Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4609, John Ward, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York Ward, John.
Deborah
NUMBER
W. 4609
CONTENTS
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2054
Pennsylvania
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Deborah Ward widow of John Ward who died on the 13th October 1831 in Phil'a Co. in the State of Pennsylvania and who was a Drummer in the company commanded Captain Edmonson of the regt commanded by [illegible] in the N York line for 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 44 Dollars -- Cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1838 and sent to N[illegible] [illegible] Fry, J. M. R. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838  $308.
Semi-annual allowance ending Sep 18  22 -
$330.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 0/1}
Recorded by Wm S. Allison
Book A Vol. 2 Page 148
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New York 
John Ward 2nd
xxxx private 
New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8..... Dollars per month,to commence on the 9th of April 1818.......

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of Nov 1818 and sent to the care of John Grover Esqr, Judge &c, Aurora, Cayuga Co. New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 4 26/30 mos $38.93 1/3
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th march 1819            48.00
                                                                      $86.93 1/3 

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818)

Aurelius, Cayuga Co.
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State of Ohio,Cuyahoga County}ss.

Before me Peleg Sherman one of the Justices of the Peace for said County came Mercy Goodspeed who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was present at the marriage of her sister Deborah to John Ward and said marriage took place in the township off Addison in the state of Vermont and think it was in the year 1778 and says that she has lived with the said John Ward and near neighbors them till within twenty years and then the said John Ward and Deborah his wife moved to the state of New York in the township of Auburn Cayuga Co. and the said Deborah Ward has never had any other husband except John Ward to her Knowledge and further this deponent saith not.
Mercy (her x mark) Goodspeed

Sworn to an subscribed before me at the County 
aforesaid this 1st day of march 1837

Peleg Sherman Justice of the Peace

Attest: Sarley Sheldon          
                                                    
                                            



The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County, ss.

I, Harvey Rice clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Peleg Sherman Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, on the day of the date thereof, and now is acting Justice of the Peace in and  for the township of Mayfield in said County, duly commissioned and sworn : to all whose official acts, as such, full faith and credit are, and of the right ought to be, given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Cleaveland, in said County, the eighth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven 
N Rice Clerk.
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County of Essex SS:
Nathaniel Hinkley of Willsborough in said county being duly sworn before Mr. Louis Higby Jr. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county deposeth and saith that John Ward, a Revolutionary soldier (deceased) was married to the sister of this deponent, whose maiden name was Deborah in the Fall of 1778 in the Town of Addison, State of Vermont, that after said marriage, said John Ward was acting as a soldier with a Minute man or an enlisted soldier under the command of Captain Zadoc Averist & Lieutenant Benjamin Averist then acting and serving in the revolutionary war in the town of Addison aforesaid that in about two months after said marriage to said John Ward, was taken prisoner at or near Chimney Point on Lake Champlain in the town of Addison aforesaid, that the said John Ward was taken on a boat to a British ship on Lake Champlain as a prisoner and that he was carried, as this deponent believes to Canada and that he was absent nearly or quite one year & is not positive as to how long a time he was absent but in 1780 he said John Ward was at Rutland Fort in Vermont State with his gun & equipment a& acting as a soldier there under command of Captain John Gale in the fall of said year 1780 & that the name of Stephen Williams is familiar to him who was then acting as Major & that a Mr. Post was a Lieutenant in command in said Fort. That the enemy came & attacked the fort in the fall of said year 1780, that the said John Ward together with many other Sons of Liberty, fought & repelled & drove the enemy & dispersed them, that this deponent was frequently at said Fort Rutland & saw the said John Ward, then equipped and armed as aforesaid & drilling in military exercise under command of said officers and further this deponent saith not.
Nathaniel Hinkley
Sworn and subscribed before me Dec. 25, 1837
L. Higby Jr. Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, Essex County}SS:

I, Lafayette Kellogg, Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex & State aforesaid do hereby certify that L. Higby Jr. the person before whom the written affidavit was taken is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly appointed & authorized by law to act as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe that his signature to the Jurat of the written affidavit is genuine.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 9th day of January  AD 1838
L.F. Kellogg Deputy Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania,County of Philadelphia }SS:
On this twenty fourth day of December 1836 personally appeared before me, John  Richter, Esqr., Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Philadelphia aforesaid. Deborah Ward, a resident of Roxborough Township in the county of Philadelphia and state of Pennsylvania aged seventy four years, ten months, and 16 days, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension, made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; that she is the widow of John Ward, who was a private soldier and drummer in the revolutionary war and served as herein stated according to the best of her knowledge and belief; that in the year 1775 seen at the battle of Lexington, the said John Ward volunteered as a private soldier under Gen. Ethan Allen and March with him to Ticonderoga and Crown Point and he then, the said John Ward, was present in taking those two places. The said John Ward then resided with his parents in or near the Town of Addison in the state of Vermont. Soon after the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the same year, the said John Ward enlisted under Captain John Noble for nine months and marched under General Montgomery to take Canada. The first battle that he was in during this campaign was at  St. John’s which was taken after a siege of six weeks then they went to take Montreal at which the said John Ward was present when it was taken by the Americans. The army or a part of it, along with which was the said, John Ward then marched & went to Three Rivers and there the said John Ward was taken sick and was sent back to St. John’s and afterwards returned home to the residence of his parents, Asa Ward, and Hester Ward in the state of Vermont, which was then claimed by New York as part of that state. When the said John Ward returned home he was still sick. After he got well
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or recovered from his sickness, he enlisted again, which was in the year 1776. He this time enlisted in what was called the 8th Battalion of Yorkers in Captain Edmiston’s company of infantry Col. Van Schaick's Regiment. She remembers the said John Ward had a figure 8 on the buttons of his coat; he [en]listed this time for one year. The said John Ward in company with other soldiers then were taken to Ticonderoga and from there to Lake George, and from there to Albany at which place his term of enlistment expired and he returned home to his parents residence during this campaign. The said John Ward was a drummer. It was some time in 1777 that he returned home this time; he remained at home untill(sic) the latter part of the summer of 1778 when he was drafted in the militia or went as a volunteer. I cannot say who was his officers they were not a great way off for she remembers he came home occasionally. He was at home in the month of November of that year for that was the time he was taken prisoner, along with his parents and herself and a great many other persons. She was two or 3 miles distant from home engaged in secreting their goods when she was taken prisoner and she thinks her husband was taken at their dwelling and was brought down to the lake, where she saw him, he had his soldier clothes on. 
The Indians made several attempts to scalp him. The enemy was composed of the British and the Indians. And were commanded by General Carlton; the said Deborah and her parents together with a great many women and children were put on board of the ship Hariah on Lake Champlain and were sent to Whitehall to the fort to protect them from the Indians, it was said. The enemy killed the cat and the hogs and let them lay and set fire to the houses and barn and burn them down with all their contents and they destroyed everything for many miles. The said John Ward, her husband, was taken to Quebec and was imprisoned with about 40 others that were taken with him. He was kept in prison for about one and a half years years. And there he
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and some others were taken about one hundred miles below Quebec and set to making tar for the British government. One night he and seven others dark concluded to make their escape. They took a  small boat and rowed across the St. Lawrence river, but were again taken buy some Indians after being kept about four weeks he again made his escape and came home nearly dead. She and her husband, then resided in Rutland State of Vermont untill(sic) the war was over and peace declared, which was soon after. 
In the year that peace was declared she and her husband removed from Rutland to the town of Addison in the State of Vermont and in 1811, they removed to the town of Mentz Cayuga County State of New York. And two years after removed to Auburn in the same county and state and they continue to reside there untill(sic) her husband‘s death. 
She further declares that the said John Ward her husband in the year 1819 obtained from the United States a pension on account of his military service in the revolution under the act of Congress of 1818. He used to draw it at the Auburn Bank State of New York. He continued to draw it up to the time of his decease. He had a pension certificate and she has frequently seen it previous to his death but as it was supposed to be of no use after his death no care was taken of it and it is lost.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Ward in the latter end of June or the beginning of July (1778), in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, that they were married at her parents house in the town of Addison in the state of Vermont, that her parents Nathaniel and Mercy Hinkley, and two of her brothers Nathan and Isaac and her sister Mercy Hinkley, Gen. John Strong and his wife, Joane Hellick and sister, Col. Philip Stone and his wife, Deacon Grandy and his wife, Nathan Smith, Mr. Ferris and his wife, Jonathan Oakes and Olive Avers and a number of young persons were present at the wedding, Jonathan
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Oakes and Olive Avers were Bridesman and maid. She does not know the name of the person who married but thinks he was a major in the American army. She has no certificate of her marriage, nor never heard of such a thing in those days. And she knows of no record of their marriage and all the persons who were present at her marriage she believes are dead, except her brother Nathaniel who was then about ten years of age and now resides near Plattsburgh State of New York and her sister Mercy who  intermarried with Simpson Goodspeed  and resides about 12 miles from Crown Point New York State and was at the time, the said Deborah and John Ward were married, about eight years old. The said Deborah and her husband the aforesaid John Ward had thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters. Five sons and two daughters  are still living, to wit John Ward resides in Canada. Reuben and Nathaniel Ward on Lake Ontario, Loyal Ward at Blackrock, Hope Ward, Orleans County State of New York. Deborah Ward intermarried with Redmond Atherton resides in Vermont and Laura intermarried with Reverend Dyer & Nicholas with whom the deponent (Deborah Ward) reside in Philadelphia County State of Pennsylvania. She further declares that her husband the aforesaid John Ward died at Auburn in Cayuga County State of New York on the thirteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, aged seventy one years and upwards, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

Deborah Ward

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, John Richter Jones, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Phila. County, State of Pennsylvania}
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The said Judge before whom the above declaration was sworn to by the aforesaid Deborah Ward do hereby certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Deborah Ward cannot attend the court. Due to that I have visited her at her place of residence in Roxbury township in the County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania and she made the foregoing declaration and further I believe her to be a person of good character and veracity and entitled to full credit. Witness my hand the day & year above written.

John Richter Jones, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, State of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia County S.S.

I Robert Morris, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia, hereby certify that John Richter Jones before whom the above deposition was made and who has subscribed his name thereto, is a Judge of the said Court, duly Commissioned & qualified, and that all proper respect is due & should be shown to his acts as a Judicial Officer.

Witness my hand & the Seal of the said Court this 26th day December 1836.

Robt Morris, Portonotary
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State of Pennsylvania, County of Philadelphia}ss.
On the twenty fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before me, John Richter Jones Esqr a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, County of Philadelphia, Dyer A Nicols, a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Deborah Ward widow of John Ward, late of the town of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, deceased, and who now resides in Roxborough township in said County of Philadelphia, and have been for eight years last part, and that the said Deborah has not been married since the decease of her husband the aforesaid John Ward, that she now resides with this deponent, and has since the First day of May 1834.
Dyer A. Nichols
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me, and I the aforesaid Judge do hereby certify that the said Dyer A Nichols is a man of good character and a credible witness.}
John Richter Jones, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid.
Philadelphia County S.S.
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of Philadelphia, hereby certify that John Richter Jones, before whom the above deposition was made & who has subscribed his name thereto is a Judge of the said Court, duly Commissioned & qualified and that all proper respect is due & should be shown to his as acts as an Official officer. Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court this 26th day of December 1836. Robt. Morris Prothonotary
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Direct in answer to Deborah Ward, Robor'y, Phila. Co. Pa.
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John Grover, Esquire,
Judge,
Aurora, Cayuga Co.
New York.

John Ward,
New York Line,
Revolutionary claim.

Not on the New York rolls.
Returned for further evidence

See endorsements in the case of Abram Clark.
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John Ward
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State of New York, Cayuga County ss

John Ward of the town Aurelius in the county of Cayuga and the state of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted into the army of the United States upon Continental Establishment as a Drummer in Captain Edmistons company in the 1st New York regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick, that he continued in the same company & regiment for the space of one year, the term of his enlistment, when he was honourably discharged at Albany in this state in the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy seven; and the deponent further saith that he has lost his discharge by fire, and by reason of reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance for support from his Country. And  further the saith not.                     John Ward

State of New York 
Cayuga County
Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq.Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga John Ward above mentioned & to me personally known, and made oath  upon the Holy Evangelist that the contents of the above affidavit is true. And I the said judge do certify to the Hon. Secretary of the War Department that I am satisfied that the facts above set forth are just and true.   John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas
Dated April 9. 1818

John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas
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State of New York, County of Cayuga} I hereby certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the whithin Affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common please in and for said County acting under the authority of this State that full faith and credibility and due to his Official Acts in that capacity and that his Signatures thereto subscribed is Genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said County the nineth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818.
E.J. Troop, Clk
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11.164
John Ward
Hand
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State of New York, Cayuga County,}ss.
On this fifth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being in a court of record for the said county, viz the July Term of Com Pleas & Gen. Session John Ward aged Sixty years, resident in the Town of Aurelius in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he was a private in Capt. Nobles company in Col. Eastman’s Regt of Connecticut Troops enlisted for nine months and that during said enlistment he served in Canada the greatest part of the time and that he was a private or rather Drummer in Capt. Jones' Company in Col. Goose Van Schaick’s Regt. of New York Troops enlisted for one year & served out his time & was discharged at Albany he thinks 1776 & that he was in Siege of St. Johns & that he was in several skirmishes and that the date of his original Claim was 9th April 1818 Pension certificate No. 11.164.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts of debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
And I do further solemny(sic) swear that my occupation is that of a Farmer and that by reason of a Rheumatics complaint which attends me, I am unable to contribute much Toward the support of myself & family and that my family consists of my wife Deborah aged 55 years & that I have two children lives with me who are able to support themselves viz Laury aged 20 years & Alex is aged 18 years.
John Ward
Sworn to, and declared, on the fifth day of July 1820 before me John Beardsley Judge, Co’y Com Pleas.
I James Glover clerk of Cayuga County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 112 dollars and 21 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of July 1820.
James Glover
Clerk of the Court for the County of Cayuga.
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An Inventory of the Real and Personal Estate of John Ward exhibited before the Court of of(sic) Common Pleas held in & for the County of Cayuga at the July Term 1820. Viz.

1 Table    $4.00
1 pr Andirons  $2.00
8 Chairs  $6.00
1 Beareau(sic)   $20.00
1 Stand $1.00
1 Looking Glass  $2.00
2 Pails  $1.00
1 Large Iron Kettle  $3.00
1 Copper do $10.00
1 Dinner Pot  $1.00
1 Dish Kettle   $.75
1 Spider   $.75
1 Frying Pan  $.50
1 Griddle  $1.00
1 Grid Iron  $.50
1 Iron Teakettle  $.75
1 Copper do $2.00
1 Chopping Knife  $.12 1/2
1 Floor Carpet   $5.00
$61.37 1/2

1 Bread Server  $.37 1/2
Crockery  $5.00
2 Coffee Pots 2 Teapots, Sugar Bowl & Milk cup  $7.00
1 pr Candle Sticks  $.50
1 Ax 1 Iron Shovel  $3.00
1 Cow  $16.00
1 pr Flat Irons  $1.00
1 Measure  $.50
1 Coffee Mill  $1.00
3 Blls 1 Had  $3.00
2 Bays 1 Little Whelp  $2.00
6 Silver Teaspoons  $4.00
1 Bread Trey(sic) 1 hatchet  $1.00
Knives, forks & spoons  $1.50
Glassware  $3.00
1 pr Steel Knives  $1.00
Nail Hammer   $.25
1 Washtub   $.75
$50.87 1/2
61.37 1/2
Amount $112.25

I certify the above Schedule to be a true account of all my Real Personal Estate.

John Ware
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This Bureau can furnish the military record only of such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and payrolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on the file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O.W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY

L.W.B., W. 4609.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 28, 1898

Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that John Ward made an application for pension on April 9th, 1818, at which time he was residing in Aurelius, N.Y., (age not stated), and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a drummer in the New York troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Edmonston and Col. Van Schaick. Place of his enlistment not stated. His widow, Deborah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner

Mrs. Rev. T.S. Hamlin, 1306 Connecticut Avenue, City
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V601

Deborah Ward Pennsylvania

admitted, [illegible] 1 year $44.00

Mags [illegible] N. York with the Indians in Oct. 1780. Find name.

Hon. W.F. Doubleday. HR
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I, Henry Smith of Addison in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, of lawful age being duly sworn, depose and say that I moved into said Addison in the Spring of 1789 & that John Ward and Deborah Ward were then living in said Addison as man and wife & had a family of children. Said John and Deborah continued to live in said Addison as man and wife until the year 1811 when they removed from there to the town of Mentz in the State of New York and from thence, as I understand, to the town of Auburn. And further I say not. 
Henry Smith
Addison County ss. Middlebury Apr 10th 1836 Then personally appeared Henry Smith and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me E.D. Barber Justice of Peace of Addison & State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that I moved into said Auburn in the [illegible] the year 1789 at that time John Ward and Deborah Ward were living together as man & wife in said Addison until the year 1811 when they removed from thence to the town of Mentz in the State of New York. And I further say that in the year 1817 I [illegible] said John & Deborah in Auburn in the State of New York who knew them living as man and wife. I further
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say that I was born in the year 1776 & that from my acquaintance with John Ward, son of said John & Deborah, I should consider a man of about my age. And further I say not.
Asa Willmarth
Addison County ss. Middlebury. Apr. 10 1836. Then personally appears Asa Wilmarth & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me E.D. Barber, Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Henry Smith & Asa Wilmarth & that they are credible persons.
E.D. Barber Justice of the Peace.
I Edmond Grandy of Panton in the County of Addison & State of Vermont of lawful age being Duly Sworn; Depose and say that I have known John Ward & Deborah Ward living together as Husband and wife ever since the year [illegible] they moved from their residence in the town of Addison to the town of Mentz in the State of N.Y. in 1811 and I have often heard my mother Salome Grandy, while living say that she was present at the time the said John & Deborah were united in Marriage and that they were Married near Chimney Point on the bank of Lake Champlain, and I also have heard my mother the said Salome Grandy relate the Circumstance of the said John & Deborah his wife being taken Prisoner by the British in in(sic) the time of the Revolution and when they were about to be parted and she to be sent back to the Americans.
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The said Ward addressed himself to his wife Deborah exhorting her to be of good courage for he believed they should live to be see each other again, and I further say that I am in the Sixty Second year of my age; and I further say not.
Edmund Grandy
Addison County ss. Panton Nov. 23d 1836. The personally appeared Edmund Grandey & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me Silas Pond Justice of the peace. I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Edmund Grandey & that he is a credible person.
Silus Pond Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont, Addison County ss} I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that Edward D. Barber, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the 10th day of November instant, a Justice of the peace for said County; And that Silas Pond, before a [illegible] the foregoing affidavit of Edmund Grandy was made was on the 23 day of said November instant a Justice of the Peace for said County, both duly qualified & authorized to administer oaths &c. and their names respectively subscribed thereto are their own signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24 day of November 1836.
Saml. Swift Clerk
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Schuylkill, Chester County Pa. Sept 8, 1837

to Mr. J.S. Edwards.

Dear Sir:

According to the advice given in your Epistle, relative to Mrs. Deborah Ward's pension I have endeavored to act. I wrote to Vermont to search the Parish records of Addison where she was married, then to Ohio to Mrs. Ward's sister Goodspeed who was present at her marriage, then to Nathaniel Hinckley. And I have obtained a letter from Addison Vt. one from Mrs. Goodspeed, Ohio (whose husband is a [illegible]) and one from Nathan Hinckley her brother whom I [illegible] married by Zadoc Averest Esqr.

Having obtained this information I send the papers on again hoping they will be sufficient. The old lady is in great need residing in my family. You will perceive I have removed from Roxboro Phila. Co. to Schuylkill Chester Co Pa. to which place please direct.

Yours Respectfully,

D.A. Nichols

J.L. Edwards

P.S. Your letter stated Mrs. Ward's declaration was on "file with the suspended one." Filed in January [illegible].
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See letter 13 Jany 37 to Rev D.A. Nichols & Hon U. Doubleday

Notification sent to John Grover, Auburn, New York, 12th Step. 1820.

Copy of decl & schedule sent to Mess'r Wordan T. Campbell, Auburn, N.Y. [illegible] Sept. 1831

11.164

New York
John Ward 2d of _____ in the state of ______who was a Drummer in the regiment commanded by Col. Van Shaick of the N. York line, for the term of 12 months.

Inscribe on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of May 18[illegible] and sent to John Grover, Aurora, Cayuga, N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 86 "      $86.89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept '19  $48
10 22/30 4/31                                   $134.89

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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1306 CONNECTICUT AVENUE. WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 5 1898

Sept. 27 1898

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly examining(sic) your records and let me know if there is any mention of a Pension being paid to David Ward or his widow, probably Mehitable Ward of Wells Rutland Co.Vt. In [] in Revolutionary War--JMU
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Feb. 1776 to Dec. of same year, and [illegible] calls upon Militia at late date. He was in Capt. Edmonston's Co., Col. Goose Van Schaick's regiment 1st New York continentals or volunteers--2 which 2 have the Capt's name right. The Col I am sure of I will
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be greatly obliged for an immediate reply. Also for the name of John Ward or his widow in same regiment and service in same length of time David Ward was Lieut in Militia. I am especially desirous of finding if David Ward received a pension and please give the service for which he
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he did if one were given.

I shall be greatly obliged, as I need the information to prove an ancestry.

I am most sincerely,
Mrs. Rev. T.S. Hamlin

U.S. PENSION OFFICE, OCT. 5 1898

Jno 1959
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE, OCT 5 1898.

Full name of soldier:  John Ward -- but may have been Johnathan I do not know of any [illegible]

Place of residence before service (Town, county, and State.): Addison Vermont=afterwards in Mertz Co. New York.

Place of residence after service (Town, county, and State.)

Approximate date of death:

Given name of widow:  Deborah (I think)

Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?  Widow rec'd pension I know but I am not sure of his having rec'd pension.

Additional information: He served eleven months from Feb. 1776 - to Dec. 1776 - in Col Van Schaick's Battallion(sic) 1st New York Volunteers afterward mustered out was captured by English and when(sic) North probably to Canada but escaped and returned home.

Signature:  Mrs Rev. T.S. Hamlin
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State: 1306 Conn. Ave. Washington, D.C.

(over)
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David Ward enlisted at the same time, same day, and was a brother of the above--He was mustered out the same day. He lived in Rutland VT probably returning to Addison first (Vermont) there going to the next County where he lived and died leaving a widow Mehitable. I very much wish to find if either he or she received any pension. Be very [illegible] and careful in each. In David and Mehitable Ward.

Were pensions sent from Washington or Albany at that time. For what was the land grants given. 

Very sincerely,

Frances B. Hamlin
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V
Deborah Ward
Pennsylvania

Suspended let'r 13 Jany 1837 to D.A. Nichols & Hon. U. Doubleday.

Let. 30th Oct. 1837, D.A. Nichols

Let 15 Jany 1838 [illegible] J.N. Bronson.
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Hon. U.T. Doubleday HR

[illegible] ards (probably J.L. Edwards)
[illegible] ion (probably Pension) Commissioner
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Roxboro Phila. co Pa. [illegible] 25.1834

The enclosed is the particulars of Mrs. D. Wards statement which by his request is hereby submitted direct to Mrs. Deborah Ward, case of D.A. Nichols.

as above

Yours Respectfully
D.A. Nichols
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William Moulton of Wolcott Seneca County being sworn deposeth and saith that Job Cook in the fall of the year seventeen hundred & seventy five was placed in the recruiting service and in the charge of public property at Crown Point on Lake Champlain, by Gen.’l Ph Schuyler Comd’r of the Northern dept that John Ward (this deponent was informed Inlisted under said Cook in [illegibl] after serving under Capt. Noble in Col. Eastons' Regiment in Massachusetts service on or soon after his return from Canada that in the Winter seventeen hundred and seventy six said Ward was sent by said Cook to this deponent, who was Commanding Officer at the Fort Ticonderoga for head & perhaps equipment for his Drum subsequent to the retreat out of Canada. Col. Goose Van Schaicks Regiment of Troops which belonged to the N.Y. line and in which this dept. and the said Cook were Lieutenants were collected under Comd of Lt. Col P. Gansevort of s’d reg’t at Fort George at the South end of Lake George that from that time to the close of that year the said John Ward served at the same stations with this deponent he was Drummer in Capt. Edmingston’s Company and stood high in the estimation of his officers on account
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of his activity and fidelity the afore’d Corps kept Christmas at Saratoga Barracks & a few days subsequent went to Albany where our Col was stationed to take our discharges, and the said Ward rode to that City in the same sleigh with this deponent and further that this deponent has no other interest in the claimants cause other than what is executed by the distressing feelings of humanity at the sight of an honest good patriot crushed into the dust by providential misfortune and further this deponent saith not.
William Moulton
State of New York, Cayuga County
Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq’r one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas I & for the County of Cayuga William Moulton above mentioned and to me personally known and made oath upon the Holy Evangelists the contents of the above affidavit by him subscribed are true and I the said Judge do certify to the Honorable the Secretary of the War Department that the said William Moulton is an Honourable & Respectible(sic) citizen and a credible witness.
John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com Pleas
Dated October 1st 1818
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State of Vermont, Addison County ss} Addison the 12 day of October AD 1818 then Samuel Pangborn personally appeared and after being carefully [illegible] and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed container the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me Wm H. Pickett Just of the Peace

of Samuel Pangborn do certify and say that John Ward was in listed in the years service in the year AD 1776 under Lieut Cook in Capt Edmonston Company on Crown Point & marched from thence to Fort George and joined Colonel Van Schaicks regiment and marked from thence to Saratoga barick(sic) from thence to Albany baricks(sic) and there was discharged.

Samuel Pangborn
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the within deposition of Samuel Pangborn was taken and sealed up by Wm H. Picket Just peace
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John Ward

M.a b. Aug 10 Act 4 July 1836. 

PAID

PA Deborah Ward 
Penn:
as. Act '36 no 2,054

PAID

Manayunk Pa}
Aug 8

9 Dec

J.L. Edwards
(Commissioner of Pensions)
Washington, D.C.
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Roxboro, Phila. Co. Pa. August8, 1836.
Dear Sir:

By the request of Deborah Ward (Wife of John Ward, pensioner) late of Auburn, N.Y, but residing here) I write you asking the favor of a little information how to proceed to obtain the aid that the pension law lately passed proposes to afford her. Her husband is dead but was a pensioner for many years as a soldier of the Revolution.
Mr. U. F. Doubleday, Member of Congress from Auburn N.Y. recommended her (D.W.) to write you for information. Mrs. Ward petitioned last winter thru the politeness of Mr. Doubleday and he says, “the petition & papers are on file at Washingon.”
John Ward had but one wife whom he married before he was taken prisoner in the Revolution. The papers on file will show.
Mrs. Ward is a member of my church and devout old lady, but quite infirm with the rheumatism. She was taken prisoner with husband &c. How shall she proceed? {illegible] showing her by letter directed to me (Serving P.O. Roxboro Phila Pa) you will do her a great favor.
Yours D.A. Nichols
J.L. Edwards.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4609
Deborah Ward, Wid. John Ward, [illegible] N.Y. line
Act: July 4 of '36, Sect 3d
Index:--Vol M, Page 306

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct 28/98
Mrs T.S. Hamlin City.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O.W. & N. DIV.  L.W.B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. WASHINGTON D.C., October 3rd, 1898.

Madam:--

In returning, herewith, your recent communication you are advised that there are several John Wards on the Revolutionary war pension records and in order that a satisfactory effort may be made to identify the one desired it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for in the attached slip.
A very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of David Ward has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Kindly return the enclosed letter with your reply.

Very respectfully.

Commissioner

Mrs. Rev. T.S. Hamlin,
1306 Connecticut Avenue,
Washington, D.C.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
Oct. 5 1898
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I James Willcox of Bridport in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, of lawful age, Depose and Say that I was Personaly and Intimately Acquainted with John Ward who formerly Resided in the town of Addison in Said County; from the time he & myself were Children; untill(sic) the time he the said Ward with his family removed from said Addison, which I think was in the year 1811. I was also well acquainted with the woman said to be his wife, whose name before her Marriage to said Ward was Deborah Hinchly; I was not present at the time of their marriage; in consequence of the Revolutionary war I was compelled to leave my place here on the lake in the year 1777 and went to the South part of the State, and Returned as soon as the war closed; and the said John & Deborah were then living together as husband and wife, and did to my certain knowledge live together as such untill(sic) they removed from the town of Addison as above mentioned and I further say, they were Commonly reported and considered to be lawfully married and I never heard any report to the contrary; further your Deponent says not;
James (his x mark) Willcox
State of Vermont, Addison County ss} Bridport June 14th 1837
Personally appeared the above-named James Willcox and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed by making his mark to be the truth before me
Henry Smith, Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above-named James Willcox is a credible witness.
Henry Smith, Justice Peace
I Lyman Clark of Addison in the County of Addison & State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I hold the office of the Town clerk in and for the said Town of Addison & have the custody of all the Records of Said Town and on request of Deborah Ward formerly an Inhabitant of said Addison I have examined the Records of Said town in order to ascertain whether her Marriage to John Ward was ever recorded in the town whose Marriage as I am informed was in the year 1778 and on examination I find that there was no Town Records of any kind so far back as 1778 that the first commencement of any town Records on the Book of Records was dated March 29th A.D. 1784 by which time Marriages have been regularly recorded in pursuance to an act in that case made & provided and further your Deponent saith not.
Lyman Clark
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State of Vermont, Addison County ss}
Addison June 17th 1837

Personly appeared Lyman Clark and made solemn oath that the within Affidavit by him Subscribed, to be the truth; before me

Henry Smith Justice Peace

I hereby Certify that the within named Lyman Clark is a credible Witness.

Henry Smith Justice Peace

State of Vermont, Addison County} I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that Henry Smith, before whom the foregoing affidavit of James Wilcox & Lyman Clark were made was, at the respective dates of taking them a Justice of the Peace for said County and his name respectively subscribed thereto is his own signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 22d day of June 1837.

Saml Swift Clerk
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State of New York, County of Essex, Town of Willsboro}ss.

Be it known, that on the twentieth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven, before me Levi Higby a commissioner legally appointed to take affidavits &c in certain cases came Nathaniel HInkley of said town of Willsboro & being duly sworn before me on his oath saith that he was present at the tie Deborah Hinkley was married to John Ward, that the said Deborah Hinkley were so married to the said John Ward in the town of Addison, in the state of Vermont, in the fall of the Year seventeen hundred seventy eight, by Zadock Averest, a Justice of the Peace then of said town & that the said Deborah Hinkley was a sister of this deponent.

Nathaniel Hinkley

Subscribed & sworn to before me March 20, 1837}

Levi Highby ss. a Commissioner to take affidavids
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State of N. York, County of Essex}ss.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Hinkley, the person named in the within affidavit & who has executed the same & know him to be a man of good moral character, Respectable, in the full possession of his mental faculties, & report says that he is in fair standing with his brethren & is a member of the Baptist Church. Given under my hand at Willsboror, July 23, 1837

L. Highby Commis'r of deeds of said town.

State of New York
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Auburn Cayuga County, N.Y. Aug 27, 1831.

Sir

Last winter we sent to the War Department for an exemplification of John Ward's Pension papers.

The person to whom we alude(sic) is John Ward of Cayoga County. by some mistake you sent us exemplification of the pension papers of one John Ward of the county of Warren. [illegible] of Steuben procured the exemplification for us and we presume the mistake was owing to him.

There is a suit pending in the Sup. Court of this State, in which the amount of controversy is quite large. And it will be absolutely necessary for us to have exemplifications of the papers of John Ward of this County. We as the attorneys of one of the parties in that suit request you to forward them to us at this place as soon as you possibly can.

We trust, under the urgency of the case and the absolute necessity that there is in having those papers that you will not delay to forward them to us immediately.

You will please note your change on the papers. The amount of which we will sent to you by the Hon. U.F. Doubleday of this county when he is going to take his seat in the next Congress.

Yours Very Respectfully.
Worden J. Campbell

James L. Edwards Esqr.
Superintendent of the pension business &c.
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Hon. U. Doubleday H.R.
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I certify that I was acquainted with the late John Ward and Deborah his wife from about the year 1819 till the time of his death which happened in the town of Auburn in the county of Cayuga and State of New York about five years ago, and that I have frequently seen the said Deborah Ward since that time. And that the said John Ward died of Rheumatism, with which he was a long time confined to his house, as I understand and believe. I further certify that the said John Ward and Deborah his wife have always sustained good characters, as well for truth and veracity as in all other respects, as I have always understood and believe I also certify that I have heard the said Deborah Ward relate, (previous to the last session of Congress) in circumstances and hardships, which she said occurred to himself and family, whilst she was the wife of the said John Ward, and whilst he was serving in the army of the United States. I also certify that she was generally reputed, and I believe her to have been, the wife of the said John Ward at the time he was serving in the army of the United [States] during the war of the Revolution. 
Dated Auburn August 25, 1836.
U.F. Doubleday
Representative in Congress
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b01 Jan 26. pa add: joss, Deb: Ward

Schuylkill Pa    Free
Jany 23

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com. Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Schuylkill, Chester, Co. Pa. Jan 23, 1838.

Dear Sirs

I am requested by Mrs. Deborah Ward, to forward the enclosed, as a help, to show her claim, to the favor granted to soldier's widows, who served in the Revolution.

Yours in love,

D.A. Nichols.

J.L. Edwards, Esqr.

N.B. Direct as above to me D.A.N.
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John Ward
Musician Colonel Van Schaicks Regt. New York line 1776 1 year
Not on Roll
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State of New York, Cayuga County SS

On the 23rd day of November 1818 personally appeared before me John Ward to me known to be the same John Ward Stats. In the within enclosed affidavit and made oath to the following declaration to wit: he deposeth & said that he never was inscribed in the Invalid pension roll to his knowledge & that it must have been some other person of the same name & further sayeth that if it was intended for him (this deponent) he doth hereby relinquish all claims to any former pension.

John Ward

Sworn & subscribed before me John Grover, Judge of Cayuga Com pleas
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Schuylkill, Chester Co. Pa. Oct. 31 1831

Dear Sir:
As I wrote you on the 7th of September last in favor of Deborah Ward wife of John Ward deceased concerning her Pension, and fear it has never come to hand I write again.
Mrs. Ward, late of Roxboro' Phil Co. Pa. and formerly of Auburn N.Y. now resided in this place. She is anxious to know, in case you have received the papers, shewing her marriage, &c., what will be done for her. She is old and infirm, and needs help. Should her right be proved, and should it appear she is entitled to the kind aid which her country has provided to be dealt out to Revolutionary soldiers and their wives, she trusts it will soon be forthcoming to her [illegible]. She refers all to yourself & wishes soon to hear from you.

Yours affectionately

D.A. Nichols in Behalf of Deborah Ward.

Mr. J.L. Edwards, Esqr
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John Ward 3d Drummer act 18-1818 New York Died 13th Oct 1831 p to that period

JH
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House of Reps, May 22, 1838

J.L. Edwards Esqr

I enclose you the Letter of B.F. Hancock Esqr relative to a claim for pension which it appears is before you.

I should be glad to have the result of the investigation which the claim may have received at the department and the Letter enclosed, returned.

Your Friend,

J. Fry, Jr.

Before I forget it I have had it in contemplation before this to inquire of you what is the pay a full pension for two years of a Capt., Lieut., Ensign, sergeant & private and the law which establishes it. It has as frequently been a matter of dispute in our committee that I am anxious to have you answer to the question. Address me or one of our Com., specifically on this subject.
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State of New York, Cayuga County ss} Nathaniel Garrow of the town of Auburn and County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with John Ward and Deborah his wife late of the town of Auburn aforesaid, and that the said John Ward died about five years ago of Rheumatism, of which disease he had been a long time confined as deponent understood and believes; and said John and Deborah sustained good character, and was reputed to be persons of truth and veracity, and that the said Deborah Ward is generally reputed to have been the wife of the said John Ward whilst he was serving in the army of the United States during the war of the Revolution.

Nathaniel Garrow

Sworn this 5th day of September 1836 before J.L. Richardson first Judge of Cayuga
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Payable on the 4th March & 4th of Sept in each year
at the Branch Bank
U.S. City of New York
Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18th of March, 1818
John Ward 2d, late a private in theArmy of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 4th day of November
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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See Deborah Ward, File 4609

44.020

INVALID.
Revy

File No.:  44.020

John Ward Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18

Index:---Vol. S, Page 536

[Arrengement at 1870.]