Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,771, for Adam Link, Pennsylvania
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We S.S. Fulton and C.W. Bushnell residents of Ashland County in the state of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Adam Link in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be J.S. Fulton C.W. Burducee
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and Icertify that I know the applicants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim J.A McClosky J Peace 
The claimant appoints G.W. Vrie his attorney at Ashland to prosecute his claim when issued. 

State of Ohio 
County Ashalnd
I J O Jennings  Clerke of the county court in and for the county and State above mentioned do hereby certify that J.A McClusky Esq whose genuine signature appears above is and was a the time of  Signings the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid duly commissioned and Sworn that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a court of Record having General Jurisdiction I  also certify that I ha ve no interest in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosection. Given under my hand and Seal of Office of Ashland this 23rd day of April AD 1855.
J O Jennings Clerk
By S Jennings Deputy
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We Frederick William Birdman a Clergyman residing in the County of Richland in the vicinity of Adam Link the above named applicant, and Luther McPratt resident of said County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Adam Link the applicant for a pension who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinions this 25th day of Sept. 1833. Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written (Signed) F.W. Gindeman
L.M. PPratt Wells Kellog J.P 
sworn and subscribed this 8th day of December 1833 Isaac Osburn Associate Judge
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the year 1760 in the State of Pennsylvania (Signed) Adam Link
2. Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it? 
Answer I have no record of my age, my father had one but it is lost or destroyed long since, it is out of my power to produce it my father kept my age in an old family Bible which is now lost and destroyed. Adam Link
3. Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Answer. I lived at the time I was called into the service, in Washington County, in the State of Pennsylvania, and since the Revolutionary war, I have resided about seven years in the county of Beaver in the State of Pennsylvania and then I removed into the State of Ohio where I now live.  Adam Link
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And I do further state that I know that in the months of June 1777 I was in the County of Washington in the State of Pennsylvania and saw the said Link at his father's in said County and that whilst I was there I saw the said Militia called out and the officers gave orders that on or about the 15th of that month it was expected they would receive orders from the officers to March for duty I was there and saw them drafted militia men called out out prepare for marching into the Service, that about the 15th of June 1779 the said "Link" marched with therm into the Service, I saw him when he started and left his father's house, that the Captain who had the command was one Captain Noble and the Colonel who commanded the regiment was Colonel "Shepherd" that I know and recollect distinctly that the said "Link" and his friend, told me he had been twice drafted previous and had served two tours of militia duty in the army previous to this time tour of duty that he was there going on a Third draft into the Army of six months, that the said Link's father complained that two of his sons were now in the Army when he needed them at home to help him in his business that I saw the said Adam Link go with his gun and knapsack on his back with the company to which he belonged under the said Captain "Noble" and Lieutenant "Ogle" and was informed and understood they were drafted to serve on a six months tour of duty as he has states in his annexed declaration, and that I know that the part of Pennsylvania where the said Link resided was very much exposed to invasions form the British and the Indians, and that from the knowledge I have of the said "Link" and his services and the information I received in relation to his services both from his friends and his officers who commanded him in the service form one year and six months I have no doubt but that he has faithfully served as he states.
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distress and cruelty than did my father and his family. we had often to unite in neighborhood, and go & lie in small bodies of men & get into some old  log building and stand with our guns in our hands to defend the lives of our sisters and friends until the Indians had dispersed and that I do say that we were all surrounded with Butchers, death and cruelty where we lived, all was war and death, we fled sometimes to our neighbors, sometimes to the woods, and at other times to Forts and garrisons for protection of their lives and in fact I was almost continually in service of my country throughout most of the revolutionary war as volunteer at short intervals to aid in defending the Western Frontier with the rest of my friends and neighbors who resided in that part of the State, but was only three times drafted for six months each, making regular service as a drafted militia man for eighteen months as a private soldier. I would further mention that Captain Mason who commanded me as mentioned in my declaration hereto annexed was shot through the hips at Wheeling Garrison by a Musket or rifle ball by an Indian while lying at the Garrison.
(Signed) Adam Link
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of Sept 1833 (signed) Wells Kellog Justice of Peace 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of December 1833 Isaac Osburn Associate Judge
Me being personally acquainted with Adam Link who has subscribed the foregoing and annexed papers and that we consider and believe him to be a man of unblemished character for truth and veracity, that we have know him for several years and that we believe him to be  soldier of the Revolution and has served as he states, that Mr.Link justly sustains a high character of truth and veracity
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29.318
Adam Link
Ohio
Adm 1 year and 6 months 
John Haulb
Geranievile P. O.
Wayne County Ohio
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company left fort Sheppard in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy seven he acted as an Indian Spy and scout and was actively engaged along the frontier until the summer of Seventeen hundred and seventy Eight, when he was again called upon to Garrison and defend Dement fort for few months After a discharge from the last named fort I was again continually engaged as an Indian Spy until the following year when if my memory serves me right we were again placed in Dements fort, but how long we remained there at that time I cannot certainly tell. In the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and Eighty in the month of August our house was burned by the Indians, and my father was taken Prisoner and our house was then burnt to ashes and everything we had in int destroyed, our barn was burnt and about forty head of sheep burnt up with it, all our horses and cattle were chain off and killed, and about one hundred head of pigs destroyed, and totally lost and my father was marched out a few miles by the Indians, and murdered and scalped, we also had three hundred bushel of grain burnt by the Indian and a large field of corn entirely destroyed. Although we had a large property at the time, I am d my oldest brother were then compelled to work day work for our support and the maintenance of our mother and sisters. For the year A.D. Seventeen
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hundred and Eighty twoo. I was again stationed in Manes fort in Washington county Pennsylvania for the term of six months as near as I can remember and from the Spring until the fall of the year.  In the year A.D. Eighteen hundred and ninety as near as I can now remember the time I volunteered in the company commanded by Captain Noble to join Stallains enemy but from some cause was never called in to go although I stood ready to March at a moments warning. From the commencement of the Revolutionary war, almost until its close I was continually on the frontier, and exposed to all the hardships, and dangers and primitives of a border warfare, lived a frontier life, I have lived for days and nights hidden in a cave of rocks, to save my life from the merciless Savages. I was for more than four years from the commencement of the Revolutionary war continually engaged either in garrisoning forts or serving as an Indian Spy, or defending the frontier Settlements with whatever of skill and courage I would commend. Perhaps more than fifteen years since I made my application to the Pension Office for a pension and sent in the proofs and the same was held to be sufficient and a pension was allowed to me, and my pension was then again stopped. and as I have been informed though the representations of persons wholly ignorant both of my past life and my services to my country, and that I had the
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original pension certificate issued by the Commissioner of Pensions to me for a long time in my possession and that if my memory has not failed me I gave it Judge Patterson who was at that the time a member  of Congress from the District, and that utter diligent search it cannot now be found. And I hereby relinquish every claim such above to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Adam Link 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eleventh day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty twoo and I further certify that I am acquainted with the above named Adam Link, and that the matter above set forth and sworn to by him I believe to be true as he sets them forth. J. A McClusky Jus. Peace
STATE OF OHIO
Land County  SS.
i John Sheridan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgement to which this annexed and said J.A. McClusky was an acting Justice of the Peace of said county, and duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take the same;  and that I tainted with his hand writing and verily believes that the signature to said acknlowledgement me And do further certify that the said instrument and the acknowledgement thereof, are
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The State of Ohio
Ashland County
on this Twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Ashland and State of Ohio Frederick Bourneroter Allen Lockhart, Thomas Smith, John Woodland of lawful ages who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and say that they are well acquainted with Adam Link and have been well acquainted with him for many years; and that he is the identical same Adam Link who is named in an Original pension certificate, and that his pension has been illegally withheld from him as they verily believes he is now Eighty Eight years of age; he is generally reputed and believed in the community where he now resides and minded resided continuously for the last thirty two years, to have been a Soldier in the Defense of his country in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and that he has always since he lived here and does now sustain a good moral character, and that he is now and has been for a long time much decrepid; and in account of his old age, and his service in defense of his country, his pension should and ought to be restored to him again, and they further say that it is the General opinion and belief of his neighborhood that his pension ought never o have been stopped and ought again to be restored to him, and that they have no interest whatever
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wither directly or indirectly in this application for his pension as aforesaid.
Frederick Bidenmasters
Allen Lockhart
Thomas Swelt/Q
John Woodburn
Witnesses signatures
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written' and I do further certify that Frederick Bowmasters Allen Lockhart Thomas Smith J.P John Woodhisn
who have signed the above affidavit are Pensions of well know respectability for truth and veracity and perfect confidence can be placed in this statements.
JA McClusky Justice Peace
Ashland County Montgomery J.P.
The State of Ohio Ashland County
JJO Jennings Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ashland County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named John A McCluskey is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for Montgomery Township and the County and State aforesaid Duly commissioned by the Laws of said State of Ohio
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said County at Ashland this 9th day of December A.D. 1851
JO Jennings Clerk by W.M. Hill Dept.
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20 April 1842
B.B. Clark
P.M.
Ashland Ohio
Adam Link
Approved
refer to Chief Clerk
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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P Office Asland Ashland Co. O. Apl 20 1832
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir It is reported here that Adam Link of this County has recently obtained a pension that he had record on his claim for $500 or $600 That he gave of it to his Lawyer $200 To an agent who was Clerk of one of the Houses of Congress from December 1807 to April 1852. $100 Also to a Son who had same agency in the matter some $150 or $200 It is further reported that same Adam Link never served as a Soldier That some 18 or 20 years since he applied for a pension and that at the time a young lawyer here (Said Robbins since dead) wrote a Statement of fact to the Department  which prohibited his getting a pension at that time and that the Lawyer who assisted him at that time was obliged to leave the country. whether any new facts have come to light or whether he has now claimed on different grounds or under what regulations said Link has Recorded his Pensions I know not It is strongly suggested here that all is not right I state the facts as a matter of duty I am no way interest in the case pro or con in interest or feeling. I am Sir Respectfully your Obedient Servant B B Clark P.Me
Ashland Ohio
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Good Family
Pensioner Office
April 2nd 1858
Sir
In answer to the Enclosed letter of H.S. Mass isgt I have the honor to state that the claim of Adam Link was allowed originally for 60 per annum being an allowance for eighteen months service as a private in the war of the revolution. Subsequent to such allowance this Office was led to think his claim a fraudulent one and consequently his name was stricken from the pension roll. The Pensioner at the time of his suspension was informed that he would be restored to the pension roll upon proof being filed which would establish a service of six months. Proof of such Service was filed and he was restored to the roll but at a reduced rate of pension. The reason of reducing his pension was that in his first application under the Act of 7th June 1832 he alleged three tours of Militia duty of six months (unreadable) in the State of Pennsylvania for which he was allowed a pension of $60 Since such allowance which was made in 1833, then has received incontrovertable evidence that the Militia
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Mansfield 14th Nov 1857
Dear Sir
Yours of 3rd Act was not rec'd till last week. I have examined all my old papers to see if any of Adam Links pension papers were still in my possession but find none. I do not remember of his ever getting a cent, I know his claim to a pension was defeated because of supposed fraud he got into the hands of a Scoundrel by the name of Faulk who escaped the penalty of the law by flight. The department found him engaged in fraud and perjury and but for me, Mr Link (Judge Osborn before whom the deposition were taken) and all who had sworn in his Case would have been taken before the federal Court. I know nothing of the Claim of Mr. Link. If he was in the revolutionary war he is as well entitled as others whether the Link can now prosecute his claim with safety to himself. I leave to him to Judge. Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Wm Patterson
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Information desired from the Commissioner of Pensions by J.M. Allen 305 Sansome St. San Francisco, Cal.
Adam Link, a soldier of the revolution. Born in Washington co., Penn., November 14th 1761.
Died at Sulphur Springs, Crawford Col, Ohio, August 15th 
1864
Enlisted when sixteen years of age Five years in service near Wheeling, Va.;
Was on Cleveland, Ohio, pension roll, receiving $30.00 per annum; 
do the foregoing facts correspond with the records at Washington, D.C. ?
What regiment was Adam Link in?
What company " " " "?
Commanding officer's name of the Company?
All other information concerning Adam Link shown in the records in Washington, D.C.
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June 28, 1937
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. William R. Eckhardt, Junior
3317 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the records of the following soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia:- John Link; Adam Link (Virginia or Pennsylvania); Smith Kent; John Henry; Samuel Henry; Hugh Henry; John Coleman; Thomas Coleman and William Kent.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request
which requires so much time and research.
The record of Adam Link is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
[handwritten] See letter in misc. file to this person
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During the intervening periods he was continually engaged either in garrisoning forts or serving as an Indian Spy and Scout. After the Revolution he lived seven years in Beaver County, Pennsylvania then moved to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1833, at which time he resided in Milton Township, Richland County, Ohio.
In 1780, the Indians murdered his father, burned his house and barns, took all of his stock and cattle, and forced his family to leave their home and crops. name of father not stated. Soldier's son was referred to in 1852 his name and name of soldier's wife not stated.
In 1855 Adam Link resided in Ashland County, Ohio and claimed to be "ninety-two" years of age, and in 1864 was living in Jefferson County, Ohio. 
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner