Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4244, Joel Humason, Conn.
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      (printed) SERVICE                                  (printed)NUMBER
(handwritten) Conn            Humason, Joel                W. 4244
                                                           Ann
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Ohio Pittsburgh 22.616
Joel Humason   ?
of Trumbull Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by Captain Leavenworth of the Reg. commanded
by ------------- in the Cont
line for 18 mos
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsb.
at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued 21 day of Sep
1833 and sent to R. P.
Spalding. Warren, Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1832   180. (crossed out)  60.           
Semi-anl allowance(crossed out) ending 8th July 1832 22.66 
                                                                                         30.(crossed out)
died 8 July                                                                      $180.(crossed out)                 
1832                                                                                 $82.66
                                                                                      {Revolutionary Claim}                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                      {    Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Wm K. Palnos Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 8  Page 113
Certif: issued in favour
of Ann Humason
widow
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3:188
Ohio                                                                    Cleve
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Ann Humason
widow of Joel Humason
who died on the 9 July 1832
of                   in the State of
who was a Private in the
by Captain Conn of the
by            in the
line for Revolution
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at the rate of 60 Dollars
per annum to commence on the 8th day of
(crossed off) July 1832 & Ending
13 March 1838
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of
Feb 1833 and sent to 
Hon E. Whittlesey, Comptroller
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Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section}
Recorded by R. M. McRae Clerk,
Book: Vol. 2 Page 401
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22.616
Joel Humason (Dec'd) Trumbull
County, Ohio

Adm 1 yr and 6 month
                         $60         
Certificate to made in fav
of Ann Humason up to
8 day of July 1832 the
period of Joel Humason's
decease

R, P, Spalding, Warren,Trumball
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5th August, 1833.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tubular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Joel Humeson (Deceased) Trumbull County Ohio
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service years months days | Rank of the claimant | Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Extracted | 1775 | 9 months | Private | Cap Reavensworth | 77 years Woodbridge | Traditionary evidence and  one testifys - papers correctly attached
Drafted | 1776 | 5 months | " | Cap Beecher | New Haven County Connecticut
Draft |     | 2 months | " | - - - - 
Drafted |    | 1 month | " | Capt Brown
Drafted |    | 1 month | " | Cap Sperry

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

The applicant is requested to
apply to the Comptroller of the State at Hartford Connecticut for proof of Service.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," to persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of  } ss.
County of           }

On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before     A.B., a resident (b) of   in the county of   and State, Territory of District of    aged (c)     years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)   , with    and served in the     (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I   of the COurt of   do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of   for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this   day of   &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the States Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k), We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in   and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with    ; who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be   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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the   and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the   and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of    do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of   , &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the Country in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, accord





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State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
Before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Trumbull personally appeared Simeon Wheeler of Brookfield in the County aforesaid aged seventy two years who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was intimately acquainted with Joel Humason late of Vienna in said County of Trumbull deceased, in his life time from the time the said Joel was fifteen years of age until his death and for the whole of that period the deponent lived within a mile of the said Joel Humason as [illegible] when living in the State of Connecticut as after their removed to the State of Ohio - This Deponent was knowing to the said Joel Humasons entering the Service of his Country as a private soldier in the year 1775 under Captain Leavenworth.  He then marched to Boston, Massachusetts and served as this deponent verily believes in that tour nine months.  Said Joel Humason was living at Woodbridge in New Haven County Connecticut where he entered the service aforesaid - In the year 1776 the said Joel Humason was drafted in the militia and marched to New York-  This deponent believes he the said Joel served at this time three months and under Captain David Beecher - this deponent knows that said  Joel Humason was drafted several times in addition to the foregoing and served out the time for which he was drafted under Captain Sperry- This deponent served out time in the same company with the said Joel Humason at New Haven under Capt. Sperry.  The said deponent verily believes that said Joel Humason served at least two years as a private in the Revolutionary War-  The said Joel Humason moved from Connecticut  to Vienna, Trumbull County Ohio in 1803.  He lived in Vienna until his death-  He died at said Vienna on the eighth day of July 1832 and was then as I believe near seventy seven years of age. His widow Ann Humason is my sister and is seventy seven years of age.  She was married to the said Joel Humason at Woodbridge.
[handwritten
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in State of Connecticut in the month of June in the Year 1776 - She lived with the said Joel in Vienna to the time of his death and still resides in the same place.     Simeon Wheeler
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22nd day of May A.D. 1833 Alexander MConnell Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss   I Alexander MConnell a justice of the peace within and for said County and before whom the foregoing Deposition of Simeon Wheeler was taken this day, do  hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Simeon Wheeler and that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit in testimony where of I have set my hand this 22nd of May A,D, 1833   Alexander MConnell Justice of the Peace duly elected commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of this State of Ohio
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at [illegible] this 2nd day of May A.D. 1833     Alexander M Connell

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss  I George Parsons clerk of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Alexander M Connell whose name in his own proper handwriting is affixed to the foregoing deposition and was at the time of taking and subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace duly elected commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of this State of Ohio

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at [illegible] this 27th day of May A.D. 1833          Clerk
[handwritten]
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Application of Ann
Humason widow of
Joel Humason
for pension of said Joel
25524

[handwritten]
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Deposition of
Simeon Wheeler
with regard to the Revolutionary
Services of Joel Humason Dec -

[handwritten]
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The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
On this 22nd day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Warren within and foresaid County of Trumbull Ann Humason a resident of  Vienna Township in said County of  Trumbull County aged Seventy Six years and known to the Court as the widow of Joel Humason late of said Vienna deceased, who being first  duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following  Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 in consequence of the military services of her late husband,the said Joel Humason who rendered his Country during the  American  Revolutionary War: That the said Joel Humason entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated- the said Joel Humason was born in New Haven in the county of New Haven and the State of Connecticut on the 8th day of September A.D. 1756 as appears from a record of his birth in a family Bible now in her posession some years previous to the commencement of the War the Father of said Joel Humason removed with his family to Woodbridge in said County of New  Haven and state of Connecticut - Early in  the year 1775 the said Joel Humason enlisted for nine months at Woodbridge aforesaid in a Company of Connecticut Troops raised in that neighborhood and Commanded by one Captain Leavensworth- I recollect this of service well because we [illegible] engaged to be married to each other and I also lived at that time in same Town of Woodbridge- He was marched off with the Company under Captain Leavensworth to Boston in Massachusetts where from that Country around were the assembling- He served as a Private and served out his nine months when he returned home.  I do no know whether  he ever had a written discharge- On the following 16th day of June 1776 we were married at said Woodbridge- Soon after  our marriage and the same summer, said Joel Humason was drafted for a five months tour in a company Militia under Captain David Beecher- He was marched  to New York where he served out five months as a private in the army when he was again discharged He was afterwards, but at what period of the war I cannot now say drafted to go to New London
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which plan he served as a private Two Months - Twice during the War he was drafted to go to New Haven and served at that place as a private One Month at each time was thus drafted - He sent out once under a Capt. Brown and at another twice under Captain Enos Sperry of Woodbridge_ He served in all according to the best of my recollection Eighteen months and always as I understood as a Private_ After the war ended we moved to Farmington in Connecticut from which  in which place he removed in the year 1803 to Vienna in Trumbull County (Ohio) where he loved until the death of my husband, the said Joel Humason, which took place on the 8th day of July A.D. 1832, and where I now reside- I have no Documentary evidence of my husbands services but Mr. Lucius Wheeler, a neighbor and himself a soldier of the Revolution can testify as to some part of his services - I cannot without much inconvenience obtain the certificate of a Clergyman but all my neighbors are ready to certify with respect to the age of my husband at the time of his decease and as  his Revolutionary Juniors and among them Thomas Lewis of said Vienna and Genl Martin Smith - I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension from the taking effect of the Act of Congress passed the 8th day of July 1832 and declare that his name is not and has not been on the pension roll of the agency of any State-
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid George Parsons Clerk
Ann Humason x her mark
We Thomas Lewis and Martin Smith residing in Vienna and its vicinity in Trumbull County State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Ann Humason who has subscribed and sworn to the above declartion that we believe her to be Seventy Six years of age and a person of strict truth and [illegible]- We further certify that we were for many years aquainted with Joel Humason the husband of the said Ann who died at Vienna on the 8th day of July 1832 aged seventy six years; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he lived to have been a soldier of  the Revolution and as [illegible] - in that opinion 
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  George Parsons Clerk [handwritten]
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion  after the investigation of the mother and after putting the [illegible] described by the war departmentto applicant that the above named Joel Humason deceased was a Revolutionary soldier and served as stated by the applicant and the court further certify that it appears to them it that the said Joel Humason died at Vienna in the county of Trumbull on the 8th day of July A,D.  1832 seventy six and that the applicant Ann Humason was the lawful wife of the said Joel Humason at the time of his decease that she a credible person and that her statement and is entitled to credit.  And the court futher certify that Thomas
Lewis and Martin Smith __________who have signed the preceding certificate are residents ___in the township of Vienna and its vicinity in this County of Trumbull aforesaid and are credible persons and are credible persons and  that their statement is entitled to credit.
The state of Ohio Trumbull County
I George Parsons clerk of court of common pleas within and for the County of Trumbull do certify that forgoing contains the original  proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ann Humason for the pension of her late husband Joel Humason deceased.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 27th day of May Anno Domini 1833
George Parsons, clerk
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Ann Humason  dec
Copy of Record


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The State of Ohio Trumbull County
At a Court of Probate begun and held at the Probate Judge Office in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, on the 27th day of January A.D. 1853, Present Ira L Keller Probate Judge holding said court. 

This day personally appeared Aaron C. Sheft in open court, and having been duly sworn that the following is a true copy of what purports to be the family record of the late  Joel Humason & Ann Humason his wife recorded in Mrs. Humason's Bible which is now before him.

Joel and  Ann Humason was born was born Sept  8th  AD 1756. Joel Humason and Ann Wheeler was married on the 16th day of June.
Joel Humason departed this life on the 8th day of July AD 1832 aged 76 years.  Ann Humason departed this life March 13th AD 1838 aged 82 years" While record he knows has been retained in the family of the said Isaac Humason one of the children of the said Joel Humason and Ann Humason in the family  where the deed up to this time and date and further that he was personally aquainted with Ann Humason before she died and that he has seen the said Bible containing the foregoing record in Mrs An Humason's possesion and used before her death and that he believes that the said record is correct and that the said Joel Humason & Ann Humason were legally married on the 16th day of June 1776 and that they lived together as man and wife up to the time  of the said Joel Humasons death, which took place July 8, 1832
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And that the said Ann Humason deceased late of Vienna in the county of Trumbull and state of Ohio, was the widow of the said Joel Humason a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that Ann Humason died in Vienna in the County and State aforesaid on the thirteenth day of March AD 1838 having  her only surviving children to wit Isaac and Joel J Humason who still reside in the township of Vienna county and State aforesaid.

It is therefore ordered by the court that the forgoing facts certified to the commissioner of Pensions at to make the said Isaac  Humason & Joel J Humason to obtain the arrears  of pension due their mother the said Ann Humason at her decease.

The State of Ohio I, Iva S Fuller Judge of the Trumbull Court of Probate hereby certify that the above and foregoing is truly taken and copied the Records of said court.

In testimony where of I do hereunto set my hand officially and affix the seal of said Court at Warren this 28th day of January 1853. 
J L Fuller Judge
By J Mc Stult Clerk
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August 20, 1931

Mrs. R. Winnagle 
267 Belmont Street,N.W. 
Warren, Ohio

BA-J/Rev.&1812 Wars Section
REL

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4244, that Joel Humason was born September 8, 1756, at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, and some years before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, moved with his father and family to Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing at Woodbridge, Connecticut, he enlisted early in 1775, and served nine months as a private in Captain Leavenworth's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in the summer of 1776 or in 1777, and served five months as a private in Captain David Beecher's Connecticut Company.
He served two months at New London, dates and officers names not given, and two tours of one month each at New Haven under Captains Brown and Ezra Sperry, dates not given.
After the Revolution, he moved to Farmington, Connecticut and in 1803, to Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio.
He died July 8, 1832, in Vienna, Ohio.
The solider married June 16, 1776, at Woodbridge, Connecticut, Ann Wheeler. Both were then of said Woodbridge.
Soldier's widow, Ann, was allowed pension on her application executed May 22, 1833, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Vienna Township, Ohio.
She died March 13, 1838, in Vienna, Ohio.
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In 1853, the only surviving children of Joel and Ann Humason were two sons, Isaac and Joel J. Humason, both residing at that time in Vienna Township, Ohio. The names of no other children appear.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

Widow's brother [handwritten]
Simon Wheeler [handwritten]
resided in [handwritten]
Trumbull Co [handwritten]
Ohio in 1839 [handwritten]
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Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office
October 30th 1852 -
James E Heath Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Joel Humason
formerly of Vienna Trumbull County
Ohio, was a pensioner for revolutionary 
services. After his death, Ann Humason
his wife had a pension. She died in
1838 as Warren Young informs me
in a letter dated Aug 24th is his belief
but he says her death may have been
earlier. She left two sons who are
poor. They have been informed there
is considerable due on account of
the pension, either to Ann Humason
or to Mrs Humason.
Gentlemen have written on this subject
who share with confidence and patience
they have knowledge that may be relied on.[handwritten]
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Mr Young has been long known to me. and he acts as the friend of the sons, without compensation, and if anything shall be found due the whole will be paid without deduction to the two destitute sons.

You will greatfully oblige me, by having the papers carefully examined by a confidential clerk or by an examination of them yourself.  I hope this request may not be deemed to be unreasonable, although it is not usual to make it,, and as a [illegible] woul be  very objectionable.


Most Sincerely Yours Elisha Whittlesey

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3011
Ann Humason
wife of Joel
Ohio
Lt J. Hutchins, May 21 / 38
Hon. E. Whittlsy, Nov 2 / 52
Act-4 July 36

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John Hutchins
21 Apr 1838
Dead.
Hon. B Wade Aug 31  1832


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June 1852
Letter from W Young
rel: to Mrs. Ann Hummason widow
of Joel.
B.T. Wade
[illegible]
Hon. James E. Heath
Washington City

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Treasury Department 
Official Business
First Comptroller


James E Heath Esq
Commr of Pensions   [handwritten

[vertical]
To be returned to Mr. Cole [handwritten]
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[left side]
Revy [handwritten] Widow, &c.[printed]
File No. [printed] 4244
Ann Humason  Wid.
Joel Humason
Pvr Rev. War [handwritten]

Act: [printed] July 4 %36 [handwritten]
Index: _______ Vol. A, Page 355

[Arrangement of 1870]

[right side]
1931 - Aug 20  List to  
Mrs. R. Vimmeade - EES
Seer in case Hou.
Bellamy. S. 42086
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Post mark           Free

3,011 Dec 12 [vertical]
Ohio, 4 July 1836 [vertical]
3 Sec [vertical]

Hon James L Edwards   [horizontal]
Commisioner of Pensions  [horizontal]
Washington  D C  [horizontal]

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Brief in the case of [printed] Ann Humason Trumbull [handwritten] County and State of [printed]Ohio [handwritten] act [printed] 4 July 1834

 Claim, ("original," [crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If Either, state the substance, [printed]

Husband was allowed a pension under act of 7 June 1832
Record & traditionary proof of marriage [handwritten]

( If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been, filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what? [Printed]

Name and residence of agent [printed]
Hon E. Whittlesey Comptroller [handwritten]
S Cole [handwritten]
xamining clerk [printed]
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Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office
February 3rd 1853

James E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
This will be accompanied by a letter from Warren Young Esq of Warren Trumbull County Ohio. in relation to the application of Ann Humason for a pension and by an authenticated copy of certain proceedings in court in regard to the marriage of said applicant and the death of her husband- 
Your attention is to the investigation of the case, from the advanced age of the applicant her destitution and other considerations mentioned by Mr. Young.
Most Sincerely Yours
Elisha Whittlesey
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[Postmark]
[vertical] Ann Humason Ord'd

Trea

[horizontal]  J . L. Edwards Esq. 
                    Comr. of Pensions
                    Washington City
                    D.C.


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Warren Ohio April 26th 1838.

Sir
Your communication, of  the 21st in relation to the claim of Mrs Ann Humason, widow H is received.  Mrs Humason, since making her declaration has deceased.  Therefore no further execution as to her.  As I suppose, need be made.  Please except my humble thanks for the information with which you have furnished me in relation to the attaining of pensions

Very respectively your obt. Serv't
John Hutchins

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Warren Trumbull County Ohio
December 6 1834

Sir

Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Ann Humason widow of Joel Humason deceased in order to obtain the Main benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.
It is the best proof 
I am respectfully your Ont. Servt.
John Hutchins

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pension  Washington D.C.

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Pension papers 
[postmark]       For

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pension


Washington


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Warren; Trumbull County , Ohio  29 October 1832
J L Edwards Esq

Dr. Sir

Mrs. Humason, the widow of Joel Humason dec'd, whose pension papers are herewith submitted, is aged feeble and so extremely poor that she cannot afford the expence  of sending to Hartford, Conn for proof in support of the testifying claim preferred in consequence of the Revolutionary services of the deceased husband _ she prays you to consider her situation and hopes for a favorable results_
Respectfully Y

P. S. It will be observed that in addition to her own personal knowledge of her husbands services under oath, she has one living witness.
RPS
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4               3,011
Ann Humason 
widow of Joel 
Ohio
Act 4  July 1836
Married    1776
Husd died 8 July 1832
[illegible] 18 mos  [illegible] $ 6 11 per
annum, coms'g  8 July 1832 & ending 13, March
1838 payable to
Isaac Humason & Joel J. Humson
Only surviving children    Cleveland

Hon. E. Whittlesey  Comptroller
[crossed through John Hutchison Esq  Warren Ohio

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State of Ohio
Trumbull County

On the fourth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Trumbull Ann Humason of Vienna Township in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio aged eighty one years who being first duly according to law, doth , on by oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836:  That she is the widow of Joel Humason, who was a private in Capt. Swingsilvers Company (The day and year which he entered the service not recollected) but according to the best of said Ann's recollection said Joel Humason enlisted in the 1777 that said Joel Humaston enlisted for the period of nine months that he left the service and according to the best of Ann's recollection was afterwards drafted but can not say how long he then continued in service.  Said Joel was in New York at the time it fell into the hands of the enemy as I have often heard him state.  That said Joel Humason at the time he enlisted resided in Woodbridge Town New Haven County and State of Connecticut.  That he marched from New Haven Conn. to New York said I cannot specify how many battles said Joel was engaged: ^ she not [illegible] for the [illegible] of documents proof^  she further declared that she was married to said Joel Humason on the sixteenth day of June (A.D. 1776) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six.  That her husband the aforesaid Joel Humason, died on the eighth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will appear more fully by reference to the proof ^Ann + Humason her mark^ hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Ambrose Hart Just Peace
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I  Ambrose Hart Justice of the Peace as before mentioned do certify that the said affiant Ann Humason is from bodily infirmity and she is unable to attend court and that she is a person of encribility and

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State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
Before me Ambrose Hart one of Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid this fourth day of Dec. A. D. 1837 personally appeared Simeon Wheeler, who first being duly sworn according  to law, on his said oath, deposeth and saith that the above named Ann Humason was married on the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1776 on or about that time that they were husband and wife and were together as such.  That said Joel Humason did enlist as stated in affadavit and that he did service under the United States, but the exact time he was in service I cannot state.  that said Joel Humason died on the 8th day of July A.D. 1832 and that said Ann is still his widow and has been ever since his decease. That I am her brother and in  my fathers family at the time said Ann my sister was [illegible] and further this deponent saith not. 
Simeon Wheeler     x his mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written
Ambrose Hart Just Peace

I certify that said Simeon Wheeler is a person of credtibilty
Ambrose Hart Just peace.

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The State of Ohio  I George Parsons Clerk of the Court Trumbull County of Common pleas in and for said Courts Do Hereby Certify that Ambrose Hart Esquire whose proper signature is subscribed to the above certificates was at the time of subscription the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that free
[illegible] and credit are due to all his official acts_ Which my hand and the seal of said Court at Warren this 6th day of Dec. A .D, 1837
George Parsons Clerk By J D Taylor Deputy

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