Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2964, for Adam Oury, Pennsylvania
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Service: Penn.
Oury or Owrey, Adam
Mary
Number: W 2964
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26.
Pennsylvania
Adam Oury
of Crawford Co, in the State of Pa
who was a P
in the Company commanded
by Captain Butler of the Regt commanded
by Col McCoy in the Penn Militia
$80.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Penn
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of [?] and Sent to
Hon J. Gallbraith [?]
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34              240.00
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept    40.00
                                                             $280.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by ? ? Sprague Clerk,
Book 6 Vol 5 Page 44
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[illegible]
Date of widow's death not on A. B.

5928
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Mary Oury
widow of Adam Oury
who was a Private
in the Revolution 
Penn [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars __Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of August 1866 and sent to W. S. Alleson.
Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
[[illegible] June 17 1844
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 135.
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County   SS
On this third day of February 1843 personally came before me Jacob C McGranahan a justice of the peace in & for said county Isabella Liston aged sixty-two years who being first sworn according to law saith that she is s sister of Mary Owrey who is an applicant for a pension from Crawford County.  deponent says that her sister Mary Owrey was married in the year seventeen hundred & eighty seven, and in the month of April of that year, to Adam Owrey who had served in the revolutionary war
deponent remembers to have heard while in her fathers family, that her sister was born in April & married in the same month.  She remembers the wedding day from the circumstance of being sent to her brother-in laws house to be out of the way, that being but a child about six years old being engaged at play a hen got into the house & flew upon a cupboard & knocked down & broke some dishes, deponent believes that this occurred the day of the wedding
deponent further saith that between Christmas & New Years of the year 1787 Mary Owrey aforesaid gave birth to a daughter whom she named Martha. The wedding war consummated within three miles of Greensburgh in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania by Esq. Jack. 
deponent moved from Westmoreland County [illegible] in the year 1799 to Shenango in Crawford aforesaid & that before moving the said
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Mary Owrey gave birth to five children who were severally named in the order of their births, Martha, Jacob, Nancy Francis & William
That after moving to Crawford aforesaid the said Mary gave birth to four other children.  severally named, in their proper order [illegible] Jane, George, Adam, & Henry.
She knows of no family records by which the marriage of her said sister could be established.  And further deponent saith not.

Isabella Liston 

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid

J. C. McGranahan J. P.

 Crawford County Penna.  SS
Thomas Beard being duly sworn saith that he has been intimately acquainted with Isabella Liston for thirteen years, & that the said that Isabella is a member of the Seceeder church & in full communion with the same & that full faith & credit may be given to her statement as above
Thomas Baird 
Sworn to & subscribed this 3rd day of Feby 1843
J. C. McGranahan J. P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County            SS
I William McArthur Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Crawford County aforesaid do certify that J C McGranahan is a justice of the peace in & for said County & that the signatures purporting to be his to the depositions of Isabella Liston & Thomas Baird are genuine.  In testimony where of I have hereunto set my seal of office & subscribed my name the 4th day of February 1843
Wm. McArthur Prothy
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Payments to be made 
at Philadelphia Pa.
by [illegible] [illegible] BK 
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pa.

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol.5 Page 44 by 
T. Spragur Clerk.
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[There is some sort of seal that covers much of the document]

State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County         SS
On this [illegible due to seal] day of May A.D. 1842 personally appeared before John H. Work Esq one of the judges of the [illegible due to seal] Pleas of the County [illegible due to seal] Owrey a resident of [illegible due to seal] aged seventy six years [illegible due to seal] duly sworn according to [illegible due to seal] oath make the following [illegible due to seal] order to obtain the [illegible due to seal] made by the act of [illegible due to seal] passed July 7, 1838 entitled [illegible due to seal] granting half pay & pension to certain widows
That she is the widow of Adam Owrey deceased, who was a private in the army of the revolution & for his services as such, drew a pension the certificate of which is hereunto annexed 
That said Adam was enlisted at one time for three years, and served during that period, & was in the battle of Brandywine, and other engagements, but by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory She is unable at this time to recollect the names of the officers or the regiment to which he belonged after this he was drafted while at home in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania was taken prisoner & taken to Detroit & finally to [illegible] at which place he was discharged but short time previous to the close of the War.  She refers to the Declaration & proof made by her said husband in order to obtain his pension for a more particular account of his services and the depositions of Hugh Hamlin & Mathias Fisher taken before Robert Mont-
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County         SS
On this fifth day of May A.D. 1842 personally appeared before John H Work Esq. one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Mary Owrey a resident of said County, aged seventy six 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 July 7, 1838, entitled an act granting half pay & pension to certain widows That she is the widow of Adam Owrey deceased, who was a private in the army of the revolution & for his services as such drew a pension the certificate of which is hereunto annexed
That said Adam was enlisted at one time for three years, and served during that period, & was in the battle of Brandywine and other engagements, but by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory She is unable at this time to recollect the names of the officers or the regiment to which he belonged after this he was drafted while at home in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania was taken prisoner, & taken to Detroit & finally to [illegible] at which place he was discharged but short time previous to the close of the War.  She refers to the Declaration & proof made by her said husband in order to obtain his pension for a more particular account of his services and the dispositions of Hugh Hamlin & Mathias Fisher taken before Robert Mont-
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gomery Esq. and hereunto annexed.  Which were taken for the purpose of supporting her said husbands application but were not received in time to be forwarded with his papers & she now offers them in support of this declaration.  She further declares that she was born in Chester County Pennsylvania April 22nd 1766, and was married to the said Adam Owrey on the second day of April seventeen hundred & eighty seven in Westmoreland County Pa. by William Jacks Esq. a justice of the peace.  That her husband the aforesaid Adam Owrey died on the twenty second day of April eighteen hundred & twenty six, and that she had remained a widow ever since that period. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four [illegible] at the time above stated. That she has no certificate of marriage or bible record but thinks that by the testimony of Thos McKee formerly a judge in Venango County Pa will prove her marriage.  That she is unable by reason of bodily infirmith to appear in open court.  Wherefore her declaration is made at her residence.  And further saith not.
       her
Mary  X  Owrey
       mark

Sworn & subscribed this fifth day of May AD 1842
John H Work
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County        SS
John Kilpatrick being duly sworn saith that he has been a neighbor & acquainted with the applicant about thirty years & that he believes the statement above made & that Mary Owrey's reputation for truth & veracity is good & have never heard it impeached 
John Kilpatrick
Sworn & subscribed this fifth day of May 1842 
John H Work 

State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County        SS
I John P Davis prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that John H Work is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and that the signature as above purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of said office & subscribed my name this 22 day of June 1842.
John P Davis Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Venango County         SS
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas McKee who being duely sworn deposeth & saith that he was present at the marriage of Adam Owrey with Mary Owrey which took place in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania & that Esq Jack married them, that said marriage must have occured about the period mentioned in the declaration of said Mary, [illegible] in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty seven and that he beleives the statement made by the said Mary in her declaration.  And further saith not. 
Thos McKee
Sworn & subscribed this fifteenth day of June A. D. 1842
James Perry

State of Pennsylvania
Venango County          SS
I James P Hoover prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that James Perry is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of said court this 15th day of June AD 1842
J. P. Hoover Pro
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8323
Mary Oury
of Adam
Penna
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Westmoreland County SS  the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Before me the subscribed, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally came Hugh Hamill Esquire, a respectable citizen and a Justice of the Peace in and for said County who being duly sworn saith he was acquainted with Adam Owry who now resides in Crafford County Pennsylvania, he the said Adam was enlisted in Captain Millers Company the Eighth Penna Regiment in the year 1776 alongst with this deponent.  The company marched from Westmoreland County Pennsylvania to Jersey, deponent further saith that the said Adam Owry remained in the Service of the United States and marched with the said Eighth Regiment in the year 1778 to Pittsburgh, and to Fort Mackintosh, and there quartered during the winter, and believes the said Adam continued in the Service untill the Regiment was discharged in September 1779
further saith not
Hugh Hamill
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 16th day of February 1833
Robt. Montgomery
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Westmoreland County SS the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Before me the Subscribed one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County Personally came Mathias Fisher farmer a respectable citizen of said County who being duly affirmed according to Law saith that in the year of our Lord 1781 as deponent believes he volunteered in the Service of the United States under Captain Shannon in a Campaign against the Northwestern Indians.  This deponent saith he was taken Prisoner alongst with several others on the Ohio River below the big Miami River at the time Colonel Lochry was killed.  This deponant further saith that Adam Owry who now resides in Crawford County Pennsylvania (as this deponant is informed) was likewise taken prisoner at the same time, and further saith he saw the said Aday Owry frequently at Detroit whilst a Prisoner.  The Prisoners were all retained untill a Peace was obtained unless a few who made their escape

further saith not
Mathias Fisher

affirmed & Subscribed before me the 16th day of February 1833
Robt Montgomery

Westmoreland County  SS 
I Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that Robert Montgomery Esquire before whom the above deposition was taken, at the time thereof was and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned sworn and acting as such to all whose official acts faith & credit are due. [inserted between lines - and that his signature to the above affidavits are genuine.]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Greensburgh this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Randal McLaughlin, Prot.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Adam Oury of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and __cents per annum during is natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 21st day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.
[image of seal]
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Declaration of Adam Oury In order to obtain the benefit of the act of 7 June 1832

State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford

On this Fourteenth of February Personally appeared before the Honorable Henry Shippen and his associates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County in open Court now sitting Adam Owery formerly of Shenango Township now Fallowfield Crawford County Penna aged eighty 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 June 7th 1832
That he enlisted at Hannahs town Pennsylvania in the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Captain William Butler but was not then attached to any Regiment - That he enlisted again in the army of the United States at Hannahs town Westmoreland County Penna. on the tenth of August 1776 in the company of Captain Samuel Miller in the 8th Regiment of Pennsylvania in the Continental line Commanded first by Colonel __ McCoy [Aeneas Mackay] afterwards by Col __ Brodhead [Daniel Brodhead] and continued to serve in the said Corps until his discharge at Pittsburg in December 1779 being three years and four months That his discharge with other effects was burned at the Hannahstown defeat while he was a prisoner by the Indians
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That in 1781 he volunteered under Captain Robert Orr in the Regiment of Colonel Archibald Laughrey [Archibald Lochry] in a campaign against the Indians and were defeated on the 24th of August 1781 ten miles below the mouth of Big Miami on the Ohio River and every individual was taken prisoner or Killed – that your petitioner was wounded in the fleshy part of the leg and one ball Slightly grazed his head – That he was made a prisoner carried to Detroit enduring much privation & suffering until they were exchanged in 1783 – That he resided in Hannahs town before mentioned at the time of his enlistment – That he was in the massacre at Paoli in Sept 1777 in the Skirmish at Woodbridge New Jersey another at Bondbrook [Bound Brook] 
That he marched first to the Allegheny river near Kittanning then back again to Hannahs town – thence to Philadelphia and New Jersey through Bedford Shippensburg & Lancaster –. That he was placed on the pension roll under the act of March 18th 1818 on the Pennsylvania Agency at Philadelphia and received his pension for a year but was afterwards stricken off on account of his having some property and that his pension Certificate being then considered of no value was lost or destroyed and that he has made diligent search and inquiry for it but without Succeeding in finding it –
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He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State except that of Pennsylvania from which he was stricken off as aforesaid.

Sworn to and Subscribed 
the day & year aforesaid
Edw A.Reynolds [signature]    Ad. Oury [signature]
Prothy 

State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County [S?]
Personally appeared in open Court on the day and year aforesaid David Dick of the Borough of Meadville in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he had the above named Adam Ourys pension Certificate under the act of 18 March 1818 in his possession in 1819-20 - and drew his pension for him but that since he was struck from the Rolls the Certificate has been mislaid or destroyed & that he has made diligent search without being able to find it

Sworn & Subscribed in open    
Court July 14 1834
Edw A.Reynolds [signature] Prothy    David Dick [signature]
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And the said court do hereby declare this opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and that Mr David Dick the within named deponent is a gentleman of veracity and character in whose statements reliance may be placed. 
Certified Feb 14 1834
Henry Shippen
[illegible]
6 Dist
I Edward A Reynolds Clerk of the Count of Common Pleas of Crawford County Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Adam Owrey for a pension and [several illegible words] of Henry Shippen [several illegible words] of this District is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I [several illegible words] to set my hand & seal of Office this fifteenth of February one thousand eight hundred & thirty four 
Edward A. Reynolds  
[illegible] Prothy
Common Pleas of Crawford County
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May 7, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Cyrus McMichael            ADAM OURY
Conneaut Lake                      W.2964
Pennsylvania                          BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Adam Owry who served with the Pennsylvania or Virginia troops, and of John Hughes, a soldier of the War of 1812 who served from Pennsylvania.
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in those wars.
The data given by you in regard to John Hughes are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records, and in order to identify the record of the particular soldier of that name in whom you are interested, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data should be given:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The record of but one Adam Oury or Owrey (the name appears under both spellings) was found and is given herein as shown in pension claim, W. 2954, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1775 at Hannastown, in that county, and served as private in Captain William Butler's Pennsylvania company, length of this tour not given.  He enlisted August 10, 1776, served as private in Captain Smauel Miller's and Clark's companies, Colonels Mackey's and Brodhead's 8" Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Bound Brook, Woodbridge, Brandywine and Paoli and was discharged in December, 1779.  He volunteered sometime in 1781,
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served as private in Captain Robert Orr's company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania regiment, in a campaign against the Northwestern Indians, was in a battle August 24,1781 at the mouth of the Big Miami on the Ohio River, in which they were defeated by the Indians and all taken prisoners or killed, the soldier being wounded in his leg and carried as a prisoner to Detroit where he was held until exchanged in 1783.
Adam Oury or Owrey was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and residing in Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  In 1834, the soldier was a resident of Fallowfield, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He died in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, April 22 or 23, 1836.
Adam Oury or Owrey married April 2, 1787, at his own home, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about three miles from Greensburg, Mary (whose maiden name was not stated); she was born April 22, 1766, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier and his wife, Mary, resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, until 1798 when they moved to Crawford County, same state.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed May 5,1842, while a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  In 1843, she was living in Fallowfield, same county, and in 1844 was still a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Adam Oury or Owrey and his wife, Mary, had nine children, as follow:  Martha, born between Christmas, 1787, and New Year following; Jacob, born in 1790; Nancy, born in 1792, Frances and William, all born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1799; also Jane, George, Adam and Henry all born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  The dates of birth of the six last named were not given.
In 1843, Isabella Liston, aged sixty-two years, a sister of soldier's wife, Mary, made an affidavit in her behalf in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
In 1843, one Rachel Smith who gave who gave her age as sixty-one years, was a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and stated that
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in 1788 as an orphan she went to live with the soldier, Adam Oury of Owrey, and his wife, Mary, with whom she remained for about ten years, or until they moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to which county she followed them a year later and lived as neighbor to them; in 1843, she was a resident of South Shenango, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and at that time stated she was born in May, 1783, with no explanation of the discrepancy in ages given.
No relationship of Rachel Smith to soldier's family was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
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11-1903
Roberts
Pittsburg Pa
1934 May 7 - Hist to Cyrus
McMichael
1934 - June 1 - [illegible]
Data [several illegible words]

WIDOW, &c.
[illegible]
File No. 2964
Mary Oury
Widow
Adam Oury
Priv Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:--Vol. M., Page 105 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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15,036
Pennsylvania
Adam Oury
of Shenango in the state of Penna
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 19th of March 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] of Sept 1819 and sent to Jesse Moore Esq Meadville, Penna
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1819        $44.31
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar 4 1820    48.00
5 mo [illegible]                      Dollars:  92.31 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Adam Oury Pa act 32
to what time paid?
Pen office
June 30 , '42
from 4 Mar 1836
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Crawford county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SS
Thomas McClellan having been duly sworn doth depose and say, That he knows the situation and circumstances of Adam Oury, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he needs assistance from his country for support.
Thomas McClelland 
Sworn and subscribed the 8th Frby. 1819 before
Jesse Moore

Crawford county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SS
Samuel Moor having been duly sworn doth depose and say, That he knows the situation & circumstances of Adam Oury and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he needs from his country for support
Samuel Moor
Sworn and subscribed this 19th March 1819 before
Jesse Moore 

To whom it doth concern
I the subscriber president of the sixth judicial district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, That I believe the above named deponents Thomas McClelland & Samuel Moor to be disinterested and credible.  In testimony whereof this nineteenth day of March MDCCCXIX I have hereto subscribed my name and office.  my seal
Jesse Moore
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Mary Oury 
widow of
Adam Oury
Private
$80 per an
act July 7, 1838
Cert. to W. S. Allison 
Present
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Pension Office
October 30, 1843
Sir, 
It is suggested in your memorandum requesting a review of the case of Mary Oury, that additional evidence has been received.  The case will again be taken up in the order of the reception of such additional evidence.  In the mean time, the depositions requiring a certificate of credibility are herewith enclosed you.
I am very respectfully,
Your observant,
J L Edwards
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[written vertically on left edge]
1 Sep 1842
Mr. Allison

J. L. Edwards C. P. 
Washington City 
D. C.
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Meadville Augt 26th 1842

Dr Sir

I perceive by a late number of the [In?]tiligences - that Congress has passed a law recognizing the claims of those widows who are applicants for pension under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 granting half pay & pensions to certain widows. If I mistake not, the application of Mary Owrey comes within the act approved the 16th day of August - 1842. If so please inform me of it or if any things remain for me to do - in her behalf.
Yours Respectfully
Thos Van Hor[er?]

J. L. Edwards C.P.
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No 8323
Mary Oury 
Ja
Act 7. July '38
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County        SS

I William Mc Arthur Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Crawford do certify that J. Patton is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of said Court this 23rd day of December 184[2?]
Wm McArthur Pro
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County          SS

On this twenty first day of December AD 1842 personally appeared before J. Patton a justice of the Peace in & for said County Rachael Smith who being first duly Sworn Saith that she is now sixty one years old, that in the year 1788 she was taken an orphan into the family of Adam Owrey when she was about six years old. & that she lived in said family about ten years when the said Adam moved from Westmoreland County Pa to Crawford aforesaid that deponent about a year afterwards moved to Crawford aforesaid at the request of the said Adam where she has lived a neighbour to the family ever since. The deponent further states that she believes that the said Adam was married to Mary Owrey now his widow, about one year before deponent went to reside with them for they had at that time an infant daughter whom they called Martha - that the said Mary afterwards had eight other children during her wedlock. She further says that the said Adam Owrey died on the 22nd or 23rd day of April 1836 & that the said Mary Owrey has remained a widow ever since that period & further deponent saith not.
Inter[???]uation on the fifth line from top of the words "of the peace" was done before signing.
Sworn to & subscribe [illegible] date first aforementioned
J Patton J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford    SS
On this 8 day of July 1844, personally appeared before me [illegible], a Justice of the Peace for said county Mrs. Mary Owry, a resident of Crawford County aged [illegible] years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under acts 3d March 1843, and 17 June 1844.  That she is the widow of Adam Owry, who was a private and received eighty dollars per annum under act 7 July 1838.  She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
[illegible]
I further certify that the above named widow is personally known to me
[illegible]
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[illegible]
Mary Owry
Pennsylvania 
Act 3 March 1843
& 17 June 4h - 44
Issue one cert: under both acts
Pa
Mar 3d 1843
Mary Owry 
$80 per an 
W. S. Allison
Prest.
July 29 '44
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[illegible]
Mary Owry
Pennsylvania
Act 3 March 1843
& 17 June 4h - 44
Issue one cert: under both acts
Pa
Mar 3d 1843
Mary Owry
$80 per an
W. S. Allison
Prest.
July 29 '44
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7848
Pennsylvania
Mary Oury
widow of Adam Oury
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 22nd April, 1836 
of Crawford in the State of Penn
who was a Private in the Company 
commanded by Captain Butler of the
Regt commanded by Col. McCoy in
the Penn.a line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Phila.a
at the rate of 80 Dollars
___Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Nov. 1843 and sent to W. S. Allison 
Present
Total amount,  $400--
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book D. Vol.1 Page 227
[facing page] Reported Nov 2[illegible]
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Mary Owrey
Penna.
Act 7 July 1838
addl. evidence
W. S. Alllison
Prest.
Oct 9th 43
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State of Pennsylvania
Venango County          SS
Personally appeared before James Perry a Justice of the Peace in & for said county Thomas McKee formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said county who is a man distinguished for his truth & veracity, who being first sworn according to law, saith that he is aged seventy two years that he was formerly a resident of Westmoreland County Pa. & that in said county he was acquainted with Adam Owrey since deceased & also with his wife Mary Owrey, who is now an applicant for a pension. That he was acquainted with them before they were married and that he was present at their marriage, which took place at the residence of the said Adam Owrey in Westmoreland aforesaid and further that the marriage ceremony was performed by Esquire Jacks & to the best of deponents recollection in the spring of the year 1787 deponent being about sixteen years of age at that time.  deponent afterwards continued to live in Westmoreland County untill the year 1796 when he moved to Venango County  where he continue to reside
Thos McKee
Sworn to & subscribed this 19th day of August 1843
James Perry J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County         SS
Personally appeared before Joseph Patton a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Owry  widow of Adam Owry decd. now an applicant for a pension who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she is Seventy Eight years old the 22 day of April next, and was married on the second day of April 1787 to her late husband Adam Owry, now decd, by Esq Jack of Westmoreland County, & that there was a family record kept but has been lost and she knows not how nor when & that she has no record at this time either of the marriage nor of the births of the children 
          her
Mary    X    Owry
          mark
Sworn and subscribed 
Before the Subscriber
the 22 day of Sept 1843
J. Patton J.P. 

Crawford County  SS
came before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said James R Andrews who on oath deposeth and saith that he is personaly acquainted with Mary Owry the above deponent and that she is a woman of faith and veracity.
J. R. Andrews
sworn and subscribed 
before the Subscriber
the 22d Sept 1843
J Patton J.P,
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County        SS
Personaly appeared before Joseph Patton a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Rachel Smith of South Shenango in said County who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was sixty years old last May, that she lived with Adam Owry , since decd, from she was four year old and resided with Mr. Adam Owry and Mary his wire untill she was eighteen years of age nearly all the time that Jacob son of Adam & Mary was born in the year 1790, and Nancy daughter in 1792, also Martha was still older & born in the year of 1787.  Adam Owry and wife moved from Westmoreland County to Crawford county in the year of 1798 and that they lived together as man and wife so long as she knew them and further saith that there was a family record kept whilest she lived with them and knows that the record was lost
Rachel Smith
Sworn and and subscribed
Before the Subscriber
the 21st day of Sept 1843
Joseph Patton J.P.  
Crawford County   SS
Personaly came before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county J N Wade who on oath saith that he is personally acquainted with Rachel Smith the above deponent and that she is woman of Truth Veracity
John N, Wade
Sworn before me the 21st 
day of  Sept 1843
Joseph Patton J.P.
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[a certificate]

PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 
[David R Porter written in border & image of seal]
DAVID R. PORTER
[logo - wheat sheave]
GOVERNOR OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH 
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SENDS GREETING:
KNOW YE, That James Perry and Joseph Patton before whom the annexed affidavits were made____ whose names are subscribed to the said affidavits in writing hereunto annexed, were at the time of subscribing the same Acting Justices of the Peace, the former in and for the County of Venango, and the latter in and for the County of Crawford in the said Commonwealth_____
duly elected and commissioned, and full faith and credit ought to be given, to their official 
acts accordingly. 
{logo - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Coat of Arms - including emblem with eagle, horses and banner (VIRTUE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE)
Given under my hand and the GREAT SEAL of the State, at Harrisburg, this Sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and of the Commonwealth the sixty-Eighth____
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Chas. McClure
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[BLANK PAGE]
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[left side of document]
Adam Oury
Private 
8th Penna Regiment
1777 - 3 years
[right side of document]
3674
Case of Adam Oury 
Jesse Moore,
Judge
Meadville, Penna.
recd. April 14, 1819.
Endorsed 
The depositions of two credible & disinterested witnesses, duly to be taken & authenticated, (or the certificate of an officer of the Regt.) to prove the service of applicant is required.
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Crawford county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  SS
On the nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber President of the several courts of common pleas in the sixth judicial district, consisting of the counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venago and the provisional county of Warren within the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Adam Oury aged sixty five years, resident in the township of Shenango in the said county of Crawford, who, being by me first duly sworn according law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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.  That he the said Adam Oury on or about the tenth of August one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Miller of the eight regiment of the Pennsylvania line and continued to serve under him the said Miller three years, - that he was at the Battles of Woodbridge and Bound brook, - that he was regularly discharge from said service by Capt. Clark who succeeded Capt. Miller, - that his said discharge was destroyed when the Indians burned Hannah's town in Westmoreland county, -  that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he needs assistance from his country for support," - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except the deposition of Robert Orr Esq. one of the associate judges of Armstrong county, which deposition is to be herewith forwarded to the secretary of war.
A Oury
Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid
Jesse Moore
I Jesse Moore president of the several courts of Common Pleas as above stated, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Adam Oury did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration for the term above stated on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony [illegible] and taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  I am satisfied from the depositions of Thomas McClelland & Samuel Moore, believed by me to be disinterested and credible witnesses (which depositions are herewith enclosed) that he the said Adam Oury by reason of his reduced circumstances in life needs assistance from his country for support.  In testimony whereof this nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen I have hereto subscribed my name & affixed my seal
Jesse Moore
[hand drawn seal]
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Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I William Mac Arthur Prothonotary in and for the County of Crawford in the Commonwealth aforesaid do by these presents certify that the Honorable Jesse Moore Esq whose name in his proper hand write is subscribed to the certificate on the preceding page of this paper is President of the sixth Judicial district of the said Commonwealth consisting of the Counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and and Warren that he is duly commissioned and sworn - and that faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in Court of Justice of the United States of America as elsewhere.
In Testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the County Seal at Meadville in the said County the eighteenth day of March A.D. MDCCCXIX.
William MacArthur Prothy
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Mary Owry
Penna
Act 7 July 1838
[illegible] case
Sept. 4, 1843
Power of Attorney in
the case of
Mary Owry
W. S. Allison 
Prest
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Know all men by these presents that Mary Owry of Fallowfield Township County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania Widow of Adam Owry deceased, late a private under Col. Broadhead in the regular service of the army of the United States, has made constituted and appointed and by these present do make constitute and appoint William S Allison of the City of Washington Esq. my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name and for my use to as demand and secure from the proper offices of the United States authorized to settle or pay all such sum as coming unto my late husband the said Adam Owry deceased giving and granting unto my said attorney my whole [illegible] and  power in and about the [illegible] hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do by [illegible] hereof.
[illegible] witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 day of August A D 1843
her
Mary X Owry
mark
Attest
Loring Mago
Crawford County  SS
Personally came before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Crawford the above named Mary Owry and in due form of law acknowledges the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Joseph Patton 
[hand drawn seal]
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[written vertically on folded document]
Apl 24, 1843 
Pa.
Mary Owrey 


J. L. Edwards CP
Washington City
D C
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Meadville April 18 1843
Dr Sir
I herewith enclose to you the additional deposition of Thomas McKee, in support of the application of Mrs Mary Owrey.  This has come to hand much sooner than I expected when I last wrote.
A letter has been recd by Mrs Owrey purporting to have been written by a Mr. Allisson who professes to be extensively acquainted with the affairs of your office & offering to officiate in behalf of the applicants claim.  It is suggested that he may have been interested in the delay. If you desire it please to signify to me & will enclose his letter to you
Yours very Respectfully
Thos Van Horne

J. L. Edwards CP
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Venango County SS Pa
Personally apeared before James Perry Esquire a Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas McKee and upon his solemn oath deposeth and sayeth that Adam Oury at the time he married the now applicant for a pension lived in Westmoreland County [illegible] farm with deponents father that deponent was present at the marriage that Esquire Jack married them & believe from my best recollection in the year 1787 that they continued to reside there untill moved to Crawford County, which I believe was in the year 1797 or 98 and lived there untill the time of his death deponent was at the time of the above marriage he believed about sixteen years of age and is now 72 and further sayeth not

Venango County  SS  Pa
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the county aforesaid the above named Thomas McKee formerly Judge of the county aforesaid and being duly sworn according to law deposed & says the above written statement is just & true 
Given under my hand and seal this 30th March 1848 
James Perry

State of Pennsylvania
Venango County         SS
I [illegible] W. Connely Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid herby certify that James Perry above named is an acting justice of the Peace as afsd. & that full faith & credit may be given to his acts as such & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my official seal of office this 14th day April 1843
[illegible] M. Connely Pro
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Apl 3 1843 
Pa.
Mary Oury 
[circle stamp, partially legible - MEADVILLE MAR 29]
[another stamp appears to say FREE]
James L. Edwards 
Washington City
D. C.
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Dr Sir
Meadville March 29th 1843
Owner
At the solicitation of Mr Mary
I am induced to write you
for line in relation to her claim.
By refering to the papers on file
you will find that her husband Adam
Currey was a penter, and that the
Shill Mary alledge her marriage to have
taken place in Westmoreland City Pa April 2d
1787, her statement is sustained by the de
osition of-- McKee formerly a judge of
the Court of the County in which he resides
very respectable & manne
tion of the plant present at the wedding of the sd
Mary - & confirm her statement. That not
being themed sufficient, I forwarded
to you the deposition of Rachel Smith
& Isabella Liston witnesses whose testimony
would be received in any Court of Corn
mon law. These witnesses prove as plainly
as the circumstances will admit of that
Marriage took place at the period above
refered to the principle objection to the
mission of the claim, as I understand it is
this she has not sufficiently sustained
the date of her marriage. you will see that the
testimony she has affixed upon this sub
ject you to shew that she was married
at least six years before the of Jany
1794. It is very difficult for us to get
an additional deposition of Mr McKee a
he is a very feeble old man & lives about
miles from this place in a remote part of
Venango County. We do not know whether
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he is now living.  I wrote to him some time since , but have not heard from him. 
Yours most Respectfully
 Thos Van Horne

J L Edwards C.P.
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[ink stamp illegible]

feb 19 1843
pa
Mary Owry 

[ink stamp - FREE]
James L Edwards C. P.
Washington City 
DC
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Meadville Feby 4th 1843
Dr Sir
I herewith enclose an additional deposition in the case of Mrs. Mary Owrey who is a very respectable old lady.
Your Respectfully
Thos Van Horne

J L Edwards C. P.
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[ink stamp - MEADVILLE PA DEC 23]
Dec 29
Pa.
Mary Owrey
[ink stamp - FREE]
J L Edwards C. P.
Washington City 
D. C.
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Dec 23 1842
J. L. Edwards C. P.
Sir
I herewith enclose to you an additional deposition in behalf of the claim of Mrs. Mary Owrey
Yours Respectfully
Thos Van Horne
Meadville
Pa
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June 29 1842
8323
Pa
July 7, 1838
Mary Owrey
[ink stamp - FREE]
J. L. Edwards CP
Pension Office 
Washington City 
DC
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Meadville June 23rd 42
Dr Sir
I herewith enclose to you the Declaration & proof in the case of Mary Owrey.  You will please address me if any thing further is required
Yours Respectfully
Thos Van Horne
J L Edwards CP
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[illegible] 2 years
$80
Hon. J Galbraith
Ho of Rep
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Free

[Hon John - crosses out] Galbraith
[illegible] [illegible] U States
Washington
D. C.
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Meadville Mar 7th 1834
Hon. John Galbraith
Dr Sir
I enclose the pension application of Adam Owrey concerning which I wrote you and remind you why.
I will thank you to present this and when you obtain the information requested concerning the others I would be much obliged to you for forwarding it to me
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
J Stuart ]illegible]
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Deposition
Robert Orr Esq.

[There is additional writing that is too faded to make out]
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Butler County  SS
Before me a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Personally appeared John Jamison resident in said county who being sworn as law directs Deposeth and saith that the tenth Day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six Adam Oury enlisted under Capt. Samuel Miller of the eighth Regiment of Penna. troops Commanded by Col. McCoy and that the said Adam Oury continued in the service for the term of three years which was the term of their enlistment.  This Deponent being a private in said company also.  and further saith not
John Jamison
August 20th 1819 sworn and subscribed before
John Christy
Butler County  SS 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I John Negley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler do certify that John Christy Esquire before whom the above deposition was taken & whose name is thereunto subscribed in his own proper handwriting is duly commisioned & sworn a Justise of the Peace in & for said county and that full faith & credit is & ought to be given him in all his oficial acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said court at Butler the 20th day of August AD 1819
John Negley Prothy
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Crawford county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania   SS
To the Secretary of the Department of War,
Having for many years well known Robert Orr Esq. named in the deposition written on the first page of the half sheet hereto [illegible] and John Jamison, named in the deposition written on the first page of this half sheet, with full confidence I hereby certify that they are respectively disinterested and credible witnesses as to facts stated in their several depositions aforesaid.  In testimony whereof, being president of the sixth judicial district in the said commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Meadville in the said county of Crawford this seventh day of September one thousand and eight hundred and eighteen I have hereto subscribed my name & affixed my seal.
Jesse Moore
[Hand drawn seal]

Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania   SS
I the subscriber Prothonotary in and for the County of Crawford aforesaid do hereby certify that the Honorable Jesse Moore Esquire whose name in his proper hand write is subscribed to the above certificate is President of the Sixth Judicial district of the said Commonwealth that  he is duly Commissioned and sworn and that faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony of which I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the county seal at Meadville the seventh day of September A.D. MDCCCXIX 
William MacArthur Prothy.
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Armstrong County   SS
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Personally appeared Robert Orr, one of the associate Judges of said County who being duly sworn as the law directs deposeth and saith that some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six or Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven Adam Oury inlisted under Capt Samuel Miller of the eight Regiment of Penna. Troops commanded by Col. McCoy and that the said Adam Oury served during the term of three years for which he was inlisted
And this deponent further states that in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, the said Adam Oury joined the said Capt. Robert Orr's volunteer company commanded by Colonel Archibald Loughey and that the said Adam Oury served under him untill they were all taken prisioners by the Indians and there the said Oury remained a prisoner near three years
And this deponent further saith not
Robert Orr
Sworn & Subscribed before me the eight January 1819
Abram Speers

I the subscriber Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Armstrong County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Abram Speers Esq before whom the above deposition was taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed in his own proper handwriting, is duly commissioned and sworn a Justice of the peace in and for Armstrong County that he was at the time of the taking of the above deposition and still continues to be a Justice of the peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Kittanning this twentieth day of August A.D. 1819
Eben Smith Kelley Pro
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Request for Rev War record of Adam Oury Pa. soldier died Apr. 23, 1836, Crawford Co. Pa.  Record sent.
No corresp. attached 
appli. for headstone returned
[illegible] 
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 
WASHINGTON
MAY 28 1934    1933
Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1.  The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon.  In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verity the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations. 
2.  In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
[ink circle stamp - RECEIVED MAY 29 1934
1 [illegible]
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J. R. W. spelled in archives of Pa - Adam Oury

O. W. & N. Div.    3-626.
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Jany. 15, 1903
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. M. J. Roberts
Pittsburgh Pa.
[inverted ink stamp - Feb 9 1903]
A careful search has been made but from the data given no record of a claim filed in the name of Adam Oury 2 Pa Battalion 3 regiment Capt Wm Butler can be found.  Col Arthur St. Clair
This Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land.
Such rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found in the archives of many of the original States.
J. L. Davenport
Act'g Commissioner
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J. R. W. spelled in archives of Pa - Adam Oury

O. W. & N. Div.    3-626.
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Jany. 15, 1903
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. M. J. Roberts
Pittsburgh Pa.
[inverted ink stamp - Feb 9 1903]
A careful search has been made but from the data given no record of a claim filed in the name of Adam Oury 2 Pa Battalion 3 regiment Capt Wm Butler can be found.  Col Arthur St. Clair
This Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land.
Such rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found in the archives of many of the original States.
J. L. Davenport
Act'g Commissioner

2nd Pa Battalion, Capt W. Butler
Adam Oury & Wendel Ourry Officer
Bureau of Pension Chief 

Mrs. M. Oury Roberts
27 Wabash Ave. W. End
Pittsburgh, Pa

Dear Sir
After diligent search I find since I wrote you that Adam Oury is twice mentioned as serving in the revolutionary war and is twice given as a pensioner between 1820-25.  He founded Adamsville Crawford Co. or Ourytown, where he died [was - inserted] between 1820-25. Please send his record at once as I want to try & go to Wash. with D. A. R.  I found his pension record twice in the archives of Penna.  He was a private.  Give me if you can Wendel Ourry, an officer mentioned in Penna. archives, but give me when Adam Oury was born, died, his wife's name and everything else, what battles he fought in [illegible]
M. Oury Roberts
27 Wabash Ave
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[PA coat of arms}
CYRUS McMICHAEL
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
BOROUGH OF CONNEAUT LAKE
CRAWFORD CO., PA.
Conneaut Lake, Pa.
April 23rd. 1934.
Pension Bureau, 
Dear Sirs,
Will you kindly give me the Companies and Regiments and the date of death of ADAM OWRY, A Revolutionary Soldier and John Hughes, A Soldier of 1812, Owry, served in a Pa. or A Va. And Hughes in A Pa. Regiment?
Yours Truly,
Cyrus McMichael
[ink circle stamp - RECEIVED APR 24 1934 [illegible]]
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June 1, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxx
Adam Oury-W.2964
BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General 
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.  
[added by hand - copied from M. L. B. only tombstone data]
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Adam Oury.
The Revolutionary War record of but one Adam Oury or Owrey (the name appears under both spellings) has been found and is given herein as shown in pension claim, W.2964, based upon his service in that war.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1775 at Hannastown, in that county, served as private in Captain William Butler's Pennsylvania company, length of this tour not given.  He enlisted August 10, 1776, served as private in Captains Samuel Miller's and Clark's companies, Colonels Mackey's and Brodhead's Eight Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Bound Brook, Woodbridge, Brandywine, Paoli, and was discharged in December, 1779.  He volunteered in 1781, served as private in Captain Robert Orr's company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania regiment, in a campaign against the Northwestern Indians, was in a battle, August 24, 1781, at the mouth of the Big Miami on the Ohio River, in which they were defeated by the Indians and all taken prisoners or killed; this soldier was wounded in the leg and carried as a prisoner to Detroit, where he was held until exchanged in 1783.
Adam Oury or Owrey was allowed pension on his
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application executed Marcy 19, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and residing in Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In 1834 he was a resident of Fallowfield, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  He died in Crawford County, April 22 or 23, 1836.
The application for headstone for Adam Oury is returned herewith; there was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
[add by hand - I only copied the tombstone Data from M. L. B's letter, as it was for memo. Br. and the full record is in M. L. B's letter for future use.
[illegible]
June 1 - 34