Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1352, Thomas Anderson, Mass.
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE Mass  Anderson, Thomas Eunice  NUMBER W 1352 B L. Wt. 3981-160-55
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14062 522 New York
Thomas Anderson of Madison Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cooper of the Regt. commanded by Col Thompson in the Mass ma une for gmr 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1833 and Sent to Otis P. Granger Morrisville 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00 - --- $75.00 

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 14
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14522 
Thomas Anderson declaration  Appd

Send return to Otis P. Granger of Morrisville Madison County N.Y.
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the State of New York Madison County 

on this Eighth day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before James B. Eldredge -  William K Fuller, Sylvanus Sebor. Elisha Randall & Barak Beckwith - Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Madison in State of New York now sitting Thomas Anderson, a resident of the town of Eaton in the County & State aforesaid aged seventy years on the thirty first day of January last past, 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 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He was drafted into the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war in the town of Shelburn in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of July in the year 1779 & joined the troops at Springfield Massachusetts on the twelfth day of July in the year 1779 as near as he can recollect was marched directly to West Point in the State of New York under the command of Captain Cooper. At West Port I joined the company commanded by one Captain Burnham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson, & a Brigade commanded by General Larned - one John Brooks was Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment & on Hull was Major Remained at West Point on duty until the month of January in the year 1780, when about three hundred of us, were detached from the main body of the Troops & sent to the lines at or near White Plains under the command of Col. Thompson The company in which I was in the expedition, was commanded by one Captain Farley - Near White Plains we were attacked by about Eight hundred of the British out of one hundred & fifty Officers & soldiers who were attacked, all were taken or killed except twenty nine - I together with my Cousin
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David Anderson, who was with me & who is now living at Shelburn aforesaid, & some others escaped by fleeing to a swamp close by. We last all of our baggage. Immediately after this attack, we returned to West Point & remained there on duty until the 12 day of April 1780 when I was discharged by Col Michael Jackson - My discharge is lost. While at West Point I worked on Fort Arnold & Fort Putnam. Pleas in the Service nine months besides the time spent in returning to Shelburn after I my discharge- I was born in the town of Colnain in the State of Massachusetts on the thirty first day of January in the year 1762- I have no record of my age - I lived in the town of Shelburn in the State of Massachusetts when I was called into the service. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in the town of Eaton, County of Madison & State of New York  except I lived about ten years in Bridgeport on Lake Champlain. The said Town of Eaton in my present place of residence. I was drafted into the service as I have before stated. I was discharged by Col Michael Jackson & the discharge is lost. I have no documentary evidence of my service, but my cousin David Anderson now living at Shelburn & who was with me in the service can testify to the same. In the neighborhood in which I now live I am known to Constant Avery, Bonnet Bucknell, Ezra Cloyer. Warth W. White who can testify to my character for veracity & to their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, & at the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Thomas Anderson Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year first aforesaid themes underson A.S. Sloan Clk
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We Bennet Bicknell & Ward W. White of Eaton in the County of Madison & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Anderson, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age & upwards: that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. sworn & subscribed the day & Bennet Bicknell year first aforesaid Ward W White A.S. Sloan Clk And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interagatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Bennet Bicknell & Ward W. White are residents of the town of Eaton Madison County & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the County of Madison aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Anderson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this Eighth day of October 1832.
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No 14522 
Thomas Anderson 
Madison Co N. York 
Rolls July 12 '79 9 months
admitted 9 mo. Private. 
Otis P. Granger Agt Morrisville Madison NY
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Anderson of Madison in the State of N York(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 70 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period. Draft In 1779 July 12 Duration of Service 9 months  Rank. As a - Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen Larimor Cap Cooper, Capt Barnham Col Michael Jackson Lt Col Jno Brooke Maj Hull Col Thompson Cap Fary 
5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Shelburn Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness and traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Geo. B. Whiting Examining Clerk
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Increased  No. 1439 

Illinois
Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas Anderson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Massachusetts Mil. 
Chicago agency. Rate 96 Dollars 00 cents per annum. 
Commencing July 27, 1868 Deduct payment made since --- 
Certificate dated June 8th 1869 and sent to E.H. Talbot Belvidere Boon Co Ill
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- 3, 1853, Page 242 Vol. H
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In the matter of Eunice Anderson applicant for Pension under act of July 3, 1853

Please send answer to - Otis P Granger of Morrisville Madison Co N. Y. Agent
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State of New York Madison County 
Joel C. Lindsay of the town of Lebanon in said County being duly sworn says that Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas Anderson is my aunt & a sister of my father David Lindsay now deceased that the said Eunice Anderson was married to the said Thomas Anderson at my fathers house in the town of Lebanon in said County. I was present at the wedding & saw them married. They lived together as husband & wife in the town of Eaton in said County from the time of their marriage until the death of said Thomas Anderson - I am forty four years of age & I recollect that the said marriage took place about nineteen years age & the marriage was solemnized by Esq Howard of Georgetown - I went & inserted said Howard to attend said marriage. I recollect that said Thomas Anderson died a little short of three pyears after said Marriage-- I did not see him die, but was present several times during his last illness Joel C Lindsay Sworn & sayeth before me the 28 of May 1853 & I certify that said Joel C. Lindsay is credible person & that I have no intent or concern is the above matter & have had none Sidney A. Holmes County Judge of Madison County
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State of New York Madison County Holbrook Anderson of Eaton in said County being sworn says that he is forty seven years say that he is a son of Thomas Anderson now & deceased - that his said father Thomas Anderson was a Pensioner & he died on the 6 day of April 1837 in Eaton in said County - that he married a little less than three years before his death Eunice Lindsay of Lebanon in said County & they lived together as husband & wife on the same farm with this deponent, in Eaton aforesaid from the day of their marriage until the death of the said Thomas Anderson Holbrook Anderson 

Sworn & subscribed before me this 31 day of May 1853 & I certify that said Holbrook Anderson is a credible witness & that I have no interest or concern in this matter & have had none E. Norton Justice of Peace 

State of New York Madison County I Lucius P. Clark Clerk of the County Court of said County & State do hereby certify that Sidney Holmes, was on the 28 of May 1853, County Judge in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualifid; & that "E. Norton was on the 31 day of May 1853 a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & Justice & that their respective signatures above written are genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 1st day of June 1853. Lucius P. Clark Clerk
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State of New York County of Madison on this 28 day of May 1853 personally appeared before the Surrogate Court of the County of State aforesaid, held by Sidney T. Holmes County Judge of said County, Eunice Anderson a resident of the town of Lebanon in the County of Madison & State aforesaid, aged seventy 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 provision made by the law of the United States, passed on the 3d February 1853, being an act of Congress passed on that day granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Thomas Anderson, who was a private in the War of the Revolution & who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per year & who was paid at the Albany Agency - She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Anderson on the 26 day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty four that her said husband died on the 6th day of April 1837 that she was not married to him prior to the [illegible] of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow She further declares that she was married in the town of Lebanon in said County of Madison & that she has no heard of her marriage Eunice Anderson Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid & I do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eunice Anderson for a Pension. Witness my hand seal of office this 28 day of May 1853. I have no interest or concern in this matter Sidney Holmes County Judge of Madison County
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33.979 per mar 3/65
Receipt 3/55
Eunice Anderson widow of
Thomas Anderson
Capt Em
Col Dis
Private Col M Jackson's Regt Mass Cont- liner
War of the Revolution
U. S. Pensioner
[illegible]
Admt 160 [illegible] Aug 18/55
Dodge
3981 iss
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Bounty Land 33.979 Act March 3 1855
Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas Anderson Revolutionary Soldier
Otis P Granger of Morrisville Madison County N. Y. Agent
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State of New York County of Madison on this 30 day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty five personally appeared before County Judge within & for the County & State aforesaid Eunice Anderson aged Seventy two - years, a resident of the town of Lebanon in said County & state, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Anderson deceased, who was a soldier of the revolution & a Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per year. The also states that she is also a Pensioner at the rate of thirty dollars per year under the act of 3d February 1853 & for proof of service of her husband & of their marriage she refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office on their several application for Pensions.
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Anderson in the town of Lebanon Madison County N.Y on the 26 day of October 1834 by Esquire Howard- that her name before said marriage was Eunice Lindsay & that her said husband died at Eaton N.Y. April 6. 1837 & that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855. That she has remained a widow since the death of her husband. Eunice Anderson We Otis P. Grange & Joel C. Lindsay residents of the former of Eaton & the latter of Lebanon, Madison County upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Eunice Anderson in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statement of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be & that she is now a widow & has been ever since the death of her husband. Joel C Lindsay Otis P. Granger 
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written: & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons & that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim The words "Justice of the Peace Sidney T. Holmes to erased & County Judge " interlined in 2d line before Execution Co. Judge of Mad Co. S.T. Holmes
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County, of March 1855 ⎬ ss. I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Sidney T. Holmes whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such of or acknowledgment, a County Judge in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State that I have no interest in the within claim - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 30 day Lucius P. Clark Clerk
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Rev. WIDOW, &c. File No. 1342  Eunice Anderson Widow Thomas Anderson, Priv. Rev War --- Act Feb. 3. 1853. Index: -- Vol. A, Page 13 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 33.979
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
Received April 3rd, 1855
Eunice Anderson wid.
of Thomas Anderson
Co M. Jackson
Map. Cont'l line Rev. War
Warrant 3981-165-55
Otis P. Granger
Morris VN New York
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437 Illinois
Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas who served in the Revolutionary War as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd day of February 1853
Certificate of pension issued the 20th day of Aug 53 and sent to Otis P. Granger Morrisville N. Y. 
Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3/53 page 68, Vol A
1832
1863 Nov 17 Transferred to Minn from 4 Sept 1863
1869 May 3rd Transferred to Chicago Ill  [illegible] 4th Sept 1868
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June 3 1853
No 1943
Appt of Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas
P $30
14062
N. York
Act 3rd Feby: 1853
Rev allowed $30 per annum Com Feb 3. 1853
Otis P Granger
Morrisville N. York
Department of the Interior Pension Office, Official Business
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Pension Office August 15/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
F Cole Commr
F Burt Esq 3 and
Present
Tomas Anderson Act 32, $30 p. com. Paid to 4th March 1837 - not date of death on our Books. F Burt Auditor
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3.981 Meo Any
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181-3
Morrisville Madison Co N. Y. [illegible]
Sire I send herewith application of Eunice Anderson for a Pension under act of Feb 3, 1853
Respectfully yours
Otis P Granger
Hon L. O. Waldo
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David Anderson of the Town of Shelburne County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy one years depose and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine Thomas Anderson now of Franklin County of Madison State of New York was draughted into the service of the American Army & was draughted at the same time and we in company joined the troops at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts on the twelfth day of July 1779 and were marched from Springfield under the command of Capt Cooper to West Point where we joined Colonel Michael Jacksons Regiment Larneds Brigade under Lieut Col. John Brooks and Major Hull. I was in Captain Piedner's Company and the the said Thomas was in Capt Burnhams Company We were both detached about the first of January and sent to the lines under the command of Col. Thomson in the Company of Capt Farley. Our head quarters was at Esq Youngs near White Plains where we were attacked by the British and every officer except Lieut Morton and most of the men killed and taken prisoners we with a few others escaped by fleeing to a swamp near by [illegible] all our baggage. We then returned to head quarters where we remained in the Army until the twelfth day of April 1780 when we were both discharged at the same time by Colonel Michael Jackson. We then returned to our native place of residence which then was the above named town of Shelburne David Anderson Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin August 16th 1832 Then David Anderson above named who is reputed to be a credible witness Personally appearing made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was the truth and nothing but the truth Before me Elam Kellogg Justice of the Peace over
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin SS I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Elam Kellogg Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin and as such qualified to administer oaths and take affidavits within the said County of Franklin, and I believe his name to the within certificate of caption subsribed to be his true and proper signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court at Greenfield on the seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832 E. Alvord Clerk
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State of Illinois Boone County SS

On this 11th day of May 1889, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Eunice Anderson, aged 85 years, a resident of Belvidere, Illinois (Boone County), who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Eunice Anderson to whom was granted Pension Certificate No payable at Saint Paul, Minnesota, at the rate of thirty dollars per annum under the act of ; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the 13th section of the act of July 27, 1868 - 
My Post Office address is Belvidere Boone County, Illinois and I hereby constitute and appoint E. H. Talbott of Belvidere - Illinois my Attorney to obtain said increase of my pension for me --- Eunice Anderson her mark James Atkinson Elbridge G. Miller Witness sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of May 1869. and I hereby
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certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
James Atkinson J. P.
Justice authenticated heretofore on this claim.
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Payment to be made at Albany by 1 W. Olcott Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York Payable on the 4th September and 4th March Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 68 Vol W Clerk. R. Weightman
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No 1437 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION. I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb May 3, 1853, Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas Anderson who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior, this twentieth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three tR McClelland Secretary of the Interior. Examined and Countersigned. S Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Enniel Anderson widow of Thomas Madison County and State of N York act of Feb 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 under act of 1832 at $30 per annum Private (If for increase) Marriage proved or witnesses Has additional evidence been filed since admission of the claim? If so, what? Death Identity Name and residence of Agent Otis P Grainger Esqr Moundsville N York  Examining Clerk. J. L. Gray
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1437 
Increase Brief in the case of Eunice Anderson widow of Thomas Private Rev War Belvidere Boone County and State of Illinois Chic act of Feb 1853 Claim for new pension certificate (original, or for increase.) Proof exhibited, Pensioner on Roll of Chicago agy 30  per annum certificate returned.

Claim for increase act of 13 July 27 1868 Identity therein 
Admitted May 31 1869 for pension at 96 per annum to commence July 27 1868 deducting payment since
W. E. Trask Examining Clerk
Name and residence of agent
E H Talbot Belvidere Boone Co Ill
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TRANSFER LETTER
Albany New York PENSION AGENCY. November 14th - 1863 Sir: Yours of the 11th instant is received, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this agency by Eunice Anderson Widow of Thomas Anderson - a pensioner under the act of 3d February 1853, 2d Section 

You are informed that she was last paid to 4th September 1863, at the rate of Thirty dollars - cents per annum I am, very respectfully D Wright
To Joseph H. Barrett Esq. Pension Agent. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
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1.437 Eunice Anderson Wid of Thomas Pvt, 2d Sec. Act Feby 3d 1853 application for transfer from St Paul Minn Chicago Ills S8 Ref 24. Apr 69 Sept 2/68 P.R. 23 Apr 69 E. H. Talbott Belvidere Boone Co. Ills Letter from atty asks of  [illegible] Sept 22, 69

The official character and sign person before whom the affidavit is made, must be seal of office. When the fact is personally known to the agent, he is permitted to certify to the official certified by the proper officer, under character of a magistrate, and will be held responsible for it.
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Chicago
APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. --- SS. State of Illinois County of Boone  
On this 15th day of April, 1869, before me, a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Eunice Anderson, a resident of Belvidere Ill, who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 20th day of August, 1853, upon the list of Revolutionary war (widow) Pensions, at the rate of of February Thirty from the dollars 3d day 1853 That said Eunice Anderson was last paid at the Saint Paul Pension Agency Minnesota to the 4th day of September, 1868, inclusive, but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at and the transfer of her name to the roll of the Chicago, Ills Pension Agency at Jas Atkinson . Witness Eunice Anderson Jas Atkinson J P 

EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY. STATE OF Illinois COUNTY OF Boone I, James Atkinson a justice of the Peace, in the county above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: Personal acquaintance and an examination of pension certificate, that Eunice Anderson who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which she has exhibited for numbered 1.437, and bearing date at Department of the Interior the 20th day of May 1853, and signed by R McClelland, Secretary of the Interior. GIVEN under my hand at Belvidere Ill this 15th day of April, 1869. James Atkinson J. P. N. B. When the pensioner is personally known to the agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it Here state what the evidence is whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Boone ┃ SS. I C B Loop Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that James Atkinson Esq whose name is subscribed to the Proof of annexed instrument of writing, was, at the time taking the said a Justice of the Peace, in said County, duly commissioned, sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Belvidere in said County, this 15th day of April A. D. 1864 E B Loop Clerk
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The official character and signature of the person before whom the affidavit is made, must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. When the fact is personally known to the agent, he is permitted to certify to the official character of a magistrate, and will be held responsible for it.
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Let to Agt Novr 11th 1863
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. --- SS. State of Minnesota County of Wabashaw On this seventeenth day of October, 1863, before me, a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Eunice Anderson a resident of Maseppa in said County , who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the twentieth day of August 1853, upon the list of Revolutionary Pensions, at the rate of thirty dollars   per annum, from the third day of February 1853 

That said Eunice Anderson was last paid at the Albany (State of New York) in the State of New York September Pension Agency to the fourth day of 1863, inclusive, but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at and the transfer of her name to the roll of the St Paul Pension Agency at St. Paul in the State of Minnesota, her Sworn and subscribed to before me, Eunice Anderson the day and year aforesaid. mark 

EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY. STATE OF Minnesota COUNTY OF Wabashan , SS. I, L. B. Mathews a Justice of the Peace in the county above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: personal knowledge that Eunice Anderson who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which she has exhibited before me, numbered 1437, and bearing date at the Department of the Interior signed by R. McClelland the 20 day of August 1853, and Secretary of the Intenor GIVEN under my hand at Maseppa, Minnesota this 17 day of October 1863 Water in the N. B. -- When the pensioner is personally known to the agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it Here state what the evidence is -- whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names
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Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. Eunice Anderson mark 

CERTIFICATE OF MAGISTRACY. -- Culver, Page & Hoyne, Stationers, 128 and 130 Lake Street, Chicago. SS. State of Minnesota, COUNTY OF Wabasha ┃ N. F. Webb  Clerk of the District Court for the Third Judicial District and County of Wabasha aforesaid, do hereby certify that B. Mathews Esq before whom the annexed was taken, was at the date thereof, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County aforesaid duly elected and qualified to act as such, that I am well acquainted with the signature of said L. B. Mathews and believe the one subscribed to the annexed Instrument and purporting to be his, to be genuine. WITNESS my hand, and the Seal of said Court, at Wabasha this nineteenth day of October A. D. 1863 N. F. Webb CLERK
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TRANSFER LETTER.  If a Pensioner has re-enlisted, has been suspended or overpaid, or anything else is known which should be communicated, note it in this transfer letter. Sir: PENSION AGENCY I St Paul Apr. 1869. Yours of the 24th instant is received, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this Agency by Eunice Anderson wid. Thos, pvt a Pensioner under the Act of 3 Feby 1853 You are informed that he was last paid to Sept 4th 1868, at the rate of Thirty dollars - cents per annum Cert No 1437 I am, very respectfully, R. B. Earnsha To Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC. Pension Agent.
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33.999
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1855 Morrisville Madison County, N.Y. March 30 Sir Enclosed I send application of Eunice Anderson, widow of Thomas Anderson (war of the Revolution) for Bounty land under act 3 March 1857 Please acknowledge receipt of same Hon L. P. Waldo on of Pension Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger
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October 27 1863 Morrisville, Madison Co. N.Y Sir Enclosed I send the application of Eunice Anderson for the transfer of her name to the St Paul Pension Agency in Minnesota - Please advise me when done Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger Comm of Pensions Washington DC.
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OFFICE OF THE WEEKLY NORTHWESTERN, E. H. TALBOTT, Editor and Proprietor.  Belvidere, Illinois May 22 1869

Sir: Herewith find additional evidence called for- I hope the new certificate may be issued out forwarded to me immediately, & claimant May draw her pension Respy & Co E. H. Talbott
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Illinois Legislature
House of Representatives
Springfield, Ills. Apl 17th 1869

[illegible] Comm of Pensions
Herewith I enclose papers of Eunice Anderson for transfer to Chicago Agency.
I also desire that a new certificate may be issued to her giving her the increased amount to which she is entitled.
Please address me at Belvidere, Ills.
Respectfully
E H Talbott

[note added subsequently] 
Lee Ferris 
No for application in case of Mrs. Anderson