Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2986, William Foster, Continental (Va.)
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Service  Continental (Va.)

Foster, William
Baker, Sarah
Former widow

Number W. 2986
B.L. Wt. 1462-100
B.L. Wt. 269-60-55
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6882
4
Kentucky

William Foster
of Clark County in the state of Kentucky
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison of the Virginia
line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22d of June 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Feby 1819
and sent to Hon: Mr. Johnson
House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818 2 Mo     13/30=19.46
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4" Mar 1819  48.
                                                        $67.46

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

regulations sne to L. Combs 3 Nov 1833

Discontinue
Decr. 3d 1821
and sent to 
Leslie Combs
Lexington
Ky
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[illegible]
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Jany '49
and sent to
C. M. Trabue
[illegible] 
Ken.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 22 Vol. 3.
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Marz

212524 Sept 18/55

Sarah Baker form
widow of William Foster
Sarah Baker formerly widow of
Wm. Foster.

Rev Pensioner
Act Feb 2, 1848
Date Jan. 19 1849

Revolutionary War

Ky Feby 48-3181
AO: 60 ac. July 24/56
Boynton

Claimant
Mount Sterling
Montgomery Co: Ky.

[crossed through
S. M. Knight
Presen
end crossed through ]
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State of Kentucky
Clarke County Sct
On this 22d day of June 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the circuit court of the State aforesaid, personally appears William Foster aged seventy one years resident in said county of Clarke in sd. State who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of United States in the Revolutionary War.  That the said Foster [illegible] Prince William County State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt John Green of the 1st Regt of [illegible] commanded by Colo. Charles Harrison on the 6th day of February 1888 & continued to serve in said Corps three years [illegible]
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discharged in Charleston South Carolina that he [illegible] Monmouth & [illegible] springs& in several [illegible] skirmishes & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for its support & that [illegible]
the accompanying [illegible] discharge having long since mislaid it.
William Foster X his mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Jos. Clark

Clarke County Sct

I do certify that [illegible] acquainted with the [above signed?] William Foster served in the Revolutionary War , [illegible] he was in service for several years as stated.

Signed 22nd [illegible] 1818
Benj. Crigsley  X his mark
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SCHEDULE

District of Kentucky, SS.
Clarke Circuit Sct

On this    day of     1821, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said district, and circuit of Clarke County, William Foster aged 73 years, resident in Clark County in said district, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I enlisted on the 8 day of February in the year 1777 with Lieutenant John Green for three years in      Regiment of            .  I served the above named 3 years & then enlisted for during the war & served till the war closed in     Regiment of        & was honorably discharged.  I was in the battle of Monmouth & was at the battle of little York when Cornwallis was taken & at the battle of Eutaw Springs & at the battle at ninety Six in South Carolina also at Charlestown Virginia but had no fighting at this last place

No of my present certificate is 6882

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818;  and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States , in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818;  and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

A claim for 9 negroes which are in North Carolina and which claim originated in 1778 and he does not known whether he will [illegible] said claim
One hundred acres of poor land worth perhaps with all its improvements              $200
Horses-worth altogether                   40
Cattle  worth altogether                    20
Sheep worth altogether                     11
Hogs & pigs worth altogether           25
                                                     $296-00
Amt carried over
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Amt brot over                                $296
Household & kitchen furniture 
except one bed                                  30
Farming utensils worth                      12
Total amt                                        $338

He owes no debts nor is any due him.  His family consists of his wife aged about 54 years & Five children  - four of whom are daughters - Polly aged 11 years, Nancy aged seventeen years, Lally aged eighteen years Laison[?] aged twenty two years & Lenord aged fourteen years.  His occupation is farming, which however he cannot pursue himself owing to having recd two wounds in his right arm at the battle of              which entirely disabled it.  He is otherwise very infirm & so is his wife
William Foster  x his mark
Sworn to, and declared, on the 6 day of October 1821 before me.
Jos. Clark
Circuit Judge

State of Kentucky 
Clarke Circuit Sct.
I Samuel M. Taylor clerk of the court held for the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing afft. and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $338 dollars and - cents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Sixth day of October 1821
Saml. M. Taylor
Clerk of the Court for the Circuit of Clarke County
[SEAL]
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11192
Sarah Baker formerly
widow of Wm Foster
Ky
Act 7 July 1838
admd
2 yrs. matross
$100

Also Act 3 March "43 & June 17 "44
$100 

No. Act 1843
" Act 1844

H.H. Sylvester
Present
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and the 23d August 1842

State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery SS

On this ninth day of July eighteen hundred and forty-four personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and State Sarah Baker a resident of the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn, acording to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838, and the 23d of August, 1842, granting pensions to widow of persons who searved during the revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of William Foster who was a soldier of the revolutionary war in the regular army from the County of Prince William and State of Virginia  she is unable to state the officers he searved under but she refers to the papers and evidence on file that give her husband a pension under the law of eighteen hundred and eighteen; as evidence in her case, as to the officers, and the servises, he rendered and the time he served.
She also declares that she was married to the said William Foster on the sixth day of March seventeen hundred and eight three, in the County of Prince William Virginia, that her husband the aforsaid, William Foster died on the seventh day of Febuary eighteen hundred and twenty-four in the County of Clarke Kentucky, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninty-four viz at the time above stated.  She further declares, that after the death of her husband aforesaid, she was married to Moses Baker on the sixth day of July eighteen hundred and twenty six;  that he died on the thirty first day of January eighteen hundred and forty-four;  and that she is still a widow
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She further states that she had a family record of her children ages but she states that it was destroyed by the water leaking through the roof of the house where the record was and it was rotten and spoilt before any of the family knew it;  that she had eleven children whilst she was married to William Foster   she is unable to give the ages of her children her eldest child Milly Hart resides in the County of Fayette Kentucky  she was borne in seventeen hundred and eighty five on the twentieth of April
Sarah Baker  x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me the undersigned Justis of the Peace in and for the County above written Sarah Baker a Lady of respectability truth and pietty and from appearance is as old as stated by her in her declaration and I do further certify that I have examined her declaration and believe it contains the truth and she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court .  found interlined in the last line on the front page of the declaration before signing, eight interlined in the fifth
William Prewett J.P.

I Mary M Huls a resident of the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky aged thirty-one years State that Sarah Baker is the identical woman that was living with William Foster as his wife at his death and then she afterwards was maried to Moses Baker  I have examined her declaration and believe it contains the truth  given under my hand this 9th day of July 1844 and she is a widow at this time
Mary M Huls  X her mark

State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery SS
Be it known that personally appeared before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and State Mary M Huls a lady known
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to me to be of respectability and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit  given under my hand this 9th day of July 1844
Willis Prewett JPMC

State of Kentucky
Montgomery County
I James Howard Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do certify that Willis Pewitt whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is a duly commissioned qualified acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
And I further certify that the signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office at [illegible] this 9th day of July 1844.
James Howard Clk. M.C.C.
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State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery ss.

On this 2nd day of August 1855 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared David G. Barrow and Sarah Montgomery x her mark both residents of Montgomery, County of Montgomery, in the State of Kentucky known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Sarah Baker who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 2nd Feb. 1848 a pension of One Hundred dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband William Foster deceased, a  A. Matross of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Sarah Baker has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow:  That they have known her for about 30 years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit:
I David G. Barrow certify that I have known Sarah Baker about 30 years.  I have lived near to her during that time and I further state that she is the reputed wife of William Foster decd. I Sarah Montgomery certify the same as above written by David G. Barrow.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
David G. Barrow
Sarah Montgomery  x her mark
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year written above.
James Bean J.P.M.C.

State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery SS.
I hereby Certify, that James Bean Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine.  I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Court, for the County aforesaid, this third day of August 1855.
Att A.J. Wyatt  Clerk of M.C.C.
By R.M. Hodge D.C.
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Sarah Baker.
Widow of Wm. Foster.
Act 3d March 1855.

212524

S.M. Knight, Atto.
Washington, D.C.
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State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery SS.

On this 2nd day of August 1855,
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Baker aged 87 years, a resident of Mount Sterling County of Montgomery in the State of Kentucky who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Sarah Baker to who, under the provisions of the Act of 2nd February 1848 a pension of One Hundred dollars per annum has been allowed for the service of her late husband William Foster A Matross of the Revolutionary war, and late of Montgomery Clarke County, State of Kentucky.  She further states that her pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 2nd February 1848 is numbered _________, bears date the 19th of January 1849, and is payable at the Louisville Ky Agency.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Boundy Lane to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said William Foster.
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution S.M. Knight, of Washington D.C.
Sarah Baker  x her mark
Attest:  David G. Barrow
            James Bean

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Sarah Baker to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow;  and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
James Bean J. Peace M.C.

(For notes, see opposite page.)
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No. 1462
Wm. Foster
Pri.
Va.
to Hon. Jno. S. Barbour
Va.
The warrant in this case was granted upon the Certificate from the Treasury Department that the applicant was entitled to claim money under the "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" passed session of 1827 & 28.  And the opinion of the Secretary of War that such certificate ought to be  received as evidence of applicant's title to land.
Wm. Foster is returned as entitled to Land.
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(Copy)

Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

Treasury Department
30 Dec 1828

Sir: 

Your claim, under the abovementioned act, having been examined, you are found to be entitled to the pay of a Matross (Virginia line) in the Continental Line.  The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be remitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States.

I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(signed) Richard Rush

Mr. William Foster

A [illegible] copy A. Dickins
Treasury Department
Jan 16 1829
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1821 wufe - at abt 54 yrs. - ch. Polly 11, Nancy 17, Sally 18, Susan 22, Lenard 14

1818
71
6
77

1844
78
1766
54
1820

1844
33
1811
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In reply to your request of    , received    for a statement of the military history of William Foster a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Wid. File 2986

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment.
Feby 8, 1777
Dis May 18 1783
On James Is. S.C.

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Colonel Chas Harrison

State
Continental Arty.

Battles engaged in, June 78 Mon - Sept. 8, 81 Eutaw Spgs - Se[t-Oct 81  Yorktown - May-June 81 Ninety Six
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Pr. Wm. Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, June 22, 1818 allowed
Residence at date of application, Clarke Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, 71 yrsRemarksL Sol. mar. Mch. 6 1784 or 1785 Sarah Lan. Leonard Start
Sol. died Feby 7, 1824 in Clarke Co., Ky & she mar. July 6, 1826 Moses Baker who  d. Jany 21, 1844  
She pens as former wid sol in 1844 at 78 res. Montgomery Co., Ky. Ch men in 1820:Susan 22 yrs - Sally 18, Nancy 17 leonard 14 yrs [illegible Mildred abt 57 yrs in 1844 m. Minor Hart Mrs. Polly M Hulse youngest[?] ch. at 33 in 1844
Very respectfully,
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269

60 acres
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Rev. War Section,
Record Division

AW

August 30, 1821.

Mrs. Mark Butler
Bethany, Mo.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the 1" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Foster W. File 2986, it does not appear that land Warrant No. 1994 was issued on account of his services, nor was a warrant of that number issued by the United States on account of the services of a soldier of the Revolution named William Foster.  For information in regard to land that may have been granted by the State of Virginia, you should consult the archives of that state at Richmond.
You were furnished on July 9, 1919, the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner William Foster, W. File 2986, and his family.  Owing to the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, it is not the practice of the Bureau to send the same record twice to the same person.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

It was no use to give her the numbers of the two warrants allowed on this man's service as it is evident that this pensioner is not the person she wants and she is only trying to find some one else.
AW
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

AW
AM

December 7, 1925.
William Foster
W. 2986

Lieutenant Ivan L. Foster,
Military Department
University of Illinois,
Champaign, Ills.

Sir:  
I have to advise that a careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services in the War of 1812 of George Foster of Clark County, Kentucky, or a claim for pension on account of the services in the Black Hawk War of George Foster of the Illinois Volunteers, described by you.
From the records of this Bureau, S.O. 14394, it appears that Peyton Foster was a resident of Clark County, Kentucky, when he entered the service December 20, 1812, as Pack Horse Driver under Deputy Quartermaster General, James Morrison, and served to March 20, 1813.  He was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for his services.
In 1851, he was a resident of Sangamon County, Illinois, aged sixty years.  In 1855, he was living in Adair County, Missouri and in 1871, he was living in LaPlata, Macon County, Missouri.  Soldier married in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, May 24, 1812, Polly Daniel.  There is no further family data on file.
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2986, it appears that William Foster enlisted in Prince William County, Virginia, February 8, 1777, as a private and served in Colonel Charles Harrison's Regiment of Continental Artillery and was discharged May 12, 1783.  He was in the battles of Monmouth, Ninety-Six, Eutaw Springs and at the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 22, 1818, while living in Clarke County, Kentucky, aged seventy-one years, and he died there February 7, 1824.
He married March 6, 1784, or 1785, Sarah daughter of Leonard Hart.  She re-married July 6, 1826, Moses Baker who died January 21, 1844.  She was allowed pension on her application executed July 9, 1844, while living in Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged seventy-eight years.
In 1820, soldier referred to his children:  Susan aged twenty-two years, Sally eighteen years, Nancy seventeen years, and Leonard fourteen years.
In 1844 his oldest child, Mildred the wife of Minor Hart was about fifty seven years old and his daughter Mrs. Polly M. Hulse was the youngest child.
Respectfully
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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Champaign, Illinois
Nov. 30, 1925

Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Please answer the following questions
1.  Was a pension granted to William Foster [inserted "W2986"] of Clark Co. Kentucky for service during the War of the Revolution?  If so, what service did he render during that war, i.e. grade or rank, length of service, etc.
2.  Did either George [inserted 'none as des"] or Peyton [inserted "S.O. 14394"] Foster ever receive a pension for service during the War of 1812.  Enlisted from Clark Co. Ky. but probably resided in Illinois pensioned.
3.  [inserted "none old War of Ind War as des"] Did George Foster receive or apply for any pension because of service rendered in the Black Hawk War while a member of Capt. Elijah Iles Co. of Illinois Volunteers?
If the above information can be furnished, I shall appreciate it very much.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
A
Dec 2 1925
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I shall be very glad to pay for the cost of certificates or whatever form which may be used to furnish such information.

Yours truly,
Ivan L. Foster
1st Lt. F.A.

Mil. Dept. U. of Ill.
Champaign, Ill.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
A
Dec 2 1925
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Rev War
mca

Bethany, NW
June 23, 1919

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Commissioner of Pensions

I desire proof from the records of my Revolutionary ancestor William Foster, who was born in 1746 an who enlisted in Washington main continental army-, enlisted in York County, Pa, and served under Washington, was at the Crossing of the Delaware, Battle of Trenton, Valley Forge, & surrender of Yorktown;  and for
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his service in the War, received a lant warrant for 200 acres of land in Kentucky.  The records also show that he drew his pension in 1819 at Winchester Clark Co., Kentucky giving his agent seventy three and his pension at the rate of $96.00 a year.
The date of his death was given me by two persons, one said 1824 and one 1847.
I would like to know the place & date of his marriage, place &
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date of his death.  Also the date of birth and death of his wife.
Very sincerely,
Mrs. Mark A. Butler
Bethany, NW.

None who enlisted in York Co. Pa., so I send this one as having some points of similarity
V.L.M
July 9, 1919

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
K
Jun 25 1919
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Rev MH
Bethany Mo.
Aug 1, 1921

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:-  Will you please find from the records if William Foster my Revolutionary ancestor, who received a land warrant number 1994 is the same Wm. Foster that you have on your records as W.F.2986
I would also like information as to his wife's name, and the names of his children.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Mark Butler
Bethany, Mo

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
D
Aug 4 1921
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Foster's Weather bureau
28 T Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.

February 9, 1916

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please have sent to my address whatever record you may have of William Foster who served thru the war of the American Revolution in the Continental army, was credited to Virginia, drew pension at Winchester Kentucky, 1819 at which time he was 75 years old and was dropped from the pension rolls because he was not in needy circumstances as per law of Congress.
As I understand his war record, he was the only William Foster who served thru the war in the Continental army that was credited to Virginia.
Very respectfully,
W.T. Foster

WTF/NRW.
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Wijaconda, Mo.
April 16, 1913

Bureau of Pensions Rev. Dept.

I would be pleased to get the Revolutionary Record of William Foster  
He applied for and recieved a pension June 22, 1818.
Very respectfully
Mrs. Morris Tayman
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Office of
Superintendent of City Schools,
S.W. Cor. Eighth and Oak Sts.
J.M. Greenwood, Supt.
I.C. McNeill, Ass't Supt.
Kansas City, Mo., June 17, 1896

Hon. William Lockren,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
My great grandfather, William Foster, served in the Revolutionary War six years and six months, so my grandfather and grandmother told me.  He was with General Washington at the battle of Monmouth; but my relatives at an early day moved from Kentucky to Ill., and thence later to Missouri;  hence the vagueness of my information.
My great grandfather died in Clark Co., Ky., in 1823 or 1822.  He was living in the territory of Ky. when he enlisted in the Army, and first served out his period of enlistment,
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Office of
Superintendent of City Schools,
S.W. Cor. Eighth and Oak Sts.
J.M. Greenwood, Supt.
I.C. McNeill, Ass't Supt.
Kansas City, Mo.,

and then served till the "War closed."  His wife, Sallie Foster, after his death married a man named Moses Baker.  He died, and his widow then drew a pension as long as she lived;  my mother, who is now over eighty years old, says she received the pension because she was William Foster's widow.  It is also a tradition among the relatives that my great grandfather belonged to General Washington's Body Guard;  but none of my relatives in Kentucky really know to what command he did belong.  But my grandfather, Peyton Foster, who died in 1872, told me often that his father served six years
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Office of
Superintendent of City Schools,
S.W. Cor. Eighth and Oak Sts.
J.M. Greenwood, Supt.
I.C. McNeill, Ass't Supt.
Kansas  City, Mo.,

and six months in the Revolution.
Is there enough given to trace his record up?
Again, my grandfather Greenwood's oldest brother, Bartlett Greenwood, served six years in the Revolutionary Army, a part of the time or Grandfather Greenwood told me, under "Light Horse Harry Lee."  My great grandfather Greenwood lived and died in Virginia;  but my grandfather moved to Ill. in 1824.
It is because of the revival of the interest in the Revolution that I desire the information.
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Office of
Superintendent of City Schools,
S.W. Cor. Eighth and Oak Sts.
J.M. Greenwood, Supt.
I.C. McNeill, Ass't Supt.
Kansas City, Mo.,

Will you please let me know if there is any way by which these matters can be verified?

Very respectfully yours,
J.M. Greenwood
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir:-
Will you please, send me an abstract of the services of 
William Foster of Va.
who was a private in Revolutionary War and rec'd a pension from Feb 11th 1819; applied June 22nd, 1818
Was pensioner under the act of March 18th 1818
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This William Foster died in Clark County Ky- and is a great, grandfather to one of the Winchester women who wishes to join our Chapter D.A.R.
Any information you will give will be appreciated-
Mrs. Thos. Van Meter
Winchester
Ky
Request Hart Chapter
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REV. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2986.
Sarah Baker
former Widow of
William Foster.
Matress Rev War
Act: Feby 2" 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page 29
Arrangement of 1870.
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June 26 '96 sold pens
to J M Greenwood
Kansas City - Mo.
LW 10
1908 May 1. Hist. to Mrs. Thos. Van Meter C
1913 Apl. 25 Hist. to Mrs. Morris Tayman. C
1916 Feb. 16. To W. T. Foster C
1919 July 9 Hist. to Mrs Mark A. Butler
1921 Aug 20. Mrs. Mark Butler advised to sol. etc. AW
1925 Dec. 7 Hist. to Ivan L. Foster. AW.
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Sarah Baker, Decl:
2 Feby '48.
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Mt Sterling  August 8th 1844

Dear sir
I wish you to make your report to Lewis C. Suggett of Scott County Ky in relation to my pension and not to Mr. Tribue

Sarah Baker  x her mark

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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6517
Kentucky

Sarah Baker, for.
Widow of William Foster.
who was a Matross 
in the Va Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
100 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
14 day of Dec. 1844
and sent to H.H. Sylvester  Present

Act of March 3, 1843
and June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2 Page 178

2 Certs:
1838
1843
& 44
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Nov 21 '44

Sir
The enclosed letter from Mr. Trabue I will thank you to examine and reply to me
I return your letter in the case of Sarah Baker, formerly Sarah Foster, together with a letter from the Clerk of Prince William County Court Va.
I am Respectfully
H H. Sylvester

Hon. JL. Edwards
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Lexington Ky
3rd Oct 1844

H H Sylvester Esqr
Washington City

Dr Sir
I am exceedingly anxious to hear from hear not having received a letter from you since 16 August.  I am rather impatient to know the result of Mrs. Fields case.  as I confidently expected ere this to have received a certificate of Pension for her under the act 7th June 1832 at the rate of $289.32 per annum for near 11 years.  I am confident from the laws and actions of the Department that to her - and her only - the same is due  If the amount under the said act had been greater than the half pay, then Capt Fields would doubtless have received the pension under said act - but as the half pay was greatest, he received it - and the whole of the pension under the said act 7th June "32 was due him at his death, and consequently now due his widow.  For my life I can't see why Mr. Edwards will longer delay an allowance.  I would rather he would neglect all my other claims than this.  Do try and get him to give the certificate or grant its allowance.

I herein enclose you a letter form the Pr. Wm. Co Court clk shewing  the absence of [illegible] proof of the marriage of Wm Foster
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to -- -- -- who was formerly his widow & now the widow of -------- and which is the case I wrote to you concerning and also my father some two weeks ago.  Foster was a "wars man" and of Cavalry.  The claim worth now 650$.
Lieutenant John Pipers claim (or his heirs) to half pay on account of said officers services in the state line of Virginia, was allowed in the spring of 1842 and the amount of $5333 was paid on it.  I wish to know from what date the half pay was calculated & if it was from 3rd Sept 1783, there is now 3 years pay due and I am [illegible] the claim
Write me - and after - address your letters to Frankfort Ky.
Your obt Servt
FJ. Trabue
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Frankfort Ky
Sept 11th 1844

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions

Dr Sir
I herewith enclose you that declaration and evidence in support of the claim of Mrs. Baker formerly the widow of Wm Foster to a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 & the 23rd August 1842.
You will please cause the certificate of allowance to be enclosed to me at Frankfort Ky.
I am Dr Sir
Very respectfully
Your Obt sert
CH Trabue
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sept 2d 44
file with Sarah Baker  Ky

Long Lick Ky
August 28 1844
Free
Sarah Baker 
Ky.

JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pens
Washington City
D.C

No 11192 July 22 Ky '38
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Long Lick Scott Co Ky August 23 1844

Dear Sir
I received the enclosed some time ago and was informed that Mr Trabue had done something in Mrs Bakers claim and that she had determined that I should go on with her business and enclosed the within to me    if it should be necessary I can get from her a power of attorney and if any other claims for whom I have forwarded the declaration of the persons are under the management of others I hope you will have the kindness to inform me so that there may be no clashing in business in your department
I am yours with
Great respect
Lewis C Suggett

JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
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[STAMP]
Frankfurt Ky
[illegible date]

in hash[?]

Sept 19 44

H

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC.

Ken.
Power of atty, case
of Sarah Baker
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Frankfort Kentucky 
11th September 1844.

Hon JL Edwards
Commr of Pensions

Dr Sir
I herein enclosed you a power of attorney from the widow of Moses Baker formerly the widow of William Foster who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of act 1818 upon the Kentucky Agency;  to me to prosecute her claim to Pensions under the act 7th July 1838 &c
You will please discontinue all correspondence with, or communication of fact to any one respecting said claim except H.H. Sylvester Esqr. of Washington City DC.
I am Dr Sir
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
C H Trabue
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Brentsville Va
Sep 14

25

S.F.J Trabue Esq:
Frankfort 
Kentucky
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Brentsville P. Wm. Co: Va
Augt. 15. 1844.

Dear Sir,
Yours of the 29 July ultimo came safe to hand in answer to which I have to inform you that I have examined the records of my office from 1780 to 1790, but have not been able to find the marriage bond or certificate of marriage of William Foster.  I should have answered you sooner, but concluded it would be best to make some inquiry out of doors.  Accordingly I have inquired of Mr. Redmon Foster of this county, but have not been able to get any material fact in relation to sd. marriage.  fee $2. please inclose
(in haste)   
your obt servt.
J. Williams

P.S.  command my services at all times.
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[STAMP]
Lexn K
Oct 23

Free

Honbl. J.C. Calhoun
S. of War
Washington City

Rev. pen. off

Ky 484
Recd 3 Nov 18[?]
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Lexington Octr 22d 1821

Honle. J.C. Calhoun S of War
Dr Sir,
I enclose you Wm Fosters Schedule - please inform me as to its fate & much oblige
Yr M.O.S.
Leslie Combs
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Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Baker the former widow of William Foster deceased late of Clark County Ky. A revolutionary pensioner of the united states and upon the Kentucky Roll A resident of the County of Montgomery and state of Kentucky do here by constitute and appoint C H Trabue my true and lawfull attorney with a power of substitution to prosecute for me and in my name by petition or other wise my claim for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7th day of July 1838 and the 23d day of August 1842 and my said attorney is fully impowered to do each and any as he may think proper in order to sustain my claim, and I request the Commissioner of Pensions to have no correspondence with any other person or persons but C.H. Trabue or SFJ Trabue and this power is [illegible] until my claim is settled given under my hand this 22 day of August 1844
Sarah Baker  x her mark
signed and delivered in presents of
Willis Prewitt
Polly M Huls  x her mark

State of Kentucky Mongomey County
Be it know that on the 22th day of August 1844  befor the subscriber a Justice of the Pe in and for said County and state aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Baker above named and acknowledged the fourgoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 22th day of August 1844
Willis Prewitt JP
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Montgomery County, To wit:
I James Howard Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, Do certify that Willis Prewitt whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the [illegible] of said court (as the seal has been through accident mislaid or lost and another has not yet been procured for said County Court) this 22nd day of August 1844
James Howard Clk 
By John W  White D.C.
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I Ann T. Mallory a resident of the County of Bourbon and State of Kentucky aged sixty-nine years, State that I was at the marriage of William Foster and Sarah Foster now Sarah Baker.  I cannot give the date of the marriage but I recollect that I was at their marriage and saw them married  I was six or seven year old  I had been going to school before their marriage  Sarah Baker and myself was raised in the same neighbourhood  I have know her ever since my earlies recollection.  The Marriage took place in the County of Prince William Virginia  after the marriage of William Foster to Sarah Foster my father Timothy Payton and William Foster with his wife Sarah mooved to Kentucky together in Seventeen hundred and eighty-four or five, and the next year after we came to Kentucky their first child was born.  My Father and William Foster settled in Bourbon County together and in the same neighbourhood and they lived thare until they had five or six children and then William Foster and his wife Sarah mooved from Bourbon County to I think Clarke County whare I think he was living when he died and then I understood she married a gentleman by the name of Baker  I have under that he is dead and that she is a widow at this time  I have frequently heard William Foster speak of being in the war of the revolution and that he was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood whare we lived to be a soldier of the revolution and I believe he was   given under my hand this 12th day of July 1844
Ann T Mallory

State of of Kentucky
County of Bourbon
Be it know that personally appeared before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for the above County and State Ann T. Mallory a lady known to me to be of respectability, and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, heard interlined in the twentieth line befor signing an erasure in the seventeenth line of the affidavit all befor signing  given under my hand this 12th day of July 1844
William Morland  JP
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Commonwealth of Kentucky and County of Bourbon Sct:
I, Thomas P Smith clerk of the county court of said county do certify that William Moreland is and was at the date of the foregoing certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith is due all his official acts as such, that his signature is genuine
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of said court this 13th day of July 1844
Thos: P. Smith clk
By R.J. Brown D.C.
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11192
\Sarah Baker
Ky
Rejected
S.C. Suggett, 21 Octr 1844 letter 
to H.H. Sylvester Nov 18 '44

Act 7 July 1838
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Long Lick Ky
July 15 1844

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C

Free

Ken
July 7 1838
Sarah Baker
Wm Foster

[illegible] to please ans [illegible] & return me the package
[illegible]
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Long Lick Scott Co Ky July 15 1844

Dear Sir
The enclosed Declaration of Mrs Sarah Baker is forwarded to you in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress of July 7 1838 and August 23 1842
Will you have the kindness to inform me wheather the lat acts of Congress don not embrace all widows, who husbands were Pensioners who are otherwise entile and were married before 1794 without requiring other Proof of their Husband's service than was produced by them when their pensions were allowed and wheather said laws don not embrace the [illegible] case who husbands were pensions and their marriages has been duly established viz Mrs Margret Smith widow of Jarad Smith Mary Christia widow of James Christia and Milly Hale widow of Edward Hale   will you have the kindness to forward any formes and instruction for preparing claims under the lat acts of Congress
I have the honor to be
with great respect your
most obedient Servent
Lewis C Suggett

JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
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July 27 1844
Ky
[illegible]
Sarah Baker

Long Lick Ky
July 20 1844

James L Edwards Esqr
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C

Free
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Long Lick Scott Co Ky  July 20 1844

Dear Sir
The Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Baker formerly the widow of William Foster was forward to you on the 15 Instant in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of July 7, 1838 and 42 and the enclosed is forward to establish her marriage which you will then[?] to have the kindness to file with her declaration
I have the honor to be your
most obedient Servent
Lewis C Suggett

JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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8944
Kentucky

Sarah Baker form
Widow of William Foster
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 7 Feby 1824
of Clark Co in the State of Ky.
who was a Matross in the Company
commanded by Captain - of the
reg commanded by Col Harrison
in the Va line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ky.
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of
Dec 1844 and sent to 
H.H. Sylvester, Present

Total amount,    $500.00
Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by AF.S. Swann, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 363
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Sarah Baker  Declar
Act 2 Feby 1848

aa
6517
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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County ss
On this the 30th day of June 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber A Justice of the peace in & for the County and state aforsaid Mrs. Sarah Baker a resident of the county and state aforsaid aged 77 years who being first duly 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 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 William Foster who was a Matross in the army of the Revolution she [illegible]  she declars that she drew a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 17th day of June 1844  she further declars that she is still a widow  she declars that she has appointed CH Trabue her attorney to recv her Cetifficate of pension from the Commissioner of pensions in the City of Washington sent it to him at Frankfort Ky  sworn to & subscribed the day and year above writen befor me
Sarah Baker  x her mark
Willis Prewitt JP
William Huls

I the fourgoing suscribed Justice & certify that the fourgoing subscribed Declarant on personally known to me and her Declaration I do believe is true and her statement are to be relyed one  June 30th 1848
Willis Prewitt J.P
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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County Sct
I James Howard Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, Do certify that Willis Prewitt whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, and duly commissioned and quallified according to Law and that his said said signature is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand; and affixed the Seal of said County at my office in the Town of Mount Sterling this 6th day of July 1848.
Att James Howard Clerk M.C.
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Wm Fosters
Evidence for
Pension
found on roll
private
Virginia Line
1777-3 years
Admitted

Wm Foster red
Bounty land on 16 July 1839
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State of Kentucky
Clark Circuit Sct
I Jas. Clark Judge  [illegible] aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd William Foster did serve in the Revoluionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy that he is in reduced circumstances as stated by him [illegible] transmit the proceedings and testimony taken [illegible] before me, to the Secretary for the department of war [illegible] The certificate of Benj Gressly was sworn to by him agreeably to law [illegible] act of Congress passed [illegible] 22nd [illegible] 1818
Jas. Clark

State of Kentucky Sct
Clarke Circuit
I Samuel M Taylor clerk of the Court held for the Circuit aforesaid, do certify that James Clark Esqr. whose signature is affixed to the above instrument of
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writing , is one of the Circuit Judges of the State of Kentucky, and assigned by law to preside in the Circuit aforesaid to all whose official acts full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I hae hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 22d day of June in the year 1818.
Sam. M. Taylor
[SEAL]
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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County
On this the 22 of August 1844 personally appeared before me Willis Prewitt an acting Justice of the peace in the for said County and state Mrs. Polly M Hutts aged about thirty 33 years, a resident of said county and state and after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration or statement to wit:  that she is about thirty three years of age and the younges child of Wm, /fister a Revolutionary Pensioner and Sarah his wife when he Wm Foster was living and they lived togeather as husband and wife untill Wm Foster died and after  the death of her said Father Wm Foster her mother the widow of Wm Foster married one Moses Baker and he Moses Baker died the 31 day of January 1844 and her mother the widow Baker now lives in her hous with her and is now a widow and has made her declaration for a pension as the former widow of Wm Foster deseased late of Clark County Ky  she further states that the same Sarah Baker who now applys for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 is the identical person who was the widow of William Foster deseased a Revolutionary Pensioner
Polly M Hulse   x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above writen before me  Willis Prewitt JP MC
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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County Ky
I the foregoing subscribed Justice of the peace in and for said County do Certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing affiant and she is a lady of truth and veracity and truth and her statement is to be relyed on given under My hand this 22 day of August 1844 
Willis Prewett JPMC
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Montgomery Count, To wit:
I James Howard Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid; Do certify that Willis Prewett whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of said Court (as the seal has been through accident mislaid or lost and another has not yet be3en procured for said County Court) this 22nd day of August 1844
James Howard Clk
By John W. White D.C.M.C.C
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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County
On this the 22nd day of August 1844
personally appeared before me Willis Pruitt an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State Mrs. Sarah Baker the former widow of William Foster who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and she is a resident of said County and State who is by reason of Bodily infirmity prevented from appearing in Open Court aged about 73 years and who being first duly sworn according to Law doth, on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed the 7 day of July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows & 23 August 1842 to wit. That she was the widow of William Foster deceased, late of Clark County Ky - who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and served about six years in said war. A dragoon and to the Close of said war as she thinks in The Virginia Line and on account of his said service he drew a pension under the act of Congress passed 1818 untill he was dropped because he was worth More than Congress said he should be worth in order to draw a pension and after he drew a pension in a few years he died, what the year 1826 she thinks. After his death the declarant intermarried again to one Moses Baker of Montgomery County who died the 31st day of January 1844 and she is now a Widow and Claims a pension for and on the account of her first Husbands services in the United States army. She cannot recollect the names of the Officers in [illegible] but she thinks he served in the [illegible] and she thinks [illegible] Green who she thinks he served upwards of 6 years as said Soldier she further declares That she was married to the said soldier William Foster in the year 1784 or 1785 and she lived with him his wife until his death.
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which took place as before stated.
She will Respectfully ask the secretary if Referring to the declaration of her said husband William Foster deceased, for such facts are necessary in the investigation of her Claim for a pension, under the acts of Congress passed the 7th day of July 1838 and the 22 of August 1842.
She further declares that she was married before the 1st day of January 1794 To the said William Foster but not prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place shortly afterwards as before stated; say in the year 1784 or 1785, she was married to the said William Foster A Revolutionary Soldier. She further declares That she has appointed C H Trabue her true and lawfull attorney, for her and in her name to receive from the Hon Commissioner of Pensions her Certifficate of Pension, and wishes the Commissioner of Pension to have no Correspondence with any other person or persons about her Claim but her attorney C H Trabue or S F L Trabue. She further declares that she is not able to appear in Open Court due to weakness in her bust & limbs and Old age and disability.
Sworn to and subscribed Sarah Baker x her mark
The day and year above written before me
Willis Prewitt JP
State of Kentucky Montgomery County
I the foregoing subscribed Justice of the peace in and for said County and state do certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing declarant and do certify that she is a lady of truth and what she has stated in her declaration can be relied on and that she is unable from her bodily infirmity from appearing in open Court given under my hand this 22nd of August 1844
Willis Prewitt JP.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, Montgomery County, to wit.
I James Howard Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid Do certify that Willis Prewitt whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office in Mount Sterling this 29th day of August 1844
James Howard Clk

State of Kentucky
Montgomery County Sct.
Montgomery County Court, August Term 1844
At a County Court duly organized began and holden at Mount Sterling in and for the county of Montgomery on the 26th day of August 1844
On the motion of Sarah Baker, this Court having heard read her Declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension and the certificate of Willis Prewitt Esqr, thereto Attached, and the evidence of said Prewitt are of opinion that the Statements made by said declarant, in said Declaration are true.  And that Willis Prewitt Esqr is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for this county and that the signature of said Willis Prewitt to the certificate annexed to said Declaration is genuine, and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as such.  Whereupon the same is ordered to be certified in due form of Law.
I James Howard, Clerk of the County Court, for the County aforesaid, Do certify that the above order is truly transcribed from the Records in my office.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Mount Sterling this 29th day of August 1844.
James Howard Clk
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County SS
On this the 31 July 1844 personally appeared before me E Thurston an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and state Ann T Mallory a resident of said County and state aged about Sixty Eight years who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statements to wit  that she was borned in Prince William County State of Virginia & was raised there untill she was 10 years of age and one of her close neighbors Leonard Hart had a daughter by the name of Sarah Hart who maried to one William Foster, in the fall of 1784 she thinks, she was at the marriage and saw them maried and the next spring in June 1785, her farther and his family and her self Sarah Foster and William Foster her husband all came togeather to Bourbon County Kentucky and settled not far a part, and Sarah Foster had a child 12 or 13 months after she was maried to Wm Foster and her name was Mildred Foster.  and she maried one Minor Hart now lives in Feyatt County Ky and she must be about 58 years of age.  Afterwards she Sarah Foster had several children same lives in Illinois, [illegible] and others in Kentucky:  she states that she has her father account book statin the day that they started to Kentucky and it states June 2d 1785.  and she recollect well that Sarah Hart was maried to William Foster, the year befor she thinks,
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in the fall of the year 1784:  she further states that William Foster A Revolutionary solder and his wife Sarah Foster lived togeather as husband and wife, in this County and the ajoining County, Clark, untill William Foster died, which took place to the best of recollection about 17 years past, and some time after his death she understood that she Sarah Foster the widow of William Foster maried one Moses Baker and she has understood that Baker died last winter, or spring.  So Sarah Foster that was is now the widow Baker as she believes and lived in Montgomery County ajoining Bourbon County:  she further states that William Foster and Sarah his wife lived on her farthers farm for many years, and when her father T Patin was killed by the Indians in said County William Foster was one of the men that went and brought him home.  she further states that the said Sarah, is A lady of truth and her declaration is to be credit as true.  she further understands that Sarah has made her declaration for a pension as the former widow of Wm Foster as married to him before 1794:  she was maried near ten years before that date, say 1784 to William Foster.  She further states that she is the daughter of T. Patan deceased late of this County
Ann T Mallory
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above write
E. Thurston J.P.
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County
The peace do Certify I The foregoing subscriber Justice of the Peace do Certify, that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing affiant and she is a lady of truth and veracity as I verily believe and what she has stated in her deposition is to be relyed on as fact given under my hand this 31 day of July 1844
E Thurston JP
State of Kentucky & County of Bourbon SS
I Thomas P. White Clerk of the County Court of said County do Certify that the above named E Thurston is an acting Justice of the peace of said Court and County and that his above signature is genuine and is the proper hand writing of said Thurston.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name as Clerk and affixed the seal of said County this 31st. day of July 1844.
Tho P White Clerk
Bourbon County Court
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Payment to be made at Louisville
Kentucky by
Geo. W. Meriwether, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Kentucky
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in
Book A, Vol. 2. Page 178
F. L. Swann, Clerk.
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War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, 
and June 17, 1844
Sarah Baker, formerly
widow of William Foster,
who was a Matross,
and died on the Seventh day of February 1824. is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One hundred, dollars and - cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, 
this 14th day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Kentucky
Fayett County SS
On this the 12th day of September 1844 personally appeared before me Robert C Rodges an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Mrs. Milly Hart a resident of said County and state-
aged about fifty six years of age and after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following statement to wit that she is the Oldest Child of William Foster, (deceased Late of Clark County Ky A Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and upon the Kentucky Roll) and Sarah Foster his wife; and they, William Foster and Sarah his wife, her father and Mother, lived Together as husband & Wife from the earliest period of her recollection untill the death of Her said father William Foster, which took place about the year say from 1821 to 1820 Cannot recollect.
Then Sarah was left his widow and remained The widow of William Foster, deceased late of Clark County Kentucky for some time say 18 Months or 2 years Then her said Mother Sarah Foster The widow of William Foster, Married one Moses Baker of Montgomery County Ky and she lived with said Baker untill he died and his death took place about the Last of January or The first of February 1844, and she is now a widow and desires a pension for the service of her former husband, as the former widow of William Foster; she further states that she has frequently heard her said Father and Mother speak of their marriage about the year 1784 and The Circumstances Connected with the wedding &c.
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She Cannot state the precise time that her said Father and Mother William Foster and Sarah his wife were married only from what they heard [illegible] one thing she does know that they Boath lived together as husband and wife and they haid a large family of Children and several of them They had before the 1st day of Jany 1794; for she well Recollects there being together as husband and wife and having several Children before 1794; and they lived as husband and wife until he died, William Foster her Father a Revolutionary Pensioner. She further states that her said father was droped shortly after he Commed drawing a pension, on the account of his being worth more than the Law said, he should be to draw A pension,
Sworn to and subscribed before me 
The day and year above writen Milly Hart x her mark
R. C. Roger JP

State of Kentucky 
Fayett County
I the foregoing subscribed Justice of the peace do Certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing affiant Milly Hart and from what I do know of my own knowledge I do believe what she has stated in her deposition To be the truth from what I do know of her & her Character
given under my hand This 12th day September 1844
R C Roger J.P.F.C.
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State of Kentucky Fayette County Sct.
I James Rodes clerk of the County Court for the County Aforesaid, do certify that R. C. Rogers whose name is Signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that his said Signature is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my seal this 12th day of September 1844. James Rodes CFC
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County
On this the 31st day of July 1844
personally appeared before me E Thurston
an acting Justice of the peace of said County and State Sarah D. Scott a resident of said County and State aged about sixty seven years who after being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath state That she lived with her father Wm James in his Station where William Foster A Revolutionary Soldier and his wife Sarah Foster came to her father station about the year 1785 or 1786 and in the station she had her first born Mildred Foster. and another before they Left the said station, and they moved to T. Patow where they Lived as husband and wife, and had several children before William Foster died, and left his wife Sarah A widow and after some time she Sarah Foster the widow married Moses Baker and she has understood that said Baker died Last winter or spring and that the said Sarah is now a widow and desires a pension as the former widow of William Foster She further states that the said Sarah is a Lady of truth and Veracity and stands high as a Lady of truth she further States that she lives in Montgomery County ajoining Bourbon as she believes.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 
The day and year above written Sarah Scott x her mark
E. Thurston JP
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County
I the foregoing Justice of the Peace do Certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing affiant Sarah D Scott and I believe what she has stated in her deposition to be true and her statement concerning William Foster and Sarah his wife to facts I believe her to be a Lady of truth and Veracity, given under My hand this 31st day of July 1844
E. Thurston JP
Commonwealth of Kentucky and County of Bourbon Sct:
I Thomas P Smith clerk of the county court of said county do certify that E. Thurston whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of said court this 31st day of July 1844
Tho: P. Smith clk
By R. J. Brown DC
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
NAME Foster, William GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 13061 and 14118 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 1, 1795
to Francis Sherrard, assignee
of James Smith, administrator