Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2777, Anthony Dawson, Penn.
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(3-1776)
Dawson, Anthony
Mary
SERVICE Penn.
NUMBER R.2777
CONTENTS _
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Hon. L. Paynter
[illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Ohilad -County ssr.

Elizabeth Maunery of the district of Southward, wife of Jonathon Maunery of the district of Southwark, County of Philad.  County being duly sworn states that she is the daughter of Anthony Dawson, deceased, and Mary Darwin, who is now living, a widow, at the deceased husbands dwelling. That her said Parents had five children, viz. Elizabeth, who died young, after whoever deponent was born, and received the same name, William, Mary, James, and Elizabeth, this deponent. That she was twenty years of age when her father died, whom and her brother William were the only children who survived him.  She well remembers having seen and read a tattered certificate of the Marriage of the said Father and Mother in Baltimore, by a Protestant Minister there of a German Church, whose name was Jerock, who died long since as it is believed, as his successor that Rev.? David Kurby has as he avows, been forty years the Pastor. He is well acquainted with him, having when young, attended his ministry and verily believes, that his account of this absence of Church Words for a copy of the lost Certificate but in vain. Deponent was twenty years of age when her Father died as stated and the Certificate of marriage was previously lost, and considered of no value, as no one could or would question a Marriage after  cohabitation, living together as such, and
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rearing a family of children. between the
which she understand and believes took place
about the year, one thousand seven hundred and seventy
and he lived until November 1875, when the letter
of administration to his estate, was granted to the (illegible)
by the Register (see certificate under Seal) being a
period of thirty seven years, the parties lived together
as man and wife, maintaining a good reputation
in society. Deponent
remembers well hearing
her said Father Anthony Dawson, (being seventy
years old when he died), relate events of his folded
life- that he said he enlisted at Carlisle, Penn
in the 6th Penn Regiment, under General Trusen
of Penn- he belonged to the Company of Riflemen
under Capt. Ripey or Ripley, in 1776 and was
wounded the second year, at the Battle of Three
rivers, in the left thigh near the hip, which lamed
him for life - deponent has seen the wound (illegible)
dressed by her Mother Mary, after the bullet was
dislodged-- he was frequently laid up with the pain
and swelling which discharged makes after putting
at the close of the War, he was pensioned by the
Government as an Invalid, and continued to receive
his pension until his death, when it ceased by Law.
As widow have fine become entitled by act of
Congress, as deponent understands her Mother
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never having (illegible) his Father's death been pensioned
now is induced to submit her claims to the
Justice of the County, of the proofs of her right
are sufficiently established. She is very poor
and is now eighty years of age - further
this deponent saith not.
Elizabeth Manery
Sworn & subscribed
Before me Novem 30 1837
Walmer
Alderman & Justice of the Peace
for Philadelphia County
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Petersburg Jan 25th 1849
Mr Edwards Sir
I think if Justis takes palce I think I am Intitled to half pay my Father was in the Revolutionary war and was wounded and Recd a pension and after is death my mother pitioned to Harrisburg for the petition that was granted to widows of Revolutionary Solder and they wanted proof of her marriage she wrote the Ministirs at Battimon that Married them for a sirtificot in mane was the Yerrick he was dead and the minister that took is place could not find it on the Books he says he was neglectful but she was married by License and they wrote to the Corts of Baltimore to get a coppy from the Darecits the Returned for as ever that all the Books were destroyed when the Court Hous was burnd and after that she herd of one person that was at the marriage name of Alexander Morrison and she went fo in and gott is Qualification befor a Justic of the Peace and sent it to Harrisburg and got the pension that was alowd to the widow and she was getting things Ready to apply at Washington when she died March 20th 1838, the Qualification is somwear at Harrisburg but it is not in the place it out to be I can gets prove that I am thear youngest child of six all the others are dead

[spelling as in letter]
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Pleas to write and let me now if any other proof is wanting my Father and mother wear married during the war he Inlisted at Carlisle Pa his wound was never right will often breaks out and was a running so it was through in Thye In haste from you
Petersburg
Direct Perry county Pa 
Elisabeth Mayall
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Philadephia Sept 1836
Know all men by these Presents that I Mary
Dawson widow of Anthony Dawson Deceased have
constituted and appointed and do by these presents
constitute and appoint Daniel Palmer my true and
lawful Attorney for me and in my name to apply
and receive a pension certificate for the Same of
my husband Anthony Dawson who served as a
Soldier in the war of the Revolution was wound (illegible)
a Pension from the U.S. and in 1815, and by cause
of his wounds.
Mary(X her mark) Dawson
Witness Wm Greenleape and County of Philadelphia
On this 15th day of September 1836 before
me the Subscriber an Alderman in for the County of
Philadelphia Personally came Mary Dawson a citizen
of Phila Co. State of Pennsylvania aged 79 years who
first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress
passed July 4th 1836 or any other act of Congress Granted
persons to widows & orphans. That she is the widow
of Anthony Dawson who was a private in Captain
Pripps Company General Jenings and Col Hartlies
Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line, and served in the
regular Army during the revolutionary war during which
Service he received a wound at the Battle of the Three Rivers which severely fractured his left thigh and rendered him a criple of
which wound he lingers with severe pain & much affectings was placed on the pension list of the United States
and died of his wound on 6th October 1815
and the further declares that she was married to the said Anthony Dawson
on or about the 15th October 1775
and that the (illegible)
has since the death of her husband remained a widow
as will more particularly and fully appear by Refference
hereunto annexed.
Sworn and Subscribed to
on the day & year above written
Mary (X her mark) Dawson
John Johnson
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State of Pennsylvania
 City and County of Philadelphia
Letitia Jacobson &
John T. Jacobson
On this 15th day of September 1836 before me the
Subscriber an Alderman for the County of Philadelphia
personally appeared whom I certify and respectable
citizens who first being duly sworn according to Law
doth declare and say that that they well know Mary Dawson of Philadelphia to be the true and
lawful wife of Anthony Dawson late a Soldier
the revolutionary war, who was wounded in the thigh was (illegible) crippled, Received a pension from
United States on account of wounds received in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War
and that said wounds is verily believed to be
the cause of his death which took place as near
as we & Letitia Jacobson and John T. Jacobson
can recollect on or about 6th October 1815. we have been acquainted with the family for upwards of 40 years
and I certify that deponents a reputable citizens
of Philadelphia and deponents further say that the above mentioned Anthony & Mary Dawson was
as near as we can recollect married by Parson
Herrick of Baltimore, on or about 15 October 1775 and that she has evidence the death of her husband
Anthony Dawson remained a widow.
Sworn & Subscribed to before
me this 15th day of September
1836
Letitia (X her mark) Jacobson
John T. Jacobson
John Johnson
(The rest is not legible enough to transcribe.)
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540 So. Front Street
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State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County Ss.
Mary Dawson of the District of Southwark, Widow
aged about eighty years, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that she is the widow of Anthony Dawson deceased, who was in his life time a soldier of the Revolutionary War, under Captain Ripley. He enlisted for two years, as a private in the rifle Company, and was wounded in the left thigh at the Battle of Three Rivers, when he was discharged as disabled from duty. He lived until the year eighteen hundred and fifteen
suffering during the whole period from his being wounded until his death, from his painful wound, which gave him little or no rest. He was pensioned, and received a soldiers pay, she thinks fifty dollars a year, until his death from the United States
Since the visit of Genl. Lafayette, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania granted a Pension to her of forty dollars annually, as one of the Widows entitled to it in right of her husband, which she still receives.
The regiment in which he served was the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, under General Erwin, of the Pennsylvania Line, and in the second year of his service he received his wound, as she verily believes. After the War he was taken into service again as a soldier and performed Garrison duty for six months and upwards at Fort Mifflin, in the river Delaware.
Deponent was married by a German Clergyman
of the Maryland Church in Baltimore, during the
Revolutionary War, and has had five Children
by said Marriage, one of whom was born before
the Capture of Lord Cornwallis at York.
The Certificate of her Marriage, which she
held many say, may twenty years ago, until it has been unfortunately
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lost and no records remain to enable her, as she
has endeavored to do, to procure a Copy.
She is now living with her surviving only child her daughter Elizabeth wife of Jonathan Manery a Coaster, of Southmark.
Depositions and documents fully proving the
Marriage, one by a witness now deceased, were
sent last Winter to the Pension Office, Washington
by the Honble. Michael H. Ash, were sometime
since mislaid, and are now fortunately found
as she recently has heard by an enquiring friend
and if so, it will be all sufficient she hopes a
believes. ---
Age and bodily infirmity prevents her attending
Court to make the preceedings declaration, and
therefore she is obliged to make it in private,
before one of the Honorable Judges.
      her
Mary X Dawson
      mark

Sworn & subscribed before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia this 22 day of December 1837 at the house of Mary Dawson whom I certify is by reason of bodily infirmity
unable to appear in open Court.
Hon. Archd. Randall
Judge Com Pleas

Philadelphia County Ss
Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that the Honorable Archibald Randall before whom the affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in
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Court of Judicature as elsewhere.
Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 27 day of December AD 1837.
R Morris
Proth
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[Stuck Thru]
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873

AM

Rejected 2777.
P. O. _____________
Mary Dawson
Service: _______________
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Philada March 30, 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Comrr of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
By the accompanying affidavit and Power of Attorney, you will perceive that we have been duly appointed Attorneys in fact for Elizabeth Mayall, heir of Anthony Dawson Dec, a Soldier of Revolutionary War. It appears that Maj. Mayall made application many years ago for Pension, and never having received any satisfactory information on the subject. She has appointed us her attorneys in the hope of gaining some satisfactory information regarding it. May we beg that you will inform us the state of the case, and what proofs are still required, if any, to establish the right of Mrs. Mayall to pension if she is entitled at all. Any information you my kindly furnish us, not contrary to the ruless of the Department, to a proper understanding of the Case, will be thankfully received.
Very faithfully,
Your Obdt. Servts.
Jackson & Ford
Attorneys in fact for
Elizabeth Mayall,
No. 72 South 3rd Street
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Rejected
Hon. M. W. Ash, Mar. 8, '37
   "     L. Paynter Sept. 9,  "
   "     -----"----- Jan  9}
                     &  Feb. 8}   '38

Hon J. Fornance Nov 4, '41
Jas Snyder  Apr. 24, 41
Jackson V. Ford Apr. 5, 42

Jany 4 '37
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Norristown November 2nd 1841
To James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions ⎬
Dear Sir
Some time in the year 1837
of 1838 or perhaps 1834 as I am informed a certain Mary
Dawson presented some papers to the department for a
pension.
Mary Dawson was the widow of Anthony Dawson
a soldier of the Revolution, under the command of Captain
Ripley, Gen Irwin Penna Line. Served two years, was
wounded, drew a pension until death he died about 1815 leaving a widow said Mary Dawson, & several children and that
said Mary Dawson was married to said soldier
during the revolution, that her oldest child
was born before the surrender of Cornwallis.
This is the history given me by one of the
children of Mary Dawson - The said
Mary Dawson being now dead, the children
are desirous to know if they can obtain
anything.-- Will you do me the favor
to give me such information respecting
the case as it may require
with great respect
J Fornance
Yours
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[Post Mark]
PHILADELPHIA PA.
MAR 30

FREE
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D. C.

2777
Mary Dawson
Wid. of Anthony
Pa Sus '36.
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Pennsylvania,
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, ss.
I, ROBERT MORRIS, Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, do CERTIFY, that Richard
Palmer Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit
made and whose name in his own proper handwriting thereunto subscribed was at the time of subscribing his name alderman and Justice of the Pease duly commits and qualified to
all whose acts as such full faith and credit
and ought to be given as well in Courts of In
to thereout
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the said Court, the twelfth
day of December eighteen hundred and thirty seven
R Morris Prothonotary
Pennsylvania,
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, ss.
I, EDWARD KING, Esq. President of the first Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and
presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Orphan's Court and Court of General Quarter
Sessions of the Peace for the County of Philadelphia, do certify, that the foregoing Certificate and attestation, made by ROBERT MORRIS, Esquire, Prothonotary of the said Court of
Common Pleas whose name is thereto subscribed and seal of office affixed, are in due form,
and made by the proper officer.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the twelfth
day of December eighteen hundred and thirty seven
Edward King President
Judge First District of Penna

PHILADELPHIA CITY AND COUNTY, ss.

I, ROBERT MORRIS Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, to CERTIFY, that the Honourable EDWARD KING, Esquire, by whom the foregoing Attestation is made, whose
name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of making thereof, and still is
President Judge of the first Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and presiding
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Orphan's Court and Court of General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the County of Philadelphia, duly commissioned
and sworn, to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought
to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of the said Court, the twelfth
day of December eighteen hundred and thirty seven.
R Morris
Prothonotary.
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Washington January 8th-1838

Honble James L Edwards
Dear Sir
I enclose to you the papers of Mary
Dawson I find by looking over them
that you examined them the 8 March
1837 but since that time has gathered
more evidence which you will oblige
me by examining them and let me
no whether they are not sufficient
to draw a pension
Yours very respectfully
L. Taynten  ml
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Letter of Administration of Mary Dawson widow of Anthony Dawson a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner

[Upside down at bottom of the page] Ab 67
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Philadelphia City and County, ss

I, ["JOSEPH BARNES" is crossed out] John Geyer, Esquire, Register for the probate of Wills, and granting Letters of Administration in and for the City and County of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania.

DO HEREBY CERTIFY and make known, That on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Letters of Administration on the estate of Anthony Dawson late of the District of Southwark tailor. deceased, were granted unto Mary Dawson, widow of the said Anthony Dawson, she having first given security well and truly to administer the same.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, this Sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five

John Geyer
Register
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Hon. Samuel Paynter
HR
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Antony Dawson entered in May 1876 in the general [illegible] persistence his wife Mary Dawson the [illegible] of Mr Ash's papers in
the [illegible] office
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Colonel Paynter will have the goodness to use his influence in Washington in order to get Mary Dawson placed on the Pension list and also such other relief as she may be entitled to as the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier her papers are filed in the War office by Mr Ash. she is in great distress

[written sideways of bottom of document is an arithmetic problem showing 1825 - 1748= 77]
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Mr Cole
April 7 1837
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Harrisburg (Pa) Mar. 31. 1831.

Hon: J E Heath
Commr of Pensions

I hereby request that you will permit Mr. James Snyder, of the City of Phildelphia or Mr Thomas Lumpkin, of the City of Washington to examine the papers in the case of my claim pending in the Pension office on account of services of my late [crossed out] Father Anthony Dawson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, my mother & father are both dead & I am the only surviving child

Very respectfully &c
Elizabeth Mayall
late Elizabeth Dawson
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Washington, April 22 1851.

Sir

In the examination, this morning, of the papers of Mary Dawson, widow of Anthony Dawson, who made her application from Pennsylvania under the act of 4th July 1836, and which was refused, I am satisfied from the facts developed by the papers, that the case is a just one, and should be allowed.

The service of her husband must be regarded as having been established, and also the period of her marriage defined to have taken place prior to his leaving the service or became incapacitated from wounds received. His fifth child declares, and makes clear the fact of her parents marriage by her own &c. I trust that this case may receive an early and favorable consideration

Same respectfully
Yours
James Snyder

Revd French S. Evans
Chief Clk &c &c
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Philadelphia 25 Febuary 1837

My Dear Sir

I am requested by Mary Dawson as you will perceive has made me her attorney to Solicit you in her name to Examine the affidavits certificates and documents on which she claims a Pension from the United States and certify that Col Thompson & John Johnson are Justices of the Peace and authorized to take affidavits, & also if you can do to certify to the respectability of Captain John Douglas a revolutionary officer, and other citizens who has Recommended Mrs. Dawson to the commonwealth of Pa. and obtain a pension of 40 per year.

She now being entitled to a Pension of 96 from the United States by Acts of 1831 and 4 July 1836
and after you have certified what you can consistantly, Enclose all to the Secretary of war for decision, Mr. Samuel Paynter has visited her and is of opinion that her case is a clear one from
the fact of it being granted by Pennsylvania
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I have taken great pains for the old Lady who I fully believe tells the truth, and is richly deserving this is beyond a doubt the widow of the Deceased Soldier and Pensioner as you will also see that letters of Administration was granted her on testimony of Persons now dead and the same proof cannot now be obtained It is thought that her claim should be allowed.

very respectfully your
Most Humble Servant
Daniel Palmer
attorney for Mary Dawson

Hon M.D. Ash
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18 Ambler

Philadelphia

Mary Dawson

1407

Legislation of Pennsylvania

J.M. December 7, 1825
Tab

December 8
Claims

Abby
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia

Alexander Morrison of the City of Philadelphia Being duly sworn doth depose and declare that he was well acquanted with Anthony Dawson a soldier during the Revolutionary war and who served in the Pennsylvania Line and know that he was a pensioner on the invalid Roll of Pennsylvania that he also knows his widow and has been acquainted with her for more than forty years and knew her and her husband as man and wife during the Revolutionary war and has been acquainted with them til the death of said Dawson, and also that Mary Dawson now present is the widow of the said Anthony Dawson

Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of November 1823

John Thompson
Juster of Peace

Alexander Morrison
his mark

I hereby certify that upon a careful examination I am fully satisfied that above named Alexander Morrison is a reputable witness and his deposition entitled to full credit.

I also certify that I am acquainted with Mary Dawson and believe her to be a woman of good moral onmaster and worthy of the munificence
of the State of Pennsylvania and in aid of public charity

John Thompson
sa
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I certify that John Thompson who here subscribe 
the within affidavit as the Justice of the Peace (illegible) the within affidavit (illegible) - is a duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia and as such authorized to take affidavits and 
administer oaths according to Law.
Washington February 27th 1837.
Michael Ash
M. C
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Washington February 27th 1837

Sir,

I have the [illegible] to embed the Papers of Mrs. Mary Dawson, who applies for Pension.  It should be 609 to her from your Department when your      [ 2 words illegible] for parole

James [ rest of document illegible]
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Auditor Generals Office
Harrisburg Jan. 15, 1849

Madam,

I have made a careful search among the papers of the House of Representations for the petition
and documents upon which your mother obtained a pension from the State, but not being in their place, they cannot be found. The petition,
I perceive by the Journal, was presented in 1826 by Dr. Burden of Philadelphia Co. In this state of the case, you will have to procure fresh testimony, should it be required. But my opinion is that nothing more will be necessary than for you to prove that your mother was married to your father before, or during the war, and that you are their legitimate daughter. If your father received a pension from the United States, which you allege he did, to the time of his death,
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sufficient proof of his services must be on file in the Pension Office at Washington, but I have thought it advisable to furnish you additionally with such evidence as this office affords. This, with the requirements and directions of the Pension office as contained in a printed sheet received from the Comm of Pensions, I herewith enclose.

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Jno W. Hammond
Chief Clerk

Mrs Elizabeth Mayall
Petersburg
Perry Co
Pa
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By Order of Orphan's Court for the County of Cumberland
held at Carlisle 16th August 1786 a pension of 20 per month
was allowed to said Dawson aged 32 years disabled by a
wound received at the Three Rivers in Canada in 1776 in
the service of the United States.
Pension from 7th June 1776 to 1st August 1786. 121, 15, 4
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 Novem 1786 - 3 " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 Feby 1787 - 3 " " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 May 1787 - 3 " " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 Augt 1787 - 3 " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 Novem 1787 - 3 " " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 Feby 1788 - 3 " " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1st Feby 1789 - 12 " "
Ditto 7th June 1776 to 1 May 1789 - 3" " "
154, 15, 44
Auditor Generals Office
Harrisburg Jany 15, 1849
I certify that the above is a true extract
from Pension Book No 2 now remaining
in this department
Witness my hand and seal of office the
day and year aforesaid
John N Purviance
Aud Genl
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On the list of pensioners printed in 1835, under the statement of Philadelphia Co. Pa., Disability pensions; appears the name, Anthony Dawson, Private, annual allowance $32, Revolutionary Army, Act June 7, 1785, pension commenced Mar. 4, 1789.
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She is now (1837) 79 years old, born 1758. was19 - '75.
In 1825 widow [previous word crossed out] Lady was married 48 years and 17 months 77 or born 

More satisfactory proof of her age & marriage should be produced - Look to report of Invalids under Preston resolved for his service

"Revolutionary Army" only
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Petition of Mary Dawson
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To the Honourable the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

We the subscribers citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Respectfully Recommend Mrs Mary Dawson the widow of Anthony Dawson a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolution, and a pensioner in consequence of known wounds whilst in the line of his duty as a woman of good moral character, and worthy to receive the pension she prays for and that she is in need of public Charity.

Signers names.
Thomas Gaskill
S Dewees
Elizabeth Hirst
L McGlinsey
George Dawson
John Thompson
John Douglass
James Barkey
Rich Renshaw

I certify that John Dougless who has subscribed his name to the above Recommendation is a  Revolutionary man and is a Good man of pure and [illegible] character and his Son-in-Law entitled to granted [illegible] respect

Abraham Roberts
Washington February 27 1837
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To the Honorable, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The Petition of Mary Dawson the widow of Anthony Dawson late an invalid pensioner of the United States, and a soldier in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolution, as will appear by annexed proofs Respectfully Represents, that your petitioner was married to the said Anthony Dawson at the age of seventeen years, forty eight years ago whilst he was in the U.S. service, and that she's been a widow eleven years, and is now old infirm and poor, and prays the Honourable Legislature of the Commonwealth to grant her a pension in consideration of the Revolutionary service of her husband, his having been wounded and an invalid all his days and his having been paid in Continental paper money

As in duty bound the Respectfully prays
Philadelphia November 1825
Mary Dawson

U36Y
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Widow Dawson
claimant for a Pension in rights of her late husband Anthony Dawson deceased

Documents & Correspondence

[Upside down]
Mr. John Mackey
392 South Street
Philadelphia
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[This consists of two documents with one attached on top of the other, obscuring the contents of the lower document]

[Seal of the City of Philadelphia]
Philadelphia City and county, ss.
1
I, JOHN GEST, Esquire, Register for the probate of Wills, and granting Letters of Administration in and for the City and County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania,

DO HEREBY CERTIFY and make known, That on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [following word crossed out] thirty fifteen Letters of Administration on the estate of Anthony Dawson deceased, were granted unto Mary Dawson (widow of said deceased) she having first given John Roe & Richard Roe as security well and truly to administer the same.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
John Gest
Register

[text of second document] the war office was burnt. The widow will therefore have to proceed as directed by the regulations under the act of the 4th Ult transmitted to you on the 20th inst provided her case is embraced by the act.
I am very respectfully

You Obt Serv
J. L. Edwards

Mess. D. Palmer & Co
Philadelphia
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2

War Department
Pension Office
August 31. 1836.

Gentlemen,

Since the receipt of your letter without date, post marked the 27th inst. to the Secretary of War, respecting Anthony Dawson, deceased, a further examination has been made, and it appears that he was in the receipt of an Invalid pension up to the time of his death in 1815. But the papers containing the evidence upon which his pension was allowed, were destroyed in 1801 in 1814 when the war office was burnt. The widow will therefore have to proceed as directed by the regulation under the act of the 4th Ult transmitted to you on the 20th inst provided her case is embraced by the Act.

I am, very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. L. Edwards

Misters D. Palmer & Co
Philadelphia
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J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Meses
D. Palmer & Co
Philadelphia

[Stamped] CITY OF WASHINGTON AUG 31

[Hand written sideways on left margin] Anthony Dawson
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War Department
Pension Office
March 8. 1837.

Sir, 

The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Dawson, widow of Anthony Dawson have been examined and filed with unfunded cases. There is no proof in this Office of the duration of her husband's military service.  The fact of his having been an Invalid Pensioner only shows that he was in service. The claimant should therefore make a new declaration before a Judge of a Court of Record, and show the time of her husband's entering & the time and manner of his leaving the service, also the company, regiment and Line to which he belonged. The service should be proved by two witnesses who should specify his service as above required. Record or Documentary proof of the period of marriage should be exhibited; or if no such proof can be produced, the testimony of witnesses is required, who had a personal knowledge of the marriage, and who can set forth positively the period at which it took place.
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I have the honor to be very respectfully,
Your Obt Servant
J L Edwards

Hon. M. W. Ash
Philadelphia
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4

War Department,
Pension Office
October 9, 1837.

Sir, 
In answer to your application in the case of Mrs Mary Dawson, widow of Anthony Dawson, made through W. Eliott of this Department, I  have to state, that in referring to the register of claims received, it does not appear that any claim has been presented on her behalf within the past year. The latest general military [underlined] pension law passed by Congress is that of the 4th of July, 1836, with the amendatory act of the 3d of March; last, both are based on the Act of the 7th of June, 1832, copies of which are herewith enclosed, together with the necessary regulations to be observed under them, by which you will be enabled to judge whether Mrs Dawson has a claim for at least Six months' military service of her husband during the Revolutionary War. If her claim is for naval [underlined] service, and it is provided for by law, she should apply to the Navy Department. Every case should be regularly asserted before any action can be defined. In [underlined] presenting a claim under the Act of July, 1836, the late husband's service must
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be established as required by the regulations of the 27 June, 1832. It should therefore be distinctly set forth, either in the declaration or the proof in relation to each [underlined] term, the period, length, grade, names of company and field officers, where stationed, or Marched, etc. The service should be established by the best parol & record proof which due diligence may be obtain from the archives of the State for which the service was rendered, and from surviving comrades. The regulations must be strictly observed, particularly as to the proper authentication of the papers presented to establish the claim.

I am, very respectfully,
your obt sert
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Mr John Maker
No. 392, S. Third Street,
Philadelphia
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58

Sir, 

Your Letter of the 4th Jusly instant came to hand, but was by some Oversight left in the Post office untill the 12th or it would have been answered sooner. My predecessor Revd Gerock unfortunately kept as Church record of Marriage Baptisms &c. which has caused serious inconvenience in more than one instance, as you can easily imagine.

Since the year 1786 I have had charge of his pulpit and congregation, and can therefore offer no information respecting the marriage of the person mentioned in your Letters, which I am truly sorry for

Respectfully yours
J. Daniel Hurtz
Baltimore Oct 13th 1886.
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6.
[Illegible] of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County

Saetitia Jacobson being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she was well acquainted with Anthony Dawson, an Invalid Revolutionary Pensioner in his life time that she has known him to be allowed a Pension in consequence of a wound received by him in the Revolutionary war, and that Mary Dawson his administrating cohabiter with him as his wife was always reputed as such and is now believed to have been his lawful wife.

Saetitia Jacobson
Sworn and subscribed this
20th November 1837 before

[Illegible]
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No

Affidavit
&
Power of Attorney
Elizabeth Mayall Heir,
Anthony Dawson & wife
Rev. Soldier

Pension to
Jackson & Ford
attorney infact
No. 72 South 3d Street
Philadelphia
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Perry S.s.

On this 14th day of March A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me the subscriber Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Mayall a resident of the County of Perry and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law on her oath declares that she is the only living child and heir of Anthony Dawson and Mary Dawson his wife both deceased; that her father the said Anthony Dawson deceased was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, in Captain Rippeys Company in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, that some years ago she made application to the U. States Government for Pension in right of her deceased parents through an Agent named Smith, and that annexed hereto she has executed a power of Attorney to Jackson & Ford of Philadelphia authorizing them to prosecute her said claim for Pension

Elizabeth Mayall

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid and I further certify that Elizabeth Mayall is a credible person and that I believe her to be the daughter as above stated

Jno Swartz
Justice of Peace
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Know all persons by these presents. That I, Elizabeth Mayall of the County of Perry and State of Pennsylvania Have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and appoint Jackson T. Ford of the City of Philadelphia and State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place and stead to ask and receive from the U. States Government any money that may be due me and any Pension Certificate due and coming to me or that may be found due and coming to me. Giving and Granting to my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done, in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Hereby revoking and annulling any former Power of Attorney given by me to any person or persons for the purposes aforesaid.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 14th day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

Signed, Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
Henry A. Zieg
Jno Swartz
Elizabeth Mayall
Seal

State of Pennsylvania
County of Perry  SS

On this 14th day of March A.D. 1854 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Mayall, who signed the foregoing power in my presence, and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.  And I further that I am legally authorized to take acknowledgements of Deeds etc, and that I have read and fully explained the above power of attorney to the above named Elizabeth Mayall.

Witness my hand and Seal
Mr Swartz Seal
J Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Perry S.s.
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I James L Diven Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, Certify that John Swartz Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, that his official acts are entitled to confidence, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1854

James L Diven
Prothonotary