Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5182, for Ephraim Stevens, Massachusetts
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Service                                                                                                        Number

Continental                         Stevens, Ephraim                                             W518
Mass                                                   Sybbel
N.H.

Contents
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widow of Ephrain Stevens
N.H.
who was a Private h 
in the New Hampshire Line
one year private, three months Sergeant, 1 month & 15 days as a Lieutenant                                                         
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Seventy-five Dollars -------
Cents pe annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.


Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of June, 1843
and sent to
Mrs Sybbel Stevens
Butterville, Ohio

          [Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.         Page 162.
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           6656
Transferred from
Maine to Ohio                                                                                                  [Sideways on the page]
                                                                                                                    
Ephraim Stevens,                                                                                           Notification sent the 3rd Div 1020
       private                                                                                                   In the [undecipherable] of [
                                                                                                                     [undecipherable]
New Hampshire line - 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine
  at the rate of -- 8 -- Dollars per month, to commence on 
  the 31st of March 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Feby, 1819
and del
          -- R C. Vose

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 5 mo 1/31 4/30  41.31
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March 1819             48.. [undecipherable]
                                                                        $89. [undecipherable]

                              {Revolutionary claim,
                               Act 18th March, 1818}

                  Phillips, 
                    [undecipherable]
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          Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July
1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain
widows." 
State of Ohio
Harris County
            On the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, one Thousand
Eight hundred and thirty nine, presently appeared before the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Harris and State of Ohio 
holden at Lebanon in said County of Harris Sybbel Stevens, a resident of
the township of Salem in the County of Harris aforesaid aged seventy
five [crossed out] years and upwards who being first duly [crossed out] affirmed according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain in doing": that she is the widow of Ephraim Stevens, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, but the precise time that he entered the service of his country, the time that he ceased to serve or the [undecipherable], company, regiment or corps in which he served she cannot state. Her information upon this subject she refers to the testimony which she supposes is already on file in the pension office War Department, City of Washington: the said Ephraim Stevens late husband of this applicant having been late a private in the Army of the Revolution and inscribed on the pension list Role of the District of Maine Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the thirty first of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818. The pension certificate granted to said Ephraim Stevens was dated the 6th of February 1819  and was numbered 6656 (six thousand six hundred and fifty six) as the applicant very truly believes. Applicant further states that she is informed and does truly believe that at one period during the Revolutionary War the said Ephraim Stevens held the commission of a Lieutenant in the line of the State of               and in that capacity was engaged in the service of his country in the War of the Revolution; but as to such service she is not in possession of any evidence which she supposes would be deemed satisfactory
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tory by the Commissioner of Pensions. She must therefore as before stated refer to the evidence before referred to on
which a pension was granted to the said Ephraim Steven and which she supposes will be deemed sufficient and satisfactory as to the revolutionary services of her deceased
husband.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Stevens on the eleventh day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two by the Rev David Jewett in the town of Winthrop, and in what is now the County
of Kennebec and State of Maine: that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Stevens died on the fourth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty seven in Hamilton Township
Warren County Ohio whither he and this applicant had removed from the District of Maine in the year Eighteen hundred and nineteen. That she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety
four viz at the time above stated. She further states that prior to her intermarriage with the said Ephraim Stevens and her name was Sybil Foster, and that she and her late husband the said Ephraim Stevens are the identical person
referred to as Ephraim Stevens and Sybel Foster in the accompanying affidavit of Daniel Allen and certified by Edward Mitchell to which she also refers. This applicant further states that the last semi annual payment of the
pension granted to her late husband, which was received by him was the one which fell due on the fourth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty seven: that upon his
death proof of the fact, and that this applicant was his widow and had survived him, was made before the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren Ohio,
and the amount due from said fourth day of March to the fourth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty seven the day of said Ephraim Stevens' death, was drawn
by the agent of this applicant at the Commercial Bank of Cincinnati Ohio, and at the time the same was the original pension certificate granted to said Ephraim
Stevens and numbered 6656 was by the agent of this applicant given up to the agent given up to the agent who paid said arrears
of pension as this deponent is informed and verify
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believes. Since the death of said Ephraim Stevens this applicant has entered into the marriage relation with no other
person; but still remains a widow. And further she says not affirmed
Sybbel Stevens
Subscribed
in open Court the 9th day
of April AD 1839.
H. M. Stokes Clk
At the same time and place person appeared in open Court
Sullivan H. Stevens, who being duly affidated deposeth and saith that
from information received from his family and which he verifies 
being to be true, he was born on the twenty fourth day of March
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and seven in what is now
the County of Kennebec and State of Maine. Deponent further
states that the above named Sybbel Stevens who has affirmed to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is the Mother of this deponent, and
the said Ephram Stevens referred to and mentioned in said Declaration
of his mother Sybbel Stevens, and the father of this deponent, as he has
understood from his earliest recollection, and as to the truth of which this
deponent does not entertain a particle of doubt. Deponent further
states that from his earliest remembrance he resided with his father
and mother the said Ephraim Stevens and Syybil Stevens in the district
of Maine until the year Eighteen hundred and nineteen
when he removed with them from said State of Maine, and came to reside in the township of 
Hamilton County of Warren and State of Ohio, in with the exception of a boy thru years that he resided in 
the [illegible] County Ohio.
Which place they lost father continued to 
reside until the fourth day
of Eight hundred and thirty seven when he died.  At the time
of his death, the late Ephraim Stevens was a United States Pensioner, his pension certificate was dated 6th of February 1819 and was numbered 1656
and from said certificate it appeared that said Ephraim Stevens was
late a private in the army of the Revolution, and inserted on the pension list Role of the District of Maine agency at the rate of eighty dollars per month to commence 
on the thirty first of March and thru
eight hundred and eighteen, 
in conformity with the law of
the United States of the 18th of March 1818. 

After the death of said
Ephraim Stevens, this deponent as the agent of his mother drew the arrears
of pension which would have been coming to his father had he lived, and gave up to the pensioin paying said arrears of pension and at his quest the original certified above named No. 6656. Deponent
further states that the Ephraim Stevens who was a pensioner and inscribed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine agency as above stated, and whose pension certificate was numbered
as above stated, and whose pension certificate bore [illegible] was numbered as above stated,  was the same Ephraim Stevens who departed this life
on the fourth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty seven; and was then
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the husband of the within named Sybbel Stevens who affirmed to and subscribed the foregoing declaration and was also the father of this deponent.  From deponents earliest remembrance, with the death of his father on the 4th of July 1837 the said Ephraim, father of deponent; and the said Sybbel the mother of deponent lived and cohabited together as man and wife, and were received, taken and reputed as such; they raised a family of twelve children and deponent has not a particle of doubt as to the legality and validity of their marriage. He believes that it was legal and valid; he never heard it disputed doubted or called in question. Since the death of said Ephraim Stevens the said Sybbel Stevens widow of said Ephraim and mother of this deponent, has not intermarried with any other person, that still remains a widow.
Sullivan F. Stevens
Affirmed to & subscribed in open court 9th April 1839
H. M. Stoker Clk. P. T.

At the same time and place personally appeard Moses Dudley of the County of Warren and State of Ohio who being duly affirmed deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with the above named Ephraim Stevens now deceased, and his wife Sybbel Stevens who has affirmed to & subscribed the within declaration. Deponent knew them more than thirty years ago when they resided in the District of Maine and has known them ever since they removed to the state of Ohio. With the death of Ephraim Stevens on the 4th day of July. Ever since deponent knew them they were reputed, accepted and considered as man and wife and deponent has no doubt of there having been legally married. Deponent is well acquainted with Sybbel Stevens and Sullivan F. Stevens who have signed the foregoing declaration and affidavit; that are persons of good character for truth and veracity and deponent would not hesitate to believe whatever they would state under oath and affirmation.
Moses Dudley
Affirmed to and subscribed in open Court April 9th 1838
H. M. Stoker Clk P.T.

[Written across & through above is--
Sybbel Stevens
of Ephraim Ohio
Priv 1 yr $40, Sgt 3 mos 15 days --15
Lt. 1 1/2  --20
$75.--
died 4th July 1837
Act July 1838
Smith & Probasco  
Lebanon Ohio]

the State of Ohio
Warren County SS  I Horace M. Stoker clerk Pro Tempore of the Court of Common Pleas for said County certify that the above named Sybbel Stevens, Sullivan F. Stevens & Moses Dudley were severally affirmed in open court to the declaration & affidavit above signed by them.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon this 9th day of April A. D. 1839
H. M. Stoker, clerk P. T.

(seal)
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Ephraim Stevens
6656

Con & transfer
on Maine Roll

Transfd. from main to Ohio
Hon. J. R. Ross H. R.
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Pleas held at Lebanon in the County of Warren within the State of Ohio on the sixth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas for the seventh Circuit & Ignatius Brown, Jonah D. Lowe & Matthias Corwin Esquires associate Judges
Warren County SS. Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty Ephraim Stevens filed in Court here his petition in the words & of the tenor following to wit " The State of Ohio Warren County Ss Seventh Circuit Court of Common Pleas November term 1820.  On the twentieth day of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record instituted pursuant to the Constitution & laws of the State of Ohio with unlimited concurrent ^original jurisdiction in civil & criminal cases, Ephraim Stevens aged sixty two years resident in the County & Circuit aforesaid who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on his affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit, I enlisted to serve eight months at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts sometime in the spring of 1775 in the company commanded by Capt. Ezra Tower in the Regt. commanded by Col James Reed of the New Hampshire line on the Continental Establishment. I continued to serve in said Corps until the expiration of the term of service for which I have enlisted. I again enlisted to serve one year at Charleston Massachusetts in the company commanded by the said Capt. Ezra Tower in the Regt. & line aforesaid in which corps I continued to serve for the above mentioned term of one year, at which time I was discharged by Major Nathan Hale at or near Bristol in the State of Pennsylvania. I again volunteered at Hollowell in the
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in the Province of Maine sometime in the month of June 2779 as Lieutenant (to serve five months) under the command of Major William Lithgow & continued in said corps until the expiration of the above mentioned term of five months. That I made a declaration to the foregoing facts sometime about the 31st day of March A.D. 1818 & have received a pension Certificate of the Province of Maine agency numbered 6656. And I do sollemnly affirm that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred eighteen & that I have not since that time by gifts, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent therein so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled " An act to provide for certain persons engage in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March 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 hereunto annexed & by me subscribed to wit--Schedule
1 frow pot worth            $.75
1 set knives & forks (old)  .50
1 set plates                       .25
1 set tea cups & saucers   .25
3 tin dishes                        .25
1 earthen dish                   .12 1/2
2 Crocks                             .25
2 Axes                              2.00
1 sow & pigs                   6.00
1 tea kettle (old)               .50
1 canister                        .25
1 skillet                             .50
Fire shovel & tongs          l.00
               $12.61 1/2
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amount brot. up         $12.62 1/2
1 earthen pitcher         .25
1 meat tube                  .50
1 Reg.                           .37 1/2
1 do                              .25
1 chest                       .75
2 old buckets              .50
1 wire sieve                1.00
1 foot wheel               2.50
          $18.75
My present residence is about eight miles south of the village of Lebanon Ohio, I have a wife & two sons living with me to wit Sibbel Stevens, Jefferson Stevens & Sullivan Stevens. My occupation is that of a brick layer which I am now entirely unable to pursue in consequence of my frequent attacks of the Rheumatism which in addition to many other bodily infirmities usual to me of my age who have had to undergo the difficulties, hardships & privations of the Revolutionary war render one almost entirely unable to contribute any thing towards the support of my family & my wife who is nearly of the same age with myself has for a number of years been severely affected with the Saint Anthony's fire which renders her illy competent to ^attend to^ the domestic concerns of my family. Jefferson Stevens is about sixteen years of age has for a series of years been afflicted with a white swelling in one of his knees which renders him entirely unable to contribute to our support, indeed he is rather an expense--Sullivan Stevens fifteen years of age is measurably able to contribute to our support in consequence of an eruption in the abdomen, needs schooling which at present I am unable to give him. 
Ephraim Stevens
Affirmed & subscribed to in open Court 20th Nov 1829-Matthias Corwin Jnr. Clerk
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The State of Ohio Warren County SS
I Matthias Corwin Jnr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren in the State of Ohio do certify that the foregoing ^affirmation & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said Court. 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 eighteen dollars & seventy five cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon this 27th day of November A. D. 1820.
Matthias Corwin Jnr.
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Ephraim Stevens 
Phillip Somerset Co. pri. Col Reeds
N. H. Reg 16 Jany 1776 to 1st Jany 1777
13 ca
March 31 1818

Admitted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Ephraim Stevens, aged fifty nine years, a citizen
of the United States, born in New Ipswich in the State of
New Hampshire, but now of Phillips in the County of Somerset, District of Maine
affirm and declare, that in April 1775 I enlisted
as a private soldier into the continental service of the U. States
for the term of eight months, into the company commanded
by Capt Ezra Town, and regiment commanded by Col. James Reed of the first regiment, New Hampshire line. This period I fully served out, and took my honorable discharge from the army on the last day of December 1775. The discharge was burnt with my house in May 1811. On the first of January 1776 I again enlisted as a private soldier into the continental service of the U. States, for the term of one year, into the same company and same regiment before mentioned. This last two I fully served out, and took my honorable discharge from the army at head quarters, near the Delaware in Pennsylvania in the month of January 1777.
I was in the Battle at Bunker Hill. The discharge last taken was also burnt with my house in May 1811. I was afterwards a Lieut. and served five months in the expedition against Bagaduce and on the sea coast in that capacity, under Capt John Blunt in a battalion acting as an independent corps of which Major William Lithgow Junior was commandant. This last service I entered in June 1779 and left it the last of November 1779. The appointment of Lieut. I received from Charles Cushing, Brigadier General. The papers relative to this campaign were also burnt with my house. I am indigent and in need of the bounty of this government. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any, but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever, and I request to be list on the pension for the District of Maine. 
Ephraim Stevens
From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support.
Ephraim Stevens
Kennebec ss. On this first day of March A.D. 1818 Ephraim Stevens above named, after having him carefully examined, readily affirmed to the truth of this foregoing declaration by him submitted, under the pains and penalties of perjury, except the last clause, to which he affirmed some days afterwards. 
Before me
Nathan Weston Just C. Just C. Court & C Pleas
2 Eastern Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Wardsworth of Winthrop in the District of Maine of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the within named Ephraim Stevens. He is indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government, and sustains the character of a man of veracity.
John Wardsworth

Kennebec ss.
On the thirty first of March A.D. 1818 John Wardsworth above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston jus C Justice C Court C Pleas 2nd Eastern Circuit.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I John Allen, of Vienna Maine, aged fifty eight years upon Oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Stevens within named. I well knew him as a Lieut. during the last period by him stated, and I fully believe he served the other periods by him stated, during that period Ephraim Stevens acted as a Lieutenant, I served as a soldier in the same company
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On the thirty first of March A.D. 1818 John Wardsworth of above named, after having him carefully examined, made oath to the truth
of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me  
Nathan Weston Jus C Justice C Court C Pleas 2nd Eastern Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Allen of Vienna Maine aged fifty eight years upon Oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Stevens within named. I well knew him as a Lieut. during the last period by him stated and I fully believe he
served the other periods by him stated during the period Ephraim Stevens acted as a Lieutenant, I served as a soldier in the same company.
 
John his x mark Allen
 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss.
On the ninth day of May A.D. 1818 John
Allen above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him submitted
Before me
Nathan Weston Jus C Justice C Court C Pleas 2nd Eastern Circuit.
March 31, 1818
Submitted
Vol 37 Page 105
on roll Lt. from 10 Feby 1779
[this line crossed out] to 10 Nov 1779
1 mo 15 days

[following is sideways]
House of Representatives
July 22 1819
I certify that John Allen, the above named deponent is in my opinion a creditable witness.
Joshua Gage

[following is upside down]
Ephraim Stevens, Phillips Somerset Co. Pr Col. Reeds
N.H. Reg.
1st Jany 1776 to 1st Jan 1777
1 year
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Mr Daniel Allen of Wales and Mrs Sarah Delano of Winthrop were married November ye twenty first seventeen hundred and eighty two, by Revd David Jewett. Mr Ephraim Stevens and Mrs Sibbel Foster were marriedThe above is a true copy from the records of the town of Winthrop excepting the date which on the records are in figures as follows viz.
"November ye 21. 1782."
Attest Edward Mitchell Town Clerk

I Edward Mitchell of Winthrop County of Kennebec and State of Maine on oath do state
that I am clerk of said town of Winthrop, and
that the marriage of Ephraim Stevens and Sibbel Foster is recorded as above that the books are in an imperfect state some leaves being missing, and that the publishment of said Stevens cannot be found on said book; but the birth of their first child is recorded as follows viz Hannah Stevens Daughter of Ephraim Stevens and Sibbel his wife, born January ye sixth, seventeen hundred and eighty three.
The dates above are in plain figures as follows, viz. 
"Jany 6. 1783"
Kennebec Js.
Edward Mitchell

Personally appeared the above named Edward Mitchell and made oath to the above by him subscribed before me
Daniel Wadsworth
Justice of the Peace
January 24, 1839
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State of Maine
I John A Chandler Clerk of the
Judicial Court Kennebec County
certify that Daniel Wadsworth is a
Justice of Peace in afor said County
of Kennebec, & that the signature
purporting to be his are genuine
Chancell Clerk
Lt Chandler Clerk
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I Daniel Allen of Winthrop County Kennebec and State Maine
on oath do state that I was married in
the year seventeen and eighty two by the Revd David Jewitt, and I recollect that Ephraim Stevens and
Sibyl Foster were published at the same time with myself, that the said Stevens made application in person to the town clerk at the same time with
myself in the month of March or April and
that the said Ephraim Stevens & Sibyl Foster were married before I was, but I do not recollect by whom they married.
Daniel Allen
Feb 4, 1839
Kennebec SS. Personally appeared the above named Daniel Allen and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me
David Wadsworth Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above named David Allen for several years and that
he is of good moral character, and his statements are
entitled to full confidence and belief
Feb 4, 1839
Daniel Wadsworth Justice of the Peace
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April 17, 1936
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PA-J/ EEL
Ephraim Stevens-W.5182

Mrs. T. R. Jones
2320 Clermont Street
Denver, Colorado
Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.5182, based upon the military
service of Ephraim Stevens in that war.
Ephraim Stevens was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire; the
date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
Ephraim Stevens enlisted in April, 1775, and served as a private
in Captain Ezra Town's Company, Colonel James Reed's New
Hampshire Regiment and was discharged December 31, 1775; he was
at the battle of Bunker Hill he enlisted January 1, 1776, and
served as a private one year in Captain Ezra Town's Company, Colonel
James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment; he volunteered at Hallowell, Massachusetts (Maine), in June, 1779, and was appointed in
lieutenant and served five months under Captain Blunt and Major William
Lithgow in the Massachusetts Troops: he was in the Bagaduce Expedition.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31,
1818, while a resident of Phillips, Somerset County, Massachusetts
(Maine) and aged fifty-nine years. In 1820, he was a resident of
Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio.

He died July 4, 1837, in said Hamilton Township.

The soldier married July 11, 1782, in Winthrop, Kennebec
County, Massachusetts (Maine), Sybbyl or Sybbel Foster. The date
and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Sybbel, was allowed pension on her application
executed April 9, 1839, while residing in Salem Township,
Warren County, Ohio, aged seventy-five years. In 1843, she was a
resident of Butlerville, Warren County, Ohio.
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Ephraim Stevens and wife Sybbel raised a family of twelve children; the only names given are Hannah, born January 6, 1783; Jefferson, aged about sixteen years in 1820; and Sullivan F., born March 24, 1807; the latter made afffidavit in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, in 1839.

There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Jan. 29 -97 - Hist.
to Mrs. M. W. Barrett
Lincoln, Ills.
-
Mch. 30. 1897. History
to Mr. Frank Cattle
129-E. Third Street
Cincinnati Ohio

Jan 3-1903- Histy to
Rose Stevens Johnston
Middletown, Ohio

1906 Dec. 14 History to
John E. Potter. 

1924-Jan. 21 - Hist to Mrs. C.A. Mackey
1924 Apr. 26. Copies mailed to 
Mrs. C. A. Mackey. aw.

1934 - Mch 1, Hist to Mrs
Henry A. Webster
M H H, F./eel

Revy WIDOW, &c.
-
File No. 5182
Sybel Stevens
Wid
Ephraim Stevens
Pvt, [illegible], P.H. line
Act: Moch. 3rd L13
Index:--Vol. M, Page 240
[Arrangement of 1870.}
1936 Apr 17 - Hist to
Mrs T. R. Jones. Letter
in case Timothy Foster A27412
372
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April 17, 1936
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BA-J/EEL
Mrs. T.R. Jones
2320 Clermont Street
Denver, Colorado
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
records of Ephraim Stevens, born in Massachusetts in 1758 or 1759,
died in 1829, and buried in Ohio, pensioned as private in the New Hampshire 
Troops; Timothy Foster, born in Massachusetts, in 1720, died 1785 at Winthrop, Maine. 
iner and Timothy Foster, Junior, born
in Massachusetts in 1745 and lived at Winthrop, Maine.
You are furnished herein the record of Ephraim Foster, W.5182;
also record of Timothy Foster, W.27412, the only soldier of that
man who served with the Massachusetts Troops that is found on the
Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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March 1, 1934
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BA-J/MMET/eel
Ephraim Stevens-W.5182

Mrs. Henry A. Webster
North Andover
Massachusetts
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to Ephraim Stevens, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Massachusetts.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.5182, based upon the military service
of Ephraim Stevens in that war.

Ephraim Stevens was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire; The date
of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers
in the pension claim.

He enlisted in April, 1775, and served as a private in Captain
Ezra Town's Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and
was discharged December 31, 1775; he was at the battle of Bunker Hill;
he enlisted January 1, 1776, and served as a private one year in Cape
tain Ezra Town's Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment:
he volunteered at Hallowell, Massachusetts (Maine), in June, 1779, and
was appointed lieutenant and served five months under Captain Blunt
and Major William Lithgow in the Massachusetts Troops: he was in the
expedition against Bagaduce.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818.
while a resident of Phillips, Somerset County, Massachusetts (Maine),
and aged fifty-nine years. In 1820, he was a resident of Hamilton
Township, Warren County, Ohio.

He died July 4, 1837 in said Hamilton Township.

Soldier married July 11, 1782, in Winthrop, Kennebec County,
Massachusetts (Maine), Sybbyl or Sybbel Foster.
Soldier's widow, Sybbel, was allowed pension on her application
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executed April 9, 1839 while living in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, aged seventy-five years. In 1843, she was a resident of Butlerville, Warren County, Ohio.

Ephraim Stevens and wife Sybbel "raised a family of twelve children": 
the only names given are Hannah, born January 6, 1783;
Jefferson, aged about sixteen years in 1820; and Sullivan F., born March 24, 1807: the latter made affidavit in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, in 1839.

There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, Sybbel Stevens, widow of Ephraim Stevens (W.5182)
you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Sybbel Stevens, widow of Ephraim Stevens, Certificate No. 299,
issued June 13, 1843, rate $85 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843,
Act of March 3, 1843, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[  ] and 1812 Wars Section
January 21, 1924
Mrs. Chandler A. Mackey
649 East 19th St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 5182 it appears that
Ephraim Stevens was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, the date not stated.

He enlisted in April 1775 and served as a private
in Captain Ezra Town's Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged December 31,
1775; was at the battle of Bunker Hill.

He enlisted January 1, 1776 and served as a private one year in Captain Ezra Town's Company, Colonel James
Reed's New Hampshire Regiment.

He volunteered at Hallowell, Maine in June 1779 and was appointed Lieutenant and served five months under Captain Blunt and Major William Lithgow in the Massachusetts
Troops; was in the expedition against Bagaduce.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
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March 31, 1818 while a resident of Phillips, Somerset County, Maine aged fifty-nine years. In 1820 he was a resident of Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio. He died July 4, 1837 in said Township.

Soldier married July 11, 1782 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, Sybbyl or Sybbel Foster who was allowed pension on her application executed April 9, 1839
while living in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio aged seventy-five years. In 1843 she was a resident of Butlerville, Warren County, Ohio.

Soldier and wife Sybbyl "raised a family of twelve children"; Hannah born January 6, 1783, Jefferson aged about sixteen years in 1820, and Sullivan F., born March 24, 1807 are the only names stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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O. W. and N. Division. 3-525.
Isla
Mi file 5182
Rev. War

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Ephraim Stevens, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
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.
Apr 75
Jany 1 76
June 79
|LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos
1 yr.
5 mos
RANK.
Pvt.
"
Lieut.
|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Ezra Town
"
COLONEL.
James Reed
"
Maj Wm Lithgow
Paid
┃ Wm Lithgow
|STATE.
3rd N.H.
2nd Cont
Mass

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible]
Date of application for pension, Mch 31, 1818
Residence at date of application, Phillips, Somerset Co., Maine
59          1820 Warren Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, Born New Ipswich, Ohio

Remarks: Sol mar July 11, 1782. Sybbyl Foster, Winthrop, Me.
Hed July 4, 1837. Hamilton Twp, Warren Co., Ohio. Md appln Apr 9, 1839 at 75 res Salem Twp, Warren Co Oh.
  
Very respectfully,
20581b3m11-05            Commissioner.

[Next lines crossed out]
1870 form. Jefferson 16
Sullivan F. b. Mch. 24, 1857
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Apr. 18, 1924.
Chief Rev. Sect Division
Sir:
I have this day received
Mrs. Chandler A. Mackay
cash No.
for $40.00, requesting
post office address [crossed out] copy
as per letter herewith.
A24Apr26.
Copies mailed and Finance Div. notified
AW

Respectfully,.
O. J. RANDALL
●●●●●●●
Chief Finance Div.
H C L
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M 6
Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate )
Ex. AW
.
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 797
Date Apr. 19.24
Subject Ephraim Stevens, Rev no 5182
1 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 1 pages to be
(No.)
(No.)
(No.)
forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION. Division.
Remarks:
Approved:
A E Wilson
Chief REV. WAR SECTION
Chief Clerk.
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Mrs Chandler A. Mackey
649 E. 19" St
Brooklyn N.Y
wants [illegible] photostat of 1 page from
Rev. War pens. claim
W. 5182
Ephraim Stevens
paid $40.00

A. E. Wilson
Apr. 17.24
REV. WAR SECTION
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North Andover, Mass.
177 High St.

[Next lines from stamp]
Received
Feb 17 1934
Rev War Div.
[End of stamp]

Pension Bureau
Washington
Dear Sir -
I am trying to trace my family
Genealogy and I am at present concentrating on my
great-grand-parents' parents. Benj. H. Reed and his wife
Adeline Stevens of Vassalboro, Mo. were my great-grand-parents. 
Adeline M. Stevens' parents were Ephrain Stevens this and - Brown.
I have found a wee Revolutionary war
record for Ephraim
Stevens in Mass. Soldiers & sailors of the Revolution.
I believe this Ephraim is the father of Adeline Stevens' father. 
But in order to be sure that it is the right Ephraim, I want to know if Ephraim Stevens - Sergeant - and later Lieutenant (1779)  of Lincoln County - had a pension.

The Ephraim Stevens that I am checking on - married Sibler (or Sybil) Foster of Winthrop; about 1824, he and
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most of his family  emigrated to Ohio, where he died in 1837.
Hoping you have a pension record for this Ephraim Stevens so it will prove he is man for whom I am searching I am
Yours truly
(Mrs Henry A.) Lydia Dustin Webster
Feb. 16, 1934
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REGISTRAR
Women of '76 Chapter
N. S. B. A. R.
MRS. CHANDLER A. MACKEY
649 East 19th Street
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dec. 10th 1923
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will for please
send me any data you may 
have concerning
Ephriam [Ephraim] Stevens (or Stephens)
who was born in New
Ipswich, New Hampshire,
lived in Winthrop, Maine 
during the Revolutionary War,
and also served (I believe)
in a regt. commanded
by Captain John Blunt,
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Col. Samuel McCobb's,
Maj. William Lithgow
detachment of Militia
defending frontiers of Lincoln
County.
I have the service of
an Ephriam [Ephraim] Stevens,
and
I am sure that this
Ephriam [Ephraim] would serve in
Col. McCobbs regt, as so
many men from Winthrop Maine were in that
detachment of militian.
I know that he migrated
to Ohio, and some records
state that he received pension
while living in Warren County, Ohio.
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REGISTRAR
Women of '76 Chapter
N. S. D. A. R.
MRS. CHANDLER A. MACKEY
649 East 19th Street
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ephriam [Ephraim] Stevens was
the son of Joseph Stevens,
and was my grand-fathers'
(Barlow Stevens) grand-father.
I am compiling
Stevens genealogy and
would appreciate any
information you send me-
I am
Very truly yours
Mabel L. Mackey
[Stamp follows]
PENSION
U.S.
DEC 12 
1923
OFFICE
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POTTER TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY.
TITLE INSURANCE -- ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
BAKEWELL BUILDING, PITTSBURG, PA.
CAPITAL $200.000.00.

Pittsburgh, Penna. Dec. 8, 1906.
cef 6656
[STAMP]
W.W. & N. DIV.
DEC
10
1906
FILES
[End stamp]

[STAMP; upside down]
1906
10
DEC
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE
[End Stamp]

Chief of Records,
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I take the liberty of writing to you to ask if the records of your office disclose any information regarding my Greatgrandfather,
Ephraim Stevens, who is said to have enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at either New Ipswich, New Hampshire, or Winthrop, Maine.
It is also stated that he took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill,
after the reorganization of the Army he was under Major General Lee,
in the Brigade of Brig. Gen. Sullivan. It is also stated that he
took part in the battle of Long Island on Aug. 27, 1776. Also crossed the Delaware with Washington, and was at the Battle of Trenton.
Was also in the Battle of Monmouth. It is not known when he was
discharged but was back in Winthrop Maine in the Spring of 1782.
I should like very much to have more authority for the above
statements, than a local history from which they were taken.
If you can assist me in this matter, I will consider it a very great favor.
Yours very truly,
John E Potter
[STAMP]
PENSION
U.S.
DEC
10
1906
[illegible]
[End stamp]

P.S. In case the records of your office disclose nothing in this matter could you refer me to some other some of information.
JEP
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WW
428 South Main Street
ONYR
Middletown, Ohio, Oct. 6. 1902
[STAMP]
[unintellgible] WAR & NAVY
OCT 14 1903
[unintellgible] 
P.B.
.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Can you give me the
Record of Revolutionary service
of one Ephraim Stevens of Maine.  
Tradition says that he fought
in the Battle of Lexington war, with Benedict
Arnold in the march
through the wilderness of the Kennebec
(being in the regiment or regiment
that was permitted to him
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back for [unintelligble] of food, and
was also with Gen. Washington
at Valley Forge and crossing the Delaware.
A grandson, the Rev L. M. Stevens of [unintelligble] Florida writes
of date Sept. 28, 1903, as follows:
I remember back in the fifties, to have seen in
the hands of a pension agent a volume in which was published the list of persions
Revolutionary and Maine
that had been granted by
the United States, I had curiosity enough to look up grandfather's house, which I found, only
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indicating his regiment & c.
As the said Ephraim Stevens
was my my great-grandfather I shall
be very grateful for any information
that you may give us.
of
My great grandfather died and is buried at [unintelligible]  [Hamilton Turnpike]  in Ohio, Warren County. He died July 4 1837 age
77 years. Hoping for an early reply
and thanking you. I am yours
Rosa Stevens Johnston
[STAMP]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
OCT 10 1903

of
Son
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[STAMP]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
OCT 10 1903
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FRANK WRIGHT COTTLE.
CINCINNATTI.
No. 129 E. Third Street.
Feb. 22nd, 1897.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I want to secure an abstract of the
war record of Epriham [Ephraim] Stevens, a revolutionary soldier. He served in a Massachusetts' regiment I think.
He drew a pension while he lived in
Warren County, Ohio, until July 4th, 1837, when
he died, after which time his wife had a widow's pension for ten years. Any information will be a favor, as it is required to establish a record for admission to the Sons of the American Revolution
.
Yours truly,
Frank Cottle
per A.D.
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[STAMP]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
FEB 25 1897
[END STAMP]

[STAMP]
[illegible]
OLD WAR & NAVY
FEB 27 1897
FILES
[illegible]
[END STAMP]
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C. Dec 4, 1896
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is
requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
David Murphy
[crossed out] Ezra Lackass

Full name of soldier:
Ephram Stevens
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Born June 29-1758, Hadley Conn

Place of residence after service at
said war
He moved from Litchfield Mass to Butler Co. Ohio in 1823
[this line illegible]

Date of death (as near as possible:
July 4th 1835; In Warren Co Ohio I think
Christian name of widow Sibbyl Foster Married

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received a pension and
then the [illegible] till her
death Nov 15-1847-
Remarks:
He was married in Winthrop Ma - 
and moved to Litchfield, to Butler Co, Ohio, from there to Warren Co. Ohio in 1823. 
Your name and address:
Mrs M. W. Barrett
Lincoln
Logan Co
Illinois
2338b2m
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[STAMP]
Pension Office
U.S.
Jan 12 1897
[END STAMP]

[STAMP]
Old War & Navy
Jan 14 1897
Files
[END STAMP]



O.
N C
Q
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CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL
George B. Ross, MANAGER.
CHICAGO.
Chicago Jun 10/97
The [illegible] of the [illegible]

Enclosed find [illegible] filled to
the best of my
knowledge and hope will be satisfactory. Hope to get all necessary information to enable me to join the "Daughters
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of the Revolution"
Respectfully
Mrs [illegible] Barrett
Lincoln
Ills
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the
United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common
Peas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachutts, embracing the
Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor,
that Ephraim Stevens,
a citizen of the United States, now resident in
Phillips, in the said County of Somerset, in the District of Maine, on the thirty first day of March, A. D. 1818, made application 
to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed. 

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier,
in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and
that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston [illegible] C Court
C. C. C. Pleas 2nd E. Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, SS.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County
of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire,
before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have
affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he
presides.
hundred and eighteen.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
FT McDavo
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Ephraim Stevens
Transferred the 20th
Decr 1820, from the
Maine Agency to
that of Ohio.
Mar 19
[Vertically on Left]
Ephraim Stevens
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The State of Ohio
Warren County,
-
Before me John Houston
an acting Justice assigned to keep
the Peace further and for the Co.
unity, apr personally appeared Mrs
Ephraim Stevens who after being duly
affirmed declareth to me facts following
to wit. That he is the same person
who formerly belonged to the company
commanded by Capt Ezra Town in this
regiment commanded by Colo. James
Read in the War of the Revolution of the
New Hampshire line in the service
of the United States. That his name
was placed on the Pension Roll of the
State of Maine from whence he has
lately removed. That he now resides
in the State of Ohio where he intends
to remain and within the pension to be
then made payable in future further
he saith not
Efraim Stevens
Affirmed to subscriber
before me this 23 day of
October A.D. 1820
John M. Houston
Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio Warren County & Mathias Corwin &
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Warren
aforesaid do certify that John M Houston Esquire who
appears to have taken & signed the within deposition of
Ephraim Stevens, is one of the Justices assigned to keep the
peace within & for the County of Warren aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office & to whose official acts as
such full faith & credit are & of right ought to be given into in Courts of Record as thereon.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of the
Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 23rd day
of October A.D. 1820
Matthias Corwin Just
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Lebanon Ohio April 9th 1839
Sir
We enclose the Declaration of Sybbil Stevens
widow of Ephraim Steves deceased to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 into the "an act granting half pay and funding to certain widows" with accompanying evidence.
Permit us respectfully to solicit as early as an examination of the case, as your duties will permit, and communicate to us the result of your decision
Very Respectfully Yours
Smith & Probasco
J.L. Edwards Esq
Court of Pensions
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Deposition
of Noah [illegible]
for
Ephraim Stevens
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I Noah Towers of Litchfield in the county of Lincoln being of lawful age to testify and say that Mr. Ephraim Towers of Phillips in the County of Summersett was a solder in Capt. Ezra Towneses Company and Col. James Reed's Regt. in the year 1776 from the beginning of the year to the first of January following at which time he was honorable discharged in Orvistal in Pennsylvania.
Noah   X  Towers
his mark
Attest John Neal Jr

Lincoln SS Oct. 3d 1818
Personally appeared Noah Towers and made solemn oath to the matter of the above deposition by him subscribed.
John Neal Justice of Peace

John Neal Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Lincoln; and I give credit to the above testimony.
Nathan Weston (illegible)
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1219 
May 19 1843
$75. per annum
Send certificate to
Mrs. Sybbel Stevens
Butlerville, Ohio



J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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State of Ohio SS
On this sixteenth day of April 1843 personally appeared ^before me Wm Crosson a Justice of the Pease of Warren County State aforesaid^ Sybbel Stevens a resident of Butlerville in Warren County aged eighty yeas, who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on her affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, That she is the widow of Ephraim Stevens who was a private in the Army of the Revolution-and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was seventy five dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sybbel   X   Stevens
 her mark
Affirmed to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before
Wm. Crosson Justice of the Peace of the county & state aforesaid.

The interlination-opposite figures was made before the executions of the above declaration. Wm Crosson J.P.
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State of Ohio
Warren County SS
I hereby certify that Sybbel Stevens the above declarant is personally known to me & also that I have a knowledge of her having received pension under the act of 7 July 1838 & that her former certificate was numbered 3601 dated at the War office of the United States the 24th day of July 1839 signed S. Cooper-acting Secretary of War & examined & countersigned by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Nm. Casso
Justice of the peace of the County & State above named

Note, please direct any letters or papers you may send to Sybbel Stevens  Butlerville Warren County Ohio
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The State of Ohio Warren County Ss

I Horace M. Stoker clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County certify that Milliard Crosson Esq. is a Justice of the peace within for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission id dated on the 12th day of August AD 1840 & will expire on the 11th day of August AD 1843 & that his foregoing signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon this 3d day of May AD 1843
HH.M. Stoker
Clerk
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3601 Revo.
Ohio
Sybbel Stevens
widow of Ephraim Stevens, Dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar. 1818 and who died on the 4th day of July, 1837, of Warren Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private &c, in the ______commanded
by Captain _____of the _____commanded by _____in the New Hampshire line for 1 year private-3 months Sergeant, 1 month & 15 days Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 75 Dollars ___cents per annum, to commence on the 5th July, 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of July 1839 and set to Smith & Probasco, Lebanon, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839    $125.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept  37.50
$162.50
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by MN Stewart Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 219
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Ephraim Steven Ohio Act 18 March '18
to what time pd?
Pen office
July 23. '39

Died 4th July 1837 & paid to that time
S. N. H.
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Vol 37 page 142

Sgt. from 28 June to 28 Sept, 3 mos 1778