Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1240, Michael Conley, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Md.
Conley, Michael
NUMBER
W.1240
Rebecca
B.L. Wt-94430160-55
CONTENTS
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19.370
Ohio
Michael Conley
of Brown Co. in the state of Ohio who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain Wright of the regiment commanded by Colonel Price in, the [illegible] [Maryland?] line for the term of 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 27 of January 1825.
Certificate of Pension issued 9 of July 1825 and sent to [illegible] J.W. Campbell, [illegible].
Arrears to 4th of March 1825 - $10.32
Semi-anl. all'ce ending [blank]
Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

✓1,678
Ohio Cincinnati 
Rebecca Conley 
widow of 
Michael Conley 
who served in the Revolutionary 
War, as a private 
Maryland line

[left margin cut off]
scribed on the Roll as the rate of 
96 Dollars 00
nts per annum, to commence on 
[struck out: 4th day of March, 1848.]
3d February 1833
certificate of Pension issued the 
1st day of Septr/53
d sent to
S. M. Knight 
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
[struck out: July 29, 1848,] Page 161, Vol. A
Feby 1853

1818

[Right panel]

Date of death not
on A. B. 
I.L.L.
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76,418  Act Mar. 3/55
Aprl 6/55

Rebecca Conley wid of 
Michael Conley 
Penr.

Rebecca Conley, wid. of
Michael Conley,
Pri
Revolutionary pensioner
Md Contl. line.

[Written vertically across the page]
Md No 9443 [illegible] Nov. 10th 1855

Ad: 160 ac. Nov: 5" 1855

Ohio Feby 53 [illegible]
Boynton 

Bouton

Chambers Baird 
Ripley Ohio | Vol. C2-8.
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19.226
Michael Conley
Wm Shepherd
Georgetown, Ohio
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Original Claim
District of Ohio Brown County 

On this 23rd day of March 1826 personally ap
peared in open court (being a court of record by possessing 
the power of fine and imprisonment) for the county 
of Brown and State of Ohio Michael Conley resident 
in the county and district aforesaid aged 74 years who being 
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make 
the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions 
made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and 1st 
May 1820.  That he the said Michael Conley enlisted for 
the term of nine months sometime in the month of 
June in the year 1778 in the State of Maryland in the 
company commanded by Capt Wright and afterwards 
by Lieutenant John Hardman in the second Mary
land Regiment commanded by Col Price Lieut Col
Woolford in the line of Continental establishment 
that he continued to serve in said line corps until 
sometime in the month of March in the year 1779 
when he was discharged from the said service in 
Bascom Ridge that he was at the battle of Monmouth.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 
1820 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 and naval service of the United States in 
the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of 
March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person 
in trust for me any property or securities contracts or
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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

One stew kettle and one fire shovel supposed to be
worth three dollars and fifty cents.  I have no other 
property either real or personal.  I am by occupa
tion a farrier, but I am at present unable to work 
and I am entirely dependent on my country for 
support. I have no family other than myself 
and one son in this country
Sworn to and subscribed  Michael his X mark Conley 
in open court this 23rd day 
of March A.D. 1824
John H. Shepherd Dep. Clk

The State of Ohio }
Brown County } Ss  I William Shepherd Clerk of the 
court of common pleas within and for the county of 
Brown aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing 
oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied 
from the records of 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 three dollars and fifty 
cents
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the seal of the court aforesaid 
at Georgetown this 30th day of 
March A.D. 1924
William Shepherd clerk of 
Brown common pleas Ohio
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Rebecca Conley 
(widow of Michael, pensr. 
Ohio, Act 1818)

Declaration Act 3 Feby. 1853

S. M. Knight
Atty.
Present.
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State of Ohio } SS. On this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand 
County of Brown } eight hundred and fifty three, before the subscriber a Judge of the Court 
of Probate held in and for the County and State aforesaid being a Court of Record, per
sonally appeared Mrs. Rebecca Conley who [words struck out] produced satisfactory proof that she is a resident of the town of 
Feesburgh in the County of Brown and State of Ohio aged seventy four years, who 
being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to 
obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress approved 3d February A.D. 1853, viz: 
That she is the widow of Michael Conley deceased, who was a private in 
the Maryland Continental line in the war of the Revolution, and who was a pensioner 
of the United States under Act of March 18, 1818 on the Ohio agency roll at the rate of 
$96. per annum; That she was not married to the said Michael Conley prior to the 
2d January 1800, but was married on the day hereinafter mentioned viz: 
She further declares that she was married to the said Michael Conley on the 
twentieth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five as will 
more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed; That her husband the aforesaid Michael 
Conley died on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred 
and forty one.  She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has 
never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above }  Rebecca her X mark Conley 
written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application } 
as attorney, agent or otherwise. }
John J. Higgins, Judge of Probate
RC.O.

I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. my true & 
lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to 
the same while pending and to receive the certificate when issued and to do all things necessary 
and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present.  Dated this 11th day of May AD 1853.
Witness. } 
G W. King } Rebecca her X mark Conley [word Seal encircled]
Gideon Dunham }

State of Ohio } 
County of Brown } It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited 
before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of [struck out: Common] Probate 
[struck out: Pleas] a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Michael Conley 
who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety-six 
dollars per annum and late a resident of the said County and State 
died on the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and forty one; and 
that he left surviving him the following named widow and children viz: Rebecca 
Conley his widow who is still living and still his widow and Joshua Conley the 
only surviving child of the said deceased.
Witness my hand this 11th day of May A.D. 1853.  John J. Higgins Judge [struck out: of] Probate

State of Ohio } 
County of Brown } Ss. I do hereby certify that Honl. John J. Higgins 
whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration 
and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of 
Probate held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly 
commissioned and sworn.  Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 
11th day of May A.D. 1853.  Gideon Dunham Clerk 
Brown County Pleas
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76,448

Rebecca Coney 
Ripley Brown 
Co Ohio
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The State of Ohio, Brown County S.S.

On this 3rd. day of April 1855, before 
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace du
ly authorized to administer oaths within & for the 
County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Re
becca Conley aged seventy six years, a resident 
of Felicity County of Clermont in the State 
of Ohio, who made oath in due form of law, that 
she is the identical Rebecca Conley, to whom under 
the provisions of the Act of February 3rd 1853, 
a pension of ninety six dollars per annum 
has been allowed for the services of her late 
husband Michael Conley a private of the 
Revolutionary War & late of Brown County 
State of Ohio.  She further states that her 
Pension Certificate under the aforesaid Act 
of February 3d. 1853, is numbered [blank] and 
bears date the first day of September 1853, 
& is made payable at the Cincinnati agency. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose 
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she 
may be entitled under the Act of 3d March 
1855, never having received or knows her 
self entitled or made application, under 
any previous Act of Congress.  In evi
dence of her marriage & proof of service of her 
said husband, she respectfully refers to the 
proof heretofore [illegible], now on file in the 
Pension Office, and upon which her annuity 
as aforesaid was granted.  That since being 
placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she 
has not intermarried but continues the widow 
of the said Michael Conley.
Attest }Thomas Hicks  Rebecca her X mark Conley 
Sworn to subscribed & acknowledged before
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me the day & year above written, and 
I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid 
Rebecca Conley to be the identical per
son she alleges herself to be-a pen
sioner of the United States, & at the 
date of the execution of this declara
tion, a widow; and that I am not 
interested in her claim as agent, at
tourney, or otherwise.
E. S. Warner
Justice of the Peace 

The State of Ohio, Brown County S.S.

On this 3rd day of April 1855, 
before me, the undersigned a Justice of 
the Peace, authorized by law to administer 
oaths, within & for the County & State afore
said personally appeared Joshua Conley 
and William Jones residents 
of the Felicity County of Clermont in the 
State of Ohio, known to me as credible persons 
who made oath in due form of law, that 
Rebecca Conley who in their presence has sworn 
& subscribed to the foregoing declaration is, to 
their personal knowledge, the identical person 
to whom, under the provisions of the Act of February 
3rd 1853, a pension of ninety six dollars per 
annum has been granted for the services of her 
late husband Michael Conley, deceased, a private 
in the Revolutionary War.

That since being placed on the roll 
of Pensioners she the said Rebecca 
Conley has not intermarried, but re
mains, and now is, a widow that they
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have known her for fifty four years 
& [illegible] open knowledge of the facts [illegible] 
stated & named, from the following circum
stances, to wit: being acquainted with her from 
the time she was a young woman, and knows her to 
have been married to Michael Conley, deceased, has been 
at her house frequently and has always lived a near 
neighbor to her, and knows her to be a widow at this time 
They further state that they believe from 
the [illegible] & statements of said applicant 
that she is the identical person she rep
resents herself to be.  They further state 
that they are disinterested [illegible] having 
no interest whatever in her claim.
William his X mark Jones
Joshua Conley
Witnesses
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & 
year above written.
E. S. Warner
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio }
Brown County } S.S.

I Henry McKibben Clerk of the Court of 
Common Pleas within & for said County & State 
do hereby certify that E. S. Warner Esqr
before whom the foregoing declaration & affida
vits were made & acknowledged, & who has thereun
to subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing 
an authorized Justice of the Peace in & for the 
County aforesaid & that his signature thereto is 
genuine.  I further certify that in the within appli
cation I am not interested as agent,
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I have hereunto set my 
hand, & affixed the seal 
of said Court of Com
mon Pleas for the 
County aforesaid 
on this 9th day of April AD. 1855.
Henry McKibben
Clerk of Court of Common 
Pleas Brown County.
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Michael Conley | This day a license issued to join Michael Conley and 
& | Rebecca Bradock together in marriage according to 
Rebecca Bradock | to law-present Ezekiel Kallam, April 20. 1825.
No. 650
was married on the 20th day of April 1825. 
Michael Conley to Rebecca Braddock by me.
William S. Jump J.P.

The State of Ohio }
Brown County, S.S. } Probate Court

I, John J. Higgins, Judge of the Probate 
Court, within and for the County of Brown and State of 
Ohio; and Ex officio Clerk of said Court, do hereby cer
tify that the foregoing is a full and complete copy, taken 
from the Record of Marriages, now remaining in the office 
of the Probate Court, for said County.
In Testimony whereof, I do hereunto, sub
scribe my name and affix the seal of 
said Court, at Georgetown this 4th day of 
June A.D. 1853.
John J. Higgins
Probate Judge
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March 29, 1933.

BA-J/ILL [illegible initials]
Michael Conley
W. 1240

Miss Maudelene Kelly 
Pierce County Court House 
Auditor's Office 
Tacoma 
Washington.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
record of Michael Conley, a Revolutionary War soldier and pensioner 
of Brown County, Ohio, also that of his son, John Conley (1787-1843) 
for service in the War of 1812.

A search of the War of 1812 records has been made in your 
behalf and fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the 
service of John Conley described by you.

The record of Michael Conley is given below.  The data are 
obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, 
W. 1240, based upon his military service in that war.

Michael Conley enlisted May 25, 1778, in Maryland, served as 
a private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Price's 2" Maryland 
regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in March 
1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 23, 
1824, at which time he was a resident of Brown County, Ohio.  He was then 
seventy-four years of age, the date and place of his birth are not shown. 
At that time, the soldier stated "I have no family other than myself and 
one son in this country," but did not give the name of his son or his mother.

Michael Conley died December 19, 1841, in Brown County, Ohio.

The soldier married April 20, 1825, Rebecca Braddock; their 
marriage was recorded in Brown County, Ohio.

Rebecca Conley, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her
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application executed May 11, 1853, at which time she was a resident 
of Feesburg, Brown County, Ohio.  She was seventy-four years of 
age, the date and place of her birth not given.  In 1855, she was 
a resident of Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio.

In 1853, Joshua Conley was the only surviving child of the 
soldier, Michael Conley.  In 1855, one Joshua Conley resided in 
Felicity, Ohio, and stated then that he had known the soldier's widow, 
Rebecca Conley, for fifty-four years; it is not shown, however, that 
he is identical with the Joshua Conley referred to as the only surviving 
child of Michael Conley in 1853.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

[Written at bottom of page:
Note John Conley-from O. W. cards-Inv. F-19942-(W-1812)
opened-not the one requested]


2.
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Rebecca Conley 
wid
Michael

Geddes
[illegible]

[Written vertically right margin]

Honl. L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions 
Pension Office
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[Envelope]

[illegible]
Honl. L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Pension Office
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9440

160 acres
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Case of Michael 
Conley, Ohio-revo.

Suspd. see letter to 
W. Shepherd, July 19.
1824

Admitted
Commissioner
Janry 27. 1825
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[illegible]: Act/53  Ohio
Boynton
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May 18 '53

Rebecca Conley 
wid of Michael

Ohio-18
M 25
3d Feb. 1833

Rev'y War.

Allowed $96 per an
Com. Feb. 3, 1853

S. M. Knight
Present

[Vertically right margin]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSIN[right margin cut off]
Commiss[right margin cut office]
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✓[illegible] 1690
Rebecca Conley of Michael 

Letter to Saml McKnight Esq.
(requiring proof of identification)

Act Feb 3rd 1853
Aug 2. 1853 Gray
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[Written vertically left margin]
Additional 
ser

Pension Office
August 26/53

Sir

Please report 
time of last payment 
to or death of within 
named pensioner

Respectfully &c
F Burt Esqr | S Cole
3 Aud | for Commrs
Present

Michael Conley, Act 1818,
$8.00 pr. an.-Died 19th 
December 1841, Paid 
to his death.

F. Burt
Auditor
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No. 76418
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855

Received Apr. 16", 1855.

Michael Conley-Dec. Riv-
Ct. Line
Rev. War


9443-160-55

Chambers Baird
Ripley
Ohio
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1240
Rebecca Conley
Widow
Michael Conley 
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3, 1853

Index:--Vol. A, Page 141

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

[Right panel]

1912 October 21 Hist. to B. S. Morris
V.L.M
1927 Dec. 17-Hist. to M. A. Conley 
MMHF
1933-March 29-Hist. to Miss Maudelene
Kelly-I.L.L.
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[Circular time and date receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 2
RECEIVED 
MAR 15 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
READER 18
VETS. ADM.

Tacoma, Wash. Mar. 10, 1933.

Dept. of the Interior 
Rev. of 1812.

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:--

Will you kindly forward me a copy of the Pension 
Papers of Michael Conley, (1750-1841) who received a 
pension in Brown Co. Oho, after 1841.

He enlisted 1778 as private in Capt. Wright's 
company, Co. Price's Regt. Md. troops.  Lived in Ripley, Ohio

I should also like War of 1812 record of his son 
John Conley (1787-1843) if he served and had a pension. 
And oblige.  [Note in right margin: not as [illegible] 1812]

Respectfully,
Maudelene Kelly
[Note beneath name: Signature?]

Miss Maudelene Kelly 
Pierce Co. Court House, 
Auditor's Office
Tacoma, Wash.

[Note at bottom of page:
O W. Inv. File
Inv. # 19942-N.Y.-
not as- ]
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Ripley, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1912,

Pension Department 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

My daughters are being solicited to be
come members of the Daughters of the American Rev
volution and are enjoined to furnish proof that their 
great-great-grandfather, Michael Conley, was a Rev
olutionary soldier, who died in this (Brown) County, 
Ohio in about the year 1830, and whose picture, with 
several of his comrades is now in the State House 
at Columbus, Ohio, known as "Putman's 47".

If you could furnish me with some evidence 
of the facts of his services, it would be greatly 
appreciated by all of his descendants in this part 
of the county.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance 
you may be able to render me in this matter, I beg 
to remain,

Yours truly,

B. S. Morris
Box 264

[Illegible circular stamp]
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3-871

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
RECORD DIVISION

Briefed by JFH
..... Orig. ..........
..... Cert. ..........
Claimant ..........
Soldier Mykel Conley
Service (Michael)

No. ..... claim, Service record ....., 192
....., Clerk.

No. claim ident., Alph'b record 12-2-,1927
JFH, Clerk. 

REMARKS:  Which war?
Evidently Revolutionary 
War

D.C. Cook 
Chief Division.

5-1944 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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23-3 St. Albion, Ill.
11 & 24-1927

Penchen [Pension] Department
Washington, D.C. Gentlmon [Gentlemen].

I understand that there is some
penchen [pension] money there due my
grategrandfathers [great grandfather's] estate Mykel 
Conley who fot [fought] 8 years under 
General Green & after the war 
maried [married] the Generals Dauter [daughter] & two 
sones [sons] was borned [born] to this union. 
Namely Thomas who my father 
was named after & my grand
father John.  There is no rec
ord of him having any children 
by his 2 marage [marriages] but he maried [married]
his 3 [third] wife my grandmothers sister 
at the ripe age of 95 years & to 
this union one son.  [illegible] away
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2 was borned [born].  I do not remember 
of ever seeing my grategranfather [great grandfather]
Mykel but his widow, Aunt 
Beckey as we aulways [always] cold [called] her 
aulthough [although] she was my step grate [great]
grandmother & my grandmothers 
fun [full] sister & I well remember about 
when & where she died & the desease [disease]
she died with & I well remember 
that her son was a [illegible] maried [married]
man at the time of his mothers 
death & afterwards raised two 
children & one of them is stil [still] 
living. The onley [only] living grand
child & I can furnish satis
factory evidence of this fact. I 
understand that there is a man 
in Michigan that claims title 
to this estate but be that as 
it may the fact remaines [remains], over
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that myself and cosen [cousin] is the 
only living grand child & 
if I know anything about 
law wod [would] be [illegible] are to 
the state.  I am inclosing [enclosing] a 
selfe [self] addrest [addressed] envelope for your 
conveniance [convenience] & any informa
tion that you can please give 
me regarding this mater [matter] 
will be thankfully received

Your very truly

M. A. Conley.
[Circular mail receipt stamp]
PENSION 
NOV
U. 25 S.
1927
OFFICE

[Oval mail receipt stamp]
CHIEF'S DESK 
WIDOW
NOV 26 1927
DIVISION
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

5-1944 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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Rev.& 1812 Wars Section | MMHF

December 27, 1927

Mr. M. A. Conley 
23-- 3 Street 
Albion, Ill.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revo
lutionary War pension claim W. 1240, also, claim for bounty 
land, it appears that Michael Conley enlisted in Maryland 
May 25, 1778, served as a private in Captain Wright's Com
pany, Colonel Price's Second Maryland Regiment, was in the 
battle of Monmouth and was discharged in March 1779. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 
23, 1824 while a resident of Brown County, Ohio aged seventy 
four years.  At the time of his application for pension he 
stated: "I have no family other than myself and one son in 
this country".  He was paid his pension to date of death, Dec
ember 19, 1841.

Soldier married April 20, 1825, Rebecca Braddock.  She 
was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1853 
while a resident of Feesburgh, Brown County, Ohio, aged seventy 
four years.  She was also allowed bounty land in full satisfac
tion for services rendered in the Revolution by said Michael
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Conley.

The name of the son referred to by the soldier in 
1824 is not given nor that of his mother.  In 1853 Joshua 
was the only surviving child of the soldier.

In 1855 the widow of soldier, Rebecca, was living 
in Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio.

There is no provision of law that would entitle the 
descendants of soldiers of the Revolutionary War to pension.

In 1855 one Joshua Conley of Felicity, Ohio stated that 
he had known the widow Rebecca Conley for fifty four years, 
but did not state he was the son mentioned above.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Top left margin folded over]

TON.  3-525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 [blank]

F. 1240

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] 
for a statement of the military history of Michael Conley 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen
sion on file in this Bureau.
=======================================================================
DATES OF | LENGTH OF | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR | SERVICE. | _________________________________________________
APPOINTMENT. | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |
__________________________________________________________________________________
May 25, 1778 | Mch. 1779 | Pvt. | Wright | Price | 2" Md

Battles engaged in, Monmouth

Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Maryland

Date of application for pension, Mch. 23, 1824.  His cl. was al.

Residence at date of application, Brown Co. Ohio

Age at date of application, 74 yrs.  He died Dec. 19, 1841.

Remarks:  Soldier married Apr. 20, 1825, Rebecca Braddock. 
She was allowed pension on an application executed 
May 11, 1853 while a resident of Feesburgh Brown Co. Ohio
aged 74 yrs.  Joshua was their [?] only surviving child 
in 1853.

Very respectfully, 

6-2856  Commissioner.

[Note to ? above: This may have been his son,
by former wife, referred to in 1824 by 
soldier, as one Joshua 
Conley of Felicity O. stated in 1855 that he 
had known the widow Rebecca for 54 yrs. 
It is likely this was soldier's son Joshua as 
the widow had moved to his town.]
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, June 21st. 1824.

I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster rolls remaining in 
the Auditor's Office, that Michael Connely 
enlisted as a private in the Second Maryland 
Regiment, on the 25th day of May 1778 
and was discharged [struck out: on the] in the month of March 1779.

Thos. Karney-Auditor General, 
State of Maryland.
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[Envelope]

Honl.  Free
John W. Campbell
Washington
Cold

GeoTown O }
Jan 27th }
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Georgetown Jany. 27th 1825

Respt. Sir)

I take the liberty of enclosing to you 
an affidavit of Mr. Conley which was required 
of him by the War Department, believing that you 
will have the goodness to present to the proper depart
ment.

I should not have thus troubled you, but the cir
cumstances of the applicant requires immediate attention 
if it is possible that a decision can be had in his 
case in time for him to draw his money in March 
next. Should he prove successful will confer [illegible]
favor.

Yours very Respect.

John H. Shepherd

Honl. John W. Campbell
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Washington 
May 17, 1853.

Honl. L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions } Sir.

I have the honor to enclose herewith the 
declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Conley, widow of Michael 
Conley decd. for the benefits of the 2d Section of the Act of 
Feby 3d 1853.  Her husband was a Pensioner under Act 
of 1818 at $96. per annum.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
S. M. Knight
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Washington 
August 24, 1853.

Honl. L. P. Waldo 
Comr. of Pensions } Sir,

I have the honor to enclose here
with a certified copy of the public record of marriage 
of Michael Conley and Rebecca Bradock, in support 
of the claim of said Rebecca as widow of Michael 
Conley for a pension under the 2d Sec. Act 3d Feb. 1853,
filed by me in your office on the 17th May last.
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt
S. M. Knight
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Conly widow of Michael 
Brown County and State of Ohio 
act Feb 3 1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband a pensioner Act of 1818 at 
$96 per annum
Pri 
Marriage proved, cr wills

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Death audr. rep
Identity cr. wills

Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight | Examining Clerk,
Present | J L Gray
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Brown County Ohio
Michael Conley
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The State of Ohio } Ss. On this 27th day of January A.D. 1825
Brown County } Personally came before me the subscriber 
one of the Justices of the peace within & for the County aforesaid 
Michael Conley, who being duly sworn according to law, makes 
the following Statement under oath, in addition to a Declaration 
and Schedule heretofore made in order to obtain the benefits of 
the provisions of the Acts of Congress to provide for certain persons 
engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in 
the Revolutionary War.  First as to his property disposed of since 
the 18th of March 1818, this deponent as well as he now recolects [recollects] 
sold one mare to a certain William Briggle for the sum of 
twenty five dollars in the year 1820 which together with two cows 
(which have since died) is all the property this Deponent had 
at, or since the 18th March 1818 except what is contained in 
his former Schedule & waring [wearing] apparel 

This Deponent states as for his reasons for not make appli
cation previous to the 23rd of March 1824 First that he resides 
in a remote part of the County where neither the people nor 
the Civil officers has scarcely ever seen one volume of the 
Acts of Congress. That he was informed by several persons 
who pretended to know the requisitions of the Acts of Congress 
aforesaid, that is was necessary for him to prove his
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actual services by one or more creditable witnesses which 
he found almost impossible for him to do, but after 
several years diligent search he heard of a certain John 
Howard who belonged to Capt Andersons company in the 
2nd Maryland Redgt. [Regt.] who was acquainted with deponent.  This 
deponent immediately went to the seat of Justice for his County 
and at the first Circuit Court made his Declaration & Schedule 
as required by law & further this deponent saith not
Sworn to & subscribed before me }
this 27th day of January 1825 }  Michael his X mark Conley
Franklin Shaler, JP [word Seal encircled]

The State of Ohio Brown County Ss

I William Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 
within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that 
Franklin Shaler Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit 
appears to have been made and who hath subscribed his name 
thereto now is and was at time of doing the same one of 
the acting Justices of the peace within and for the County aforesaid 
duly commissioned and quallified [qualified] according to law and that 
full faith and credit are due an ought of course to be given 
to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of said Court at Georgetown 
this 27th day of January A.D. 1825
William Shepherd Clerk B.C.P.