Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2734, Stephen Hetfield, New Jersey
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Service                                                            Number

New Jersey      Hetfield, Stephen                   W.2734
                                     , Elizabeth                  B.L.Wt 345-60-55
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[This document is a mixture of a printed form and handwritten entries.]

17.394
Pennsylvania 
[illegible and crossed through] ite

Stephen Hetfield
of Greene Co'y in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Martin & Dayton of the New Jersey
line, for the term of the War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 9 of June 1820

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of June 1820
and sent to Robert Whitehill
Waynesborough Penn

Arrears to 9th of March, 1820                  166.89
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820           48

20 22/30   [?]/30                                     $214:89

[in faded ink] 20/54 Green

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Contl.

[The following was written vertically down right side of document.]

Notification sent Apl  30th 1821 to Robt. Whitehill Esq.
Waynesborgh Pa
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[Left side of page. The rest of the left side is missing.]

er[??] P. Agt 19 Oct 52

[The following is a transcription of the right side of the page. It is a mixture of printed and handwritten text.]

as a Private
N. J.  Line
[illegible] on the Roll at the rate of 
[illegible] Dollars

[illegible] per annum, to commence on
[illegible] day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of May 1852
and [illegible] to

J. C. Flenniken
Waynesburg
Pa

Recorded in Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 105 [illegible] A
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[The following was written on the left side of the page.]

291.937
Ad M[??] ch 3/55
July 8/58


Elizabeth Hetfield
Widow
Stephen Hetfield  Decd.
Private
Capt.
Rev. War.

[The following was written diagonally across the above lines.]

Wt no 345 Issd Aug [?]/58  [end of this diagonal writing]

Ad: [??] A[?] Aug: 10/58.
Boynt{??]
[illegible, possibly ??ecl.B]

Ent.
Dis.
Revolutionary War
____________________________
Pensioner

Penn 292 48-942
Wt. No. 8.412. issued to Stephen Hetfield Apl 23d,
1790. for 100 a[??] a Wa[?] ma[?] N.J. Contl line [?]

John [?] Flenniken
Waynesburg
Pa Pa[struck through]

[The following was written diagonally across the above 3 lines.]

Ref
[?] F. [??]  [End of diagonal writing]

[The following was written on the right side of the page.]

[??] Book

Jno: C. Flenniken  Nov: 10/58
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Greene County Ss.

On this 22 day of June 1820 personally appeared in
open Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Stephen Hetfield who being duly sworn according to
law doth on his solemn oath declare and say that he served in the Revolutionary
war as follows  in the company of Captain Abraham Lyon
in the fourth Jersey Regiment as is stated in my original application certified
by and made before the Honourable David Gray Esquire, an Associate
Judge of this Court, and forwarded to the secretary of war and I do
[word written and crossed out below that]
also Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighth
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 to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of an
act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for 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 or debts
due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the
schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. I do also swear that
to the best of my knowledge, I am between fifty nine and sixty years of
age in bad health as I have been for many years, a farmer by occupation
which I am in a great measure unable to pursue that I have
the following family; a wife and children as follows Mary aged near
eighteen years Elizabith aged fifteen Charlotte aged thirteen Anthony aged
ten Letitia aged six Jacob aged five Maria aged three years and
Andrew aged six months, and that I owe many considerable debts and
rent to the amount of one hundred and seven Dollars for which the executors
of Jacob Swartz would have Sold my property under distress but
were prevailed on to wait to know the issue of my application for a
pension. I also 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 resided out of the same and that all of the property dues and
claims to which I am intitled are as follows, two Horses, a colt and
one three year old colt and one colt very young, four Cows, two hogs, nine
Sheep, one plough and Set of old gears a chain, one old loom, a tea Kettle
two pot and bake oven. Six old chains, three old bedsteads, a Dresser to
Set dishes on, an old big and two old Spinning wheels, a few old
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pewter and a fiew earthern plates, a fiew old empty casks a very old
chest and table.  an old woodentoothed harrow and a small chain

Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court the 26th June 1820

Attest Wm T. Hays Proth [flourish]

Stephen Hetfield

[The outline of a seal appears to the left of the following.]

Pennsylvania Greene County Ss
I William T. Hays Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County aforesaid being
a Court of Record, do Certify the
foregoing oaths and schedule of the
property of Stephen Hetfield 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
said schedule is [word blacked out] hundred and eighty seven
dollars --  In testimony wherof I havehereunto set
my hand and the seal of Said Court the sixteenth
day of December 1820.

Wm T. Hays  Proth [flourish]
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St. Hetfield

Stephen Hetfield

Sep 1820

17.39 [illegible character]

Con

must state her
residence
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[Written on back of a document]

Stephen Hetfield [illegible] whom the [illegible]
[6 illegible words]
[4 illegible words]
[6 illegible words]

RW [possibly Robert Whitehill]
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Pennsylvania
Greene County  Ss:

Robert Whitehill of the Borough of Waynes burgh
the County aforesaid, being duly sworn in according to law in open
Court, in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene
on the twentieth day of March 1821. On his solemn oath did say
that he well knows Stephen Hetfield named in the annexed
application of continuance of Pension, and whom he saw sign
the same. and that the said Stephen Hetfield actually resides
in Washington County in this Commonwealth near the division
line between Washington and Greene Counties, but formerly
lived in Greene County.

Sworn to in open Court
20th day of March 1821

Attest Wm T Hays  Protho [flourish]

R. Whitehill

Greene County Ss.

I William Hays, Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Greene aforesaid. do Certify that the above
Deposition was taken and subscribed in open
Court on the 20th day of March last
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of Said Court the fifth day of April
Anno Domini 1821
[There is the outline of a round seal to the left of the above.]

Wm T Hays  Protho [flourish]
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Greene County
Pennsylvania   Ss.

Before me David Gray Esquire one of
the associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Greene in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania this day came Stephen Hetfield
who being duly sworn according to law on his solemn
oath did depose and say that on the twenty seventh
day of December one thousand seven hundred and
seventy seven he was enlisted as a private in the
company of Captain Abraham Lyon of the fourth
New Jersey Regiment in the service of the United States
commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin, for
three years or during the war, and continued therein
till the fourth Regiment was reduced after which
he was placed in the third Regiment under Col.
Elias Dayton and remained therein till after General
Sullivans campaign against the Indians, in which
he served.  Afterwards at Windsor Huts an order was
received to furnish eight men to form General Washingtons
Guards and he this deponent was sent as one
of the quota from Col. Daytons Regiment. After this
the deponent continued during the war in the life Guard
of the General under the command of Captain Colefax
till the end of the war and was the first winter
at Morristown; next at New Windsor, the third; after
the capture of Lord Cornwallis, at Philadelphia and
the fourth winter at Newborough in New York
State where he was discharged. he received a discharge
signed, if his recollection is correct, signed by General
Washington, Colonel Humphries and Captain Colefax
which discharge he sold to a certain Joseph Meeker of
New Jersey for five pounds. The deponent further saith
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that he served in the army of the United States as
before mentioned during the Revolutionary War from the
time of his enlistment the twenty seventh day of December
1777 till the time of his discharge aforesaid 22 June 1783
during principal part of the first two years as a musician
and during the residue of said time as a private soldier  that
the term of his service was much more than nine months
as required by the act of Congress and that he is in reduced
circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for
his support

Sworn and subscribed before
me this Ninth day of June
A.D. 1818
David Gray

Stephen Hetfield

Pennsylvania
Greene County Ss.

William T. Hays, Prothonotary of the Court 
of Common Pleas in and for said County
hereby certify that David Gray Esquire
before whom the foregoing Deposition
appears to have been made is & was at
the time of taking forgoing the same
an acting Associate Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County
and that full faith & Credit are due & ought to be given to
all his official acts as such - In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County, June
17th A.D. 1818.
[There is a seal affixed to the left of the above.]

Wm T. Hay Protho  [followed by flourishes]

[The following words were written and then struck out.]

Pennsylvania
Greene County Ss.

I David Gray Esquire, the Judge [illegible] as aforesaid do certify
that it appears [illegible]
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[left side of folded paper]

Send to Robt Whitehill of
Waynesborough Pa

Admd
5 June 1820

[right side of folded paper]

Stephen Hetfield - 9th June 1820
Private
From 22d Decr. 1777 to 22d June 1783
In the 4 [illegible superscript] & 3d. New Jersey Reg. [illegible superscript] - Col[?] Martin
& Col [?] Dayton & in Washington's Guard

War - Rolls

Robert Whitehill  Wayne's borough

[The next 4 lines are struck out]

The Certificatin of the Ledger
as to reduced circumstances
of Applicant is waiting.
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Pennsylvania
Greene County  Ss.

I David Gray Esquire, Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before whom the annexed
declaration was made do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said Stephen Hetfield, the applicant, did
serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the annexed application,
against the common enemy, for the term of nine
months at one time on the continental establishment; and I do
certify that I am satisfied that he needs the assistance of his
country for support and I now transmit the providings and
testimony taken before me, to the Secretary of War, pursuant
to the direction of the [the following word is struck out] aforementioned act of congress entitled
"[illegible] act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and
naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
I further certify that the said Stephen Hetfield now is and for
man yearspast has been resident in said District.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal
this Third day of March 1820

David Gray   [a drawing of a seal is to the right of the signature]
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Declaration [underlined]   1849 68  1781

For widows pension under Act of 
Congress of the 29. July 1848 [whole line underlined]

State of Pennsylvania
Greene County Ss.

On this fifteenth day
of February in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine personally
appeared before the Court of Common Pleas
of Greene County Pennsylvania (a court of record)
Elizabeth Hetfield aged sixty eight years
Who being duly sworn according to law
doth in her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
Made by the Act of Congress passed July 29th
1848. She is the widow of Stephen Hetfield
who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war
entered the service in the State of New Jersey
And Served untill the end of the war which
was six years & nine months. He was a 
pensioner under the laws of the United States
his certificate was issued (date unknown)
and he died [next word blacked out]
certificate was returned in the year 1824.
The said Stephen Hetfield resided in Washington
County Pennsylvania when his pension certificate
was issued -
She farther declares that she was married
to the said Stephen Hetfield on the twenty third
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day of July one thousand seven hundred
and ninety eight and that her husband
the aforesaid Stephen Hetfield died on
the 19th day of May 1824
That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service but the marriage
took place previous to the second of January
eighteen hundred viz at the time above
stated. She further swears that she is now
a widow and that she has never before
made any application for a Pension

Sworn to and subscribed in open court before
me Feb 15.th 1848

Saml A Gilmore P.J. [Presiding Judge]

[There is a line above Elizabeth's name that is blacked out.]
Elizabeth Hetfield
X her mark

[The first part of the word is blacked out. It's probably "Common"] 
wealth of Pennsylvania
Greene County SS

I Henry L. Pennock, Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify
that the above named Elizabeth Hetfield subscribed the above
Declaration before the said Court which at that date was in Session-
and that Samuel A. Gilmore Esquire is the President Judge of
the fourteenth Judicial District of said Commonwealth -
composed of the Counties of Greene, Washington and Fayette to
all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due - and
that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.

Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Waynesburg
the 10th day of April A.D. 1849

H. L. Pennock  Prothonotary
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Commonwealth of Pa [after the "P", some superscript letters are illegible, but I believe it to be "Pa"]
Greene County Ss

Personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for said County - John Bell a
person fully entitled to credit who being
duly sworn says that he was present
at the marriage of Stephen Hetfield and
Elizabeth Freeborn which took place
in the County of Greene [The following words were written and then struck through. I've enclosed them in quotes.] "on the 23rd day of
July 1798 and that the marriage ceremony
was performed by Rev Corbly a Baptist
minister who is long since dece[??]ed - [probably "deceased"]
That he had ever since been acquainted with
the said Elizabeth Hetfield and that she still
remains the widow of Stephen Hetfield." 
[This is the end of the piece that was crossed out.]
That he was the groomsman at the marriage
of Said Stephen Hetfield & Elizabeth
Freeborn - That he (said Bell) has himself
been married fifty years last December
and that the marriage of Stephen Hetfield
and Elizabeth Freeborn took place prior
to his own

John Bell
Sworn and subscribed before me 
April the 9th AD 1849
John Clark J.P.

April 9, 1849 I hereby certify that I am
personally acquainted with John Bell who
made and signed the above affidavit &
that he is a person entitled to full confidence
and belief

John Clark
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Commonwealth of Penn [illegible superscript]
Greene County  Ss

Personally came before
the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and
for said county Benjamin Campbell a person
entitled to credit who being duly Sworn
says that he has been acquainted with Elizabeth
Hetfield ever since the death of her
husband Stephen Hetfield and that she still
remains his widow

Sworn & Subscribed
April 10, 1849.  Coram
D. Crawford  J.P.

Benjamin Campbell

I certify that Benjamin Campbell the above affiant
is a person fully entitled to credit

D. Crawford  J.P.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Greene County  S.S.

I Henry L.  Pennock Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that
John Clark and David Crawford Esquires before
whom the above and foregoing affidavits appear to have
been made were at the time thereof and  still are Justices
of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified - to all whose acts as such full faith
and credit are due. And that the signatures thereto
purporting to be theirs are genuine

Witness my hand and Seal of office at
Waynesburg the 10th day of April A.D. 1849

H.L. Pennock [underlined]  Prothonotary

[There is a faint outline of a round seal to the left of the signature.
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Declaration of
Elisabeth Hitfield    [outline of a seal]
for Bounty Land
Act of March 1855
291.987.

Jno C Flenniken
Atty
Waynesburg
GreeneCo
Pa
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Greene  S.S.

On this twenty
third day of July AD 1855 personally appeared before
me a justice of the peace within and for the
County and State aforesaid Elisabeth Hetfield
aged 74 years a resident of GreeneCounty &
State of Pennsylvania who being duly Sworn
according to law declares that she is the widow
of Stephen Hetfield who was a Soldier of the
Revolutionary war. That the officers under which
her said husband served are unknown to her as
also the time of his enlistment and length of service.
She farther declares that her said husband
drew a pension from the United States for his
said services to the time of his death. And that
on the Eighteenth day of May AD 1852 that she was
placed upon the pension list and that the
following is a correct copy of her pension 
certificate

"Department of the Return"
"Widows Pension"
"I certify that in conformity with the Act of July 29, 1848
"Elisabeth Hetfield widow of Stephen Hetfield who was a
"private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension
"list at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum commencing
"on the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless
"she should again marry in which case the pension
"is not payable after the time of such marriage

[A copy of a seal was drawn in on the left] 
"Given at the department of the interior this
"eighteenth day of May one thousand Eight
"hundred and fifty two

"Examined and countersigned"  "Alex H.H. Stewart"    
"Secretary of Interior"
"J E Heath"
"Commissioner of Pensions"
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She farther states that from the best information
she derived from her husband he was in the
service of the United States a period exceeding
fourteen days. She farther states that she was
married to the said Stephen Hetfield in Greene
County Pennsylvania on the 3[illegible, possibly "rd"] day of July AD
by one John Corbly ----  a minister of the Gospel of
the Baptist persuasion and that her name before
her said marriage was Elisabeth Freeborn
That her said husband died in Greene County
Pa. on the 19th day of May 1824 and that she is now
a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 and
respectfully refers to the proofs now on file in the
pension department for the proofs of her husbands
services as furnished in his own application
for a pension

Elizabeth Hetfield
X 
her mark

Mr. Joshua Redmond and Jno C Flenniken
residents of GreeneCounty in the state of Pennsylvania before our
oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged
by Elisabeth Hitfield 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

J Redmond
JnoC Flenniken

The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and
subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and 
I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons;  that the
claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that
I have no interest in this claim

Wm. T. E. Webb J.P.
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Pennsylvania
GreeneCounty S.S.

I David A. Warley Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas in and
For Said County do hereby Certify that Wm. T. E .Webb
before whom the foregoing [the following 3 words were inserted above the line] Declaration and Acknowledgment was
made was at the Time thereof and Still is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and Qualified to all whose
acts as such full faith and Credit are due and
that the Signature to the Same Purporting to be his
I believe to be genuine
(In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and
affixed the Seal of Said Court at
Waynesburg this 5th day of July
A D 1858

David Warley
Prothonotary

[The seal is affixed to the left of the signature]
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The National Archives
Form VAN-61
12-9-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD *

Name  Hetfield, Stephen   Grade  Private  Line  New Jersey

Warrant Number  8412  Acreage  100  Issued April 23, 1790
to Joseph Meeker, Assignee

Also, B.L.W.N.  345-60-55

[The following is printed]

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this
form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to
1800" which are

registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September
16, 1776 and

subsequent dates. Other records relevant to the applications for
warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department
fire of November 9, 1800.

Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal
Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The
National Archives.
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Revtion Widow, &c. [printed] [?] ur

No 2734
Elizabeth Hetfield
Widow
Stephen Hetfield
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848

ex: - Vol. A,  Page 323

[Arrangement of 1870]

[a written checkmark is at bottom of page]
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N[illegible] 5

Coaares
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No 399
Elizabeth Hetfield
Pa
See lett to J C Flinnicker
Aug 8, 1849.
" to same 20 Nov 1849
[illegible] May [illegible]

Act 29 July 1848
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Elizabeth Hetfield
wid of Stephen
Pa

Act 29 July '48
$96 per an
from 4 Mch 48,

Jno. C. Flenniken
Waynesburg
Pa
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Pension Office
May 18, 1852.

Sir:
It has
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To Mr Gordon,

Stephen Hetfield was a war [illegible] in
N Jersey Contl. line. Did he receive land?

Respectfully [illegible, but think it is "yours"],
Boynton

Warrant W.8.412. for 100 acres, issued April 23rd, 1790 to Joseph Meeker, assignee
of Stephen Hetfield, a private of the N. Jersey Continental line

R[illegible] N. 15.
Augt. 10th. 1858
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Waynesburg
July 3. 1858

Dear Sir
I send declarations of Joseph Johnson
and Elisabeth Hitfield for bounty land under
Act of 1855. Please address
Jno C Flenniken
Waynesburg
GreeneCo
Pa
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No 399
Elizabeth Hetfield
wid of Stephen
Pa
Act 29 July 1848
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Waynesburg
April 10, 1849

Dear Sir

Please find Declaration
of Elizabeth Hetfield for widows
Pension under Act of Congress
of July 1848.
Please direct your reply
to

Jno C Flenniken
Waynesburg
GreeneCo
Pa
"

Comrof Pension
Washington
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Greene County [illegible]

Personally
came before the undersigned a
Justice of the peace in and for said
County John Bell who being duly
Sworn according to Law saith that
he is acquainted with Elizabeth Hetfield
and was acquainted with Stephen
Hetfield in his life time. That he was
present at the Marriage of said Stephen
and Elizabeth which took place in the county
of Greene & State of Pennsylvania. He
cannot recollect the precise date only that it
was before he himself was married as
he acted as Groomsman at the Marriage
and that he himself was married previous
to the year 1800, and that he knows
of no record of their Marriage

Sworn & Subscribed
August 15, 1849  Coram [see comment]
D. Crawford

John Bell

I hereby certify that John Bell the above named
affiant is a man of good standing and is
entitled to full faith and credit
August 15, 1849

D. Crawford
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Waynesburg
Greene County
Pa
Sept 5, 1849

Dear Sir,
In addition to the papers already
on file in your department I send
you the following in the matter of the
application of Elizabeth Hetfield widow of Stephen
Hetfield for a pension under the act of
July 1848


Greene County
Commonwealth of Pa [possibly "Jo"]

Personally came
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for the county of Greene and
State of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Hetfield
who being duly Sworn Says that there
was no record ever made of her Marriage
with Stephen Hetfield that She ever
knew or heard of

Sword & Subscribed
Sept 5 1849  Coram

Benjn Jennings

Elizabeth  her  Hetfield
                 X
                mark


I hereby certify that Elizabeth Hetfield the above
affiant is a person entitled to credit

Benjn Jennings
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Greene County S.S.

I Henry L Pennock Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of
Greene, do certify that David Crawford and Benjamin
Jennings Esquires, before whom the foregoing Affidavits
appear to have been made, were at the time
thereof and still are Justices of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified ~ to all whose acts as such full faith
and credit are due, and that the signatures thereto
purporting  to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of the said Court at Waynesburg the
26th day of September A.D. 1849

H. L. Pennock. Prothonotary
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Greene County Ss
State of Pennsylvania

Personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace in and for Said County Jacob
Strawn & Sarah Strawn who being
duly Sworn say that they are acquanted
with Elizabeth Hetfield widow of
Stephen Hetfield who is now making
application for a pension for the
Services of her deceased husband -
That they knew her well before her
Marriage to Stephen Hetfield -
That they were not present at the
Marriage of said Stephen & Elizabeth
but heard it said at the time that they
had been lawfully married. And that
they knew of the said parties living
together as husband and wife pro'r to the
year 1800. - The said deponents and said
Stephen & Elizabeth Hetfield being closely
related and frequently at the residence of
Said Stephen & Elizabeth Hatfield prior to 1800
Sworn & Subscribed
before me   Jan 10 1851
James Kincaid

Jacob Strawn
Sarah X  Strawn
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I hereby certify that the foregoing affidav [truncated]
was regularly taken before me and that
the Said Jacob Strawn & Sarah Strawn
are persons entitled to credit & belief

James Kincaid [truncated]
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Waynesburg
Jan. 24, 1837

Sir
Some time since I had prepared
and forwarded a Declaration
of Elisabeth Hetfield asking for a
pension as the widow of Stephen
Hatfield who was a Soldier of the
Revolutionary War.
The Services of the husband were
admitted and his only difficulty was
in making the proof of Marriage
We made the only positive proof
that we can make By one John Bell
who swears that he was Groomsman
at the Marriage and fixes the time by the
ages of his own children they being more
than fifty years of age. He attending the
Marriage of Stephen Hatfield & Elisabeth prior
to his own marriage & birth of his children
This by your worthy predecessor was not
considered sufficient.
I now send some secondary evidence
hoping that this in connixion with the
testimony of John Bell already on file will
be Sufficient to place the old Lady of the
Pension List.
I am Sir yours &
Jno C Flenniken
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In the Matter of the Application of
Elisabith Hatfield for a Pension under
the Act of Congress of 1848 granting Pensions
to widows of Revolutionary Soldier married prior
to the year 1800
Commonwealth of Pa
County of Greene
On this 26th day of January AD 1852
personally came before Mr. Wm T. E. Webb
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Greene Charles Adamson a resident of
Greene County who being duly Sworn
according to Law says that himself and
Sarah Hetfield who was a daughter of
Stephen and Elisabeth Hetfield the same
Elisabeth who is applying for a US Pension were
married on the third day of December AD 1818
And the said Charles Adamson farther
States that in his family Bible which is his
family Register is the following entry
"Sarah Adamson consort of Charles
"Adamson was born April 3.rd 1798
and that his brother James Adamson who
is now dead made Said entry from an
old family Register kept by Stephen Hatfield
which was in the same words and
figures except that the name Sarah Adamson
was then written Sarah Hetfield that
He saw the record now refered to made
in his family bible and knows it to be correct
as he also saw the original from which it was
taken at the time that said entry was made
That his wife now Sarah Adamson daughter
of Stephen & Elisabeth Hetfield is believed by
him to be their first born child born in
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lawful [illegible]
The Said Charles Adamson further states
that he has seen the family record kept
by Stephen Hatfield of the birth [illegible] of his
family and knows that the said record
was destroyed many years ago by a storm
the said [illegible, and struck out]  _ _  _ ing obliterated the entries
and destroyed the binding of the book in which
the entries were made
Charles Adamson [see comment]
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 26th Jany 1852
Wm. T.E. Webb J.P.

Copy of Famly Record
Sarah Adamson Consort of Charles Adamson was
Born April 5, 1798
Greene County, S.S.
I do certify that the above copy was
made by me from The Family Record referd To by Charles
Adamson in his affadavit and that it is correct I also
certify that I am acquainted with Charles Adamson &
Sarah his wife and that I beliave that she is the Daughte["r" is truncated]
of [the following words were written and then struck out] Elisabeth Hatfield as represented above [this ends the struck out section.  It is replaced by the following.]
Stephen & Elizabeth Hatfield as represented above
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name
this 26th Jany 1852
Wm. J.E. Webb J.P.
I made the above Erasure before signing
Wm. T.E. Webb, J.P.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Greene S.S.
I hereby certify that William T.E. Webb Esqr
before whom the foregoing declaration was made
was at the time thereof a justice of the Peace
in and for the County and state aforesaid
and duly authorized to administer oaths for
General purposes.
In testimony thereof I have
signed my name and affixed my seal
This 26th day of January 1852
John Lindsey Clerk of the County
Court
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Waynesburg
Jan 26 1852
I enclose Some additional proof in
the case of Elisabith Hetfield widow who
is applying for a Pension
You will see by the testimony of John
Bell that he was present at the Marriage
of the applicant to Stephen Hetfield and
that the Marriage took place previous to his
own Marriage and that he had children
born in lawful wedlock who were at that
time more than fifty years old.
The testimony of Jacob Strawn & wife
who were well accquainted with them
shows that they were married prior to
the year 1800
And now the additional proof
of Charles Adamson which is the best testimony
the nature of the case will admit of shows that 
this oldest child was born in 1798
I hope that the testimony taken with that
which has heretofore been laid before the 
department will be Satisfactory
[The following paragraph was marked on the side of the
page as "Taken out".]
I also send proof of the Services of Jesse
Alton in Captain Wm Harpers company in
the War of 1812 who some time ago made
application for bounty land which was
suspended for proof [End of piece marked "Taken out".]

Jno C Flenniken
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E. C. Dale  Pension agent

[Below "Pension agent", the following was struck out]
Apt. [illegible] . [possibly "Min."]

Philad[elphia]  [I explanded the contraction.] Oct. 16, 1852
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                                                               Pension Agency
                                                               Philadelphia, October 16, 1852
Sir:~

Stephen Hetfield, formerly a pensioner on the roll of
this agency, Act March 18, 1818, at 08 per month, died on the 19th
day of May 1824, having drawn his pension up to March 4, 1824;
the balance due tothe day ofhisdeath having been paid tohis
widw ["o" omitted] from the Treasury, only this week
The rolls in my possession extend back only to the year 1836;
the earlier ones are not to be found; but as the names of all peniuners [transcribed as written]
Whose deaths were not ascertained, appear to have been brought
forward tothe new  rolls, and the name of Stephen Hetfield is
not tobe found therein, he was probably transferred [mark] previous
tohis death, to some other agency
If you can, without too much trouble, ascertain from
the records of your office, and let me know whether such was the 
case, you will confer a favouer

Your obdt servt
E C Dale
Pension Agent,

J. E. Heath [illegible 2 letters]
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
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                                                                              Waynesburg
                                                                              October 29, 1858
Sir,

I have received land Warrant No 345
for Sixty acres issued to Elisabeth Hitfield
widow of Stephen Hitfield a Soldier of
the Revolutionary War. According to the
Act of 1855 under which which this warrant issued
She would be entitled to 160 acres unless
her husband had received a warrant before
for part or all of said amount.

Please let me know if Mr. Hitfield ever
receved a warrant if so for how much and
When

          Most respectfully yours
          Jno C Flenniken                   
          Waynesburg
          GreeneCo
          pa
           "
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hetfield wid of Stephen 
County and State of Pennsylvania
Act 29 July 1848
_______________________________________________________________
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")["for increase" is crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls. If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under 1818. served to the end of the war. Evidence of Marriage, parole.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent                               
J. C. Flenniken                                                        
Waynesburg
pa

Kirby
Examining Agent