Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,232, James Galloway, Penn. Va.
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[Record form]

SERVICE
Penn. 
Va. 

Galloway, James
NUMBER
S 2,232

carded
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13.163
Ohio
James Galloway
Greene C[ounty] in the State of Ohio
 
who was a Private in the Company command
by Captain M Hatton of the Regt
commanded
by Col Watt
in the Pa Militia*
line for 11. months 5 days
*Pa. and Va.
Records completed Apr. 10/06 [initialed]
[double dividing line]


Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 37 Dollars 78 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of May
1833 and sent to J. Galloway
Xenia Ohio


Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $74.36
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 $18.59

[Total] $92.95
Vol. 8.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting
Clerk,

Book E Vol. 8 Page 9
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[handwritten on scrap of paper]

Death not in A. B

[sideways]
 1889
Augt. 3 - L C. Draper - history - [illegible]
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State of Ohio
Greene County
to
On this 15th day of September 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting James
Galloway, a resident of the township of Xenia in the County of Greene
on the 1st day of May last Old Style:
and State of Ohio, aged 82 years 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1776 he lived with his father near the mouth of Auchwick [Aughwick]
on the Juniata river in Cumberland County State of Pennsylvania, and
about the latter part of harvest in the month of July in said year, while reaping his father's grain, and being leader of about thirty hands, Capt James
Adams, Captain of the company of militia to which he belonged, came into
the field to procure volunteers to go against the British, and this deponent told him that he would go after he had finished reaping the throu  [?]
he was then at; Adams asked for his sickle, which deponent gave him
and went home, and made two pair of moccasins the same day and
other preparations for the tour, and marched next day for Carlisle
the place of rendezvous, from which he marched in Capt John W
Hattons Company, James Adams & Thomas Brown Lieutenants, and
Marshal Stanley Ensign. That he served three months in the service
of the United States in the company aforesaid in Col Watts Regiment. From Carlisle he marched with his company, crossing the Susquehanna
river about 2 miles below Harris's ferry, passing through Lancaster Downingtown and Philadelphia, where we took water to Trenton in New Jersey there to Princeton & New Brunswick to Amboy, at which place we lay when the
Battle of Long Island began; upon hearing the firing we marched about
four oclock in the morning, after the battle commenced, expecting to take
part in the battle, but upon our arriving at Powless [Paulus] Hook we were
not permitted by Genl Ewing, the commanding officer of the detachment, to cross over to Long Island, but were ordered to Bergen, where we
were joined by a large number of Volunteers and Militia, the whole of
whom were under the command of Genl Ewing, Capt Thomas Clark
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company and Capt. W. Hattons company usually encamped together.
He does not now remember the names of any other officer with the detachment to which he belonged, but those he has mentioned in
the preceding statement. While encamped at Bergen, he was with a
party of men who attacked and fired upon two British Frigates called
as he thinks the Roebuck and Syrian, and several smaller vessels
as they sailed up the North River. The company to which he belonged
were discharged at Bergen, and he made out the muster and pay
rolls of the company. The precise day of his entering and leaving
the service, on this tour he cannot recollect.
That in the month of December 1776 he again entered the service of
the United States and served as a volunteer for the term of three months
in the Regiment commanded by Col. Arthur Buchanan in the company
commanded by Capt. Thomas Thompson, Marshal Stanley was one of his
Lieutenants, (the name of the other he has forgotten, and Derrick Kinsaul Ensign. The company rendezvoused at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and
marched through Lancaster, where it met the Hessian prisoners which were
captured by Genl Washington on or about Christmas day, at Trenton; he counted
them as they marched by him, and made their number over nine hundred. From Lancaster the proceeded to Philadelphia, thence to Trenton
and to Princeton where he remained with a party of Volunteers and
militia till the expiration of his time, being frequently on scouting
parties through the neighbourhood in Jersey. While in Philadelphia, on the march out, he witnessed the funeral of General
Mercer who had been killed or mortally wounded at Princeton, a short
time previously, and was buried with the honours of war. The company to which he belonged were discharged at Princeton, and he made out the
muster and pay rolls of the company.
General Putnam commanded at
Princeton while he was stationed there
That in the month of February 1778 he was drafted as a militia
man for two months, but owing to the company who were to relieve
the one to which he belonged, not arriving sooner, he was detained
one month longer, and again served three months, in Capt. Samuel Hollidays company, (but he does not recollect the names of the other
officers of the company.) and marched through Carlisle and Lancaster to the Valley Forge on Schuylkill, and from thence to Shamony bridge near the cross roads in Bucks County Pennsylvania, after
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which
the party whom he was with were kept almost constantly scouting
through the neighbouring country in various directions, and were
seldom two nights together in the same place. The party to which
he belonged were under the command of Genl. Lacy, but he does
not recollect the names of any of the other field officers. After being
discharged on his return home, at Carlisle he first heard the news of
Genl. Lacy [John Lacy, Brigadier General] being defeated by the British with the loss of his baggage at Crooked Billet about 20 miles from Philadelphia.
During the time he served as above stated he lived or made his
home at his fathers in Juniatta River as before stated. On the 28th
of November 1778 he married [Rebecca Junkin], and in the spring of 1779 removed to the
forks of Youghegany [Youghiogheny River] near Beeson Town [today Uniontown, Penn.] , where he raised a crop of
com. In the spring of 1780 he removed to Kentucky, and settled on Bear Grass [Beargrass Creek] near the falls of the Ohio. From the month of May 1780 till the 
month of October 1782 he 
lived in a fort called the Dutch Station, and he was frequently called out by order of Col John
Floyd or officers under his command, on short excursions against the
Indians, who frequently broke in upon the settlements, killing men
women and children, and stealing horses from the inhabitants.

He has kept no account of the time he was thus called out & in actual service but
feels confident, that in all it exceeded thirty days, and he thinks
it may have amounted to double that time as he obeyed every call of the kind made upon him. During the above period, all the men capable of military duty were required to hold
themselves in constant readiness to march at a minutes warning
when ordered, and the settlements were kept almost constantly in a
state of apprehension or alarm from the savages.

 In one of
those short tours in August 1782 when under the command of Col Floyd, he was shot
at the same moment by two savages, one of their bullets hit him in the left shoulder and broke the shoulder blade, and lodged in
his neck; the other passed through his Right arm near the shoulder
cutting the big vein of the army. This wound mortified, and a considerable
amount of flesh, (the Doctor who attended him, said near
four pounds,) was cut off his arm, and the bone scraped. The
ball which lodged in his neck, some years after the wound healed, produced much inconvenience and pain, and he had it cut out
after carrying it upwards of six years and a half. He was much
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injured and disabled by the wound in the shoulder, and he still continues to suffer from its effects, especially on a change of weather
That before he had fully recovered the use of his left arm, to wit, on
or about the 22d of October 1782, he was ordered out on an expedition &
against the Indians on the North west of the Ohio river, under the
command of Genl. George Rogers Clark, Col. Robert Patterson, John Floyd, Lieut. Col. William Pope Majors Moore and Clark, were among the
Field officers. 
He  thinks that he was in Capt. Chenoweth's company
but does not with certainty recollect the names of his Capt or his
Subalterns. The party he came with from the falls of Ohio, were met
at the mouth of Licking by another large party from Lexington Kentucky. On the north west side of the river they erected a block house
(at which he assisted,) nearly opposite the month of Licking River,
Before the army left this place, an agreement was made by most
of the officers and soldiers present, at the request of Capt William McCracken [alt. McCrackin], who commanded a company of light horsemen, or mounted men, that
of them
as many of them as should be living, would meet on that ground on that day
fifty years. This agreement was made on the 4th day of November
1782.
The 50 years will expire on the 4th day of November next, and
if living, and able, he expects to meet his old surviving brethern in
arms at Cincinnati at that time. From the mouth of Licking
the army marched by the old Chillicothe town on the Little Miami
which is about three miles from Xenia, in this county) across Mad river
to the Piqua town on the big Miami, and from thence to Laramies
town, about thirty miles beyond Piqua on Laramies creek; both of
which towns they burnt and destroyed; after which they returned
by the mouth of Licking to their several homes. He was absent
on this tour thirty five days, as near as he can recollect. He never
received a discharge for any of his tours of service during the Revolutionary war. 

That after his return from Clark's campaign in 1782, he was
until the close of the Revolutionary war in 1783,
frequently ordered out on scouting parties, & in pursuit of the Indians
when they disturbed the neighbourhood; but these tours were only
for a few days at a time, and he cannot recollect how many days
they amounted to in the aggregate
He has no documentary evidence of his service but believes
that Joseph Galloway, Lancelot Junkin and George Galloway, all of whom are living in this county,  can testify as to part or most of his services as
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herein before stated.
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
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Attest
J. Y Grover clk. 
[ Signature of ]James
Galloway


I, Joseph Galloway brother to the above James Galloway who has
subscribed the above declaration, do hereby certify that I am upwards
of 75 years of age, and was well acquainted with him and know
that he served three tours of duty in the Pennsylvania militia in
the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid
under the several captains and substitutes therein mentioned. 

that I knew of his leaving home on the three several
tours, at the times stated
and of his return from the service, and that he was
well known and reputed  and believed in his neighborhood 
where he resided at the time
to have served as a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur
in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest  J. Y. Grover clk.
 [signature of ] Joseph Galloway

I, Lancelot Junkin aged 81 years do hereby certify that
I was well acquainted with James Galloway who has subscribed
the above declaration, and lived in the same neighbourhood with
him during the Revolutionary war untill after his marriage
in the year 1778 with my sister [Rebecca Junkin] and knew of his serving
the two first tours of duty as stated in said declaration,
and served on the second tour in the same company with
him, and belonged to the same mess. I do not certainly recollect
of the third tour he has mentioned in said declaration but  
believe he was on said tour; that
but up to the time of his removal from Cumberland County
in Pennsylvania I lived in the same neighbourhood with him
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and that he was well known
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides and reputed to have been a
is of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Attest
J. Y. Grover clk. 
[Signature of} Lancelot Junkin

I George Galloway aged upwards of 57 years do hereby certify that
with
I have been acquainted and lived neighbour to James Galloway who
has signed the above declaration, from my earliest recollection; that
I will remember the time he was wounded by the Indians near
the falls of Ohio in Kentucky, and think that I was the first person who seen him when he returned to the fort after receiving
his wounds; that believe him to be upwards of 82 years, that he
is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that
opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest. J. Y. Grover clk. 
{Signature of] George Galloway

I John Steele a Clergyman residing in Xenia Township Greene
County and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
James Galloway who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration: that I
believe him to be 82 years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest J. Y. Grover Clk
[Signature of ] John Steele
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Xenia [Ohio] March 14th. 1833

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy of War

Sir

The objections to the declaration of my father, James Galloway) in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of June 7, 1832 have been obviated by having the several
pieces of paper containing the affidavits &c. connected by a ribbon
and the ends inserted under the Clerks seal, agreeably to the
directions of the Dept. and it is hoped that an early notice
will be given of the result, as decision in his case.

Permit me to refer you to the latter part of page 3 & part of page 4 of his
declaration, in which he states that he was severely wounded in
August, and that on the 22d? day of October following, he was ordered
out of Clarks expedition, before his wounds were healed, and
served on that tour, 35 days.
It is respectfully arged [argued] that the
whole time from August to Oct 22d? while disabled from all
kind of business, ought of right to be considered as in actual
service - say 2 months- over and above the other terms of
service stated. 

I have the honour to be, with much
respect, [your obl. servt.]


James Galloway Jr.
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October 2, 1939
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James Galloway, S. 2232

Mr. R. S. King
Mechanical Engineering Department
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Sir:

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension
claim, S. 2232, based on the military service of James Galloway.
While living near the mouth of Auchwick on the Juniata River in
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, James Galloway enlisted in July, 1776,
and served three months as private in Captain John McHatton's company in
Colonel Watts' Pennsylvania regiment; he was in an attack at Bergen, New Jersey, on the British frigates, Roebuck and Syrian. He enlisted in December
, 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Thomas Thompson's
company in Colonel Arthur Buchanan's Pennsylvania regiment. He enlisted in
February, 1778, and served three months as private in Captain Samuel Holliday's Pennsylvania company. In the spring of 1779 he moved to the forks of
the Youghiogheny River near the town of Beesons. In the spring of 1780 he
moved to Kentucky and "settled on Bear Grass near the Falls of the Ohio "
and from May, 1780, until October, 1782, he lived in a fort called the
Dutch Station. From May, 1780, until sometime in 1783 he served at various
times, amounting to over sixty-five days in all, as a private with the
Virginia troops under Captain Chenowith and Colonels John Floyd and Robert
Patterson; he was wounded in the left shoulder and right arm by the Indians
near the Falls of the Ohio, and he was in General George Rogers Clark's
expedition in 1782.

James Galloway was allowed pension on his application executed
September 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Xenia Township,
Greene County, Ohio, and he stated that he was eighty-two years of age
on May 1, 1832 (old style). The place of his birth and the names of his
parents were not given but his father was living in 1776.
James Galloway married November 28, 1778, in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. The name of his wife is not given [Rebecca Junkin] but she was the sister
of Lancelot Junken [Junkin] who was eighty-one years of age in 1832.
James Galloway, Jr. (a son of the Revolutionary soldier, James
Galloway) was living in Xenia, Ohio, in 1833.
In 1832 the soldier's brother, Joseph Galloway, stated that he was
upwards of seventy-five years of age and one George Galloway (relationship not given) stated that he was aged upwards of fifty-seven years."
There are no further data relative to the family of James Galloway,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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October 2, 1939
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Mr. R. S. King
Mechanical Engineering Department
George School of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of September 12, in which you
state that you would like to have abstracts from the pension claims
of James Galloway, S. 2232, and John Stephens, S. 31392, and in which
you state that your ancestor, John Stevenson, who was in Kentucky
in 1810, died in Sedalia, Missouri, and his father in Springfield,
Illinois, both having served in Clark's Illinois Regiment.
No claim for pension has been found based upon service in the
Revolutionary War of a John Stevenson, of Missouri,
The records of James Galloway and John Stephens, as above, are
furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 9, 1939
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James Galloway, S. 2232
John Stephens, S. 31392
Samuel Stevenson, W. 8769
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Mr. R. S. King
M. S. Department
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of August 25, in which you
furnish further information in regard to John Stephenson, in whom
you are interested, that is, that his name is borne on the Census of
1810 in Woodford County, Kentucky, and that he is recorded as a
Revolutionary War pensioner. You request, also, to know whether or
not you can have micro-photo films made of the papers in the pension
claims based upon service of James Galloway (S. 2232) and Samuel
Stephenson (W. 8769) in the Revolutionary War, instead of the
photostatic copies quoted in letter from this office, dated August
22, 1939.
Another careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this
office has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found
based upon service of a John Stephenson of Woodford County, Kentucky.
It has been noted that many others, reported from that county in that
census as pensioners, have not been found in the United States Revolutionary War pension records of this office. Some of those pensions
may have been paid by the state from which the soldiers served, and
not by the United States.

In regard to the micro-photo films, this office does not maintain
those facilities for making records.
As you have a very full abstract of the data contained in the
pension claim based upon service of Samuel Stevenson (W. 8769),
perhaps the same kind of record in regard to James Galloway (S. 2232)
would aid you materially. Such record will be furnished you without
cost, upon request.
It may be stated that the record of a John Stephens (S.31392),
of Franklin County, Kentucky adjacent county to Woodford) is of
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record in this office and it may be that some error has been made
in copying records in the past, and that your citation pertains
to him.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 25, 1939.
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Mr. R.S.King
M.E.Department
Georgia school of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to a letter from the Library of Congress, just received on above date, with your letter of August  18, 1939 attached, in which you 
Solicit their aid in obtaining from this office photostatic copy of papers in certain Revolutionary War claims for pension, which you have requested.
The records show that on August 22, 1939, reply was made to your request to this office, which doubtless has reached you.
Very truly yours
A.D.  HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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August 22, 1939.
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James Galloway, S.2232
Samuel Stevenson, W.8769

Mr. R. S. King
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters of July 5,
and August 2, 1939, in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in the claims for pension on file under W.8769, based upon service of Samuel Stevenson in the Revolutionary War, of the papers in the claims for pension on file under S.2232, based upon service of James Galloway in the Revolutionary War and of those in the claim for pension of John Stevenson (Stephenson), Revolutionary War soldier, who, you state, applied for pension from Woodford County,
Kentucky.
In order to identify the record of the John
Stevenson, cited above, please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him, as one has not been located as of Woodford County, Kentucky: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, other than Woodford County, and given name of wife
or widow, also, the name of the volume or pension list upon which you found him recorded as a pensioner.
Photostatic copies of papers in the Revolutionary War claims for pension of the other two cited above will be furnished you at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied in claim, S. 2232, James Galloway, is ten.
The number to be copied in claim, W.8769, Samuel Stevenson, widow Jane, is thirty-eight, making the total cost, $12.00.
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Remittance should be made by money order
drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the
United States and mailed to the Veterans Administration.
It is regretted, indeed, that your letters
could not have been answered at an earlier date.
Upon receipt of your remittance the copies
will be made and mailed to you promptly.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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February 9, 1938
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James Galloway, S.2232
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Mrs. E. V. Howlett
53 1/2 Huron Street, W.
Pontiac, Michigan
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
James Galloway who served in the Revolutionary War and was from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 2232, based upon the military service of James
Galloway.
While living near the mouth of Auchwick on the Juniata River in
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, James Galloway enlisted in July, 1776,
and served three months as private in Captain John McHatton's company
in Colonel Watts' Pennsylvania regiment; he was in an attack at Bergen,
New Jersey, on the British frigates, Roebuck and Syrian. He enlisted in
December, 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Thomas
Thompson's company in Colonel Arthur Buchanan's Pennsylvania regiment.
He enlisted in February, 1778, and served three months as private in
Captain Samuel Holliday's Pennsylvania company. In the spring of 1779
he moved to the forks of the Youghiogheny River near the town of Beesons.
In the spring of 1780 he moved to Kentucky and "settled on Bear Grass
near the Falls of the Ohio and from May, 1780, until October, 1782, he
lived in a fort called the Dutch Station. From May, 1780, until sometime
in 1783 he served at various times, amounting to over sixty-five days in
all, as a private with the Virginia troops under Captain Chenowith and
Colonels John Floyd and Robert Patterson; he was wounded in the left
shoulder and right arm by the Indians near the Falls of the Ohio, and
he was in General George Rogers Clark's expedition in 1782.

James Galloway was allowed pension on his application executed
September 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Xenia Township.
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Greene County, Ohio, and he stated that he was eighty-two years of
age on May 1, 1832 (old style). The place of his birth and the names
of his parents were not given but his father was living in 1776.
James Galloway married November 28, 1778, in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. The name of his wife is not given [Rebecca Junkin] but she was the sister
of Lancelot Junken [Junkin] who was eighty-one years of age in 1832.
James Galloway, Jr. (a son of the Revolutionary soldier, James
Galloway) was living in Xenia, Ohio, in 1833.
In 1832 the soldier's brother, Joseph Galloway, stated that he was
upwards of seventy-five years of age and one George Galloway (relation
ship not given) stated that he was aged upwards of fifty-seven years"
There are no further data relative to the family of James Galloway,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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MCS /HMN
January 7, 1930.

Mr. Harrison A. Galloway
514 West 5th Street
Stroud, Lincoln County
Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:


I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 2232, it appears that James Galloway, while living
near Juniata River in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in
July 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain John
McHatton's Company in Colonel Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in an attack at Bergen on the ships Roebuck and Syrian. He enlisted
in December 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain
Thomas Thompson's Company in Colonel Arthur Buchanan's Pennsylvania
Regiment. He enlisted in February 1778 and served three months as a
private in Captain Samuel Holliday's Pennsylvania Company. In the
spring of 1780 he moved to Kentucky and "settled on Bear Grass near
the Falls of the Ohio From May 1780 until October 1782, he lived in
a fort called the Dutch Station. From May 1780 until sometime
in 1783 he served at various times, amounting to over sixty-five
days in all, as a private with the Virginia troops under Captain
Chenowith and Colonels John Floyd and Robert Patterson; he was
wounded in the left shoulder and right arm by the Indians near the
Falls of the Ohio, and he was also in General George Rogers Clarke's
expedition in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Xenia Township, Greene
County, Ohio, and he stated that he was eighty-two years of age may
1, 1832 (old style)

He married November 28, 1778, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
The name of his wife is not stated [Rebecca Junkin] but she was the sister
of Lancelot Junken [Junkin].
James Galloway, Jr. (a son of the Revolutionary soldier,
James Galloway) was living in Kenia, Ohio in 1833.
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This James Galloway, S. 2232 is the only soldier of the
Revolution by that name who lived in Greene County, Ohio, that is
found on the records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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January 26, 1927

C. A. Galloway
Holdrage
Nebraska
Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 2232, it appears that JAMES GALLOWAY, while
living near Juniata River in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted
in July, 1776, and served three months as a private in Captain John
McHatton's Company in Colonel Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in
an attack at Bergen on the ships, Roebuck and Syrian. He enlisted in
December, 1776, and served three months as a private in Captain Thomas
Thompson's Company in Colonel Arthur Buchanan's Pennsylvania Regiment.
He enlisted in February, 1878, and serve three months as a private in
Captain Samuel Holliday's Pennsylvania Company. In the spring of 1780
he moved to Kentucky and settled on Bear Crass near the Falls of the
Ohio. From May, 1780, until October, 1782, he lived in a fort called
the Dutch Station. From May, 1780, until sometime in 1783 he served at
various times, amounting to over sixty-five days in all, as a private
with the Virginia troops under Captain Chenowith and Colonels John Floyd and Robert Patterson; he was wounded in the left shoulder and
right arm by the Indians near the Falls of the Ohio and he was also
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in General George Rogers Clarke's expedition in 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Xenia Township, Greene
County, Ohio, and he stated that he was eighty-two years of age day
1, 1832 (old style).
He married November 28, 1778, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
The name of his wife is not stated [Rebecca Junkin] but she was the sister of Lancelot
Junken [Junkin].
James Galloway, Jr. (a son of the Revolutionary soldier, James
Galloway) was living in Xenia, Ohio, in 1833.
[ The following sentence/paragraph is annotated on the right side by the handwritten word "omit"] The records of this bureau fail to afford any information in
regard to a James Galloway who served in Company I in 1788 under
Generals Clerk and Massie. [End of the "omit" sentence.]

This James Galloway, S. 2232 is the only soldier of the
Revolution by that name and who lived in Greene County, Ohio, that
is found on the records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Official printed form completed in handwritten responses - nearly illegible, not able to be transcribed accurately.
Page 25

May 4, 1931.
541

Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim for pension of James
Galloway, File No. S. 2232.  Actual   1 of each page. 

Remitter:


Maj. William W. Neifert,
U. S. Weather Bureau,
Binghamton, New York.

$1.35 .......... 9 pages
xxx

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
in at top of each page and
return papers in each case
in folder with corresponding
name and number.
The word ""Omit"" written in
pencil on those pages which
are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
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May 4, 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.


[Handwritten] Cash - $1.35
[official printed stamp enclosed in rectangular box]
FINANCE DIVISION
?? SERVICE CLERK
MAY 6 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS



Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of nine pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of
James Galloway, File No. S. 2232, uncertified.
Very truly yours,
Remitter: 

[handwritten] Maj. Wm. W. Neifert
US Weather Bureau
Binghamton, N. Y. 
.
[typed] Received payment,
$1.35
May 4, 1931.
Ada DeYoung
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
Page 27

Rev. &1812 Wars Section,
MMHF

[added handwritten note] Maj. Wm. W. Neifert called on May 4, 1931 and paid for this same order and was going to send item to Mr. Pettit. 

[typed]
Mr. William M. Pettit,
904 American Savings Building,
Dayton, Ohio.
Dear Sir:

You are advised that photostatic copies of
original papers on file in the Revolutionary War
pension claim of James Galloway, S. 2232, will be
furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is nine.
Should you desire to have them certified,
allow twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this
bureau by money order drawn to the order of the
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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[right side top is the circular official stamp as follows] REVOLUTIONARY AND 1812 WARS SECTION BUREAU OF PENSIONS SEP 18 1930

[LETTER HEAD]
Notary Public
WILLIAM M. PETTIT
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
904 AMERICAN SAVINGS BLDG.
DAYTON, OHIO
[Typed] 
Sept. 15, 1930.

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

I would inquire cost of photostats of the Pension
record of James Galloway, Cumberland Co. Penna. Rev. soldier,
who made application Sept. 15, 1832, residence Xenia, Ohio, aged
82 on May 1, 1832.
If record should be long, would indicate that I
desire such portion as specifies soldier's services
in 1780 and thereafter, in the Kentucky Indian campaigns and
the Geo. Rogers Clark expeditions in Miami Valley.
Yours truly,
[signature] W. M. Petit
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[stamped] Law Division
[script initials] RWB



August 15, 1916.

Mr. Barritt Galloway,
Room 490, H. O. B.
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

In compliance with your personal request
of the eleventh instant, there is inclosed herewith
a certified copy of certain papers on file in this Bureau
in the case of James Galloway, Pennsylvania and
Virginia Troops, Revolutionary war, survivor's file
No. 2232.

Respectfully,
G.? M. SALTZGABER
Commissioner.

RWB/ EOA
Page 30

[Handwritten]
Rec'd. $1.30 CW Law

Received of Barritt Galloway 490 House Office Bldg, Washington, D.C. 
$1.40 (10 cents retained for purchase of national revenue stamp) for certified copy of papers in case of James Galloway Pa and Va Troops Rev. Way Sur. File No. 2232.  
R.W.B. /Law
August 11, 1916
[at bottom of left column - official oval framed stamp] CHIEF DESK ??
Division U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS AUG 11 1916 

[followed by another encircled date stamp ] Aug 11, [illegible]

[top of second right-hand column]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Finance Division
August 11,1916
Chief: [illegible]
Sir: 
I have this day received from Barritt Galloway Cash of $1.30 requesting certified copies as per letter herewith.
Very respectfully,  
[illegible signature]
Chief of Division 
[added note in ink] August 15, 1916 Finance Division as to disposition of money 
RWB / Law
Page 31

[Handwritten note]

Mr.  Barritt Galloway
490 House Office Bldg

personal inquiry of Aug. 11, 1916
wants certified copy of
seven pages in the
Rev. War pension claim
of James Galloway Penn & Va 
S 2232

[followed by official oval receipt stamp] Finance Division Bureau of Pensions  Aug 11 1916
Page 32

Penn
Va
Galloway, James S2232
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GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPT. 


August 25 1939.
Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D. C.

[left margin includes Mail Sub-div Vets Adm Reader No. 10 "Received Aug 26 1939" circular stamp]

Refer to
BA-J/MMHF/ ady
James Galloway, S. 2232
Samuel Stevenson W. 8769.

Gentlemen:
I want to thank you for your kind reply to my letter. My
second letter was written as I had reached the conclusion that the
first one became lost.
To answer your questions about John Stevenson we find in the
Woodford County Ky. Census of 1810, outside of Town of Versailles

Samuel Steohenson Sr. [Stephenson Sr.] 7 in Family, Pension from Revolution.

John Stevenson Sr. 4 in Family, Pension from the Revolution.

I have a little pencil memorandum that John was born 1748 and his
wife was Margaret but I don't know that that is true. This John
Stevenson with his father (who was a sergeant) served in General
George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment and in some of the later
indian campaigns into Ohio. I am sorry my information is so
limited and that is one reason I am trying to extend it.
I had no idea there were so many sheets to these pension
applications. Is it possible to have Micro-photo films made of them
and reduce the expense. We have equipment at Ga. Tech for projecting
the films.
Again assuring you that I appreciate your kindness in answering
my requests I remain
Yours very truly,
R. S. King [signature]
M. E. Department, Ga. Tech Atlanta, Georgia.
Page 34


THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
Photoduplication Service

August 24, 1959

Veterans Administration
Revolutionary & 1812 War Section
Washington, D. C.
Attention; Mrs. Finch:

Dear Mrs. Finch:
Enclosed herewith is a request from R. S. King, M. E.
Department, Georgia School of Technology about which I
phoned a few days ago.
The department will appreciate the courtesy and speed
by which Mr. King's request is answered.
Very truly yours,
PHOTODUPLICATION SERVICE
By: [signature] D W McClellan
Page 35

August 24, 1939
Mr. R. S. King,
M. E. Department
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr. King:
This is in regard to your letter of August 18th.
The Veterans Administration, Revolutionary and 1812 War
Section, to whom I am referring your request, states that
they have your previous request at hand, but that due to the
pressure of increasing correspondence they have been unable
to give your letter immediate attention. I have been assured
that your request shall be answered in the very near future.
Very truly yours,
PHOTODUPLICATION SERVICE
By:
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GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
Atlanta, Georgia
Mechanical Engineering Dept. 

August 18 1939

Photoduplication Service,
Library of Congress,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
For some time past I have been trying to get the Veterans
Bureau say whether they would make me some photostats and have received
no reply. Therefore I am appealing to you for some information.
I have been told that photostats can be had of pension applications
and I am very anxious to get photostats of the pension applications of

James Galloway S -- 2232, Rev. Soldier made from Greene Co., Ohio.
Samuel Stephenson, Stevenson ) W - 8769 made from Woodford Co., Ky. 

I would
also like to get the supporting affidavits also.
Jane Stephenson, widow of Samuel, application from Woodford Co., Ky.
John Stephenson, pensioner from Woodford County, Ky., don't know his number.
Can you help me out by getting them for me or telling me to whom
I should write.
Thanking you for many past favors I remain
Yours very truly,
[signature] R. S. King
R. S. King,

M. E. Department, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
If photostadts can not be had then the microfilms will do.
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GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.

August 2, 1939.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

Will you please inform me how much it will cost
to have photostats made of Mr. James Galloway's application
No. S2232; Samuel Stephenson's No. W8769 and also the claim
by his widow for a pension, and also the application of John
Stephenson. James Galloway made his application from Xenia,
Green [Greene] County, Ohio and the Stephensons made theirs from
Woodford County, Kentucky.

Thanking you very much for this information,

Yours very try
[signature] R. S. King

R. S. KIng
Head of M. E. Dept.

RSK/lw

[added PS] P.S. These were revolutionary
war applications.

[Mail receipt time stamp] RECEIVED Aug 4 1939 Mail Sub-div Reader No. 29 VETS ADM
Page 38

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
July 5 1939.

[Circular VET ADM time stamp Jul 7 1939 #47.] 

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to secure photostats of the pension application and
supporting affidavits for the following revolutionary soldiers --
Samuel Stevenson or Stephenson claim W. 8769
and also his widow's claim.
James Galloway claim S. 2232
Please tell me what they will cost so that I can forward the money.
I would also like to get a summary of the pension claim of
James Gay Sr. from Clarke County, Kentucky. I am particularly interested
in any family connections he may show.
Thanking you very much for this information I remain
Yours very truly,
[signature] R. S. King

R. S. King,
Head of M. E. Department, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, Georgia.
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U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Rev. War Section
Washington, D.C.
Sirs:
I am trying to trace a lineage from a Revolutionary soldier James Galloway Sr (1751-1838) of Cumberland Co. Pa. who was said to have been pensioned
9-5-1832 at the age of 80.
I would greatly appreciate any data your files
may contain relative to his service and family
Respectfully
May R. Howlett (Mrs E. V.)
53 ½ Huron St. W.
Pontiac, Mich
1 - 26 - 1938
Page 40



[added note from Harrison A. Galloway, image 41]



Thanking you
for any
data of Grand Father 
James Galloway
who was a resident
of Mercer Co. Ky
Page 41

Harrison A Galloway
574. W. 5 Street
Stroud, Oklahoma

Stroud Oklahoma, Dec 21st 1929
Hon. Pensioner Commissioner
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
 
I am the only living one of
my Grandfather family am G.A.R.
members now in 88 yr of age.  Am past Senior Commander of Department of
Oklahoma. I like to know if Grant
Father James Galloway a pioneer of
Pennsyvania [Pennsylvania],  Kentucky Bourbon County
Kentucky and with Genl. Clark in his
expeditions against the Indians towns of Piqua & Loramai.  A pioneer of Green [Greene] County Ohio.  

I think he was in the Pennsyvainia [Pennsylvania]  in the revolution and possibly
same data of his family you may have

I am getting a research of a for a Family tree.  

Wishing you a Happy Christmas + 
New Year
Your truly in J. C. L.

Harrison A Galloway
514 -West 5th Street
Stroud, Lincoln Co., Oklahoma 409268

I believe there only
one member of Co. G. 74 O.V.Va 
and I believing am. right
Page 42

C.A. Galloway Lumber and Building Material Holdrege, Nebr.
Nov 27th, 1926
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - I am trying to get the war record and a copy of the discharge papers of James Galloway, who served in Company I, under Gens. Clark and Massie in 1788. He was born in Penn. and moved to or near Louisville, Ky. and from there to Bourbon Co. Ky. and from there to Greene Co. Ohio and took Congressland and settled on it and lived on it the remainder of his life. What information can you give me and if possible please send me a copy of his discharge papers.
Yours Truly.
CA Galloway [signed]

If you can not give me this information, can you tel me where I can get it.  CAG

Stamped - Pension Office US Nov 30 1926
Page 43

United States Senate, Office of the Secretary [letterhead]
May 1, 1916
The Honorable, The Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir: I enclose a letter written by myself to the War Department and the reply thereto, attached to the back of my letter relating to the services of a Mr. James Galloway in the war of the Revolution from Virginia. The War Dept suggest you may have, as your records, additional information about James Galloway and his services in that War. If you can enlighten on the history of Mr. Galloway I will be duly grateful.
Very truly yours, Henry H Gilfry
I will thank you to return the enclosure.
Page 44

[handwritten note]

Barritt Galloway and Edward B. Galloway
c/o Hon. Dick T. Morgan
490 House Office Building
Washington D.C.

Oct. 1, 1915  Barritt Galloway call today & requested records sent to the above.
Page 45

OFFICE OF
LIBRARY AND NAVAL WAR RECORDS
NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON.
March 24, 1906
My dear M. Brown:
I enclose you
a part of my descent. In the
top line the four brothers Saml,
John, William and James
are said to have served in the
Rev. War, and John and James
are said to have been pensioned.
They came from Cumberland
County, Penna. [Pennsylvania]
I am certain that James
G.[Galloway] was pensioned. Pensions
may have been issued to
them when living in Lancaster,
Gettysburg, York, or Lynchburgh Va.
My ancestor John served in Cumberland
Co. Militia 1780-1781-1782. My
Page 46

[part 2]

meager record states, that
John was killed by "tree 
falling
on him at Alex. Pa."
If John Galloway, of Cumberland Co
does not appear as a pensioner
the record of James may have
some data of the family.
If there is any data of them
I might obtain permission from
the Colonel to examine the
application or applications.
My great-great grandfather
Robert Smith was a
son of James Smith the signer
of Declaration of Independence.
so I am a great3 grandson of James
Smith.
It is supposed that John Galloway
was about 30 in 1780 and
died about 1838 or a little later. He
was in Gettysburg in 1772 where his
son John was born. He was an agitator.
Any information you may give
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[part 3]
me of John G. [Galloway] or James
- his brother will be of
appreciated. 

Very Sincerely, 
Charles W. Stewart
Please return to me
the enclosure,


[Receipt stamp]
CHIEF DESK
Old War and Navy
Division
Mar 27, 1906
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[part 1]


77 Huntington Avenue.
Boston, Mass.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Bureau. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir --
Will you please send me a
Pension Certificate for services rendered
by James Galloway, Senior, in the
Revolutionary War.
He was born in
Cumberland Co. Pa. May 1. 1750, was a
citizen of Cumberland Co. Pa, and
died in Xenia, Ohio August 1838
I enclose herewith a postage (2 ct)
stamp in payment of postage on the same, and if there is any chage [charge]
Page 49

will you kindly let me know, and I will remit promptly.  

Yours truly, 

Miss Emily A. Crafts
779 Huntington Ave. 
Boston, Mass. 

January 28, 1897

[Stamp]
OLD WARS & NAVY
FILES
FEB 2 1897
Page 50

OFFICE OF Cooper's Phoenix Hotel,
W. T. COOPER, Proprietor.
---
Headquarters for Commercial Men-
Hopkinsville, Ky. June 24 1894
Dear Sir
I wish you would please have
a little Revolutionary history looked
up for me. I
want to know if
James
Galloway was on the pension rolls
as a Revolutionary pensioner.
He was born in Cumberland Co Pa  (1750)
and it is supposed he enlisted from that
county. He was a hunter of said real
renown and acted in that capacity for
his regiment but I am unable to say
as to his rank in service.
After discharge he removed to Kentucky
and in 1797 to Green [Greene] Co Ohio where
he died in 1838. It is thought he drew pension.
His widow Tamar [Tamar Wilson, 2nd wife] Galloway died in
Green [Greene] Co Ohio in 1842 and it is thought
she was also a pensioner. Address reply
to H. B. Swearingen Special Examiner U.S. Pension
Office Hopkinsville Ky. [Kentucky]
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[3 section form, documents correspondence related to pension file of James Galloway S2232. ]

[center section ]
2232 INVALID. 

File No. 
James Galloway
Private Rev. War
Act:   [illegible] 1832
Index:  Vol. A, Page 136
Arrangement of 1870

[Left column]
[first entry - illegible]
Feb. 17, 1897 History to Miss Emily A Crafts Roxbury Mass. 
1906 March 31 History to Charles W. Stewart.  MBH

1906 March 30. History to Miss Mary Rice, MBH

[Illegible] ..to Henry H. Gilfry.  

1900 Aug. 18.  Hist. to Mrs. Alice R. Stark.  Letter in S787 Garrett Wikoff  [illegible]

[right column]
1927 [illegible]
1930 History to Harrison R. Galloway
1931 Jan 13.  W. M. Pettit [illegible] adv. costs of photo? 
1931 May 12 Photos mailed to Maj. William [illegible]
1938 Hist. to Mrs. E. V. Howlett 
1939 Aug 22 R. S. King inf reply already made MWH]
1939 Sept 9 R.S. King inf. in mico-photo  [illegible]
1939 Oct 2 Hist. to R. S. King  MCS
Page 52

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Galloway
which require further proof or explanation. 
 
1. 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 resides, 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 different 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
VIII. 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?
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? Testimony is given
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?
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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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 ___and
days, I served as a-____
and for such service I claim a pension.
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Declaration  of James Galloway
Page 55

Said  Court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears that the said John Steele who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in Xenia Greene County and state of Ohio, and that Joseph Galloway, Lancelot Junken and George Galloway who have respectively signed the foregoing certificates are residents of the county and state aforesaid, are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
I James L. Grover Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Galloway for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of September 1832.
J. L. Grover Clerk S.C.C.P.