Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1021, Edward Booth, Md.
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Service
MD

Name
Booth, Edward or Edwin
Rachel

Number
R.1021
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12.764
R
Ohio
Edward Booth 
of Belmont County in the State of Ohio 
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel O. G. Williams of the Maryland 
line, for the term of three years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio 
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of May 1818- 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of June 1819 
and sent to Joseph Anderson Judge 
St Clairsville Belmont Cy Ohio 
Arrears to 4th of March 1819.
9 ms & 30/31 - 79.74
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48. [48.00]
[Total]  127.74 

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued

[Note handwritten at right angles to remainder of text:]
Notification sent November 9 1820 to David Jennings St Clairsville Ohio
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Edward Booth, 
private, 
Coln O. H. Williams’s 
Regiment, 
Maryland line, 
6 May 1818 

Suspended until 
Maryland rolls are 
receipt. 
Joseph Anderson, Judge 
St Clairsville, Belmont 
County, Ohio 
transmitted by David Jennings
rec’d 20 May, 1818
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The Judge's Certificate is wanting as to circumstances, applicant
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State of Ohio 
Belmont County   }  ss
On this sixth day of May A.D 
one thousand eight hundred 
and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one 
the C. Judges of the Court of the Common 
Pleas in and for said County and State, 
personally appeared Edward Booth, aged 
sixty five years on the twenty ninth day of 
March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred 
and eighteen resident in the County aforesaid 
who being by me duly sworn, according 
to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision 
made by the late act of Congress entitled 
“an act to provide for certain persons engaged 
in the land and naval services of the United 
States in the revolutionary war”. That he the said Edward Booth enlisted in the fall 
of the year, before the battle of Monmouth, which he believe was in the fall of the year 
one thousand seventy [sic] hundred and seventy seven in the State of Maryland in the 
Company commanded by Captain 
Harris of the sixth Regiment commanded 
by Coln Otho Williams of the Maryland 
line for the term of three years; that he continued to serve in the 
service of the United States untill the end 
of the said three years in the service of the United States and 
when he was discharged from service in the 
year eighty one by Col Otho H. Williams in the 
State of North Carolina; that he hath since time
lost his discharge by time and accident
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that he was in the battles Monmouth Camden Cowpen & Utaw [Eutaw Springs?] and that he is in reduced 
circumstances and stands in need of the 
assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his 
said services and that he doth relinquish all 
former pensions if any that may have been allowed him. 
Edward Booth 
Sworn to and declared before me 
the day and year aforesaid 
Joseph Anderson ass. Judge [handwritten] seal

[text apparently obscured by fold]

I Joseph Anderson Judge as aforesaid, do certify 
that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said 
Edward Booth, did serve in the revolutionary 
war as stated in the preceeding declaration 
against the common enemy for the term of nine 
months and more, in the continental establishment 
and I moreover certify that I well know 
Edward Booth to be in in [sic] indigent circumstances in life and that he stands in 
need of the [?] of his Country for support 
and I now transmit the proceedings and 
testimony taken before me to the secretary of war 
according to the aforementioned act of Congress. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and seal this 15 day of January Anno Domini 1819 
Joseph Anderson [handwritten] seal
Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio 
Belmont County   } ss 
I  Ezer Ellis Clerk pro tempore 
of the Court of Common Pleas in 
and for the County of Belmont do 
hereby certify that Joseph Anderson 
Esquire before whom the within 
affidavit appears to have been taken 
and whose name is thereto subscribed 
was at the time of taking the same and still is 
an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to all whose official acts 
as such full faith and credit is due and ought 
to be given as well in Courts of Record as there out 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of 
said Court at St Clairsville the Seventh day of May One thousand eight hundred & eighteen Ezer Ellis Clk pro tem
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David Jennings, St. Clairsville, Ohio

[following is upside down to the preceding]
Edward Booth
12.764
30 June, 1819
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The State of Ohio 
Belmont County ss
At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at St Clairsville in 
& for the County of Belmont on the Twenty Fourth day of July 
AD 1820 before the Honourable Benjamin Tappan Esqr President 
and Joseph Anderson Edward Bryson and John Wiley 
Esquires associate judges of the said Court on the Twenty eighth 
day of July AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court 
being a Court of Record for the said County in the said Circuit 
Edward Booth - aged Sixty nine years resident in the County 
of Belmont in the said Circuit being first duly sworn 
according to Law doth on his 
oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war 
as follows That he the said Edward Booth enlisted for the term 
of three years some time in the fall of the year 1777 in the State of 
Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Harris in 
the Regiment commanded by Other H Williams in the line of the 
State of Maryland on the continental establishment that he 
continued to serve in the said corps until the three years elapsed 
and longer when he was discharged from said service some 
time in the spring of 1781 in the State of Carolina at a place called 
Hicks Creek.
That he was in the battles of Monmouth the battle of 
Camden battle of the Cowpens and that he hath no other evidence 
now in his power of his said service that his declaration now at 
War department was dated 6th of May 1818 upon which 
a Certificate issued numbered 12764. 
That he hath no Real Property
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And I do solemnly Swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that 
time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part 
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself 
within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide 
for certain persons engaged in the Land or naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1819 [sic]
and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or 
securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other 
than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by 
me subscribed 
Schedule of Property 
2 Stocking Frames - $50-
1 Cow -12 
1 Sugar Kettle - 2
1 Metal teakettle - 1.50 
Small iron pot - 1 
1 do - 0.50
1 Tin Bucket - 1.25
Candle Moulds - .75
[subtotal]  $69.00

Brought up   $69
5 pewter plates - 2.
1 dish - 1.
Coffee pot - .50
5 Tin cups - .25
1 Tub - .75
1 Barrel - .25
1 Wooden Bucket  - .25
Sundry earthen vessels - .75
[total]    $74.75

That his family consists of his wife an old woman not able 
to work much aged fifty eight years and Three children 
Caleb Booth aged thirteen years Jacob Booth aged eight years and Rachel Booth aged Nineteen years who only stays part of 
her time with the said Edward Booth The two first children 
are able to do some little work. That his occupation is a 
Stocking Weaver but that he is not able to support his family 
thereby 
Edward Booth 
Sworn to and declared on the Twenty eighth day of July 1820 
before the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont County State of Ohio 
Attest
Ezer Ellis Clk
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I Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the 
County of Belmont do hereby certify that the foregoing 
affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied 
from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify 
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount 
in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 
Seventy four - Dollars and Seventy five cents.-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of 
the said Court at St Clairsville on the 
first day of August 
AD One thousand Eight hundred & Twenty 
Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court 
Of Common Pleas for 
Belmont County Ohio

State of Ohio 
Belmont County }
Before me John McElroy one of the Justices of the 
peace in and for the County of Belmont personally 
appeared Doctor James Hughes and 
Doctor Wm Quigley 
who being first duly sworn say that they have examined the complaint called Scrotal Hernia with 
which the said Edward Booth is much afflicted and do say 
upon their respective oaths that the said complaint doth 
very much injure the said Edward Booth in his capability 
of pursuing his said occupation as a stocking weaver or 
any other kind of labour whatsoever. 
James Hughes 
Wm Quigley
Sworn and subscribed to before 
me at St Clairsville this 10th 
day of August 1820 
John McElroy 
Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio Belmont County ss 
I Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas in and for said County do 
hereby certify that John McElroy Esquire 
before whom the within affidavits of 
James Hughes & William Quigley appear 
to have been taken and whose name 
is thereto subscribed was at the time of taking the 
same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the 
County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified 
to whose official acts as such full faith and credit 
is due and ought to be given as well in Court of 
record as thereout. In Testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at St Clairsville the 4th day of September AD 1820 
Ezer Ellis Clk
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State of Ohio 
Richland County ss }
On this 10th day of December 
A.D. 1853 personally appeared 
before the Probate Court within and for said 
County of Richland and State of Ohio Eli Booth 
aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law says on his oath that he is the son 
and heir at law of the identical Edward Booth 
deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war 
and who was late a Pensioner of the United States Government and received his pension 
pay at Pittsburg State of Pennsylvania as affiant 
verily believes. that his mothers name was Rachel 
Reynolds before her marriage to his said father 
Edward Booth that his said father Edward Booth 
and his said Mother Rachel Booth were lawfully 
married (as affiant verily believes) sometime in 
the year A.D. 1780 in the County of Cecil in the 
State of Maryland, that there is no private or public 
record of their said marriage to affiants knowledge. 
that his said father & mother the said Edward 
Booth and Rachel Booth lived & cohabited 
together as husband and wife for a great many 
years and up and at the time of the death of said 
Edward Booth which took place in Holmes 
County State of Ohio on the 11th day of October  
A.D. 1836. by reason of chillfever, that his said mother 
Rachel Booth died at same place on the 14th day 
of January A.D. 1838, that affiant and Jacob Booth 
Prudence Edwards formerly Prudence Booth Henry Booth Jane Hays formerly Jane Booth Edwin Booth, Rachel Stanly formerly Rachel Booth & Caleb Booth are the children and the only living children of said Edward & Rachel Booth, one of the children named William being dead
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affiant makes the foregoing declaration 
for the purpose of procuring the benefit of 
the several acts of Congress passed prior to 
the 4th day of February A.D. 1853.
Eli Booth 

Sworn to and subscribed before me Judge 
of the Probate Court within and for said County 
of Richland in State of Ohio on the day & year 
before written and I hereby certify that I am 
personally acquainted with said Eli Booth 
whose genuine signature is subscribed above 
that he is a person of good character for truth 
and veracity and that the foregoing declaration 
by him made is worthy of full faith & credit 
I further certify that I have no interest in 
said pension claim 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my signature and the seal 
of the Probate Court at Mansfield in 
said County this 10th day of December 
AD 1853 
Joel Myers, Probate Judge of 
said Richland County, Ohio 

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Declaration of 
Eli Booth
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May 14, 1935

Mrs. A. C. Rippier 
413 Third Street 
Brooklyn, New York 

Edward Booth-R.1021
BA-J/AWF [?]

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Reynolds, who served as private in Captain Uriah Springer’s company, Colonel John Gibson's 7th Virginia regiment, and to Edwin (Edward) Booth, who served in the 6th Maryland regiment, both soldiers of the War of the Revolution. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of a James Reynolds as described above. 

The Revolutionary War record which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1031, based upon the services of Edward Booth, in that war. He is also referred to as Edwin Booth, no explanation given as to the use of the two names. 

He was born March 26, 1753, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given. 

He enlisted in the state of Maryland in the fall of 1777, served in Captain Harris' Company, Colonel Otho H. Williams' 6th Maryland regiment; he was in the battles of Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and was discharged in the spring of 1781 at “Hicks Creek”, North Carolina. 

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted May 6, 1818, at which time he was residing in Belmont County, Ohio.

Edward ( Edwin) Booth married in the year in 1780 in Cecil County, Maryland, Rachel Reynolds. He died October 11, 1836 in Holmes County, Ohio and his widow, Rachel Booth, died January 14, 1838 in Holmes County, then aged about seventy-six years. 

The following children of the soldier, Edward (Edwin) Booth and his wife, Rachel, were referred to in 1853; Eli Booth, aged seventy years and living in Richland County, Ohio; Rachel Stanly, aged about fifty-two years; Caleb Booth, aged about forty-six years; Jacob Booth, aged forty-two years; Prudence Edwards, age not shown; Henry Booth, age not shown; Jane Hays, age not given; Edwin Booth, age not given; William Booth, then referred to as deceased. 

One Robert Booth was a resident in 1854 of Richland County, Ohio; he was related to the family, degree of relationship not shown. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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R. Booth [?]
March 2/54  [March 2, 1854]
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Pension Office 
March 2 1854 
Sir 
The application of Rachel Broth decd widow 
of Edward of Ohio, has been examined and 
filed under the act of July 4 1836 
The date of the her marriage must be 
established by the production of Record proof or its 
absence satisfactorily accounted for. Application 
must be made to the clerk of the County or 
keeper of Church records, in the County in which 
she was married for evidence of the date of that event, or a family record of the marriage or of the 
births of her children must be produced of it is in 
existence. If evidence of this grade cannot be obtained then the testimony of witnesses must be 
adduced who can show how they are enabled to 
fix the time. A certificate of Court must be furnished, showing the date of his and her death and the number and names of the children now living. The court must certify upon what testimony 
it bases its certificate. An administrator 
must be appointed and the amount of his 
official Bond must be certified to this office. 
I would remark, that unless the marriage can be clearly proved to have taken place before Nov 1780 it will be useless to attempt the farther prosecution of the case.

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R. Booth [?] Mansfield Ohio
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8.037 
Deposition of 
Aaron A Weatherbee
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State of Ohio 
Holmes County} Ss
Be it known that on this 5 day of 
January AD 1854 Personally appeared 
before the subscriber an acting Justice 
of the peace within and for said County duly authorized to 
administer oaths Aaron. A. Weatherbee who being first 
duly sworn according to law sais [says] that he is forty five years 
of age, that he is and has been personally acquainted with 
Eli Booth for twenty years, whose declaration is hereunto 
attached making application for a pension as son and heir 
at law of Edwin Booth and Rachel Booth his wife. that 
he is a man of good moral character and in every way entitled 
to belief, that he was personally acquainted with said 
Rachel Booth wife of said Edwin Booth and mother 
of said Eli Booth for about one year next peceding [preceding] her 
death which took place on the 14th day of January 
AD 1838 in county and State above written as affiant 
verily believes from the following circumstances (viz) 
that he finds uppon refferance to his books that he made 
and delivered at the residence of said Rachel Booth the 
coffin in which she was placed and buried on the 15th 
day of January AD 1838, that he attended the funeral 
of said Rachel Booth on the same day. that he has no 
interest in said pension claim 
Aaron A. Weatherbee 
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice 
of the peace within and for said County of Holmes in 
State of Ohio on the day and year above written, and I 
hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said 
Aaron A. Weatherbee whose genuine signature is Subscribed 
above that he is a person of good character for truth and veracity 
and that the foregoing statement by him made is worthy of 
full faith and credit. I further certify that I have no interest in said pension claim 
Amos Wiggins JP
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The State of Ohio Holmes County, ss.
I, JOSEPH M'DOWELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Holmes aforesaid, hereby certify that Amos Wiggins Esquire taken, before whom the above acknowledgment was taken, was at the time of taking the same, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified according to the laws of this State; and that his official acts such as are entitled to full weight and credit. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Millersburg, this 16 day of January A. D. 1854 
J. McDowell 

[the following is partial text from the preceding page]
death which took place on the 14th day of January A D 1838 in county and State above written as affiant verily believes from the following circumstances (viz)
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No. 8037
Rachel Booth decd 
widow of Edward 
Ohio 
[?]

1021 

July 4 1836
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St Clairsville 
Belmont County Ohio 
17th July 1826 
Conformably to notice to Pensioners from the War Department 
under date of 30th June 1826 I Edward Booth 
a United States Revolutionary Pensioner, do hereby report 
myself as such, to said Department, from where I now 
reside Towit in the Town of St Clairsville County of Belmont & State of Ohio.
Respectfully yours 
Edward Booth
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Mansfield Ohio Feb 21st 1884 
[To:] L P Waldo Esqr
Dr Sir
I inclose you 
the testimony of a pension claim 
that is coming to the family of 
which my father is a member 
and as the claim is small and 
would not pay to employ a lawyer 
to prepare the papers I hope you 
may look over So far as the law 
will permit of any informalities 
in them and if you should think 
the proof insufficient you will 
please indicate to me in as full 
a manner as posible the kind 
and extent of of the proof still 
required 
Direct Mansfield Ohio 
R Booth
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Power of 
Attorney from 
Eli Booth 
to
R Booth
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State of Ohio 
Richland County  } SS 
Be it known that before me a 
Justice of the Peace in and for the 
county aforesaid duly commissioned 
according to law personally appeared Eli Booth a 
resident of the Village of Rome in the County of Richland 
and State foresaid, who states that he is the son and 
heir at law of the identical Edwin [interlinear note: Edward] Booth who was 
a Revolutionary Soldier and that he believes the united 
States are still indebted under existing laws for the 
pension that was due him on account of said service 
and that he is directly interested as a claimant in 
the pension for which he now makes application  
and hereby of constitutes and appoint Robert Booth 
of Richland County Ohio his true and lawful attorney 
with irrevocable power to examine into investigate 
and establish the claim for said pension and to do 
all acts necessary thereto, hereby revoking all former 
powers of attorney heretofore executed by him and also 
hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever he shall 
do lawfully by virtue hereof. Witness his hand and 
Seal this 27th day of January AD 1854 
Eli Booth [handwritten] seal

Signed sealed and delivered 
in presence of 
Jas Hunter 
R H Mcready 

Signed Sealed and acknowledged 
before me this 27th day of January 
A. D. 1854 
Jas Hunter Justice of the Peace
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Deposition of 
Cynthia Thorne
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State of Ohio
Holmes County }ss
Be it known that on this 7th day of 
January AD 1854 Personally appeared 
before the Subscriber an acting Justice of 
the peace within and for said county duly 
authorized to administer 
oaths Cynthia Thorne formally [formerly] Cynthia Johnson of lawful 
age who being first duly sworn according to law sais [says] that 
she is and has been personally acquainted with Eli Booth for thirty 
years whose declaration is hereunto attached making application 
for a pension as the son and heir at law of 
Edwin Booth and Rachel Booth his wife. that he is 
a man of good moral character and is every way entitled 
to belief. that she was personally acquainted with the said 
Edwin Booth the father of the said Eli Booth for about 
one year next preceding his death which took place on or 
about the 11th day of October AD 1836 as affiant verily 
believes in the County and State above written that she remembers 
the fact from the following circumstances (viz) that 
she was married on the 29th day of December AD 1836 
that her sister Maranda Wiggins was married on the 6th 
day of October of the same year that the death of the said 
Edwin Booth took place a few days after the marriage 
of her said Sister Maranda Wiggins formerily [formerly] Maranda Johnson.
that she attended the funeral of the said Edwin 
Booth and saw him burried, that the said Edwin Booth 
was reputed to be a pensioned Revolutionary Soldier in the 
neighbourhood in which he lived. that the said Edwin 
Booth and the said Rachel Booth lived together as husband 
and wife during the time that she knew them and up 
to and at the time of the death of the said Edwin Booth 
that she has no interest in said pension claim 
Cynthia Thorne
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of 
the peace within and for said County of Holmes State of 
Ohio on the day and year above written and I hereby certify 
that I am personally acquainted with the said Cynthia
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Thorne whose genuine signature is Subscribed above that she 
is a person of good character for truth and verasity and 
that 
the foregoing statements by her made is worthy of full 
faith and credit. I further certify that I have no interest 
in said pension claim 
Lawrance M Murrell J P

The State of Ohio, Holmes County, ss. I, JOSEPH M'DOWELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. within and for the County of Holmes, aforesaid, hereby certify that Lawrance M Murrell Esquire, before whom the above acknowledgment was taken was at the time of taking the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified according to the laws of this State; and that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Millersburg, this 16 day of January A.D. 1854 J. McDowell Clerk
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Deposition of Charles Waddell
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State of Ohio 
Holmes County }ss

Be it known that on this 5th day of 
January A D 1854 Personally appeared before 
the Subscriber an acting justice of the peace 
within and for said County and duly authorized to administer 
oath's Charles Waddle who being first duly sworn according to 
law sais [says] that he is Sixty three years of age. that he is 
a minister of the Gosple [Gospel] and also a practicing physician 
that he is and has been personally acquainted with Eli Booth 
for thirty years whose declaration is hereunto attached making 
application for a pension as the son and heir at law of 
Edwin Booth and Rachel Booth his wife both of whom 
is dead as affiant verily believes. that he is a man of good 
moral character and every way entitled to belief, that he was 
personally acquainted with the said Rachel Booth the wife 
of said Edwin Booth and mother of said Eli Booth for 
about nine months next preceding her death which took place 
in County and State above written in the month of January 
A.D. 1838 which he remembers from the following circumstances 
(viz) that he moved into this County in the spring 
of AD 1837. that the said Rachel Booth died in the first 
following January. that he attended her the said Rachel 
Booth as physician during her last sickness. that she died of the infirmities of old age. that he attended her funeral 
that he has no interest whatever in said pension claim 
Charles Waddell 
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice 
of the peace within and for said County of Holmes in 
State of Ohio on the day and year above written and 
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the 
said Charles Waddle whose genuine signature is subscribed above 
that he is a person of good character for truth and verasity [veracity] and 
that the foregoing statements by him made is worthy of full faith 
and credit. I further certify that I have no interest in said claim 
Amos Wiggins J P
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State of Ohio 
Holmes County }ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned 
an acting justice of the peace 
within and for said County and duly 
authorized to administer oaths, on this 6th day of 
January AD 1854 Meranda Wiggins formarily [formerly] Maranda Johnson 
of lawful age who being first duly sworn 
according to law sais [says] that, she is and has been personally 
acquainted with Eli Booth for a number of years whose declaration is hereunto attached making application 
for a pension as the Son and heir at law of Edwin Booth and 
Rachel Booth his wife that he is a man of Good moral 
character and evry way entitled to belief that she was personnally 
acquainted with the said Edwin [interlinear note: Edward] Booth the father of 
the said Eli Booth for two or three years next preceding his 
death which took place in the County and State above written 
on the 11th day of October AD 1836 as affiant verily believes 
that she remembers the fact from the following circumstance 
(viz) that she was married on the 6th day of October AD 
1836 and that she was detained from attending the funeral of 
the said Edwin Booth which took place a few days after 
her marriage by preparing to move and go to house keeping 
whilst her sister Cintha and other members of the family was 
attending said funeral that the said Edwin Booth and the 
said Rachel Booth lived together as man and wife during 
the time that she knew them and up to and at the time of the 
death of the said Edwin Booth, that the said Edwin Booth 
was reputed to be a pensioned Revolutionary soldier in the 
neighbourhood in which he lived as affiant verily believes 
that she has no interest in said pension claim 
Maranda Wiggins 

Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice 
of the peace within and for said County of Holmes in State of 
Ohio on the day and year above written and I hereby 
certify that I am personally acquainted with the said
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Maranda Wiggins whose genuine signature is subscribed 
above that she is a person of good character for truth and 
verasity [veracity] and that the foregoing statements by her made is 
worthy of full faith and credit I further certify 
that I have no interest in said pension claim Amos Wiggins JP
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Left Side Page

1891, May 5 J C Booth history

Feby 4 '97 History to J C Booth, Chicago, Ill.

The Hon Ed Cook

1929 Mch 26 - Hist to Mrs. A.J. Spears
1929 June 7 - Hist to Mrs. Jos D Dermody
1934 Oct 9 - Hist to Mrs. M C Anderson
1935 May 4 - Hist to Mrs. C.C. Rippier

Right Side Page

INVALID
REJECTED
1021

Rachel Booth
widow of Edward
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James C Booth Ill [Illinois]
Jany 31 1891 
Edward Booth Md
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Chicago January the 31 1851 
To the Hon Commissioner 
of Pensions 
Dear Comrade
will you pleas give me the 
Military record and description 
of Edward Booth a Soldier of the 
Revolution War he served in 
the 6th Maryland Regiment 
and drew his last pension in 
Holmes County Ohio as of 
September 1836 give me 
all the information you Can 
as I[?] am a Grand Son of his and 
anxious to know what his record 
was and oblige yours in 
F.C.T.[?]
No 32 Wells[?] Street James C. Booth
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Mrs. Jos. D. Dermody 
2032 Belmont Road N.W. 
Wash. D.C. 
Valley Vista Apts 

Edward Booth - R. 1021 
Personal request 
June 6 - 1929
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Mrs. A. T. Spears 
1009 S. 7th St 
Terre Haute 
Indiana 
personal request 
March 21 1929 

Edward Booth 
R 1021
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October 9, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Edward Booth -- R. 1021 
BA-J/AWF 

Mrs. M. C. Anderson 
406 Fullerton Bldg. 
St. Louis, Missouri 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Edwin Booth (Boothe), a soldier of the War of the Revolution. 

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1021, based upon the military service of Edward Booth, during the Revolutionary War. He is also referred to as Edwin Booth; there is no explanation given as to the use of the two names, Edward and Edwin. 

He was born March 26, 1753, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given. 

He enlisted in the state of Maryland in the fall of 1777, served in Captain Harris' company, Colonel Otho H. Williams' Sixth Maryland Regiment; he was in the battles of Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and was discharged in the spring of 1781 at “Hicks Creek,” North Carolina. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he was residing in Belmont County, Ohio. 

He married in the year 1780 in Cecil County, Maryland, Rachel Reynolds. He died October 11, 1836 in Holmes County, Ohio, and the widow, Rachel Booth died January 14, 1838 in said Haynes County, aged
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about seventy=six years.

The following children of the soldier, Edward (Edwin) Booth and his wife, Rachel were referred to in 1853:

Eli Booth then aged seventy years and living in Richland County, Ohio: Rachel Stanly then aged about fifty-two years: Caleb Booth, aged about forty-six years; Jacob Booth, aged forty-two years; Prudence Edwards, age not shown: Henry Booth, age not shown; Jane Hays, age not given; Edwin Booth, age not given. Their son, William was referred to in 1853 as deceased.

One Robert Booth was a resident in 1854 of Richland County, Ohio; he was related to the family, degree of relationship not shown.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

June 7, 1929

Mrs. Joseph D. Dermody
Valley Vista Apartments
2032 Belmont Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the revolutionary war pension claim, R.1021, it appears that Edward Booth was born March 26, 1753, place not stated.

He enlisted in the state of Maryland in the fall of 1777, and served in Captain Harris' Company, Colonel Othe H Williams' Sixth Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs and served three years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he was residing in Belmont County, Ohio.

He died October 11, 1836, in Holmes County, Ohio.

The soldier married in 1780, in Cecil County, Maryland, Rachel Reynolds. She was fifty-eight years old in 1820. She died January 14, 1838, in Holmes County, Ohio leaving the following children:

Eli Booth, Jacob
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Booth, Prudence Edwards, Henry Booth, Jany Hays, Edwin Booth, Rachel Stanly, and Caleb Booth. Their son, William, died prior to 1853.

In 1853, the soldier is referred to as Edwin Booth, no explanation is given as to the use of the two names, Edwin and Edward.

Respectfully,

Earl D. Church
Commissioner
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March 26, 1929

Mrs. A.T. Spears
1009 S. 7th Street
Terre Haute, Indiana

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the revolutionary war pension claim, R.1021, it appears that Edward Booth was born, March 26, 1753, place not stated.

He enlisted in the state of Maryland in the fall of 1777, and served in Captain Harris' company, Colonel Otho H. Williams' Sixth Maryland regiment; was in the battles of Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs, and served three years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he was residing in Belmont County, Ohio.

He died October 11, 1836, in Holmes County, Ohio.

The soldier married in 1780 in Cecel County, Maryland, Rachel Reynolds. She was fifty-eight years old in 1820. She died January 14, 1838, in Holmes County, Ohio, leaving the following children: Eli Booth, Jacob
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Booth, Prudence Edwards, Henry Booth, Jane Hays, Edwin Booth, Rachel Stanly, and Caleb Booth. Their son, William, died prior to 1853.

In 1853, the soldier is referred to as Edwin Booth, no explanation is given as to the use of the two names, Edwin and Edward.

Respectfully,

E W Morgan
Acting Administrator
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The Reynolds Family Association
413 Third Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. A.C. Rippier, Sec'y and Treas.

April 24, 1935

The Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

The Commissioner,

Honorable Sir - 

Will you please let me know if James Reynolds who served as private in Capt. Uriah Springer's Co, Col John Gibson's 7th Va, Reft born in Albemarle Co Va was a pensioner?

Also, if Edwin (sometimes Edward) Booth a soldier during the revolutionary war in the sixth Maryland regiment was a pensioner?

His wife was Rachel Reynolds.

If either or both were pensioners, may I have a copy of same for our records.

Thanking you for this courtesy.

Most sincerely

Mrs. A.C. Rippier
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St. Louis, Mo
Sept 19, 1934

Veterans' Administration
Washington, 
D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly advise me if you have any record in the U.S. Pension Records, of one Edwin Booth (or Boothe) said to have served under Lafayette during the Revolution. Birthplace in England. Wife's name Rachel, although probably married after the war. Would greatly appreciate any information  you can give me. Thanking you,

Very truly yours,

Margaret C Anderson

Mrs. M.C. Anderson
406 Fullerton Bldg.
St. Louis, Mo.

Vet Admin Rec'd Stamp - Sep 21, 1834