Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1611, Charles Holland, Md. And War Of 1812
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Md. Holland, Charles    W1611
                     Sarah
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646.
Maryland.
Sarah Holland
widow of Charles Holland.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private. Maryland Mil Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848, Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov 1850 and sent to Col. I G Berret, [?]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[crossed out February 24]
July 24, 1848, Page 116 vol. [?]
[Booth A.]
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168        Nov [illegible]
Affidavit of Edward
Holland, Touching the
claim of Sarah Holland
widow of Charles Hol-
land for a pension.
Ma

Act 29 July 1848

Married 1799

A.

Filed by Francis A. Dickins
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit

I hereby certify that it appears by the records and proceedings of Anne Arundel county Court, that the Honorable Nicholas Brewer who appeared to have certified and signed the aforegoing affidavit, was, at the time of so doing, one of the associate Judges of the third Judicial District of the State of Maryland, comprehending the counties of Calvert, Montgomery, Carroll & Anne Arundel and Howard. [ard in 'Howard' appears struck through] District of Anne Arundel County, duly commissioned and sworn; and that to all acts done by him in that capacity, full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given, as well in courts of Justice as [illegible - thereon(?)]

In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this 10th day of October 1848

[signed] Jos. H. Nicholson Clk if Anne Arundel County Court.
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[handwritten]
State of Maryland: Anne Arundel county, to wit:
Be it remembered that on this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-eight personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace of the said state and county, Edward Holland, (an old gentleman well known to me to be of correct deportment,) who makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he was personally acquainted with Charles Holland, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who was attached to the Maryland Continental Line, and knew him to be the identical Charles Holland who rendered the services in the said war; and he further states that he is personally acquainted with his widow who is now making application for a pension, and knows her to be his lawful widow.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
[signed and underlined] Jno. G. Taylor, J. P.
[signed] Edward Holland

[handwritten, in different script]
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit,
I hereby certify that John G. Taylor, gentleman, before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this 10th day of October 1848.
[signed] Jos. H. Nicholson Clerk of
Anne Arundel County Court
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Land Office
Annapolis, 11th, August, 1848,
I hereby certify, that it appears by a record in this office, headed
as follows, " An Alphabetical List of discharged Soldiers of the two
Battalions of Militia raised to serve in the Continent Army in
in the 1781", That the name of Charles Holland, appears upon
said List, to have received L8"b"8 and to have been discharged on the 3rd, day of December, 1781.

George G. Brewer
Reg^nl Land Off. [illegible]

[illegible]


State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Court
I hereby certify that it appears from the
record of Marriage Licenses" now remaining in
my office that a license was granted to
Charles Holland and Sarah Gardner on the
20 day of July in the year Seventeen hundred
and ninety nine.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name &
affixed the seal of Anne Arundel
County Court this 16. day of August
Eighteen hundred and forty eight
Jos. H Nicholson Clk of
Anne Arundal County Court

[illegible]
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County To wit
On this 11th day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight, before me the Subscriber associate Judge of the third Judicial District of the said State the Same being a Court of Record personally appeared Sarah Holland whose maiden name was Sarah Gardner aged Seventy five years, resident of the City aforesaid and being first duly Sworn according to Law doth On her Oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed Entitled An act Granting Pensions to Certain Widows/ viz that she is the widow of Charles Holland who served as a private Soldier in a certain Captain Cambell company of the State of Maryland Line in the Continental Service of the United States attached to the Regiment Commanded by Col. Oxford, and who rendered Service in the Revolution War Beginning in the year 1781, and Continuing, until the third day of December 1781. and He received Eight pound six Shillings and Eight pence, She further declares that she was married to said Charles Holland On the Twentieth day of July A.D. 1799 by the

[continued]
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[handwritten]

Reverd. Jos Wyatt - of the City of Annapolis and Since the death of her Said Husband a Charles Holland which took place in the year [struck through-seventeen] ^eighteen^ hundred and ^ sixteen^[struck through - ninety-nine] She has Remained a Widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed -

In Testimony whereof she has hereunto Subscribed her name
Sarah  her X mark  Holland
Witness
[signed] N Brewer

[handwritten in a different script}
Ste of Maryland, Anne Arundel County/ on this 11th day of September 1848 personally appears Sarah Holland within named before the Subscriber an associate Judge of the third Judicial District, [illegible] Anne Arundel County, and makes oath on the Holy Evangely, that the facts stated in the within declaration are of her own knowledge [[struck through - and not [illegible]] are true.
[signed] Nichs Brewer
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Land Office
Annapolis, 20th July, 1869.

Francis A. Dickins, Esq.

Sir,

Mr. Emanuel Dodds, who is the Son in law of a Mr.
Holland, an applicant for a pension, and a very old lady residing in
this place, has handed me your letter to him of the 14th [illegible] in
which you say, that the evidence in the case of Mrs. Holland only
shows her husband Charles Holland to have served about three months.
In the certificate furnished Mr. Dodds some months ago, from the
records of the Revolution in this office, I could only certify that the
name of Charles Holland, appeared upon a list or role of discharged
Soldiers of militia raised to serve in the Continental Army in 1781, but I could
not from said record, certify as to the length of time he was in service
because the records of the Revolution are imperfect and do not show
The two Battalions of Militia however raised to serve in the Contin-
ental Army in the year 1781 and upon which record the name of
Charles Holland appears were no doubt drafted for six months, and
I should think one might presume that they were in service six
months they were drafted, as directed by an act of Assembly of
this State, passed at May Session 1781, Chapter 15, to serve in the
Continental Army, and I should infer from the papers on file here
that the draft took place shortly after the passage of the Act
of May 1781, and they probably mustered and were in service before the
10th of June 1781, and being discharged on the 10th of Dec. 1781,
would make the service six months.  It is not be supposed, I should
think that the State would order a draft for soldiers to serve only
three months in the Continental Army.  The records here afford no
further evidence of the service of Charles Holland than what I have already furnished Mr. Dodds and I feel
is not sufficient to establish the claim of his mother in law, Mrs. Hollla-
nd, to a pension.  I cannot help it.  There are several I understand who have
obtained pensions, and their names are only to be found upon the same record.
I have written this at the request of Mr. Dodds, who has been urging me
to examine the records of the Revolution again respecting the service of Charles Holla-
nd, but I have declined doing so because I have furnished all the evidence in
the
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the case the records afford in this office.

I am very respectfully,
Yr. Obt. Svt.
G. G. Brewer

Francis A. Dickins, Esq. [scratched out]
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Rev.  WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1611
Sarah Holland
Widow
Charles Holland
Pri. Rev. War

Act: July 29, 1848
Index:-Vol. [illegible], Page 341

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Postage stamp]
ANNAPOLIS Md.
JUL
19
FREE

J. S. Edwards, esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.

[Written vertically in left margin]
July 19, 1850
Respecting [illegible]
[illegible] Holland
widow of Charles

[Written faintly in background]
696 - 29 July
File W. Ames
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Thomas G. Putt
[illegible]

Wm. Niles's
[illegible] attention

Hon
J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington

[Written vertically in left margin]
Sarah Holland
Md [illlegible]
charged to WC Ames
July 16, 1850
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[Two columns
First column]

No. 168

Sarah Holland
Md.
Let. to F. A. Dickins
Present April 1849

Letter Francis A. Dickins 16 Aug 1849
" Manuel Dodds 6th Nov 1849
"   "             "  7 March 1850
"    "  to same 10 June 1850
"     " to same 16 July 1850
"     " Hon T. G. [illegible] July 18 '50
" Hon R. S. Boren Augt 17/50
Act 24 July 1848

[Second column]
Let to [illegible] 20 Aug 1850
Decision affirmed by Secy. [illegible] Aug 26 1850

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Annapolis July 18th 1850.
 
J. L/ Edwards esq

Sir

Your favor of the 16th [illegible]
duly to [illegible] and in reply have to say that 
I called on Mr Brewer and showed him your
letter and he expressed great surprise at
the conclusion you came to over his statement.
He says you speak of Charles Holland's
enlistment for six months to serve in the Continental
Army, [word scratched out] under an act of Assembly referred
to in his former statement, the draft took 
place late in May 1781, and they were all
discharged on the 10 day of December 1781
as they were drafted for six months. It
is fairly to be presumed that they were
six months in service, there were no
soldiers that enlisted for six months.

As the act of Assembly referred
to,  required that they should not be drafted for 
a less period than six months if any was
drafted after the battalion was raised
the record does not show it.

Mr. Brewer has given a full statement
as the record authorises him to make
feeling confident that it was sufficient 
to satisfy your mind.  It is an ordinary
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occurrence for men in service at
this day and I presumer it was in the
days of the Revolution for some men
to draw faster than the rest which 
proves conclusively to my mind that the amt
he received at the date of his discharge 
was a balance due him, and not
for the whole service he rendered. The
record containing the other entrys  was
probably destroyed by fire.

Mr. Baldwin of Maryland 
now in the receipt of a Pension was
attached to the same Battalion you
will therefore please reconsider your
decision and allow the old lady the
small amount she is now making
application for,

I Remain your very
Respectfully

Manuel Dodds
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(Copy)

Department of the Interior
August 26th 1850.

Sir,

I herewith return the papers in the case of Sarah
Holland, widow of Charles Holland, deceased, and I
have to inform you that your decision of the 20th inst. has
been affirmed.

I am, very respectfully
Your Obt. Servant.
(Signed) D. C. Goddard
Acting Secretary


J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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[illegible]
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Ho. of Reps. 25th July 1850.

Sir.

You will please to inform 
me what is the condition of 
an application of Mrs. Sarah
Holland, widow of Charles Holland,
for services in the Revolutionary
War. I am informed the
application was made some
eighteen month ago.
Mrs. Holland is a Resident
of Annapolis, Md.

Yours Very Ry
Richd W. Bonil

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pens.
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Annapolis July 6th 1850.

J. L. Edwards, esq

Dear Sir,

Three weeks ago I obtained 
from Geo G. Brewer esq Register of the Land
Office of Maryland and transmitted to you
a certificate in the Case of my Aunt (Sarah Holland)
for a pension on account of the service of my
uncle (Charles Holland) in the Revolution which
was in conformity with the requirements of a
letter I received from you, that Certificate showed
that some of the soldiers attached to the same 
Battalion and discharged on the same day
received [illegible]20 6 [illegible] thus showing that the
amt received by my uncle must have been
a balance due him at the time he was
discharged.  In consequence of the
destruction of the records at Washington 
and the imperfect condition of the record
here, I presume it will be impossible to
furnish additional record proof of the
length of his service, you will therefore please
give this case your immediate attention.

My Aunt is very old and feeble and
she cannot from her present condition
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live long-being very poor myself I am
unable to supply her with the necessary comforts
of live-that alone [illegible] me to entreat you to
act on this case as soon as possible, and
you will oblige  yours very Respectfully

Manuel Doods

J. L. Edwards esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Annapolis, June 145h 1850.

J. L. Edwards, esq

Sir,

In the case of Charles Holland
I send you enclosed a Certificate of statement
of Geo G. Brewer esq Register of Md Land
Office and from what I can learn from
him the records of Maryland Troops are
very imperfect.  He says that many of the original
records such as the Paymaster accounts and
vouchers were sent to Washington many
years ago, for the purpose of enabling the 
General Government to settle and adjust the
accounts of the State of Maryland and were
destroyed by the burning of the Public buildings
and the details of their State which are not
now ascertainable.  He also says that the
two Battalions of Militia referred to in his
Certificate were raised in virtue of an
act of Assembly of the State of Maryland
passed at the Session of 1781 Chapter
15 to raise two battalions of militia for
reinforcing the Continental Army; that
they were drafted for six months, and
it may fairly be presumed that they
were six months in service.  He supposes
they were in service at least from the
1st day of June to the 10th day of December
in the year 1781.  If the Certificate should
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be sufficiently full to satisfy your mind
as to the length of service of the husband
of my Aunt (Charles Holland) you will
please attend to the case at the earliest
practicable moment--and by so doing
you will oblige   yours very Respectfully

Manuel Dodds
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Annapolis June 4th 1850.

J. L. Edwards, esq

Sir,

You informed me some
time back that the evidence filed was not
sufficient to authorize the admission of
the claim of my Aunt (Sarah Holland) for
a pension under the Act of the 29th of July 1848,
but that if I would furnish from the office
of Geo. G. Brewer esq in full statement from
the record of the service of Charles Holland
in the Revolutionary War that it would
induce a favorable admission of the
claim.  That Certificate Mr. George G. Brewer
informs me has been furnished to you
by him, in conformity with the requirements
of your letter on that subject.  I should
be pleased as the old lady is very feeble
and dependent on me for everything, if
you would give this case your earliest
attention and if there is any possible
chance for the admission of the Claim-
you will oblige me by attending to it
as soon as you can.

With considerations of high regard I
remain your most out seat
M. Dodds
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Pension Office
March 7 1850

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 28th [illegible]
time in the case of Sarah Holland under Act
19th July 1848, which has been referred to this office
from the Department of the Interior, I have to state
that the evidence filed is not sufficient to authori-
zed the admission of the Claim.  Perhaps the records
in the Office G.G. Brewer, Esq the Register of the
Land Office, may show whether the payment
to her husband, Charles Holland, was a balance
of pay due him.  If he will give a certificate
in several other cases of those who served in the
two Battalions raised by the State of Maryland
as they occur on his record and state also for
what time those Battalions were raised, it may
induce a favorable decision in the case.

I am, very respectfully
Your Obt. Svt.
J. J. Coombs
for Commissioner of Pensions

Mr. M. Dodds
Annapolis
Maryland.
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Hon Thos. L Hurcy esq
Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.

Manuel Dodds
July 2, 1850
? for Sarah
Holland ?
services of Chs. Holland
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Annapolis February 28th 1850.
Hon Thos. L. Hewing esq.

DSir,
I regret to have it to
say that my aunt (Sarah Holland) filed her
application some eighteen months or two years
ago for a pension on account of the services
of her Husband (Charles Holland) in the
Revolutionary War; from which she has
received no information whatever and
desires me to say that she has furnished all
the testimony within her reach, and wishes
you to do her the (?) to examine the
Case as soon as practicable in order
that she may hear from it before her
death being how very old and infirm
she cannot according to nature remain
among us long.
With high esteem I Remain
your Most obt sert
Manual Dodds
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B
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Land Office,
Annapolis, 12th, June, 1850
I hereby certify, that from a Record of the Revolution remaining
in this Office, headed as follows, "An alphabetical list of discharged
Soldiers of the two Battalions of Militia raised to serve in the
Continental Army in the year 1781", and upon which Records
the name of Charles Holland appears to have received L8. b. 8
and to have been discharged on the 3rd, day of December, 1781, I
further certify, that upon the same Record, are the names of the
following persons, (?), Thomas Chapman, received L17, 15, 0,
Samuel Mauledge, received L17, 2, b, George Townsend, received
L17, 2,b, and Isaac Kent, received L20, 5, 0, and that all
of said persons are entered, to have been discharged on the 3rd day of
December, 1781.
George G. Brewer
Reg. Land Off. Md
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Land Office,
Annapolis 13th, Sept. 1850,

I have been called on by Mr. Dadds, again, respecting the Certificate heretofore
furnished by me respecting the services of Charles Holland, a soldier of the 
Revolution. The rolls of the Maryland troops are very imperfect, and
afford but little evidence of services, I can say nothing more in the case
of Charles Holland, that what is contained in the certificate heretofore
furnishes Mr. Dadds.  That Charles Holland, was drafted for six 
months, served out his time, and that the pay he appears to have
received on the pay roll, was the balance of pay due him at the time of his discharge I do not 
myself for a moment doubt.  The original roll in my opinion,
shows such to be the fact.
George G. Brewer
Reg. Land Off. Md.
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Sept 14/49
Rsp Case
Mrs Holland
widow of Charles

L Edwards esquire
(?) of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Annapolis Sept 12th 1849.
J L Edwards esq.
Dear Sir,
My Aunt Mrs Holland
Some time ago sent her application for a
pension to your department on acct of the 
services of her Husband (Charles Holland) in
the Revolutionary War; and from which
she has received the information as to the
disposition of the claim, you will
therefor please write me 
whether the case is rejected or laid over
for the want of additional evidence
and you oblige yours very respectfully
Manual Dadds
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Manual Dadds
Annapolis Oct. 5 1850

Am Oct 14. 1850

Certificate to be
sent to - 
James G. Berret
Present
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Annapolis October 5th, 1850
Col. James G. Beuel
DSir
You will find by reference
to the files in the pension office an application of 
my aunt (Sarah Holland) for a pension
on account of the services of her husband (Charles
Holland) in the Revolutionary War which I 
hope you will do me the favor to (?), and 
urge its payage, as soon as practicable, for which
she is willing to allow you eight or ten percent for
your services. The case has been lawfully authenticated
and all the proof required has been furnished,
and in addition to that new certificate of service
from Geo G. Brewer esq Rep of the Land Office
of Maryland has been sent to the pension office
the last of which shews very conclusively that he
served for six months. The other two by a 
close examination bears the same (?)
your earliest attention to the above will
oblige yours very respectfully
Manual Dadds
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Capt Triplett
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Department of the Interior
Nov. 5 1850
Sir, 
I herewith return the papers in the 
case of Sarah Holland, widow of Charles Holland, deceased, and I am of the opinion that a pension should be allowed for six months as a private.
I am very respectfully
your able(?) servant
? Alex H.H. Stuart
Secretary

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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Sarah Holland, wid-
of Charles
Md-
Augt 29 July 1848
At 6 mo. pri-
$20 per ann from
4 March 1848

C? sent to
Col J. G. Berret
Pens
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Augt 7/49
Further evidence
Sarah Holland
Widow of
Charles Holland
Augt. 29 July 1848
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Washington 7 Augt. 1849

Sir,
Enclosed I have the honour to 
present to you further evidence in
the case of Mrs. Sarah Holland for
a pension under the act of  29 July 1849
which I hope will be sufficient to remove
the difficulty mentioned in your letters
of the 7.th April last.
Yours very respectfully
Francis A Dickins
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Annapolis Sept 13th 1850

J L. Edwards esq
DSir
Enclosed you will find another certificate from Geo. G. Brewer esq. Reg
of the land office of Maryland and hope 
that it will be sufficiently full (?) to induce
a favorable decision of said case,
I have the honor to remain
yours very Respectfully
Manual Dadds