Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7376, for Thomas Morgan, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE     NUMBER
Penn.  Morgan, Thomas  R 7376
Hannah
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CONTENTS
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[on] Jul 1840
Hannah 22 Aug 1842
Ohio. 19.851.
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Thomas Morgan.
of Preble Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Campbell of the Reg. commanded by ------------------ in the Penna line for two years.
_________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars 00. Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
__________________________
Certficate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and sent to J. M. N. McNutt, Eaton, P.Co. Ohio
___________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. - 200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [Mar] 34  40.
$240.
{Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832.}
[R]ecorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 17.
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[crossed out illegible 575]
19.851
Thomas Morgan
Ohio
Preble County
from 1776 private
2 yrs.
$80.
14 P of S. Reqd.
Eaton 
P.Co Ohio
______________
J.M. N McNutt
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Morgan of the County of Preble in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 83. years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Table with the following headings]
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank. 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
July In 1776.
Years, Months Day.  4
As a  Sergeant Part of the [time] recruiting - & part of the time feeding cattle
Capt Campbell - 
Penna line  Gen Handy
5. In what battles was he engaged? -----
6. Where did he reside when he enterd the service? Cumberland County Penna
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? -- Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - not defective
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F.S. Evans.
Examining Clerk.
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Claim of Thomas Morgan
Admin of Hannah Morgan
to a Pension
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State of Ohio
Preble County} fs
And now here on this 29 day of May A.D. 1855 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. Personally appeared before the Probate Court in and for said county in open court said court being a court of Record. Thomas Morgan aged 65 years a resident of the county and State aforesaid and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration to entitle him to the benefit of the Act of July 4 1836. That he is the Administrator of Hanna Morgan deceased who was the widow of Thomas Morgan a deceased Revolutionary Soldier & who for his services in the War of the revolution in the Pennsylvania State troops was placed upon the Pension rolls under the Act of June 7 1832. Deponant sstates that he has not the means of knowing [crossed out the] either the precise date of length of the Service of the said Thomas Morgan but refers to the proofs on file upon which the said Thomas Morgan was entered upon the roles under the said Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. 
Deponant further states that the said Thomas Morgan died at Eaton Preble County Ohio on or about the 9th day of July AD 1840 leaving the said Hannah Morgan his widow surviving him and leaving four children surviving him viz Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes Elizabeth Harbison and Letty Harbison. That the said Thomas Morgan and Hannah Morgan his wife were married at Carlisle Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania on or about the    day of    in the year AD 1776  and before the last period of the Service of the said Thomas Morgan
That the said Hannah Morgan remained a widow after the death of her said husband until the date of her own death which took place at Eaton Preble County Ohio the 22d day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two. That the said Hannah Morgan left the following children and 3 others; viz, The said Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes
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Elizabeth Harbison and Letty Harbison all of whom are still surviving except the said Elizabeth Harbison who is now dead. The said Hannah Morgan has now only three surviving children namely Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes and Letty Harbison (and none others)
Deponant further states that he has not been able to procure any public or private record evidence of the marriage of the said Thomas and Hannah Morgan
Thomas Morgan

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written in open Court And I certify that  that the said Thomas Morgan is as appears from the Records of said court the duly appointed and legally qualified Administrator of the estate of the said Hannah deceased and that I have no interest in the result of this application for a Pension either as attorney or otherwise. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sibscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Eaton on the day & year first aforesaid
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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I do hereby constitute and appoint Miller & Brown of Washington City my true and lawful Attorneys to prosecute this claim and to receive the Pension Certificate therefor when Issued and to do alll other acts necessary & proper in and about the premises
Witness my hand and seal this 29th day of May AD 1855
Hannah Morgan (seal)
In presence of 
J Stephens
JV Campbell
The above named Thomas Morgan acknowledged the above Power of Attorney before me in Open Court in the day and year aforesaid
Witness my hand and the seal of our said Probate Court at Eaton the day and year aforesaid
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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The State of Ohio Preble County}
Court of Common Pleas}
September Term 1832}
Ont this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Preble in the state of Ohio Thomas Morgan aged eighty three years a resident of the County of Preble who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two - 
That in July seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted in Cumberland County Pennsylvania for four years in the service of the United States in Captain Campbells company of General Hands Brigade who deponent believes belonged to the state troops of Pennsylvania, he acted during the first summer as recruiting Sargent under General Hand during the winter he was engaged by General Blaine who was company General to feed of cattle and drive them to camp when called for. In
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the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy seven deponent was appointed to take charge of a magazine on yellow breeches creek in York County Pennsylvania he collected wheat rye and corn and other grain which he ground and gave out when ordered by the commissaries; he was employed at this business until the expiration of the time for which he had enlisted - he knew Generals Erwin and Blaine Colonel Postleweight Carlisle Magaw and Davis he also knew General Armstrong at the expiration of his time he was discharged by and officer by the name of Williams in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty he knows of no witnesses living by whom he can proved his services but he is well known to Alexander Mitchel John Quinn Joseph Mason and other residents of the County of Preble by whom as he believe he can prove that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution - he never received a written discharge - nor has he a written record of his age but states that he was born in York County Pennsylvania in July seventeen hundred and forty nine he lived in Pennsylvania until the year eighteen hundred and twenty when he came to Preble County where he now resided - in eighteen hundred and twenty eight as deponent recollects he
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made application to the War department for a pension but did not succeed he unstood however that his name was found on the rolls in the Department - he could not prove his discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Thos Morgan
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
JC Hawkins Clerk
We Alexander Mitchel John Quinn and Joseph Wasson residents of the county of Pregble in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Morgan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we belive him to be eighty three years of age that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity, that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declaration
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Alexander Mitchel
Joseph Wasson
John Quinn
JC Hawkins Clerk
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after sitting the interrogation presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Alexander Mitchell, Joseph wasson and John Quinn, who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents in the County of Preble, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit - 
By the Court  J.C. Hawkins Clerk
I Joseph C Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thoman Morgan, for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this twenty fourth day of Septr eighteen hundred and thirty two-
 JC Hawkins Clerk 
[written in right margin ] Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan 11575
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Additional 
Evidence in 
the case of the
heirs of Thomas &
Hannah Morgan
applicants for some
arrears of Revolu-
tionary Pension under Act of 36
_________________________
Miller & Brown
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State of Ohio}
Preble County} Sct
Before me Isac Stephens a Notary Public in and for said County personally came George W Gaus who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says In relation to Thomas Morgan Ser.  and Hannah Morgan his wife  I mean the old man and woman they both lived to be very aged people the old man was about 95 years old at the time of his death and the old woman was about 90 years old at the time of her death  I was acquainted with them both and from the best information I have been able to obtain in relation to the matter and from my knowledge of their children I would say they were married about the year 1775 or 6. I think no person who knew them ever doubted their having been married. They from the time of their marriage until the death of the old man Thomas Morgan Ser.,  lived togeher as husband and wife and were respected  & regarded by their neighbors. They had by their marriage Nine children towit Nathaniel David Esther John William Thomas Robert Elizabeth and Letty all of whom are now dead except Esther Thomas and Letty. Esther married John Holems Elizabeth married Andrew Harbison and Sally married John Harbison. Nathaniel was the first born child of Thomas & Hannah Morgan I mean their older child  David was their second born child and Esther Homes was their third born child. I would here remark that I am well and intimately acquainted with Esther Holmes and I have been acquainted with her all my lifetime  She is my Grandmother my mother is her daughter
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I was born and raised near to her and I know that she is now an aged woman I would say she is now about 77 or 76 years of age. I am well acquainted with the Morgan family I mean the children of Thomas & Hanna Morgan having always lived amongst them and my mother being a near relative. I have as I believe became acquainted with their history ages & c. and from the knowledge and information I have obtained in relation to the matter I believe that Nathaniel the first born & oldest child of Thomas & Hannah Morgan if now living would be about 81 years of age and such is the belief of the Morgan family so far as I can learn. I have always understood from the family that such is my belief that Thomas Morgan Sen. always said that his son Nathaniel was born in the same year that Independence was declared meaning 1776.
G.W. Gaus
The State of Ohio}
Preble County} Sct  I Isaac Stephens a Notary Public in and for said county hereby certify that the above and foregoing affidavit was Sworn to & subscribed by G W Gaus before me
Witness my hand and seal Notarized this 21 day of April AD 1857
I Stephens
Notary Public
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In reply to your request of............., received.......... for a statement of the military history of..Thomas Morgan, Sen...a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[table with the following headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.   COLONEL.
STATE
[following entries are very faint]
July 1776
during [illegible]
Recruiting Sergeant
Thomas Campbell's in commanding Dept under Col [Blaine]
Riflemen
[Hand]
Penna.
During that [winter]
{in commanding Dept in charge of grain
Discharged Summer 1780 
{magazine in York Co Penn.
Battles engaged in, ...........
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ..York Co Penn
Date of application for pension, ..Sept 24, 1828. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of applilcation,..Preble Co. Ohio
Age at date of application,..born in July 1749 in York Co. Penn.
Remarks:  married at Carlisle, Pa. in 1776 Hannah
he died July 9, 1840 at Eaton, Preble Ohio where she died Aug 22, 1843 aged 90 yrs. They had 9 children Nathaniel; David; Esther mar. John Holmes; John; William; Thomas; Robert; Elizabeth mar. Andrew Harbison; & Letty mar. John Harbison. Alive in 1855: Thomas at 65 yrs., Esther, Elizabeth & Letty. 
Respectfully,
Commissioner
[illegible]
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ISC
I. 46,492;
Wid.Rej. 7,376.
Sept. 21, 1904.
Sir:
For further proof of identification of Thomas Morgan, of Pennsylvania, you are informed that a further examination of the papers in the case shows that he resided in the State of Pennsylvania until 1820, when he removed to Preble county, Ohio, where he lived until he died.
He had nine children, namely, Nathaniel, David, Esther (who married John Holmes), John, William, Thomas, Robert, Elizabeth (married Andrew Harbison), and Letty, who married John Harbison. 
On May 29, 1855, Thomas Morgan, aged sixty-five years, resident of Preble county, Ohio, son and administrator of Hannah Morgan, deceased, applied for pension due her as widow of Thomas Morgan, for the benefit of Esther Holmes, Letty Harbison, and himself, the only surviving children.
This claim was rejected on the ground of inability to prove the date of marriage of Thomas and Hannah Morgan.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. W. Morgan Smith,
Graceton Coke Co.,
Graceton, Pa.
1 enclosure. 
Commissioner.
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Thomas Morgan
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Morgan which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resided, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the differrent grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No  Three Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
________________________________
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For______________ year ________ months, and ____________ days, I served as a _________  For ____________ months and _________ days, I served as a ____________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field of in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, compnay, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer should accompany the papers.
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ow Rej
20.293
Consld. with
ow Rej #
7.376
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Thomas Morgan, Sr. Pvt.
Penn. line
Ohio
Ref. File No 7.376
OK

No [record]
[illegible]
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State of Ohio}
Preble County} Sct
Before me a Notary Public in and for said county personally came Thomas Morgan who being duly Sworn according to law deposes and says I have no private or family record of the marriage of my father and mother Thomas and Hannah Morgan and I have noo knowledge of their being any such Record in existance. I think there is none. My father Thomas Morgan in his life time had I think a Bible Record of the marriage of himself and my mother Hannah Morgan and the Births of their children. In the year A.D. 1838 my House was burnt and the Bible or Book containing the record was in my house at the time and was burnt. I have now no knowledge of their being any record private or public in existance
Thomas Morgan
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Came personally before me and being duly Sworn according to law deposes and says that the following is a true and correct copy of the Inscription engraved on the the Grave Stones at the Graves of Thomas Morgan Sen. and Hannah Morgan his wife
 " In Memory of Thomas Morgan who Departed this life July the 9th 1840 aged 95 years"
"In Memory of Hannah Morgan the wife of Thomas Morgan who departed this life August 22d 1843 aged 90 years"
I copied the above inscriptions from the Engraving on the Grave Stones now Standing at the Graves of the above named Thomas Morgan and Hannah Morgan his wife and I know the above inscription to be a true correct and literal copy of the engraving on the Grave or Tomb Stones now Standing at their Graves in the Grave yard at Eaton Ohio. I was well acquainted with Thomas and Hannah Morgan we lived near neighbors & in the same town for a number of years I know they are both dead. I recollect the circumstance of their death well and I believe the said Inscription on their Grave Stones to be correct I knkow that they lived together during my acquaintance with them as husband and wife and were so regarded by their neighbors they had by their marriage & as I understood from the family nine children. I am and was well acquainted with four of the youngest
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of their children namely John Morgan Thomas Morgan Jun. Elizabeth and Letty. and I have some personal acquaintance with Easther Holmes & her children, she is the third child of Thomas & Hannah Morgan I seen her some few years ago she is now if living quite an aged woman.. John Morgan the fourth child of Thomas & Hannah Morgan & the next younger than Easther I was for a number of years well & intimately acquainted with and from my acquaintance & Knowledge of him & from information derived from the family. If he was now living I would say he would be upwards of 70 years of age
Robert Quinn
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Michael D. Byers came & being duly Sworn was present with Robert Quinn at the Graves of Thomas and Hannah Morgan I examined and read the inscription engraved on the Grave Stones of Thomas Morgan and Hannah Morgan the following is a true copy of the inscription engraved on the Grave Stones of said Thomas & Hannah Morgan  
"In memory of Thomas Morgan who departed this life July the 9th 1840 aged 95 years"
"In memory of Hannah Morgan the wife of Thomas Morgan who departed this life August 22 1843 aged 90 years"
The above is a true perfect and literal copy of the inscription engraved on the Tomb or Grave Stones now Standing at the Graves of Thomas Morgan & Hannah Morgan
Michael D Byers

The foregoing affidavits of Thomas Morgan Robert Quinn and Michael D Byers were Sworn to and Subscribed before me & I certify that the said Thomas Morgan Robert Quinn and Michael D Byers are credible persons
Witness my hand and seal Notarial this 26th day of January A D 1857
I Stephens
Notary Public
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State of Ohio}
Preble County} js.
Before me a Notary Public in and for said county personally came Thomas Morgan who being duly Sworn according to law deposes and says I have no private or family Records of the marriage of my father and mother Thomas and Hannah Morgan and I have no knowledge of their [sic] being any such Record in existance. I think there is none. my father Thomas Morgan in his liefe time had I think a Bible Record of the marriage of himself and my mother Hannah Morgan and the Births of their children. In the year A.D. 1838 my House was burnt and the Bible or Book containing the record was in my house at the time and was burnt. I have now no knowledge of their [sic] being any record private of public in existance.
Thomas Morgan
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Eaton
23rd. Oct. 1830}

Free

Hon: SD Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
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The State of Ohio, Preble County Js
David Douglass being duly sworn says that he has known Thomas Morgan Snr. of said county for about seventy years, That he and Morgan were both born in York County, Pennsylvania, That he was captain of a company of Pennsylvania Militia during the war of the Revolution, That Morgan in the year 1776 was a private in Captain Thomas Campbell's Company of Riglemen, and was with said Campbell that year at York County Pa, enlisting soldiers. That during said time Morgan received a hurt in one of his shoulders by which he was rendered unfit to hear arms and that he was left by said Campbell in charge of provision stores in said York County for sometime, but how long deponant is not able to say, nor can he say how long Morgan was in the services altogether. Deponant states that Morgan still sustained a fair character and was a true whig
David Douglass
Sworn to and subscribed before me}
at my office the 2d day of}
October A.D 1830}
Isaac Stephens J Peace

The State of Ohio}
Preble County} Js
I, Joseph C. Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County Aforesaid, do, hereby certify that Isaac Stephens, Esqr before whom, the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time of administering said oath and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, as such Justice, and that his Official Acts are entitled to fully faith and credit in Courts of Justice and elsewhere
In testimony whereof I, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid, at Eaton this 20th Octr AD. 1830
J.C. Hawkins Clerk
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[Redc] 29 Oct 1830
2189
Eaton, Ohio 22nd
Oct. 1830
Sir:
Enclosed you will receive all the evidence in addition to that which has been heretofore transmitted, in my power to pfoduce to establish my claim to a pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War. The enclosed affidavit was obtained as all the evidence within my knowledge, which I could obtain, approximating the requisitions of the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 27th of May 1829 - The papers already transmitted to the Department, it is presumed are on file, in the Office of the Department. It is hoped that this evidence [illegible] be considered sufficient to authorize my name to be placed on the pension list of Revolutionary soldiers. I am old, infirm and borne down with poverty
Yours
respectfully
Thomas Morgan Snr
To the Hon: SD Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
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Eaton Preble County
Ohio 26th August
1833
Sir:
Enclosed you will receive the papers of Thomas Morgan, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of 7th June AD, 1832
All the proof is forwarded, which was possible to obtain. You will please, direct any communication which you may think proper to make, upon the subject, to me.
Yours &
Respectfully
John M. N. McNutt
Hon: Secretary of War
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The State of Ohio}
Preble County}
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens Esqr. before whom the within affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official Seal at Eaton the Twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1833
J.C. Hawkins Clerk
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Additional Evidence
in the case of
the Heirs of Hannah
and Thomas Morgan
Ohio [illegible] 1836
Revolutionary
pension under
Act of 1836

Cole

Jno S. Gallagher
for 
Miller & Brown
Washington
DC
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Hon Geo C Whiting
Com of Pensions -
Dr Sir-
We haven't enclose your additional evidence in the case of the Heirs of Hannah or Thomas Morgan under art of [illegible] 1836
We would say that some of the witnesses are mistaken as to the year the widow died: It is after the case - when they have nothing to guide their memories and they are qualified to the same may years after - but this
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error of memory aught certainly to be corrected by the tombstone : as that is a Resource - Now all the witnesses agree with the tombstones that her death took place in the Month of August - 
Now as to the date of Thomas Morgans death there is no error - There were two Morgans paid at the Cincinnati agency, and one died as you say in A.D 1838, and the other in AD 1840 - and the latter one is our Thomas husband of Hannah
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Please [illegible] the 2 [illegible] and think you will find two Morgans
Mr Stephens
Notary Commission is on file in your Office
The Remains [illegible] at Miller & Brown for S Crane
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The State of Ohio Preble County Js
Preble County Probate Court May 28th Anno Domini 1855.
In the matter of Hannah Morgan's Estate 
On motion to the Court by Thomas Morgan one of the next of kin of Hannah Morgan late of this County deceased. It is ordered that Letters of administration be granted to the said Thomas Morgan on the Estate of the said Hannah Morgan, deceased, and thereupon the said Thomas Morgan ave an Undertaking with Oliver Cleveland and John Sturr security to the acceptance of the leans in the penalty of Three hundred and twenty Dollars conditioned as the law directs. Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that John Sturr, Oliver Cleveland and William H.H.B. Minor appraise the personal property of said estate.

The State of Ohio, Preble County Js
I John V. Campbell Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of Preble and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is truly taken and copied from the Journal of the proceedings of the Probate Court within and for said County of Preble.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as a Judge and Ex officio Clerk of said Probate Court at Eaton this 29th day of May AD 1855
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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Depositions of 
L T McCabe &
R Quinn
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The State of Ohio}
Preble County} Js.
Before me Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County on this 17th day of May A.D. 1856 personally came Lewis T. McCabe who being duly sworn according to law deposes and sayd, I was well acquainted with Thomas Morgan Senr. and Hannah Morgan his wife. I was acquainted with them for perhaps thirty years or more they are now both dead, they died at this place. I was at their funerals, and during my acquaintance with them they lived together as husband and wife they were so regarded and refuted by their neighbors. they had by their marriage a large family of children I am personally and intimately acquainted with four of their children namely Thomas Morgan John Morgan Elizabeth and Letty Morgan. Elizabeth intermarried with one Andrew Harbison and Letty intermarried with John Harbison. John Morgan & Elizabeth Harbison are both dead, and Thomas & Letty are now living. John Morgan was older than Thomas Morgan his brother by three or four years. I was well acquainted with John Morgan in his life time & I am well and intimately acquainted with Thomas Morgan his brother. John Morgan if living would now be about 70 years of age and Thomas Morgan is now about 66 years of age their two sisters Elizabeth & Letty are younger. The other and older children of Thomas & Hannah Morgan namely Nathaniel David Robert & Esther I was no personally acquainted with. I seen  Esther once in this place. I have heard them frequently named and spoken of by the Morgan family & other persons & they were claimed by the old man Thomas Morgan & Hannah his wife as being their children & they were so recognized & regarded by the Morgan family. Either he again intermarried with one Holmes I was well acquainted with one of her sons & one of her Grandsons. She must now be quite and old person. I do not now recollect to have seen her
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Thomas Morgan died on the 9 July 1840 & Hannah Morgan died on the 22d August 1843
L. T. McCabe
I was acquainted with Thomas Morgan Sen. and Hannah Morgan his wife I was acquainted with them thirty years or more & during my acquaintance with them they lived together as husband and wife and they were so  reputed by their neighbors they had by their marriage a large family of children I was well acquainted with four of their youongest children namely John Morgan Thomas Morgan Elizabeth Morgan & Letty Morgan Elizabeth married Andrew Harbison & Letty married John Harbison. John Morgan & Elizabeth Harbison are both dead & Thomas Morgan & Letty Harbison are now living I was well and intimately acquainted with John Morgan  and if now living he would be about 70 years of age and Thomas Morgan his brother is now about 66 years of age My means of knowing their ages is relieable. the oldest children of Thomas & Hannah Morgan I have had but little acquaintance with them. I heard I think four of them frequently spoken of by the Morgan family namely Nathaniel David Morgan Robert & Esther I h ave seen Esther & had some acquaintance with her she married & man by the name of Holmes she is older than John or Thomas Morgan.
Thomas Morgan Senr & Hannah his wife are both dead they died at this place several years ago.
Robert Quinn
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The State of Ohio
Preble County}
It is hereby certified that the foregoing Depositions of Leven T. McCabe and Robert Quinn were sworn to and Subscribed before me by them and I have no interest in the result of this claim & that the affiants are credible persons.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Eaton in said County on the day and year first within written
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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State of Ohio
Preble County } Js
On this 29th day of May 1855 before me Probate Judge of said county personally came Robert Milar who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says I was welll and intimately acquainted with Thomas Morgan and Hannah Morgan in their life time and know that they lived together as husband and wife and were so universally reputed by their neighbours that the said Thomas Morgan was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he died in the summer of 1840 and that the said Hannah Morgan Survived him for Something more than two years and that she remained a widow until her death. which occured as I have said about two years after the death of her said husband and I believe that the said Thomas & Hannah Morgan have but three surviving children namely Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes & Letty Harbison I believe these three are their only surviving children
Robert Miler his mark X
At the same time and place came personally Jesse Paramore who being duly Sworn make Oath and says I was well acquainted with the above named Thomas and Hannah Morgan in their life time I was acquainted with them from about the year 1819 until the time of their death and they lived together as man & wife and were so reputed by their neighbors. The old man (Thomas Morgan) I think died in the Summer of 1840 and Hannah Morgan his wife Survived him about two years and that she remained a widow until her death. The old man Thomas Morgan was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes & Letty Harbison are their only surviving children (I mean the only surviving of said Thomas & Hannah Morgan
Jesse Paramore
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And at the same time and place came personally George W. Gaus who being Sworn Says. I was acquainted with Thomas Morgan & Hannah Morgan before their death & I know that  they are both dead. I know they lived together as husband and wife and were alway so reputed by their neighbors and acquaintances. I am also personally acquainted with their three surviving children namely Thomas Morgan Esther Holmes & Letty Harbison who are their only Surviving children. I am well and intimately acquainted with the said Esther Holmes and I have reliable means of knowing her age with certainty and I know that she is now 72 years old and she is the third child of the said Thomas & Hannah Morgan their first born child was Nathaniel the Second was David & the third was the said Esther. Nathaniel & David are both dead, from these facts I believe the marriage of the said Thomas & Hannah Morgan must have taken place in the year 1776 or 1775  I am well acquainted with the Morgan family and I know these Statements in relation to the age of Esther Holmes and the birth of Nathaniel & David & their death & the marriage of said Thomas and Hannah Morgan are true and may be relied on as being Substantively true and I have no interest in this matter
G.W. Gaus
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State of Ohio Preble County Js
The within and foregoing affidavits were Sworn to and Subscribed before me in Open Court. And I certify that the within named witnesses namely Robert Miler Jesse Paramore and George W. Gaus are credible persons and that I have no interest in this application
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Probate Court of said county at Eaton the day & year first within written
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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G.W. Gaus has reliable
means of knowing
Esther's age -
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Washington Aug 6 / 56
Hon J. Minot
Com of Pension
Dr Sir
We herewith enclose to you some additional evidence in the case of the children of Hannah Morgan of Ohio under the act of 1835 - We cannot obtain a record of said marriage either private of Public
We are Yours
Miller & Brown
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A. Soutter
Hannah Morgan
Thomas - Ohio - [illegible] 1836
1857
Miller & Brown
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Mrs. Morgan
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Pension Office Dec 6t/ 56
Hon Geo C Whiting
Com of Pensions
[illegible] Sir
Sometime in July last we filed additional evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of Thomas and Hannah Morgan - Thomas Morgan was a pensioner under Act of 32' and his widow survived him some two years and never received the pension due her - her heirs now apply for the pension due her at her death -
We desire the case should be examined We have not heard from the Office since the additional
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evidence has been filed
We Remain Yours
Miller & Brown
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Thos Morgan
died July 9 1840
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Hannah Morgan
died August 22 1843/1842
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Married
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Thos Morgan 1
Esther Holmes 2
Letty Harbison 3
Thos Morgan
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Washington April 9th/59
Hon G C Whiting
Com of Pensions
We now enclose you some additional evidence in the case of the heirs of Hannah Morgan widow of Thomas now in the [illegible] Suspended filed under act of AD 1836 or 38 -
We now show that there is no record of marriage to be found and the exact date of the widow's death - 
The date of marriage is shown by the ages of the children -
We have failed to get any more affidavits of Mr Gaus as to the explanation. Please examine all the papers, and see if the case should not pass -
We Remain Yours
Miller & Brown
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Cumberland} Sct
I John M Gregg, Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in & for said County, do hereby Certify that there has been no record of Marriage Kept in this office from the year 1779 till 1800 or any other times.
In testimony Whereof I hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Said County at Carlisle the 27 January A.D. 1857
John M. Gregg

Carlisle Jany 27, 1857
To Mess Miller & Brown
There was a record kept by the Register of [illegible] of this County for a few years I think about 1850 to 1853. the law was then repealed.
Very Respectfuly
Jno M. Gregg
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[Transcript] from
Tombstone as 
to death of 
Hannah Morgan,
widow of
Thos Morgan,
Rev. Pensioner
Act 1836
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The State of Ohio Preble County Sct
I Isaac Stephens a Notary Public in and for the county and State aforesaid hereby Certify that I have this day in the presence of Solomon Banta and Phinias R Minor - personally examined the Grave of Hannah Morgan dec.d and find the following which is a true perfect and genuine copy of the inscription Engraved on the Tomb Stone (or grave Stone, now standing at her grave to wit - " In memory of Hannah Morgan wife of Thomas Morgan who departed this life August 22nd 1843 aged 90 years"
Witnesses present at the examination of the Grave of Hannah Morgan we know the above to be a true copy [crossed out from] of the Engraving on her Grave or Tomb Stone
Solomon Banta
P.R. Minor
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal Notarial at Eaton in said county the 11th day of June 1857
I. Stephens
Notary Public
IS
Notarial com on file in Pension Office
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., 
[above written over as follows] 
Mrs E S Bloomfield
Eaton Ohio

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W. Rej. 7376,
Inv. 18434.

April 7th, 1896.
Madam:-
In returning herewith your letter of the 28th ulto, you are advised Thomas Morgan made an application for pension on September 21st, 1832, at which time he was residing in Preble Co., Ohio, and 83 years of age, and his pension was allowed for two years actual service as a private in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Campbell and General Hand. He enlisted from Cumberland Co., Penna.
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Ho. of Reps.
Feb. 5, 1859.
Dear Sir:-
Will you be kind enough to give the information desired in the enclosed, & oblige
Very Respectf-
C.L. Vallandigham
Geo. C. WHiting, Esq -
Comr of Pensions
Wash.
D.C.
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.

EL FORD, President
HH STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Secy & Treas.
CM LINGLE, Superintendent

Graceton, Ind. Co. Pa.,

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May 23" 1904.

U.S. Pension Agent,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
If consistant will you kindly furnish me the desired information. I have just learned through an old relative of my Mothers that my Great Grand Father, William Morgan, was a pensioner of the Revolution, and died at the age of one hundred years. My Mother and all the family have been dead these many years and I am unable to get any information. If such being the case I wish to become a member of Sons of Revolution, my Mother being a Grand Daughter of the above named William Morgan. I have also learned through this old relative taht the writer was named after my Great Grand Father. Any information  you can give me from your records will be highly appreciated by the writer.
Thanking you in advance for  your trouble, I am,
Yours truly,
W. Morgan Smith

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J.R.N.
Old War and Navy Division.  3-523. 
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C., May 26, 1904

Sir
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that thie Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
E.T. Ware
Commissioner,

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Mr. W. Morgan Smith
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Full name of soldier, William Morgan
Where did he enter service? Carlisle, Cumberland Co Pa (Town, county, and State)
Under what officers did he serve?................
Place of residence after service, Green County, Pa & Eaton, Ohio died there & got Pension there
Approximate date of death, My Grandfather Morgan died about 1837
Given name of widow,.................
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Wm Morgan drawed a 
Additional information,..Pension. I have a distinct recollection of Him and Knew Him to be a Pensioner. I was about 14 years of age at time of His decese. He was over 100 years of age when He died
Signature,.........................
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and}
number, town, county, and State,}
C.T. Holmes
Mt. Pleasant Pa RF.D. 3 - 
14554b3m5-1900
PS I am now 81 and a Grandson of (of the Revolution) Wm Morgan who was a Pensioner
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Respectfully returned to
Mr. W. Morgan Smith
Graceton Pa

A careful search has been made but from the data given no record of a claim filed in the name of William Morgan Revolutionary War can be found.
This Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land. 
Such rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the war Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found in the archives of many of the original States.
E.T. Ware
Commissioner.
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.
E.L. FORD, President
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Secy & Treas.
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent.
Graceton Ind. Co. Pa. Sept 7, 1904

Mr F.C. Ainsworth
Brigadier General
War Department
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
The attached letter from Mr E.T. Ware and Mr. Holmes explain themselves. Will you kindly take this up and give me what your records show as to Thomas Morgan. As the evidence shows that He was my Great Grandfather. Again thanking you for your trouble. I am
Yours truly
W. Morgan Smith
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.
E.L. FORD, President
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Secy & Treas.
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent
Graceton Ind. Co. Pa. 
August 23d 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
The attached will explain itself. Note my letter of August 19th, to Brigadier General Ainsworth for the desired information.
Thanking you in advance for you trouble.
Yours respectfully,
W. Morgan Smith
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.
E.L. FORD, President.
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Secy & Treas
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent
Graceton Ind. Co. Pa.

August 31, 1904

My Dear Calvin
The attached papers will explain themselves. What do you think of them. I will be home on Sunday. And I would like if you would write me a letter or come up and see me. I leave home at 4 O clock Sunday afternoon. If you Can't Come up kindly mail all papers with your letter to my address Mount Pleasant PA. Hope you are well.
Yours truly
W. Morgan Smith
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Iron Bridge Aug. 31st 1904
Dr Morgan
yours of 31st at hand.  Now I am of the opinion after looking carefully over your Papers that I am mistaken in the Name. of Grandfather. I got  the
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Impression)
That his name was William and Grandfather Holmes was William might have put me wrong Now it looks to me that his Name was Thomas. if His name was William He must have enlisted under and assumed name and ware claims that records fail to show any claims filed on account of the service of Wm. Morgan of Penna but shows That Thomas Morgan resided in Green Co Pa where he applied for Pension
Grandfather Morgan left Carlise in 1809 and moved to Ohio (Eaton I got the impression however his name was William. He might have enlisted as Thomas Morgan under an assumed name as a great many do. He must had a family 1770
The records should show where He resided when he recd Pension I think it was in Eaton Ohio He lived in Green Co as near as I can stsate 10 or fifteen years
It looks verry much to me that Thomas Morgan was his name
Yours affectionately
C.T. Holmes
Excuse my Pen)
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Old War and Navy Division
3-1883.
F.W.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 1904.

Sir:-
In reply to your recent letter, herewith returned, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show any claim filed on account of the services of William Morgan, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, from Pennsylvania. The records show, however, that Thomas Morgan, who was pensioned on account of his Revolutionary War services, enlisted at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., and at the time of making application for pension, resided in Green Co., Pa.
Very respectfully,
ET Ware
Commissioner.

Mr. W. Morgan Smith,
Graceton, Indiana Co.,
Pa. 

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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.

E.L. FORD, President
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Sec'y & Treas.
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent. 

Graceton, Ind. Co. Pa., 
August 19th, 1904.

F.C. Ainsworth, Brigadier General.
War Department, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Yours of August 15th, is before me and has my attention: many thanks for same, but I am at a loss to know which is my Great Grandfather.
You will notice from the data called for from Bureau of Pensions that my Great Grandfather drew a pension. Will you kindly take this up and get information that will identify my Great Grandfather.
You will also notice William Morgan entered the service at Carlisle, Pa., and died at Eaton, Ohio about 1837.
I make the above request of you through the suggestion of Hon. S.M. Jack of Indiana, Pa., Ex Member of Congress.
Thanking you again for your kindness, I am,
Yours truly,
W. Morgan Smith
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.

E.L. FORD, President
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Sec'y & Treas
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent

Graceton Ind. Co. Pa., August 12th, 1904.

F.C. Ainsworth, Brigadier General.
Chief Record & Pension Office,
War Department.  Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

The attached will explain itself, and I have been advised by Hon. Geo. F. Huff, H. of R. to communicate with you for the information required.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance, I am,
Yours truly,
W. Morgan Smith

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Graceton,
Indiana County, 
Pennsylvania,
Aug. 12, 1904

William Morgan,
Revolutionary War,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

W. Morgan Smith requests record of service of above named, his Great Grandfather.
Encloses correspondence with the Pension Office on the subject. 

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Address: "The Military Secretary,
War Department, Washington, D.C."

[WAR] DEPARTMENT,
THE MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, August 22, 1904.

Respectfully returned to
Mr. W. Morgan Smith,
Graceton, Indiana County,
Pennsylvania.
This Department has no means of determining your relationship to any of the persons whose records were given in communication from this office of August 15th. However, in view of your statement that your great-grandfather received a pension, it is possible that the desired information may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pension, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records.

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F C Ainsworth
The Military Secretary.
(800a) Per 4

Peter Withington's Company, in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Cook, Revolutionary war. He enlisted in November, 1776; served one month and fourteen days, and deserted "Jany. 3, --."
F C. Ainsworth
The Military Secretary.
MC
Three inclosures.

Rec'd Back M.S.O. AUG 21 1904

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Address: "The Military Secretary,
War Department, Washington, D.C."

The Military Secretary's Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 10, 1904.

Respectfully returned to
Mr. W. Morgan Smith,
Graceton, Indiana County,
Pennsylvania.

It is shown by the records of this office that one Thomas Morgan served as a private in Captain Samuel Moore's Company of the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood, Revolutionary war. His name appears only on a pay roll of the company covering the period from January 1, to April 1777, which bears the item, "full pay for 3 mos. L7, 10S." [british pound] Neither the date of his enlistment nor the date of his discharge has been found of record.
It is further shown by the records that one Thomas Morgan served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Vansandt's Company, 5th Pennsylvania Battalion, commanded by Colonel Robert Magaw, Revolutionary war. His name appears on an undated company pay roll which shows, "Pay due on the first day of April, 1776, and subsistence on the 5th day of March, except where it is otherwise marked." This roll also bears items concerning him as follows: "Date of commission or Inlistment, Feb. 18, 1776. Time in service M1 D14. Time of subsistence W2 D2. Pay per month 1. 17. 6. Whole pay 2. 15. 0. Stoppage for arms and 
(300n-a)
clothing 1. 7. 6. Balance of pay due 1. 7. 6. Whole subsistence 1. 2. 10."
Nothing further concerning him has been found of record.
FC Ainsworth
The Military Secretary.
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Marion Ohio
June 4 - 1917

Mr. G.M. Sethgold:-
Dear Sir:-
Will you be kind enough to give me a Certified Copy of Thomas Morgan's pension papers.
He was born in Pennsylvania 1745 - Carried arms belonging to the 3rd. Penn. regiment Commanded
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Colonel Joseph Wood. He was applicant for pension Sep 21 - 183 at which time he was Living near Eaton Ohio & was eighty three years old. His pension was allowed for two years actual service as a private, under Capt. Campbell and General Hand. I shall be grateful for his papers, also any other info
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you may have.
Very Truly
Mrs. Martin L Dumble
435 South Main St
Marion 
Ohio
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GRACETON COKE COMPANY
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE.

E.L. FORD, President
H.H. STAMBAUGH, Vice Pres.
JOHN STAMBAUGH, Secy & Treas.
C.M. LINGLE, Superintendent.

Graceton, Ind. Co. Pa. September 13th, 1904.

E.T. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Under date of September 10th, from F. C. Aisnworth, the Military Secretary, will explain itself. You will also notice letter from Mr. Holmes.
If you will be kind enough to give me from pension records in your office, in the Company and Regiment of Thomas Morgan, who was pensioned on account of his Revolutionary War services, who enlisted at Carlisle, and at the time of making application for pension resided in Green County, Pa.
This information will put me right and will be all that is required.
Thanking you again for your trouble, I am,
Yours truly,
W. Morgan Smith

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No 8160
Hannah Morgan
decd. Widow of Thomas.
Ohio.
Miller & Brown
March 20, 1856 -
Papers to 3d Auditor September 4, 1856 - Miller & Brown Jany 14, 1857 - Same May 6, 1857 - 
Hon: C.L Vallandingham Feb 10/59

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Thomas Morgan's 
Declaration
Power to Ogden [illegible]
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Revolutionary claims
(B)
For the purpose of attaining the benefit of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15th May, 1828.
I,  Thomas Morgan senior, of [illegible] county in the state of Ohio, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which perior I was a private in Captain Thomas Campbells Company, in General Hands Regiment, of the Pennsylvania line. & I also declare that I did not attend the regiment and perform duty with it but was put into a governmental store kept in York County Pensylvania [sic], where I remained in the service of the revolution as on of the attendents in the said Provisions store, in the service of the revolutionary cause until the end of the war, at which time I was discharged. 
& I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States
Witness my hand, this 24th day of September AD. 1828
Tho Morgan Sr
Attest
J.M.N. McNutt
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Before me Isaac Stephens a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Preble in the State of Ohio, personally appeared, this day, Henry Monfort and Walter Bruell both of the said county, who did severally make oath that Thomas Morgan Sr. by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as [illegible] stated.

Witness my hand, this 24th day of September AD. 1828  Isaac Stephens J.P.

I Joseph C. Hawkins, Clerk of the court of the county of Preble in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens, Esquire, before whom the foregoing foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time [a] Justice of the Peace for said county, and duly impowered to administer oaths. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, this 24th day of September A.D. 1828

Jos. C. Hawkins Clk
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
1 Nov 1828.

Thomas Morgan Senr. of ------------- in the County of Preble, ---- in the State of Ohio, --- has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private --- in captain Campbell --'s company, in the --- regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and does not state that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing. --
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several sstatements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By Order of the Secretary 
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
7th November 1828

[crossed out  as follows -- It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to ..........in the..........]
It further appears that Thomas Morgan Senr is not now on the pension list of any ------ agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
[crossed out as follows --at the rate of .....dollars per month] 
The name of Thomas Morgan Senr cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars were issued -- 
Peter Hagner  Aud
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War Department
Bounty Land Office
23 May 1829.
The records of this office do not show that Thos Morgan Senr of the Penn line ever received, or is entitled to bounty land of the U. States --
E. Stephens
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The State of Ohio }
Preble County }  Js
On this the 22nd day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Before me the undersigned on of the Justices of the peace in and for said county personally came David Douglas aged seventy eight years in October last, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Thomas Morgan, who subscribed before the court of Common Pleas for Preble county on the 21st of September 1832, the declaration now shown to deponent, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1837. Deponent first knew said Morgan in york county Pennsylvania, near seventy years ago, and resided in the immediate neighborhood of said Morgan for about seventeen years, untill said Morgan moved to Cumberland County Pennsylvania. - Depoenet further saith taht he saw and knew said Morgan, in the latter part of the eyar 1776, in Captain Campbell's company of the Pennsylvania state troops; that said Morgan was then with Captain Campbells, aiding the Captain in obtaining state troops by enlistment as deponent believes - Deponent cannot state how long said Morgan remained in the service; but knows that he was afterwards engaged in taking charge of a magazine on yellow [brushes], in York County which was, as he understood under the contract of the United States - Deponent knows not how long he remained in the services. - Deponent has know said Morgan  the state of Ohio fourteen years, or about that length of time - Deponent has resided in Ohio, Darke County, which adjoins to Preble county about twenty years - Deponent further saith that said Morgan sustains a good character for truth and veracity, and that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that deponent has full faith and confidence in the truth of this declaration
David Douglass
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22d August 1833
Isaac Stephens, J.P.
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The state of Ohio}
Preble County} Js
I, Isaac Stephens, a Justice Peace in and for said County do certify, that it appears to me that David Dougblass, who has signed and sworn to the written certificate, is a resident of Darke County in the state of Ohio, and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Witness my hand this 22d August 1833
Isaac Stephens J.P.

Mr Peter H Golliday, a clergyman, and John M N. McNutt a citizen residents of the County of Preble and state of Ohio do hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Morgan, who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration (now shown to us) before the court of Common Pleas for Preble county aforesaid, on the 21st day of September AD 1832, that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he sustains a good character for truth and ceracity; that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declaration
Peter H Golliday
John M.N. McNutt
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of August AD 1833
I Stephens JP

The state of Ohio}
Preble County} Js 
I, Isaac Stephens a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, do certify, that Peter H Golliday, who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman, residing in said county, and that John M.N. McNutt who has also signed said certificate is a resident of said county and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Witness my hand this 24th day of August AD 1833
I. Stephens JP
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Apr 7'90 [illegible] to Miss E L Bloomfield
Eaton, Ohio  LMB

Sept 20, 1904  Hist. to
W. Morgan Smith, Graceton, Pa. JM

7.376
P.O.
Hannah Morgan
Service: Thomas
Enlisted:......................,18......
Discharged:.................,18.....
Application filed:.........., 18....
Alleges:.......................................
Re-enlisted:...............................
Attorney:...................................
P.O.............................................
................Recognized.........Contact.
............Cert. of Dis.   Searched for..........
[stamped]
REJECTED
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Rejected
Revy [illegible]
.......Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20.393
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Thomas Morgan Sr.
Pri.
Capt. Cambelee Pa Line
[stamped] REJECTED
Died at.........................................
...............other claim.
.................................................
.............,187...........................
Clerk.
Application filed:..............,18...
Attorney:...............................
P.O........................................
20.293
For papers Act 1828 see O W Reg. File #7376
......................,Ex'r.
1917 June 13, Hist to Mrs. Martin L Dumble c
...............Date.
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Revolutionary claims
___________________
(C)
1157.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Morgan Sr. of the county of Preble, in the state of Ohio do hereby constitute & appoint Aaron Ogden & R. Nouase jointly or severaly my true & lawful attorneys, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" Approved 15th May. 1828, as a private in General Hands Regiment of the line of the army of the Revolution
Witness my hand & seal this 13th day of Sept A.D. 1828 
Sealed & delivered in the presence of Isaac Stephens}
Thos Morgan Sr.
The state of Ohio}
Preble County} Js Before me Isaac Stephens a Justice of the Peace in the county of Preble & state of Ohio, personally appeared, this day Thomas Morgan Sr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to his personal benefit
Witness my hand, this 24th day of September AD. 1828. 
Isaac Stephens, J.P.
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I Joseph C. Hawkings clerk of the court of the county of Preble in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens, before whome the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said court, this 24th day of September A.D. 1828.
Jos. C. Hawkins, clk

Before me, Michael Nonen, Notary Public for the County of Washington in the District of Columbia, personally appeared this day, [Jos R illegble] one of the attorney's named in the within Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment by or seizure by some legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to serve wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed. 
Witness my hand and notarial seal this 6th day of Oct 1838
[illegible] Notary Pub.