Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4872, Ahira Ackley, Conn
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Conn.            Ackley,  Ahira           W. 4872       
                        
                                 Miriam

CONTENTS
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13. 097
Ohio Pittsburgh
Ahira Ackley
of Trumbull the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
Captain Buckley of the Reg. commanded
by Col. Woolcot in the Connecticut 
line for 12 months
       $40
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh
at the rate of 40. Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of May
1833 and sent to John
Crowell. Warren. TC Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 33     80.00
Seman. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.00
1833.                                          ________
                                                  $100.00
---
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  Wm R. Patoners  Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 105.
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Ahira Ackley
application for the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th
AD. 1832
aged 71 years

24570
he
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County ⎬
On the 19th day of March A.D. 1833
personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Trumbull, now sitting within and for said County Ahira Ackley a resident of the town of Bazetta in the County of Trumbull in said State aged Seventy one years 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 paped June 7th AD. 1832
the latter part of September
That he entered the service of the United States in the late part of September in the year 1776 as a substitute for David Burnham (who had already served four months) at
East Haddam in the State of Connecticut under Captain Eliphalet Bulkley of Colchester then stationed at Middle Haddam, David Spencer, Ensign - Colonel Wolcott, & continued in the service until about the 1st of December of the same year, during which time he was employed with the whole or nearly the whole of the Col. Wolcott regt
in building fort Trumbull, as a private soldier- was dismissed by a written discharge from the Col. Wolcott & Capt Bulkley. In the month of September
1777 he reentered the service under Capt John Wilby of East Haddam Middlesex County, Connecticut & marched to New London & there Joined Col Troops regiment, when he was employed at Fort Trumbull during about two months when he received a written discharge some time in
December. That he reentered the service of the United States in the month of March AD 1779 under Capt. Nathan Jewett of East Haddam & marched to New London & joined Col Troops regiment, employed as before   
at Fort Trumbull & in building Fort Griswold, remained two months & was discharged as before late in the month of May. The next year in September 1780 he enlisted again at East Haddam under Capt Enoch Brainerd in the regiment of Col. Elias Worthington & marched for New London on the day after the burning of New London by the traitor Arnold when he was stationed at Fort Trumbull & Griswold during three months was discharged in December regularly as before, served during this & the whole other
terms as a private soldier. He again entered in the month of March 1732 at Groton New London County, Connecticut under Capt Stephen Brainerd in Col. Gallup's regiment & served three months at fort Groton & was discharged
about the middle of June, as before. He was also frequently called out at different times for two or three days to New London to defend it on the approach of
British fleets, he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person or persons in this State who can testify to his services-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State-
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Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid
George Parsons Clerk
Ahira Ackley
We Joseph W Davis a clergyman residing in the town of Fowler in said County, then being no clergyman in Bazetta where the applicant resides
and James Sage of Bazetta hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abira Ackley, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy-one years of age, that he is reputed
& believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid-
Joseph W. Davis
James Sage
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatory set by the war department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph W Davis who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in town of Fowler, & that James Sage who has also signed the same is a resident of Bazetta
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to
credit.
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interrogatories filed by by the court & answered by Ahira Ackley an applicant for the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-
1st When & in what year were you born? Answer - In East Haddam
State of Connecticut in April 1761 Quest 2nd Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it? Ans. There is one in East Haddam
3d Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
Ans - In Connecticut, + since the war in Connecticut, 'till within the last
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years-- I now live in Ohio. Quest 4th How were you called into the service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute, for whom?-- I was drafted, except
one term of two months when I was a substitute for David Barnham.
Quest 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served. such Continental & Militia
Regiments as you can recollect. and the general circumstance of your service - Ans Capt Willey, Capt. Jewitt, Capt Brainerd
Col Troop, Sergeant Ephraim Arnold and Sergeant James Dickson and many over that I cannot recollect-
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? Ans I received one from the commanding Officers but it is now lost-
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, & who can testify as to your character for truth & veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans - James Page Saml Foward (a brother of Walter Foward of Pittsburgh)
Lewis Abel Esqr Samuel Bacon, Porter Barny Saml Hougland and Joseph Marvin P.M. &c &c
                                     Ahira Ackley
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
George Parsons Clerk
The State of Ohio ⎬ 
Trumbull County
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court
of Common pleas within and for said
County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Ahira Ackley for
a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said Court at Warren this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
George Parsons Clerk
to
on
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No. 24576
Ahira Ackley Trumbull Coun
Ohio
13.097
Adm for 12 Months
from 1776
Months
Inl Crowell Warren Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬)
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Ahira Ackley    
Trumbull County Ohio
service was
Period when the
rendered.
Sub Sept. 1776
Entered Sept 1777
reentered March 1779
Enlisted Sept 1780
Served March 1782

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
2
2
2
3
3

Rank of
the
claimant.
private
private
  "
  "
  "
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap Buckley, Col Wolcott
Cap Willey, Col Troop
Cap Jewett, Col Troop
Cap Brainerd Colonel Worthington
Cap Brainerd, Col Gallup
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
 71 years
 East Haddam, State of Connecticut
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence & Clergymans
certificate, witness certified credible
papers correct
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions,
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
              DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory or District of
County of
On this day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of    in the county of
and State, Territory or District of      
aged (c)    years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    with     and
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I      of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of                   & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the         
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                         who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I         Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                         day of                  & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in the character
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and -------
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for is guidance
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and ----- days, I served as a  ------ For months and days, I served as a  -----; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, ans if it has  no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
                      Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j)  applies to continental troops only
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases
(l) If a witness cannot be found the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 17th 1844
State of Ohio
Trumbull County ss On this 23d day of September 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for the County aforesaid Miriam Ackley of Fowler in said County aged Eighty seven years the 18th day of July last who after being duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 17th 1844, granting Pensions to certain widows- That she is the widow of
Ahira Ackley who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States. That she was married to him on the
sixth day of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty three, in Middlesex County Connecticut by the Rev Mr Robbins. That her said husband died on the nineteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and Forty Six (1846) That she
has not since married but remains a widow. That the attached Family Record is an old original Record in the hand writing of this deponents said husband which has been kept in the family for fifty years and has always been regarded as a true record showing the time the births occured which are there recorded
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 23 day of Sept. 1846
Edward Spear                                  Miriam Ackley
Miriam Ackley
associate Judge of Trumbull Co
I certify that the above named Miriam Ackley is a resputable person that I consider her to be of the age represented by her. That on account of age and bodily infirmity she cannot attend the Court to make this her declaration and that the above erasion and
interlination was made before signing
                  Edward Spear
                                        associate Judge
⎬
State of Ohio 
Trumbull County ⎬ Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for the County aforesaid, Pliny Ackley of Fowler in said County Aged Fifty years and upwards, who after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith
That Miriam Ackley who is by these personally applying for a Pension is this deponents mother, and that her late husband the Ahiro Ackley who was a Pensioner of the United States, was this deponents Father
That his said parents had as the legal fruit of their Marriage Five Children older than this deponent all are brothers and sister of this deponent-
That his said sister is now Sixty two years old and upwards That his said Father died on the 19th day of April 1846 (Eighteen
hundred and Forty six), leaving his said Mother a Widow
who is still a widow. That this deponent thinks she
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cannot be mistaken in regard to his own age, and the age of his sister as he established these facts by a reference to the attacked Family Records which
is an old original Record in the hand writing of his said
Father and was in the family of his said Father and Mother as far back as his recollection extends, and was always believed to be a true Record
Subscribed and sworn before me      Pliny S Ackley
this 23d day of Sept. 1846

Edward Spear associate Judge
I certify that Pling Ackley who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a man of good moral character whose statements are entitled to credit and that the above evidence and intestimation was
made before signing                                  
                                           Edward Spear associate Judge
                        for Trumbull Co Ohio
State of Ohio 
Trumbull County
 Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for the aforesaid County James Sage of Bazetta in said County and Seventy years, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That Forty five years in and upwards he became personally acquainted with the late Ahira
Ackley who was a Pensioner of the United States, and also with his wife Miriam Ackley - That the said parties were then living together as husband and wife and had several children the youngest of whom was about 5 years old, and the eldest, about 17 . That they continued to live together until the death of the said Ahira which took place on the 19 day of April 1846 (Eighteen
the hundred and Forty six;) That the said Miriam is now
the widow of the aforesaid Ahira Ackley that this deponent is confident that he is not mistaken in regard to the length of time that has elapsed since his acquaintance with the said family commenced as by reference to his  own family Record that his own marriage took place thirty seven the years since and he distinctly recollects that at that time he had known the parties for five years and upward That this deponent has examined the attached Family Record and from his personal and intimate acquaintance with the members of said family he has no doubt
that said Record is Correct
Subscribed and Sworn before me
                                 James Sage
this 23rd day Sept. 1846
Edward Spear
associate Judge
I certify that James Sage who has subscribed the foregoing deposition
is a man of unquestionable veracity and that I consider his statements entitled to the fullest confidence
Edward Spear
associate Judge for
Trumbull County
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Miriam Ackley
351 Ohio
Act 17 June 44
Married 1783
Husband died 19 April 1846

Done?  12 hrs due
          $40.00 per
from 19th April 1846


John F Curtis
Huron
Wayne Co
NY
 Co


Cert 7844
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State of Ohio
TrumbullCounty ss.

Personally appeared before the subscriber
in the County aforesaid Joel Fox of
Fowler in aforesaid County aged Sixty five years, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. That more than forty five years since he became personally acquainted with his Ahira Ackley decd who was a Pensioner of the United States.
That at that time he was living with Miriam
Ackley as his lawful wife, and had a family of children
the Eldest of whom was about 17 years old - and the
Youngest about 8. That the said Ahira Ackley and
Miriam Ackley Continued to live together as husband and wife until the death of the said Ahira in April 1846
State of Ohio
Trumbull County ⎬ Personally appeared before the subscriber  a Judge of the Court in and for the County aforesaid Porter Barnes of Fowler in said County aged fifty years. After being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that fourteen years since and upward he became personally acquainted with Ahira Ackley deceased who was a pensioner of the United States That he was equally well acquainted with his wife Miriam That the said parties were then living together as husband and wife and had the reputation of having been married many years since That this deponent
is acquainted with the family of the said Ahira and Miriam Ackley and should think their oldest child to be of the age of sixty years and upward. That the said Ahira Ackley died on the 19th day of April 1846 Eighteen hundred and forty six. That the said Miriam is still living and remains his widow
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 23rd day of Sept. 1846           Porter Barnes
Edward Spear
associate Judge
of Trumbull Co Ohio
I certify that Porter Barnes who has subscribed the
foregoing deposition is a man of unquestionable truth and veracity and that I consider his statements entitled to the fullest confidence
Edward Spear
associate Judge
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THE STATE OF OHIO.
TRUMBULL COUNTY, SS.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF

I, WARREN YOUNG, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of said county of Trumbull, CERTIFY that
Edward Spear Esq'r by whom the
annexed and foregoing acknowledgment and affidavit was taken. was at the dates thereof, an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice and believe the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Warren,
the 25th day of September A.D. 1846
Warren Young
Clerk

Answer to John
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THE STATE OF OHIO.
TRUMBULL COUNTY, SS.

I, WARREN YOUNG, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County of Trumbull, CERTIFY that
Edward Spear Esq'r by whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgement and affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of said County

Answer to John F Curtis Huron Wayne Co NY
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Ahira Ackley born April 22 1761

Miriam Ackley born July 15 1759
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Ahira Ackley born April 22 AD 1761
Miriam Ackley born July 15 AD 1759
Anna Ackley born May 18 AD 1784
Zacharia Ackley born May 8 AD 1786
William Ackley born January 13 AD 1789
Daniel Ackley born July 15 AD 1791
Asa Ackley born July 20 AD 1794
Pliny Ackley born September 15 1796
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State of Connecticut
County of New London   SS
I James Stedman Clerk of the County
Court for said County of New
London do hereby certify that
Joseph Staples, whose name is subscribed to the
injoined certificate on the other side written is
and since the 20th day of June last has been,
a Justice of the Peace for said new London
County, duly authorized by law to administer
oaths & etc
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and prefixed the
seal of said County Court this
16th day of October AD 1847
James Stedman
Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of New London
Colchester 30th September 1847
Personally appeared before the Subscriber
a Justice of the peace in and for said County Spofford D. Jewett of Colchester in said County after being duly sworn according to Law depose & said "I am Pastor of the second congregational church in Colchester
Connecticut. It being the same Church that Rev. Robert Robbins was Pastor of in the year 1783 - That on Examining the Ancient Records of Marriages
kept in said church. I find the following record-  Viz -
West Chester July 6th 1783 Married Ahira Ackey of East Haddam & Miriam Holmes of Colchester
That the above is a true copy of the Record of the Marriage of Ahira Ackley to Miriam Holmes, as it appears on the Records of said Church."
Subscribed & Sworn before me       Spofford B. Jewett Pastor 
                                                           of  Congregational in
this 30th day of September 1847      Colchester, Weschester
Joseph Staples Justice of the Peace         Society


I certify that I am well acquainted with Rev. Spofford D Jewitt above named. That he is Pastor of the second Congregational Church in Colchester as above stated- and is highly respected as such
Joseph Staples Justice of the Peace

Report to John F Curtis Huron Wayne Co NY
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For J H Asper Dec 30/54

Reported Dec 20/48

Miriam Ackley
widow of Ahira Ackley
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private
__________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum to commence on 
the 4th day of March 1848
____________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of Dec 1848
and sent to 
Hon J Crowell
Ifolk
____________________________________
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act
February 3 1848 Page 332 Vol. 4
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The State of Ohio
County of Trumbull ⎬SS
Be it known that on this
12th day of December 1854, before me, the
undersigned, Probate Judge in and for said
County and State personally came Plin Ackley
aged 56 years, and resident of Johnston, in said
County, and made oath according to Law, and declares
that he is a son and child of Ahira Ackley the
identical Air Ackley, whose name under the act
of June 7. 1832 was placed on the Ohio pension
Roll at the rate of $40.00 per annum payable at
the Pittsburg Agency, and also a son and Child
of Miriam Ackley whose name was inscribed on
the Ohio Pension Roll at the rate of $40.00 per annum
as the widow of the aforesaid Ahira Ackley, under
1the act of Feby 2, 1848, and made payable at the
Pittsburgh Agency.
That said Ahira Ackley and the said Miriam Ackley the father and mother of affiant, are both long since deceased-the said Ahira on the 19th day of April 1846 and the said Miriam
on the 21st day of September 1852, leaving the affiant
Plin Ackley, Asa Ackley and Anna Sage their only
children surviving and affiant states that
he has been informed and believes that the
pension of the said Ahira and the said Miriam
may and ought to be increased from the comencment
thereof, and during the continuance of each; that he
is directly interested as a claimant in said increase and makes this affidavit to be filed wih such other evidence as his agent may use; and to persecute  the claim for his own, as well as, the benefit of his brother and sister
And I the said Plin
Ackley hereby countermanding and revoking
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all Power of Attorney and authority heretofore given
do hereby constitute and appoint J. F. Asper, of
Warren Ohio, my true and lawful attorney for me
and in my name and stead, and on behalf of the
said Asa Ackley and Anna Sage to prosecute the
claims of Ahira Ackley and Miriam Ackley for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension
that may be due thereon, and for the purpose of
establishing additional service by the soldier
for whose military duty in the Revolution the
aforesaid pension was granted, and I hereby
authorize my, and one, said attorney to apply for
and obtain from State Archives or other sources, certified
proofs thereof; and I hereby authorize and
empower my, and one, said attorney, to examine
all papers or documents in relation to said service
or said claims on file in any of the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional
evidence or arguments, and to receive for our
benefit the Certificates for Inscribe which may
be issued in satisfaction of said claim, or
either of them, which certificate we wish made
payable at the Cleveland Agency for paying
pensions at Cleveland, Ohio; to appoint one or
more substitutes under him for the purposes herein
expressed, and to do all things that I might or
could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my attorney may
lawfully do in the premises
In presence of
  1 J. L. Fuller                                         Plin Ackley (seal)
⎬2 Merit Allen
Sworn  subscribed and acknowledged before
me the day and year first above written; and
I do hereby certify that I believe the said Plin
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Ackley to be directly interested in said claims as
set forth, and to be the identical party he has therein
represented himself to be; that he is a respectable
citizen of said County and entitled to credit
and that I am not interested in the result of the
pension claim of the said Ahira and Miriam
Ackley, nor either of them, nor am I interested in
the result thereof 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand official and affixed
my seal of office, the day and year
first above written.
at Warren, Ohio
J. S. Fuller
Judge Probate
Court
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                                                        February 5, 1931

A. B. Gilbert                                        Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
269 Seneca Avenue                            ANF: MLB
Warren, Ohio

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4872, that Ahira Ackley
was born April 22, 1761 in East Haddam, Connecticut.
While residing in East Haddam, he enlisted and served
as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From in September, 1776 to December 1, 1776, in Captain
Eliphalet Bulkley's company, Colonel Wolcott's regiment; from
in September, 1777, two months in Captain John Willey's company, Colonel Throop's regiment; from in March, 1779, two months in Captain Nathan Jewett's company, Colonel Throop's regiment; from in September, 1780, three months in Captain Enoch Brainard's company, Colonel Elias Worthington's regiment; from in March, 1782, three months in Captain Stephen Brainard's company, Colonel Gallup's regiment. He was also called out on frequent alarms
of two or three days at a time, no officers given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19,
1833, at which time he was living in Bazetta, Trumbull County,
Ohio.
He died April 19, 1846.
The soldier married July 6, 1783 in Middlesex County,
Connecticut, Miriam Holmes of Colchester, Connecticut, who was born March 15, 1759.
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The widow, Miriam, was allowed pension on her application
executed September 23, 1846, at which time she was living in
Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio.
She died September 21, 1852.
Their children:
Anna                       born  May          18, 1784
Zachariah                     "   May            8, 1786
William                        "   January      13, 1789
Daniel                           "  July            15, 1791
Asa                               "  July              2  1794
Pliny                             "  September 15,  1796

The following children survived their mother: Pliny Ackley,
Asa Ackley and Anna Sage,
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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1928 July 18 Photos to E. V.
Martindale, A. D. Y.
1931 - Feb. 5th to A.B. Tilbert Esq Revy 
Revy  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4872
Miriam Ackley
Wid.
Ahira Ackley ┃
Pvt Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2 1748
Index:--Vol. A, Page 2
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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Huron  NY
Nov 
Aovtu
Miriam Ackley
W. Ahira
Nov.19
Hon. J L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Proof of Marriage of Miriam Ackley
of Ohio - Widow of Ahira Ackley Deceased
Page 30

WARREN O APR 17               Free
Hon Lewis Cass Sec. of War
Washington City
DC.

Apr 23
O.
24575
76
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Warren April 17th 1833
Hon Lewis Cass
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the
application of Ahira Ackley and Michael
Scoville for the benefit of the pension law
of 7th June 1832. These applications have been once rejected, and I have made them out again in Strict conformity to the instructions
received from your department. You will
please to forward the certificates to me when the applications are allowed
very Respectfully
Yours &
John Crowell
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351
Miriam Ackley
O
J L Curtis Oct. 14/46

June 17, 1844
Page 33

Reported
Page 34

448
Ohio       Pittsb
________________________
Miriam Ackley
widow of Ahira Ackley
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 19 April 1846
_________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars _
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 19th day of April 1845
___________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of Decr 1849
and sent to
John H. Curtis
Huron
Wayne Co
N York
____________________________________________
Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2          Page 201
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Ahira Ackley, O. Pittsters, act 7 June 1832 $40.00 per annum
To what time was he last paid
G.C. A.
Pension Office
Decem. 10 1847

Paid to 4th Mar. 1846
BSB
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State of Ohio
Trumbull County SS
On this 7th day of September 1848 personally
appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. Mrs Miriam Ackley a resident of the Township of Fowler in the State of Ohio aged 89 years, and personally known to me who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ahira Ackley who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served in Captain John Willeys Company and that she received a pension of Forty dollars (40/) per annum during the act of 17th June 1844 and she further declares that she is still the widow of the said Ahira Ackley.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above mentioned before me
John L Jones                  Miriam Ackley (*)
Justice of the Peace
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THE STATE OF OHIO,
TRUMBULL COUNTY, SS.
I, WARREN YOUNG Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Trumbull, CERTIFY
that John L. Jones Esq'r by whom the
annexed and foregoing acknowledgment and affidavit was taken.
was at the dates thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and
for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing
of said Justice, and believe the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said court, at Warren,
the thirteenth day of September A. D. 1848
Warren Young Clerk
By George Soule Dep
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Warren O. Dec. 12, 1852
Com of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I forward you
a copy affidavits and power of atty
of Plin Ackley to prosecute the pension
claim of Ahira Ackley and Miriam
his widow late of Ohio, deceased
The children claim that the old man rendered more service than he was credited in the allowance of the
pension, and therefore that there is an
increase of pension due on both
claims.
I forward the affidavit &
power, which I ask filed to the end that
an investigation may be had-
I ask that a copy of all the
papers Declaration &c filed in the case
of Ahira Ackley be made and forwarded
to me as Atty for claimants. Then I ask
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under the rules of the Department. The
object of the copy is, to enable me to examine
the case, so as to judge whether the claimants
will be justified in making more proof & the
expense of it &c. and your department
further trouble. This I believe is a legitimate
object, and one which you recognized
as such in the case of Abigail Jones of
Ohio
Please forward the copy as soon
as convenient-
I am respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
J. F. Asper
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269 Seneca Are
Warren, O
Jan. 19. 1930
Bureau of Pensions
Dept. of Rev. War of 1812
Washington D. C
Gentlemen
Will you kindly
send me Revolutionary War Records
of your department on
Ahira Ackley and
Ezekiel Beach
soldiers from
Trumbull Co. Ohio
Thanking you for the favor of a
reply I am
Very respectfully
A. B. Gilbert
269 Seneca Ave
Warren
Ohio
PENSION
JAN 
30 
1931
OFFICE
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1 - 687    PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 24941 - f
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.                                          July 6,   1928
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension.   Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 2 pages from Rev. War pension of Ahira Ackley, W. 4872.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? --- days
For further information see Mrs. Finch   5033    541
                                                             Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
A D Wilkinson                                      M M N Finch
Chief Clerk of Bureau.                 Chief of Branch or Division  

NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph     single or double space?           Facsimile signature? 
Mimeograph  one side or both sides?            Facsimile signature?
Folding            once or twice?
11
Assembling
Stapling            Once?  Twice?   Side?  End?

Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? ________     Dated _________
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size                                   Cards, size
Proof list                                             pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)                       Corrections
Fill in letters                                         tabulation sheets
Photostat X Size actual   Official use?   Repay?  yes  $30
Blue Print    Size               Official use?  Repay?

Remarks
                                    (OVER)
see receipt in Israel Aber, W.16800
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
                                                           _________________________192
                                                                        ( Date )
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

□  Make new addressograph plate

□  Change present addressograph plate     On list. ________________ 

□ Destroy present addressograph plate
as follows:
Now reads
               1
               2
               3
               4
               5
Should read
               1
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               3
               4
    FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION

                          ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made ___________________________--192
                   Operator _______________________________________--

                         MULTIGRAPH
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Remarks ______________________________
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41                Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
          BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ackley, Bezaleel   GRADE Private  LINE   New Jersey
WARRANT 8075
NUMBER               ACREAGE  100        ISSUED August 14 1789
                                                              Co is not shown -






*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ackley, Champin GRADE Private
WARRANT
NUMBER
5362
ACREAGE.
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Connecticut
Issued Dec. 6. 1791
to Stephen Thorn
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.