Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8202, Benjamin Yeats, Md.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Yeats, Benjamin
or Yeates,
or Yates, Sarah

NUMBER
W. 8202.
B.L.Wt. 3134-160-55.

CONTENTS
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16786 Act March 3/55
Recd[received] " 26
Sarah Gates Widow of Benjamin Yates [illegible]
Capt [captain] Pri: Md:}
Col Mil: in 1781}
Ept}
Dis}
War of the Revolution
Receives a pension act/53
admit [illegible] July. 25 /55,
Borsntow. 
3134 iss July 25/55
John V Rice
Fulton
[illegible]
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S.A. to J.V. Rice. July 9th 1855. 
Ohio
____ _3 no 4 _5

Oct. 28/59 certified copy of __ sent to RB ____.
___ Land Office

Oct. 29/59 Copy above referred to returned and filed with Central Land Office furnished with a warrant fallen out as a copy of the original made at the order of the Circuit Court of Vermillion Co__ to be used as evidence in a suit pardoning in that court __ not designed as a duplicate.

Vol Y. page 33
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___ D.D.T. Benedict Oct. 30/56

Ohio. 4.175 Cincinnati
Sarah Yeats.

Widow of Md Benjamin Yeats

Who served in the Revolution-
ary War, as a Private

Inscribed in the Roll at the rate of 30. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 25th day of May. 1854.
and sent to 
Daniel, D. T. Benedict
Gallipolis
Ohio.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 171 Vol. a

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Ohio.    26.251
Benjamin Yeats ____
of ______ Co. in the State of ____ Ohio
who was a B in the Company commanded by Captain Rickets of the Regt commanded by Col ____ in the Maryland line for Metitue ____

9 Mo B $ 30.00

Inscribed on the Roll of ____ Ohio ____
at the Rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th Day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April
and Sent to
1834 William Scott, Hillsboro, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 - 90.00
Semi-ane. allowance ending 4 Sep 15.00
$105.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, 
Book 6 -- Vol. 8 Page 30 --

[Right page:]

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the __ April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839. Agt notified 20. Aug 1840 

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Benj: Yeats
Declaration

29.192.

Wm Scott (Agent
Hillsboro Ohio
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The State of Ohio Highland County:
On this 10th day of March AD 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Benjamin Yeats a resident of said County aged 88 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated:
This applicant states that he was born in Baltimore County Maryland on the 3d day of April AD 1745 - has no record of his age. That he lived when called into service in Frederick County Maryland, after the war moved to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, resided there about 15 years & moved to Crawford County Pennsylvania, was there about 15 years, then moved to Adams County Ohio, there 14 years & moved to Highland County Ohio where he now lives. -

That in his first term of service he was drafted & in the 2d [illegible] enlisted- 
That in addition to the officers under whose immediate command he was he knew General Washington, Smallwood, and others whom he has forgotten. 
In the month of March 1788 he was drafted for the Maryland militia in Frederick County to fight against the indians. - 
In this tour served under Captain - Pickett, soon after he was drafted he marched under the command of said officer to Western Pennsylvania & to a place near Pittsburg - that he acted as a spy against the indians on the Western parties [frontier?] of Pennsylvania until July when he joined the troops commanded by General McIntosh at a [illegible] [illegible] McIntosh fort - That he assisted in building the fort of McIntosh and soon after marched under said General McIntosh against the [illegible] to the Tuscarawas river in the North [Chester?] Territory, then remained on the Tuscarawas river several weeks & erected a fort there - We were then marched back to [illegible] McIntosh.

I then acted as a spy on the [parties?] of Pennsylvania until I served out the term for which I was drafted always under the command of said Captain - Pickett - 
When we were marched back to Baltimore County Maryland where I received a written discharge from my said Captain.
I served in this tour thirteen months & was all that time in actual service.

In the month of May AD 1781, I enlisted in the Maryland line to go against the British of Virginia (at [crossed out] Frederick town) - I served in the town in the 4th Regiment of the Maryland line command by [Colonel?] in the company commanded by Captain Murdock. We marched soon after enlisted to [illegible] where our company remained about a month & where we [illegible] [illegible] by the [illegible] commanded by General Smallwood - We then marched under the command of Gen Smallwood to Georgetown - thence
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to Williamsburg Virginia where we remained for some time. We then joined the Americam army before Yorktown which was then occupied by the British under Cornwallis. I was on duty before Yorktown until three days before the British surrendered when I was wounded by a piece of a bomb shell and was sent to the hospital - A few days after the surrender of Cornwallis I recovered so as to be able to [illegible] and returned to [illegible] where I received a written discharge from my Captain after serving in this tour six months.
This applicant states that he served in both his tours 18 months, that his discharge and both [illegible]. -
That he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witnesses by whom he can prove his service. That Mitchell [illegible], Samuel Beard, James Anderson, Thomas Beard and others residing in his neighborhood will testify as to his character for veracity no clergyman in his neighborhood.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity [illegible] the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Benjamin [his mark] Yeats

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
Samuel [Bell?] Clk

We the [illegible] residing in Highland County Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Yeats who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 88 years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have [illegible] of the Revolution and that [illegible] that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
James Anderson
William Delman [Pitman?]
Samuel Bell, Clk
And the Court to hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to those that [crossed out] [illegible] signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of that James Anderson and William Delman - who have also signed the [illegible] reside in said County and [illegible] person of their statement is entitled to credit.

I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
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of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original presidings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Yeats for a pension.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of March 1834
Samuel Bell {Clk
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State of Ohio
Hamilton County SS on this 20th day of March in the year of A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William Linton a Justice of the peace within and for the state and county aforesaid Sarah Yeates aged 50 years and upwards a resident of the City of Cincinati within the state and county aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Yeats decd who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and as such she draws a pension from the United States at the rates of thirty dollars per year that she was placed on the pension Roll on the 25th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty four under act of February the Third Eighteen hundred and fifty three she says that she has not been married since the death of said Benjamin Yeates but still remains his widow she makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the county land to which she may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the military service of the united states passed on the third day of march 1855 She also declares that she has not received bounty land under this nor any other act of Congress as the idow of the said Benjamin Yeates nor made any other application therefore sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year last above written
Sarah Yates [her mark]
[Wm?] Finton

State of Ohio
Hamilton County SS
personally came Isaac B; Funk and Stephen Howell residents of the city of Cincinnati persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say that they
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was present and saw Sarah Yeates make his marke to the foregoing declaration and they further swore that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents hisself to be and they deponnents do reside in the city aforesaid

Isaac B. Funk
Stephen Howell

march the 20th 1855 sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year last written
Wm Finton
Justice of the peace

State of Ohio Hamilton County
I Thomas Spooner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas written and for said county do hereby certify that William Finton before whom the foregoing affidavits
^ Sarah Yates ^
 of Isaac B. Funk and Stephen Howell appears to have been made and whose signature thereto I certify to be genuine was at the time of making and subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the Township of Fulton within the said County duly elected commissioned and qualified as such and and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice of the Peace
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County at Cincinnati this 21st day of March AD 1853
Thomas Spooner. Clerk of the County of Common Pleas Hamilton Co Ohio.
By [CPage?] Deputy

no fees charged
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Benjamin Yates to M Licence Sarah Ann Robinson
Issued July 17th 1835

I do certify that on the 16th July 1835 Benjamin Yates and Sarah Robinson were legally joined in marriage by me
Wm Cochran, J.P.
Recorded July 28. 1835

The State of Ohio
Highland County
Couty of Probate for said County SS:
I J.R. Ennis Judge of said Court, do hereby certify that the above is correctly and truly copied from "Marriage Book. No 3." in this office of the Judge of said Court.
Witness J.R Ennis Judge of said Court at Hillsborough in said County this 16th day of February AD. 1854
JR Ennis Probate Judge


Probate Judge's fee - 50 cts
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Be it known that Sarah Yates a resident of Fulton in the County of Hamilton and state of Ohio appeared before the probate court of the county and state aforesaid in open court and being first duly sworn according to law did make oath to the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of February 3d 1853 that she is now forty six years and upwards old that she is the widow of Benjamin Yates which said Benjamin Yates was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of thirty dollars a year she says that the pension of said Benjamin Yates was granted to him on the 17th day of April 1834 under act of June 7th 1832
She further declares that she was married to said Benjamin Yates at Hillsborough in the County of Hiland and State of Ohio on the sixteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five and that previous to said marriage her name was Sarah Robinson. She further says that the aforesaid Benjamin Yates died at manchester in Adams County and state of Ohio on the 30th day of January in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine, that she was married to him at the time above stated she further swears that she was a widow on the 3d day of February 1853 when this act passed and that she is still a widow. - She further states that she
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has not ever made an application for a pension as the widow of the [crossed out] aforesaid Benjamin Yates or in any other way previous to these presents for further proof of her said marriage, She refers to proof here with inclosed sworn to and subscribed before me a Cincinnati - in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio - Sarah Yates her mark -
This eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at the time and place last above written. And I certify that said Sarah Yates being unable to write I have at her request written her name as above, and that she made her mark thereto in my presence
Jos Warren [Swanson?]
Probate

I Jos Warren - the Probate Judge before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to do here by certify that the erasure made on the second and third written line of the second page of this affidavit was made previous to its being sworn to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court at Cincinnati this Eighth day of Mary - A.D. Eighteen Hundred and fifty-four
Jos Warren
Probate Judge

[Within Newspaper clipping] 
May 3, 1848
Benjamin Yates, a soldier of the War of Independence, and now one hundred and seven years old, came a day or two since to the Mayor's Office in Cincinnatti, to get the necessary papers to draw a small pension. He resides in Fulton, Ohio, and is said to be in very destitute circumstances.
[Within Newspaper clipping]
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December 10, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Benjamin Yeats, W. 8202
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. V.C. Bower
53 Meunich Court
Hammond, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request of information relative to Benjamin Yates who served in the Revolutionary War and to his son, Samuel Yates.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.8202, based upon the military service of Benjamin
Yeats, Yeates or Yates.

He was born April 3, 1745, in Baltimore County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in March, 1778, in Captain Pickett's Maryland Company, marched to Western Pennsylvania to a place near Pittsburgh, served as Indian spy until July when his company joined the troops commanded by General McIntosh; he assisted in building Fort McIntosh and another on Tuscarawas River
and was discharged after serving twelve months. He enlisted in May, 1781, served as private in Captain Murdock's Maryland Company, was in the siege of Yorktown and three days before the surrender of Cornwallis
he was wounded by a piece of bomb shell and sent to the hospital and was discharged December 3, 1781.

After the Revolution he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, lived there about fifteen years when he moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he lived about fifteen years when he moved to Adams County, Ohio, and fourteen years later he moved to Highland County, Ohio.
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Benjamin Yeats was allowed pension on his application executed March 10, 1834, at which time he was living in Highland County, Ohio, and was referred to as Benjamin Yates, Senior.

This soldier died January 30, 1849, at Manchester, Adams County, Ohio.

He married July 16, 1838, Sarah Ann Robinson at Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. No reference was made to an earlier marriage.

Sarah Yates, Yeats or Yeates, the widow of Benjamin, was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1834, at which time she was living in Fulton, Hamilton County, Ohio, and stated that she was aged forty-six years and upwards. In 1855 she was living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and stated that she was aged fifty years and upwards.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the service of a Samuel Yeats, searched under all spellings, who was the son of Benjamin Yeats whose record is given above.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[illegible]
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Land Office, Annapolis, Apr. 7th 1834;

Sir,

Yours of the 1st Inst with the declaration of Benjamin Yeates enclosed, was received. In reply, I have to inform you that I find his name only upon a Militia pay roll in this office of "Discharged Soldiers of two battalions of militia raised to serve 9 months, or until the 10th day of December 1781" - his name appears upon this roll to have been discharged on the 3rd day of Dec. 1781, and to have received 15.0. - Benj Yeates the applicant states in his declaration that he also served in the Continental line, I however do not find his name upon any of the roll of the Continental troops,

I am respectfully yours
G. G. Blower

J.L. Edwards Esq
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June - 11 - 1900
R.H. Palmer - Manchester Ohio
1935. May 9, hist. to [illegible]
P.B. Zink                           N.C.S
1937. Nov 23. hist
Eugenia K. Reinke [illegible]
1938. aug 30 - Eugenia Reinke
[illegible] how to obtain last [illegible]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File no. 8202
Sarah Yeats
Wid
Benjamin Yeats
Privt Rev-War
Act: Feby 3rd 1853
Index: - Vol. M, Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870]
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August 30, 1938
BA J/AWF
Benjamin Yeats
W. 8202
Eugenia Reinke
516 S. Cretin Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request that you be furnished the name of this person who received the last payment of the pension of the widow, Sarah Robinson Yeats, pension claim, W. 8202.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of pension, and possible the date of death of the widow, Sarah Yeats, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C., and furnish the following date:
Sarah Yeats, widow of Benjamin YEATS
Certificate #4175
Issued May 25, 1854
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Ohio, Cincinnati Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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November 23, 1937
Benjamin Yeats, W. 8202
BA J/MCS
Eugenia K. Reinke
516 2. Cretin Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Benjamin Yeats, a Revolutionary War soldier who served from Maryland and applied for pension from Highland County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.8202, based upon the military service of Benjamin
Yeats, Yeates or Yates.
He was born April 3, 1745, in Baltimore County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in March, 1778, in Captain Pickett's Maryland company, marched to western Pennsylvania to place near Pittsburgh, served as Indian spy until July when his company joined the troops commanded by General McIntosh; he assisted in building Fort McIntosh and another on Tuscarawas River and was discharged after serving twelve months. He enlisted in May, 1781, served as private in Captain Murdock's Maryland company, was in the siege of Yorktown and three days before the surrender of Cornwallis was wounded by a piece of bomb shell and sent to the hospital and was discharged December 3, 1781.
After the Revolution he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, lived there about fifteen years when he moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he lived about fifteen years when he moved to Adams
County, Ohio, and fourteen years later he moved to Highland County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 10, 1834, at which time he was living in Highland County, Ohio, and was referred to as Benjamin Yates, Senior
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This soldier died January 30, 1849, at Manchester, Adams County, Ohio.
He married July 16, 1838, Sarah Ann Robinson at Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. No reference was made to an earlier marriage.
Sarah Yates, Yeats or Yeates, the widow of Benjamin, was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1854, at which time she was living in Fulton, Hamilton County, Ohio, and stated that she was aged forty-six years and upwards. In 1855 he was living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and stated that she was aged fifty years and upwards.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 9, 1935
BA J/MCS
Benjamin Yeats, W. 8202
Nathan Chaney, B.L. Wt. 14523 120
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street
Hillsboro, Ohio
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War
soldier, Benjamin Yeats, and War of 1812 soldiers, Henry Anderson, Gabriel Chaney, Nathan Chaney, and James McClure (McCluer).
Because of the large number of requests for records of soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and the lack of clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of these wars, for one person.
The record of Benjamin Yeats who served in the Revolution and whose pension certificate was issued April 17, 1834, and the record of Nathan Chaney who served in the War of 1812 in Captain Luther Shephard's company of Ohio militia are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 9, 1935
BA J/MCS
Benjamin Yeats, W.8202
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street
Hillsboro, Ohio
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Benjamin Yeats who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 8202, based upon the military service of Benjamin
Yeats, Yeates or Yates.
He was born April 3, 1745, in Baltimore County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in March, 1778*, in Captain Pickett's Maryland company, marched to western Pennsylvania to place near Pittsburgh, served as Indian spy until July
when his company joined the troops commanded by General McIntosh; he
assisted in building Fort McIntosh and another on Tuscarawas River and was discharged after serving twelve months. He enlisted in May, 1781, served as private in Captain Murdock's Maryland company, was in the siege of Yorktown and three days before the surrender of Cornwallis was wounded by a piece of bomb shell and sent to the hospital and was
discharged December 3, 1781.
After the Revolution he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
lived there about fifteen years when he moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he lived about fifteen years when he moved to Adams County, Ohio, and fourteen years later he moved to Highland County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 10, 1834, at which time he was living in Highland County, Ohio, and was referred to as Benjamin Yates, Senior.
*inadvertently written 1788 in pension application
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This soldier died January 30, 1849, at Manchester, Adams County,
He married July 16, 1835, Sarah Ann Robinson at Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. No reference was made to an earlier marriage.
Sarah Yeats, Yeates or Yates, the widow of Benjamin, was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1834, at which time she was living in Fulton, Hamilton County, Ohio, and stated that she was aged forty six years and upwards. In 1855 he was living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and stated that she was aged fifty years and upwards.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Received Jul 29 1938
Mail Sub Div.
Vets Adm. Reader
St Paul Minn.
July 22, 1938
Old war widows 8202
[illegible] 8/2/38
Auditor for the Interior
Treasury Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I would like the date of expiration of pension of Benjamin Yeats, Pension Claim W. 8202. To whom was last payment made? When did Sarah Robinson Yeats die?
Yours very truly
Eugenia Reinke
516 S. Cretin Ave
St. Paul, Minn
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Received July 29 1938
[illegible]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Office of Chief Clerk
Washington
Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington
Respectfully forwarding communication from
Eugenia Reinke, 516 S. Cretin Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota dated July 22 1938, requesting the date of expiration of pension of Benjamin Yeates, pension claim W.8202. To whom was last payment made? When did Sarah Robinson Yeats die?
The writer has not been advised of this reference.
Personally delivered
F. A. BIRGFELD, Chief Clerk
By [illegible]
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St. Paul. Minn.
Nov. 13. 1937.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:- I would like to get the
pension record of Benjamin Yeats
(Yates) and information concerning
his place of birth, marriage etc.
He was a private in the Maryland
Militia of 1781, Frederick County
Maryland. He was placed on the
pension rolls in Highland Co. 
Ohio April 17. 1834.
Yours very truly,
Eugenia K. Reinke
516 S. Cretin Ave.
St. Paul. Minn.
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Hammond, Ind
Nov. 10, 1837
Dear Sir: Could you give me any information about Benjamin Yates, a Revolutionary soldier. He was in select militia of 1781 Frederick Co.
Maryland. Placed on pension rolls August 17. 1834. He died in 1849 in Manchester Ohio but I have no record of his place of birth & also wish information about his son Samuel Yates, wife?Bryan
Respectfully
Mr V C. Bower
53 Meunich Ct. Hammond, Ind.
Mrs Dollie Knotts Bower
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MRS. P. B. ZINK
Genealogical Research
335 West Walnut Street
HILLSBORO, OHIO, April 4 1935
To Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Director of Pensions
Dear Sir. Will you please let me know if
James McClure (or McCluer) who served
in the war of 1812 in Capt. James Dunlap's Company from July 28 to to August 17, 1813. From Ross Co. Ohio, received a pension or bounty land for services.
Also I want the same information concerning Henry Anderson who served in War of 1812 in Capt. John Jones Company from July 29 to Sept. 8 1813, From Highland Co. Ohio.
I would like to have any data that may be recorded and if any charge please let me know and I will pay for same. Please send reports
on separate sheets as they are four different persons.
Thanking you and hoping for an early reply.
Yours very truly
Mrs. P.B. Zink
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ADDRESS ONLY THE COMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON
Jan 31, 1935
IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO
1586861 "K" MKH
: Bounty land warrent.

Mr. P.B. Zink,
335 West Walnut Street,
Hillsboro, Ohio,
My dear Sir:
I have received your letters of January 23,
requesting to be advised if James McCluer, Henry Anderson,
Gabriel and Nathan Chaney received military bounty land
warrant or pensions in consideration of service in the
War of 1812.
This office does not have an index of the names
of the soldiers of the War of 1812 who received military
bounty land warrants except of certain soldiers whose
warrants were located in Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri.
Examination of that index has been made but without
success in an effort to identify such warrants that may
have issued to the persons you mentioned.
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1586861 "K" MKH

This office has no information regarding
pensions granted to soldiers of the War of 1812.
As the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, 
this city, has a more complete record of the
soldiers of the War of 1812 who received bounty land
warrants and a record of those who received pensions,
your letters have been referred to that official for
further reply.
If this office is advised of the number of the
warrant issued to a particular soldier, the acreage involved,
and the act under which the warrant was issued, a description
of the land on which such warrant was located can
be furnished, if in fact the warrant was located.
Very respectfully,
(signed) Antoinette Funk
Assistant Commissioner.

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1586861 "k" MKH
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON
JAN 31 1935

The attached communication has been
received by the General Land Office and
is referred for answer to the Director of
Pensions, Veterans Administration, for
further reply and the writer so advised.
Look in negt
files first. She
writes to us all the time too
Antoinette Funk
Assistant Commissioner.
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From
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street
Hillsboro, Ohio
Feb. 26, 1935
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir. I find the name of Benjamin Yeats on the Ohio Revolutionary Pension roll.
He was a private of Maryland Militia and placed on pension roll April 17, 1834, when a resident
of Highland County. Ohio.  I would like a copy of his certificate of application and any family data it might contain. Hoping for a reply as soon as
possible, and thanking you for your kindness
Yours truly
Mrs. P. B. Zink
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I would also like the same information on Gabriel Chaney who was on roll of Captain John Jones Company, Record on page 44 of Roster.
Page 25: Also of Nathan Chancy on roll of Lieut. Joseph Dryden's Company of Ross Co Ohio from July 29  to August 26th 1813, as private, and as Sergeant, on roll of Luther Shepherd's Company from Feb 16 to June 16th 1814. On page 187.
Would like records on separate sheets.
Thank you very much.
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From
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street
Hillsboro, Ohio
January 23, 1935.
United States Department of the Interior.
General Land Office
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir. Will you kindly let me know if James McCluer who served in Captain James Dunlop's Mounted Company, in the War of 1812, received Bounty land or pension.
This company was probably from Ross County, Ohio, and James McCluer served from July 28
until August 17, 1813.
This record is on page 151 of the "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in War of 1812".
Thanking you for any information you may send me.
Yours Very Truly, Mrs. P.B. Zink
Registrar General Duncan McArthur Chapter
U.S.D. 1812.
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Hillsboro, Ohio. Jan 23,1935
United States Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir. Will you please let me know if
Henry Anderson who served as Sergeant
in the War of 1812 in Captain John Jones' Company was granted Bounty land or pension.
He served from July 29 to September
8, 1843. This record is on page 44 of the
Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812.
I will greatly appreciate any data you may have on Henry Anderson.
Thanking you in advance. Yours very truly, Mrs. P. B. Zink
From
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street
Hillsboro, Ohio
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Ruggles & Watson
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, and Curtains.
Oil Cloth, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. STRICTLY A CASH HOUSE
KIRKER BLDG, SECOND ST
Manchester, O. June 1 1900
To the Com of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: I wish to be furnished with the declaration for pension of Mrs. Sarah Yates, widow of Benjamin Yates of Del. or Penn, a Revolutionary soldier. She lived in Lewis Co. Ky.
Your answer will greatly oblige. R. L. Palmer
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Ruggles & Watson
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, and Curtains.
Oil Cloth, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
STRICTLY A CASH HOUSE
KIRKER BLDG, SECOND ST
Manchester, O. June 1 1900
To the Com. of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: I am a great great grandson of Benjamin Yates, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from Meadville
Pa. and was a pensioner. I desire to be furnished with a copy of his declaration for pension for
patriotic purposes.
Your answer will greatly oblige
R. L. Palmer
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No. 16786
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 26 18[illegible]
Sarah Yates Widow of Benjamin Yates [illegible]
War of the Revolution
Warrant 3134 10 55
John V Rice
Fulton Ohio
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Ohio
Sarah Yates and Benjamin
Hamilton Co, Ohio
Hon. LP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Daniel D.J. Benedict
Gallipolis, Ohio
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3134
[illegible]
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Re: 30 Jany 1854
[illegible]
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for the absence of the original warrant, upon
the order of the Circuit Court of Vermillion Co
Ills. it is hereby certified that the present copy
is believed to be substantially true, so for as
can be determined from the records of this Office
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
[illegible] May 20' / .56
Sarah Yeates wid: of No. 4712 Benjamin
Hamilton Co, Ohio
Act 153
$30 per an: Com: Feby: 3.7853
Revy

Daniel D T Benedict, Gallipolis, Ohio
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Pension Office
22d May 1854
$30
048
Sir. Please certify the time 
to which the within named 
pensioner was paid on the 
date of his death.
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
For the Commissioner
Francis J Burt, Esq
this auditor, Treasury
"[illegible]"
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Benjamin Yeats, Act 1832 $30 per annum
Paid to 4 Sept 1848.
F Burt
Auditor
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Oct 6
Official Business
Gallipolis O.
Hon. J Minot Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
Sarah Yeates and Benjamin
ad '51-4175
Triplett
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29. 192
Benjamin Yeats
Ohio
Adm 9. Months
Brewer

William Scott
Hillsboro 
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office
1st April 1834
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. These 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 compling(complying) with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement, showing the service of Benj. Yeats
Period when the rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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 has been construed to extend, 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 were 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 the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. 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 } 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 sworn, 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 follow 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 has signed the preceding 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 County will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service 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 wince the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
     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 services.
     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?
          {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 services 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 opinion 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 those 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 inquiry 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 the 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 the 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 a 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 on 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 he should fail to do so, he must assign sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
     [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
     [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the was 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 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 services, 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 (in italics) about three or four months, (end italics)  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 a 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 authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
     [L] 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 in not [J] applies to continental troops only. 
     [k] This 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.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 27th 1840
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Benjamin Yeats,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and_Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March
to the 4th Sept. 1839
Respectfully yours
Albion K Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Fulton Ohio July the 19th 1855
Hon sir
I here with enclose you the
Deposition of A.D. Reeder and Mrs mary
Finton proving the widowhood and idintity
of Mrs sarah Yeats according to your
instructions in supose of Mrs Yeats claim
for bounty Land
I am very respectfully yours
John V. Rice
Hamilton County Ohio

H L. P. Waldo
Commisioner of pensions
Washington City D.C.
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know all men by these presents that I
Sarah Yeats of the city of Cincinati Hamilton
County in the State of Ohio do hereby constitute
and appoint Daniel D.T. Benedict my true and
Lawfull attorney for me and in my name for
the purpose of claiming my pension claim and
collect from government what pension may be
my due as the widow of my deceased husband whose
name was Benjamin Yeats
signed in the presence of Sarah + Yeats
John Eads
John .V. Rice

State of Ohio
Hamilton County } ss on this 30th day of September in
the year one thousand and eight hundred
and fifty six personally appeared before me William
Finton a Justice of the peace within and for the
county and state aforesaid Sarah Yeats the party named
in the foregoing power of attorney an acknowledgid
therein mentioned in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand at the City of Cincinati in
Hamilton County and state of Ohio this day and
year last above writen. 
Wm Finton
Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio
County of Hamilton } sct I, Thomas Spooner, Clerk of
The Court of Common Pleas, within and for the
County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that William
Finton; who signed the foregoing certificate of
acknowledgment of the execution of the foregoing 
power of attorney, was, at the date of the said
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acknowledgement, and certificate a legally active
Justice of the Peace, within and for said County duly
commissioned, and qualified and duly authorized to
take the said acknowledgement, and that his signature
to the said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I the
Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my
hand, and affixed the seal of the
said Court at Cincinnati in the
said County this the 30th day of
September A.D. 1856
Thomas Spooner Clerk of 
the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton Co
By Page Deputy
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Gallipolis Ohio Oct 3d 1858
Nov
Sir inclosed please find
the certifficate of Sarah Yeats
and her power of attorney to me
to collect her back pension she
being informed that the pension
now goes back to 1848 she wishes
her certifficate so changed as to
go back to that date
yours respectfully
Daniel DT Benedict

Hon J Minot.
Comm. of pensions
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Gallipolis Ohio May 15th 1854
Nov
Sir Enclosed you will find
proofs sustaining the claim of sarah
Yates to a widows pension
papers in relation to the matter you will
please direct to me at this place
Yours Respectfully
Daniel DT Benedict

Hon L.P. Wasdo
Commissioner of pensions
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STATE OF OHIO,
Hamilton County, } ss.
I, James M McMaster, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for
said County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that Wm Finton
before whom the foregoing
and annexed affidavit of Samuel Raplee and
Nathaniel Raplee
appears to have been taken & subscribed was
at the time of taking and subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in
and fore the County of Hamilton, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and
credit are due to all his official acts as such and that his signatures
to said affidavit and certificate are genuine

In Testimony Whereof, I, the Clerk aforesaid,
have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal
of the said Court, at Cincinnati, in the said
County, this 9th day of May
A.D. 1854
JM. McMaster Clerk, H.C.C.P.
B J.S. Snider Deputy
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State of Ohio
County of Hamilton } ss. on this eight day
of May in the year eighteen hundred and
fifty four personally appeared before
me Wm Finton a Justice of the
Peace within and for the county and
state aforesaid Samuel Rapelee
and Nathaniel Rapelee who being
each of them duly worn according to
law depose and say that they are acquainted
with Sarah Yates a Resident
of Fulton Township in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio that she is the
widow of Benjamin Yates who was
a Revolutionary pensioner of the
County of Hiland and State of Ohio
Sworn to and Subscribed }
before me the day and year
first above written
Hm Finton

his 
Samuel + Raplee
mark
his
Nathaniel + Raplee
mark

I Wm Finton the Justice of the peace
before whom the foregoing affidavit was
sworn to do hereby certify that Samuel
Rapelee and Nathaniel Rapelee to have
sworn to the same are credible persons
and further certify that I am not interested
in the prosecution of the pension claim of
Sarah Yates aforesaid
WM Finton
Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio
County of Hamilton } ss on this 18th day of July A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally
appeared before me, William Finton A Justice of the peace,
within and for the county and state aforesaid mary Finton
And A.D. Reeder who bein each of them first duly 
sworn according to Law state that the following is
a copy of a pension cirtifcate now owned and at the controle
of sarah Yeats widow of Benjamin Yeats Decd.
Department of the interior
Widows pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853 sarah Yeats widow of Benjamin Yeats
Who was a private in the revolutionary war is
inscribed on thi pension list at the rate of thirty
Dollars per annum commencing on the 3d. of February
1853 and continuing for life unless she should again
marry in which case the pension is not
payable after the time of such marriage
given at the Department of the interior
This twenty fifth day of may
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R Mclelland
secretary of the interior
Examined and Countersigned
L.P. Waldo
Commisioner of pensions
and to whome said cirtificate issued
they further say that the said sarah yeats is now
living in the city of Cincinati County of Hamilton
in the state of ohio in which place these deponants
Also reside; and that the said sarah yeats is now
A Widow and has been for seven years, and
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is well know as the widow Yeats sworn to and
subscribed the day and year last above written. 
Mary Finton
J. A. Reeder
I William Finton the Justice of the peace before
whome(whom) the forgoing affidavit of Mary Finton and J. A. Reeder was sworn to do certify that Mary Finton and J. A. Reeder who have sworn to and subscribed that are creditable persons and I further certify that I am not interested in the claim of Sarah Yeats giving under my hand the day and year first above written.
Wm. Finton
Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio, County of Hamilton
I, Thomas Spooner, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County
do hereby certify that William Finton before
whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose genuine signature appears to the above attestation thereof was at the date thereof a legally acting Justice of the Peace for the Township of Cincinnati (lately Fulton
Township) [illegible] said county duly commissioned and qualified by Testimony whereof I, the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Cincinnati in said County this 19th day of July AD 1855.
Thomas Spooner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Hamilton Co., Ohio
By E. Page, Deputy
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We the Subscribers residents of Adams County Ohio do hereby certify that we have for many years been aquainted(acquainted) with Benjamin Gates Jr who has resided on the Island opposite Manchester, and have always found him to be a peacable(peaceable) good
citizen, always considered amongst his neighbours as a man of strict truth and veracity, and proverbially honest in all his dealings, witness our hands this 8th day of March 1834.
Jno Fisher
Peter Cooley
John C. Scott
Thomas Bowman
Robert F. Campton
William Miller
James Miller
Hamilton Miller
Jas Kirker
John McClur
Jas [illegible]
Dwayne [illegible] 
[illegible]
Charles [illegible]
Mathias [illegible]
Robert Penn, Esqr.
John Cochran
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[illegible] March 11th 1856 of John V. Rice Fifteen Dollars in full of my pension due from the 4th day of September 1855 to the 4th day of March 1856 also twenty four Dollars in full of money deposited in his hands that I got for my bounty land warrant.
Wm Finton
his mark "X" Sarah Yeats
Due J Rice on settlement five Dollars 72 cents as witness my hand this 11th day of March 1856. 
his mark "X" Sarah Yeats
Wm Finton
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Fulton Hamilton Co Ohio
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Dear Sir. I herewith send you the application of Mrs. Sarah Yates for bounty land you will pleas(please) examine and report to me
as early as convenient.
I sent you an application about the 26 of January last in rite of Mr. John Masters but have not heard from that application.
I am yours respectfully
John V. Rice
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of pension
Washington City D.C.
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Pension Office
Oct 28 /59
I hereby certify that it appears from the records of this Office, that land warrant No.
3134 for 160 acres, was issued from this
Office on the 25th July 1855, under the Act of 3rd March 1855, in the name of Sarah
Yates, widow of Benjamin Yates dead, a private
in the war of the Revolution
George C Whiting
Commissioner
Be it remembered that George C. Whiting who has signed the foregoing certificate, is
Commissioner of Pensions: and that to his
attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name, and caused the seal
of the Department to be affixed, on this-day of_in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty nine.
Secretary of the Interior
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ref in the case of Sarah Yeats, Widow of Benjamin
Hamilton County and State of Ohio,
3d Feby:1853.
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 under the act of 7th of June, 1832. Record Evidence of Marriage
(If for increase). Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what.
Name and residence of Agent
Daniel D. T. Benedict, Esqr
Gallipolis Ohio
S C Boynton
Examining Clerk.