Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,346, Thomas Ayres, Md.
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SERVICE                            NUMBER 
Md.        Ayres, Thomas        W8346
              Elizabeth                 B L Wt. 274-60-55
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State of Maryland, Harford County 
On this 28th day of February in the year 1833 Thomas Ayres a resident of Harford County  in the said state of Maryland aged seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.   
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 at the Town of Bel Air in the County aforesaid under Captain John Smith of Frederick County in the State aforesaid but does not now recollect the field and staff officers under who he served and that he continues in the service from the time of his enlistment to the end of the year. 
When he was discharged that he obtained a written discharge but does not know what has become of it but thinks it is worn out.  That he was engage in the batter of Brandywine at which he was wounded and was for a long time confined from the wound and unable to preform service.  That after his recovery at the battle of German Town and was in several skirmished the places he cannot now name.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declared that his name is not an the pension roll of any agency in any State whatever.  Thomas Ayres --- his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me a Justice of the pleas court for Harford County
Sam. Bradford
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Enterrogatories put to Thomas Ayres- 
1. Where and in what year were you born.
Answers Thomas he was born in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland that he remained in said county until was twenty one years of age, that he then removed to Harford County in the same State where he has resided every since except the time he was in the army 
2. Interrogatory; have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answers that he has not at this time got any record of his age.
3. Interrogator- Where were you living when called into the service? Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answers that he lived in Harford County in the State of Maryland at the time he was called into the service and he lived there ever since the revolution. 
4. Interrogatory- how were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for who.
Answers that he was called into service as a registar enlisted soldier.
5. Interrogatory State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such as a continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your service.
Answers that General Samuel Smith was with him at the Battle of German Town but was not then a General.  That General Washington was also there.  That he cannot now recollect the names of any other officers that were with him.
6. Interrogatory- Did you ever received a discharged from the service and if so by whom was it given and what became of it 
Answers: That he did receive a regular writ of discharge but does not now know what has become of it nor does he now recollect by who it was signed and that he is the same Thomas Ayres mentioned in the bay role at Annapolis a certificate from which is hereto answered.
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7th Interrogatory- State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present nieghbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answers; That he is well know to nearly all the citizens of the County execpt the young men- that he names particularly Col Isreal DeMaulsby Col. Henry Dorsey Samuel Bradford The Rev Rubin Davis and Joseph Robinson.
Thomas Ayres- his mark 
Sesh (?) Sam. Bradford 
State of Maryland 
Harford County Dist (?)
I Samuel Bradford the Judge of the Orphans Court before whom aforegoing declaration of Thomas Ayres was made, do certify that an account of the great bodily infirmity of the said Ayres and his inability to appear in person before the Court, I went to his resident and took the said declaration and examined him upon oath, and from my examination of him and in the neighbourhood reputation I have no doubt he served as a soldier as set forth in his declaration, I further certify I have know said Ayres upwards of thirty years and that he is entitled to full credit and belief.
He has represented this county in the State Legislature for several years, has been (?) of considerable fortune till recently he has become reduced in his circumstances and insolvent; I further certify that the gentlemen who have made the annexed affidavit in relation to this matter are highly respectable and entitled to full credit and belief given under Maryland this 28th day of February 1833.
Sam.l Bradford
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Maryland Lt. Harford County to wit 
I Thomas S Band Register of Wills for said County do hereby Certify that Samuel Bradford Esq. before whom the annexed declaration was made and sworn to and whose name is that subscribed and before whom also the annexed affidavits were made was at the time of the making there of one of Judges of Orphan Court of said County duly commissioned and sworn.  
In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of my office this 1st day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three.
Tho. S. Bond
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6383 
Maryland 
Elizabeth Ayres , widow of Thomas Ayres Md who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of June 1856 and sent to Hon. J. A. Pearce, 
W. S. Senate
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2, 1848, Page 200 Vol (illegible)



(Written on side of page)
Elizabeth Ayres July 18, 1857
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55.584 Act. March 2/66
APril 9, 185
lizabeth Ayres, widow of THomas Ayres
Md. Cont. Line
War of Revolution
Rec Pension Bugnton (?)
Claimant 
Shawsville
Harford Co
Maryland

Claimant Sept 22 of 55 
"             1100         7"
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State of Maryland
Harford County }88
On this 26th day of March 1853; Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid one Elizabeth Ayres, aged 97 years a resident of the above county and State, who being sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of a Thomas Ayres deceased that he died on or about the 12th of March 1833 aged 85 years and that she has remained a Widow ever since.  He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the flying camp commanded by not known in the regiment of not known,
Was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and continued in actual service in said War until honorably discharged. 
Which the Muster Rolls record in the War Department will show and that her said Husband received a Pension from the government up to the time of his death.  Since which time she has annually received it. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty (?) Sand to which she may be Entitled to under the Act of Congress passed March the 3rd, 1855
Elizabeth Ayres- her mark
We John Wiley and Charles Robinson residents of Harford County and State of Maryland upon their oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by the said Elizabeth Ayres in out presence, and that we have know the said Elizabeth Ayres and Thomas Ayres her husband and that they have lived and cohabited as husband and wife the last fifty or sixty years and as there being equally married has never been called into question.
We have been acquainted and lived in the neighbourhood and have no hesitation in saying that she is the identical person she presents herself to be. 
John Wiley
Charles Robinson
(printed on side 55-584)
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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written and I certify that I know the affiant to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed to before
John H. Kirkwood
Justice of the Peace
March 6th 1835
To L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I forward to you my application for Bounty Land. my address will be Shawsville Post Office Harford County, Maryland. Please direct my warrant to that office.
Yours 
Elizabeth Ayres
her mark
State of Maryland SS
I, A. Lingan Jarrett, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, the same being a Court of law and record, hereby certify that John H Kirkwood Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits of Elizabeth Ayres, John Wiley and Chas Robinson were made, and who has certified taking the same, was , at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and his signature is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, at Bel AIr this 2nd day of April AD 1855.
A. Lingan Jarrett
Clk
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State of Maryland 
Harford County to wit
On this sixteenth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Orphans Court of Harford County in the State of Maryland the same being a court of law and record Elizabeth Ayres a resident of Harford County and state aforesaid aged ninety nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Pension Laws of the United States, that she is the widow of Thomas Ayres who was a private in the fifth regiment of the Maryland line, that she was married to the said Thomas Ayres on the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Fourth that no public record of her marriage can be procured that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Ayres died on the thirtieth day of Mary Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six at his resident in Harford County and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed that the said Thomas Ayres received a pension from the United States up to period of his death.
Elizabeth Ayres, her mark
John Heaton
Thomas Ayres 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me and I hereby certify that the applicant from the bodily infirmity is unable to attend court.

John H. Kirkwood
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State of Maryland
Harford County towns
I A Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, hereby certify that it appears from the records in my office that the Honorable John M. Kirkwood before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit of Elizabeth Ayres were made and who has signed his name at the same was as the time of so doing an apociate (?) Judge of the Orphans Court of Harford County the Same being a court of record and probate, duly elected, commissioned and qualified-
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Court for Harford County Bel Air this 18th day of February AD 1856-
A Lingan Jarrrett
Clerk
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this sixteenth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid John Smithson aged sixty eight years a resident of Harford County and State of Maryland David N. Riley a resident of said County and State aged seventy four years Abraham Almoney a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged Seventy years, James Duncan, a resident of said County and state aged   Seventy four years, Charles Robinson a resident of said County and state aged Eighty four years, Thomas Hope a resident of said County and State aged Seventy years and William Hutchins a resident of said county and state aged seventy six years.
We each made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they know Elizabeth Ayres during the life time of her husband Thomas Ayres and knew that to cohabit and live together as man and wife and to be so reputed for more than forty years before the death of the said Thomas Ayres her said husband, who died about the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty six that it was never doubted in the neighborhood where they lived that they were lawfully married that they lived at the
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same place where the said Elizabeth Ayres now lives ever since these deponents knew them that they had nine children.
Nancy intermarried with William Rampley, John Ayres, Dorcus intermarried with Jacob Bradenbaugh, Joshua Ayres, Elizabeth Ayres, James Ayres , Susan intermarried with Nicholas Hutchins, Mary Ayres, Thomas Ayres the youngest of whom is over fifty years of age that the said Elizabeth Ayres has remained a Widow every since the death of Thomas Ayres her husband and she is reputed Ayres to be over  
 years of age. 
M. Smithson
David Woley
Abraham (illegible)
James Dixon
Charles Robinson
Theo Hope
(signature illegible)
The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. 
John Hutchins
State of Maryland SS
I. A. Lingan Jarrett, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Harford County, the same being a Court of law and record, hereby certify that John (?) Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits were made and who has certified the taking of the same was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified and his signature genuine

In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court of Bel Air, this 18th day of February AD 1856.
A. Lingan Jarrett
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Twenty sixty day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peach of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid.  Thomas Hope aged seventy years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he has lived all his life in the neighborhood of Thomas Ayres and his wife Elizabeth Ayres that in fact this Deponent has always lived where he now lives and ever since he can remember the said Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth lived where the said Elizabeth now lives. That Nicholas Hutchins the brother-in-law of the deponent married in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty one of the daughters of the said Thomas Ayres and the said Elizabeth Ayres that the said Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth Ayres had six children older than the said Nicholas Hutchins's wife that this deponent knew the children of said Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth well ever since his earliest recollection and he knows from his own age that the oldest of their children is at least seventy years of age at this time.  That the said Thomas Ayres this deponent has understood and believes received a pension for his services in the revolution and the said Elizabeth is now an applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Thomas Ayres
Tho. Hope
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person 
W. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Twenty sixty day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me the subscribed a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid William Hutchins aged seventy six years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he has lived all his life in the neighborhood of Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth his wife and that ever since he was small he remembers said Thomas and Elizabeth living together as man and wife and being so reputed in the neighborhood and he never heard it rumored that they were not lawfully married that he knew the children of the said Thomas Ayres and said Elizabeth and knew them ever since they were small children and he knows from his own age, that the oldest child of the said Thomas and Elizabeth is at least seventy years old, that her name is Nancy she married at least fifty years ago William Rampley the brother of deponents wife.  That the said Thomas Ayres this deponent has understood and believes received a pension for his services as a soldier in the revolution and the said Elizabeth is now an applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Thomas Ayres.
William Hutchins
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
Wm R Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Twenty sixty day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid personally appeared Nancy Rampley aged Seventy years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that she is the daughter of Elizabeth and Thomas Ayres, that this deponent always heard and believed that her father and mother were married before she was born, that she was their oldest child that she has no record of her age, but from all she has heard of her age she is convinced that she is over seventy years of age.  This deponent was married over fifty years ago and her oldest child Elizabeth Rampley was Forty Nine years of age on the Twenty Eighth Day of May last past that her father Thomas Ayres received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war and Elizabeth Ayres who is now applying for a pension is the widow of the said Thomas Ayres.
Ann Ramely
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.  
Wm. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Twenty sixty day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid Abraham Almoney aged Seventy years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he has lived in the neighbourhood of Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth his wife all his life that the said Elizabeth is the half sister of the deponent that ever since this deponent can remember the said Thomas Ayres and the said Elizabeth lived together as man and wife up to the time of the death of the said Thomas and were so reputed in the neighborhood.  That this deponent knew the children of the said Thomas and Elizabeth ever since he can remember and that he knows that the oldest child of the said Thomas and Elizabeth is over seventy years of age that his deponent further states he has heard his father and the older members of his family say that his father and the older members of his family say that the said Thomas and Elizabeth were married before this deponent was born that the said Thomas Ayres he knows received a pension as a revolutionary soldier and he said Elizabeth is now an applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Thomas Ayres.
Abraham Almoney
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
Wm. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit

On the Twenty sixth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six before me the subscriber a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid personally appeared Rachel Hunt aged ninety Eight years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that she has lived all her life in the neighborhood of Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth, his wife.  That she knew the said Elizabeth before she was marred her name was Elizabeth Almony and this deponent was intimate her and the said Elizabeth told this deponent a short time before her marriage and a few days after her marriage this deponent called to on said Elizabeth and she and the said Thomas were together and congratulated them on their marriage and they both thanked her.  That this deponent can not fix the time precisely of the marriage of the said Elizabeth but she is certain that it was more than seventy years ago, this deponent also knows that they said Thomas Ayres had but a short time before he was married come from the war of Independence.  This deponent further knows that the said Thomas and Elizabeth were married before the Court House was built in Bel Air several years.  The said Elizabeth is the same person who is now applying for a pension as the widow of the said Thomas Ayres.
Rachel Hunt- her mark 
Thomas Ayres
M. R. Bissell 
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
M. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On The Twenty sixty day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid personally appeared Charles Robinson aged Eighty four years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he has lived all his life in the neighborhood Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth his wife.  That he was a boy ten or twelve years old when he heard they were married, that this deponent does not remember the time said Thomas Ayers was married but the deponent remembers rejoicing at the peace at the close of the Revolutionary War , and this deponent knows that written a short time afterward he heard it spoken of in the neighborhood that the said Thomas and Elizabeth were married. That this deponent knows all the children of the said Thomas and Elizabeth and he believes the oldest child of said Thomas and Elizabeth is at best seventy years old.  That this deponent has been married sixty years and he knows when he was married the said Thomas and Elizabeth had four or five children and the oldest Nancy must have been from her size and appearance at least ten years old when this deponent was married. 
Charles Robinson
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
W. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Twenty sixth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid George Careins aged Eighty Eight years and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he has lived all his life in the neighborhood of Thomas Ayres and Elizabeth Ayres his wife and well know the said Thomas and Elizabeth they cohabited together and were always reputed to be man and wife, had nine children the oldest of whom this deponent believes must be seventy years of age, this deponent can not remember when the said Thomas and Elizabeth were married but distinctly remember the building of the Court House for Harford County and knows they were living together as man and wife at that time the said Elizabeth is the same person who is applying for a pension as the widow of the said Thomas Ayres 
George Careins
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
WM R Bissell
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State of Maryland SS
I A Lingan Jarrett clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County hereby certify that it doth not appear from any record in my office as what precise period the Court House for Harford County was built, that the law for the building of the same passed in 1788 and in January 1791 an order appears upon the minutes requiring a certain James Johnson to finish the said building and soon thereafter it appeasers the court was held in it. 
In testimony whereof the to subscribe my name and affixing the seal of said Court this 27th day of February 1856
Lingan Jarrett
Clerk
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State of Maryland ss
I A Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County hereby certify that William R. Bissell Esquire before whom the written affidavit was made and who has hereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of Md. said state in and for Harford County duly commissioned and qualified this signature genuine.
In testimony whereof Thereto subscribed my name and affix the seal of the Court at Bel Air 
This 27th day of February 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett
Clerk
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10
State of Maryland ss
I
A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Harford County, hereby certify that
William R Bissell Esquire before whom the within
affidavit of Charles Robinson was made & who 
has unto subscribed his name was at this 
time of so doing a Justice of the peace of the said
State in & for Harford County duly commissioned &
qualified this signature genuine
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name & affix the seal of the said
Court at Bel An this 27th day of
February 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett
Clerk
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State of Maryland
I A Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, hereby certify that William R. Bissell Esquire before whom the written affidavit of Rachel Hunt was made and who has thereto signed his name as at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County duly commissioned and sworn this signature genuine.
In testimony where of I have to subscribed my name and affix the seal of the said Court of Bel Air this 24th day of February AD 185
A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk
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State of Maryland
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County hereby certify that William R Bissell Esquire before whom the written affidavit of Abraham Almony was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was a the time of doing a Justice of the peace of the said State in for Harford County duly commissioned and sworn this signature onto is genuine
In testimony where of I here do subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court aforesaid at Belair this 27th day of February AD 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett
Clerk
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State of Maryland
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County the same being a court of law and Record surely certify that William R. Bissell Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Ann Ramply was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing Justice of the Peace of the said State in Harford County duly commissioned and qualified this signature genuine.
In testimony where of I here to subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Court aforesaid this 27tg February 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett, Clerk
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State of Maryland
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County hereby certify that William R. Bissell Esquire before whom the written affidavit of William Hutchings was made and who has hereto subscribed his name was at the time of doing so a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County duly commissioned and qualified and his signature genuine. 
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 27th day of February AD 1956
A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk
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State of Maryland 
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County hereby certify that William R. Bissell Esquire before whom the written affidavit of Thomas Hope was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peach of the said State in and for Harford County duly commissioned and qualified  and his signature genuine. 
In testimony whereof thereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 27th day of February 1856.
A. L. Jarrett Clerk
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Set; Claimant, Aug: 26/56
251.8         Act  ar 3 71 (?)
55.58        July 14. 76
Elizabeth Ayres ind
Thomas Ayres (?)
Md. Ma
? : 60 AC July 18/56
Boyton
Rev. War
Pension act- Book 16 Vol 1 p 188
Claimant in her 100th year
Special by comm. July 17. 76
Claimant
Shawsville Harford Co. MD

(Written across page)
274 Aug 1856
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State of Maryland 
Harford County to wit
On this 27th day of June 1856 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Elizabeth Ayres aged 99 years a resident of said County and state who being duly sworn according to law declared that she is the widow of Thomas Ayres was a private in the revolutionary war in the 6th regiment of Maryland Militia and continued in actual service in said was for more than fourteen days and was honorably discharged that the said Thomas Ayres received a pension during his life for his services in the revolutionary war and by reference to the proof of his service filed in the application of the said Thomas Ayres for a pension his service will more fully appear. She further declares that she has received a pension on account of the services of her husband the said Thomas Ayres in the revolutionary war, which said pension claims is recorded in the Pension Office in Book H Vol1 Page 188 reference thereto being had will more fully appear. 
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Ayres on the first day of January AD 1784 at Harford County aforesaid. By one Rev M. Davis a minister of the Gospel that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Almoney that her said husband
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died at Harford County and state of Maryland on the 13th day of March 1836 and that she is now a widow.  she further declares that no public or private record of her marriage exist or can be procured, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3rd 1855 and she hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel Scott of Harford County and State of Maryland her attorney to prosecute said claim and receive the warrant that may be issued, and she hereby revokes and countermands all former authority that that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Wm. Jordan 
Elizabeth Ayres, her mark
We Benjamin F Ayres and John Ayres residents of Harford County and State of Maryland upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Ayres in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicate that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Benjamin Ayres
John Ayres
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be
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died at Harford County and State of Maryland on the 13th day of March 1836 and that she is now a widow.  She further declares that no public or private record of her marriage exist or can be procured, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled to under the "Act approved March 3rd 1855 and she hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel Scott of Harford County and State of Maryland her attorney to prosecute said claim and received the warrant that may be issued and she hereby revokes and counte4rmands all former authority- that that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Wm. Jordan 
Elizabeth Ayres, her mark
We Benjamin F. Ayres and John Ayres resident of Harford County and state of Maryland upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Ayres in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Benjamin Ayres
John Ayres
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be
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credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Jordan J. P. 
State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this 27th day of June AD 1856 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, James Rambley made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he knew the said Elizabeth Ayres and her husband Thomas Ayres, that he knew both parties during the lifetime of the husband and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife and to be so reputed that the said Elizabeth Ayres is the identical person who is now making application for bounty land. 
James Rampley
The foregoing declaration and affiant were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Jordan. J. P.
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit
On this Tenth day of July AD 1856 personally appear before me a justice of the peace within and fort he county and State aforesaid 
John L. Dallum
and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that Elizabeth Ayres who is herewith making application for county land is the identical person who received a pension from the department of the interior on the sixteenth day of June 1856.
John L. Dallum
The foregoing declarations and affidavit were subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be a credible persons.
Wm. Jordan
State of Maryland Act 
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County the same being a Court of said and of Records do hereby certify that William Jordon Esquire before whom the foregoing acknowledgments were made and who has thereto subscribed his mane and was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peach of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County duly Elected commissioned and sworn and his signature is genuine.
In testimony wereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court at Bel Air this tenth day July Eighteen hundred and fifty six. 
A. Lingan Jarrett Clk
of the Circuit Court of Harford COunty
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECRODS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington D.C. , _______________, 19_______

In reply to your request of______received ______for a statement of the military history of ________ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Thomas Ayres W 8341
Dates of Enlistment or Apointment Dec 17 1776
Length of Service  Nov. 14 1783
Rank Private
Offices Under Whom Service was rendered John Smith
State MD
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, where wounded and Germantown
Residence of soldier enlistment, Enlisted in Bel Air Harford Co MD
Date of application for pension, Mch 23, 1833 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Harford Co. Md. Shawsville Po said Com 1857
Age at date of application, in Baltimore Co. Md. 78 years in 1833
Remarks : He died in Harford Co. Md. Mch 13 1836; he married in said Co. Jan 1, 1784 Elizabeth Almony and she was allowed pension on an ap. executed Feb 16 1856 while a resident of said Co. aged 99 years Children Nancy or Ann Mar Wm Rampley; John; Dovcar Mar Jacob Bradenbaugh; Joshua; ELizabeth; James Susan mar, in 1820 Nicholas Hutchins; Mary Thomas Grandchild, ELizabeth Rampley 49 years of age May 28, 1855.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1913 Dec 11_history to Mrs. A. P. Thompson M13H
Widow, &c.
File No.  8346
Elizabeth Ayres Wid. of Thomas Ayres
Pvt. Rev. War
Act. Feby. 2748
Index:--- Vol A Page 24
Arrangement of 1870
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VV4 (?)
Ovacres (?)
55584 
Shawsville Md
Novem 5th
A. 
(written upside down)
Elizabeth Ayres
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15385
Elizabeth Ayres M.
on of Thomas MD
Hon J A. Pearce Feb 21 1856
Hon J. A. Pearce Mch 13 1856

38
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Please open and take action in this case
Elizabeth Ayres 
and Thomas
Shawsville MD 
August 15th
Free
10.923.100   274 
9" from '89
Boghton
114
act 28 
Mr. J Minot
Commissions and Pensions
Washington City
DC.
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To The 
Honorable J Minot 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Postmarked BEL AIR
JUL
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11821
Maryland , 
Elizabeth Ayres widow of Thomas who died on the 13th March 1836, in the State of _____
who was a private in the _________commanded by Captain_________of the_________commanded by ____in the Revolution line for___________
Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 13th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of June 1856 and Sent to Hon J. A. Pearce 
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending 
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by S T Setty, Clerk
Book n Vol 1 Page 188
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9656
Maryland 
Elizabeth Ayres
Widow of Thomas who was a Private in the Revolution. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the Rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the the 16th day of June 1856 and sent to Hon. J. A. Pearce
N. S. Senate
(Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844)
Recorded in Book N
Vol 1 Page 194
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? Pen act 28. No. 1141 Recd Evs of Ser in Mr. Gordons room pri; recd 100 acc(?) but he ? ? an not found 
Boyton
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Maryland Agency
Elizabeth Ayres widow of Thomas who was a private Maryland line
An Act July 7, 1838

$80  per ann.
Ca March 13, 1856
When he died 

Hon  James A. Pearce
Senate
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No 15, 385
Eliazabeth Ayers
widow of Thomas Maryland 
Hon Ja. A. Pearce Feby, 21, 1856
July 7, 1838
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Senate March 4th 1856
Sir
I enclose written affidavit in the care of Ms. Ayres
(illegible)
J A Pearce
Cnd of Pensions
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LAND OFFICE
Annapolis,
January 31st 1883,
I Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that Thomas Ayres, a private, received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland Line, $80.00ct arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782, to the 1st January 1783- also $43.30cts from the January, 1788, to the 15th of November, 1788.
Gratuity, $80.00cts.  Total received, $283.30cts

George G. Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md. 
I further certify that it appears by the muster rolls, that Thomas Ayres, enlisted for during the war, in the 5th Reg. on the 17th of Dec. 1776, and was present on 1st Nov. 1780 G.G. Brewer Reg
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W Dept 25 March 1862(?)
Dear Sir:
If the applicate has received land of the U States I should be glad to see his (?) for a few minutes 
Very respectfully Yours 
Frances A Dickins
Wm. Gordon Esq.
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Dept of War
Bounty Land Office
March 25th 1833
It appears by the records of this office that Land Warr. No. 10923 for 100 Acres issued on the 9th June 1789 in the name of Thomas Ayres, a private of the Mary Line 
The papers filed in the case were consumed in the conflagration of the War Office in 1800
Wm. Jordan
see mans own statement that he never received land.
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2074
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
No. Or orig Payt 1141
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
23 March 1833
Thomas Ayres of __ in the County of Harford in the State of Maryland is applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution." approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Smith's company in the regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15tg of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828 on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as pensioner said the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statement are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary 
Marcus A. Dickins.
TREAURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
23rd March 1833
It appears by the record in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Thomas Ayres in the Maryland line.
It further appears that Thomas Ayes is not now on the pension list of 1826 any agency , and has not been so since the 3rd March
Peter Hagner Ano
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Free
Bel AIr MD
March 1st 
Colonel Charles L Sewall 
House of Representatives
Washington
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Belle Air
March 1st 1833
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the papers in relation to T. Ayres pension and solicit your earliest attention to them Ayers is at this time entirely destitute and bed ridden.  I hope you will present his (?) in pension keep an examination of them to leave them at the pension office to be examined at the commencement the officers would be worse than throwing them in the first for it is not likely they would be thought of again till after Ayre's death.  I hope therefore you will procure a reading of them and a determination.  The papers are not in the exact form described by the rules of the office but I think proof is strong enough to comply with the act of Congress.  I have no clergymans certificate but you know its persons who have certified for Ayers and can vouch for their respectability.  I have no doubt the certificates of half a dozen clergymen could be obtained if there were any one to go and secure(?) them but Ayres himself is unable to have and I have obtained for him the proofs I here within send. If you show this certificate from Annapolis town which it appears that he was out during the whole war and the affidavits and certificates  (?) his dulcorated.  I cannot see how his pension can be refuted The act of Congress regaining proof satisfactory
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to the Secretary of the Treasury.  It seems to me where you inform the secretary of Agnes character for a surety of the character of us who vouch for him.  The improbability of Agnes swearing that he was a soldier it if were not true when he knows the neighborhood would contradict him, for he is not an obscure vagabond but has lived here all his life and further the last thirty years has been a prominent man.  Should the officers in this Pension office take any technical exception to the made of proof or in other words refuse to allow his pension be good enough to lay the matter before the Secretary of the Treasury in person.  Excuse my earnestness in this company apology is it (?) of Ayres.  He is prostrate in his bed and dependent on the charity of others for the mere necessities of life.  He has seen better days and I deeply compassionate him.  I have no double he was a brave soldier and served from 76 till the close of the war and more has stronger claims on the bounty of his country.  He is now a wreck in mind as well as body (?) the imperfect recollection of the many of his affairs.  If you represent the whole case to the Secretary of the Treasury I have no doubt that its pension ?, ? .  If the papers are merely  left at the pension office they will probably not be read  till after has extinguished all the interest of poor Ayres in these matters. I hope therefore you will take some papers to ? Ayres his pension and whatever...
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to him besides I presume he is entitled to $160 and his pension from March 1831.  Your attention to this will much oblige me.  
Yours 
Col. Charles S Sewall 
Otto Scott
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Rcd 23rd March 1833                  2074
Harford County to wit 
On this 1st of March 1833 Col Israel D Maulsby being duly sword deposeth and saith that he has know Thomas Ayres named in the annexed declaration for twenty five or thirty years and that upon and, of twenty years ago he has heard Ayres say that he was a soldier as he has stated in his declaration.  This deponent further saith that he has heard several of the soldiers and officers of the revolution (Illegible) of said Ayres being a soldier and speak well of him.  This deponent knows too that it is the neighborhood reputation that said Ayres was a soldier further this deponent says that said Ayres is entitled to full credit, he has been a man of larger fortunes. has recently been a member of the State Legislature and when this deponent heard him say he was soldier twenty years or more ? that said Ayres would have had no design or expectation of ever applying for a pension at present.  He is in reduced circumstances and is entitled to the bounty of his country. 
I. D. Maulsby
Subscribed and sworn to before me a Judge of the Orphans Court and Just ice of the Peace for Harford County.
Saml Bradford
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Harford County to wit 
On this 1st day of March 1833 came Otho Scott before me the subscribed a Justice of the orphans court and made oat that he had heard his father say then or twenty years ago that Thomas Ayres named in the annexed declaration enlisted early in the revolutionary war at Belle Air and that from conversations this deponent hath has with said Ayres at a time that said Ayres had as this deponent is convinced no intention of applying for a pension this deponent is convinced said Ayres was a revolutionary soldier as he has alleged. 
Otho Scott
Sworn unto and subscribed before me 
Sam. Braford
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Rec 23rd March 1833                5304
House of Representatives 
March 3rd 1833
Sirs
Enclosed you will receive the paper and declaration of Thomas Ayers an did revolutionary solder.  I am well acquainted with Mr. Ayres and have heard him frequently say he was in the revolution as a soldier.  He is a very old man I do ? between seventy and eighty.  It appears from W. South I think this man is now not expected to live past a little while.  It would be an act of charity to this man could you ? immediately on his ? if there be any error  by which you cannot decide on his case by letting me know I will have it attended to all the certificates to his purpose one certified by respectable men that I have a perfect knowledge of
Very Respectfully
Charles Lewell
PS.
My direction ? be a "Abingdon post office Harford County Maryland
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Act 1828
Settled 
at Treasury
Cosd With 
Ad on With
File #846
Col. Chas. S. Lewell 
Abigdon
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Recd. 23rd April 1833
Dear Sir,
I have obtained the answer of Thomas Ayres to the enquiry of secretary of the Treasury in relation to what County he might have received. I have enclosed Ayres answer to you and hope you will transmit it with a request, that it receives immediate attention.
I wish also you would ascertain when and how the pension is to be paid when allowed.  I am anxious to procure this money for Ayres.  If it is not had his household property will will sold and he and his wife broken up in housekeeping which is an event to be avoided if practicable
Your attention to this will oblige me.
Yours 
Otho Scott
April 15th 1833
PS
I have sent you the letters you left thinking there might be something in there useful to you in writing to the department
O Scott
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To the Honorable Louis McLane
Sir In answer to your enquiring of the 28th of March I state that I never received any bounty from either the United States or from the State of Maryland.  There was a parcel of land containing fifty acres allotted to me by the State of Maryland but the land I never received, it is situated west of Fort Cumberland in the mountains and I presume is not worth anything.
Respectfully 
Tho Ayres
Harford County to wit 
on this 13th day of April 1833 came Thomas Ayres be being the same person who has made application for a pension as a revolutionary soldier before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the above statement is ? and ?
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and that he hath not received any bounty as stated in the aforegoing answer to the enquiry made by the Secretary of the Treasury.  Sworn before
Robt T Hendersen

State of Maryland Harford County to wit
I hereby certify that Robert F Henderson Gentleman before whom the written aforegoing affidavit was made an who has subscribed his name thereto was at the time of so doing one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace in and for Harford County Duly Commission and sworn.
In testimony where of I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Harford County Court this fifteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty three. 

Henry Dorsey for Harford County Court
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Ayres 
1141
$80 alt 1828
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Revolutionary Claims 
Under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officer sand soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved 15th May 1828
Before me Robert F Henderson a Justice of the peace for the county of Harford in the State of Maryland personally appeared this day Thomas Ayres of Marshall's District in the County of Harford in the State of Maryland, who exhibited to me a certificate issued by the Secretary of the Treasury numbered 1092 and dated the twenty seventh day of April 1833 setting forth that he is entitled  to pay under the above-mentioned act as a surviving Private of the Infantry in the Maryland line of the army of the Revolution; and the said Thomas Ayres then and there make oath that he is the person named in the said certificate, and in testimony thereof signed his name to this affidavit. and that I know the said Thomas Ayres to be the person whom he represents himself to be (sworn to and subscribed by making his mark in my presence) Witness my hand this seventh day of March in the year 1836
Thomas Ayres, his mark 
Signed before Robt T Henderson
Note The most convenient bank is the Union Bank of Maryland at Baltimore.  The most convenient post office is at Belle Air Harford County Maryland.
I Henry Dorsey, Clerk of the Court of the County of Stanford in the State of Maryland do herby certify that Robert F. Henderson before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace for the said county and duly empowered to administer oaths.  And to administer oaths.  And I believe his signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this twelfth day of March in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six.
Henry Dorsey Clerk for Harford County Court
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State of Maryland 
Harford County to wit 
On this Tenth day of April in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Judge of the Orphans Count of Harford County; the same being a court of record, Elizabeth Ayres a resident of the state of Maryland in the County of Harford aged ninety nine years who being first duly sword 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 widow.
That she is widow of Thomas Ayres who was a revolutionary solder, was a private in the 6th regiment of Maryland Militia
That the said Thomas Ayres received a pension for his services as a soldier in the war of the revolution up to the time of his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Ayres on the first day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Four.  that she was not married to him prior to him leaving service
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but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety four ? at the time above stated.  She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Ayres died on the thirteenth day of March in the yar Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for pension.
John Kirkwood
Elizabeth Ayres, her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that Elizabeth Ayres the aforesaid applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court. 
John H. Kirkwood
Maryland Sirs 
I E W Billingslea Register of Wills for Harford County hereby certify that John H. Kirkwood before whom the above declaration and affidavit were made and who has subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Judge in the Orphans Court of said County ?? being a court of Law and Record duly commissioned and was the above Signature reported to be his is true and genuine 
In testimony whereof I hereto Subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Orphans Court of Harford County at Bel Air this seventeenth day of April in the year of our lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Six. 
CW Billingslea RWK
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents I Elizabeth Ayres of Harford County in the state of Maryland do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Daniel Scott of Harford County in the State of Maryland my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim of Thomas Ayres.
For any amount of Revolutionary pension or increase of Pension hat may be due under the provision of the act of 3rd Feb. 1853
or any
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State of Maryland Harford County to wit 
On this Sixteenth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-six before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county afore said personally appeared Elizabeth Ayres a resident of said county and made oath according to law that she is the identical person- who executed the foregoing power of attorney and that she is directly interested in said claim. and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said attorney may use in prosecuting said claim
Elizabeth Ayres, her mark 
sworn to and subscribed before me they day and year above written
John Heaton
STATE OF MARYLAND SS
I A. LINGAN JARRETT, acknowledgment and affidavit of Elizabeth Ayres was made, and who has certified the taking of the same was at the time of so doing, as Justice of the Peace of the State in and for Harford County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, this signature genuine
In Testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Bel Air this 18th day of February A.D. 1856
A. L. Jarrett, Clerk
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit 
On this sixteenth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six came Otho Scott of Harford County aged fifty seven years before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he knew Thomas Ayres the late husband of the said Elizabeth Ayres named in the annexed application for a pension.  That in the fourth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two the said Thomas Ayres applied for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws and this deponent was appointment Trustee for the benefit of his creditors That the said Thomas Ayres at the time he petitioned for the said Insolvent Laws had a large real estate which passed into the hands of this deponent as Trustee, and the said Elizabeth Ayres claimed (dower?) in all said real estate, and this deponent with the assent of the creditors, and under an order of the Court lad laid off to the said Elizabeth a portion of said lands as her dowry as the wife of said Thomas Ayres, That this deponent never at any time heard it intimated that she was not the lawfully wife of said Thomas Ayres.  The said Ayres always spoke of her as his wife and she was reputed to be his wife.  They lived together as man and wife and were so regarded by every body who knew them.
Otho Scott
Sworn to and subscribed before me 
W. R Bissell
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STATE OF MARYALND, SS.
I, A. LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, the same being a Court of law and record, certify that William R. Bissell Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit of Otho Scott was made and who has certified the taking of the same, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified.  This signature geniuine
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, at Bel Air, this 18th day of Februaury AD 1856
A Lingan Jarrett
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No
Elizabeth Ayres, widow of Thomas of Maryland who was a pensioner under the Act of May 15 1828 at $80, see no 1141
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Elz Ayres 
Write to JA Pearce
USS
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit SS 
I A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County the same being a court of law and record hereby certify that it appears from the land records of said Court that Elizabeth Ayres widow of Thomas Ayres whose application for a pension is hereto annexed relinquished her dower as the wife of said Thomas Ayres by deed dated the 27th day of November A.D. 1802 to a certain Archibald Heaps, and by various other deeds from that time until the 25th day of October 1833 (which appears to be the last deed executed by the said Thomas Ayres) the said Elizabeth joined to relinquish her dowry.
And I further certify that the early record of marriage licenses in the said court are irregular and some of them missing.
THe testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 18th day of February AD 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk
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State of Maryland
Harford County to wit 
On this 25th day of April in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland in and for Harford County, aforesaid David N. Wiley, aged Seventy four years.  Abraham Almony aged seventy years, James Duncan aged seventy four years and David N. Wiley aged seventy nine years, residents of Harford County aforesaid and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they know Thomas Ayres died on the Thirteenth day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six.  This fact is fixed in their recollection by the circumstances of being present at the funeral, that the said Thomas Ayres left a widow Elizabeth Ayres who is now a widow and remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Thomas Ayres that the said Elizabeth Ayres is the identical person who is now applying for a pension. 
David Wiley
Abraham Almony
James Duncan
David Riley 
The foregoing declarations and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons.  
Wm. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland 
Harford County to wit
On this 24th day of April int he year Eighteen Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid James P. Baker aged fifty nine years a resident of Harford County aforesaid and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that Thomas Ayres died on the thirteenth day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty six this fact he remembers from the circumstances of being present at the funeral.  that he knows from his acquaintance with Elizabeth Ayres that she is the widow of Thomas Ayres that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Thomas Ayres.  That the said Elizabeth is the identical person who is now applying for a pension. 
James Baker
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the year and day above written and I hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person. 
Wm. R. Bissell
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State of Maryland, SS.
I, A. LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, the same being a Court of law and record, hereby certify that William R Bissell Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits of Jas P Becker, David N Riley, Abraham Almony, Jas Duncan, and David Wiley were made, and who has certified the taking of the same, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the said Sate in and for Harford County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified and his signature is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, at Bel Air, this 28th day of April AD. 1856
A. Lingan Jarrett Clerk
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Annapoilis
March 3 1856 
Dear Sir,
My son Dan told me he had sent some additional affidavits relative to Mrs. Ayres pension, and knowing our Senator Turner (who you know was in Congress) knew all that a man of his age could know in relation to Ayers marriage and age of children and I know (?) his affidavit which I (?).
I wish you would make these people give this old lady a pension.  I have a good deal of interest in her and I know traditionally that T Ayres was a good soldier in the revolution and that he married soon after he returned from the war. 
Our law makers have (?) busy but will not be able to do much mischief before the 10th.  I suppose 
R ???at your court.
Let us hear from you occasionally
Your friend,
Otho Scott
Hon James A. Pearson
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State of Maryland 
Ann Arundel County to wit
 On this third day of March 1856 came James Turner aged seventy two years before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he has lived all his life in the neighborhood of Thomas Ayers and Elizabeth Ayres, that from the earliest recollection of this dependent, till the death of the said Thomas, he the said Thomas and said Elizabeth lived together as man and wife and this deponent further states that he never heard it doubted that the said Thomas and Elizabeth were not lawfully married, that they deponent knew the children of the said Thomas and Elizabeth when this deponent was a boy and from his own age he is certain that the oldest child of said Thomas and Elizabeth is fully seventy years old, and that the said Elizabeth is the same person who is applying for a pension as widow of the said Thomas Ayres.
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence 
James Turner
Wm R. Thompson
I hereby that the above named deponent James Turner is a respectable and credible person and now an member of the Senate of Maryland 
Wm. R. Thompson
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State of Maryland Sct:
I Nathaniel Cox, Secretary of State of the State of Maryland do hereby certify that William R. Thompson who has signed the foregoing certificate is at the time of so doing was a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Anne Arundel County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due Sought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony where of thereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office on the 3rd day of March AD. 1856.
Nathaniel Cox 
Secretary of State
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Capt Brall
Pension Office
Washington
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Abingdon MD April 22 free
Honbl 
Lewis McLane
Secretary of the Tresury
Washington City 
+C
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Re 23rd April 1833.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Ayres, widow of Thomas Harford County and State of Maryland act July 7th 1838
Claim ("original" or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
It is documentary, traditionary, or supported by both rolls?  If either, state the substance. 
The husband was a pensioner on the Maryland Roll, under the Act of May 15th 1828.  He died March 13th 1836. She is identified and her marriage, prior to 1794.  established by parole evidence, there being no record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. James A. Pearce
Examining Clerk.
Ogden Miles
Senate U. States
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REc' 23rd April 1833                 5357
Abingdon Post Office April 21st 1833
Dear Sirs:
Your favor to me identifying a letter to Thomas Ayres and old soldier has been received and I immediately sent it to W Otho Scott the trustee of Mr. Ayres.  The interrogation requested by you have been impressed(?) and forwarded to me by W Scott- all of which communication you will herewith name.  The situation of W. Ayres is is as you will perceive from W. Scott's letter to me a deplorable one.  I therefore must beg your attention to this business at as early a day as may be in your parden. 
and very respectfully,
Chars S. Lowell
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Senate Feb 27 1836
Dear Sir 
I enclose to you (?) affidavits in the case of Elizabeth Ayres which (?) they do not fix the date of her marriage exactly then conclusively I think that she was married from to 1790.
Now Mr. hope is the only one of the affiants whom I formally know. He is a highly respectable and credible person and doubt not the others are.
The Clerk of the Courts statement is affixed.  Mrs. Ayres has no record of her marriage or the births of her children but there age is shown sufficiently to make it certain that they since of them were born prior to 1790.
by Reg (?)
J A Pearce
Hon M Mont 
Co of Pensions
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Pens Office March 13, 1856
Sir
Please inform me when Thom. Ayres of Maryland Act 1828 was last paid at $80 a year.
R. J. Atkinson
Rupe Hally
(?)
S. Cole Sifflett


)Written on the opposite side of the paper)
The Auditors Office
March 14, 1836
Sirs:
THomas Ayres , Maryland 1828, at $80.00 . died  13 March, 1856 and his pension has been paid in full to that date,
Very respectfully yours
J. Minot Esquire
Command (?) of pensions 
(illegible signatures)
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Senate May 29 1856
Sir
I enclose you now a declaration inform madly Mr Ayres.  The affidavit formerly Sent ? ? with this declaration the accompanying affiant will (?) be sufficient .  May I beg ? attention wit Th
en to and the delay is harassing(?) to her.
? to ask and attention also to the application of Mr. A Jones mon of Circ Jacob Jones ?? bounty land . It was listed in ? May 1855
?
J A Pearce 
J Minot 
Co of Pensions
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Shawsville Harford County August 15th/ 56
Mr. J Minot 
Commissioner of Pensions
Sirs:
I received from the department direct to Shawsville Post Office Harford County Maryland, a warrant for 60 acres of Land. No. 274.  Having never before received any part of the 160 acres which the law allows to a certain class of Persons, and among that class officers and solders of the Revolutionary War. I am the widow of Thomas Ayres a Revolutionary Soldier.  I have thought a mistake has been made and ask the favour of the department to examine the case and write to me.  I can send the 60 acre warrant back anytime when instructed by the department to receive in lieu thereof 160 acres.
Very Respectfully yours se,
Elizabeth Ayres
N.B. direct to Shawsville PO 
Harford Co Maryland
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June the 18th AD 1837
Mr George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Through the agency of Daniel Scott of Harford County Md. I received the arrearage of Pension due me from Government as to the letter of March AD 1837.  My husband Thomas Ayres, a revolutionary soldier, died on the twelth of March 1836- and now there is due one years pension on the 
26tg of March 1837.  and not having an original certificate in my possession I ask the ? of the department to furnish me with a certificate and forms appertaining thereto to be filled up and all information necessary to execute the same properly in order to obtain my pension.
It is my intention to constitute and appoint my so Thomas J Ayres my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the U States for paying pensions in Baltimore Maryland, my annual or half yearly pension. Address me at Shawsville Post Office Harford Co Maryland.
Very respectfully 
Elizabeth Ayres
her mark
Surviving widow of Thom Ayes de a revolutionary soldier
W please give this immediate attention if practicable
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Shawsville Harford Co Md
F. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I received an answer to my application for Bounty Land. My case has been suspended. You say I must state under what act. I received my pension. In what State I am paid my pension and the number of the certificate.
I answer that I received my pension in pursuance of a Regulation of the Legislature of the State of Maryland passed at december Session 1836. and payable at the Mecanicks [Mechanics] Bank Baltimore. The no of the pension's certificate I cannot give. you will please let me know if this information will do to Entitle me to Bounty Land. Please answer
Yours Respectfully
Elizabeth Ayres
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Chariton Virginia
Dec 3d 1913
Commissioner of Pensions
My Dear Sir
Can
you
furnish me the record of 
Thomas Ayres of Dorchester Co. Md.,, who served
in the
Revolutionary war as a
member of
5th Md Reg.
commanded by Col W. Richardson in 1778.  He is shown to have reinlisted [reenlisted]
 Feb 18th
1779 under Capt John Lynch
and to have received on
Aug 24 & 
he appears
have
received $43.30 in payment as arrears. 
 I would appreciate
very much any information you
might give me as to family, age 
death

very respectfully
Mrs A. P.
Thompson Cheriton
Northampton Co
Virginia