Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9,218, for Reuben Pew, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Va. 
Pew, Reuben
or Pugh
Fanny
NUMBER 
W 9. 218
CONTENTS
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25 367
Kentucky
Reuben Pew
of Rockcastle in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the can commanded
by Captain Petty of the regt commanded
by ---- in the N Jersey
line for 2 years
----
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
-----
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Dec
1833 and M
Beatty HR
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 40.00
--
$240.00
--
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E VOl. 7 Page 23
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J Newcumb Mch 1 18
Date of death
not on AB
5. 940
Kentucky
Fanny Pew
Widow of Reuben Pew
NJ
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued 
the 28th day of June 1852
and sent to 
Hon Addison White
H of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 254 Vol. 3
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" We acknowledge ourselves indebted to Richd Caswell Esquire, Governor for the time being, or his successors in His sum of Five Hundred Pounds lawful money, and void on condition that there be no lawful cause to obstruct marriage between Reuben Pugh and Fanny Smith. Given under our hands and seals this date 10th day of Decr 1785
Rest W. W.  Erwin
Reuben Pew
Benjamin Smith "
State of North Carolina
Rowan County } I James E Kerr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Services for the County aforesaid hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the marriage Bond of Reuben Pew as taken from the original on file in my office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this the 15th day of March 1850
James E Kerr Clerk
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14. 051
Fanny Pew
widow of Reuben
------
Kentucky
h. d. 24 Aug 1847
Rejected under the [illegible] in the [illegible] of the [illegible] 
Act 7 July '38
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County
Be it remembered that on the 25 day of Nov. 1849 before the County Court for the County of Rockcastle William Reynolds resident & citizen of the County afd. aged fifty one - who is reputable and known to the Court to be son in law of Reuben Pew decd (and Fanny his wife) late a revolutionary pensioner in the County afd. The Court Permitted the said Reynolds to file in open Court the following declaration for the said Fanny who being first sworn as the law signing and after having said declaration had, declared in open court he believed the same to be true, from repeated conversations with his father in law and mother in law as to their marriage. And he knows that said Reuben Pew to have been upon the Pension Rolls at the time at his death at the sum of $80. Per year, granted by his declaration in the  Rockcastle Court. He knows he departed this life in the
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[illegible] to Kentucky to the Pew [illegible] County of Rockcastle in the year of 1803. At that time his elder brother Reuben Pew was then as his parents of the said 19 years older than he was. That they always told him they were married in Rowan County N. C. & since he was grown he has visited that County & stayed several days with the brothers of his mother who lived near when they said his father & mother married from to Kentucky. From what his mother always told him she is near eighty one years of age - That she has been for [illegible] hands of theirs weak and invalid in way and [illegible] and incapable of making out a declaration [illegible] oath; that she has resided with him since his fathers death, which was on the 34 of August 1847 - and has no [illegible] - She has not before applied for a pension, nor has she married since his fathers death -
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She is quite feeble, nimbly walking about the house & in the yard
Benjamin F Pew

Wilson Brown aged 57 years
and    aged   years
Reputable and resident citizens of Rockcastle County Ky, who being first sworn according to law upon this oath in  open Court made & subscribed to the following declaration.
That said Pew [illegible] resident in the County afd [illegible] 40 [illegible] years [illegible] That claim since they have lived in the County (and when they first settled in sd. County know Reuben Pew and his wife Fanny) until the death of the said Reuben and made known that sd. Fanny when he believes wife and of eighty, and is [illegible] in mind and weak in body, so
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much so that she is totally incapable of making oaths to any declarant by [illegible] of declaration to be placed on the Pension Roll. That from this first acquaintance they were highly respectable and were reputed and [illegible] as man & wife and they were a fine family of children, the last when they knew, Reuben Pew, was of Missouri to be of last of the [illegible] brother sixty six and seventy. No one in the County they [illegible] doubted that they were lawfully man & wife. They lived as such, proposed and [illegible] & kind. They never  doubted their [illegible].
Subscribed in 
open Court - } Wilson Brown
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Kentucky
Rockcastle County Court
Novr. Term of the month
26 day 1849.
I Janny Turill Clerk of the County Court for the County afd. do certify that on this day the foregoing was produced, subscribed and sworn to by William Reynolds, Benj F Pew and Wilson Brown - all of whom the Court certify to be respectable. They also certify that from general [illegible] known to the court that the deceased Reuben Pew and his wife Fanny were reputable and to be [illegible]. That is the opinion of this Court that full credence should be given to the witness and the statement of the afd witness. And that it is the opinion of said Court that the said Pew and Fanny were married as stated in the declaration & several years before 1794 and that he died on the 24 of August 1847 & that his widow is still [illegible] and in her [illegible] in mind. Thanks J
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I Jas Terrill Clerk of the County Court for the County afd. hereby certify, that it is the opinion of the Court that the forgoing be certified to the Commissioner of Pensions  as true. 
Given under my hands & seal the 26 day of November 1849
James Terrill Clerk
Rockcastle County Court
14. 051
Fanny Pew
widow of Reuben
----v-----
Kentucky
h. d. 24 August 1847
Rejected under the [illegible]
the [illegible] of the Return
Act 7 July '38
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County Claimant Set
On this 11th day of September 1833. Personally appeared before me Charles C Carson a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Reuben Pew a resident citizen of Rockcastle County and state aforesaid aged 76, the 13 of Decr next who being duly sworn by me according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That in the month of March 1776 he volunteered in the army of the U.S. in the Company Commanded by Capt Grunin Dyke in the Militia of the state of New Jersey in Huntington County for one month to defend Hackensack, that he faithfully served out his term of service when he was discharged by Capt Dyke at Hackensack about 4 days after at his place of residence Huntington County New Jersey he was drafted
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in the Mallition in the U.S. Army for one month under the command of Capt. Petty for on month, under whom he served at Woodbridge in sd. state for one month, and served out his time of service & was honorably discharged at Woodbridge by Capt. Petty. In about four days after his discharge he again entered the service as a volunteer under Capt. Petty as afd. and served out his term for one month and was honorably discharged at Woodbridge N. Jersey. After this in a few days he was drafted for one month under Capt. Petty as afd. & served out his term of service partly at Bridge Town & Elizabeth Town in New Jersey and when his term of service expired he was discharged by Capt. Petty at Elizabeth Town. All his discharges he has long since lost. There engagement was in the Mallition of the state of New Jersey, and belonging to no Regt. but was raised to ground the places
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named by himself afd. he about 4 or 5 days after his discharge he again entered the service under Capt. Petty for one month at Huntington afd. in the Militia of sd. State and after serving faithfully for one month in guarding Elizabeth Town he was honorably discharged at sd. place by Capt Petty, the whole of which was in the year 1776 and in the time of the State of New Jersey in the army of the U. States. That in the month of October 1776 he enlisted in the army of the United States [illegible] in the Company Commanded by Capt. Mead in the first Regt. of the New Jersey line on continental establishment for the period and term of three years, which enlistment was at Elizabeth Town New Jersey that he was marched to Hackensack, thence to the White Plains where he was engaged in the Battle of the White Plains. The 1st Regt. was commanded by Mathias Ogden. After the Battle
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of the White Plains he was marched to Trenton, where he was in the Battle in taking the Hessians in 1777. Thence marched to Middlebrook to winter quarters, the spring following was marched to the head of Elk in Maryland or Pen: he does not know which thence to Brandywine where he was in the Battle, thence to winter quarters at the Valley Forge, in the next spring marched to New Jersey Gloucester County, thence to Monmouth where he was in the Battle, thence to Elizabeth Town N.J. to winter quarters and in the spring following in the month of March he was ordered by Col Ogden (by written instructions) to peruse deserters. He in Company with others & he perused the deserters to Pittsburgh caught many & sent them to Camp under an escort and while faithfully engaged in this business his them of service
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for the years expired [illegible] and he did not return to the army, believing it unnecessary the distance considerable. He remained in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in the year 1781 in the spring of the year at Redstone in Pen:  he volunteered under Capt Stuart for six months in the line of the state of Virginia in the Regt Commanded by Col Zachariah [illegible] in the army of the U. States. Living state troops under Genl George Rogers Clark - He was marched from there to the fort Pitt, thence down the river to Louisville Ky, thence the Regt. was discharged - He recd. his discharged after honorably serving out his six months time of service at Bardstown in Ky. As to the questions propounded in the printed form
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[illegible] our [illegible] and embraced by his declaration. Which in service for three years he well remembers Col. Ogden, Col. Dayton, Col. Barber, Col. D. Hart - In his regt. under Col. Ogden was the Col. D. Hart & Mjr. Pilhauris, his Lt. was Saml Sealey Ensign forgotten, Captains in the Regt. Capt. Peatt, Capt. Penaugler, remembers no more. His Genl was by the name of Genl. Maxwell, a Maxfield, which he not distinctly recollect. He lived in the state of Georgia & he understood was a Regular Officer, and the Commander of this [illegible] was Lord Starling. The other Brigade that belonged to the same Description was Commanded by Genl Conoway. His discharge except that of Capt Stuart he had long since lost, his to that he
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(A) The [illegible] requires every claim to a pension except the pension and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll on any agency in any state

refers to the testimony of Elisha Smith in his first application. He knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his service. He states that he is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court without great bodily pain. 
1. Where were you born and in what year. Asr. I was born in Morris County, N. Jersey, in Rockbury Township in the year 1758.
Have you a record of your age & if so where is it Asr. [illegible] transcript from my fathers family Bible, it leads as follows } "Reuben Pew was born Decr. 13 in the year of our Lord 1758" Where were you living when cald in to service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War & where do you now live. Asr. New Jersey Huntington County.
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and since the Revolution War he lived in N. Carolina about twenty years, then he moved to KY in the year 1803 to the place where he now lives. 
As to the questions he supposes his statement is a full answer, except he entered as a substitute, being an apprentice to Wm. Farrow, for two tours one month each, before he enlisted for three years. As to the 5 questions he considers he has fully supplied by his statement afd. - As to his discharge, he had accounted in the forgoing - He recd no Commission. As to his character he refers to Genl. Wm. Smith, Col. Chs. C. Carson, John B Dusart, [illegible] Jas Terrill his neighbors. Signed & sealed this 9 of Septr. 1838
Witness
E. Smith
Isaac Wagh
Reuben Pew
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21, 659.
Reuben Pew:
Kentucky
roll
for 1776 p 
3 yrs $80
on Roll N. J. 
Hon. M Beatty
H. r.
E. Smith
Mt Vernon
James Terrill, Clk
Rockcastle County
Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 9th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Reuben Pew, of Rockcastle Cy. Ky.

Period when the service was recorded.
Enlisted '76
Duration of the claimant's service
Years. 3 -
Months. - 6
Days. - -
Rank of the Claimant. Pr. Pr.
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt Mead. Capt Stuart and,
Names and rank of the General and Field officers under whom he served. Col Morgan. Geo Rogers. C Clark. 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. White Plains. Trenton
Country through which he marched. Morris County from [illegible] to New Jersey & New York to the White Plains, to Trenton and to the head of Elk: from Thence to the battle of Brandywine: from Thence to Valley Forge: and to English Town Pittsburgh
Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period. Morris County, New Jersey Aged 75 years
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary.
When papers are authenticated it should be done in such a manner that they can be read no decision can be had in this [illegible] the [illegible] shall have here to this office until the enclosed
Oct 22, 33
I am , respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law had been construed to extended, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or where engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As roles of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department all parts claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, widows of privates, will [illegible] instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant rests. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of
County of 
ss.
On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of      in the county of     and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)   years, who being first duly sword, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with    and served in the       (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A.B.
[And then will show the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of    for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this          
day of     &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who was signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of serve in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinoin of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the County where he resides. If should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably by mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -- For ---year ---- months, and ------ days, I served as a ------------. For -------- months and --- days, I served as a ----------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authentication the papers is not written on the same sheer of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. R. Turner
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June 21, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J / NEL
Reuben Pew - W. 9218
Mrs. D.F. Potter
485 Auburn Avenue
Buffalo, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Reuben Pew, of Roxbury, New Jersey, who emigrated to Kentucky and died in 1847, wife Fanny Smith.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9218, based upon the military service in that war of Reuben Pew.
Reuben Pew was born December 13, 1758, in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim. 
While residing in Huntingdon County, New Jersey, Reuben Pew enlisted in March, 1776, and served one month as a private in Captain Growendyck's New Jersey Company, and in same year re-enlisted and served four tours of one month each in Captain Petty's New Jersey Company, exact dates of these last tours not given: in October, 1776, he enlisted for three years, served as a private in Captain Mead's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's 1st New Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, wintered at Valley Forge and was in the battle of Monmouth: the following spring was sent out by written order of Colonel Ogden in pursuit of deserters: went as far as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and continued in this service until the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted. After leaving the service, he remained in Pittsburgh, and in the spring of 1781, he volunteered at Redstone, Pennsylvania, in Captain Stuart's Company. Colonel Zachariah Morgan's Virginia Regiment under General George Rogers Clark, went down the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky, and was discharged in Bardstown, Kentucky, after a service of six months. 
I asked [illegible] in [illegible] food in the Cont, [illegible] but not the [illegible]
Could not identify Capt Stuart & Col Zachariah Morgan
After the Revolution, he resided in North Carolina, for about twenty years and in 1803 moved to Rockcastle County, Kentucky
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Reuben Pew was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1833, while a resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
He died in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, August 24, 1847.
The solider married in Rowan County, North Carolina, Fanny Smith. The marriage bond was dated December 10, 1785, but the exact date of their marriage was not shown. One Benjamin Smith signed the marriage bond; no relationship to Fanny was shown. 
On account of the services of Reuben Pew in the Revolutionary War, pension was allowed in behalf of his widow, Fanny, on an application executed November 25, 1849, in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. She was then a resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and was aged about eighty-one years.
It was stated that Reuben and Fanny Pew reare3d a family of children: the only names given are Reuben, the eldest son, who, in 1849, resided in Missouri, and Benjamin F. Pew, who, in the same year, was aged fifty-three years and resided in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. In 1849, William Reynolds, a son-in-law of the widow, was aged fifty-one years and resided in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; his wide was said to be living at that time but her name is no given: in 1852, one William L. Reynolds was aged twenty-two years and resided in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; no relationship of William L. Reynolds to the son-in-law, William Reynolds, was shown. 
Benjamin F. Pew stated that after he was grown, he had visited his mother's brothers in Rowan County, North Carolina, but gave no names. 
In 1850, Colonel F. Smith was living in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, and in 1852, his brother, Thomas I. or J. Smith, was a Justice of the Peace for Rockcastle County, Kentucky; no relationship of these men with the surname Smith to the widow, Fanny Smith Pew, was shown and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.


Mrs F said write this in this may because the son-in-law made the ap. as the widow was not mentally able to do so but had no [illegible]
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Mrs. Otis Skinner
Ravenswood 
1913 - May 5 Hist to Laura B Priestman
1921 Aug 3 Hist to M.M. Gilbrich Esq
1934 June 21 - Hist to Mrs
D F Porter ELK
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9218
Fanny Pew
Wid. of 
Reuben Pew
Privt Rev. War
Act: Feby 2 /48
Index:- Vol. M, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 9
1900
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K 051
Fanny Pew
Widow of Reuben
Kentucky
Suspended
Sent to Hon D Breck. Jan 30/50 
" to same 25 Mar 1850
" " E Smith May 1/50
" " Let same Feb 24 /51
Same June 21/51
Act 7 July 1838
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714
Kentucky
Fanny Pew
widow of Reuben
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.
the 24 August 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 
28 day of June /52 and
sent to
Hon Addison White
Ho of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 185
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9218 [illegible]
Reuben Pew
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Sept 11-1833 - 75
Rockcastle Co. Ky
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Mch 76 Hunterdon Co. NJ
Capt Grunin Dyke
Col - 1m
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76 Capt Putty - 
Col - 4 m.
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OCt 76 Capt Mead
Col Matthias Ogden
3 yrs
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1781 Capt Stuart
Col Zach Morgan Va
6 mos.
-----
White Plains
Trenton - Brandywine
Monmouth
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Born Morris Co. NJ
Dec - 13 1758
Married Fanny Smith Dec 10 1755 [illegible] N.C.
Died Aug 1847
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[illegible] in N.C. for the
to Ky in 1803
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16.051
No. 771
Fanny Pew
wid of Reuben. 
Ky.
Act 17 June 44 & 2 Feby '48
$80 per an from the 24 Augt 1847 when her husband died
Cert 
Hon Addison White,
H of Reps.
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Mount Vernon Ky.
15th Feby 1834
Mr L.P. Waldo Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Dear sit in a civil suit pending in the Rockcastle Circuit Court, evidence is required to prove the time the pension was allowed to Reuben Pew, and the amount allowed him, his pension was allowed about 20 years ago, he lived in this county at the time, you will please certify the tow forgoing facts under your hand & seal of office. 
Respectfully yours
J Newcom
Send to J Newcom Mt Vernon Ky.
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Brief in the case of Fanny Pew, wid of Reuben, Rockcastle County and State of Kentucky
acts 17 June 44 & 2 Feby 48
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband was a pensioner and died in '47
Marriage Record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Hon Addison White
H of Reps.
Kirby
Examining Clerk.
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J Newcum
March 1
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Pension Office
March 1 1854
Sir
On the 31st day of December 1833, a certificate of Pension, at the rate of 480 per annum, was issued to Reuben Pew of Kentucky. The pension commenced running on the 4 of March 1831, was issued under the Act of June 7 1832. Certificate of pension was sent to Hon M Beatty of the House of Representatives in Congress. 
J Newcum Esq
Mt Vernon
Kentucky
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Ho Rep March 5th 1852
Sir
Enclosed you will find a letter addressed to me from Col Smith enclosing additional evidence in the case of Reuben pew now in your office. Will you be kind enough to let me know the condition of it?
Respectfully 
Addison White
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M Vernon Ky Mch 24 
Pension Office
Washington City
Mail
April 1 - 1857
Respecting Case of 
Mrs Fanny Pew
Sally Hawk
E Smith
Mt Vernon
Kentucky

Cap Triplett
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Mt Vernon KY
March 20/57
Sir: of [illegible] as to Mrs Fanny Pew of this County widow of Reuben Pew and I think if you will look in to the papers & see the time her and she is [illegible] by the act of "44"
Look in to the case of the widow Hawke, wife of Fred Hawke & see thee time of his death & that of his wife, I think she is [illegible] by the Act of 38, Richison Robert of this county (Rockcastle) has papers on file of the her application by her her. Was there not an act from the lower [illegible] paper by the senate late [illegible] providing for the pay of all widows regardless of dates of their husbands death & her heirs if so send me a copy. Please examine who can have much was drawn for the widows of a pension by the name of -- Broughton, either of Knox or Clay Ky, there was but one
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the time when draw. To what time did die Wm Clark of Laurel Ky draw to, have much [illegible] & his widow be placed on. Has the widow of James Rogers of Whitley been placed on the roll.
E Smith
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4
Pension Office
May 1850
Sir
In reply to your letter of the in the case of Fanny Pew widow of Reuben under Act 7 July 1838, I have to state that should a law pass Congress providing for those widows whose husbands died after 7 July 1838 and who claim under the act the claim of Mrs Pew would be allowed without further proof. 
Those widows who were married after 1794 and before 1800 are entitled to claim under Act 25 July 1848, the pension to command 4 March 1848, or if their husbands died after that time for the time of the husbands death, Their pension cannot be made to commence before 4 March 1848 in any case. 

E. Smith Esq
Mt Vernon
Ky
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Mt Vernon Ky Ap 24
Free
Pensions Office
Washington City
Mail
Wm Allison
Fanny Pew
[illegible]
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Mt Vernon Ky
Apl 21/50
Sir: 
If the bill now before Congress explanatory of the pension laws should pass will it give Fanny Pew widow of Reuben Pew decd of this (Rockcastle) County a pension on her papers on file, or must for these steps be taken & what widows who was married in 1798, and when husbands on the pension list and died in 1839 & 43-45 will they draw from the date I have a claim allowed by Act of Congress but the widow died six days before the husband. Have is to be [illegible] that has or Administrator, or will it be [illegible] 
E. Smith
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Pension Office
795
January 30 D. 1850
Sir,
The papers in the case of Fanny pew widow of Reuben Pew, under Act 7th July 1838, have been exd & filed. It appears from her husbands declaration under act 7th June, 1832, that he then had a family record. That record should be exhibited, in in existence. If there be none at this time, the certificate of the Clerk of Rowan County, where it alleged she was married, should be produced showing what evidence of the marriage said records afford. If there be no record evidence, the testimony of witnesses should be obtained, who
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know the claimant and her husband as man and wife previous to January 1, 1794.
Hon D Breck. 
Jan 30/50
Hon. D Breck
N. R.
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Hon D Breck
25 Mar 1850
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672
Pension Office
March 25th 1850
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the additional evidence which you presented in the Case of Fanny pew, widow of Reuben Pew is sufficient to show that they were married prior to 1794. but by a recent decision of the Secretary of the Interior no widow whose husband was living on the 7 July 1838, is entitled to any of the benefits of the Act granting pensions to widows [illegible] of this date, It appears from Mrs Pew's declaration that her husband died in 1847 her case, therefore, is not enliven by the provision of that act. Consequently has no claim to a pension
Mr Kerr letter is hereunto returned

Hon Danl Breck
House of Reps
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J. L. Edwards
Comr. SC
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Ho. NJ. Jany 17/50.
Dear Sir,
I send herewith enclosed the papers of Fanny Pew - Her evidence of the marriage, I trust, will be deemed sufficient without sending to North Carolina. 
Very Respectfully
D Breck
J L Edwards
Commr. N
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of the Rockcastle Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Pew for a pension. And in addition as Clerk of this Rockcastle County Court I further certify that Chs C Carson who signed the forgoing Certificate was and is an acting Justice of the Peace for sd. County Court and a member of sd. County Court and that his certificate is in due form of law and his signature in his own hand & full faith & credit should be given the same. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the land and hall being in my possession Oct. 9 1833 } James Terrill 
Clerk of the Rockcastle [illegible] & County Court
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Mt Vernon KY Feb 20
Honl A White
Washington
City
Mail
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Mt Vernon
Feb 18/52
DCld. 
Enclosed is a part of attcd to you. Last Summer I recd a letter from the departed to make the proof her inclosed and the pension would be allowed. If it is said they will pay the money saved in your check on the Richmond Bank payable to Will Reynolds - if not inclose me the certificate The application was made out in the name of Wm Reynolds, her son in law and hear the rule of the Defendant Printed in 1849 I have made out the Power of Attorney in his name as her kind is well [illegible]
It was prepared for one [illegible] [illegible], but he did not come and Wm L Reynolds was substitution, know the [illegible] living, if any objection is made you know my brothers hand writing and he has [illegible] the same before signing I presume you will not hesitate to say to the Defendant that their is now [illegible] of any money.
YVT 
E. Smith
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M Vernon Ky Ap 16
Pension Office
Washington
City
Mail
 April 23 d 1857
Rev: to cases of Fanny pew & others
Lucy Pew
E Smith
Mount Vernon
Ky
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Mt Vernon Ky
Apl 16/57
Sir: Permit me to inquire if the following claims are not now payable now the act of the last session, [illegible], have on file, Lewis Cash [illegible] of the widow of Wm (John [illegible] Cash) a Revolutionary pension in this (Rockcastle and Pulaski County Ky) - Also Fanny Pew, wife of Reuben C Pew decd of this Rockcastle County - By reference to the books you will see a letter to me this spring and winter was a year ago, that if the bill (near the act of the 3 March last) paper has proof was pull & [illegible] draw - if this is so what further steps are necessary & by whom as you will see that the Rev: was made out by her son in law Wm Reynolds -
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she is still living but in a weak state at union. The letter opd was written after the proof was made but when his peo:- How now stands the case of the application of the same of the widow of Henry Pew during the Mr [illegible] war [illegible] Ky. James French at Laurel County Ky died in 34 or 5. I think and his wide one ear after is her samr is headed by the late act & she draw under the Act of 38" Look in to the case of Richison Roberts of this (Rockcastle) County if he can now draw for the widow of - Howke (I think Fredrick) of the County decd.
Most of these claims have been rejected, but the want of law- If they are now imbraced what steps are to be taken and please send me the [illegible] to Mrs. Pew from [illegible] letter from this [illegible] now in
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my possession if she is in imbraced you will enclose me her certificate.
Y V T
E. Smith
Enclose in some [illegible] under the new land E. S.
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Nov 25
Resp Case
Fanny Pew
wid Reuben
also under Thedr Hawke
No papers on file
see the Register

M Vernon Ky Nov 18 Free
Pension Office
Washington City
Mail
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Mt Vernon Ky
Nov 17/50
D Sir: During the last session of Congress I sent to the Department the Pew of the widow (Fanny) of Reuben Pew decd pensioner of this Rockcastle County; also the peo of Richison Roberts Adm of the widow of Frederick Hawke decd a pensioner of this County. Please inform me the condition of these claims. In the for part of the [illegible] in the law House a bill was past to supply a vacancy to widows that happen by the inadvertence of Company but was not discovered till Mr. Ewing came in which the the bill [illegible] the [illegible] I have not time I was informed by the Department of it did the claim of Mrs Pew was sufficitently made out
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Please inform me the last action of the Department on such claim. Vry Try
E Smith
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State of Ky
Rockcastle County
This 1st day of Jany 1st 1852 before me Thos J Smith a Justice of the Peace for the County afd W L Reynolds [illegible] two a citizen of said County and known to me to be reputable being just sworn according to law made & subscribed the following declaration. That as a boy was well acquainted with Reuben Pew to his death a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Kentucky [illegible] that his widow Fanny Pew was living on the 4ht of March las and is now living in the County afd. She is full in body and mental infirmity. Wm Reynolds who filed his Rev: to have him placed on the pension roll is her son in law and his wife living 
Sworn & subscribed
to before me 
this 1 day of 
January 1852 } WM L Reynolds
x His mark
T. J. Smith is Known all men these presents that I William Reynolds at the County afd & State, and son in law to Fanny
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Pew referred to by Will L Reynolds the foregoing declaration do hereby appoint the Hon Ad White at the City of Washington to draw from the Government the amount that may be due him on account of the pension granted her decd husband. Given under my hand & seal this 1 Jan 1852
His x Mark
Wmm Reynolds Eq
Tut 
E Smith
I Thos J Smith a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockcastle state of Ky, do hereby certify that the above Wm Reynolds is the son in law of Fanny Pew named the affidavit of W L Reynolds in the foregoing and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to the Hon Ad White to be his act on a and. Given under my hand this 1 of January 1852. Enterlined before signing
T J Smith M
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County } Set
I Milton J Miller Clerk of the County Court for the County aforsd certify that Thos J Smith whose genuine signature appears to the forgoing certification is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State afrsd duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that all his official acts as such are entitled full faith and credit as will out of this State as [illegible] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 17th day of February 1852
M J Miller CLK
Rockcastle County Court
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521 S Main St.,
Kewanee, Ill.,
April 29, 1915
Department of Interior:
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Commissioner: - I am a Daughter of the Revolution, -Mrs Laura Belle Priestman National No. 44242, my membership dating from Oct 12, 1903, -my ancestor on my maternal side -Cephas Kent. On the paternal side, my father -Benjamin Todd Stuart tells me that his mother Mary Pew Stuart was the daughter of a Revolutionary solider -
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2
-
that soldier being Reuben Pew whose enlistment and service was from March 1776 to 1781 and the date of application for pension, Sept 11, 1833
His wife was Franny Smith and she also was pensioned as his widow after his death- Aug 24 1847. In his application for pension were the names of his children given, or in his wifes application - and was Mary (she was a twin) one of those children. That is what I wish to prove.
She was born in 1802 or 1803 and has been dead about thirty years, I haven't the date
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3
-
but can secure it and other information necessary I think. 
-She is buried in this vicinity and as we decorate the graves of our deceased members on Memorial Day I wish to have this information before that date if possible, because I should consider it a very great honor to decorate the grave of my grandmother who was a "real daughter," I have the application blanks to try to fill out as soon as I can secure this information which I hope to be able to do.
Very Sincerely,
Mrs Laura Belle Priestman
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24 Postages [illegible] need 71
417 West 114 Sh
New York
Rev See
CW
July 20 - '21
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sirs-
Please give me what information you can regarding the history of Reuben Pew born in Morris Co N.J. Dec 13th 1758 Franny Smith was his widow
Pensioned - 1833
Rockcastle Co. KY
Any further information you can give will be appreciated
Yours Truly
M M Gilbrech
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485 Auburn Avenue 
Buffalo N.Y. 
old war
Widow [illegible]
Office of Bureau of Pensions
American Revolution
Washington  D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I find that Reuben Pew who came from Roxbury New Jersey, and died in Rockcastle Co Kentucky- dates 1758 & 1847 was on the Pension Roll of Kentucky, 1831.
His wife was Fanny Smith-
I am anxious to hear any data his pension papers may give - do they mention his Father's name or children?
Hoping to hear from you favorably & am
Yours very truly
Georgie Anna Field Potter
(Mrs. D. F.)
June the ninth
1934
RECEIVED
JUN 11 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[illegible] 15
RECEIVED
JUN 13 1934
PENSION DEPT
[illegible]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ........., 19.....
W. 79218
In reply to your request of........., received....... for a statement of the military history of Reuben C Pew a solider 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Mch 1776
1776
Oct. 1776
Spring 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 mo
4 mos
3 years
6 mos
RANK. Pvte
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. 
Grannin Dyke
Petty
Mead
Stuart
COLONEL.
Mathias Ogden
{Zachariah Morgan
{Genl Geo Rogers Clark
STATE. 
N.J. 
Va
Battles engaged in, White Plains Trenton [illegible] Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment Hunterdon Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept 11 1833 His lal
Residence at date of application, Rockcastle Co. Ky. since 1803 
1836
70
----
1737
Age at date of application, { B Dec. 13 1758 in Roxbury Twsp Morris Co. NJ, d. Aug. 25 1847 in Rockcastle Co. Ky
Remarks: He married in Rowan Co N.C. Fanny Smith married bond dated Dec 10 1785 He was a resident of Rockcastle Co. Ky in 1849 aged 81 years living then with his son Benjamin F. who was 53 yrs. old. Reuben their eldest son was in Missouri in 1849. William Reynolds was a son-in-law. There are no other names stated. 
Respectfully,
Comissioner.
6-2856