Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,592, for William E Pearson, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Pearson, William E.
or Pierson
or Parsons
Hannah
NUMBER  W. 3,592
B.L. Wt. 31562-160-55
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24.530 
New York
William E. Parsons * of Gennessee in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Lord of the Regt commanded by  Col  of the Conn  line for 6 months and 10 days 
* Pearson 
W.D.G. Mar. 9, 1910. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 21. Dollars 10 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec. 1833. and sent to H. U. Soper Batavia  
Arrears to the 4th Sep ‘33   $57.75
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Mar ‘34   10.55 
$68.30 C  
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 113
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1097 
New York Albany 
Hannah Pierson*   widow of William Pierson* Conn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
*William E. Pearson 
W.D.G. Mar. 9, 1910 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Jany 1854 and sent to H. M. Soper Batavia N. York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 86 Vol. A
173413 JV
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Let to agt [agent] Oct 13 / 56 Gouley 
10
Vol P. Page 92  
173413 Act Mar 3 June 20 / 55 
Hannah Pierson wife of William Pierson  
Pierson, 
No. 31562 issued June 20  26/56
Rev War  
July 48 - 1097 
Ac: 160 acres June 21 / 56 
Boynton
Clk  of Gennesee Co NY
[unreadable]
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State of New York  
Genesee County } ss On this 25th February 1852 personally appeared in open Court before the County Judge of Genesee County Hannah Pierson, a resident of Bethany in said County, aged Eighty years, who being first sworn, 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 pensions to certain widows"   That she is the widow of William E. Pierson who was Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832, that H. U. Soper Esq was his agent in procuring his pension, the amount thereof she cannot State. She further declares that she was a daughter of Widow Jane Hacket, and that she was married to the said William E. Pierson on the eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight in the town of Lyme, Ct. by Elder Jason Lee: that her said husband, the said William E. Pierson died in the said town of Bethany on the 25th day of February in the year 1841. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, and that since his death she has not been married again and is still his widow. 
Hannah Pierson her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court, before me and it is certified that satisfactory proof was made in open Court that the said Hannah Pierson has not married again since the death of her said husband and she was unable to write her name on account of old age,  
Edgar C. Dibble County Judge of Genesee County
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Widow Hannah Pierson Declaration 
H. U. Soper, Agt Ratarin Genesse Co. N. Y.
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State of New York 
County of Genesee } ss I Merrill G. Soper County Clerk of Genesee County do certify that Edgar C. Dibble was County Judge of Genesee County, at the time of taking the within declaration and duly authorized by law to take the same and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do verity believe his signature to the within certificate of taking the same is his hand writing. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal this 17 May 1853. 
M. G. Soper clk 
I Horace U. Soper, of Ratarin, Genesee Co. N. Y. do certify that I have been clerk of Genesee County for six years, that the above is the official seal of the the Clerk of said County and was thereto attached by him 
Dated Washington Decr 13. 1853 
H.U. Soper 
Widow Hannah Pierson
Declaration
H. U. Soper Esq
Ratarin 
Genessee County N.Y.
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State of Connecticut 
New London County } ss Lyme June 28 1833- 
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London aforesaid Peter Pierson of Lyme in said County of New London, aforesaid, aged 77 years, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is brother of William E. Pierson formerly of said Lyme, but now of Batavia in the State of New York. In the time of the Revolutionary War, the said William and this deponent both lived in said Lyme. The deponent is knowing to the fact that the said William served in a guard, stationed at a place called Black Hall in said Lyme, upon Long Island Sound a little east of the mouth of Connecticut River, A guard was stationed at that place, and continued every summer during the Revolutionary War - the guard was sometimes called the Governors Guard, became Governor Matthew Griswold, resided near that place, and had the general superintendance of it. According to the best recollection of this deponent the said William served in that guard as much as five months.   The guard was raised by authority of the State of Connecticut for the defence of the same the said William was also called out & served at other times, at New London in said County of New London, in times of alarm. He was in particular called out at the time New London was burnt.  The enemy was in possession of Long Island and Long Island sound opposite Lyme & New London, the greater part of the war, and in times of alarm, portions of the militia were ordered out to New London, to guard that part of the coast and the said William as, one of the militia, was sometimes called out to serve there.
Peter Pierson
[unreadable] & subscribed this 28th day [unreadable] 1833 before me Henry M. Waite Justice of Peace
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And I certify that the said Peter Pierson is well known to me, and that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit 
Henry M. Waite Justice of Peace 
State of Connecticut 
County of New London  } ss
I John De Witt Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County of New London and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry M. Waite Esqr before whom the forgoing portion of Peter Pierson was taken is and at the time when said deposition was taken was a Justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures to the certificate upon the same are genuine, and in his own hand writing. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 1st day of July 1833 
John DeWitt Clerk
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26. 226 
William E. Piersons 
Declaration for Pension 
Horace U. Soper, Agt.  
Batavia, N.Y.
went into court to Swear to it.  H. U. Soper
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Declaration of William E. Parsons, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 – 1832.   
State of New York  
County of Genesee } ss On this twelfth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Genesee now sitting in the town of Batavia in and for said County, being a Court of Record and having a seal, William E. Parsons, a resident of the town of Batavia in said County and State, aged seventy four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
That at the time of his entering the service he resided in the town of Lyme, in New London County, Connecticut.  That the precise periods of some of his services he cannot precisely remember, owing to his loss of memory and the nature of his services, but according to the best of recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the manner herein stated.   
That some time in the summer of 1778 but the precise time he cannot recollect, he was called out on alarms two or three times, three times, he thinks and within short periods of each other,  that he went to New London each time and served as a private in Capt. Samuel Lord's Company, that his lieutenant was Wm Perkins and David Ely was Ensign,  that he was under the command of Col. Latimer - that he served on these alarms at least twenty days - that at each time he was verbally discharged and went home and that he was not in any battle. 
That on the fourth day of July in the year 1779 (as he thinks) he enlisted as a private in what was called
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the Governor's Guard of the State of Connecticut and was stationed at what was called Black Hall on the sea shore in the said town of Lyme - that his captain was John Colt - that he did not have any col. [colonel] that his Ensign or Lieut was Benjamin Lord - the names of his other Company officers he cannot recollect.  That he enlisted for six months but served only five months and his place was then taken by one Benjamin Reeves who served the remainder of his enlistment.  That he remained on guard at Black Hall during this period - that he did not receive any written discharge and was not in any battle.   
That in the last part of the summer & the former part of  fall 1780 he was out in frequent claims and served short periods but the precise time he cannot recollect.  That he was out under Capt Wm Perkins and served as private at New London at least fourteen days, that he did not receive any regular discharge and had no Regimental officers and was not with any Continental troops.
That in the fall of 1781 in September or October, he thinks, he was called out on an alarm to New London when it was burnt at the time of Arnolds expedition to Connecticut and that he was out at least ten days that his captain was Wm Perkins.  That he was not in any battle at any time and has not any document any evidence of his services.  that he believes his brother Peter Parsons is living who is knowing to his services.  That he knows of no other person living by whom he can prove them.   That after the war he lived in Lyne aforesaid till the year 1811, then in Lima, Livingston Co. N.Y. till 1816, then in Stafford, Genesee Co N. Y. about sixteen years and then in Batavia, the adjoining town where he now resides.  That there is no clergyman of his acquaintance whose testimony he can procure, that Marvin Lord of Safford, and Daniel Latimer of Batavia, in said county,  of are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution.    
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
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character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.   
William E. Pearson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 
We, Marvin Lord of Stafford and Daniel Latimer of Batavia in said County of Genesee and State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William E. Parsons who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have  been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Marvin Lord
Daniel Latimer
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court- 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states: And the said further certifies, that it appears to them that Marvin Lord who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Stafford in said County and Daniel Latimer who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Batavia in said County and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Isaac Wilson 
William Mitchell 
James Taggart 
Horace J. Turner
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I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William E. Parsons for a Pension. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this of day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three. 
T. Fitch Clerk 
We, the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby certify that we have no doubt [unreadable] the affidavit annexed under other representations, that the age of the applicant above was stated by him on oath to be “seventy four” years and that "seventy four" was written on the line and "sixty four" erased in the declaration before it was subscribed and sworn to.   
Dated at Batavia in open Court this 8th October 1833 (one line interlined).
Isaac Wilson 
James Taggart 
William Mitchell 
S. Cunnings 
I H. U. Soper a Comr of Deeds and Counsellor at Law certify, that I made the draft of the declaration of Wm E. Pierson above, and that I wrote sixty four stead of seventy four by mistake-- being told by Mr. Pierson the year in which he was born and in calculating his age from that date, made a mistake which I corrected upon being [unreadable] by him when read it to him before he went into Court to swear to it.
H. U. Soper
26.226
William E. Piersons
Declaration for Pension
Horace U. Soper Agt
Batavia N.Y.
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State of New York 
Genesee County } ss Richard Pierson, of the town of Bethany in the County of Genesee and State of New York, being duly sworn and depose and says that he was fifty years old on the 9th day of January last, as he verily believe, that he is acquainted with William Ely Piersons, of the town of Batavia in said County, that he is a son of Peter Pierson of the town of Lyme Ct. and is a nephew of William C Pierson aforesaid, that his father Peter Pierson will be seventy seven years old the 14th day of the present month, (October) as he has been informed and believes from his recollection, having frequently examined the family Records and having frequently heard his father state his age that he has always understood from his father that his and William E. Pierson  was next oldest to his said father and that there was a difference of about two years between their ages that he has seen formerly the record of the age of the said William E. on the family Record aforesaid, and has no doubt from what he has always understood both from his father and under that his said uncle William E. was born in the year 1758 and that he is now seventy four years old and report that he has been informed by this said under that he was born on the 5th day of November 1758 and further saith not. 
Richard Pierson 
State of New York  
Genesee County } ss  Aaron Tufts, of the town of Stafford, in said County being sworn, says, that he has been acquainted with William E. Pierson for more than sixteen years, that he has frequently heard him speak of his age and has heard the said William E. and Peter their respective ages and has always understood that the said William E. was born on the 5th November 1758  
Aaron Tufts
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State of New York  
Genesee County } ss Hannah Pierson, of the town of Batavia in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the wife of William E. Pierson of said town that she is aged seventy years, as she believes, that she has been acquainted with the said William E. more than thirty four years and that she has been informed by and has always understood from the said William E. her husband, that he was born on the 5th day of November 1758 and verily believes that he was born on that day, and further saith not. 
Hannah Pierson her mark 
I Horace U. Soper, a Commissioner of Deeds of said County of Genesee certify that on this 7th day of October 1833, came before me, Richard Pearson, Aaron Tufts and Hannah Pearson and swore, subscribed and made oath to the foregoing affidavits by them respectively subscribed. that they are persons of truth and veracity and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
H. U. Soper Comr of Deeds 
State of New York 
County of Genesee } ss I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County certify that Horace U. Soper before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized by law to take the same; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said commissioner and verily believe his signature to the above certificate is genuine. 
Witness my hand and the seal of said County this Ninth day of October 1833 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 
By  R. Pringle Deputy
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173413 
Claim of Hannah Pierson to Bounty Land 
Act of March 1838
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State of New York 
County of Genesee } ss  On this fourteenth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Pierson, aged about ninety years, a resident, of Pavilion in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is widow of William Pierson, deceased who was a private in the company commanded by  - and was a revolutionary pensioner and states that she was married to the said William Pierson in the town of Lyme Connecticut, by our Elder Jason Lee and that her name before her marriage was Hannah Clark, that her said husband died in Bethany N.Y. in February 1841, and that she is a widow at the date of executing this his declaration.   She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855. The evidence in this being very incomplete within this will be found of a document received from the department of the interior duly certified to which she refers is evidence of her husbands service  aforesaid and her being entitled to Bounty Land aforesaid.  
Hannah Pierson her Mark 
We Lane L Worthington of Bethany and Aaron Tufts resident of Pavilion in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Pierson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is is the person she represents herself to be. We also state that we are knowing to the fact of the said Hannah Pierson and her husband William Pierson having lived together as husband and wife for a term of forty years, also that her husband died and was buried according to the above statement.
Dan L. Worthington 
Aaron Tufts
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Copy of Document received by Hannah Pierson from the Department of the Interior 
Department of the Interior
Widow’s Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848. Hannah Pierson widow of William Pierson, who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty one dollars and ten cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, untill she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of said Marriage.  
Given at the Department of the  Interior this Sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
[Seal]
Examined and countersigned 
L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions 
Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott Esq agent for paying Pensioners in the agency of New York, payable 4th September and 4th March. Recorded in the Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 1848   Page 86 Vol A  
Clerk 
H R Weightman  
I Oswald Bond have examined the prension papers before described and certify the above to be a true  Copy 
Oswald Bond
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State of New York 
County of Genesee } ss The foregoing declarations and affidavits  were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiant to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Oswald Bond J. P. 
State of New York 
County of Genessee } ss I M.G. Soper Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned to hereby certify, that, Oswald Bond where genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same in of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.  
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Batavia this 16th June A.D. 1855 
M.G. Soper Clerk
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Widow Hannah Pierson 
Certificate of Marriage 
Declaration for Pension 
H. U. Soper Agt Batavia N. Y.
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Town Clerks Office, Lyme, State of Connecticut March 19. 1852 
I do hereby certify that the Book of Marriage of Elder Jason Lee is in my possessed, from which the following is a true Extract, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures "I Jason Lee Married Ely Pierson to the Widow Hacket's daughter January the eighteenth A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight.”
John R. Warren Town Clerk 
I Joshua R. Warren above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the County of New London in the town of Lee in the State of Connecticut and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of Marriages of said Elder Jason Lee, which is in my office, with the exception above named, as certified by me and that said Record purports to contain all the marriages performed by him from January 6, 1780 to November 1809, of which there are between three and four hundred.    
Subscribed and sworn before me this 19 day of March 1852  
Oliver J. Lay Justice of the Peace
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I Lynde Lord of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged eighty four years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with William Ely Person formerly of Lyme and that he was commonly called Ely Pierson, and that the said William E Pierson is the same person who was married to the Widow Hackets daughter who was his second wife, and that before her marriage to said Pierson her name was Hannah Hacket 
Lynde Lord 
State of Connecticut New London County. ss  Lyme March 20th 1852 
Personally appeared Lynde Lord and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me, and I hereby certify that that I have been personally acquainted with the deponent thirty years past and know him to be one among our best inhabitants and a credible witness. 
Joshua R. Warren Justice of the Peace 
I Jonathan Hall of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged seventy seven years depose and say that I knew William Ely Pierson formerly of Same very well, and that he was commonly called Ely Pierson and that the said William E Pierson was the same person who married the Widow Hackets daughter for his second wife and that before her marriage to the said Pierson her name was Hannah Hacket, that I resided about half a mile distant from said Pierson and that
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before he left Lyme and removed into the State of New York, my father and I purchased of him the land &c which he improved and on which he lived.   
Jonathan Hall 
State of Connecticut,  
New London County, ss Lyme March 22nd 1852 
Personally appeared Jonathan Hall and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me. And I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the deponent for thirty years past and know him to be one of our most respectable inhabitants and a credible witness. 
Joshua R. Warren Justice of the Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 
County of New London,  } ss
I, JAMES STEDMAN, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby Certify that Joshua R Warren & Oliver J. Lay Esq whose names in his own proper hand writing are subscribed to the Certificates on the Instrument hereto attached, was at the date of said Certificate Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly empowered to take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF  I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, on this 8th day of April A. D. 1852 
James Stedman Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File no 3592 
Hannah Pearson 
Widow William E. Pearson 
Pri Rev. War 
Act: July 29, 1848 
Index: Vol. M, Page 130  
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
May 8 1900 Mrs. Mary E. Wick Pentwater Mich
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Free
[stamp] PAVILION NY OCT 4
J. Minot Esq
Commissioner Dept of the Interior Pension office
Washington D. C.
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3592 
Bureau of Pensions. 
Wm. E. Pearson 
June 12, 1832 
Batavia NY - 74 
in Lyme Conn. 
Service 78 - Capt Saml Lord 
Col. Latimer 
Jany 4.79 Capt Jno  Colt, 
Col. – 
5 m. 
Summ & fall 1780 
Capt Wm Perkins 
Out 4 days
Oct 81 Capt Perkins
Out 10 days 
Find  in Lyme to 1811 then Lima N.Y. to 1816 then Stafford Genessee Co Ny about 16 yr then Batavia 
Married Hannah Hacket Jany 18, 1798 
died as Bethany N.Y.
Feby 21 1841
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Div.  3-053  
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS  
Washington, D. C.,  189.
 In reply to your inquiry relative to the pension claim above entitled, you are informed that it awaits evidence of
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31.562
160 acres
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OW&N
ECL
[stamp] O.W.&N. DIVISION RECEIVED APR 28 1900
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE K APR 26 1900
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir 
Will you please examine the Pension Records, and find out for me if William Ely Pierson, who served in the war of the American Revolution enlisting from the town of Lyme, State of Connecticut, and survived the war, was carried on the pension roll?   He was my Great Grand Father on my mothers side.  Also of Timothy Lewis, who served in the war of the American Revolution, enlisting from the Township of Sunderland, State of Vermont at the age of sixteen years, was he carried on the pension roll?   
My Mother now eighty two years old distinctly remembers of having seen each of the above mentioned
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pensioners receive the draft for the amount of the pension at various times. 
Yours Respectfully  Mrs Mary E Wickham 
Pentwater Oceana Co Michigan 
April 14th 1900
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Free
173413
Official Busines
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com. Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Batavia, Genesee Co. N.Y. December 29. 1853 
To 
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comr of Pensions  
Please find enclosed a Certificate of County Court as to the death of William E Pearson, &c on the application of his widow for a Pension as requested in your favor of the 15th and 
Yours Repspf 
H. U. Soper
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Widow Hannah Pearson  
Certificate of Court as to death of Pensioner &c 
H. U. Soper  Atty
Batavia, Genesee Co N. Y.
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State of New York 
County of Genesee } ss I, Merrill G. Soper, Clerk of the County Court holden at Batavia in and for the County of Genesee aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court, by the oaths of Dan L Worthington and Richard Pearson, both residing in the town of Bethany in the County of Genesee and State of New York, who were sworn and examined on oath in open Court, that William E. Pearson, late of the said town of Bethany, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States ; the amount of his pension they do not recollect; that he was a resident of the town of Bethany in said County and died in said town on the twenty fifth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one and that he left a widow whose name Hannah Pearson and who now resides in the said town of Bethany.   And I further certify that I am not interested or concerned in the application of the said widow for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 29th December 1853 
M.G. Soper Clerk 
By Geo. H Holden dep Clk
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Brief in the case of Hannah Pierson Widow of Wm E. 
County and State of New York 
act 29 July 1848 
Claim (original) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 1832, at $21.10. (service proved in his papers) 
Record of marriage- Lyme Lord & Jonathan Hall certified to be 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? Credible, for identity
 Name and residence of Agent 
H. U. Soper Esq 
Batavia NY 
Thornton Triplett Examining Clerk.
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Pension Office Dec 13 1853 
Sir
William E. Pearson, New York Roll, act June 1832, at $21.10 per annum. Please state to what time he was paid. 
Very Respectfully
L.P. Waldo 
Comm of Pensions 
F Burt Esq 
3d Auditor 
Dcd 25 Feb 41
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Hannah Pierson widow of William E 
NY 
Admd [admitted]  July 29 1848 
6 mos & 10 days pri $21.10 per annum from 4 March 1848 
Cert to H. U. Soper Esq Batavia
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Batavia Genesee Co. N.Y. October 15, 1853 
Dear sir
You will find enclosed the declaration of Widow, Hannah Pierson, for a pension, and a certified copy of the record of her marriage. This application should have been forwarded long since and I supposed at was, until I found it on examination.   
I am Yours Respetfly
H. U. Soper
I have a number of others in like category which I will forward immediately
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Hannah Pierson Letter from Pens Dept. Oct 26, 1853
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Pension Office Oct. 26th 1853 
Sir
The application of Hannah Pierson widow of William E. of New York, has been filed under the Act of July 29th 1848. 
Another declaration must be made the clerks seal attached in such a manner that I can discover whether or is a seal. That which purports to a seal on the paper sent, is so indistinct that it has not the appearance of one. 
Very Respectfully
L. P. Waldo Commissioner
 H.U. Soper, Esq. Batavia N. Y.
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Hannah Pierson
Letter from Pen Dept Oct 26 1853
Lyme Lord & Jonathan Hall identity 
D’d [deceased] 25 Feby 1841
Hannah Widow
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Pavilion Genesee County Oct 6th 1856 
J. Minot Esqr Comr Pensions 
Sir 
Inclosed herewith you have my authority to make inquiries relative to Mrs Hannah Piersons claim for Bounty Lands.  Her application was made on or about the 14th June 1855 & forwarded by my son to your office within a few days thereafter the receipt of which has never been heard from in the shape of an acknowledgement from your office. 
Mrs Pearson, the applicant for a Bounty Land Warrant is in receipt semi annually of a Pension from your department on acct of services rendered by her late husband in the Revolutionary war, she is very old and needy having survived all of [unreadable] birth - She is importunate to her friends & agent touching her claims & this must be my excuse for bringing your attention to the subject. 
Yours truly &c 
Wm M Sprague 
J Minot
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Letter from Pension Dept in case Wm E. Pierson Oct 16 
[unreadable] 
Admitted Private 6 mos & 10 days
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War Department Pension Office 19 September 1833 
Sir
The papers in support of the claim of William E. Pearson, are herewith returned. In consequence of the partial obliteration of his age, both in the declaration and certificate as originally written, and the interlineation of ten years additional, it is required that he establish his age by satisfactory proof and procure a certificate of the Court that the interlineation was made before he qualified to his declaration. 
I am, respectfully Your Obt Srvt 
J L Edwards 
Horace U. Soper, Esq. Batavia N. Y.
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No 1300 
Hannah Pierson widow of Wm E 
NY 
H. U. Soper Octo 26 / 53 
Same Dec 13 1853  
William E. Pearson Act 1832 $21.10 per Annum Died 25th Feb 1841, paid to his death
F. Burt Auditor 
Act 29 July / 48
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Power of Atty
 Mrs Hannah Pearson 
173.413 
June 14 / 55
31.562 [unreadable]  June 21 / 56 
Clk Gennessee Co. Ct NY 
8
[unreadable]
Wm M Sprague Pavillion NY
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Know all men by these presents that I Hannah Pierson of the County of Genessee and State of New York have constituted and appointed Wm M Sprague Esqr of the town of Pavilion County and State aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate or warrant due me under existing law granting Bounty Land for services rendered in the United States in the different wars & generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and at her pleasure to revoke hereby confirming all and what my said attorney in my name legally do or cause to be done in the premises.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 3rd day of October in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty six 
Hannah Pierson her mark
In presence of Oswald Bond 
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Genessee and State of New York this the 3 day [unreadable] 
STATE OF NEW-YORK, SS.  
GENESEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.} ss   
1 CERTIFY, That Oswald Bond Esq. before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, at Batavia, in said County, this 3rd day of October 1856
H. W. Hascall Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I Hannah Pierson of the County of Genessee and State of New York have constituted and appointed Wm M Sprague Esqr of the town of Pavilion County and State aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate or warrant due me under existing law granting Bounty Land for services rendered in the United States in the different wars & generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and at her pleasure to revoke hereby confirming all and what my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in the premises.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 3rd day of October in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty six
Hannah Pierson her mark
In presence of  
Oswald Bond
Acknowledged and Subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Genessee and State of New York this the 3rd day of October AD 1856
Oswald Bond
Justice of Peace
For said County