Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4217, Daniel Guilder, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
VA

Guilder or Gilder, Daniel 
Mary

Number 
W. 4217
B.L.Wt. 8162-160-55
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[top left corner of page ripped] 5732
[illegible] Cin

Mary Guidler widow of Daniel Guilder Va who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per anum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Aug 1851. 
and send to Robt. Hysell
Pomeroy
Meigs Co.
O. [Ohio]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 342 Vol. 4

1855 
July 9. [sentence crossed out]

1855 -  July 9th -  duplicate issued and sent to R Downing 
Middleport Ohio
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65.964 } Act March 3/55 April 13 "

Mary Guilder wid of } Par,
Daniel Guilder

Claimant states that she is a pensioner under the Act of Feby 2. 1848
Rev war
Va: Contl. line.

AW 160 Acres Oct: 11"1855,
in Feby 48 - 5
Boynton

Boynton

Elijah Hutton
Ledlies Ohio.

WI to 0162 iss Oct 10/55

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State of Ohio
Meigs County ss.} on this 2d day of April 1855 personally appeared before me Joshua P Coburn a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Guilder aged Eighty nine years, resident of Meigs County and state aforesaid, who being duly Sworn, Declares that she is the widow of Daniel Guilder deceased, who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain (name not remembered and papers not in her possession to show) in the regiment (not remembered) Commanded by (as above not remembered) in the war of the Revolution with Great Britain. That her said husband Enlisted at Loudon County in the State of Virginia (time not remembered) during the war and was honorably discharged at (place and time not remembered) but will appear by the muster rolls of the Company in which he served.
She further states that she was married to the said Daniel Guilder at Monmoth County in the State of New Jersey in August 1786 (for information as to the marriage referance May be had to the original record sent to or left at the pension Office by one Asbury," the returned Copy afterwards sent by one Robert Hysell by a Justice of the peace (Name forgotten) and that her name before her marriage was Mary Cumpton then she married one Ebinezer Cutter after that or his death to the above married Daniel Guilder as above stated that her said husband died at Loudon County in the State of Virginia in April 1810 as near as she remembers but for precise time reference must be had to said marriage record. Also that she is now a pensioner and drawing a pension by virtue of said services as will appear by a Copy o the Certificate herewith Enclosed
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act passed March 3rd, 1855, never having received Bounty Land, or knowing that she is entitled except for the above service, and she believes that no Bounty Land was ever received by her said husband.
She hereby revokes any application for Bounty Land previously made, or that may have ben presented in her name, and she hereby Constitutes and appoints Elijah Hutton of Meigs County Ohio, her true and Lawful attorney to prosecute the above mentioned claim and to receive for her benefit the bounty Land warrant to which she may be entitled
Mary Guilder
x her mark

Sworn to Subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above written, and on the same day personally came before me, J. M. Henry a resident of County in the State of Ohio and Daniel McCumber a resident of Meigs County in the state above named, to me known as Credible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Mary Guilder widow of Daniel Guilder who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that they were present and saw her make her mark to and acknowledge the above declaration, And that from their personal acquaintance with her they believe that she Mary Guilder is the widow of Daniel Guilder and they believe they lived together as man and wife and were so reputed and they believe that thy husband of said Mary Guilder was the identical person who performed the Military services mentioned in the above declaration, that the above named Daniel Guilder is now dead and the said Mary Guilder is now a widow and they further swear that they are disinterested
D McCumber
J. M. Henry
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Sworn to and Subscribed before me, and I Certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution.
J. P. Coburn J.P.

The State of Ohio
Meigs County ss} I Rodney Downing Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Joshua P Coburn before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made & who has subscribed his name to the certificate thereof was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith & confidence are and ought to be given to his official acts as such & further that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Pomeroy, this third day of April AD 1855 and of the State of Ohio the 53d
R Downing Clerk
by M Bosworth Deputy
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12.852
Mary Guilder
Ohio
Act 7 July, 38

Claimant
Jackson C. H.
Ohio
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The State of Ohio Jackson County ss
I Jacob Westfall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county aforesaid do certify that Asa Dudley is an Associate Judge of the court of common Pleas within and for said County legally authorized to act as such and that his signatures above written are Genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Jackson This 20th day of March A.D. 1846.
Jacob Westfall Clerk
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State of Ohio}
Jackson County} ss
On this 20th day of March 1846 personally appeared before me Asa Dudley an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Mary Guilder late Mary Cutter a resident of said County Aged 80 Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay And pensions to certain widows and of the Acts of March 3d 1843 and June 17th 1844 That she is the widow of Daniel Guilder Decd late an American soldier in the Revolutionary War who held the rank of An Orderly Sergeant part of the time and towards the close of the War Aiddecamp of General Washington so well as she remembers his statements she thinks she heard him say that he enlisted for during the War in the County of Fairfax Virginia she remembers he said he was in the Battle of Monmouth in which he received a wound in the left side inflicted by A Bayonet in consequence of which he was taken to the Hospital where he lay several months before he was able to perform duty the scar of the wound could be obviously seen during his life she further says that during his Lifetime whilst residing in Loudon County Virginia he went to see Colo _______ (name forgotten) an Officer who lived in or near Alexandria Under Whom he had served or knew of his services from whom he obtained a paper containing proofs of his services afterward he got another paper containing evidence of his services it was in size equal to A full Sheet and had three seals on hit Those papers he retained till his Death after which Event she put them in the hands of Mr Henderson (A Lawyer) living in Leesburg Loudon County Va
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what he done with the papers she is not informed but supposes that he sent them to Washington City to obtain the Bounty Land due for his services she further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Guilder in the year 1793 by A Magistrate named Conover in monmouth County New Jersey Aaron and Rhoda Norris went with them and were present at the marriage both of whom and the Magistrate have since died she has been informed She further saith that the enclosed Record marked A was taken out of the Family Bible of said Daniel Guilder and the entries made thereon is in his own proper hand writing and that Mary Ann Guilder whose Birth is recorded on said paper was their eldest Child She further saith that the said Daniel Guilder departed this life in the month of April 1809 in the County of Loudon State of Virginia and that she has remained his Widow ever since
Mary Guilder
x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the year above written Before me Asa Dudley Associate Judge
Jackson County Ohio

I do hereby Certify that Mrs Guilder says that she is very unable to attend Court on account of Bodily Infirmity Asa Dudley Ast Judge J.C.C
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County } ss.
personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Mercer, Joseph Cutter ~ of the County aforesaid of the age of fifty eight years of good reputation for truth ~ and veracity who being duly sworn on his Oath saith that he hath lived in, and been a Citizen of the State of New Jersey from his birth and that he hath lived in the County of Middlesex (now Mercer) about forty  years last past, that he distinctly remembers that, when a little boy that his Mother Mary Cutter then a widow, went away with Daniel Guilder to be Married and that Rhoda Norris and her husband went with them and all returned the same day and that they were married by Squire Conover that this deponent continued to live with his parents for several years after their said Marriage until he was bound out as an apprentice during which time this deponent heard said Guilder Say that he was an Englishman that he was pressed into the British Military as Naval service and was in said service several years and that he effected his escape by swimming on a plank and got to Virginia and that he there enlisted in the American Army of the Revolution and that said Guilder frequently showed this deponent and others a scarr which he said was from a wound received in the Battle of Monmouth 
And this deponent further saith that his Mother and said Guilder her husband moved to the state of Virginia and that said deponent after he was free which was at the age of twenty one years paid them a visit and that he found them living in
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Loudon County in said state and that he made his home with them for several months during which time this deponent heard the said Daniel Guilder relate the same things relative to his services in the army which have already been stated in this affidavit
And this Deponent further saith that between twenty and twenty five years ago this deponent received a letter from a Gentleman in Virginia he thinks by the name of Henderson (which letter is lost) requesting this Deponent to obtain proof of the Marriage of Deponents Mother and said Daniel Guilder and said deponent made search and found the record on the Marriage Docket of the aforesaid Squire Conover of Monmouth County and that said Deponent took a Copy of said record in presence of the aforesaid Rhoda Norris and then went to the County Clerks office and had Rhoda Norris Affidavit taken that she was present at the marriage and that the Clerk authenticated the same and this deponent then sent the same to the said Henderson and further this deponent saith not
Joseph Cutter
Sworn and Subscribed before me this twenty ninth Day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
Israel Pearce
Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County} ss.
personally appeared before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Mercer aforesaid Joseph Embly of said County of the age of seventy three years a man of good reputation for health and veracity who being duly sworn on his Oath saith that he is and has been a Citizen of the State of New Jersey from his birth and both lived in the County of Middlesex (now Mercer) thirty years or more last past that he was acquainted with Daniel Guilder and his wife Mary (late Mary Cutter) and that they lived together in the aforesaid County of Middlesex reputed and acknowledged as being man and wife. That this deponent frequently heard said Guilder say that he was an Englishman that he deserted the British service and enlisted under General Washington and that when he deserted the British he made his escape to the state of Virginia and there enlisted in the American service that while he serving he received a wound from a bayonet and that the said Guilder frequently related it and showed that he received said wound in the said of the belly And that he is acquainted with Joseph Cutter and has always known him as the son of the aforesaid Mary Guilder and that the said Daniel Guilder is the same mentioned in the above affidavit of Joseph Cutter And further this Deponent saith that he understood from said Guilder and from common report that when he came to this state he came from the state of Virginia and that said Guilder moved away as this deponent understood at the time, back to the State of Virginia where from
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common report this deponent believes he lived and died All of which this deponent testifies to be true according to the best of his knowledge and belief and further saith not
Joseph Embly
x his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty ninth Day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before me
Israel Pearce Justice of the peace

Witness present Sarah S Pearce

State of New Jersey
Mercer County ss I Ralph H Shrene Clerk of the County of Mercer in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Israel Pearce the person before whom the foregoing affidavits of Joseph Embly and Joseph Cutter were taken was at the time of the taking thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer duly commissioned and Sworn and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judication as thereout
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty seven
Ralph. H. Shrene Clerk
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Council Chamber Augt 22d 1787.
Daniel Guilder is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a private of the Continental line for three years service
Beverley Randolph J. Meriwether
A Warrant for 100 acres issued to Daniel Guilder the 22d August 1787 N. 4307.
A Copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office
Teste, S. H. Parker Req. L. Office
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THE
TABLE
OF THE
Thirty-nine ARTICLES.

1 OF Faith in the Holy Trinity.
2 Of Christ the Son of God.
3 Of his going down into Hell.
4 Of his Ressurection.
5 Of the Holy Ghost.
6 Of the Sufficiency of the Scripture
7 Of the Old Testament.
8 Of the Three Creeds.
9 Of Original or Birth-sin.
10 Of Free Will.
11 Of Justification.
12 Of Good Works.
13 Of Works before Justification.
14 Of Works of Supererogation.
15 Of Christ alone without Sin.
16 Of Sin after Baptism.
17 Of Predestination and Election.
18 Of obtaining Salvation by Christ.
19 Of the Church.
20 Of the Authority of the Church.
21 Of the Authority of General Councils.
22 Of Purgatory.
23 Of ministering in the Congregation.
24 Of speaking in the Congregation.
25 Of the Sacraments.
26 Of the Unworthiness of Ministers.
27 Of Baptism.
28 Of the Lord's Supper.
29 Of the Wicked, which eat not the Body of Christ.
30 Of both Kinds.
31 Of Christ's one Oblation.
32 Of the Marriage of Priests.
33 Of Excommunicate Persons.
34 Of the Traditions of the Church.
35 Of Homilies.
36 Of Consecration of Ministers.
37 Of Civil Magistrates.
38 Of Christian Men's Goods.
39 Of a Christian Man's Oath.
The Ratification.

FINIS.
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A Chronologist Account of the family & circumstances attending & Belonging to Daniel & Mary Guilder

Daniel Guilder Son of Benjamin & Anna Maria Guilder was born the 5th day of January & year of Our Lord - - - 1755

Mary Compton Daughter of William & Mary Compton was born the 29th day of August - year of - - 1765

Daniel Guilder Married Marry Cutter Widow - 1793

Joseph Cutter Son of Ebinezer & Mary Cutter was born February the 2nd Anno Domini - 1788

Mary Ann Guilder Daughter of Daniel & Mary Guilder was born in New Jersey Wednesday April the 2nd & year of - 1794

Elizabeth Guilder Daughter of Daniel & Mary Guilder was born Sunday March the 13th in New Jersey & year of - 1796

Mary M & Sarah A. Guilder Daughters of D & M Guilder was born Saturday December the 30th (the same are Twins) - 1797

Laney Guilder Daughter of Daniel & Mary Guilder was born Sunday February the 9th New Jersey & year of - 1800

Benjamin Guilder Son of Daniel & Mary Guilder was born [illegible] June the 13th New jersey & year of - 1801 -

[illegible] Guilder Daughter of Daniel & Mary Guilder was born Monday March the 14th day New jersey & year of - 1803

Turn over -
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Daniel Guilder in [illegible] rivers Company in August to Nov 1779
Cossistin
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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 22nd day of August 1787, in the name of Daniel Guilder as a Soldier of Infantry for [pound sign]12.10.0, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p414.{No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 27th day of August 1846.
Allen W. Morton Clerk
acting in the absence of
the AUDITOR.

rec.d Bounty Land
in 57 in person
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State of Ohio}
County of Meigs ss} 
On this 21st day of June AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Mary Guilder aged 95 years a Resident of Salem Meigs County Ohio who being duly Sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Daniel Guilder deceased, that she is in receipt of a pension of Eighty Dollars pr Annum as the widow of Daniel Guilder who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War that the Pension Certificate issued in her name was left in the hands of her Son Benjamin Guilder who attended to procuring her Semi Annual payments, And that Said Certificate has been Lost or mislaid and cannot now be found, that Said Benjamin Guilder has removed to the west and his place of residence is to her unknown She makes this declaration in order to obtain another Certificate in Lieu of the original one now Lost
Mary Guilder 
x her mark

Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year above written
Joshua P Coburn J.P.

State of Ohio}
Meigs County ss} James Henry being duly Sworn deposes and Says that Mary Guilder the person who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit resides in his Family and that the Statement contained in the above declaration relative to the Loss of the Pension Certificate are to his Knowledge true, that it has been Lost or mislaid by Some one and cannot be found and by whom it was lost he cannot State but knows positively that it cannot be found, he further declares that Mary Guilder is a
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Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum
James Henry

Sworn to by James Henry and Subscribed by him in my presence the day & year above written and I certify that the Said James Henry is a credible person
Joshua P. Coburn J.P.

State of Ohio,
MEIGS COUNTY, SS} I Rodney Downing Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County certify that J. P. Coburn Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavits were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, that confidence is and ought to be given to his official acts as such, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Pomeroy, this 28th day of June A.D. 1855
Rodney Downing Clerk.
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No. 65964
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 13, 1855.

Daniel Guilder
Rev. War

Warrant 8162-160-55

Elijah Hutton
Ledlias
Ohio
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Ledlias April 4th 1855

Commissioner of Pensions
sir Enclosed you will find an application for Bounty Land by Mary Guilder with the Certificate by which she is enabled to draw a pension you will please return the certificate if you please when you are done useing it for the purpose therein named as it is the only thing she has in her possession by which she is enabled to draw her pension. If there is any thing further wanting in Relation to the application please address
Elijah Hutton
Ledlies P.O.
Meigs County O.
Yours with respect
E Hutton

Commissioner of
Pensions
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United States of America
The State of Ohio} Be it Known that before me
Meigs County ss} Josiah Smith a Justice of the peace Duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and For the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Guilder and made oath in due form of law that She is the identical person named in an original Certificate in her possession of which I Certify the Following is a true Copy,, Department of the interior Widows pension I Certify that in Conformity with The act of february 2d 1848 Mary Guilder widow of Daniel Guilder who was a private in the revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum Commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and Continuing for life unless She Should Again marry in which Case the pension is not payable After the time of Such marriage. Given at the Department of the interior this 12th day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty one with A. Graham acting Secretary of the interior Examined and Counter Signed J. E. Heath Commissioner of pensions That She has not intermarried but Continues the widow of the above mentioned Daniel Guilder that She now resides in the County of Meigs and State of Ohio and Has resided there for the Space of fifteen years Past and that previous there to she resided in Virginia
Mary Guilder
x her mark
Of the truth of which Statement I am fully Satisfide Sworn to and Subscribed this 6th day of September AD 1852 before me
in presence of} Josiah Smith J. peace
Leonard Dains}
Josiah Smith }
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Know all men by these presents that I Mary Guilder of Meigs County and State of Ohio a widow Pensioner of the united States do hereby Constitute and Appoint Minor Andrews & White of the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive From the agent of the united States for paying Pensions in Cincinnati my pension from the 4th day of March AD 1852 to the 4th day of Sept. AD 1852. witness my hand and Seal this 6th day of September AD 1852 Mary Guilder {Seal} x her mark
Sealed and delivered in presence of}
Leonard Dains }
Josiah Smith }

The State of Ohio} Be it known that on the 6th
Meigs County ss} day of September 1852 before the Subscriber A Justice of the peace in and for Said County Personally appeared Mary Guilder above named And Acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney To be her act and deed in testimony where of I have here unto Set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Josiah Smith J. peace

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$19.35
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V 12.852
Mary Guilder
Ohio
___________________
Let. to clt. June 15, 46.
do to C. Asbury Sept 30: 46
to same June 2 '47

Act 7 July, '38.
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No 12852
Mary Guilder
Ohio

Let to Claimant June 15 '46
" " C. Asbury Sept 30. 46
" " ao June 2 47
" " letter July 7th '47
to same Sept 7 '47
to Rob Hysell Sept 5, '50
Same Apl 22. 1851
Act 7 July 1838 (see Order) in records

It appears that Guilder receivd his Bounty Land W. in Va in per [illegible] in 1787. If her husband removed from N. J. to Va before that time, the Claim may be admitted.
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9.048
OHIO Cin
Mary Guilder
widow of Daniel
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 0 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug 1857.
and sent to Robt Hysell
Pomeroy
O

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 204
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4217
Mary Guilder
Wid.
Daniel Guilder
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feby. 2d. 48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 297

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Daniel Guilder Va Bounty Land?
no warrant has been issued in the Revy: rolls - nor does it appear that one is due for services in the Va line.

E O
R.G.
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Daniel Guilder private of Capt Francis Millrs Company Continental line of Virginia Revolutionary War died 1809 or 10 he left papers containing evidence of his services in the hands of his Widow She gave them to Richard Henderson Esqr of Leesburg Va He sent them to one of the public offices in Washington to get her with other papers containing proofs of the marriage of Said Guilder to Mary Cutter of New Jersey about the year 1824 - 5 or 6
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Virginia. Jefferson County, To wit:
Before me John C. R. Taylor a justice of the peace for the above county, has personally appeared Richard Larow, a citizen of said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he was eighty two years of age on the 19th day of July, 1847, born in Hopewell New Jersey, from which State his father with his family removed to Loudon County Virginia, about the commencement of the Revolutionary war & settled in the neighbourhood of Ezikiel Potts. Affiant saith, that he was personally acquainted with a young man named Daniel Guilder who was a labourer in the employment of said Potts, & with whom he resided, but before his the said Guilder time had expired with said Potts, he the said Guilder ran off & enlisted in the Continental army in the revolutionary war as said Guilder told him & that several years after the close of the war the said Guilder having married in New Jersey (as he said said affiant was told,) returned with his family to Loudon where he continued to reside until his death leaving a widow, named Polly, & several children, one of whom was a son named Benjamin, all of whom removed to the within County, as he said affiant was informed,- The affiant further saith that the said Guilder showed him the scars of two wounds, one on each breast, & which he told said affiant had been made by bayonets in the war.
Richard Larow
X His Mark.
Sworn to, & subscribed before me on this the 28th of April, 1848.
J. C. R. Taylor. J.P.

Virginia Jefferson County To wit:
John Kable, in whose testimony I have full confidence, has this day personally appeared before me, & made oath that he has known Richard Larow for many years, & that he believes him to be a man of strict veracity.
Witness my hand on this the 28th of April, 1848.
J. C. R. Taylor. J.P.

Virginia, Jefferson County Set:
I. Thomas A Moore. Clerk of the County Court of said County
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County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that J. C. R. Taylor Esq, whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 28th day of April 1848.
T A Moore
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12.852
Mary Guilder
wid of Daniel
Ohio
Act 7 July 38
~
Admd 2 yrs. priv.
$80.00
Act, '38. 43,44 & 48

Cincinnati

Robt Hysell
Pomeroy
Meigs Co
Ohio
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Pomeroy Meigs County Ohio
Jan. The 4th 1857
Mr J. L Edwards
Sir I wrote to you concerning the case of Maru Gilder (widow) of Daniel Gilder Deceased. you answered my letter saying there could be no examination of the Records untill She complyed with the 3rd paragraph of a pointed circular you sent to me, in which I discoverd That if a person wished to present a claim for a pension having no living witness they must file an affidavit to that fact which has been done To ask information of that department
This widow is very poor & dependent entirely on her son for support pleas answer This letter soon
yours with due Respect
Robert Hysell
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Pomeroy Meigs County Ohio July The 14th 1857
Dear Sir
I wish to know if the pension claim of Mary Guilder widow of Daniel Guilder deceased, has been allowed if so send on the Certificate if not say what is wanting further on her part - it seems She has sent evidence at different times some years ago & Jan 4th 1851 & May 15th 1851 by your request now if She is entitled to a pension- She wants it soon as She kneeds it & does not wish to employ an attorney to attend to her claim Thare - but if not allowed she will have to do it so that some person will be 
Thare to attend to her claim
pleas answer this soon
I am yours with Respect
Robert Hysall

Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
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1847
75
72

The affidavit of David Potts, aged seventy four or five: - This Affiant states that he was born in Loudon County, Virginia, in the year 1772 & is the son of Ezekiel Potts, late of said County decd.;-he, affiant was well acquainted with Daniel Guilder, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He, [illegible] with affiant's father, before he enlisted; affiant was quite young at that time, but he recollects perfectly well when said Guilder returned to Loudon after the war - He, Guilder was married when he returned; Affiant thinks he removed in New Jersey but this he does not know, only as said Guilder informed - He brought three children with him & his wife - Affiant is very certain Guilder's wife was named Mary & they had a daughter also of last name - Affiant thinks it was about twenty years from the time said Guilder enlisted until he returned from it with his wife & their children - Affiant believes, that said Guilder enlisted in Loudon, but he cannot be certain as to the fact He has an impression, Though it is very faint that he was enlisted by a man, named Tissbitt. Affiant does not recollect when Guilder died, but he left a widow, above named, who, he thinks, but he is not certain, removed, some years after, to the coast, but when he, affiant knows not:-Affiant always supposed & believed, that said Guilder was a regular soldier belonging to the Virginia Troops & affiant's impression is that he told him that he had been wounded - Affiant is cer-
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tain that Daniel Guilder, who returned with his wife Mary & three children some twenty years after he enlisted, was the same Daniel Guilder, who lived with this affiants father, when he enlisted during the war, and at which time he enlisted, the affiant cannot recollect being quite young - Guilder was pock marked, bushey-haired - & further affiant saith not.
David Potts

Virginia
Loudon County } to wit: -
I James McIlhany, a justice of the peace for said county do certify, that David Potts, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavit personally appeared before me this day & was duly qualified in the premises: & I certify that said Potts is a citizen of respectability of this County & altogether worthy of belief - Given under my hand this 19th day of May 1847 -
Jas McIlhany

Virginia Loudon County to wit
I Charles G Eskridge Clerk of the County Court of Loudon in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Jas McIlhany is a Magistrate as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 20th day of May 1847 and in the 71st year of the commonwealth
C. W. G. Eskridge Clk
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Ohio
Mary Guilder
Act 2d feb. 1848

Duplicate to

L Downing
Middleport
Meigs Co
Ohio
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Middleport Meigs County
Ohio June 29th 1855

Sir
The application of Mary Guilder for a pension Certificate in Lieu of one lost is herewith forwarded. the old Lady is some 95 years of age and very infirm & her papers have been in the hands of her children, and her Pension Certificate has been lost or mislaid, and it cannot be found I am personally acquainted with the Family & have no doubt that Such is the case, the widow will be unable to draw her Sept payt unless Another Certificate is granted
Yours Respectfully
R Downing
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August the 27th 1850
Sir I read yours of the 17th inst in answer to mie of the 9th & am sorry Wm Dodsons Surgeons Certificate cannot be found. Shall I prove that he had one
pleas say in what perticular the testamoney is wanting Mary Gilder widow of Daniel Gilder a Soldier of the Revolution wishes to know if her husbands Name is enrolled on the Rolls of the Va Troops
who she says Enlisted at Norfolk Va died in Loudon Co Va she says there was a man undertook to get her pension some years ago & went to washington City for that purpose & she never has seen him since said widow now lives in Meigs Co. Ohio - pleas address a Line to me at Pomeroy Meigs Co. Ohio in answer [illegible] questions. Wm Dod[illegible] like to know if he is entitled to 3 months extra pay the same man who sent the papers in support of a claim to an invalid pension last March from this place
I am yours &c
Robert Hysell
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The State of Ohio}
Meigs County} ss
before me an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Mary Gilder aged Eighty Six years widow of Daniel Gilder a private Soldier who served in the war of the Revolution in the Virginia Troops She thinks the Va line he enlisted in Loudon County Va Served three years & six months She does not recolect his officers names She States he was wounded at the battle of Monmouth & taken to the hospital & there lost his Surgeons Certificate. Said Daniel Gilder died in Loudon County Va near forty years ago. The said Mary Gilder as the widow of said Daniel Gilder being entitled to a pension & haveing no living witness to proove her husbands service by - asks information to enable her to obtain a pension from the government She entrusted this matter to a man some years since by the name of Coalman Tesberry - but she does not know what has become of him. She states her husband had a discharge & she left it with a Mr. Henderson in Leesburg Va
Mary Gilder
x her mark

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 30th day of December AD. 1850 Josiah Smith J.P.
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The State of Ohio}
Meigs County ss} I Andrew Donnally Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid - do hereby Certify that Josiah Smith before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time of Signing his name thereto and still is an acting Justice of the Peace for Said County, duly commissioned and qualified,
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Pomeroy this 4th day of January A.D. 1851. and of the State of Ohio the 49th
A. Donnally Clerk
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Brief in the case of Mary Guilder widw of Daniel 
Count and State of Ohio
act 2d february 1848 ~
__________________________________
Clam, For duplicate.

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Pensioner makes affidavit that original pension certificate is lost. Duplicate issued.

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

Name and residence of Agent.
R Downing } R. M. Rae Examining Clerk.
Middleport}
Meigs Co.}
Ohio}
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Brief in the case of Mary Guilder
Jackson County and State of Ohio
act July 7. '38

Claim, ("original")

Proof exhibited, (if original.): Certificate of Commanding officer and Certificates of Auditor of Virginia and Register of the Land office of Virginia. The first shows the time of enlistment and discharge, the 2d shows the balance of pay due according to settlement and the 3d attests the fact of a warrant having been granted for 100 acres.

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.:
The marriage is proved by family record &c. The identity is proved to my satisfaction by witnesses whose credibility is attested and who knew Daniel Guilder in New Jersey and in Virginia after his return to Loudon County where he had lived & where he had enlisted.

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

Name and residence of Agent.
Robert Hysell
Pomeroy
Meigs Co. Ohio

F. H. Davidge
Examining Clerk
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I do hereby certify that Daniel Guilder a Soldier of my company of Colo Nathaniel Gest's Regimt was inlisted for the term of three years which time he served faithfully. I do further certify that the said D. Guilder was at the time of his enlistment a Citizen of Virginia and stands as one of the Quota of said State, the said Guilder received from me his pay and arrears of pay and clothing up to the thirtieth day of Nov: 1779.
Given under my hand this 12th day of August 1787.
Francis Muir
Capt. & Paymaster

Cor.
Aud: Office Aug: 22. '87
Jno Carter vin
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Executive Department
Richmond Va June 23 1847
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a paper on file in this department.
Wm H Richardson
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Sir
You deviate some of the parts stated in  my Declaration I infirm you that I have a son named Joseph Cutter (by my first marriage) living in Monmouth County, New Jersey some 21 or 22 years ago he received a letter from Mr Henderson of Leesburg Va requesting him (my son) to procure marriage proof of Mr Guilder and myself he complyed he found and took a copy of Old Mr Conovers Marriage Record and proved it by Mrs Rhoda Norris (since dead) he sent it to Mr Henderson whose Object I suppose was to obtain A Land Warrant from the United States Those papers together with those that I put in the hands of Mr Henderson I hope are in Washington City If they are not there I suppose they are in Richmond Virginia
over.
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believe that Mr Guilder belonged to a Regiment of the Virginia line I remember he said he was an Orderly Sergeant a part of the time he also said that there was a Vacancy in General Washington's Life Guard and they put him into supply it should any other evidence be wanting to establish my pension please advise me what it is I cannot refrain expressing my Abundant joy that such a Christian and Patristic provision was made for the Old indigent Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution It will be convenient to receive your communications at the post office Jackson Court House, Jackson County Ohio March 21st 1846
Mary Guilder
X her mark

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pre E.Feb: 48. Ohio.
Boynton
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[check mark]
8162

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Rev Army
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
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May 25/44.
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The State of Ohio}
Meigs County ss} Before me Wm Ledlie an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Meigs, personally appeared Mary Guilder, late Mary Cutter resident of this county who being duly sworn according to law sayeth. That she and Daniel Guilder deceased were married in the State of New Jersey that some years after their marriage her husband proposed to go back to Loudon county, Virginia where he had lived before he went into the American Army. Accordingly they moved to Loudon county and went to Ezikiel Potts, his the said Daniel Guilders old acquaintance and settled in his neighborhood where they resided till the death of her said husband, Daniel Guilder. She, the said Mary Guilder, further saith, that her said husband told her that he lived with and was in the employment of the said Ezikiel Potts, when he enlisted - She also remembers that her husband told her that he was one of the Virginia Soldiers and belonged to a company commanded by an officer named Triplett or that he was enlisted by an officer named Triplett, she does not remember which. She does further remember, and says that when they arrived at the said Ezekiel Potts, they staid all night there and that Mr Potts, said and observed to her husband Daniel Guilder, "this is the first time I have seen you since you went into the American Army of the Revolution." She the said Mary Guilder, also remembers that her husband told her that after he was wounded in the battle of Monmouth he was taken to the Hospital where he lay several months, not being able to return to the Army during the War, that being the case why he did not obtain a discharge
Mary Guilder
x her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
this 19th day of April AD 1847} Wm Lidlie Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio Meigs County ss
Before me Wm Lidlie an Associate Judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county, Personally appeared Benjamin Sansbury, a resident of said county of Meigs aged 57 years &  who being duly sworn according to law doth say that Mrs Mary Guilder who is personally present, is the widow of Daniel Guilder deceased who died in Loudon County Virginia in the neighborhood of Ezekiel Potts over 30 years ago, and who was regarded and esteemed as having been a Soldier in the Revolutionary war; and that the said Mary Guilder has not intermarried since the death of her said husband Daniel Guilder, and that he possesses knowledge of these facts from his having lived a few miles from the said Daniel Guilder in Loudon county Virginia, and having removed in company with Mrs Mary Guilder and her family from Loudon county to Pennsylvania; and from Pennsylvania to Ohio:- still living in the neighborhood in which she does reside
Benjamin Sansbury
x his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 19th day of April AD 1847} Wm Ledlie Associate Judge

I do certify that Benjamin Sansbury is a respectable witness.
Wm Ledlie

The State of Ohio}
Meigs County ss} I Andrew Donnally Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Meigs do hereby Certify that William Ledlie, the person before whom the above acknowledgement was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is an acting Associate Judge for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law - Witness my hand and
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the Seal of Said County at Pomeroy this 20th day April AD 1847 and of the State of Ohio the 45th
A. Donnally Clerk
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11.157
OHIO Cin

Mary Guilder
widow of Daniel
who died on the -
of - in the State of O-
who was a private in the - commanded by Captain - of the - commanded by - in the - line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Cini. at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug 1857 and sent to 
Robt. Hysell
Pomeroy
O

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by H E. Robinson Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 389
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The State of Ohio}
Meigs County} ss
Personaly appeared before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Mary Guilder widow of Daniel Guilder deceased who being first duly sworn according to Law - deposeth & sayeth that she in company with her husband Daniel Guilder left the State of New Jersey for the State of Virginia. To wit (Loudon County) in the latter part of 1803 or the fore part of 1804. She thinks in 1803
Mary Guilder
x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirteenth day of May one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one (1857)
Wm Smith J.P.
of Bedford Township
also Benjamin Guilder being Sworn by me this day declars that he knows the above named Mary Guilder to be the regular widow of Daniel Guilder (Dead) he further states that he knew them well while Daniel Guilder was living in Loudon County Va and has after heared him say he served in the war of the Revolution & tell over his hardships and say he went from the state of Virginia B. Guilder
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this thirteenth day of May 1857
Wm Smith J.P.
of Bedford Township
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The State of Ohio Meigs County ss
I Andrew Donnally Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm Smith Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made was at that time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Meigs and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Pomeroy this 15th day of May AD 1857 - A. Donnally Clerk
per A. B. Donnally Dep.
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Pomeroy Meigs County Ohio May 15th 1857
Sir
I Recd a note from you of April 21st 1851 Relative to the case of Mary Guilder (widow of Daniel Guilder decd) applicant for a pension in which you say The marriage prior to 1794 is admited, and if she can procure the year in which her husband and her self remoaved from New Jersey to Virginia and that date should correspond with other known facts in the case The claim will be allowed enclosed & send you the affidavit of Mary Guilder upon the time of their remoovel from New Jersey to Va - also Benjamin Guilders affidavit who is the son of said Daniel & Mary Guilder -
I wish to hear from you soon upon this case so the said Mary Gilder is old & helpless & kneeds her pension - if her testamoney is not deemed sufficient as to the facts stated by her I will make an effort to obtain further information from New Jersey. I can prove by other witnesses as to the statements of Daniel Guilder in his life time)
That he told he was in the Revolutionary war & went from the state of Va.
I am yours with Respect Robert Hysell