Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11207, William Watson, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Watson, William
Tabitha
NUMBER
R. 11207
CONTENTS
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State of New York
Orange County
ss
on this thirteenth day of December 1851 personally Appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County aforesaid Rachel
Conklin a resident of Deerpark in the said County
& state aged Eighty five years and upwards a woman of truth and veracity and whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that in the war of the Revolution she lived in the town of Warwick in the afore said County that during the said
war and for several years afterwards she was acquainted with
Jacobus Swartwood and his family who it was said moved
from the Minisink frontier to escape the raviges of the
Indians that the said Swartwood had a daughter whose
name was Tabitha and with whom this deponent was on
the most intimate terms that sometime in the month of
November One thousand seven hundred and eighty five this deponent was at the house of the aforesaid Swartwood in the Town of Warwick in the afore said County and that she then
and there saw William Watson and Tabitha Swartwood Joined in the Holy bands of Matrimony by the Rev Mr Benedict then Paster of the Baptist Church in Minisink.
that she acted as bridemand to the said Tabitha on that occasion that she knew them living and cohabiting together
Several years afterwards that when the moved from Warwick
they had two children viz John and James Watson
That the said William Watson was reputed in the
Neighbourhood where she lived to have been a Soldier in the
army of the revolution that she has heard him say that
he belonged to the Virginia line and that he was wounded
while in service of his Country that about the year 1790 [...]
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[hand writing starts]
[...] the whole family of the Swartwoods moved from the
town of Warwick to regions unknown to this deponent
and further she saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year before
mentioned before me
Rachel Conklin (mark)
Alexander Gordon Justice of Peace [hand writing ends]
State of New York
Orange County Clerk's Office
ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk
of the County Court of said county, being a Court of Record having a seal, Do hereby certify,
that Alexander Gordon
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were subscribed and sworn was, at
the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned
and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am
acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature
Alexander Gordon Justice
of Peace
annexed to the said declaration and affidavit is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
and county the 10th
day of November
185/
N Westcott
Clerk.

R Konklin
[illegible]
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No 14.557
Tabitha Watson
md of William
Pair'd.
July 7, 1838.
Alexander Hay
Present.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike
ss
On the second day of October the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike aforesaid Tabitha Watson a resident of the Township of Lackawaxen in said County of Pike & State of Pennsylvania aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her solemn
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 and the subsequent act and the subsequent acts relating thereto. That she is the widow of
William Watson who was a non commissioned officer to wit a Corporal of Infantry in the war of the Revolution and as she has been informed and verily believes served in a company commanded by Captain Lewis Morgan in the
Virginia line of Infantry. he remained in service to the close or near the close of the war and received [illegible] discharge which declarant has frequently seen in his possession
but which is now lost or destroyed. He was in several engagements during the war was in the Battle at Kings Mountain in the fall of 1780 serving in the Virginia line of troops commanded in that Battle by Colonel Richard
Campbell. In that battle he was severely wounded by a ball in the hips. He also received other wounds while serving in said War of the Revolution and in consequence
of the wounds so received he continued lame and a
cripple to the time of his death. [illegible] persons by whom the services of her said 
husband can be proved but when mainly upon the evidence of them which may be found among the Records of the War Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said [...]
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[...] William Watson on the Nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five at the House of her father Jacob Swartwood, at the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange and
State of New York by her Reverend Mr. Benedict Pastor of the Baptist Church of that place. She has no certificate of marriage and knows of no record of it in existence.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated. And that her said husband William Watson died on the twenty fifth
day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight at the Township of  Montague in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey.
Sworn & subscribed before me the day and year his above written
John H. Brodhead
ass. judge
Tabitha Watson 
her mark
 i do certify that I am well acquainted with
Tabitha Watson the above Declarant that she is a person of truth and veracity, and that full faith and credit should be given to her statement. And I do further certify that the said Tabitha from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open Court
Witness my hand the second day of October
A.D. 1850
John H. Bodhead
Asst Judge
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike
ss
On the second day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike aforesaid James Barton a resident
of the Township of Milford in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has resided in the said Township of Milford
and its vicinity in the County and State aforesaid since the year seventeen hundred and ninty four- that about that time he became acquainted with William Watson since deceased and that he knew the said William from that time to the time of his decease- that at the time he first became acquainted with him he was living and cohabiting with one Tabitha Watson now a resident of Lackawaxen Township
in the County aforesaid as the husband of the said Tabitha and that the said William and Tabitha continued to live and cohabit together as husband and wife and by general reputation were known as such to the time of the death of the said William- that he has frequently heard the said William speak of serving as a soldier in the American Army in the War of the Revolution and speak of being engaged in such service in the Southern States- that he has heard
him speak of being engaged in the Battle of Kings Mountain and of his being commended and that he knows from his own personal knowledge that the said William
was lame when deponent first became acquainted with him and continued lame and a cripple to the time of his death
Barton
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The said James Barton sworn and subscribed before
me this second day of October AD 1850. And I
do also certify that the said James Barton is to me
known from a long acquaintance with him to be a
man of truth and veracity and that his statements
are entitled to full credit
John H. Brodhead
ass. Judge

State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike SS.
I John C. Westbrook Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Pike do certify that the Honorable
John H. Brodhead Esq by whom the foregoing certificates to the Declaration of Tabitha Watson and Deposition of James Barton are made and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of the making thereof and still
is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Pike duly commissioned and sworn all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of 
justice as elsewhere- that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that his signatures to said certificate are of his own proper handwriting
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Milford the Second day of October AD 1850
Jno. C. Westbrook Prothy
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State of New York
Orange County
On this tenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty there personally appeared before
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County John Watson
a resident of Westfall Township Pike
County and State of Pennsylvania
aged sixty three years and upwards
who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath depose and say
that he is the son of William & Tabitha
Watson that the place of his nativity in in the town of Warwick County of Orange
and State of New York and has allways
understood and believed that he was born
on the first day of December 1789 that
the father was [illegible] in the [illegible] had been a soldier in the war
of the Revolution That this deponent has
after [illegible] and [illegible] a paper the purpose
of which was a discharge from the Virginia
line of the Revolutionary arm which he was
by some means [illegible] to this deponent lost previous to his fathers death that
his father William Watson was wounded
as he alleges stated while in the army but
not so as to prevent him from [illegible] army of [illegible] He never to this deponents knowledge
made application for pension allways
priding himself of his ability to get his
living without the help of his country
That where this deponent was quite
young [...]
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[...] his father and mother moved to Sussex
County New Jersey where and in Milford
Pennsylvania the continued to live with
the death of the said William Watson which
took place sometime in February One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
in the township of Montague County of
Sussex & State of New Jersey- This deponent
as the oldest of the family now living there
was a daughter whose name was Sarah
but who is now dead who was older James
Watson was next oldest to this deponent who
is now sixty one years of age and who
is now the Sheriff of Pike County Pennsylvania That his mother Tabitha
Watson still lives That there is no record
of the marriage of William Watson and
Tabitha Swartwood that he knows of [illegible]
is there any of the births of these children
Subscribed and sworn to the day and
year before named
Before me
John Watson
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with John Watson who
made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and knows
him to be a man of truth and veracity and his
statements are entitled to full credit and belief
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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Amended Declaration of Tabitha Watson in order
to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838
and subsequent acts relating thereto:
Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
County of Pike
ss.
On this eleventh day of October
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two personally
appeared before the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike aforesaid
Tabitha Watson a resident of the township of Lackawaxen
in said County of Pike, to me well known, who being first
by me duly sworn according to law, doth on her solemn
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress
passed July 7. 1838 and the subsequent acts relating thereto allowing pensions to certain widows of Revolutionary
Soldiers. That she is a resident of said town of Lackawaxen and is aged Eighty Eight years: That she is the widow
of William Watson who was a non commissioned officer
in the Virginia Continental line of the Army of the 
revolution. That the statements made in her former declaration were according to the best of her knowledge information and belief as to his services and such statements
she repeats state to be so, but she was not then nor is now
able to state the length of time he served. She has frequently
heard her said husband say that he was born in the
County of Westchester in the State of New York. that his father died when he her said husband was young. that his uncle placed him on board an English man of War, in
the British Service, before the commencement of the Revolutionary War. That after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and whilst cruising on the coast of Virginia, he escaped from said ship, and enlisted
into the Virginia Continental line in the Army of the [...]
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[...] Revolution and served therein to the end of said War,
when he received a certificate of Discharge which he
often showed read, and spoke of as such discharge
and which she herself often read and knows to be such
discharge, according to its language and meaning discharge her said husband from said Virginia continental line. That she has heard him say frequently
that he was wounded in said service in the war of the
Revolution, and she knows that he was lame the
first she knew him any of wounds but it was not to
such an extent as to prevent him from labouring and
maintaining his family by his own means and exertions
and prided in the idea that he was able so to do without
calling on his country for aid: That such discharge was
burnt with their dwelling house in the township of
Montague County of Sussex and State of New Jersey where
she and her said husband then resided.
that she and her said husband, William Watson
were married as stated in her said former Declaration
That her maiden name was Tabitha Swartwood, [illegible]
lately spelled Swartwould. That she and the said William Watson intermarried at the house of her father
Jacob Swartwood in the County of Orange and State of
New York the Reverend James Benedict pastor of the
Baptist Church at Warwick in said County of Orange
officiating on such marriage. That she has no record
of such Marriage the family record having been
burnt with their dwelling house aforesaid, but she
is sure such Marriage took place on the nineteenth
day of November one thousand seven hundred
and Eighty five - That she and her said husband
had children born of such marriage to wit John
Watson now aged Sixty three and James Watson [...]
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[...] now aged sixty one both now residents of said County of Pike and the latter the present high Sheriff of said County of Pike.
That she commenced talking about
endeavouring to procure a pension for said service under said act of Congress shortly after it passed but in consequence of her said husband having served in the
State of Virginia & out of this State and at a distance from his residence the undertaking seemed difficult and was therefore delayed till she was introduced to John Martin Esq. of Mount Hope County of Orange and State of New York who as long ago as Eighteen hundred and forty two commenced aiding her to procure a pension under said act of Congress, 
That her said husband William Watson died on the [blank] day of February Eighteen hundred and twenty Eight his residence in the township of Montague County of Sussex
and State of New jersey aforesaid.
That she has never since intermarried with any one but has since remained & still remains a widow. and that she was not married to
him previous to leaving the said service but that the Marriage took place before the first day of
January 1794, to wit, at the time and place above
stated. that she does not know of any person
now living who was present at said intermarriage and does not believe that there is now any
person living who was present at such intermarriage. and that she has no writing and knows
of none showing the fact of such Marriage. sworn to and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court [...]
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[...] of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pike aforesaid, at the town of Milford in said County this 11th day of October 1852
H.M. Labar 
asst. Judge
Tabitha Watson 
her mark
I the above mentioned Judge do certify that I am
well acquainted with Tabitha Watson the above
declarant that she is a woman of truth and
veracity, and that her statements made are entitled to full confidence and belief. And also that
said declarant from bodily infirmity [illegible]
from old age is unable to attend Court to make
her declaration in the premises.
H.M. Labar
Commonwealth of Penn
Pike County SS.
Tabitha Watson
11th Oct 1852
[illegible] Declaration
I James E Eldred Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for said County of Pike
aforesaid do hereby certify that
Henry M Labar before whom the
above declaration purports to
have been made was on the said Eleventh day of October last and still is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned &
sworn as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and the signatures to the above declaration and certificate purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office an
[illegible] this 30th day of December AD 1852,
J.E. Eldred
Prothonotary
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[crossed out: Act of July 1862, and March 3, 1873]
11,207
P.O. Tabitha Watson
Service: William
Enlisted: [rejected stamped across], 18[blank].
Discharged: [rejected stamped across], 18[blank].
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank].
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized.
[blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for [blank], 18[blank].
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No 14.557
Tabitha Watson
Widow of William
Penna
A Ray Mch 25 1852
Same June 7 1853- same
Aug 24 1853- same 14
Octo 1853- S J Niles Nove 10 1853- A Ray Dec 9 1853
same Dec 17 1853- same
March 17 1854 - Same May
20 1854- J T Stevens Mch
22 1856-
11207
38
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Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington
June 22/53
Sir 
In the case of Tabitha Watson Widow
of William, reported to me in your letter of June 7 inst.
I enclosed in reply on the 9th in a certificate from
Richmond Va. showing applicant husband serve for upward of three years.
on the same day I [illegible] to Richmond
requesting to be informed of the rolls of Capt. Simon
Morgan's company were on file and also if Richard
Campbell was a Col.
The aud. of [illegible] informs me by
letter "the company rolls of Capt. Morgan are not on file
in this office" and sends me the enclosed certificate
that both Capt Simon Morgan and Lieut. Col. Richard
Campbell under whom applicant [illegible] claimed to have served. was in service, which [illegible] fully
confirms the statement made in the declaration
I have the honor to be
[illegible]
Alex Ray
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Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington
June 9. 1853.
Sir
Your letter of the 7th in the case
of Tabitha Watson
for a pension was recd yesterday
States "the marriage is established to your Satisfaction,
but the proof of service is still incomplete."
since the date of my letter of the 29th Jany
I received the enclosed certificate from Richmond showing
applicant her land entitled for the war.- served upward of three years
This evidence [illegible] will remain the only
object made in your letter and hope a certificate will [illegible], Beside, I find on examination that Capt
Simon Morgan under whom the claimant alleges
her husband served as a continued officer to the end of
the war. and was no doubt engaged in the Southern
Campaigns.
I have the honor to be
your man. [illegible]
Alex Ray
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J. E. Heath Esq
Com of Pension
Washington
Jan 29/53
Sir
I submit herewith an Amended Declaration in the case of Tabitha Watson of Penn under
act 1838. and additional proof of marriage
I remain very
respectfully your order
Alex. Ray
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J. E. Heath Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
Decr. 20 1857
Sir
You will see herewith
enclosed, a declaration
under act 1838 made by
Tabitha Watson on account of the revolutionary
services of her husband William Watson, who it
is alleged was a soldier in the Virginia continental
line under command of Capt Simon Morgan
and recd a wound at the battle at kings mountain in So. Carolina in the fall of 1780.
The widow has furnished me with no
evidence of her husbands service and relies
on the roll in your office in support the service
claims for. The evidence presented identify
him as a person who had recd a wound and
if it be found that he served as stated under
Capt. Simon Morgan will I [illegible] be satisfactory to identify applicant husband as that Soldier
I remain your
[illegible]
Alex. Ray
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Pension Office
Aug. 24. 185[?]
Sir
I have re-examined the case of Tabitha
Watson, widow of William of N. York- act
July 7, 1838, in connexion with the certificates
filed by you. It is shown, conclusively, that a
William Watson did serve in the Va State line
for over three years and that land was granted
to him for services as a corporal. But there
is not sufficient evidence on file to show
that her husband was the soldier who
received the land. The No of the land warrant
is given. It is presumed that it can be
traced, the land was granted to the
man who served, and it must be shown
how he disposed of it.
I remain yours &c.
L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions
A. Ray Esq.
Present
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Dr The United States in acct. with Simon Morgan
Cr
No 496
To pay as Lieut from 1st Jan '77 to 15 May 1778
To pay as Capt from 15th Mar '78 to 31st Dec '81
To Retained Rations
To Expenses while recruiting
116
346
103
17
13
5
By pay & subsistence Recd at sundry times
By Cash of Treasurer of Virginia
By Sundries recd of Towhill
By 25 3/4 Gallons whiskey
746
4800
61 11 1
60
21 9 3
5 3
Certificates 634 10
Dr The United States in acct. with Richard Campbell
Cr
No 161
To pay as Cap. from 18th Jan. '77 to 10 Aug following
To pay as major from 10th Aug. '77 to 20th [illegible] '78
To pay as Lieut. Col. from 20th Feb. 78 to 8 Sep. 1781.
To retained rations from 1st June '78 to 31 July 80
To " " from 1st Aug. 80 to 8 Sep. 1781
87
95
766
79
60
12
4
9
1780 By pay & subsistence recd at sund. times
mar By Cash
Apl. By [illegible]
1781 Feby By [illegible]
By Clothing recd at Fort Pitt
68 1/2 Gallons whiskey to acct. for Certificates
99^8
145
22
7200
778
10
16
10
16
9 1/4
188
9
1
90
19
14
14
5
"
11
9
3
"
2 3/4

This is to certify that the foregoing are true extracts from
books on file in this office, continuing [illegible] of [illegible] of settlements, with officers of the continental line, made
by the Auditors, under the act of November Session 1751
Given under my hand in the auditors Office Richmond
Va this 17th June 1853
Rb. Johnson
Audr of Pub Accts
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Tabitha Watson
Wid of William
Suspd. Act 1838.
Penna.
Mar 25/54 letter to Ray
J. T. Stevens
Atty.
Present
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Know all men by these presents that I Tabitha
Watson of the Township of Milford County of Pike and
State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint
and in my place and stead put and [illegible] to Joseph
T. Stevens Esq of the City of Washington District of Columbia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my
name to take all proper steps and do all proper acts in the
matter of obtaining for me a pension from the United States
Government in right of my late husband William
Watson deceased a solder in the war of the Revolution Giving and granting unto my paid attorney
my full power and authority in and about the premises
to have use and take all lawful ways and means in
my name for the purpose aforesaid as I myself might
could do if personally present Hereby ratifying allowing
and holding for firm and effectual whatever my said
attorney shall legally do in the premises by virtue hereof
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the 31st day of January AD 1855
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
James Watson
Sam'l Dimmick
Tabitha Watson
her mark
State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike ss
Before me the subscriber a Justice
of the Peace within and for the said County of Pike
personally came this day the said Tabitha Water
to me well known as the person who executed the [...]
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[...] said instrument and in due form of law acknowledged that she did sign seal and deliver
the said [illegible] and foregoing instrument of writing
for the uses and purposes therein mentioned-
Witness my hand and seal the 31st day of January AD 1855
Sam'l Dimmick J.P
Pennsylvania
Pike County S.S.
I James E Eldred Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for
said County do hereby certify that
Samuel Dimmick Esquire before whom
the within and foregoing power of attorney
was executed and acknowledged was at the time of so doing
and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take the same,
and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of said Justice and the signature thereto purporting to be his
is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal of Office at Milford this 31st day of January AD 1855.
James E Eldred
Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike ss
On the eleventh day of
July in the year afore Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one personally
appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County of Pike aforesaid Tabitha Water
a resident of Lackawaxen Township in
said County of Pike widow and relict of
William Watson deceased who being duly
Sworn according to law doth depose and
say that she hath not in her possession any
certificate of her marriage with the said
William Watson deceased from the Clergyman
who joined them in marriage in any
family record of such marriage or of the
birth of her children nor does she know of the
existence at this date of any such certificate
or records and further this deponent
says not
Sworn & Subscribed
the day and year
above written before
John H. Brodhead
Asst. Judge
Tabitha Watson
her mark
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
I John C. Westbrook Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County of Pike do certify that the
said John H. Brodhead is one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas of the said County
of Pike duly commissioned and sworn &
that the foregoing signature purporting to be
his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
this eleventh day of July
A.D. One thousand eight
hundred and fifty one
at Milford in said County
Jno C. Westbrook Prothy
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Richmond Va. 12 Nov 1853
Sir
Agreeable to promise I send you the additional
evidence in [illegible] Grays case
I retain until Monday
Mr Waldos letter to you of the 10th inst, in reference
to William Watson, there is nothing connected
with the allowance of land, which will show his
signature, either in the Executive chamber, or the
Registers office-- but I find that in the 7 May
1783 a [illegible] issued from this office in his favor
for [illegible] 2 11_111_11 for his services from the 1 April
1782 to the 22 April 1783, possibly, I may find his
signature in the Treasury Department
Very respectfully
Mr. Watson 
Joseph Jackson
Samuel V Niles Esq
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com of Pension
Washington
May 16/54
Sir
In the case of Tabitha Watson
Widow of William Act 1838, [illegible] the claim has been disallowed
on the [illegible] of identity.
I herewith enclose in support of the identity of
the soldier, as the person to [illegible] a land warrant was issued,
[illegible marks] the affidavit of Craster Mapes is pled in support
of the Marriage, which is admitted and his character as a
witness is well sustained by the parties of the Peace and as
the decd. [illegible] I own. And seems to me sufficient to
establish the identity being the only questions to be determined
I remain very
respectfully
Your obd. ser.
Alex. Ray
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington
Nov 5/53.
Sir
In your letter to me of June 7th last, in the
case of Tabitha Watson Act 38 New York it is admitted the marriage
is satisfactorily established "but the proof of service is still incompleted
and that the claimant alleges service as Corporal in Captain
Simon Morgans Company of Virginia Continental Line during the
Southern Campaign: and that for a portion of the time he served
under Col Richard Campbell."
on the rect. of your letter I addressed a letter to the auditor
General at Richmond Va. requesting an examination of the company Rolls of
Captain Simon Morgan with the view to arrive at the service of William
Watson a corporal of his Company, and of his service also, under
Col. Richard Campbell.
The Auditor informed me there were no rolls of companies
in his office, but sent a certificate of the balance of his pay as a
corporal of Infantry, and that a Land Warrant Nr. 449
[illegible] was issued to said Watson for more than three years
service. the above evidence I filed in the last.
on the 26 Aug following you reported, "We shown
conclusively that a William Watson did serve in the Virginia line
for more than three years as corporal," but there is no evidence [...]
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[...] to show that her husband was the soldier who recd. the land as
Suggested, it might be shown him he disposed of it"
such a showing I considered almost impossible a Military
Land Warrant was transferable, But wrote to Tennessee for
information on the subject, and enclose herewith to R. L. C.
reply which shows the warrant was transferred and patented
in another name.
thus ending the question of identity from
that source.
It is quite certain, under your letter of June 7th inst the auditor
had reported only the duration, or balance of pay to William
Watson as corporal, the pension would have been granted, as the
proof of service in here was only incomplete, and now as it
is ascertained the identity cannot be further shown by the transfer
of the Land Warrant. It is but reasonable and just the claim
be allowed on the proof now filed.
the widow in her declaration swears that her husband served as
Corporal under Capt. S. Morgan, and under Col Richard
Campbell & altho the auditors report there are no rolls in
his Office.
He states that both Capt. Simon Morgan and
Col Richard Campbell was [illegible] at the Virginia line
thus [illegible] the widow declaration, and indeed fully
identify her husband as the man who did service as Claim
for. Its a reasonable view of the facts. it cannot be otherwise. I think
[illegible].
I remain your obt. serv.
Alex. Ray
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Pension Office
June 7th 1853
Sir
The additional proofs in support of the application
of Tabitha Watson for a pension, which accompanied your
letter of the 29th of January last, have been examined.
The date of the marriage is established to my satisfaction, but the proof of service is still incomplete. The
Virginia rolls in this Office are so imperfect, that they
do not show the service with the requisite certainty. It is
possible that the Office of the Auditor of Virginia may
contain important evidence. The claimant alleges service
as corporal in Capt. Simon Morgan's company of
the Virginia Continental Line, during the southern campaigns; and that, for a portion of the time, he served under
Col. Richard Campbell.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Svt,
LP Waldo
Commissioner
A Ray, Eqr
Present
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Pension Office
December 17th 1853
Sir
Since the date of my letter to you of the 9th
inst. it has been made to appear that Capt. Simon
Morgan, of the Virginia Line, was in service in 1782.
This renders it probable that William Watson, whose
widow, Tabitha, of New York, is an applicant for a pension
under the Act of July 7th 1835, may have been in service
under him; yet, as there is no testimony in the
case connecting the husband of the claimant with
that particular service, I do not feel that I would
be justified in admitting the claim without further
proof of identity.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Svt,
LP Waldo
Commissioner
Alexander Ray, Esqr
Present
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Pension Office October 14. 1853
Sir,
I have re-examined the papers in the
case of Tabitha Watson widow of William Watson
decd of the State of Pennsylvania under the act
of July 7. 1838, and are compelled to adhere
to the opinion contained in my letter to you
dated August 24. 1853. It is admitted that the
husband of the claimant was William
Watson, and that a William Watson was a
Corporal in the Virginia State line, but
there is no evidence tending to show that
these two persons were the same. Without
evidence to show that the William Watson
who recd the land warrant described in
the Certificate filed in this case No. 449, was
the identical husband of the claimant, her
application must stand suspended.
I remain yours truly
LP Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Alexander Ray Esqr
Present
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Washington
March 6, 1836.
Hon. J. Minot
Comr of Pensions 
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith additional evidence in support of the suspended claim
of Tabitha Watson widow of William of Pa. for a pension under act
of 1838.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
J. T. Stevens
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Contl Line
Col R Campbell
Jan 31, 1784 - $778.16.9
Capt Simon Morgan
Po May 1783-
$274.10
Wm Watson [illegible]
[illegible]
Apl 14. '83 - $54-
Capt Morgan - 3/274.10
3
823.10
91 37
1781 
916 7
[illegible...]
[illegible] to service from Jany 82 to Nov
27.1783-
Col Campbell 
3 [illegible]
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Wm Watson Corpl of [illegible...]
Aug 18, 1783 $124.3.10
20
6 2484
$414
833 414.00 49
3338
8080
7497
583
State line
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Rd Campbell was major in 8th Regt state line in 1777 journals of [illegible] Vol 2 to 125

54
3
122
18
75 17800 24 [illegible]
1466
3140
2932
268
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In the matter of Tabitha Wilson of Hon
Declaration-
Oct 2 1850. - 86 years
Is the widow of William, a corporal of infantry,
and served under Capt. Simon Morgan - Va line- 
served to end or near close of War and received his
discharge, which was burned in Sussex Co. N. Jersey.
Was wounded in the Battle of Kings Mountain and
was a cripple for life. Here he served under Col
Campbell. Was married Nov. 19, 1780 in Orange
Co. N.Y.
Husband died 25 Feby 1828 in Sussex
County New Jersey.
The only point in dispute in this case is one of identity
Proof of service & identity
The records of this office show that Captain
Simon Morgan was in service from the year
1777 to April 1783. The records also show
that Col. R. Cambell was in service from 1777
to Sept 1781 and commanded at the battle 
of Kings Mountain with troops from Washington
Co. Virginia. The records also show
that William Watson served in the Virginia
Line as corporal and received 400 acres
of Bounty land.
So much for the records. over
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J. Burton
Oct 2, 1850
aged 87 years
Knew parties since 1794. Has heard Wm
Watson speak of being engaged in the
southern states & of being at the battle of Kings
Mountain where he was wounded. Said Wm
was lame and remained so to the close of his life

Rachel Konklin
13 Dec 1857
aged 85 years
Knew Wm Watson ever since marriage.
Has heard him say he belonged to Virg'a
line and was wounded in service.

John Watson
Son of Claimant
10 Jany 1853
Was born in 1789 - His father was reputed 
a soldier in the revolution. This deponent has often seen his discharge from the Virginia
line of Rev. Army which has been lost by
some means. His father was wounded, as
he always stated, in the army, but no
so as to prevent him earning a livelihood.

March 17. 1854
The above and foregoing is a fair statement
of the testimony in the case of Wm Watson. The service
of a Wm Watson in the Va Line is proven, but the
only evidence of identity is the declaration of
the claimants husband, that he had served in the
South, or in Virginia, and was wounded at
the battle of Kings Mountain. Her son also swears
that he had seen his father's discharge from the Virginia
line. The declaration of the soldier and the affidavit of the son may be true and yet it would [...]
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[...] not follow that the Watson who served and receivd
land as a corporal of infantry was the husband
of Claimant. The declaration of Mrs. Watson
was evidently drown with a knowledge of the
record evidence on file, for she says her
husband was a Corporal of Infantry- the precise term used in the certificate from the Register's
office. Had she know of her own knowledge
independent of the record, this fact, she must
have known some other particulars of his service
yet she knows nothing except the names of
the Captain & Colonel whose name also appear
on the record. In what County did he enlist?
where was he discharged? Where was he employed
in what regiment & company did he serve?
None of these facts are furnished-- nothing
but what also appears upon the face of the
record, and I am induced to believe the declaration was made to suit the record.
Believing there is a total failure to
identify the claimant's husband with the
service proven I would recommend
the rejection of the claim
S. H. Evans
Ex. Clerk
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Declaration
2 Oct 1850
86 years
W Watson a corporal of infantry
served under Capt Simon Morgan Va line
served to close of War & recd discharge
Battle Kings Mountain 1780- commanded
at the time by Col Rd Cambell. Was married
Nov 19, 1785 in Orange Co N.Y. died
28 Feby 1828. Sussex Co N Jersey

J. Barton
Oct 2. 1850
87
Knew parties since 1794 -- Has heard
Wm Watson Speak of being engaged
in the Southern states-- and of being at & being wounded
the battle of Kings Mountain. Wm was
lame when witness first knew him & was a
cripple to his death

Rachael Konklin
85 years
13 Dec 1857
Proves marriage in 1780 in Ny.
Has heard him say he belonged to
VA line & was wounded in service
in 1790 family moved away

2nd Declaration
88 years
11 Oct 1852
Husband was born in N.Y. in [illegible]
see Sworn before Rev.-- [illegible] off Virginia
& while in Va Line. Discharge burnt
in Sussex Co N. Jersey

John Watson
Son of Claimant 
Given his birth in 1789- [...]
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State of New York
Orange County
ss
On this twenty Seventh day of February
One thousand eight hundred and fifty six before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oath and
take affidavits personally appeared Levi Quick aged Eighty
Six years a resident of Milford Pike County Pennsylvania
who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith
he was born at a place called Quicktown on the West bank
of the Delaware River in the State aforesaid about midway
between Port [illegible] and Milford That he has allways
resided in the neighbourhood of his birth That in the year
1794 this deponent was labouring for one James Barton
then living in Milford (now deceased) who owned a large
tract of pine land along the Shoholee Creek and also had
a saw mill on said creek at which he made lumber and
rafted it down the Delaware to Philadelphia during that
year he became acquainted with William Watson who
also worked at the lumber business with this deponent
for said Barton Their business was to wet logs get
them into the creek float them to the mill and there
saw them into lumber That he was well acquainted with
said William Watson and his wife Tabitha from
the time above mentioned untill the time of said Watsons
death which took place in the winter of the year 1828 That
at the time he became acquainted with said Watson he was
cohabiting and living with Tabitha Watson as his wife who is
now living in Milford in the County and State aforesaid
and by which cohabitation they had several children
one by the name of John Watson living near Milford one
by the name of James Watson living in Milford and
who has held the office of Sheriff of Pike County for
several terms and a daughter now the wife of Samuel
Cox of Lackawaxen This deponent further saith that
he worked a great deal with the said William Watson [...]
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[...] during his life time and that when working together and
where in public company he has often heard the said
William Watson tell of his having been a soldier in the
War of the Revolution and that he when discharged from
the service was a Sergeant in the Virginia Continental
line of the army This deponent has often heard him tell
his officers names but cannot now recollect them except
his Captain he thinks and is pretty sure that he called
his name Morgan He has heard the said Watson say
that he was a native of the State of New York and that
when young was put to service on board of an English
man of war vessel that he remained in service untill
after the War between the [illegible] and Great [illegible] broke
out That when cruising on the coast of Virginia an upper
twenty offered and he deserted That soon after he joined the
Virginia line of the Continental line of the army and
continued in the same untill the close of the war and was
discharged with the rest of the Virginia troops and this
deponent has often seen in the possession of said Watson a
paper partly printed and partly written which he said
was the Certificate of his discharge & He has allways believed it was such. He often heard the said Watson tell of
the campaign in Virginia North & South Carolina of his
being engaged in the battles of Camden Guilford Court
House Cowpens & Ninety Six He has heard the said
Watson tell at different times of his being with General
Green in his retreat from the Carolinas before Lord Rawdon
and of the forced marches they had to make to escape their
pursuer, and he would speak with the greatest admiration
of the skill perseverance and bravery of Lafayette This deponent further saith that he never doubted the veracity of
the said William Watson but believed then and still [...]
Page 45

[...] believes that he was a sergeant in the Virginia Continental
line of the army of the Revolution and that he passed through
the different services heretofore related
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year written before me
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
Levi Quick

I John W. Martin do certify that Levi Quick who made and
subscribed the foregoing affidavit made the same clearly and
understanding that he is a man of truth and veracity and
his statements above made are entitled to full [illegible] & belief And I further certify that the foregoing deposition was
later at Port Jervis in the County and State aforesaid
at the solicitation of a son of the said Tabitha Watson
and that I have no interest in or demand on said
claim whatever
John W. Martin Justice of the
Peace

State of New York 
Orange County
On this twenty seventh day of February 1836 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace
duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take affidavits in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared
[illegible] a resident of Westfall township in the
County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania but now of Port
Jervis in the County of Orange & State of New York aged
ninety years being first duly sworn says that he now
resides on the same farm where he was born and has allways
resided that in the year 1794 or 95 he became acquainted with
William Watson and Tabitha Watson who the said
William was at that time and untill his death living
and cohabiting as his wife That the said Watson moved
from Orange County New York That this deponents [...]
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[...] farm [illegible] on one side on the Lackawaxen River and
that this deponent owned what is called a [illegible] fishery on
the said river opposite his land That he sometimes employed the said Watson to help him with his harvest & hay 
that where helping him he would often speak of the hardships he endured the Revolution He said he belonged to
the Virginia line of the Revolutionary Army and that
he was a Sergeant in a company of infantry commanded
by a man by the name of Morgan He has heard the said
Watson tell of his being in several battles at the South
but from old age and loss of memory he cannot state the
particulars he recollects of his telling of his being at
the battle of the Cowpens and at Ninety Six He further
saith that in the spring of 1796 he hired the said Watson
to help him fish one day while taking up or drawing
the net Watson fall from the boat in to the River that on
coming to the shore he took out his pocket book and took
therefrom a paper partly printed and partly written and
spread it on the ground to dry he said it was his discharge from the army which this deponent believed at the
time to be such and believes so still. He knew the
said Watson untill his death and never heard his services
in American Army disputed and this deponent knows
that the [illegible] in the neighborhood was that
Watson had been a soldier in the war of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed by making his mark the day & year above written before me 
John W. Martin Justice of the Peace
Lodowick Dewitt [his mark]
I certify that I have been acquainted with the above affiant
forward than thirty years and know him to be a man truth
and veracity and that her statements above made are
entitled to full credit & belief [illegible] further that I have
no interest
in said claim whatever
John W Martin Justice of Peace
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State of New York,
Orange County Clerk's Office,
I, CHARLES DRAKE, Clerk of the County of Orange,
do hereby certify that John W. Martin
whose name is subscribed to
the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was,
at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the peace of
said County dwelling in said county, elected and sworn and duly authorized to
take the same,
And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such
Justice of the peace
and verily believe that the signature to the said
certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and that said instrument is executed and
acknowledged or proved according to the laws of this State,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said County, the 27th day of February 1856
Jno Miller Deputy Clerk.
Page 48

State of New York
Orange County
On this 8 day of May 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid Azel Down
Pastor of the Congregational Church of Mount
Hope in the said County aged forty three years
who being just duly same according to law
doth depose and say that he is acquainted with
Erastus Mapes of Mount Hope that the
said Erastus Mapes is one of the Deacons of
the Congregational Church over which the deponent
is Pastor That he has been an acting deacon for
at least forty four years That at his great age
he is a man of good [illegible] Judgement and he
would place as much relevance on any thing
stated by him as he would if he was [illegible]
fifty years of age That he maintained an
unsullied reputation in the community where hes
known and his advice and council in the
church is still listened to with reverence and
respect
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year above
written before me
J W Martin Justice of the Peace
Azel Downs
Pastor of Cong Church
of Mt Hope
I certify that I am acquainted with Azel Downs
that I know him to be a man of truth and
veracity and his statements are entitled to full
credit and belief
and I further certify that I have interest
in the said claims
J W Martin Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Orange County
On this 8th day of May 1854
personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County aforesaid Erastus Mapes aged Eighty
six years and seven months a resident of Mount Hope
in the County of Orange and State of New York
who being first duly sworn according to law on
his oath saith That all that he stated in a former
affidavit made by him in relation to his acquaintance and to the marriage and of the living together
of William Watson and Tabitha his wife was strictly
true and he makes the following statements in addition hereto from a clear and distinct recollection of
what he here states as facts That after the marriage
of William Watson to Tabitha Swartwood they moved
from her fathers house to a place called Chester then
a place of only about half Dozen houses and lived
in a house that they lived and which at that time
belonged to Asa Vail That the house was not Forty
rods from where this deponent worked in the Black
Smith shop of Enos Smith with whom he at that
time was [illegible] That he then became closely
and intimately acquainted with the said William
Watson saw him almost daily for at least two years
and three did not a week pass during the time that
he did not visit Watsons house and some times two
or three time a day That the said William Watson
worked the principle part of the time on the farm
for Peter Townsend a wealthy farmer in Chester
and who was at that time the owner of the Starting
[illegible] in the town of Warwick that this
deponent worked in the harvest field and in the meadow
with William Watson for the said Townsend That
he frequently conversed with the said Watson on
the second [...]
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[...] that he passed through in the Revolution the skirmishes that he was
in and of the hard fighting they had at Kemp mountain
and of his being slightly wounded in that action
He distinctly and clearly recollects that he often told
that he belonged to the Virginia line and of his having
received Bounty Land for his services He often heard
him boast of the valor and courage of the Southern
Soldiers He distinctly recollects of his speaking and
telling his daring feats that he performed while he belonged
to the Southern wing of the army both in the work
field and in the Black Smith shop and also at his own
house He recollects that he often heard him speak
of his drawing Bounty land from the State of Virginia
for his services in the Revolution but said it was worth
but little to him it was so far off He recollects distinctly
and as well as if it had happened but a short
time since of David S Drake Anthony Silverton &
William Watson meeting at the Black Smith shop
each to get work done for himself and of the conversation
turning on the services each had due during the year
he three heard and now [illegible] recollect that William
Watson there in the presence and in the hearing of this deponent
say that he served in the Virginia line and that
the State of Virginia had granted him a Land Warrant
for his services and that he had sold it or would
sell it / his deponent is not sure which / to some
[illegible] in lands because it was so far off that he would
go to it and further he saith
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year above written
before me
John W Martin Justice of the Peace in & for
Orange County
Erastus Mapes

I John W Martin do certify that I have been acquainted with Erastus
Mapes who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit that the last
truly seven years in all that time he has been a deacon in the
Congregational Church and has sustained an [illegible] character
and am perfectly satisfied that his statements above read and
were made clearly and [illegible] are entitled to full [illegible] and belief [illegible...]
[illegible] whatever
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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Orange County,
Clerk's Office
ss:
I, Nathan Westcott, Clerk of said county, and the County Court of said county,
(a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that John W. Martin
whose name is subscribed to the annexed
2 affidavits, was, at the time of taking the same,
a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same; and further
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature J. W. Martin
subscribed to the said 2 affidavits are genuine.
In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county
this 11th day of May 1854
N Westcott Clerk
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Orange County
CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss:
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of said county, and of the County Court of said county,
(a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that John W. Martin
whose name is subscribed to the annexed
affidavits, was, at the time of taking the same,
a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same; and further, that
I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature "John W. Martin"
severally subscribed to the said
affidavits are genuine.
In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county
this 24th day of January 1852
John C. McConnell,
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County ss.
Erastus Mapes being duly sworn saith that he now
resides in the town of Wallkill in the said County
of Orange and State of New York that he was born on
the twenty ninth day of September Seventeen hundred
and sixty seven in the town of Blooming Grove
in said County. That he was an apprentice to the
Black Smiths trade in that part of the town of Goshen
said County called Chester with one Enos Smith
from the second day of June seventeen hundred and
Eighty four to September the twenty ninth Seventy
hundred and Eighty Eight when he became twenty
one years of age, That he was well acquainted with
Tabitha the daughter of Jacobus Swartwout or
Swartwood as some times called formerly of the town of
Wallkill in said County. That said Jacobus Swartwouts wife and the mother of said Tabitha now a
[illegible] of this deponent and he was well acquainted
with the whole family from his earliest recollection
[illegible] and his fathers family used to visit back and
forth with each other. That during his apprenticeship
said Tabitha frequently [illegible] for & in the family
of his master, Said Enos Smith and deponent was
accustomed to carry her from her said father's
house to said Smiths and back. That said Tabitha
was Married to William Watson about two years
or upwards before the termination of his said
apprenticeship. though he was not present at the
Marriage ceremony, it was commonly talked of at
the times where he then resided. That almost immediately 
after such Marriage said Tabitha and
said William Watson commenced [illegible] house
together as husband and wife Near Chester. afore [...]
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[...] said and about one mile from there he was an
apprentice as aforesaid. That he was frequently at the
said residence of said William Wilson and said
Tabitha his wife after the said Marriage and during the
[illegible] of his said apprenticeship and they were
living together as husband and wife during all
of that time and they had one child as such
whilst he was such apprentice. That at the end  
of his said apprenticeship deponent left Chester
aforesaid and came to reside where he now
does and [illegible] since has done leaving said
Watson and Tabitha his wife living together
as husband and wife at their residence aforesaid at Chester aforesaid where they continued to
reside for several years and deponent thinks
till after seventeen hundred and ninety that
after deponent so left Chester he was frequently back
to visit a relation very near the residence of said
William Watson and Tabitha his wife and always
[illegible] visited said Watson and wife.
That said William Watson and Tabitha his
wife moved away from Chester aforesaid [illegible]
time after seventy hundred and ninety, but continued nearer where, and went to reside near the
Delaware River in the State of New Jersey, where
as deponent has understood and believes said
William Watson died, leaving the said Tabitha
surviving and who now lives at Lackawaxen in
the State of Pennsylvania. That deponent frequently
went out to work in hay for Old Peter Townsend
with whom said Watson worked much That
said Watson was [illegible] in one leg some. That
said William Watson was a stranger and came
into the neighbourhood of the father of said Tabitha
some six or eight months before his marriage as [...]
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[...] aforesaid. Watson and said Tabitha were in the
life time of said William pensions who bore a good
[illegible] and said Tabitha has [illegible]
a good character. 
That there never was any
doubt in the neighbourhood or elsewhere to his [illegible]
a belief but what said William Watson 
and said Tabitha were married at the time
he has already set forth herein. That they certainly lived together as such and raised a family
in that capacity, of husband and wife, from the
time of said marriage to the death of said William
Watson.
That the father of said Tabitha was in
common conversation called Jacob.
That said Tabitha was considered older 
than he by about two years when he was an
apprentice as aforesaid
Subscribed and sworn to before
me by the above deponent, Erastus
Mapes this 17th day of January
1853 at his residence in the town
of Wallkill in Orange County aforesaid. The [illegible] "Wallkill" being first
written over and erased near the
[illegible] of this deposition.
John W. Martin Justice of the Peace
Erastus Mapes

I the justice of the peace
before whom the above deposition was sworn to do
certify that I have been well and intimately acquainted
with the above deponent, Erastus Mapes, for upwards
of thirty years this during all that time he has been
a deacon in the Congregational church near him
and no one is the better standing than he in any
[illegible]. That all of his statements are entitled to the fullest confidence & belief.
John W. Martin Justice
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Pension Office
December 9th 1853.
Sir:
The additional proofs in suppose of the claim of
Tabitha Watson, widow of William, of Pennsylvania, have
examined.
Tabitha Watson declared that her husband served
as a corporal, and was in service in 1780, and that she had seen
his discharge in his possession. Supposing her to
have been ignorant of what the rolls show, she must have
gathered her information from her husband's conversations,
and from the sight of his discharge. The name of William Watson occurs but once on the Virginia Depreciation
Rolls, and he is there entered as a sergeant. It is
not credible that one who served as Sergeant, should fail,
in speaking of his grade, to mention the highest grade he
held. The certificate of Mr. Jackson, of a payment
of $20.10 for service in 1782-3, does not designate the
service; and it does not appear that Capt. Simon Morgan
was in service, as such, after December 31st 1781. Since
the evidence does not, as yet, identify the service of the claimant's husband with what appears on the rolls, it will be necessary
to adduce other proof of identity.
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I am, respectfully
Your Obt. Svt,
L P Waldo
Commissioner.
Alexander Ray, Esqr.
Present.