Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4688, Elijah Hanks, Conn.
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Conn.
Hanks, Elijah
Mary
W.4688
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OHIO    26.163
Elijah Hanks
(unreadable) Co. in the state of OHIO
in the Company commanded
Captain Allen of the Regt. commanded
Col. Willis in the Connct.
rafes Militia
8 Mo for $26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of  Ohio
at the rate of $26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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6966
Ohio                    Pittsburgh
Mary Hanks deceased,
widow of Elijah Hanks
who was a  Private  Conn 
the Revolution

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March 1843. Ending 
on the 2nd Sept 1844 when she died

Certificate of Pension issued the 
5th day of June 1845
and sent to
Ira C. Paine
Painesville
Ohio

[Acts of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book At June 19, 1844
Vol. 2  Page 204

Reported
Jno. Kellog Sept 17/53
same Oct 11/53

Payable to Clorinda and Esther Young
Cunningham only surviving children of Elijah
and Mary Hanks decd.
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 M.G.
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The State of Ohio)
Geauga County
on this 10th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting within and for the County of Geauga Elijah Hanks a resident of Madison aged Seventy one years in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I entered the service under Capt. Allen Col. Willis and Gen’l - Parsons in the Connecticut line. It was I think but am not positive in the year 1777. I marched to Norich and I joined the recruits from thence to West Point when I Joined the Continental Army - I was in no engagements. I resided in the town of Ashford County of Windham and State of Connecticut. After New London was burned I again enlisted under Col. McClalen for 6 months. I was engaged as Steward at Fort Trumbull on the east side of the Thames. I went as a volunteer. I received no discharge in the last service. I have no
Documentary evidence to prove my service. I received a discharge from Genl Parsons for my first years
Service but know not what has become of it
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I know no persons by whom I can prove my service in the army. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Elijah Hanks

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest DD Aiken Clerk
Mr Johnathan Winchester a clergyman residing in the township of Madison and David Brooks residing in the same town hereby certifies that we are well acquainted with Elijah Hanks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 71 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jonathan Winchester
David Brooks

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Attest DD Aikens Clerk
1st When and in waht year were you born?
An In 1761 in the township of Mansfield Connecticut

2. Have you any record of your age if so where is it?
An I have not

3. Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
An In Ashford Connecticut. I have lived in Willington Tolland County, till 1811. When I removed to Madison Geauga County where I have resided since
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4th How were you called into service. Were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
An I volunteered

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Genl Parsons Col. Willis Captain Allen. whose given names I have forgotten. I have all ready stated all the circumstances of my service which I can recollect.

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from said service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
An. I received a discharge from Genl Parsons. I cannot tell what has become of it, it was left in the care of my father. I remember that he drew a bounty of five pound with it in Connecticut by virtue of my service in the Army.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as his stated. And the court further certifies that Johnathan Winchester who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the township
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of Madison and that David Brooks who has also signed the same is a resident in the township of Madison and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss}
I, DD Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elijah Hanks for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this eleventh day of September AD 1832.
D.D. Aiken, Clerk

Elijah Hanks
4226

Rev War
April 18th 1833
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6191

Mary Hanks
application for a pension under the act of July 7 1838
Act '43 7845
Act '44 636

M 82 .39
Service 8 mo satisfactory 
Admd
[illegible]
26.66
from 11 Feby 39 the day of her husbands death-

Also Act 3 march 
43 &c
26:66 to 2nd
Sept 44 the day of her death
To Clorinda & Esther Young & Patty Cunning ham only children

Ira C. Paine
Painesville Ohio

Ira C. Paine Atty-
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss} On the 2nd day of April AD 1839 before the Honorable John Hubbard one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid, Mary Hanks aged seventy five years the 14th day of August last, resident of Madison in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Elijah Hanks who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. His first enlistment was for one year. The name of the Captain or Colonel I cannot remember as my memory is much broken. He resided in Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut. This deponent knows that he served in the war of the Revolution for a period of more than eight months but she cannot go into a detail of that service or the amount of the frailty of her memory. He was a pensioner and she therefore refers the War Department to the proof taken by him to substantiate his claim to said pension on the files of the Pension office. She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Hanks on the fourteenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two. And that her husband the aforesaid Elijah Hanks died on the eleventh day of February AD 1839. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but
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the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Mary Hanks

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written.
John Hubbard} one of the associate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of Geauga County

The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss. I John Hubbard associate Judge of the Court of Com Pleas in & for said county do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Hanks the above deponent made has been for a number of years and know her to be unable to attend the court by reason of her great bodily infirmity.
John Hubbard Asst Judge

April 12th 1839

The State of Ohio
Geauga County SS} I D.D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original application of the matter of Mary Hanks for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7th 1808 and that John Hubbard Esq before whom the above statement purports to have been made
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is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Com Pleas in and for said County and that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 17th day of April 1839 at Chardon.
D.D, Aiken, Clerk
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The state of Ohio
Lake County ss} This declaration made to obtain the pension that was due to Mary Hanks, widow of Elijah Hanks who was a resident of Lake County (formerly Geauga Co) Township of Madison and state of Ohio who died Feb 11th 1837 and the said Mary Hanks his widow died Sept 2nd 1844 being entitled to a pension from the time of her husbands death until her death according to an act of Congress passed in 1836 and subsequent acts. She never having received it.
On this 28th day of July 1853 personally appears before me John Kellogg a Justice of the Peace Esther Young formerly Esther Hanks of the township of Madison County of Lake and State of Ohio aged 58 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension that was due to her mother Mary Hanks widow of Elijah Hanks who died as above stated. That she is the daughter of the said Elijah and Mary Hanks, that she was born in the township of Willington state of Connecticut and that she was married to John Young Jan 3 1813 and that the said Elijah and Mary Hanks have no other children living. For the proof of the service and pension of the said Elijah Hanks reference had to the papers on file at Washington. She further swears that she has never before made any application for the above and that her mother never made any application for the same.
Esther Young

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Esther Young and believe her statement to be the truth. Also that I was acquainted with the said Elijah Hanks and was knowing to his being a Revolutionary pensioner and that his widow did not have it continued after his death. 
John Kellogg Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Lake County ss} Personally appeared before me John Kellogg Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jasper Brewster of the Township of Madison County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he was acquainted with Elijah Hanks deceased and was knowing to his being a Revolutionary pensioner and that he was appointed administrator to settle his estate and he further states that he was also acquainted with Mary Hanks, his widdow until her death and that she never [illegible] a pension on account of her being the widdow of a Revolutionary pensioner as he believe and that they both died as stated by the within statement. And he further states that he is well acquainted with Esther Young and knows her to be the reputed daughter of the said Elijah and Mary Hanks and that she is the only child they have that is living and that he believes her statement to be correct
Jasper Brewster

Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of July AD 1853 before me
John Kellogg
Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO,
LAKE COUNTY, SS} I, CHARLES D. ADAMS, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Lake, and State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known, that John Kellogg Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits of Esther Young & Jasper Brewster was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 27th day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
C. D. Adams, Clerk
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Act of June 17 1844

Mary Hanks
Application for a pension

Marriage Records
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FAMILY RECORD

BIRTHS
Elijah Hanks born in Mansfield the 30 of August 1761 and Mary Walker his wife in Ashford August 14th 1763
Joseph Hanks born December 1st 1782 
Elijah Hanks jr April 10th 1784 & Clorinda Hanks in December 24th 1785 all in Ashford
John Hanks & Benjamin Hanks Born June 12 1788 & Lucinda Hanks born June 14th 1790 & Sally Hanks, Born April 29 1792 &
Esther Hanks born October 13th 1794 & 
Bartholomew Snow born 19 of November 1790 & 
Riley Ryce 29th of August 1800
Children that was brought up in 
the family
Betsy Walker April 29th 1790
Deborah Walker January 1788
Benjamin Walker
Children of Ashford
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FAMILY RECORDS

MARRIAGES
Elijah Hanks & Mary Hanks maried August 14th 1782

Elijah Hanks jr to Betsey Antisdel October 4th 1807

John Young maried to Esther Hanks November 3rd 1813

Benjamin Hanks maried to Martha Knowlton September 5th 1815

Polly Hanks maried to Artemus Kunningham May 20th 1813

Betsy Walker maried to Levy Bartram June 17th 1813
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The State of Ohio
Lake County, ss} I John Young of lawful age being duly sworn depose & say that the leaf of the family Bible hereto attached containing the marriage records of Elijah Hanks with Mary Walker was taken from said Bible by Ira C Paine in my presence that I have had the possession of said Bible ever since the decease of Elijah Hanks in 1839.
John Young

Sworn to & subscribed before me and I certify that the said John Young is a credible person.
Ira C Paine
Notary Public for said County

Painesville O. Aug 20th AD 1844

(over)
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The State of Ohio
Lake County ss} I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John Young, who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & know him to be a credible person.
W. C. Mathews Associate Judge
November 26, 1844.

The State of Ohio
Lake County s.s.} I, John. W. Howdin, Clerk of the Court of Common Please within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William C Mattson Esqr. who has subscribed the foregoing certificates, is one of the associate Judges after Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and moreover that his signature above written are genuine, testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Painesville this 30th day of November AD 1844.
John W. Howdin Clerk
By A. D. Acting Deputy
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7226

Elijah Hanks
Ohio

[crossed out "Retun 5"]

Adm 8 months

Ifa C Paine
Painesville
[crossed out "D. D. Aiken Clk of Geauga"]
Cty Ohio
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7226

BRIEF in the case of Elijah Hanks of Madison, Geauga Coty in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 
a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
71 Years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column titles]
Period
Duration of Service
Rank
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Thinks it was in 1777
Duration not stated
Rank [blank]
Capt Allen
Col Willis
Genl Parsons
Connt Line

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Ashford, Windham Coty Connt.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect?

I certify that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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Rev. War Section

M M H

February 24, 1923

Mrs. Eva Haning
Woodward, Oklahoma

Madam:
In response to your letter received January 29, 1923, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary Was pension claim W. 4688 it appears that Elijah Hanks was born August 30, 1761 in Mansfield, Connecticut.
In the Spring of 1777, at which time he was a resident of Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, he enlisted and served eight or nine months as a Private in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment. In October 1781 he enlisted and served as a Steward for two months in Colonel McLellan's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832 while a resident of Madison, Geauga County, Ohio. He died February 11, 1839.
Soldier married August 14, 1783 Mary Walker born August 14, 1763 in Ashford, Connecticut and who was allowed pension on her application executed April 13, 1839 while a resident of Madison, Ohio. She died September 3, 1844 leav-
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ing three surviving children, Clorinda Young, Esther Young, and Patty Cunningham (or Kunningham) all living in Lake County, Ohio. Esther Young was the only one living in 1853. The following are the children of Elijah and Mary Hanks:
Joseph born December 1, 178-, in Ashford Conn
Elijah, Jr "April 10, 1784, " " ", married Betsey Antisdel Oct. 4, 1807.
Clorinda " December 24, 1785, in Ashford, Conn. married ------Young.
John and Benjamin " June 13, 1788, Benjamin married Martha Knowlton September 1, 1811.
Lucina " June 14, 1790.
Patty " April 29, 1792, married Artemus Cunningham (or Kunningham) May 30, 1813.
Esther " October 13, 1794, in Willington, Conn. married John Young January 3 or November 3, 1813.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Application of Mary Hanks for a pension under the Act of July 1838

Affidavit of widowhood
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State of Ohio
Geauga County ss} In the Court of Comm. Pleas of the [illegible] of June 1839

I John Young of lawful age being duly sworn depose and say that I am the son in law of Mary Hanks of Madison township in said county and know her to be the widow of Elijah Hanks decd who was at the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that he departed this life on the 11th of February A.D. 1839.
And that said Mary Hanks has not since the death of said Hanks intermarried with any person but is still his widow.
John Young

Sworn and subscribed before me June 25th 1839
S H Foot Dep Clk

State State of Ohio
Lake County, ss} I William C Matthews one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county do hereby certify that I have long been acquainted with John Young who has sworn & subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a highly credible person.
Ass C H. Matthews Associate Judge 
Perry November 26 1844
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April 25, 1845

Adal 6, [illegible]

Mary Hanks


James L. Edwards Esq
Commis Pensions
Washington D.C.

[stamped] PAINESVILLE 
OHIO
APR 21
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In the matter of the heirs of Mary Hanks deceased, this day it was satisfactorily shown to the court in open session that Elijah Hanks late of said County died on the eleventh day of February AD 1839 being at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States. That his widow Mary Hanks survived him until the second day of September A.D. 1844 when she also died, that she left the following children, heirs at law, who survived her viz Clorinda Young, Esther Young & Patty Cunningham all of Lake County. The Court order these facts to be certified to the War Department to enable the said heirs to obtain whatever pension may have been due the said Mary Hanks, at the time of her death.

The State of Ohio
Lake County, ss} I John W Howden, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lake County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing is correctly taken & copied from the journals of said court for the April seven [illegible] AD 1845. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand  and affixed the seal of said court at Painesville this 19th day of April AD 1845.
John W Howden Clerk
By C.D. Adams, Deputy
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Painesville Ap 19. 1845

Sir
[illegible] in the 1st page hereof you will find evidence of the death of Elijah Hanks and his widow Mary Hanks. & the names of her surviving children.
Very Repy your obt sevt
Ira C Paine

Jas L. Edwards Esq
Washington
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May 15, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Benjamin Hanks - W.2130
Elijah Hanks - W.4688

Mrs. M. C. Mathews
1018 East Pierce Street
Phoenix, Arizona

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Hanks who served with the New York troops, widow, Ann, and of Elijah Hanks who served with the Connecticut troops, widow, Mary, also information in regard to other soldiers, with surname Hanks, Morey, Benson and Lamphear, from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War date and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin Hanks and Elijah Hanks. These are the records of the only Benjamin Hanks, and Elijah Hanks found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

See her letter in Benjamin Hanks W.21300
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May 15, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Elijah Hanks
W.4688

Mrs. M. C. Mathews
1018 East Pierce Street
Phoenix, Arizona

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein relative to Elijah Hanks were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 4688, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Elijah Hanks was born August 30, 1761, in Mansfield, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, Elijah Hanks enlisted in the spring of 1777, served eight or nine months as private in Captain Allen's company, Colonel Wyllys' Connecticut regiment. He enlisted sometime in October, 1781, served two months as steward in Colonel McLellan's regiment.

Elijah Hanks lived in Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, until sometime in 1811, then moved to Madison, Geauga County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, then a resident of Madison, Ohio. He died February 11, 1839.

Elijah Hanks married August 14, 1782, Miss Mary Walker, who was born August 14, 1763, in Ashford,
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Connecticut. The names of her parents were not given.

The widow, Mary Hanks, applied for pension April 12, 1839, at which time she was living in Madison, Ohio. The pension was allowed.

She died September 2, 1844, in Madison, Ohio.

The following data in regard to the children of Elijah Hanks, and his wife, Mary, are showin in the claim:

Joseph born December 1, 1782
Elijah, Junior " April 10, 1784
Clorinda " December 24, 1785
John and Benjamin " June 12, 1788
Lucinda " June 14, 1790
Patty " April 29, 1792
Esther " October 13, 1794

Elijah Hanks, Jr. married October 4, 1807, Betsey Antisdel;
clorinda Hanks married, __________ Young, date not given, nor is his first name shown;
Esther Hanks married John Young, January 3, or November 3, 1813;
Benjamin Hanks married September 1, 1811, Martha Knowlton;
Patty Hanks married May 20, 1813, Artemus Cunningham or Kunningham.

The widow, Mary Hanks, was survived by the following children - Clorinda Young, Esther Young, and Patty Cunningham (Kunningham), all of whom were living in Lake County, Ohio.

The following data are shown, also - 

Bartholomew Snow was born November 19, 1790; Betsy Ryce was born August 25, 1800; Betsey Walker was born
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April 29, 1790; Deborah Walker was born January -, 1788; Benjamin Walker was born, date not shown; Betsey Walker married June 17, 1813, Levy Bartram. The relationship of these persons to the family of the soldier, Elijah Hanks, was not stated.

The papers on file in these claims contain no further discernible family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[letterhead]
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Woodward, Oklahoma. 1/26,23.

Commissioners of Pensions,
Dept of Interior,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
Please send me record of the Military Service rendered in the Rev. and such family data as is given in the pension applications of ELIJAH HANKS, pensioned in Lake Co. Ohio for service in Conn, and of CHRISTIAN MILLER a pensioner of BERKS Co. Pa. These record are desired for joining a patriotic organization.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Eva Haning
Woodward, Okla.

[stamped]
U. S. 
PENSION
OFFICE
G
JAN 29 1923
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Rev [illegible]

[letterhead]
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Woodward, Oklahoma. 2/23,23.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

On 1/26,23 I wrote you asking for the following informaiton.
A record of the Military service rendered in the Rev. and such family data as is given in the pension applications of Elijah Hanks, pensioned in Lake Co. Ohio for service in Conn. and of Christian Miller, a pensioner of Berks Co. Pa. These records are desired for joining a patriotic organization.

It has been nearly a month since I wrote you and have not heard from you. Would it be possible for you to hurry this information for me? Would appreciate it very much.
Respt.
Eva Haning
Mrs. Eva Haning
Woodward Okla.

[stamped]
U. S. 
PENSION 
OFFICE
G
FEB 26, 1923
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No 4688
Mary Hanks Wid. Elijah Hanks
Pvt, Rvt War

Act Mch 3 43, June 19 [illegible]
Index: Vol A Page 303


1923 Feb 24 Hist to Mrs Ev Haning
1940 May 15 M.C Mathews
see her ltter in Benjamine Hanks W.31300
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Madison Sept 22/53

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Sir your favour of the 17th is before me in it you inform me that the pension of the widow of Elijah Hanks has been paid. Esther Young, the heir for whom I applied is dead. She died since I sent her Declaration and I think that she did not know that her mother had drawn her pension but I have been an seen the administrator of the Widow Hanks and find that she applied for her pension by an agent named Ira C Paine who has moved away. The administrator tells me that the agent paid him sixty two dollars as the amount of pension due the estate which is all that has been paid as far as he knows. He wishes that if it is not to much trouble you would send me a statement of the whole amount that had been paid to her by the pension department. I regret that I have troubled you on a claim that was already paid but I was not aware of it until I received your letter. 
Yours respectfully John Kellogg
Madison Lake Co Ohio

L. S. Waldo Esq

P.S. I received a notice from you some time since that it would require more testimony to prove the marriage of Martha Hanks to Benj Hanks Deceased to enable her to get her Land warrant. I have sent two affidavits to that effect presuming that would be enough. Perhaps it is not time yet to get an answer but I did not know but they might be miscarried.
Yours J.K.
[illegible] Esq.
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6191

Ohio

Oct 8

July 7, 1838

Mrs Hanks
papers
Died 1839

[stamped] FREE

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, C.D.
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Painesville this Oct 1 1839

Sir herewith are the papers of Mary Hanks for a pension under the act of 1838. I have written to the town clerk of Ashford Cont the town where Mrs Hanks was married and there is no record to be found of the marriage. I am in doubt how to understand explanatory note (c.) is it necessary to send the original family record ot the pension office or will a copy suffice? If necessary it can be forwarded provided the affidavit of [illegible] is not sufficient proof.
I am [illegible] with great regard
Ira C Paine
Notary

Mr. James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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James L. Edwards Esq
[illegible]
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Painesville Aug 27 1844

Sir herewith you will find the application of Mary Hanks for a pension under the act of June 17, 1844. The death of Benj. Hanks or rather the evidence of his death has all ready been transmitted to the War office.
Very Resp your obt sevt.
Ira C. Paine


Jas L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Painesville December 2nd 1844

Dear Sir
Accompanied are the papers of Mrs Mary Hanks corrected as you suggest. I hope they will be found sufficient to insure a certificate.
Very Reply, your obt sevt.
Ira C Paine

Jas L. Edwards, Esq
Washington
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Payment to be made at Pittsburgh by T. M. Howe, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pittsbg, Ohio

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book a Vol. 2 Page 204

Th Lumpkin, Clerk
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War Department.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17th 1844 Mary Hanks, deceased, late of Ohio, widow of Elijah Hanks, who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the 11th day of February, 1839, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March 1843 and terminating on the 2nd September 1844 when she died. [crossed out" unless the Pensioner shall marry or dies before the last mentioned date in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.] The amount due is payable to Clorinda & Esther Young, & Patty Cunningham only surviving children.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty five.

Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.

Commissioner of Pensions
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[stamped] PAINESVILLE OHIO


Mar 10 48

James L Edwards Esq
Comm to
Washington D.C.
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Painesville Feb 27/45

Dear Sir
The credibility of the witnesses to the marriage in the case of Mary Hanks, was certified to early in the month of December last agreeably to request & forwarded back tot he Pension Office. Since which time no more has been heard from them. What has become of the certificate? Thinking it time to review it & the unfortunately of the Pensioner induces me to trouble you with tie enquiry.
Very Repy your Obt sevt
Ira C Paine

L. L. Edwards Esq
Commission &c
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[stamped] 
PAINESVILLE 
OHIO
MAR 48

Apl 48

Mary Hanks Ohio

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner to
Washington C.C.
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Painesville Mch 27 1845

Dear Sir I am to inform you in answer to your favor of [illegible] 18th last, that Mary Hanks has died since the completion of the [illegible] taken to substantiate her claim to a pension. She cannot therefor comply with your request.
I suppose the proof of her deceased should be made to the Agency office and that it will make no difference in respect to issuing her certificate.
What further steps are necessary to procure the certificate?
Very truly your obt sevt.
Ira C. Paine Atty

Jas L. Edwards Esq
commis. Pension
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Payment to be made at Pittsburgh by T. M. Howe Esq
Agent for paying Pension as in the Agency of Pitts & Ohio

Payable on [crossed out "the 4th March, and 4th September in each year"] presentation

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D Vol 1 Page 359 by Th Lumpkin Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Mary Hanks, deceased, late of Ohio, widow of Elijah Hanks, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and died on the 11th day of February 1839, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 11th February 1839 and terminating on the 4th of March 1841 {crossed out "unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death"] The amt due is payable to Clorinda & Esther Young and Patty Cunningham only surviving children of said Elijah & Mary Hanks, decd.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 5th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

Acting Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.

Commissioner of Pensions
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Returned to Ira Paine
Painesville OH

D. D. Aiken Clk of Geauga County Oh
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7226

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elijah Hanks which require further proof or explanation.

i. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes

ii. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes

iii. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their Opinion?
Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes & has a device.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ___________ year _______ months and __________ days, I served as a ________. For __________ months and ___________ days, I served as a ____________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Ira C Paine
March 18 '45
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Pension Office
March 18 1845

Sir,
The proof of the date of the marriage and of the service in the case of Mary Hanks is satisfactory. If she is living at this time and will comply with the requisition contained in the enclosed hereto instructions as near as the nature of the case will allow, she will be entitled to the full 5 years pension under the act of 7 July 1838 not withstanding her husband may have been a pensioner for a part of the time.





Ira C Payne Esq
Painesville Ohio
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Ira C Paine
Apl 4 1845
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Pension Office
April 11 1845

Sir,
In reply to your letter of 27 [illegible] I have to inform you that if Mrs Mary Hanks was not living on the 23rd January last she is not entitled to the benefit of the joint resolution of that date as [illegible by that of the 20th Feby and her pension under the act of 7 July 1838 will be made to commence from the day of her husbands death only. The certificate of the Court showing the day of her husbands death as well as that of her own and also the names of her surviving children to whom the certificate will be made payable should be produced. A certificate cannot be issued to a person who is known to be dead.




Ira C Payne Esq
Paynesville Ohio
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9835
Ohio

Mary Hanks widow of Elijah Hanks who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 11th [illegible] 1839 of Madison Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg commanded by Col Wyllys in the Conn Militia line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out "4th day of March 1836"] 1st February 1839 the day on which he died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of June, 1845, and sent to Ira C Paine Painesville, Ohio
Total Amount $____________

(Act July 7, 1838.)

Recorded by Th Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 389

Reported

Payable to Corinda & Esther Young and Patty Cunningham only surviving children of Mary Hanks
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Sept 26, 1853
Let in case of Martha Hanks decd widow of Elijah
John Kellogg
Madison
Lake CO
O.

Free
L P Waldo, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
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To the Commissioner of pensions Sir please read the within application and direct your answer to me at Madison Lake County Ohio.
Your Respectly 
John Kellogg

July 28/53
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Mary Hanks of Elijah
Ohio
Rejected

See let 28th dec 1839 I. C Paine 
Lett to Ira C Paine Nov 11 44

Married after passage of act of 7th July 1838.

Set to Ira C Payne March 18 45
to same April 4 1845

Act 7 July 1838
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Elijah Hanks [crossed out "Pitt"] Ohio, Act 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen Office

Died 11th Feb 1839 to Dec 23 1839
That signed
JH
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I. C. Paine
Dec 28 '39
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War Dept Pen Office
Dec 28, 1839

Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Hanks widow of Elijah Hanks, decd have been examined. It would appear that her husband died February 11 1839. The act of 7th July 1838, does not provide for those widows whose husbands have died since the passage of that act. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in this office. 
In all cases where there be a family record, the sheet upon which it is written should be taken from the book containing it in the presence of some respectable person who should make an affidavit of the fact which should be thereto attached before transmitting it to this office. As this claim is not embraced by the pension laws, the claimant familys record is not of course required.
Ira C Paine Esq
Paineville
Ohio

6191
Act 7 July 1838
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Ira C Paine
Nov 11 '44
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Pension Office
Nov 11th '44
Sir
The papers in the case of Mary Hanks widow of Elijah Hanks claiming a pension under the act of July 7th 38 - March 3rd '43 & June 17th '44, have been examined and filed with the exception of the enclosed including family record which are returned that the credibility of the witnesses may be attested by a judicial officer as required by the regulations of this Dept. The objection which existed at the time of the same application having been removed by the joint resolution of Aug 23rd '42 expansion will be allowed [illegible] of satusfactory proofs of the date of the marriage and service duly attested as above. [crossed out "The certificate of the Compt of Cont should be produced to establish the service of Elijah Hanks who says he served under Capt Allen, Col Willis and Genl Parsons in the militia in 1777"]

The service for which her husband recd a pension is established by rolls.
Ira C Pain Esq
Painesville
Ohio

6193

Act July 7 38
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The State of Ohio      
Geauga County &c }      
The subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within and for the said County personally appeared Elijah Hanks who being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath depose and say in addition to the Statement heretofore made that when I made that statement I was ignorant  that then has any person living who knew of my service in the War of the Revolution but since had found one of my old mess mates who lives in the State of New York and a private acquaintance who was a near neighbor at the time of my service in the army. This deponent however thinks they are not correct in the date of the year when the eight months tour of duty  was performed. The State of Connecticut agreed to raise the proportion of men for one year from the first of January 1777   I enlisted in the Spring of 1777 and my time was to be out the 1st of Jany 1778      I was in actual service certainly eight and I think Nine Months - October 1781- I enlisted for two months and served as a steward in Fort Griswold on the East side of the River Thames when Benedict Arnold and Murdered so many men and burned New London
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What makes me so sure with regards to time I was at White Plains when Gen Burgoyne was taken when there and great rejoicing in the camp when we heard the news and I find by records that he was taken in 1777. And further this deponent saith not.
Elijah Hanks

Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of March AD 1834.
Lewis Miller} Justice of the Peace
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Additional Testimony in the case of Elijah Hanks
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State of New York
Onondaga County}ss.
I Alanson Edwards Jr Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that Myron L Mills Esquire before whom the preceding on within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the [illegible] of said affidavits and to the preceding or written certificates to be his proper hand writing and genuine signatures.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 8th day of November 1833.
A. Edwards Jr Dep Clk
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State of New York
Onondaga County}ss.
On the seventh day of November 1833 came before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace of the town of Marcellus in the said county, Deliverance Tyler a resident of the said town of Marcellus aged seventy years and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that previous to the revolutionary war and during the war and for a considerable time after the war, she was well acquainted with Elijah Hanks who then resided in the town of Ashford in the County of Windham and state of Connecticut. That in the year 1780 the said Hanks enlisted into a Captain Allen's company and as this deponent was informed and believes joined the army. Hanks started from home in the spring and returned fore part of the following winter. Deponent thinks that Hanks enlisted for and was gone eight months. Deponent had a brother that went in the same company with Hanks. Her brothers name was Samuel Whiting. This deponent says that Hanks married a Miss Mary Walker of Ashford aforesaid and that about twenty years ago he removed to the state of Ohio. Deponent saw Hanks when on his journey to Ohio. Deponent thinks that Hanks must be about seventy one years old at this time.
Deliverance Tyler

Subscribed and sworn before me the 7th November 1833
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Deliverance Tyler who made and subscribed the above affidavit before me and that she is a woman of first rate moral charactor and can be relied on for truth and veracity.
Dated Nov the 7th 1833
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Onondaga County}ss.
On the seventh day of November 1833 came before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace of the town of Marcellus in the said county, Daniel Smith, a resident of the said town and county, aged seventy eight years. And after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that [crossed out "in the year 1779 or 1780"] previous to the revolutionary war and during the war he was well acquainted with Elijah Hanks. That this deponent and said Hanks then resided in the town of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut. That in the year 1779 or 1780 this deponent and the said Elijah Hanks enlisted into Capt Allens company at Ashford aforesaid. Deponent thinks they enlisted for eight months. They joined the Army at West Point in the spring and Hanks remained in the said company with this deponent during the summer. They were discharged home part of the following winter. This deponent knew the said Hanks for several years after the war. He married a Miss Mary Walker of Ashford aforesaid. Deponent thinks Hanks must be a little [illegible] of seventy years of age at this time and further this deponent saith not.
Daniel Smith

Subscribed and sworn before me Nov the 7th 1833.
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Smith who made the above affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and sustains a good moral character. Dated Nov the 7th 1833
Myron L Mills
Justice of the Peace
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Application of Mary Hanks for a pension under the act of June 17 1844
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The State of Ohio
Lake County ss} On this 23rd day of July 1844 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, Mary Hanks, resident of Madison in said county aged eighty 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 June 17 1844. That she is the widow of Elijah Hanks who was a private in the army of the Revolution. That she cannot specify the company or regiment in which he served, or the services from failure of memory, but refers to his own statement, made when his name was placed on the pension rolls himself having been a pensioner. She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Hanks on the 14th day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. That her husband the aforesaid Elijah Hanks died on the eleventh day of February AD 1839. 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 viz: at the time above stated.
Mary Hanks X her mark

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me. 
William C Mathews Associate Judge

I William C Mathews Associate Judge of Lake County Comm. Pleas do hereby certify that the above named Mary Hanks is unable to attend Court by reason of her bodily infirmity being unable to leave her home.
W. C. Mathews Associate Judge
[illegible] July 23 1844
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The state of Ohio
Lake County ss} I John W Howden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county and state do hereby certify that Wm C Mathews Esq is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Painesville this 27th day of August AD 1844.
John W. Howden Clerk
By C. D. Adams. Deputy
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The State of Ohio Geauga County ss.
Before me the subscriber a notary public in and for the county above named personally came Sarah Craine of lawful age who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was formerly a residing of Ashford County of Windham and State of Connecticut. She was acquainted with Elijah Hanks now deceased. He was married to Mary Walker with whom I was also acquainted and who was a schoolmate of mine. Elijah Hanks was married to the said Mary Walker at the house of my father who was the magistrate that performed the ceremony. I think it was on the fourteenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two. I was present at the wedding and have a distinct recollection of the event but my recollection of the date is not so distinct.
Sarah Crain

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of Sept AD 1839
Ira C Paine Notary Public

I certify that the above named Sarah Crain is to me personally known and is moreover a credible person.
In testimony 
Ira C Paine
N. Public

Painesville Ohio Sept 26th 1839

(over)
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The State of Ohio
Lake County ss} I William C. Mathew one of the associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas within & for said county do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Crain who has sworn & subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and know her to be a credible person.
W. C. Mathew Associate Judge
Passed November 26th 1844