Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41805, for William Mathews, Pennsylvania
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( 3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Mathews, William ~ Matthews
NUMBER
S.41805
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(Pittsburgh Agency) 17.286
Ohio
William Matthews of Trumbul in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brady, of the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy in the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of 3 years from October 1776 to October 1779

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 day of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of June 1820 and sent to George Todd Esqr {Esquire] Youngstown Ohio

Restored to the Roll on the 21st day of December 1827 and notification sent to Hon. E. Whittlesey at House of Representatives
Pension commencing on the 8th of December 1827.

Amount due on 4th of March 1828.} $23.22

{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.} 
8 March 1823

See letter to Pension Agent of Ohio 21st December 1827.
let to Hon E. Whittlesey, H. R. Mar 20 1834
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William Matthews
private
Col McCoy's Regiment
Pennsylvania Line
1776- 3 years
The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses duly to be taken & authenticated, (or the certificate of our office of the Regt) to [illegible] the service of Applicant, [illegible]
Admitted
31 May 1820
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50
State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss} 
On this 24th day of June 1818 before me the Subscriber President Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the third Judicial circuit of the State of Ohio personally appears William Matthews aged sixty seven years resident in [illegible] in the County Circuit & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That he the said William Matthews on or about the first day of October 1776 at Pittsburgh in the State of Pennsylvania he enlisted as a private soldier for three years in the company commanded by Capt [Captain] [illegible] of the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line then commanded by Col McCoy and afterwards by Col. Broadhead - that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States untill [until] the month of October 1779 according to his best recollection when he was discharged from service at Pittsburgh aforesaid, but the discharge aforesaid is lost now and cannot be produced. That he was in several  skirmishes but in no general action, that he has received no pension from the United States and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services excepting the subjoined - sworn to & subscribed before me the 24 June 1818
George Tod
Wm Mathews
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State of Ohio}
Trumbull County} Warren 24th June 1818
George Owry of Hubbard in said county deposeth and says that during apart of the Revolutionary war he served as an Ensign in Capt [Captain] [illegible] company of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and well recollects that there was a private soldier in Capt [Captain] [illegible] company
in the same Regiment by the name of William Matthews. This deponent is more certain of the correctness of his recollection in this respect from the circumstance that the said Capt [Captain] Owry was a family connexion [connection] of this deponent and further the deponent saith not
his
George X Owry
Mark
Sworn & subscribed before me George Tod Pres}

State of Ohio}
Trumbull County}  Warren 24 June 1818
John Mitcheltree, made oath before me the subscriber that the above named deponent George Owry is in reduced circumstances and needs  the assistance of his country for support
John Mitcheltree
sworn & subscribed before me George Tod Prest [President] aforesd [aforesaid]}

State of Ohio}
Trumbull County} ss 
I George Tod President of the Court of Common Pleas for the 3d circuit of the State of Ohio, this 24th June 1818 do certify - that I am satisfied, that the said William Mathews, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his foregoing declaration and that he needs the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had before me to the Secretary for the department of War [illegible], to the directions of the aforesd [aforesaid] act of Congress
George Tod.
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss}
I George Pursons Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County do hereby certify that the Honl [Honorable] George Tod whos [whose] signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates which signatures are in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of subscribing the same President Judge of
the Third Circuit of the State of Ohio of the Court of Common Pleas Duly Commissioned and sworn agreeable to the laws of said State and as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit in and out of Court 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at Warren the 27th day of June 1818
George Pursons
[stamp on left margin]
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Recd. June 15. 1826
George Parsons Esqr. [Esquire]
Warren
Trumbull Co.
Ohio
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss.} 
On this eleventh day of April eighteen hundred & twenty-six personally appeared in open court of the common pleas for said county (it being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of Common law, with a  jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment) William Mathews resident in said county aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 & the first of March 1820 and in order to be restored to the pension list under the act of the first of March 1823.
That he the said William Mathews enlisted for the term of three years on some day in October in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded afterwards by Captain Brady in the regiment commanded by Colonel Broadhead in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps
until sometime in the month of October 1779 when he was discharged from the service in Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania; that his name has been
placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress, entitled
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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 hereunto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my former schedule the following
changes have been made in my property.

Description of Property | Names of persons to whom sold |  Time of sale |Amount of Money or description of property received in return.
8 head of meat cattle} 1 horse which died in the summer of 1821. 4 Sheep 3 of them died & one I now own 9 Hogs killed and consumed | Alexander Mathews Thomas Mathews |  January 1825 ┃to pay them in part for the debts mentioned in a former schedule

50 acres of land | John Mathews ┃sold in October 1824 & possession given at that time but not deeded until April 1826. | $300 which John Mathews paid to John Kinsman whom I owed a much larger sum for the purchase
money of the same land.

The following is a list of all the property I now own.
one sheep worth about $2,
2 Iron Kettles Do 4, 
1 ax do 1,
1 hoe do ,50
2 chairs do ,50
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1 table worth about $2
6 knives and forks do .50
4 plates (white) do .50
6 tea cups & saucers do .18 3/4
4 spoons (iron) do .24
1 iron bake pan broke do 1.50
$12.92 3/4

That he is by occupation a farmer but now from age and infirmity is unable to labor. He has no family but his wife who is seventy years old. That he and his wife have been supported by a son for about five years who from sickness lost the use of his limbs, more than one year ago and probably will never recover, and that he has now no mode of supporting himself & family
without the assistance of government except by private or public charity.
William Mathews
Sworn and subscribed in open court before me April 11th 1826
George Parsons Clerk

I George Parsons Clerk of said court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Mathews did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original on the files of said court; and I do further certify that it is the
opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $12.92 3/4.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on the 11th day of April 1826.
George Pursons Clerk
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May 3, 1924
Wm. Matthews
S.41805  

H.B. Williams
1815 South Union Ave.,
Alliance, Ohio.

Sir:

    I have to advise you that from the papers in the revolutionary War pension claim S. 41805 it appears that Williams Matthes enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1776, and served three years as a private in Captain Ourry and Brady's Company, Colonels Mackey and Broadhead's Pennsylvania Regiment and was in several skirmishes.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1818, while a resident of Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio aged sixty-seven years.
    In 1820 reference is made to his wife Rachel aged sixty-seven years, and in 1826 he referred to a son Thomas.
                                        Respectfully,
 
                                        Commissioner.
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Kenton, Ohio
Oct. 4, 1905.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washinton, D.C.

Dear Sir,

    I am a descendant of William Matthews of Kinsman, Ohio and would like if you would please send me his War (Revolutionary) record.
     We are oblige.
                                     Vey truly yours
                        (Miss) Nellie T. Flint
 202 E. Franklin Str.

(Date stamp)
Illegible
Oct 6 1905
Illegible
U.                 S.

(Date stamp)
PENSION
       A
    OCT
U.    6   S.
    1905
  OFFICE
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Medina, Ohio  11-28-04
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
   It is important to me to know something of the Army record of William Matthews of Kinsman Ohio who was on the pension rolls and died in April 14th 1834.  We want to know what command he was in & how long he served in the war of 1776 (Revolutionary).  If you cannot give the above, please tell me how I can find the record desired if it is possible to be found. 

                                  Yours sincerely,
                                          //s//
                                  L. J. Donalds
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41805
William Matthews
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January 1818 - 67
Kinsman Ohio
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Oct 76                       Priv.
Capt. Orry & Brady
Col Makey and Col Broadhead
Priv.       3 years
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Several skirmishes.
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41805
INVALID.
Revy.
File No. 41.805
William Matthews Pri [Private] Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index: -- Vol. 5 Page 507
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Decr. [December] 7, 1904 L. J. Donaldson
Oct. 12, 1905. Hist. to Miss Nellie T. Flint Kenton, Ohio.
1924, Feb. 18 - Hist to Mrs. Ruth M. Williams U M.
 24 May 3 - Hist. to  H. B. Williams MMHG.
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In reply to your request for a Revolutionary War history of Wm. Matthews, 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. 
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Dates of Enlistment of Appointment/Length of Service/Rank/Officer Under Whom Service Was Rendered./State.

Pittsburgh, Pa Oct 1, 1776/3 years/Priv/Captains Ourry and Mackey - Colonels Brady and Broadhead/8th Pa. Continental Establ.
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Battles engage in, --------
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ------------
Date of application for pension. June 24, 1818
Residence at date of application Kinsman, Ohio
Age at date of application, 67 years

Remarks:  1820 wife Rachel age. 67 a son Thos.
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See letter to George Parsons 15th June 1826. & 17 October 1826

Atty Genls [Generals] opinion sent Oct 30. 1821.

[scattered calculations]

[illegible] sent to J. R Giddings Esqr [Esquire] 11 July 1821 Wayne Ohio

17.289 
Ohio R
William Matthews of Kinsman in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of June 1820 and sent to George Todd Esqr [Esquire] Youngstown Ohio-

Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820 $162,89
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48 -
20 mo [months]  7/30 4/30 $210.89
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 18, 1924.

Mrs. Ruth M. Williams,
105 1/2 N. Elm St.,
Warren, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim S.41805 it appears that William Mathews enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1776, and served 3 years as a private in Captains Ourry and Brady's Company, Colonels Mackey and Broadhead's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was in several skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1818, while a resident of Kinsman, Trumbull County,
Ohio, aged 67 years.
In 1820 reference is made to his wife, Rachel, aged 67 years, and in 1826 he refered to a son, Thomas.
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Washington December 16th 1827
Sir
Inclosed [Enclosed] you will find the deposition of Mr John Kinsman in the case of William Matthews
taken in conformity with your letter to George Parsons Esqr [Esquire] 3 Octr [October] 1826, Mr Kinsman is among the most respectable of our Citizens, and whatever he states may be relied on as being the truth and that without any equivocation or coloring whatever - I hope this deposition will remove the causes which have suspended the payment of his pension
Very Respectfully
Yours
E Whittlesey

J L Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
Pension Agent
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1815 South Union Ave.,
Alliance, Ohio.
March 31, 1924.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Kindly send to me at the above address such data as you may have concerning one William Mathews who received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War. His enlistment was made at or near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He resided in Kinsman, Ohio at the time of receiving the pension. Any additional information about his immediate family or the names of any of his children will also be greatly appreciated.

If there is any fee connected with the search for this record, please inform me, and I will forward the same immediately.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Very truly yours,

[handwritten] H. B. Williams.

[stamped]
PENSION
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APR
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1923
U. S.
OFFICE
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SHERIDAN B. SALMON. PASTOR
213 SCOTT STREET
PHONE 1568

MRS. RUTH M. WILLIAMS
PASTOR'S ASSISTANT
OFFICE PHONE 2015

J. H. EWALT. FINANCIAL SEC'Y
215 E. WASHINGTON AVE.
PHONE 1615

J. E. OHL TREASURER
PHONES { 1679-L
1816

First
Methodist Episcopal Church
166 NORTH PARK AVENUE
WARREN, OHIO

January 17, 1924

The Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send to me a statement relative to the service of one, William Mathews, who served in the Revolutionary War.

He enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa. October 1, 1776 and I am told served for three years. His Captains were Omry (or Owry) and Brady.

He received a pension and was at this time a resident of Kinsman, Ohio.

This data is desired in order to prove eligibility of his decedents to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution.

I thank you for this information.

Yours very truly,

[handwritten] Futh M. Williams.

Mrs. Futh M. Williams,
105 1/2 North Elm Street,
Warren, Ohio.
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I John Kinsman of the Township of Kinsman in the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio on my oath depose and say that some time since I was informed by William Mathews and John Mathews that the said William Mathews had sold to the said John Mathews a certain tract of Land in said Township which belonged to the said William and that the said John was to give for the said lands the sum of three Hundred Dollars The said William Mathews at the time of the contract with said John was indebted to my mother Rebecca Kinsman for the said Land and after having made said Contract has the said John Price issued to me as agent for my mother the sum of 153, $ which was applied in part payment of the note given by the said William for the said land, and the said John Mathews made [illegible] deliverance to the said William his four notes of [illegible] for the residue of the said $300 which said notes were delivered to me as agent for my mother and [illegible] to be applied on said said note due from the said William for said land. To secure the payment of the said four notes given by the said John Mathews as aforesaid the said William delivered to me a deed of conveyance of the said land to the said John which said deed of conveyance to
deliver to the said John when he pay said note
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to me. The said William Mathews has divested himself of all right & title to said land, and
the consideration which the said John agreed to pay for the said land I have secured as
before mentioned. Knowing these facts I have no hesitation in saying that the sale of said
land by the said William to the said John Mathews was for a valuable consideration, and that the [illegible] of the land by the said William to the said John was bona fide The deed
made by said William which I now hold is dated the 4th day of April 1826 and a copy of it has I have been informed been forwarded with the papers of the said William relating to his application for a pension
The said John Mathews is a grandson of Thomas Mathers deceased, who was a brother of the said William, and cannot be considered as having any claim as a relative to the property of said William Mathews
Acting as I have done in this [illegible] as agent for my Mother I am I suppose better acquainted with the facts them any other person excepting the parties to the deed
Witness my hand this 21st day of August 1827
John Kinsman
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County. ss} Kinsman August 21st 1827
Personally Appeared John Kinsman and subscribed his name to the foregoing  deposition and on his solemn oath declared that the facts therein stated were true according to the best of his knowledge and belief -
Before me
Jedidiah Burnham Jr
Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio} 
Trumbull County ss} of
I George Parson Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for Said County, do hereby certify, that Jedediah Burnham Junr [Junior] whose signature appears affixed in his own proper handwriting to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State and I further certify that I am acquainted with William Mathews the applicant that I believe him to be in want of assistance for a support and I am acquainted with John Kinsman the deponant [deponent] and believe him to be a man on whose statement full faith and credit is and ought to be given In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 8th day of December AD 1827
George  Parsons Clerk
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Schedule of property belonging to William Mathews
17209
Septr [September] 1820.
Clk [clerk] must certify the opinion of the Court as to [illegible] of property in the schedule
[illegible] 20 April 1821
Not entitled
J. Riddings Esqr [Esquire]
Wayne
[illegible] 
Ohio
copy
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State of Ohio}
Trumbull County} Court of Common Pleas December Term AD 1820
On this fifth day of December AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County William Mathews of Kinsman in said County aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. to wit three years in the company commanded by Capt [Captain] Brady in the Regt commanded by Colonel Broadhead in the Pennsylvania line on the continental Establishment That he applied for a pension on the twenty fourth
day of June AD 1818 and Recived [Received] a pension certificate Numbered seventeen thousand two hundred and Eighty nine And I the said William Mathews do solemly [solemnly] swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March AD 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 AD 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property 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
Schedule
Eight head meat cattle
One horse
four sheep
nine hogs
Farming Utensils
household furniture
Three Chairs
Fifty acres of land
That he owes to Alexander Mathers one hundred seventeen dollars fifty three cents 
To James Mathews Eighty dollars
To Thomas Mathews Thirty dollars
To John Kinsman two hundred eighty one dollars fifty Eight cents
To Aaron Lyon Eighteen Dollars
William Mathews

And the said William on his oath aforesaid further saith that by occupation he is a laborer that he is able to labor but little by reason of his age that his 
family consists of one person exclusive of himself (to wit) Rachel his wife aged sixty seven years unhealthy and able to labor but little
Sworn to and declared on the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Geo Parsons Clerk
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I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Trumbull do hereby certify that that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original oath and schedule now on the files of said Court and that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
said schedule is not sufficient to discharge the Debts there in contained [lines crossed out]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said Court at Warren this [illegible] Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty
George Parsons Clerk

State of Ohio}
Trumbull County}
Com. Pleas July Term AD 1821
 
I George Parsons Clerk of Said Court that it is the opinion of Said Court do hereby certify that the total amount in value of property contained in the foregoing Schedule is on hundred forty dollars and Seventy five Cents as computed By the Court
Attest George Parsons Clerk
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Ohio 322
Free
Recd. 4 Augt [August] 1821
Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War
Washington City
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State of Ohio Ashtabula County Wayne Township
13th July 1821
Sir
The application of William of William Mathews is amended according to your
directions If there are no other errors I expect the pension will be granted
You will be so kind as to direct you Returns to me [illegible] to the date
of this letter
Respectfully Yours
J R. [illegible]
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To all peoples to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that I William Mathews of Kinsman in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio for the consideration of three hundred dollars received to my full satisfaction of John Mathews of said Kinsman County and State aforesaid do give grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said John Mathews and to his heirs and assigns forever one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in No. 7 first Range and as part of lot No. 8 in
the survey of No. 7 Beginning at a post standing on the [illegible] line near Simon Fobes thence South two degrees east fifty seven rods to a post thence South eighty eight degrees West to a post one hundred and forty rods thence North two degrees West fifty seven rods to a post, on the highway thence North eighty eight degrees east on said highway one hundred and forty rods to the place of beginning containing fifty acres. To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said John Mathews and to his heirs and assigns forever to his and their proper use and behoof And also the said William Mathews do for myself my heirs executors and administrators covenant with the said John 
Mathews his heirs and assigns that at and until the [illegible] of these presents I am well [illegible] of the premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple and have
good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as above written and that the same is free from all incumbrances whatever. And furthermore I the said William Mathews do by these presents bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted
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and bargained premises to him the said John Mathews his heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever. Whereunto we have set our hands and seals this 4th day of April 1826.
William Mathews [squiggles]
Rachel Mathews [squiggles]
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Robert King Martha A. Laughlin

State of Ohio}
Trumbull County} Kinsman April the 4th 1826-
Personally appeared William Mathews and Rachel his wife signers and sealers of the within instrument and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed
Before me Robert King Just peace

The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss}
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true Copy of a Deed from William Mathews to John Mathews, presented to me for the purpose of Examining and certifying to the Correctness of said Copy.
In testimony wherof [whereof] I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office at Warren
the 18th day of September 1826
George Parsons Clerk
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I John Kinsman on my oath depose and say that the origin of the debt in the declaration of William Mathews in order to be restored to the pension list stated to be due to me was a contract made by my father John Kinsman decd [deceased] with the said Mathews for a certain piece of land situate in Kinsman which was conveyed to the said Mathews- To secure the payment of the purchase money for the the land the said Mathews gave his note of Land which was not paid in the life time of my father and was after his decease or a distribution of his estate set off to my mother Rebecca Kinsman. In settling and adjusting the notes and debts distributed to my mother I have acted as agent for her and in settling with the said Mathews I took the aforesaid note from him for the amount that remained due from him to her -
The discrepancy alluded to between my former affidavit and the declaration of the said Mathews arose in the following manner viz; John Mathews purchased of the said William Mathews a part of the aforesaid land for which the said William was indebted by his said note set off as aforesaid. The amount paid by the said John for the land was paid by him directly to me as agent for my mother Considering the money as in effect paid by the said William because it applied on a note due from him to my mother I stated in my former affidavit that it was paid by the said William instead of saying that it was paid by the said John to me for the said William to apply on a note due from the said William to my mother as was actually the case - 
The aforesaid note which on settling with the said Mathers
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was given as aforesaid by him to my mother is as I suppose the same which he states this declaration to be due to me for he has never given me any note and I do not hold any note against him being considerably advanced in life and his memory being impaired by as I suppose the said Mathers not recollecting that the said note was made payable to my mother stated by mistake that it was given to me instead of her
John Kinsman

State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss} Kinsman September 19th 1826.
Personally appeared John Kinsman Subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the facts therein set forth & contained are true according to the best of his knowledge and belief - Before me
Jedidiah Burnham Jr
Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss}
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Jedediah Burnham [illegible] whose signature appears affixed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of Subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Warren the [illegible] of September 1826
George Parsons Clerk
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I do Certify that William Mathews had no other property to pay his just Claims than the Cattle he had
May 22nd 1826
Thomas Mathews

The foregoing certificate I believe to be in the hand writing of Thomas Mathews Son of William Mathews - and the reason of his not appearing before me to make oath to the same is in consequence of his lately having one of his leg cut off. he is a man of truth & veracity -
22nd May 1826
Jedediah Burnham Jr
Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that William Mathews paid over to me what he [illegible] of John
Mathews in payment for fifty Acres Land sold by him to the said John Mathews, which payment was applied on his note payable to Mrs Rebecca Kinsman
John Kinsman
May 22 1826

Sworn and subscribed before me at Kinsman in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio May 22nd 1826
Jedidiah Burnham Jr
Justice of peace
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss}
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County do hereby certify that Jedediah Burnham Jun Esqr [Esquire] whose Signature appears affixed to the within certificate is and was at the time of Subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly commissioned and Sworn agreeably to the laws of Said State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office at Warren the 6th day of June 1826
George Parsons Clerk
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Recd [received] Oct 6, 1826
Free
Wm Matthews 
March 1823
Geo. Parsons, Warren Ohio
(Sept 20)
Warren O
Sept. 21
Secretary at War
Washington City
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Warren September 18 1826
Sir
At the request of Mr William [illegible] I Send Inclosed [enclosed] a copy of the Deed and also and affidavit of [illegible] Kinsman Explaining the origin of the debt stated to be due John Kinsman & if this evidence will [illegible] to enable him to be placed on the pension list it will save him much trouble as he is old and infirm lives about 30 miles from where the cout [court] is holden and verry [very] difficult for him to attend at Court, if it [illegible] not answer pleas [please] inform me [illegible] whether there is any further objections which I record, if necessary for him to make further application he would be glad to be informed soon that he could do it at the next October term, he is a man in needy circumstances and difficult for him to attend Court.
Yours with Esteem 
George Parsons-
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Beaver County ss Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Personally came before me David Drennan one of the associate Judges in and for said County of Beaver David Kerr and being duly sworn according to law deposeth [deposes] and saith that he is and was personally acquainted with William Mathews who resides at this time in Turnble [Trumbull] County in the State of Ohio, that made application before President Tod the 24th day of June 1815 to the Secretary of war to be placed on the Pension list, that he the David Kerr as an enlisted Soldier 
in Capt [Captain] Hyars Company in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col McCoy on the continental Establishment in the revolutionary war, that the above named William Mathews enlisted as a Soldier some time in the autumn of 1776 in Capt [[Captain] Drurys company in the afforesaid [aforesaid] 8th Pennsylany [Pennsylvania] regiment that the Regiment marched from the Ketanary in Westmoreland County to Join the grand army in Jersey in the begining [beginning] of the year 1777. that said William Mathews Marchd. [Marched] with the regiment 
and was in it when the [illegible] Philadelphia that Deponant [Deponent] left the regiment at Philladelphia [Philadelphia] being advanced to an Ensign in another Regiment that the 8th Pennsylvania regiment returned to Pittsburgh in 1778 that Deponat [deponent] seen said William Mathews often doing duty as a soldier in the regiment at Pittsburgh untill [until] he was discharged in 1779, he is certin [certain] said Mathews served out the term of his enlistment and was regularly discharged at Pittsbourgh [Pittsburgh] David Kerr
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 5th day of January 1820}
David Drennan
I do certify that David Ker the above Deponant [Deponent] is a man of respectable standing in society and man of veracity &c
David Drennan
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Pennsylvania}
Beaver County} ss
I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Courts of Common pleas in and for said County do Certify that David Drennan Esqr. [Esquire] who took the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking the same & continues to be an acting Associate Judge in and for said County duly Commissioned & Sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit is & ought to be given In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court the Seventh day of January Anno Domini 1820
Thos [Thomas] Henry Prothy [Prothonotary]
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Beaver County ss Commonwelth [Commonwealth] of Pennsylvania
Personally came before me David Drennan one of the associate Judges in and for said County of Beaver William Glendy and being duly sworn according to law deposeth [deposes] and saith that he is and was formerly Personally acquainted with William Mathews, who resides at this time in Trumble [Trumbull] County in the State of Ohio, that made application before President Tod the 24th day of June  1818 to the Secretary of war to be placed on the Pension list, that he the said William Glendy was an Inlisted [Enlisted] Soldier in Captain Myars Company in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col McCoy on the Continent 
Establishment in the revolutionary war, that the above named William Mathews enlisted as a soldier in the turn of 1776 in Captain Owrys (or Van Owerys) Company in the afforsaid [aforesaid] 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, that the Regiment marched from the old Ketaning on the allighnia rives [Allegheny River] in Westmoreland County to Join General Washington in the Jerseys in the begining [beginning] of the year 1777. that said Mathews marched with the regiment and he believs [believes] was in the regiment and continued in it untill [until] his term of Inlistment  [Enlistment] expired (viz) for three years he alonge [along] with others was regularly Discharged at Pittsbourgh [Pittsburgh] in Pennsylvania in the year 1779
William Glendy
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of January 1820}
Davd [David] Drennan
I do certify that William Glendy the above deponant [deponent] is a man of  respectable standing in society and a man of veracity
Davd [David] Drennan
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Pennsylvania}
Beaver County} SS
I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do certify that David Drennan Esqr [Esquire] who took the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking the same and Continues to be an acting associate Judge in and for said County duly Commissioned & Sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit is & ought to be given. In Testimony wherof [whereof] I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Beaver the seventh day of January AD. 1820
Thos [Thomas] Henry Prothy [Prothonotary]