Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25147, for Levi Stevens, Maryland
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[handwritten on pre-printed card]
SERVICE                          NUMBER
Md.       Stevens, Levi        W25147
Mary
CONTENTS
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18,308
Maryland
Levi Stevens of Worcester Co in the State of Maryland who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gumby of the regiment commanded by Col. Smallwood in the Maryland line for 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Augt. 1833 and sent to Capt. R. Bennett 4th Aud's office
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    160.--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 40.--
$200.--
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jm Duffield Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 118
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2303.
Maryland.
Mary Stevens. widow of Levi Stevens who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Md
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of Decr. 1848. and sent to Levin Hitch Salisbury Md.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 2, 1884, Page 128 Vol 3,
Let to Hon J. McCrisfield Dec 22, 1848,
Ressnted
Decr 8/48
Let to Lewis Hitch Jany 17', 1850.
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No. 7806,
Mary Stevens of Levi
Maryland
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State of Maryland {S. S.
Worcester County {
ON this Twenty Eight day of April in the year of Eighteen Hundred and Forty one Personally appeared before the Subscriber Judges of the fifth District court of Worcester County Maryland Mary Stevens a Resident of Said County and State aged Seventy one 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 7th 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows," The She is the widow of Levi Stevens who Enlisted as Private in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on the Eight day of January 1777 and was discharged on the 10th day of January 1780 That in virtue of his service, he received a pension from the United States government and was in the Receipt of it up to near the time of his death,, She further declares that She was Married to the Said Levi Steven on the 24th day of August in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety one. That they were married by the Revd. Hamilton Bell the then Minister in and for Somerset Parish in Somerset County near the Town of Princess Anne, and that her husband the aforesaid Levi Stevens died on the 16th day of December 1834 -- That She was not married to him prior to his Leaving the Service, but the Marrige took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four, viz at the time above Stated
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day year above written before 
[signed] Mary Stevens
Taken and Subscribed in Open Court
[signed] Lewis Hitch}
[signed] Puenele J. Jones} Justices of fifth District Court for worcester Court Maryland
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April 28th 1841
Salisbury Worcester Co. Maryland
We the Undersigned Judges of the fifth District Court of Worcester County Maryland do hereby Certify that we are personally well acquainted with Mary Stevens, who has Subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing deposition in our presence and that She is a Lady of high respectable Character and that she is Entitled to what she sears to or states to full Credit in Court or Elsewhere, we further Certify that we were acquainted with her husband Levi Stevens for many years, he died in our neighbourhood and that he was commonly reported and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and was in the receipt of a Pension or a of the revolution from the United States up to the time of his death. which took place about the Year 1834. and we further Certify that Mary Stevens the widow of the aforesaid Levi Stevens, up to this date remains a widow
[signed] Levi Hitch
[signed] Purnell J. Jones
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April 28th 1841
Salisbury Worcester Co. Maryland
We the Undersigned Judges of the fifth District Court of Worcester County Maryland do hereby Certify that we are personally well acquainted with Mary Stevens, who has Subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing deposition in our presence and that She is a Lady of high respectable Character and that she is Entitled to what she sears to or states to full Credit in Court or Elsewhere, we further Certify that we were acquainted with her husband Levi Stevens for many years, he died in our neighbourhood and that he was commonly reported and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and was in the receipt of a Pension or a of the revolution from the United States up to the time of his death. which took place about the Year 1834. and we further Certify that Mary Stevens the widow of the aforesaid Levi Stevens, up to this date remains a widow
[signed] Levi Hitch
[signed] Purnell J. Jones
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$80 per ann
Capt. Bennett at [illegible] Auditor's office
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State of Maryland Worcester County to Wit
On this    day of July 1833 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of Maryland in and for the County of Worcester Levi Stevens a resident of the 
said State and County born 1st day of June Seventeen hundred and fifty seven, aged 76 years who first being 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 1830.  He inlisted [enlisted] as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the State of Maryland with an understanding when he inlisted [enlisted] not to be required to do duty beyond the bounderies [boundaries] of said State, under Captain John Gunby in the town of Salisbury Somerset County EasternShore of Maryland in the year 1776 in the service of which under Captain Gunby he remained for several months
in said state to little purpose.  Captn [Captain] Gunby being informed that help was needed at New York and its vicinity volunteered his service and asked his men that was willing
to do so to follow him he and his company being at that time in Annapolis he the said Levi Stevens with others offered their services as volenteers, and accordingly they marched for New York by the [illegible] Elkton Wilmington Philadelphia when Captain Gunby and his Company had got to Elizabethtown, they heard the roar of cannons at the battle at Long island, they crossed over and meet the troops coming into New York, where Captn [Captain] Gunbys men was attached to Conl [Colonel]. Smallwoods Redgiment.  When the Brittish [British] Commenced landing in New York Conl [Colonel] Smallwoods Redgment [Regiment] was ordered to Harlem, where they ware [were] attacked by the British from New York, which we repulsed. from Harlem we was ordered to Trentown [Trenton] New Jersey Crossing at Broom Creek the British pursuing into Brunswick we reached trentown [Trenton] 
from whence we crossed the river into the state of Pennsylvania hearing of the Hessians coming into trenton [Trenton], we was ordered to recross the river farther to [illegible]
where we took Nine hundred hessions, after which
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we was marched to Princetown where we gave battle to the British from whence we marched to Morristown & from there into Pennsylvania, from whence Captn [Captain] Gunby and his
men returned to Meryland [Maryland] after visiting my Mother and friends I was called on by Captn [Captain] Gunby to go to Annapolis it now being about one year from my inlistment [enlistment] there I inlisted [enlisted] in the Continential [Continental] Soldier for three years (the Evidence of My inlistment [enlistment] was my Discharge I presume is on file in the War Department, City of Washington, under Captain Archibald
Anderson; and was attached to the Redgment [Regiment] under Ths [Thomas] Price and Lieutenant Conl [Colonel Levin Woolford from
thence he marched to the City of Philadelphia ner [near] Elkton Wilmington & he was at the battle at Brandywine and at Germantown after the Battle at Germantown we was marched to Brandywine for winter quarters during which a British Brig attempting to asend [ascend] the Delaware with supplys [supplies] for their army ran on a sand bar at Sandy Hooke & he with others war [were] dispatched to Board said 
Brig which they did and took there from her
cargo consisting of Cloathing [Clothing] and Provisions many minor circumstances he could mention more; the time for which he inlisted [enlisted] being now run out he applied for an obtained his discharge under the 
signature of Capt [Captain] Williams, which ^I sent on to the City of Washington by the Honourable [Honorable] Theo Baily and was placed on the pension list under the Act of Congress passed the 18th March 1818 and Received Eighty four Dollars, he was then informed that to obtain any further aid from the Government he would be required to make out a schedule of his property under Oath shewing him self in need of aid or his pay would be stopped which ^he refused to do, and has not received on [one] cent since he resided in Worcester County Maryland when he first applied for a pension and resides at the same place still
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 the state of Maryland has awarded to him during life the sum of forty Dollars annually.  Excepting which he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state only on that of the agency of the State of Maryland.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before Handy Hayman Justice peace

And I the said Justice of the Peace Before whom the above Declaration was made do hereby Declare that I am of the Opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  Sworn under by hand this day & Date first 
above Written -    Handy Hayman
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State of Maryland}
Somerset County} S. S.
On this Twenty Seventh day of April, in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty one, Josiah Fenniss of the Said State and County, aged Sixty seven on the thirty first day of July Eighteen Hundred and forty one, deposeth and Sayeth that he is the Son of William and Sarah Fenniss, the besides himself, the Said William and Sarah had the following Children John & Mary; John was the oldest, Mary the next, and deponeth the youngest: That John died at about fourteen years of age, and that Mary Married, in the month of August Seventeen Hundred and Ninety one, a man by the name of Levi Stevens of Worcester County State of Maryland, and that the Said Levi Stevens was by reputation a Soldier in the Revolution and Subsequently believed a 'pensioner from the Government: that the Said Levi Stevens died Several year ago, Leaving his wife my Sister a widow, who Still Survives, and is Still a widow. This deponenth further saeth that he was personally present at the Marriage of the aforesaid Levi Stevens to his Sister Mary Fenniss in August Seventeen Hundred and Ninety one; That the marriage took place about Two miles and an half from [illegible] Town [illegible] at a place called [illegible], near Polk Ridge, and was Solemnised by the Reverend Hamilton Bell and Episcopal Minister of Somerset Parish
This deponeth Saieth further, that he was about Seventeen years of age at the time, and that of the persons present on the occasion he recollects several, to wit [illegible] Polk William Hitch William Furness John Madux and Littleton Turniss, all of whom are now dead Except [illegible] Polk, who, at this time, resides near [illegible] Creek bridge
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in Somerset County and State aforesaid. [further crossed out] this deponeth Sainth that his Said Sister Mary Stevens had a Son by the name of John Stevens who was born Decr. Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Two and died a Child. Further this deponeth Saith not
[signed] Josiah Furniss 
Taken and Subscribed in Open Court}
Test Eames Polk [illegible]
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We the undersigned Justices of the orphans Court of Somerset County, Maryland, do hereby certify that we are personally well acquainted with Josiah Furness who has subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing deposition in our presence, and that he is a man of highly respectable character, and that he is entitled in what he swears to, or states to full credit in court or elsewhere
Judges of the Orphans Court of Somerset County}
[signed] Jas C Hyland
[signed] John B. Slemons

I hereby certify that James C Hyland and John B Slemons who subscribed the above certificate were at the time of so doing Justices of the Orphans Court of Somerset County in the State of Maryland, duly commissioned and qualified
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Orphans Court this 27th day of April 1841.
[signed] James Polk Reg [illegible]
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State of Maryland/
Worcester County/ SS
On this Thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty one, Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Chief Justice of the fifth District Court of Worcester County aforesaid Mary Stevens of the aforesaid County & State who being first duly Sworn upon the Holy Evangely of Almighty God deposeth & saith That She is now in her Seventy first year of age That  she is the widow of Levi Stevens (Deasd) who was a Soldier in 2n. Ragment of Maryland in the Revolution That She Married Said Levi Stevens on the twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord One [Thousand Eight Hundred crossed out] Thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety one, That there is no family Record of her Said marriage but that there has been strictly Kept a family record of the births of all the Children which she has had by her Said husband and That the following is a true Copy of Said record as to the name & ages of Said Children Viz. her Son John Stevens who was born Decr. 23d day 1792. Sally Stevens who was born August 12th 17794. Anna Stevens who was born July 23rd 1796
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William Stevens who was born Nov 21st 1797 David Stevens was born Nov 6th 1799 Betsy Stevens was born Oct 3rd 1801. Susey Stevens was born Nov 20th 1803, Josiah Stevens was born Decr 20th 1805. July Stevens was born Nov 10th 1808. Henry Stevens Decr. 6th 1812 and she further has the that the family Bible Containing said records has been in the family from the time of her marriage with Said Levi Stevens That is to Say from the 24th day of August 1791 as aforesaid and that the Said records has been made from time to time as the births have occured, and further this deponeth Saith not. Sworn and Subscribed to before me this day and year heretofore written
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name on the day & year afsd.
[signed] Mary Stevens }
[signed] Levin Hitch Chief Justice of the 5 District Court of Worcester County Maryland
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State of Maryland}
Worcester County} SS.
On this Thirteenth day of May One Thousand Eight hundred & forty one Personally appeared before the Subscriber Chief Justice of the fifth District Court for Worcester County Maryland, Priscillia Connelly of Said County & State and on her Oath Deposeth & Saeth That she is now in the Seventy Sixth year of her age That she was peronally acquainted with Levi Stevens of Worcester County more than fifty years ago, That she then lived a Neighboor to Said Stevens. that about fifty years ago Said Levi Stevens married Mary Furriss who Lived near the Town of Princess Anne in Somerset County Maryland That they Came immediately to his house to reside & that they Lived together up to the time of his Death which took place about the year 1834. That Said Stevens was allways reported and beleived to have beend a Soldier of the Revolution that he drew a Pension from he she States in his lifetime That Mary his wife is still living and remains a widow to this day I have always lived from the time I first Knew them in their neighboorhood & still live [there crossed out] in Said Neighboorhood 
In Testimony hereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this day and date above written.
[signed] L. Hitch J. D.
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State of Maryland Worcester County ss
I hereby certify that Leon Milch Esquire, who appears to have taken and Signed the within and aforegoing two several depositions, was at the time of the taking and signing thereof and still is a Justice of the Magistrates Court for the fifth Election district of Worcester County duly commissioned and qualified, and that to all acts done by him in that capacity full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Worcester County Court, this fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty one
[signed] Gordon M Handy Clk W. C C
James Hooper present
[illegible 7806
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Payable on the 4th March & 4 Septm. of each year at the Branch Bank U S in Baltimore --
[illegible at bottom of page]
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[handwritten on a pre-printed form]
802
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
1 July 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Levi Stevens -- under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of war, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, or other evidenced was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
[signed] J D Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.
the Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

Letter form war Department 2d July 1829.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERITFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES. of the 18th March 1818 Levi Stevens late a private in the Army of the Revolution -- is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maryland Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars -- cents per month, to commence on the Seventeenth day of April. one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen--
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
[signed] J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War
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802.
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldier of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
1 May 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Levi Stevens under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
[signed] [illegible] Jenkins.
Acting Secretary
The Hon. the SECRETARY of War.

War Depart.
Bounty Land office 
4 May 1829
The records of this office do not show that Levi Stevens of the Maryland line ever received or is entitled to, bounty land of the United States
[signed] Robert Taylor
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Augt. 26. 1828
Levi Stevens, of in the County of Worcester in the State of Maryland, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officer and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private, in captain Anderson's company, in the Second regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing,
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dinkins.

TREATSURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
2nd September 1828
[crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to in the]
It further appears that Levi Stevens is not now on the pension list of [the crossed out] any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826 [crossed out: at the rate of dollars per month]
The name of Levi Stevens cannot be found among those of the Maryland line [illegible crossed out] whom certificates for the gratuity of Eight Dollars were issued --
[signed] Peter Hognor Aud
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Mary Stevens 
of Levi
Maryland
Suspended
See let 6th May 1841
Jas Hooper
Act of July 1838
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802
D Howard for L Stevens
Recd 27 Oct 1828

Salisbury Md{
Oct 21st{
[illegible crossed out]

The. Honourable.
Richard Rush
Vice President of US
at Washingford
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Salisbury Md{
Oct 21st{
[illegible crossed out]
The Honourable.
Richard Rush Vice President of US
at Washingtord

802 
D Howard for L Stevens
Recd 27 Oct 1828
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Salisbury, Maryland. Octr 21st 1828.
Richard Rush Esqr.
Sir. Mr Live Stevens of this place, a revolutionary Soldier are Entitled to Some Compensation for his Services agreeable to order of Congress, and has Sent up his memorial and appointed Genl Aaron ogden & Jno N Norse his Attorney as agents to receive for him what may be due him a Delay has occationed the old man Some uneariness not Knowing the Causes he is very Infirm and not able to write, hence the necessity of my Interference youl confer a favour in assertaining and removing the Cause of Delay Should be able to do so Mr Stevens has not been able to do one days Work for the Last two years. and Very much afflicted by Rheumitize. Pardon me Dear Sir for their Troubling you. I am Led to do so by feelings of Humanity. as one to whom he has applied to for the favor. yours 
Verily
[signed] David Howard
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Maryland. Worcester County to wit
On this the 6th day June 1829, Before the Subscriber a Justice of the piece of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid. Personally appears William Politt Senr. Aged Seventy two years. the 16th day of Last august. and Being Sworn on the Holy Evengelce. of Almighty God., Deposeth & Sayeth. that he is will acquainted with Leve Stevens. when a Boy and. Knew when he Inlisted. in the. Contenental Serviec in the Town of Princes Anne. Somerset County. under Capt. John Gunley. and. Saw. him performing. Drill. Servis a number of times while he Remained at the place of his Inlistment, and. that he. was. absent. from his native place about four years. and. has Been Personally acquainted with him Eversence his Return and. as to. his Service in the Revolutionary War. their Remains no Doubts. and-- further this Deponant Sayeth not. 
Sworn Before George Maddely
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Maryland Worcester County to Wit
On this 6th day of June 1829. Personally appear Before the Subscriber a Justice of the [illegible] in and for [illegible] Thomas Polite. aged Seventy four years. February Last: part and Being Sworn on the Holly Evengela of Almight God, deposeth and Sayeth that he is well acquainted with Leve Stevens and has Known him from a boy and Knew him when he Inlisted in the Town of Princess Ann. Somerset County under then Captn. Jno Grenley (who was promoted during the war. to Conal) and was in Company with Said Stevens Several Times Before he Marched form the place of his Inlistment and do Know of his being out about four years and have Been Acquainted with him Eversince his Return, and as to his being in the Continentale Services no dobts Remain and Further this deponant Sayeth not.
Sworn Before George Maddeys
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I William H Johnston Register to the vestry of Somerset Parish in Somerset County, State of Maryland, do herby certify that I have examined the register of Said Parish which commences in the year 1796 and do not find in Said register any record of the marriage of any one named Levi Stevens. Witness my hand at Princess Anne Maryland this 28th day of May Anno Domini 1841.
[signed] Wm. H. Johnston

State of Maryland}
Somerset County} SS
On this twenty Eight day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and forty one Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the State & County aforesaid The above named Mr. W. Johnston and made oath to the foregoing Certificate
Sworn Before John Millard
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Maryland ss: I hereby Certify that [illegible bleed through] May Gentleman, before whom the within affidavit was made, and who hath thereto subscribed hi name, and was at the time of making and subscribing the Same, a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Somerset County, commissioned and Sworn
according to law. 
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Somerset County Court this twenty eighth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty one.
[signed] [illegible] Handy Clk S. C Court
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I do herby Certify that I am very well acquainted with Samuel Ker and have been for many years and Know him to be a Gentleman whose statement is Entitled to full credit witness my hand and Seal this 30th day of April 1841
[signed] Levin Hitch J. P. [seal surrounded by squiggles]
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Pension Office
Baltimore June 19th 1841.
Sir, 
The Certificate of Mary Stevens, widow of Levi Stevens, under act 7 July 1838 dated 3 June 1841, was this day presented with the necessary vouchers to receive her pension from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 but as I have had no notification of her name having  been enrolled in this Agency, payment was refused, until I could communicate with your. Be please to state whether such Certificate can be paid on presentation with the Pensioners names having been first enrolled.
Very respectfully,
Your obediat. Servant
[signed] J Swan
Pension agent

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
40
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7806
Mary Stevens of Levi Maryland 
Admitted.
Pr. 2 yrs $80.
Cap Gunby [illegible]
died 16 Dec. 1834
Act 7 July 1838
record proof of marriage in Bible filed
[signed] James Hooper
Present
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June 7, 1841
Com
N Mary Stevens
J> L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Washington
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Pension Office
May 6, 1841
Sir: 
The papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Stevens, widow of Levi Stevens deceased, have been examined and filed with suspended cases. If there be any church or parish record of the marriage, a copy of it should be produced If there be none, the persons having charge of said records should certify to that effect. IF there be no public record of the marriage, there may be a family record thereof or of the births of the children, and if so, it should be transmitted to this office. If there be no family record the claimant should st the fact under oath and the testimony of one other witness produced who had a personal knowledge of the marriage, or who knew the claimant to have been married to the deceased Stevens previous to the 1st January, 1794.
I am respectfully
Your obt. serv.
[signed] J. L. Edwards

1841
1791
50

James Hooper Esqr.
of Maryland 
Present.
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State of Maryland ss:
I hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the records and files of Somerset County Court, for Registers or Lists of Marriage Licenses granted by the Clerk of Said County Court, and that I have not been able to find any such list or Register of a date anterior to November Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and ninety six.~
In Testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Somerset County Court, this twentieth day of April eighteen hundred and forty one. ~
[signed] Levin Handy Clk S. C. Court ~
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Levi Stevens, Md, pact, 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen office
June 10
Died 15th Decr. 1834 [illegible]
that period JH
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March 14, 1820 Wrote to Stevens that he must produce a certificate from Judge Robins, that he was poor and needed the assistance of his Country for support. Major Stuart, I think, [illegible] that the Judge refused it when the applicant made his Declaration
[signed] J H [illegible]
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State of Maryland}
Somerset County} SS
On this nineteenth day of May one Thousand Eight Hundred & forty one Whitington Polk 
 of Somerset County aged Seventy one years on the Ninth day of September one Thousand Eight Hundred and forty one deposeth and Saith that he was well acquainted with Levi Stevens of Worcester county who was Said and generally understood to be a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and was for his Services therein as deponent understood and believed a pensioner of the general government That the Said Levi Stevens married a woman by the name of Mary Furniss of Somerset County Maryland the year not recolected precisely but about fifty years ago which deponeth was not Exceeding Twenty two years of age and that deponeth was present at the marriage which was Solemnized by the Revd. Hamilton Bell, about Two miles and a half from Princess Anne at a placed called Vaughns, that besides  himself there was present Josiah Furniss bother of said Mary Furniss now alive and Several others all of whom are now dead. This deponeth further Saith that Levi Stevens has been dead Several Years but that the aforesaid Mary is now Living on that he has not heard of her death. Further this deponeth Saith not.
[signed] Whithing Polk
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State of Maryland, Somerset County} SS
May the Nineteenth One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty one Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Whitington Polk and Swore to and Subscribed the foregoing deposition
Sworn before [signed] Jno Leatherby J. P. 

Maryland sct I hereby Certify that John Leatherbay Gentleman before whom the written deposition was Sworn to and who hath thus to Subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in [illegible] Commissioned and qualified according to law [illegible]
In Testimony whereof I hereto Subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Somerset County Court this 19. day of May anno domini eighteen Hundred & forty one. 
[signed] Levi Handy clk
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Washington. D. C. June 8th 1841
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Sir. 
was directed by Mrs. Mary Stevens to make Enquiry if their was any balance of pension due her Husband Levi Stevens -- if so [illegible] she is, not Entitled to it & send her the papers or forms [illegible] her Case with directions -- Mrs Stevens Says there was a ballance paid her of his pension but thinks it was the ballance due from the State pension of this however you can inform & her You Send Your answer to me at Baltimore
Very Respectfully Yours
Jas. Hooper
Care of John Hooper of F.
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Salisbury Worcester County Ester Shore M. d
To all whom it may Concern--
"I hearby Certify that I am well acquainted with "Mary Stevans, who is the widdow of a Certain Levi Stevans late of Said County west = & that I am well assured, that the Said Levi Stevans was a Soldier of the Revolution; having been cauled upon by the Said Levi Stevans for a number of years previous to his death, once on Twist a year to draw a letter of Attorney for him to Authorize persons to Collect his pension from the agent for paying Revolutionary pensions who reside in the State of Maryland. And I do further Certify that I have Known the aforesaid Mary Stevans, as the wife of the Said Levi Stevans dect -- as asforesad for the space of Forty year past -- And during all the time of my acquaintiance with the said Levi Stevans I have always heard it reported & generally beleived that he was formily a soldier of the revolution 
[signed] Levi Hitch J. P.
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Levi Stevens
Maryland
Pensioned 
Act 1818
[illegible]
1832
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Maryland
Salisbury Sept. 28, 1852
Maryland
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 30th Aug. has been received, and I can only say that if anything is due us as the heirs of Levi Stevens for pensions as you can recive it, the part you claim for your services will be give - you. My father, from some cause after receiving a pension for some years, was dropped, and you may find unjustly upon an examination of the case. After you examine and think anything can be recovered, I will file as the Power of Attorney what you sent me and return it to you. 
Very respectfully,
[signed] Mr. W. Stevens, son of Levi Stevens, deceased.

J. E. Hassler, Esqr.}
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Levi Stevens
Maryland -- Suspd. Act 7 June 1832
Levi Steaens R. Pensioner
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Washington City.
Politness Mayt. H B Bennett
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State of Maryland Worcester County to wit

Be it remembered that on the 10th day of July 1833 formally appeared Levi Stevens before the subscriber and of the Justice of the peace of the State in the County aforesaid and made oath on the holy evangela of almighty god that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he inlisted for three years under Capt Archibald Anderson at the end of which term, he obtained a discharge, the evidence of which I expect is [illegible] on file in War department in City of Washington - in the year 1818 he was placed on the list of pensioners and received one years pay, he was then informed that unless he would render a schedule of his property under oath thereby showing that he was under indigent circumstances, he would be no longer intitled to receive further aid from the Government which re requested to do and has received nothing there from Since that he resided in the county of Worcester State of Maryland with in two miles of Salisbury at this time and was situated at the same place when he first applied for a pension ~~

Taken Before Joseph Leonard Justice of the Peace Worcester County
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Near Salisbury 10 July 1833

JL Edwards Esquire

Sir I send a memorandum baring date with the 17th August last year where I made the necessary Oath as I supposed in accordance with the instructions received from the war department which I suppose must have miss carried as I directed to you through the kindness of a friend A Bennett Esquire have been politely favored again with a copy of instructions and have conveyed that part which I supposed necessary in my case and made the Oath it required before Joseph Leonard Esquire Justice of the Peace which through the of kindness Major Anthony Bennet will handed you. I was at a loss to know whether in my case as you had my name on file in the war office whether it was necessary to obtain the Clerk of the Court of our County Certificate to Accompany it or not. Should this  be [illegible] would you please return this by Major A Bennett I write others the same. I am so helpless not being able for the last four or five years to go out of my door and yard and very seldom from under my own Rough placing me as much as necessarily at a charge of my kind neighbors, which leads me to wish to trouble them as possible. A Bennett Esq who resides in the City of Washington has known me from his youth up, he will be able to still any doubts re in respect my character and the justice of my claim I am no imposture if the law is in good law, my [illegible] is sent and only for the interference of Henry Clay and some others that I could mention I should have continued to receive my money from the time I was first placed upon the list of Pensioners - [illegible] youl please let me hear from you and receive such instructions as my Case may may need further to authorize the payment of the money that may be awarded me has A Bennett's receipt shall be acknowledged for any thing committed to his case for me I ....
Davis Howard  Levi Stevens his X mark
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Council Chambers
Annapolis June 9 1829

I certify that is appears by a muster role of the Revolutionary Troops of this state that Levi Stevens enlisted as a private of the Second Regiment of the time ... establishment on the eighth day of January 1777 and that he was discharged from service on the tenth day of January 1780.

Thomas Culbreth Clerk of the Council
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State of Maryland
Worcester County SS [notary abbreviation for scilicet which means in particular, to wit, or namely}

On this fifth day of Semptermber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the Suscriber a Justice of the Peace in afore said county, Mary Stevens, to me well known a resident of Worcester County, in the State of Maryland, aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 27 February 1848 grantings pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Levi Stevers, who was a private and served in the 2nd Maryland Regiment and the that she received from the United State an annual pension of eighty dollars under the act of June 7th 1844. 

She further declares that she is still sworn and subscribed to on this day and year above written.
Before Levin Hitch J.P.                  Mary Stevens X - her mark

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Stevens who signed the above declaration and believe her to be as she states the widow of Levi Stevens who served in the Revolution.

Levin Hitch J.oP.
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Maryland, Worcester County

I hereby certify that Levin Hitch Esquire who appeared to have taken certified and signed the within and aforegoing Declaration was at the time of so doing was of the Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in asaidfore county of Worcester aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all acts by hand done in that capacity full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well this Court of Justice as thereare.

In testimony hereof I here to subscribe and affix the seal of Worcester County Court this fourteenth day of September Anno Docucam 1848

Edward D Martin Clerk M.C.C
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Levi Stevens 802
2909
Recd July 1829 

Salisbury
June 30th
[illegible]

Asbury Dickens
Acting Secretary
Department of Treasury
City of Washington
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Salisbury. 29th June 1829

Sir, I Received yours of the 4th May last stating the want of evidence to support my claim of the government of the United States for renumeration for my services as a soldier of the Revolutionary Ware. I have obtained at considerable trouble as herewith send you such as I trust will be sufficient to remove all impediment my age and infirmity disqualify me, the smallest degree, to attend to anyt of my domestic Cares. thro the kindness of my friend Mr. D. Howard Stan succeeded in obtaining the document herewith transmitted. if those will not give title to my claim I dispare of being able to obtain anything in the form of evidence better. ... be able from Mr Calhoon, Certificate to find I was  Entered on the pension list rol of the Maryland agency at 8 per month to commence 17th day of April 1818. I Received after to the 4 March 1810 from that time. I have not Received one cent. I was informed where to applyed to again I was to Rich to Claim of the United States. That Henry Clay had me struck off from the pay list. When I was in the army. I was not too lazy or cowardly to fight for my Country, and when I was discharged from the army, to aged, to labour, and using Economy with Industry, I made a little properly [illegible] from 2 to 3 thousand dollars but if I had been Indolent and of no use to Society it would have been just to have rendered me some assistance I say weth of all i possess with other men and help to raise money for the support of Government, and to what I contributed my possessions but waving all this, I served my country in the time of War for which I Received no worth. I got some [illegible - perhaps overalls] for clothes and was
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survived the hunger and cold and I am of oppinion that in consequence of that experience for I never give back from duty I now labour under its effects. I have not been able to walk one quarter of a mile for 1 year at any one time the Rheumatick has for that length of time throne me intirates on the hands of my family for support and in addition to this I have 7 children one of whom a Son by a domestic affliction is not able to earn his bread. Its true I have some money and would be very happy if Congress wants take it in and redeem there pledge, it is only what they should do. (I mean Continental money) or papers, with these facts my dear Sir Let conscience say whether it be just or no to with hold from me the means Promised when able to rule made me as well as all others who fought for Liberty for their services. I here with to inform you when Clay had me for there war money due me but when I applied for it all the satisfaction I could git  you are strickten of  I look then to the present colonel for Justice I hope that the former men and many of their measure will be sent into the place they deserve, never more to infest the colonies of these U.N. States, I fought for my countrys Liberty where the root of justice might grow to perfection. I call with the rest of the old weatherbeaten soldiers for they now be to make up the deficiency so long held from me. I dont say begin again only but bring up the .... thats been with held and used to support prodigallity, if i had have lived as many others do I should this day with my family been dependent on the county for support, dont say because I have laboured for and as Clay did I can without it. Cut him off and let us have it to feast on no my dear Sir I hope for better things I do hope our worthy head will feal for Soldiers and render to them what they deserve for their services and tho  I may and can live but a short time to enjoy it, I hope the era has commenced that the Colonel will for now hereafter be kept pure from I [illegible] and and their accomplices and the blessings of piece longevity and happiness continues with them whose aim it is to rule in Righteousness your

Levi Stevens [signed]
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[illegible] if the evidence transmitted should be deemed sufficient to entitle me to compensation. my want of help at his time urges me to ask an answer to this as early a day as possible setting forth what further evidence is necessary from me  be identified to prevent defraud your most Respectful

if the money can be drawn at Washington 
you are hereby authorized to send the same to me by mail at my home

Levi Stevens [signature]


[illegible]
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[left half]

Maryland Roll ~~~
~~~ 1842

=================
Levi Stevens
Private
Maryland Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
=================
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8 Dollars per months, to commence on 
the 17 of April 1818
==================
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1818
and sen to Hon. Th. Bayly
Quantico Mile, Maryland
==================
arrears to 4th of September 1818
[cross out]
4 Mo. 18/310 $30.80
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
[illegible] Three years
April, 1920

[right half of document]

do letter 2 July 1829 to 
the Secry of the Treasury
do. to Hon. L. Cass, Sec. of War
March 6, 1832
do to Levi Stevens 25 July 1839.
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1828 papers
to be filed with 2nd
award
#
25147
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Levi Stevens - Pot -
Maryland line


Maryland
No Record Refine old Books
wid. file no 25,147
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Maryland 5998 [underlined]
Mary Stevens 
widow of Levi Stevens 
who was a Private 
in the Revolution 

[line break] 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
[line break]
Certificate of Pension issued the 
15. day of August 1844 
and sent to W. Henry White, of Joseph, 
Salisbury, Maryland 

[line break]
[ Act of March 3, 1843. ] 
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844 
Vol. 1. Page 144
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[illegible]
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State of Maryland Somerset County do will, on this 17th day of April in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appears Levi Stevens aged about 65 years before the subscriber Associate [cross out] Judge of this fourth Judicial District in the State of Maryland and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty Lord that he inlisted as a private soldier under Capt Archabald Anderson in the Second Maryland regiment of the Continental Army in the State of Maryland in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven or there abouts ; that he continued to serve in the said corpos, on in the service of the U. State until the year 1780 when he was discharged from the service of the u. State at Moris town in the state of New Jersey; that he had been in the service of what was called the Independent Troops from the year 1776 in the company & under the command of Capt John Gunby - that during his service he was in the Battles  of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, German Town, and at Monmouth - that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of country's helping hand, 
and that he has no other evidence of his service except what is hereto escribed

Sworn to & declared the day & year afore before an associate judge [illegible]

Before James B Robins
Assoc Judge
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Somerset County State of Maryland Ss [§]

On the day & year of [illegible] this 17th April 1818 appears before me the undersigned William William of Somerset County and State ap. [aforementioned] and being sworn on the Evangety of Almighty God deposeth and and saith that he has been acquainted with Levi Stevens, Benjamin Stevens, William Hillman, and Elijah Lankford for upward of forty years and recollects perfectly with when they enlisted under Capt. John Gunby, and went into service of the United States sometime about the year 1776, and this Deposeur further recollects that after some years Service they returned home, and he has generally understood that they had served faithfully and were discharged after their respective terms of service for which they enlisted had expired, and further faith such.

Taken & sworn to before me this day & year af [aforementioned]

James B Robins
As. Judge
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I james B Robins associate Judge afrd do certify that is appears to my satisfaction that the said Levi Stevens did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken I had before me to the Secretary for the Department of Ware pursuant to the discharging of the aforementioned act of Congress

James B Robins

Asc. Judge of the 4th Judicial District


State of Maryland; Somerset County to wit

I hereby certify to all whom it doth and may concern that the Honourable James B. Robins before whom the foregoing depositions were taken, and by whom the above Certificate was made and whose signature appears respectively appears to the same as at the time of taking the said deposition [crossed  out]making the said certificate one of the Associate Judges of the fourth Judicial District of Maryland, duly commissioned sworn & qualified.

In Testimony whereof i have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

John Done Clerk of Somerset Cnty
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Camp near Morris Town Jan 7 1780

The Bearer hereof Levi Stevens - late a soldier in the Second Maryland Being and having faithfully served the term of three years for which he was enlisted is hereby Discharged from the service in said corps. [signed] J Woodford Peale Hered G. J.

I hereby confirm the above discharge and require ..commissioner to furnish him with provisions on his way to Maryland 

M [Mordecai] Gist BG [Brigadier General]
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✓   791.

Levi Stevens
Declaration 
&
Power of Attorney
&
Inference

Presented 12 Aug. 1820
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[form]
Revolutionary Claims.
[Line]
[B.]

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I Levi Stevens of [blank]
in the county of Worcester in the State of Maryland, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was * Private in Captain Archabald Anderson Company, the Second Regiment, of the Maryland Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th May, 1778.

And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. ✝

Witness my hand, this 31st day of July, in the year 1828
Levi Stevens X his mark
Sworn to before David Howard J.P.
[line]
Before me, ☨ David Howard a Justice of the Peace in the county of Worcester in the State of Maryland personally appeared, this day, William Williams and Levin Hitch of the said county, who did severally make oath that Levi Stevens by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand, this 31st day of July in the year 1828

Sworn to Before David Howard

[line]

I, John C Handy Clerk of the Court of the County of Worcester in the State of Maryland do hereby certify, that David Howard Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L.S]   said Court, this first day of August anno Dom 1828.

John C Handy COC Worcester County

* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
✝ The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15 May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off; if so, he will add, and that I received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of [blank] dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of [blank]
☨ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.
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[form]
Revolutionary Claims.
[line]
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.

Know all men by these presents, that i, Levi Stevens of [blank] in the county of Worcester in the State of Maryland do hereby constitute and appoint Aaron Ogden & .. R. Stevens jointly or severally my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15 May, 1828, as a private in the Second regiment of the Maryland line of the army of the Revolution.

Witness my hand and seal, the 31st day of July in the year 1828.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of } [illegible]

David Howard [signature]
Levi Stevens  X his mark [L.S.}

[line]

Before me, David Howard a Justice of the Peace in the county of Worcester in the State of Maryland personally appeared, this day, Levi Stevens whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.

Witness my hand, this 31st day of July in the year 1828

Sworn Before David Howard J.P.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of the county of [blank] in the State of [blank] do hereby certify that [ blank] before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of  [L.S.} and Court, this [blank] day of [blank] in the year [blank]

[line]
[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.

Before me, [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in the county of [illegible] in [illegible] of [illegible] personally appeared this day, [illegible] the attorney named int he foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any trannsfer, or of any attachment, ley or seizure, by an legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, buth that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the ppersonal benefit of the person by whom the siad power was executed.

Witness my hand, this [illegible] day [illegible] in the year
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let: 16 June 1841 to
James Stevens
Let to P Agt. June 21, 1841.

[opposite page]
6216
Maryland
Mary Stevens
widow of Levi Stevens dead

who was pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 16th December 1834
of neuralgia in the the State of Maryland
who was Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gunby of the Reg't commanded
by Col Smallwood in the Maryland
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll Maryland at the rate of 80 Dollars [squiggle] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of June 1841 and sent James Hatcher Prescott

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $400
Semi annual allowance ending [crossed out]

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by N D Addison Clerk,
Book P Vol [illegible] Page 175
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Widow

Ruy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 25147

Mary Stevens
wid. of 
Levi Stevens
Priv. Rev. war
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol L, Page 258

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Maryland
Worcester County

On this 29th day of July 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County and State aforesaid Mary Stevens a resident of Worcester County State of Maryland aged upwards of seventy years who bring first duly sworn according to law on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress enacted on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Levi Stevens who was private soldier in the 2nd Maryland Regiment enlisted on the 8th day of January 1777 and was discharged on the 10th day of January 1780 and she further declares that she received the annual amount of eighty dollars pension for five years under the act of July 7th 1838 she further declares that she is still a widow sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before

Levin Hitch J Peace [signature]
Mary Stevens - her mark [X included]

State of Maryland
Worcester County
I hereby certify that Mary Stevens who signed and made the forgoing declaration is personally known to me and that she is entitled to credit in her Statement
July 24th 1844

Levin Hitch, J Peace [signature]
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State of Maryland Worcester County

I hearby certify that Levin Hitch Esquire who appears to have wrote and signed the within and aforegoing affidavit and who appears to have made and signed the within and aforegoing certificate was at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland and for Worcester county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn did that all acts done by him in that capacity full faith and credit are Judicious ought to be given as such as justice hereout

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affixed the seal of Worcester County this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty four

Gordon M Handy Clerk of Worcester Court