE NOW IS THAT SHE EMPLOYED J NEWCUM WHO LIVES A LONG WAYS OFF AND NEVER CAME TO FIX IT UP BUT PROMISED HER FROM TIME TO TIME THAT HE WOULD, AND SHE STILL DEPENDED ON HIM.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES THAT SHE IS NOW A WIDOW AND THE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON DECEASED.
ELISABETH HUBBARD (HER MARK X)
FORMER ELISABETH MERSHON SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED IN MY PRESENCE BY THE SAID ELIZABETH HUBBARD FORMERLY ELISABETH MERSHON BY MAKING HER MARK THE 14TH DAY OF APRIL 1856
W WOODCOCK CLK
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RESULT TO
JOHN A MOORE
MT VERNON
ROCKCASTLE CO
KY
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
LAUREL COUNTY } SET
ON THIS 5TH DAY OF OCT 1834 BEFORE THE JUSTICES OF THE LAUREL COUNTY COURT PERSONALLY APPEARED TITUS MERSHON A RESIDENT OF SAID COUNTY AGED 78 YEAR PAST WHO BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW UPON HIS OATH MADE THE FOLOWING DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JUNE 7 1832.
HE STATES THAT HE WAS CALLED OUT AS A MILITIA MAN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY IN THE YEAR 1776 ABOUT THE FIRST OF NOVR. AS HE BELIEVES HIS CAPT. PHILIP PHILIPS, COL JOSEPH PHILIPS, MAJOR BREARLY, ENSIGN ASHER MERSON THEY RENDEZVOUSED IN MAIDENHEAD TOWNSHIP HUNTERDON CO. NEW JERSEY, AND MARCHED TO PRINCETON WHERE WE MET OUR ARMY RETREATING  WE THEN MARCHED BACK TO MAIDENHEAD AND THOSE OF US WHO HAD FAMILIES WERE PERMITTED TO RETURN HOME TO MOVE THEIR FAMILIES AND PROPERTY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ENEMY & THOSE WHO HAD NO FAMILIES
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WERE DIRECTED TO MARCH TO THE DELAWARE RIVER AT TRENTON. HE WAS THEN PLACED UNDER A CAPT. MCPHERSON. THEY CROSSED THE DELAWARE AND LAY OPPOSITE TRENTON, IN PENNSYLVANIA, UNTIL CHRISTMAS NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ORDERED TO RECROSS THE DELAWARE TO TRENTON, WHICH WAS DONE BY CROSSING AT SEVERAL PLACES, HE CROSSED WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON. HE HAD A BATTLE TOOK THE TOWN & TOOK OVER A THOUSAND HESSIANS PRISONERS. IN A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS THE BRITISH CAME ON TO TRENTON AND WE FOUGHT THEM ACROSS THE BRIDGES AND THAT NIGHT WE SENT TO PRINCETON AND THE NEXT MORNING WE HAD AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BRITISH AND IN THE BATTLE HE GOT HIS SHOULDER BROKE WITH BUT OF A MUSKET, AND SECURED A SEVERE WOUND IN THE THIGH BY A BAYONET, HE WAS DISCHARGED SOME TIME IN JANUARY 1777
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HAVING BEEN IN ACTUAL SERVICE, HIS TOUR NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
INTHE FOLLOWING SPRING HE WAS CALLED OUT AGAIN AND WENT UNDER THE SAME FIRST NAMED MILITIA OFFICERS, FIRST CAPT & COL. PHILIPS & ENSIGN MERSHON AND WAS STATIONED AT AMBOY & BRUNSWICK AS A GUARD APORT OF THE TIME HE WAS AT BRUNSWICK APORT OF THE TIME, APORT AT AMBOY JUST AS OCCASIONS MIGHT REQUIRE FROM THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY THIS SERVICE WAS NOT LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. IN THE SUMMER OF THE YEAR 1778 AS HE BELIEVES HE WAS CALLED OUT BY THE AFSD OFFICERS, AND MARCHED TO MONMOUTH & PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENL LEE HE WAS THIS TIME IN ACTUAL SERVICE NOT
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LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, IN THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR 1778 HE WAS CALLED BY HIS SAME SAID OFFICERS AND STATIONED AT BRUNSWICK AND AMBOY AS A GUARD TO PREVENT THE BRITISH FORCES AND SERVED NOT LESS THAN 4 WEEKS AND RETURNED HOME & DIRECTLY CALLED OUT AGAIN & SERVED NOT LESS THAN 4 WEEKS IN THE SAME KIND OF SERVICE UNDER THE SAME OFFICERS & AT THE SAME PLACE, AND IN THE YEAR 1779 HE WAS CALLED TO THE SAME KIND OF SERVICE AT THE SAME PLACE & SERVED UNDER THE SAME OFFICERS NOT LESS THAN 4 WEEKS. INTHE YEAR 1780 HE WAS CALLED OUT AGAIN AND SERVED UNDER THE SAME OFFICERS AS A GUARD AT BRUNSWICK TO KEEP THE BRITISH FROM LANDING AND WAS IN SERVICE NOT LESS THAN 4 WEEKS
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HE WAS IN ACTUAL SERVICE A GREAT DEAL MORE THEN HE CAN GIVE A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF. HE WAS NEVER FREE FROM SOME KIND OF SERVICE EITHER OUT OR AT HOME IN READINESS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE WAR
IN ANSR. TO INTEROGATORY PREPARED BY THE COURT HE SAYS HE WAS BORN IN HUNTERDON CO. NEW JERSEY IN THE YEAR 1756. HE HAS NOT RECORD OF HIS AGE,  HE NEVER RECD. A WRITTEN DISCHARGE, HIS SERVICE WAS ALL MILITIA. HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH WASHINGTON, GEN LAYFEYETTE [LAFAYETTE] & OTHERS. AFTER THE WAR HE MOVED TO MORGANTOWN MD AND FROM THERE TO KENTUCKY WHERE HE NOW LIVES. HE KNOWS OF NO PERSON LIVING BY WHOM HE CAN PROVE HIS SERVICE.HE REFERS TO JAMES P. CARPENTER ESQR. AND THE {PAGE TORN-ILLEGIBLE WORDS} THOMS. ROBERTSON WHO CAN TESTIFY AS TO HIS CHARACTER & SERVICES, HE HEREBY RELINQUINSHES ALL CLAIM TO A PENSION OR ANNUITY EXCEPT THE PRESENT AND DECLARS THAT HIS NAME IS NOT ON THE ROLL OF THE
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AGENCY OF ANY STATE WHATEVER SWORN & SUBSCRIBED THE DAY & YEAR AFRD. 
TITUS MERSHON

JAMES P. CARPENTER ESQR. CAME INTO COURT & TESTIFIED UPON OATH THAT HE HAD BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH APPLICANT MORE THAN 20 YEARS & HE HAD NO DOUBLT OF HIS STATEMENTS IN THE FOREGOING DECLARATION THAT HE HAD HEARD HIM RELATE THE SAID SERVICES 20 YEARS AGO & OFTEN SINCE AND HE ALWAYS MADE ABOUT THE SAME STATEMENT & THAT HE IS A MORAL MAN, & THAT IT IS REPORTED & BELIEVED IN HIS NEIGHBOR  AND THAT HE WAS A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION.
AND AFTERWARDS THOMAS ROBINSON A CLERGY MAN LIVING IN SAID COUNTY CAME INTO COURT & TESTIFIED UPON OATH THAT HE HAD BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH THE APPLICANT FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS, THAT AT HIS FIRST ACQU
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(ACQU)AINTANCE HE HEARD HIM MAKE ABOUT THE SAME STATEMENT IN RELATION TO HIS REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES WHICH HE HAS MADE IN THE FOREGOING DECLARATION THAT HE IS A MAN OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, THAT IT IS REPORTED & BELIEVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF APPLICANT THAT HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER & SERVED AS HE STATES, & THAT HE CONCURS IN THE OPINION AND THE SAID COURT CERTIFIES THAT AFTER AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF TITUS MERSHON FOR A PENSION AND AFTER PUTTING THE INTEROGATIONS REQUIRED BY THE WAR DEPART, IT IS THE OPINION OF THE COURT THAT THE APPLICANT WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER & SERVED AS HE STATES.
KENTUCKY   LAUREL COUNTY } SCT
I LOTT PITMAN CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT OF LAUREL COUNTY CERTIFY THA HE FOREGOING CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF TITUS MERSHON FOR A PENSION AND THAT THESE FIVE SHEETS WERE ATTACHED BY ME. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND & AFFIXED THE SEAL OF SAID COURT THIS 3D DAY OF NOVEMBER 1834.
LOTT PITMAN CLK
BY B. HILL HIS DEPUTY
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State of Kentucky
County of Clay } ss
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS THE 13TH DAY OF MAY 1859 PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID BARTON P0TTER AGED 38 YEARS OLD A CITIZEN OF CLAY COUNTY TO ME WELL KNOWN AND KNOWN TO BE A MAN OF RESPECTABILITY TRUTH AND VERACITY AND MADE OATH UNDER FORM OF LAW THAT HE IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ELISABETH HUBBARD WIDOW OF WILLIAM HUBBARD DECEASED WHO WASASLSO THE LATE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON [ILLEGIBLE] THAT SAID WILLIAM HUBBARD HER LAST HUSBAND DIED IN CLAY COUNTY KY ABOUT THE 2ND DAY OF JANUARY 1855 THAT HE NEW HIM WELL PREVIOUS TO HIS DEATH AFFIANT STATES THAT HE HAS BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS A MERCHANT IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER AND THE SAID WILLIAM HUBBARD DEALT WITH HIM IN HIS STORE AND HIS SHROUD WAS PURCHASED AT THIS STORE . THE SAID WM HUBBARD LIVED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM MANCHESTER HIS WIDOW THE SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD STILL LIVES IN CLAY COUNTY AND REMAINS A WIDOW, MY BOOKS IN WHICH THE ACCOUNT FOR SAID SHROUD WAS CHARGED, SHOW THAT IT WAS PURCHASED ON THE 3D OF JANUARY 1855.
SWORN TO BEFORE ME THE 13TH DAY OF MAY 1859 BY BARTON POTTER
G.W. STIVERS  J.P.C.C.
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF CLAY } SS
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY 1859 PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID JOSEPH HUBBARD TO ME WELL KNOWN AND KNOWN AND TO BE A MAN OF RESPECTABILITY TRUTH AND VERACITY, AND MADE OATH IN DUE FORM OF LAW, THAT HE IS THE SON OF WM (HUBBARD) DEAD LATE THE HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH HUBBARD BY HIS FORMER WIFE, AND AS A MATTER OF CAUSE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIM AT HIS DEATH THE SAID WILLIAM HUBBARD DIED IN THE COUNTY OF CLAY KY ON THE 2ND DAY OF JANUARY 1855 THAT HE LIVED CLOSE BY HIS FATHER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, AND HIS WIDOW THE SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD WHO WAS FORMERLY THE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON IS STILL LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF CLAY AND STATE AFORESAID AND REMAINS A WIDOW, AND THAT I AM NOW 54 YEARS OLD.
JOSEPH HUBBARD
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HANDS AND THAT THE WORD PURCHASED IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF BORTON POTTER WAS STRICKEN OUT IN MY PRESENCE AND THE CHARGED INSERTED AND THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS CLAIM.
G.W. STIVERS J.P.C.C.

STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF CLAY} SS
I G. W. PRICE CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT G.M. STIVERS WHOSE GENUINE SIGNATURE APPEARS TO THE FOREGOING CERTIFICATE IS AND WAS AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE SAME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLAY AND STATE OF KENTUCKY DULY COMMISSIONED AND QUALIFIED AS SUCH AND THAT HIS OFFICIAL ACTS AS SUCH ARE ENTITLED TO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS CLAIM
IN TESTIMOANY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAMD AND OFFICIAL CHARACTER, AND AFFIXED THE SEAL OF MY SAID OFFICE, DONE AT MANCHESTER, THE 13TH DAY OF MAY 1859
G W PRICE CLERK C.C.C.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON          July 6, 1932

Titus Mershon-W.10137
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BA-J/EEL

Honorable Charles Finley
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Finley:
Reference is made to your letter of July 4, 1932, addressed to Honorable E.W.Morgan, Director of Pensions, with which you enclosed one, returned herewith, from Mrs. Myro Hubbard Ledford, of Manchester, Kentucky, relative to securing information in regard to a pension clim of Elizabeth Hubbard, for services of her husband in the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W10137, based upon the military service of Titus Mershon in that war.

Titus Mershon was born in 1756, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

He enlisted about November 1, 1776, rendesvoused at Maidenhead Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, served as a private in Captain Philip Phillips' Company, Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment; Asher Mershon was ensign of the company, no relationship to soldier shown; soldier was transferred to Captain McPherson's Company and was in the battle of Trenton and Princeton, in which latter engagement he was twice injured, once on the shoulder which was broken by the butt of a musket and the second time in the thigh by a bayonet; entire length of service two months; the following spring, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Philip Phillips' Company. Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment, and acted as a guard, a part of the time at Amboy and a part of the time at Brunswick, exact dates of service not given; he enlisted in the summer of 1778, served two weeks under the same officers and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the latter part of the year 1778, he served four weeks as a guard at Brunswick and Amboy under the same officers, and immediately after the termination of this service, re-enlisted and served four weeks under same officers in the same service; in 1779, he rendered four weeks service, and in 1781, four weeks service under same officers in the same service. Exact dates are not given for these last services.
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After the Revolution, he moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, and from there to the state of Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1834, while residing in Laurel County, Kentucky.

He died about April 11,1841, in Laurel County, Kentucky.

The soldier married March 16, 1832, in Laurel County, Kentucky. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, widow of William Davis, who died in the state of Tennessee, date not given. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Hughs and she was born April 4, 1798. On November 3, 1845, she married William Hubbard, who died January 2, 1855, in Clay County, Kentucky.

Elizabeth Hubbard was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Titus Mershon, on her application executed April 14, 1856, while residing in Clay County, Kentucky. She was still living in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky, in 1872.

There is now reference to any children of the soldier, Titus Mershon.

Joseph Hubbard, son of William Hubbard, widow's last husband, was residing in Clay County, in Kentucky, 1859.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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BA-J/EEL

Mr. Stephen H. Mershon
235 E. 49th Street
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Titus Mershon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.10137, based upon the military service of Titus Mershon in that war.

Titus Mershon was born in 1756, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

He enlisted about November 1, 1776, rendesvoused at Maidenhead Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, served as a private in Captain Philip Phillips' Company, Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment; Asher Mershon was ensign of the company, no relationship to soldier shown; soldier was transferred to Captain McPherson's Company and was in the battle of Trenton and Princeton, in which latter engagement he was twice injured, once on the shoulder which was broken by the butt of a musket and the second time in the thigh by a bayonet; entire length of service two months; the following spring, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Philip Phillips' Company. Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment, and acted as a guard, a part of the time at Amboy and a part of the time at Brunswick, exact dates of service not given; he enlisted in the summer of 1778, served two weeks under the same officers and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the latter part of the year 1778, he served four weeks as a guard at Brunswick and Amboy under the same officers, and immediately after the termination of this service, re-enlisted and served four weeks under same officers in the same service; in 1779, he rendered four weeks service, and in 1781, four weeks service under same officers in the same service. Exact dates are not given for these last services.

After the Revolution, he moved to Morgantown, Virginia, and from there to the state of Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1834, while residing in Laurel County, Kentucky.
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 He died about April 11,1841, in Laurel County, Kentucky.  

The soldier married March 16, 1832, in Laurel County, Kentucky. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, widow of William Davis, who died in the state of Tennessee, date not given. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Hughs and she was born April 4, 1798. On November 3, 1845, she married William Hubbard, who died January 2, 1855, in Clay County, Kentucky.  

Elizabeth Hubbard was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Titus Mershon, on her application executed April 14, 1856, while residing in Clay County, Kentucky. She was still living in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky, in 1872.  There is now reference to any children of the soldier, Titus Mershon.  

No charge is made for this service.

 Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator. 

[added by hand left bottom] Date of widow's death not on 
Jos. Hubbard a son of Wm Hubbard, widow's last husband, was residing in Clay Co. Ky in 1859.  KB
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON       July 12, 1932

Titus Mershon-W.10137
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BA-J/EEL

Honorable M.M.Logan
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date in which you request information in regard to William Hubbard, who served in the Revolutionary War and died in Clay County, Kentucky.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military services of soldiers of that war.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claim having been made on account of the services of William Hubbard, of Clay County, Kentucky.

The following record has been found, however, and may be the one in which you are interested.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.10137, based upon the military service of Titus Mershon in that war.

Titus Mershon was born in 1756, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  He enlisted about November 1, 1776, rendesvoused at Maidenhead Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, served as a private in Captain Philip Phillips' Company, Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment; Asher Mershon was ensign of the company, no relationship to soldier shown; soldier was transferred to Captain McPherson's Company and was in the battle of Trenton and Princeton, in which latter engagement he was twice injured, once on the shoulder which was broken by the butt of a musket and the second time in the thigh by a bayonet; entire length of service two months; the following spring, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Philip Phillips' Company. Colonel Joseph Phillips' New Jersey Regiment,
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and acted as a guard, a part of the time at Amboy and a part of the time at Brunswick, exact dates of service not given; he enlisted in the summer of 1778, served two weeks under the same officers and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the latter part of the year 1778, he served four weeks as a guard at Brunswick and Amboy under the same officers, and immediately after the termination of this service, re-enlisted and served four weeks under same officers in the same service; in 1779, he rendered four weeks service, and in 1781, four weeks service under same officers in the same service. Exact dates are not given for these last services.

After the Revolution, he moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, and from there to the state of Kentucky.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1834, while residing in Laurel County, Kentucky.  

He died about April 11,1841, in Laurel County, Kentucky.  

The soldier married March 16, 1832, in Laurel County, Kentucky. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, widow of William Davis, who died in the state of Tennessee, date not given. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Hughs and she was born April 4, 1798. On November 3, 1845, she married William Hubbard, who died January 2, 1855, in Clay County, Kentucky.  It is not shown in the papers in the claim that William Hubbard ever served in the Revolutionary War.

Elizabeth Hubbard was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Titus Mershon, on her application executed April 14, 1856, while residing in Clay County, Kentucky. She was still living in 1872, and was then residing in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky.  

There is now reference to any children of the soldier, Titus Mershon.  

In 1859, Joseph Hubbard, son of William Hubbard, widow's last husband, was residing in Clay County, in Kentucky.  

Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator.
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Elisabeth Hubbard
Manchester Ky

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App. in pension
Claim
Kentucky
2he:1853
4 [3 illegible letters] '59

$20.p.a
[round stamp at bottom of page] THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE MAY 17 1865


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State of Kentucky County of Clay, SS:
Be it Known That before me GW. Price Clerk of the County Court in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Elizabeth Hubbard and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original certificate which was issued on the 31st of May 1859 which certificate she left in the hands of her attorney Jonathan Nucum who is now dead and she is informed and believes that said certificate is lossed or miss laid so she can not now produce it, but the same was in substance as follows

Widows Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the 2nd section of the act of February 8, 1853 Elizabeth Hubbard formerly widow of Titus Mershon who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum commensing on the 2nd of January 1855 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 Department of the Interier this the thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
Moses Kelly
Acting Secretary of the Interier
Examined and Countersigned

LS [initials circled]
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George C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions

That she has not intermarriage since the date of her pension certificate and is now the widow of Wm Hubbard she makes this application to get her pension certificate renewed and for the purpose of receiving her pension from the 4th of September 1859 to the 4th day of March 1865 she now resides there for the span of nineteen years past that previous thereto she resided in Leaurel County Kentucky.

I do solemnly swear that I will support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies wheather domestic  or foreign and that I will bear true faith and allegance and loyalty to the same any ordinance resolution or Law of any state commission or Legislation to the contrary not withstanding; and further that I will do this with a full determination pledge and purpose without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever; and further that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which are required of me by law. So help me God

                 her
Elizabeth   +     Hubbard
                 mark
Manchester Clay County
Kentucky

Attest
JSM Dickinson
James Gibson
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Swornto subscribed and acknowledged before me this 6th of May 1865 and also personally appeared   R. G. Potter   and   Joseph Allen  residents of Clay County Kentucky persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say they were present and saw Elizabeth Hubbard sign the foregoing declaration by making her mark to same and that they are well acquainted with her and know her to be the person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim

Attest                            R.G. Potter
J.S.M. Dickinson                         his
James Gibson                 Joseph + Allen
                                                      mark

State of Kentucky County of Clay, SS:
Before me on this 6th day of May 1865 persons appeared the above named Elizabeth Hubbard applicant and R.G. Potter and Joseph Allen her witnesses, all of whom are to me are well known and subscribed and made oath in due form to their respective statements and declarations. And I hereby certify that I am not invested in this claim, nor in its prosecution; and that the witnesses are creditable and that the statements was read
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to them & they under stood them before signing; that the claimant is the identical  person she represents herself to be and also that the claimant is reputed loyal.

GW Price   Clerk
Clay County Court Ky
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Titus Mershon, Kentucky RW, Act June
7.1832 at $20.66 per annum

Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension Office,
June 15. 1842    }   pd to 4 March 1842
                                              LH
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THE SYMES FOUNDATION
235 EAST 49th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
           ___
Telephone EL Dorado 5-8040

President
Stephen L. Mershon
     _______
Vice-President
Frederick W. Rowe
     _______
Secretary & Treasurer
Elmer C. Shaver


Directors
James H. Post
Fremont C. Peck
Frederick W. Rowe
Stephen L. Mershon
William F. Atkinson
Frank D. Blodgett
Walter Koempel
Elmer C. Shaver

October 21, 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I desire a copy of the statement made by Titus Mershon [last name underlined by hand with check mark above], when he applied for his pension on October 5th, 1834. He is therein registered as having been born in Henderson County, N.J., in 1750, and joined the militia in 1776, and was under Captain Philip Phillips, serving through the Revolutionary War.

I would appreciate any information the Department may have in relation to Titus Mershon, and if advised of the fees for transcribing such records, I will remit immediately upon receipt of such notice.

Yours very truly,
Stephen L. Mershon [by hand]

SLM:M

[circular stamp with a 1-12 measurement border below signature]
RECEIVED
OCT 22 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES DIVISION
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THE SYMES FOUNDATION
 235 EAST 49th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY
 ___ 
Telephone EL Dorado 5-8040  
President Stephen L. Mershon 
Vice-President Frederick W. Rowe
Secretary & Treasurer Elmer C. Shaver   Directors 
James H. Post 
Fremont C. Peck
 Frederick W. Rowe 
Stephen L. Mershon
William F. Atkinson 
Frank D. Blodgett
Walter Koempel 
Elmer C. Shaver 

October 21, 1931.
 Commissioner of Pensions
 Washington, D.C.  
Dear Sir:
On May 31st, 1859, a pension was granted by the United States Pension Office to Elizabeth Hubbard Mershon [last name underlined by hand].

I am very desirous to secure a copy of the statement made by her at the time of her application for the said pension.

If you will advise me of the fees for transcribing for me such record of her application, I will remit the same at once, and will very much appreciate a compliance with my request. 

Yours very truly, 
Stephen L. Mershon [by hand]  
SLM:M  

[circular stamp with a 1-12 measurement border below signature] 
RECEIVED 
OCT 22 1931 
RECEIPT SECTION 
PENSION FILES DIVISION
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hubbard for. widow of  Titus Mershon.
Clay County and State of Kentucky act 3rd Feb: 1853.

===================================
Claim, ("original," or "for increase") [last three words crossed out by hand]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Hubbard was pensioner under the Act of 7 June.1832. at the rate of $20 per ann.  Recount Evidence of marriage is filed. Pensioner died 11 April, 1842, as appears from credible parol  proof & the Report of the Third Auditor.   Claimant rew arrears of pension. She intermarried with Wm. Hubbard in 1845 & he died January 2nd 1855. The 2nd marriage & date of death is definitely established by several witnesses. Widowhood & identity is satisfactorily shown.

J. Newcum, Esq,
Mt. Vernon, Ky.
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hubbard, formerly wid of Titus Mershon private in Revolutionary War
Clay County and State of Ky. act 3 Feby 1853, 2nd  Section.
 
=================================

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,

The name of the pensioner was placed in the roll on the 31 of May 1859, at $20 per annum 2nd January 1855.

She now applies for a duplicate certificate alleging that the original has been lost.

Name and residence of Agent,
Pensioner
Manchester, Clay Co. Ky.

H.C. Lauck
Examining Clerk.
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Increase [added by hand]
Brief in the Case of Elizabeth Hubbard, formerly Widow of Titus Mershon, Private Rev War Manchester
Clay County and State of Kentucky Act 2nd Sec Feb. 3 1853

======================================

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $20 per annum   Certificate surrendered.
Claim for increase as provided in 13th Sec Act July 27 1868
Identity Widowhood  Shown.

Admitted June 2 1868 to pension at $96 per ann to commence July 27 1868 deduction pay twice.

Name and residence of Agent
Fitch & Fox
Present

W.E. Trask
Examining Clerk.

Louis [last name illegible in upper right corner with same initials in lower left corner]
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State of Kentucky County of Clay/SS
On this 23rd day of April 1869 personally appeared before me clerk of the Clay County Court in same state and county the same being a Court of Record -- Terrel B. Chandler and Julius Robertson of Clay County Kentucky who being by me duly Sworn Accepting to Law declare they are and have been for many years acquaintances to Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard applicant for restoration to the Pension Rolls  & know that She is now a loyal Citizen and has been loyal ever since they have been acquainted with her and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Witnesses
James H. Murray
H. L. Ward
Terrel B. Chandler
           his
Julius   x    Robertson
           mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of April 1869 and I hereby certify that the above witnesses are credible and are loyal and have been loyal since my acquaintance also certify that I have no interest direct -or indirect- in the prosecution of this claim. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal of office the above affidavit was read over to the parties before signing.
WL White Clerk Clay Co Court
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Louisville Ky Jany 6"73.

Respectfully returned to Hon J. H. Baker Court of Pensions with information that the Rolls of this Agency show Elizabeth Hubbard to have been paid from 4 Sept 59 to 4 Sept 66 at $20.00 per annum and from 27" July 68 at $8.00 per month to 4 Dec 1872, leaving an interval from 4" Sept 66 to 27 July 68 22 mos and 23 days at $20.00 per annum unpaid -

W. D. Gallagher
U.S. Pension Agent
============================
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington D.C.   Dec 31 1872

Sir
From reports in the case of Elizabeth Hubbard widow of Titus Mershon Act Feby 3, 1853 2nd Section, it appears that in Dec 1867 she was paid at $20.00 per annum from Sept 4 1859 to Sept 4 1866 $140.00   It was increased June 1869 to $96.00 and Mr. McKee made the first payment from July 27 1868 to Sept 4 1869 $105.87 omitting to notice the old note unpaid, so far as reports have been received.

Be pleased to state how the payments are on your roll and what are unpaid from 1859

Very respectfully
CW Seaton
Acting Commissioner

W. D. Gallagher Esq
Pension Agent
Louisville Ky

Vol 11 Page 500

MP [initials in bottom right corner]
R [bottom right corner]
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6621
10137
10587
[set of three numbers across top of page]
Paid Dec 1867 from Sept 4 1859 to Sept 1866  140.00
Paid Nov [written over July with 27 crossed out] 1869 from July 27 1868 to 1869   105.87
[notes added to top of letter]

Manchester Ky
Dec 21/72

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Previous to the war of 1861 I drew a pension of Twenty Dollars per year as the widow of Titus Mershon who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. And for some cause not known to me I have not drawn the pension at Twenty Dollars per year for several years previous to the recent act granting Eight Dollars per month please examine your records and see if there is not something due me on the above named pension please write me in relation to the matters at Manchester Clay Co Ky
Very Respy
Elizabeth Hubbard
Formerly Widow of Titus Mershon
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3rd Auditor's Office 
May 28 1859
Sir:
Titus Mershon, Ky, act 1832 died April 11 1842 & his pension has been paid in full to that date to his widow Elizabeth Mershon

Very Resp'y
RJ Atkinson
auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Comm. of Pension

Pension Office
May 27 1859
Sir,
Be pleased to certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death and who recd his arrears of pension, if any.

Very Respectfully,
John Robb
For the Commissioner

Ro. J. Atkinson Esq
Third Auditor, Treasury
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6.621.         Duplicate
======      =======

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
_____Elizabeth Hubbard, formerly_____widow of ____Titus Mershon_____ who was a ___Private____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of ___Twenty___dollars and ____cents per annum, commencing on the 2 of January 1855, 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 Department of the Interior, this ___Fourth __day of __September__ one thousand eight hundred__Sixty five____
Jas Harlon
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
Thomas Pearson
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.


Rd 15 Sept. 59

[vertically written on right side of page]
Opened in lieu of certificate dated May 31, 1859
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PENSION OFFICE
APR 2 1859 [round stamp in upper right corner]

Commissioner pf pentions [sic]
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Mt. Vernon Ky 29th March/59

Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the required proof in the application of Mrs Elisabeth Hubbard late widow of Titus Mershon and for a pension, as the widow of said Mershon

I have had great trouble in geting up the proof in this case. I have taken it three times, the widows application for a land warrant is evidence in this case please refer to her proof in her application for a land warrant, address me at Mount Vernon Rockcastle County Ky.
J. Newcum
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[3 illegible notes at top]
Mar. 9
John A. Moore
about March 10.1835

J L Edwards
Commissioner or Pen.
Washington City

Mar 9 [written vertically to the left of name above]
[illegible note to right of name above]
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Mt Vernon Ky February 28th 1835

Dr.  I have recd. your letter of the 12th inst. informing me that the statement of Titus Mershon was not satisfactory, except for 6 mo. & 6 days, I have seen Mr Mershon he says it is true as you say the Militia Service of New Jersey was for a month at a time and he thinks it is so enpressed          in his declarations at least it is as he thinks stated thus " He served 3 months or at 3 terms of a month each. This I know was the intention when it was drawn up I do not mistake, upon an examination if you can not give him more forward on the Amt for the 6 mo & 6 days as soon possiable as the old man is needy.
Yours &c 

John A. Moore
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London Ky                       Fru
June  th

J. L. Edwards (Pension Office)
Washington City
Mail

March 15th Titus Mershon Ky [vertically on left side]
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London June 4 .1842
DSir,
DSir. My husband Titus Mershon died some time since he drew his pension draw on the 4th of March last. He was pensioner from this (Lousville County Ky). What will be my allowance, up to the day of his death, and does the department allow a half pay for the year.

I was married ten years ago to my husband -  because I have the benefit of the Act of "36" or "38"

Elizabeth Mershon
-------------------

P.S. Enclose the and. to me at Mount Vernon Ky.
E. Smith
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Mt. Vernon Ky 4th Nov/ 56

DrSir

Some three or four months ago I sent you the additional evidence required by you in the application of Mershon widow of Titus Mershon (a Revolutionary Soldier & a pensioner) for a pension and expected by this time to have received her certificate of pension but have not heard from the case will you be so kind as to inform me of its condition
Most Respectfully yours &c

J. Newcum

J Minot Esqr
Court of Pensions
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Rockcastle County Ky.
Mount Vernon 19th Octo/57

Dear Sir
Some months ago I again took the proof in the application of Elisabeth Hubbard formerly the widow of Titus Mershon who was a Revolutionary soldier and forwarded it to the pension office since which I have not heard from the case. Will you be so kind as to inform me if the testimony was come to hand and delay the issue of her certificate
Most Respectfully yours &c
J. Newcum

Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Mt. Vernon Ky 2d Sect 1856
DrSirs
In the case of the committee of an Idiot being appointed to draw the pension of an Idiot or lunatic, is it essential that a copy of the record  proceedings of the inquestion court  and the appointment should be filed at each draw or will one copy do with a certificate that the said committee yet remains the committee &c
Your answer to this will be kindly received
Yours &c
J. Newcum

J. Minot Esqr
Court of Pensions
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Mt. Vernon Ky 2d Sect 1856
 DrSir
  Some three months ago I sent you the additional evidence required in the application of Elisabeth Mershon for a pension as the widow of Titus Mershon since which time I have not heard from the case 
Will you be so kind as to inform me how the case stands, and why the certificate does issue
 Most Respectfully
J. Newcum  

J Minot Esq 
Court of Pensions
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Answered May 14/59
in Case of Brawner
&  responds to

for reply to inquiry in case of E. Hubbard, wid of T. Mershon Ky.



Anderson

PENSION OFFICE
APR
2[unreadable]
1859
[round stamp on right side of document]
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Mt Vernon Ky 14th April 1859
DrSir
I present the foregoing affidavit of the heirs of Basil Brawner to obtain a duplicate of a last warrant, one of the heirs whose name I understand was    imbraced in the warrant, J. W. Brawner died without issue, please let me know if it is received.

Did you receive the additional evidence in the application of Elizabeth Hubbard for a pension as the widow of Titus Mershon
Most Respectfully
J. Newcum
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Mt. Vernon Ky
18th May 1859
Inclosed I send you the additional evidence required in the application of Mrs Hubbard for a pension as  the late  widow of Titus Mershon . I hope it is sufficient, and that the case will receive your early attention as the old lady is in a very bad health condition. You will see that the date of Hubbards death in the affidavits is in blue ink, that occured in this way I wrote them out and left the dates in blank for patter who was a merchant to refer to his book for the date that he sold the shroud, and when they did this they used blue ink
 Yours Most Respectfully
 J. Newcum
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May 17 34

O.C.






Recorded Vol 24 Page 401
GC
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War Dep
Pension Office
May 17. 1834

Sir
The papers in the case of Titus Mershon are herewith returned, the evidence not being satisfactory. The law requires ["that both witnesses" is struck through] the testimony of two witnesses. Only one of those who have given depositions in this case appears to have ["had a personal" is struck through] been an eye witness. Mr. Bernard Gains's ["evidence is struck through] affidavit is hearsay evidence merely. The enclosed  [4 illegible words]     more particularly what is required by law.

[illegible signature]

Hon. R P Letcher
Present

House of Rep [struck through]


[4 line note in right bottom corner]
Act 25 April 1808
Ken.  Mr.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 WIDOW'S PENSION.  
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Elizabeth Hubbard, formerly widow of ____Titus Mershon_____ who was a ___Private____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of ___Twenty___dollars and ____cents per annum, commencing on the 2d of January 1855 [2d February 1853 struck through below date], 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 Department of the Interior, this thirty first __day of May__ one thousand eight hundred fifty nine____ 
Moses Kelly
Acting Secretary of the Interior.  

Examined and countersigned. 
GeoC Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.   

 [sentence below written diagonally across page] Amount due on this certificate from 2d January 1855, to 3d March 1859 inclusive per Pension Office calculation, $83 58/100

1865 May 9 [written vertically down left side of page]
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Mt. Vernon Ky        frei
April 7
Secretary of War
Washington City
Pension papers

Ky-- Apl. 15
Page 59

Mt Vernon 7th April 1835
Dr Sir forward Mershon certs as soon as posible [sic]

John A. Moore
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United States Senate
Committee on Military Affairs

DAVID A. REED, PA., CHAIRMAN
BRONSON M. CUTTING, N. MEX.
ROSCOE C. PATTERSON MO.
SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE, CALIF
DANIEL O. HASTINGS, DEL.
L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA
WARREN R. AUSTIN, VT.
W. WARREN BARBOUR, N.J.
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, FLA.
MORRIS SHEPPARD,TEX.
HUGO L. BLACK, ALA.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
J. HAMILTON LEWIS, ILL.
MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS.
M. M. LOGAN ,KY.
T. A. HUNTLEY, CLERK
H . S. PITTS, ASST. CLERK

June 6, 1932
July [added by hand June underlined with ? and arrow leading to bottom of page with the circular time below]
RECEIVED
JUL 7 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
 
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the service record of Wm. Hubbard who served in the Revolutionary War. He died in Clay County, Kentucky.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
M. M. Logan

MML:CEV
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Congress of the United States 
House of Representatives
Washington,D. C.
July 4, 1932.

CHAS. FINLEY 11th District Kentucky

Committees: Mines and Mining Territories

Hon. E. W. Morgan,
Director of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Morgan:-
I enclose to you a letter from Mrs. Myro Hubbard Ledford, Manchester, Kentucky, in which she expresses a desire to secure some information relative to the pension claim of one of her ancestors, Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard, or Mrs. Elizabeth Bershone, whose husband served during the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Ledford's letter is self-explanatory.

I hope that you will be able to furnish me with the information desired by Mrs. Ledford.
Kindly return her letter with your reply.
Sincerely yours,
Chas. Finley [signature]
Chas. Finley.

RECEIVED
JUL 5 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
[circular clock stamp bottom right corner]
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1931 - Nov 3 - Hist Mr. Stephen H. Mershon - EEL
1932 - July 6 - Hist. to Reon  Chas Finley - EEL
for Mrs. Myro Hubbard Ledford.
1932 - July 12 to Hon M M Logan  EEL

WIDOW, &c
File No. ___10137___
Elizabeth Hubbard
formerly Wid
Titus Mershon Privt Rev War

Act: Feby 3d 1853
Index:-Vol. A, Page 357

{Arrangement of 1870.}

[a check mark added by hand bottom right]
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Elizabeth Hubbard
for: wiw:
Titus Mershon 6621  Ky.

admit for 20# per an: Com
2d January 1855 the day her last husband died
under Act Feb.3d.1853.

Mr. Getty will hold up cert. until Mr. Geddes returns from Ky.

[several illegible initials]
Cert. to J. Newcum Esqr
Mt. Vernon Ky
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New Jersey
Mershon, Titus
Hubbard, Elizabeth (former Widow)

W 10,137
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No 6,574.
Elizabeth Hubbard
formerly widow of Titus Mershon Ken
J. Newcum May 2 1856
Same    Nov 27/56
Same    Dec 15/56
Same    Nov 4, 1857
Same    Apl. 8t/59.
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[illegible] France
Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office
May 18 1865
Respectfully referred to Commissioner of Pensions for a renewal of the Pension Certificate.
A M Gangewer
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Elizabeth Hubbard for: ww Titus Merson, Clay Co. Ky, Rec: Er: Ma.2 Death 11 Apl. 41.  
Ma Hubbard in 45 [illegible] 2. Jany. 55.
3 Wn & Wm;
J. Newcum. Mt Vernon. Ky
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF CLAY ] S.S.
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY 1857, PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN & FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID DULY AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ADMINISTER OATHS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, LEM HIBBARD A RESIDENT OF LAUREL COUNTY KY AGES 57 YEARS OLD PAST TO ME, WELL KNOWN AND BEING DULY SWORN STATES ON HIS OATH THAT HE HAS BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH ELISABETH HUBBARD FOR A LONG TIME & KNOW HER WELL LONG BEFORE SHE MARRIED TITUS MERSHON THAT SHE LIVED IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT HE SOLEMNISED THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD & WM HUBBARD THAT HE KNEW HER WLL THE TIME SHE LIVED WITH TITUS MERSHON AND KNOWS THAT SHE IS THE IDENTICAL WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON DIED IN LAUREL COUNTY KY. THAT THE SAID TITUS MERSON LIVED A NEIGHBOR TO HIM WHEN HE DIED & CRIED THE SALE OF HIS PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS SOLD AFTER HIS DEATH. THAT THE SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD WITH HER LAST HUSBAND WM HUBBARD MOVED TO CLAY COUNTY KY. & THE SAID WM HUBBARD DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE COUNTY OF CLAY THAT HE HAS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE SAID ELISBETH HUBBARD EVER SINCE THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND W. HUBBARD AND KNOWS HER TO BE THE IDENTICAL WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON DECEASAED DIED AND THAT SHE IS, NOW A WIDOW AND ALIVE.
LEM HIBBARD
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF LAUREL ] SS
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY 1857 PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID DULY AUTHORISED BY LAW TO ADMINISTER OATHS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES JOHN C. BROWN AGED 48 YEARS OLD PAST A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID TO ME WELL KNOWN AND DECLARES ON HIS OATH THAT HE HAS FOR THE LAST TWENTY THREE YEARS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ELIXABETH HUBBARD FORMERLY ELISABETH MERSON THAT HE WELL KNEW MRS. ELISABETH HUBBARD WHILST SHE WAS THE WIFE OF TITUS MERSHON, THAT HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH TITUS MERSHON IN HIS LIFE TIME AND KNOWS THAT ELISABETH HUBBARD IS HIS WIDOW THAT SHE MARRIED WM HUBBARD AND MOVED TO CLAY COUNTY KY. HE STATES THAT HE WAS A MERCHANT IN TOWN OF LONDON LAUREL COUNTY KY AND THAT TITUS MERSON AND HIS WIFE NOW ELISABETH HUBBARD DEALT A GREAT DEAL IN HIS STORE & HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THEM. HE KNOWS THAT TITUS MERSON DIED IN LAUREL COUNTY KY ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO BUT DOES NOT NOW RECOLLECT THE EXACT TIME. HE STATES THAT HE HAS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITHTHE SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD FORMERLY ELISABETH MERSHON EVER SINCE THE DEATH OF HER SAID HUSBAND TITUS MERSHON UP TO WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS HE HAS NOT SEEN HER BUT UNDERSTANDS THAT SHE NOW LIVES IN CLAY COUNTY KY. AND THAT HE NOW UNDER
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STANDS THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND A WIDOW
JOHN C. BROWN

STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF LAUREL } SS
I CHARLES BE FARRIS CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT LEM HIBBARD AND JOHN C BROWN THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME AND MADE OATH TO THE FOREGOING AFFIDAVITS AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE SAME IN MY PRESENTS (PRESENCE) I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THEY ARE WELL KNOWN TO ME AND THAT THEY ARE RESIDENTS & CITIZENS OF LAUREL COUNTY KY. AND ARE PERSONS OF RESPECTABILITY AND THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS CLAIM NOR AM I ENGAGED IN THE PROSECUTION THEREOF.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED THE SEAL OF MY SAID OFFICE AT LONDON THE 14TH DAY OF JULY 1857,
CHAS FARRIS CLK
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ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN THE APPLICATION OF THE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSON FOR INSPECTION
(A SEAL IN LOWER LEFT CORNER OF PAGE STAMPED WORDS WITHIN A CIRCLE:) PENSION OFFICE APRIL 8 1869
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF LAUREL } SS
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH A.D. ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE PERSONALLY APPEARED JOHN C. BROWN AGED 50 YEARS OLD A CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY STATE AFRESAID TO ME WELL KNOWN, AND MADE OATH IN DUE FORM OF LAW THAT HE HAS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ELISABETH HUBBARD THE APPLICANT EVER SINCE [ILLEGIBLE] BEFORE THE DEATH OF HER FORMER HUSBAND TITUS MERSHON IN HIS LIFETIME USED TO DEAL WITH HIM IN HIS STORE WHILE HE MERCHANDISED, AND HE KNOWS THAT SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD THE APPLICANT IS THE IDENTICAL WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON WHO WAS A REVOLUTIONARY PENTIONER, HE STATES THAT THEY LIVED TOGETHER AS MAN AND WIFE NO ONE DOUBTING THE LEGALITY OF THEIR MARRIAGE UP TO HIS DEATH, THE SAID TITUS MERSHON DIED IN THE COUNTY OF LAUREL AND THE SAID ELISABETH MERSHON AFTERWARDS MARRIED WM HUBBARD AND THE SAID WM HUBBARD IS ALSO DEAD AND THE SAID ELISABETH HUBBARD FORMERLY ELISABETH MERSHON IS STILL ALIVE AND A WIDOW AND IS THE IDENTICAL WIDOW OF SAID TITUS MERSHON
JOHN C BROWN

STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF LAUREL} SS
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE
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PERSONALLY APPEARED LEM HIBBARD A CITIZEN OF LAUREL COUNTY KY TO ME WELL KNOWN AGED SIXTY YEARS OLD AND MADE OATH IN DUE FORM OF LAW THAT HE HAS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ELISABETH HUBBARD FORMERLY ELISABETH MERSHON OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS, THAT DURING THAT TIME HE HAS BEEN WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE SAID ELISABETH HE STATES HE KNEW HER WELL BEFORE SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE SAID TITUS MERSHON THE NAME BEFORE SAID MARRIAGE WAS ELISABETH DAVIS, HE KNOWS THAT THE APPLICANT IS THE IDENTICAL WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON WHO WAS A REVOLUTIONARY PENTIONER (PENSIONER) HE KNOWS THEY LIVED TOGETHER AS MAN AND WIFE UP TO THE DEATH OF THE SAID TITUS MERSHOSN, AND AFTER THE DEATH OF TITUS MERSHON SHE MARRIED WM HUBBARD THAT HE SOLEMNISED THE RIGHTS OF MATRIMONY BETWEEN SAID ELISABETH AND SAID WM HUBBARD, HE KNOW THAT SAID TITUS MERSHON IS DEAD AND THAT WILLIAM HUBBARD IS ALSO DEAD, THAT THE APPLICANT IS STILL ALIVE AND REMAINS A WIDOW AND THE WIDOW OF TITUS MERSHON
LEM HIBBARD

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH 1859, BY JOHN C. BROWN AND LEM HIBBARD, AND I CERTIFY THAT JOHN C. BROWN AND LEM HIBBARD WHOSE GENUINE SIGNATURE APPEARS TO THE FOREGOING AFFIDAVITS ARE CITIZENS OF LAUREL COUNTY KY. AND ARE WELL KNOWN TO ME AND THAT THEY ARE PERSONS OF RESPECTABILITY AND VERACITY
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AND ENTITLED TO FULL CREDIT ON OATH, AND THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE EVENT OF THIS CLAIM
JOHN MORIS JRCC

STATE OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF LAUREL } SS
I C.B.FARRIS CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF LAUREL WITHIN THE STATE AFORESAID DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT JOHN MORIS WHOSE GENUINE SIGNATURE APPEARS TO THE FOREGOING CERTIFICATE IS AND WAS AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE SAME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LAUREL AND STATE OF KENTUCKY DULY COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNOR AND QUALIFIED AS SUCH, AND THAT HIS OFFICIAL ACTS ARE ENTITLED TO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
I CERTIFY ALSO THAT THE AFFIANTS LEM HIBBARD AND JOHN C. BROWN AE WELL KNOW TO BE AND THAT THEY ARE CITIZENS OF LAUREL COUNTY AND PERSONS OF RESPECTABILITY AND UNDOUBTED VERACITY, AND THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST WHATEVER IN THIS CLAIM.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HEREUNTO AFFIX THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF MY COUNTY AND SUBSCRIBE MY NAME AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY AT THE TOWN OF LONDON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH 1859
C B FARRIS  C C
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Application for Restoration
to the
PENSION ROLLS
Under Act of February 4, 1865.
=========================
APPLICANT'S ADDRESS:
Mrs. E. Hubbard_____Applicant
Widow of
Titus Mershon
=========================
[Oval Stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAY 5, 1869
PENSION OFFICE
=========================
FILED BY
Fitch and Fox Attys
Washington  DC
=========================
Printed and sold by W.H. Moore, 484 11th st., Washington, D. C.
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls
Whose names have been dropped under the Act of February 4, 1862.

STATE OF Kentucky
County of Clay, SS.

On this 26th day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Sixty
Nine, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Clay County Court in said State and County, the same being a Court of Record, Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard - aged Seventy one years, a resident of Clay County  in the State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Elizabeth Hubbard who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Louisville Kentucky, and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that she has resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows: on Laurel Breckin Clay County Kentucky that during this period her means of subsistence have been she has been supported by her friends as she has not been able to earn her support of her labor.
and that she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or she has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was not paid her pension as she failed to make application for the same, before her name was stricken from the rolls.  
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as She may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore
filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim. And I hereby appoint Fitch and Fox of Washington D.C. my Attorneys to present this my application, and perform all that is necessary therein, without revocation, as well as to receive my Certificate when issued.
X
X
Elizabeth her x mark Hubbard

Also personally appeared H L Ward, a resident of Clay County KY and Litte Hughes a resident of Clay County  KY persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard, make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she herself to be; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. 
H L. Ward
Litte Hughs
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 26th day of March A. D. 1869; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
W L White Clerk


OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
Elizabeth Hubbard, do solemnly swear (or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God,
that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the State there under; that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the late
rebellion with reference to the emancipation of Slaves: So help me God.

Elizabeth her x mark Hubbard

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 26th day of March A.D. 1869.
W L White Clerk
A. Lellonior
JG Potter
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State of
COUNTY OF
.
┃ SS.
Clerk of the
Court within and
for said County, do certify that
Esq., before whom the foregoing
declaration, affidavits and acknowledgement were made, was, at the time of taking the same, and still is an acting
within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the several signatures, purporting
to be his, which are appended to said declaration, affidavits and acknowledgement, are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of our
said Court, at
this
(Seal.)
day of
A. D. 186.
INSTRUCTIONS.
FIGURE (1)--Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Clerk having seal [NOTE. -- If a Judge or Justice of the Peace authenticate the papers, the signature
must be verified in usual form by the Clerk of the Court.
(2) He or She; Name of Applicant; His or Her; Him or Her; Himself or Herself, as the fact may be.
(3) Name the place or places at which claimant has resided since last paid, and during the time for which original pension has not been drawn.
(4) Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained. (4) Means of subsistence.
(5) Signature of Applicant. If X is made, two witnesses who can write must sign their names opposite the same.
Names of Witnesses State name of residence, City, Village, County, and State. If applicant resides
in a City or village, name of street must be given, and where houses are numbered, the number of the house, 8. Signature of Witnesses.
NOTES TO BE PARTICULARLY OBSERVED.
of the declarant, or any witness, sign by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant and witnesses before signing.
In every case, the declaration or affidavit must be either signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark, (X) Signed by another hand, when the party is able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissable.
The allegations made in the applicant's declaration, must be sustained by the testimony of the read is to be certified
as such by the officer before whom the testimony is taken. If the applicant be an Invalid Person, must be examined by an Army surgeon, or by a Surgeon day appointed by the Pension Office, as to the continuance of the disability.
If a widow, she must prove by two credible witnesses (certified to in the usual manner, and under seal) her continued widowhood.
I remarried, the minor children, (under 16,) through their guardian can apply for the Suspended Pension, and if the guardian of a minor child be newly appointed, he or she must file the proper evidence of his or her appointment as such.
In all cases, the ORIGINAL Pension Certificate must be surrendered.
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STATE OF KENTUCKY
LAUREL COUNTY } SCT

APRIL COUNTY COURT 1835
UPON THE APPLICATION OF TITUS MERSHON AN APPLICANT FOR A PENSION UNDER THE ACT OF THE 7TH JUNE 1832, IT IS ORDERED TO BE CERTIFIED TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR THAT THOMAS ROBINSON AND JAMES P. CARPENTER WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED HERETOFORE BEFORE THIS COURT AS TO THE CHARACTER AND SERVICES OF THIS SAID MERSHON UPON HIS SAID APPLICATION, ARE CREDIBLE PERSONS
KENTUCKY
LAUREL COUNTY } SCT
I LOT PITMAN CLARK OF THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE COUNTY AFORESAID, CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE ORDER IS DULY COPIED FROM THE RECORD OF SAID COURT.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY NAME & AFFIXED THE SEAL OF SAID COURT  THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL 1835
LOT PITMAN  CLK
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(RIGHT SIDE OF DOCUMENT):
6621
Kentucky
========================
Elizabeth Hubbard, formerly
widow of Titus Mershon
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a private
=========================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 20 dollars  00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 2d January 1855 [written below 3d February, 1853 which was struck through]
========================
Certificate of pension issued
31st day of May 1859
and sent to  J. Newcum
mt. vernon Ky
=========================
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 131  Vol. H

[Info below added by hand on top left side of document]
Duplicate issued Sept 4, ? 1865, and sent to Pensioner,
Manchester, Clay Co. Ky.
___________________________
1167 Nov 19. 2d [illegible word] with [illegible word]
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N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE
OF PENSION.
Under section 13, act July 27, 1868. ========================= 
No. OLD CERTIFICATE __________
APPLICANT.
Elizabeth Hubbard
========================= 
[Oval Stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY 5, 1869 PENSION OFFICE ========================= 
FILED BY 
Fitch and Fox
Washington DC ========================= 
Printed and sold by W.H. Moore, 484 11th st., Washington, D. C.
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N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
(Under Section 13 July 27, 1868.)

State of Kentucky  } SS.
County of Clay

On this 26th day of March A. D. 1869, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard formerly Mershon, aged 72 years, a resident of Clay County in the State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Elizabeth Hubbard to whom was granted Pension certificate No. 6621 payable at Louisville Kentucky at the rate of 20/Twenty dollars per annum [written above the word month which was struck through] issued under the act of February 3d, 1853; that She makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of his pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July, 1868. That she still remains a Widow, and has not again married since the 21st day of May 1859, the date of her said certificate.

My Post Office address is as follows: Manchester Clay County Ky.

And She hereby constitutes and appoints  Messers  Fitch and Fox of Washington DC Attorneys, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes them to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing necessary or the She might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.

Witnesses
x A. L. Monroe
x J. G. Polly
                                                          her
Signature of Claimant:   Elizabeth  x  Hubbard
                                                          mark

Also personally appeared H L Ward and Litle Hughes residents of Clay County Ky , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard (make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that She is the identical person She represents herself to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. That she is still a Widow, not having remarried since the 21st day of May, 1859  *

                                           H. L. Ward
Signatures of Witnesses}
                                            Litle Hughes

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 26th day of March, 1869; and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing declaration and affidavit were carefully read by me to the applicant and witnesses before subscribing their names thereto, and I know the affiants to be credible persons.

Signature of Judge or other Officer    W L White  Clerk

* Date of Certificate
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Titus Mershon
[Indiana stuck through] Kentucky
Suspended

[abbreviation Illegible]: 13 February 1835
John A. Moore
do. 10th March 1835
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Add. Ev.
Elizabeth Hubbard - for wid
of Titus Mershon
decd
ww
Elizabeth Hubbard
Ky -     -1853
Ind. Evi
since
July 29th

________________________________

Add. evi. - found in Sen
Johnson room Dec 22 /57
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State of Kentucky
County of Caly [sic]
Clay Circuit Court April term 1856
This day came Elizabeth Hubbard late Elizabeth Mershon and swore to and subscribed her decoration in open court making application to the United States Government for a pension as the late widow of Titus Mershon deceased who was a pensioner and a Revolutionary soldier which is ordered to the certificate to the department of the interior 14th April 1856

I William Woodcock clerk of the Circuit Court in the county of Clay and State of Kentucky do certify that the forgoing order is a true and perfect copy of the order made on the application of Elizabeth Hubbard late Elizabeth Mershon. I certify that said declaration was sworn to and acknowledged in open court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official name and character and  affixed the seal of office of the Circuit Court of Clay County, Ky. done at Manchester 14th day of April 1856
William Woodcock clk
Clay Circuit Court

[seal on left side of page is discernible but not readable]
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For additional proof in this case I refer you to the papers on which he late husband Titus Mershon [word unclear] his pension to and his application for bounty [word unclear] under act 3 March 1855 No 135101, send the certificate of pension to me at Mt Vernon Ky.
J. Newcum