Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11722, Richard Waters, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Waters, Richard
Elizabeth Jane

NUMBER
W. 11722

{B.L. Wt. 2409_300.Capt. Issued June 7.1789. No Papers.

CONTENTS
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1863 Oct 5 Transferred to N.Y. from 4th March 1863

Date of widow's death not on AB

CYV

11.701 Maryland
New York City
Elizabeth J Waters widow of Richard who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Captain Md.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Sept/3 and sent to Jno S Gittings Baltimore, Md

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feby 3d/33, Page 118 Vol. A

1828
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Continued and sent to J McDonnell Baltimores Agent 2.18.21

(2227)

Maryland.

Richard Waters,
1st Regt Captain Maryland Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland, at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of Augt 1818, and sent to S. Brice, Esqr.
Baltimore Maryland.

Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
4 Mch 19/30

9266
$94.66

[Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818}

Five Years End of War
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore to wit:

Be it remembered that on the Sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Richard Waters aged Sixty and upwards residing in the City of Baltimore State of Maryland, an applicant for a Pension under the 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 personally came before me the undersigned and then and there did make the following Declaration under oath by me administered to him.

That he the said Richard Waters entered the Army of the Revolutionary War is a Lieutenant in the first Regiment of the Maryland line on the tenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven__That he was appointed Captain and the Seventh day of April Seventeen hundred and eighty and that he received arrears of pay from the first of August Seventeen Hundred and eighty to the first of January seventeen hundred and
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Eighty three__that he continued in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution upwards five years__that from his reduced circumstances needs the assistance of his country for support, Therefore makes application for a Pension said Law__Sworn & Subscribed before me N. Brice Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court

R Waters

State of Maryland city of Baltimore to wit:

Hereby certify that the said Richard Waters in addition to the aforegoing Declaration and Oath produced to me a Certificate signed R Loockerman Adj Genl, which is hereto annexed from which it appears to my entire Satisfaction that the said Richard Waters served in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy upwards of five years and that he is entitled to a Pension--In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this sixteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen--N Brice, Chief Judge Balt City Court 16th April 1818__
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the last promise of the Section of the Act of February 3 1853.

City of Baltimore, State of Maryland

On this day the 19th of May 1853 personally appeared before the subscriber Elizabeth Jane Waters, a resident of the city of Baltimore in the county of Baltimore and state aforesaid age sixty six years, who first being duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made, by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Richard Waters who was a captain in the army, and who entered the army from Somerset County State of Maryland, about the year 1778 and remained in the service of his country until the close of the war. The name of his superior officer is not known to his widow but if necessary may be found among the records of the Revolutionary War
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Captain Richard Waters received a pension from the United States under the act of Congress, passed on the 15th of May 1823 and departed this life on the 25th of August 1829. His widow further declares that she was married to the said Captain Richard Waters on the 20th day of December 1818 that she was not married prior to the second day of January 1800 but at the time above stated and that she is now a widow.

Elizabeth Jane Waters

Sworn to the subscriber on the day & year last written before me.

John S Gittings P. agt.
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2227
Richard Waters aged 65 [illegible]

Sched: $200

[a negro woman & child $150 - furniture $50--making $200]

wife, 25 yrs old
son 17 - daughter 15 yrs old & an infant 7 mos. old

Served as an officer from 1776, during gthe whole war--
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SCHEDULE.

(A.) State of Maryland Baltimore City Court SS.

ON this Fourth day of June 182/ , personally appeared in open court (*) being a court of record, (+)(B.) having common Law Jurisdiction in and for the said (C.) City of Baltimore Richard Waters aged Sixty five years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said (D.) State of Maryland who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he received a warrant appointment as Lieutenant in December seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, was commissioned in the first Maryland Regiment the first of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven and served during the whole Revolutionary War. That he was in the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of German Town, the Battle Monmouth, the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, was in the Storm of Stoney(sic) Point and at the Siege of York, that he often courted Danger beyond his tour of Duty and believes suspicion never reached him and before the close of the war was appointed Captain as by reference to his former declaration will appear. He also declares that his Brother John Waters went into the Army of the Revolutionary War under General Smallwood as Lieutenant and was killed by a cannon ball at the Battle of White Plains in the State of New York, and for whose services himself, or any of this family never received on Cent. That his Pension Certificate appears to be 222/. That his Pension commenced on the 16th of April 1818, and he has received payment from that date to the 4th of March 1820 and he is Identically the same Richard Waters to whom the Pension Certificate was heretofore granted---

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
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(F.) A Schedule of property which belongs to Richard Waters...

One negro woman aged about 50 years and one negro girl Eight years } valued at $150

Furniture Valued about ...                                  50
                                                                      $200

My family consists of...

Eliza Jane Waters my wife aged about 35 years;
John Waters my son aged about 17 years;
Margaret Waters my daughter aged about 15 years; and
Virginia Ann Waters/infant about 7 months old.

That the declarant is not now engaged in any occupation or business and by casual occurrence has become lamed and also has a dislocation of his left arm, he is rendered incapable of pursuing any kind of active business.

R. Waters

Sworn to and declared on this 4th day of June 1821 in open court before Mr. Harwood, Clk.

I, Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 Two hundred Dollars and ____ Cents. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this 4th day of June 182/__

Mr. Harwood, Clerk
Clerk of Baltimore City Court
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*The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.

+All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:

1st, Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d, Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;
4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to civil canon law, having neither of these attributes, are not court of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.___(Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)

DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.

A. District,--circuit,--county, corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country." comprehend those only, who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of government, except by private or public charity.

Extract of a Circular Letter from the War Department, to the several Agents for paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.

"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly, that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a proper voucher."
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State of Maryland, Talbot County to wit}

Be it remembered that on this Twelvth (sic) (12th) day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Talbot County aforesaid, personally appreared Richard C. Hollyday and Thomals R. Hollyday of Talbot County and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they were each of them present at the marriage of the late Colonel Richard Waters of the City of Baltimore and Elizabeth Jane Boyle. That the said marriage was solemnized at the residence of the their late father Henry Hollday of Talbot County and by the Reverend Thomas Bayne, in or about the month of December in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen. (1818). That the said Colonel Richard Waters has been dead for many years and that his widow Elizabeth Jane Waters (formerly Elizabeth Jane Boyle) now resides in the City of Baltimore.

Sworn before. Wm B. Wheeler.
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State of Maryland, Talbot County to wit. I hereby certify that William B. Wheeler Esquire before whom the aforegoing affidavit, was made and who has thereunto signed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Talbot County duly commissioned and Sworn.

In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix my official Seal this Twelvth(sic) day of May Anno Domini 1853.

Sam J. Hopkins Clk.
Circuit Court, Talbot County

Costs 25 & paid.
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Application of Elizabeth J. Waters for Transfer of Pension

Nettleton, Gilbert & Camp
111 Broadway S
New York City
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State of New York, City-County of New York} ss.

I, Elizabeth J Waters, a Pensioner of the United States, do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and further, that I do this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental reservation as evasion whatsoever: and further that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by law, So help me God.

Elizabeth Jane Waters

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 10th day of September 1863}

T.E. Stillman
Notary Public in NY City
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State of New York City & County New York}ss.

On this tenth day of September 1863 before  me the subscriber a Notary Public for the said County of New York personally appeared Elizabeth J Waters who under oath says that she is the widow of Richard Waters who was formerly a captain in the revolutionary war, that her name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Maryland from whence she has lately removed, that she now resides in the State of New York where she intends to remain, and wishes her Pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing-that as her family have removed to New York she prefered to come with them. Elizabeth Jane Waters.

Sworn & subscribed to before me this 10th day of Sept 1863.

T.E. Stillman Notary Public in NY City

State of New York City & County of New York}ss.

On this 10th day of September 1863 before me the subscriber a Notary Public in & for said County duly authorized to administer
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oaths personally came Henry Withington and Richard W Withington residents of Queens County State of New York and persons who I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say that they were present and saw Elizabeth J Waters sign and make oath to the foregoing affidavit. They further say they are acquainted with said Elizabeth J. Waters and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and who made the oath aforesaid.

Henry Withington
Richard Withington

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 10th day of September 1863 And I certify that I have no interest in this case nor am I & concerned in its prosecution.

T.E. Stillman, Notary Public in NY City
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Ma 17, 1935

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RICHARD WATERS
W. 11722
BA-J/MLB Rev

Viola P. Roberts
7956 Aberdeen Street
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

You are furnished below the record of Richard Waters, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 11722, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of the soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

Richard Waters was appointed lieutenant in December, 1776, was commissioned April 10, 1777, from Somerset County, Maryland, lieutenant in the 1st Maryland Regiment; April 7, 1780, he was appointed captain and served as such until January 1, 1783. During his service he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, in the storming of Stony Point, Camden, and the siege of Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he gave his age as "sixty years and upwards" and was a resident of the City of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1821 he was still living in that city and gave his age as sixty-five years with no explanation of the discrepancy.

He died august 25, 1829.

Richard Waters married December 20, 1818, Elizabeth Jane Boyle at the home of Henry Hollyday in Talbot County, Maryland, no relationship stated to either the soldier or his wife. At the time of their marriage the soldier was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland.

Soldier's widow, Elizabeth Jane Waters (also referred to as Eliza Jane), was allowed pension on her application executed May 19,
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1853, at which time she was aged sixty-six years and a resident of Baltimore, Maryland. On September 10, 1863, she was living in New York County, New York, on account of her family having moved to the State of New York and she wished to be with them.

In 1821, reference was made the following children:

John aged seventeen years, Margaret aged fifteen years and Virginia Ann Waters, an infant aged seven months.

Richard Waters' brother, John Waters, served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of White Plains.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Q                  TRANSFER LETTER.                     Q


PENSION AGENCY,
Balto. Sep. 19 1863

Sir:
Youirs of the 24th instant is received, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this agency by Elizabeth J. Waters (widow of richard) a pensioner under the act of February. 3, '32 2n Sect.

You are informd(sic) that she was last paid to March 4 1863, at the rate of ----480----cents per annum

I am, very respectfully,

John Clark Pension Agent.

To. J. H. Barrett Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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May 17, 1935

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Richard Waters, W. 11722
William Waters, S. 41293

___________
BA-J/MLB

Viola P. Roberts
7956 Aberdeen Street
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Referece is made to your letter in which you request the records of William Waters who served as a private in the Virginia line and pensioned in Amelia County, Virginia, and Richard Waters who served as captain in the Maryland line and pensioned in Baltimore County, Maryland, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War, their surname also spelled Watters.

Their records are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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I certify that it appears by the Musters of Maryland Troops that Richard Waters Enlisted as a Lieutenant in the first Regt. on the 10th day of April 1777 and was Appointed Captain on 7th of April 1780. And by the Pay Roll of the Troops in the Maryland Line it appears that Capt. Richard Waters received Arrears of Pay from 1st Augt. 1780 to the 1st of January 1783.

R. Lookerman Aud. Genl.

Auditors Office Annapolis 11th April 1818.
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Richard Waters

application for a Pension
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Citiy of Baltimore to with:

I, Thomas Harwood, Clerk of Baltimore City Courts hereby Certify that the Honourable Nicholas Brice Esquire, before whom the aforegoing proceedings appears to have been taken and Certified was at the time of taking and Certifying the same, and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Coruits duly Commissioned and qualified and to all his acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice [illegible] thereouts.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Baltimore City Courts this Sixteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Tho. Harwood Clk Baltimore Cit Court
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

36364 May 21/53

Elizabeth Jane Waters

wid. of Richard Captain [illegible] Md.

3rd Feb 1853

Revy. War

Admd. $480 per annum Commencing 3d Feby 1853

Jon. S. Gittings, Pens Agt. Balto. [illegible]
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No/n 1272

Elizabeth Jane Waters widow of Richard Maryland

Let. to Jno S. Gittings
June 29, 1853

Act February 3d 1853
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Maryland Pension Agency
Balto 20 May 1853

Sir,

Herewith, I hand you the declaration of Elizabeth Jane Waters, in order to obtain the benefits of the last [illegible] of the first Section of the act of February 3rd 1853.

If sufficient, be pleased to forward her pension certificate under cover to me, & oblige.

Very Respectfully, Your obt Sert.

John S. Gittings, P Agent

Hon LP Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.}
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BACK PAY, BOUNTY AND PENSION OFFICE.
NETTLETON, GILBERT & CAMP,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
No. 111 BROADWAY.

Charles Nettleton,
Notary and Comissioner for all the States.
Edward Gilbert.
Henry Camp.

New York, Sept. 14th 1863
Hon Jas. H. Barrett
Com of Pensions

Dear Sir

Please find enclosed the application of Elizabeth J Waters for transfer of Pension from the Agency in Maryland to that in New York

Veruy Respectfully Yours
Nettleton Gilbert 
H Camp
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Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Hon. L.P. Waldo, Com of Pensions
Baltimore June 25.1833

Dear Sir.

Some six or eight weeks ago I think at the request of Mrs. E.J. Waters I left some papers with Mr. Gittings the Public Agent here, and tho they have been forwarded to your address nothing as yet has been [illegible] from you. Mrs. Waters has requested me to write you (for fear that some accident may have happened to her papers) that she may not be put to any unnecessary delay in rec. her money.

Very Resp. Yours
Henry Withington
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422

Richard Waters
2227

Cond August 2d 1821 & sent to John Donnell
See endorsement on this within schedule Baltimore
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Office Bank United States Baltimore 5th June 1821.

Sir.

The inclosed was delivered to me by Capt Richard Waters who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, requesting me to forward it to you.

I have the honor to be Sir Very Respectfully Your Most Obt. Servt.

John Donnell Prest.

The Honorable J.C. Calhoun Secretary at War}
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In the Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City

May Term 1853.

State of Maryland City of Baltimore, to wit: Be it remembered and it is hereby certified, that on this day, to wit, the eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared in open court here Mrs Elizabeth Jane Waters, a resident of the City of Baltimore in Baltimore County and State aforesaid aged Sixty six years who being duly sword on the Holy Evangely of Almightly God, to say the truth in the premises, does on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 3rd of February A.D. 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, to wit: that she the said Elizabeth Jane Waters is the Widow of one Richard Waters, who was a Captain in the Army, having entered the Army, from Somerset County, State of Maryland aforesaid, about the period of the year 1778.

That the name of his Superior officer is unknown to this deponent, but that, if the same be of any importance, it may doubtlessly be found among the Records of the said War; That the said Captain Richard Waters remained in the service of his Country, fully up to the close of the said War; That he the said Captain Richard Waters did receive a pension from the United States, under the Act of Congress passed on the 15th day of May 1828; and that he departed this life on the 25th day of August 1829; That she was married to the said Captain Richard Waters in the 20th day of December A.D. 1818, and that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January A.D. 1800, but as the time above stated, to wit:  20th Dec. 1818. And that she the said Elizabeth Jane Waters is now a widow.

Elizabeth Jane Waters

I hereby certify that the above affidavit was made and taken in open Court as above stated and set forth by Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Waters, who has signed the same, on the day and date set forth therein, to wit the seventh day of July.
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in the year of Eighteen hundred and fifty three

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City the same being a Court of Law and of Record on this eighth day of July A.D. 1853.

Lambert S. Norwood Clk

State of Maryland City of Baltimore to wit:

I William L. Marshall, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City, in and for fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Maryland, do hereby certify that Lambert S Norwood whose name appears above is Clerk of the said Court as stated in a foregoing attestation; and that the said attestation is in due form of Law. Given under my hand as the City of Baltimore a[s] aforesaid, this eighth day of July A.D. 1853.

Wm L. Marshall

State of Maryland City of Baltimore to wit:

I hereby certify that the Honorable William L. Marshall who has certified the aforegoing attestation is and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City, duly elected commissioned and qualified.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court  hereto affixed, this eighth day of July A.D. 1853.

Lambert S Norwood Clk
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore, to wit:

Be it remembered, and it is hereby certified that on this eighth day of July, A.D. 1853 before the Subscriber [illegible] Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City of Baltimore aforesaid, personally appeared Miss Julia H. Done and Henry Whittington, residents of the said City and State who severally made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they are well acquainted with the before named Mrs Elizabeth Jane Waters and that they of their own personal knowledge know that she the said Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Waters is the identical person named and described in the aforegoing declaration. And I the said Judge do hereby further certify that the said Miss Julia H. Done and Henry Whittington are persons fully entitled to credit.

W.L. Marshall
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Jane Waters, widow of Richard Waters Baltimore County and State of Maryland act 3d February 1853

Claim, ("original")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

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

Husband was a pensioner under the Act of May 15, 1828, as Captain at $480 per annum.

Marriage proved by parol evidence Witnesses certified the credible

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

Name and residence of Agent:  John S. Gittings Esqr.
Baltimore, Maryland

R Gedders, Examining Clerk.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 11722

Elizabeth J Waters Wid. of Richard Waters, Captain Rev. War.

Act: Feb. 3d '53

Index:--Vol. M, Page 308

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Aug. 2 27 Hist to Laura Guimpelein
1935, May 17 Hist to Viola P. Roberts
(See letter her Clue, D. 41293 of WMd Waters)MLB.
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Revo 
Ses
M/1

Aurora, Illinois, August 19/1917

Dear Sir:

Will you send me the pension record of Richard Waters-Died in Montgomery County Md August 25/1829--wifes name I do not know but he was at Valley Forge with Washington and served as adjutant to the end of the war. He was commissioned Lieut. Jan 13/1777 and appointed adjutant Sep. 21/1778.

Also pension record of Obadiah Chase-B-1743 D-1779 Wife Susannah Knapp. Served in Cap. Hezekiah Mead's Co. of Dutchess Co. N.Y. militia under Col. Henry Ludington.

Respectfully yours,

(Miss) Laura Guimpelein,
323 Spring St.
Aurora, Ill.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.__________, 19_____

W.F. 11722

In reply to your request of _________, received ____________ for a statement of the military history of Richard Waters a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Dec. 1776
Apr 10, 1777
April 7, 1780

Length of Service.
Served "upwards of five years"

Rank.
Lieut
Lieut
Capt

Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
1st Regiment

State.
Md.

Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, Camden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted from Somerset Co. Md.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 16 1818 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Baltimore, Md.
Age at date of application, 62 years He died Aug. 25 1829
Remarks: He married Dec. 20 1818 in Talbot Co. MD Elizabeth Jane Boyles. She was also Pens on an ap. ex. July 8, 1953, while a resident of Baltimore, MD aged 66 years. In 1821 he referred to his son John aged 17 years, daughter Margaret aged 15 yrs and Virginia Ann Waters, infant about 7 mos old. In 1863 widow moved to New York City to reside.

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

8__2856
brother John Waters was killed in battle of White Plains.