Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9754, Solomon Brittingham, Md.

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SERVICE
Md.

Brittingham, Solomon
or Brittinghan,
Leah

NUMBER
W.9754
B.L.Wt.96,800-160-55

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6984
Illinois
Leah Brittingham
widow of Solomon
Md Brittingham
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00
cents per animi, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
4th day of Febry. 1861
and sent to 
Sherman and Adams
Galesburg. Ills

Record on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 242 Vol. H

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[Left side]
Ed Butts

[faded script] Pension [illegible] 3d [illegible] Jan 5 18/61
Feb '26/61 [illegible]

Vol B 2 page [illegible and crossed out] 120

[Right side]
311.209. Act March 3/11
July 2/61
Leah Brittingham
wife of 
Solomon Brittingham
Private
Capt. McPherson
Col.
2d. Md. Line
War of the Revolution
[faded script] Ohio Rd 15 May 1828
1119
Sno 29 July '48
All[illegible], Jan. 5 28/61
W.H.W
Sherman & Adams
Galesburg,
Illinois

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April 11
Honel William W. Irvin
Member of Congress
Washington
City

[upside down and faded script]
Act 1828
Settled of 
Treasury
[illegible] with
[illegible]
File #9754

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Re  17 April 1832                                      2029

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the [Illegible],,  __  ___  for the relief of certain servicing officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved on the 15th of May 1828 J Solomon Brittingham of Liberty Township in the County of Fairfield in the State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the the Army of the Revolution for and during the Was and continued in its service until its termination at which ______ I was a private in Capt. M__  Farson Company in the Second Regiment of the Maryland line ___ was enlisted by Lieutenant James Ewing and sworn in as a soldier  at Annapolis in April 1780 and was marched to Peterburgh in Virginia he joined his regiment in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Pierce and at the close of the was he was shipped from James Island near Charlestown in South Carolina to Annapolis where he received his discharge in the state house and the same was lost by him while he was in the service under the Command of General _. Wayne on the ________ River in his _____ against the Indians - ___ I also declare that I afterward received _____ for the _______ of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a ______ of Congress ____ 15th of May 1778, and I  ___ ___ declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 or at no other time on the pension list of the United States.
Witness my hand this 29th day of March in the ear of 1832 Solomon Brittingham

Note the most convenient Branch Bank on the United States is at __________
The most convenient Post Office is at Baltimore Fairfield County Ohio

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Before me Jacob Embeck a Justice of the Peace in the County of Fairfield in the State of Ohio personally appeared this day Elna ____ _____ and ______ Bucher of the said county persons known to me as incredible witnesses who did soundly make oath that Solomon Brittingham by whom the forgoing declaration was subscribed as a person with whom they have been acquainted for the last thirty years during which period of time the said S, Brittingham was reported to be one of the old Revolutionary soldiers and that he claimed so to be before and prior to the year AD 1818 and that from the ____ he now and has heretofore ______, they give full credit to his statement above made and by him subscribed.

Witness my hand this the 29th March 1832
                     [Signed] J. Embeck     J. of Peace

I Hugh Boyle Clerk of the Court of the County of Fairfield in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the Jacob Embeck before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oath - In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this the 29th day of March AD 1832

                          [Signed] Hugh Boyle

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                          ___________ March 29th, 1832

___ & Sir
         I send you my appreciation and also the letter you heretofore forwarded to me on this subject - There is no person in this quarter who knew me in Maryland and I _____ that the affidavits of M Bercher, and E Scofield will be satisfactory - 
  Let me hear from you so ____ as the matter shall be acted upon, or that you may want anything further or my pact to be ______

Your obliged friend

[Signed] Solomon Brittingham

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Pension Claim of Leah Brittingham
___ o f Solomon - a Revolutionary Pensioner
1. Sol Brittingham was a Revolutionary Pensioner 
        of Madison Co. Ohio
2. Married to the applicant in Fairfield Co. Ohio. 
         25 Feb. 1806
3. Died in Madison Co. Ohio in 1835
4. Marriage proven by certificate of probate 
         court of Fairfield Co. Ohio
5. Same proven also by James Brown and Nancy Beathy - eye witnesses


E. F. Adams
Salisbury Illinois
Atty for Applicant

[Stamped Pension Office  Jan 2, 1861]

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State of Illinois
County of Peoria
On this Nineteenth day of October A.D. 1860, before me Wellington Loucks County Judge of said county personally appeared Mrs. Leather or Leah Brittenham aged seventy seven years on the 4th day of March A.D. 1860. A resident of the county of Peoria aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Act of Congress passed on the 3d of February A.D. 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the war of the Revolution that she is the widow of Solomon Brittenham deceased, who was a private in the Maryland Continental Line in the war of the American Revolution. That she does not know the county in the state of Maryland in which he enlisted nor the date of his enlistment in said war, but she has always understood and believed that he enlisted for and during the said war and served to its close and was honorably discharged.

She further says that her said husband was a Pensioner of the United States under Act of May 15th A.D. 1828, at the rate of eighty

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dollars per annum, and before his death she believes he drew ninety six dollars per annum, which was paid to him while living Madison Co. Ohio.

She further says that when her said husband applied for his said pension, and she believes when he drew it for the first time, he lived in Liberty Township, county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, but that soon after he drew his pension for the first time he removed to the county of Madison and State of Ohio aforesaid, and continued to draw his pension there until his death that he died in the town of Amity (P.O. West Canaan) in the said county of Madison and the State of Ohio in the month of November or October A.D. 1835 and that she is still his widow, never having been married since the death of her said husband the said Solomon Brittenham.

She further says that she was married to the said Solomon Brittenham in the County of Fairfield and the State of Ohio aforesaid on the (25th) twenty fifth day of February A.D. (1806) eighteen hundred and six by one Ch. Ricketts. What her name was before her said marriage was Leather [crossed out] Leah Brown, [next section all crossed out] but that she was commonly called Leah, and that she has since that time usually been known called by the Christian name of Leah instead of Leather. 

She further says

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that by said marriage she had the following named children, to wit, 1 Charlotte or Lotty, 2 Polly, 3 Abner, 4 Rieley, 5 James H, 6 Nancy, 7 Martha, 8 Betsey, 9 Enoch, 10 Hester, 11 Celey.

She further says that she was not married to the said Solomon Brittenham previous to the 2nd of January A.D. (1800) eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, and further that there is a public record of her said marriage in the County of Fairfield and State of Ohio aforesaid, that she has no private record of her said marriage, except a mere allusion to the fact that she is or was the wife of Solomon Brittenham, which is found in her Family Record contained in her Family Bible. But that there are two eye witnesses of her marriage now living as she believes, to wit, James Brown and Nancy Beatty of Fairfield County and State of Ohio aforesaid.

Deponent further says that in the year A.D. 1835, she made application for her pension through our East of Peoria, Illinois, but that she had never received the same, nor could she learn from the said Easton why it was not granted to her, but that she has recently heard a letter read, which is said to be a copy of one sent by the Hon. Court of Pensions by said Easton and is in the words and figures following, to wit,

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"Pension Office
Sept 5th, 1855

"Sir, The informal declaration of Leah Brittingham of Illinois as the widow of Solomon who was a Pensioner under the Act of 1828 has been [crossed out] reviewed examined and filed under the act of of July 29, 1848.

She must make her declaration before a Court of Record or [illegible] from bodily infirmity she is unable to do so, the clerk of the County of Fairfield Ohio, must put the date of her marriage  in writing and not in figures and she must prove by reputable witnesses of that county, that she is the women who was married to Solomon Brittingham in 1796.

Mark L. Easton Esq
Peoria Illinois

Deponent says that she did not know-ingly swear to any statement to the effect that she was married to the said Solomon Brittingham in 1796, or any other than the year 1806 as aforesaid. And that if Mr. Easton put any such statement in the declaration it was without her consent or knowledge.

She further says that after her said husbands death, she, as his widow, made application for the arrears of his pension, and received the sum

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of fourteen Dollars and some cents, as she believes, besides costs. She further says that she wished him to correct an error that she inadvertently fell into when she applied for said arrears of [crossed out] Pension her husband's pension. She thinks that she did in her declaration made on that occasion state that her said husband died on on the 7th day of October, when it was on 22nd day of the same month. She says that she discovered her error not long afterwards, but not until it was too late to correct it.

Deponent further says that she removed from the county of Madison in the State of Ohio to the County of Peoria and State of Illinois where she now resides, in the year 1843, and has lived in said county of Peoria since that time. 

She further says that she has appointed E.F. Adams of Galesburg Illinois her Attorney to prosecute this her claim for a Pension, to receive the certificate when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper to be done in this premises. Hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorney which she may heretofore have given in the premises. 

Joseph A. Tussing 
Hillrey German

Leah Brittingham 
her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 19th day of October A.D. 1860, and I

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hereby certify that I know the said deponent, [crossed out] Leather or Leah Brittingham, and believe her to be as is above stated, and that she is of the age above stated, and further that I am not int-erested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise.

Witness my hand and the seal of said court affixed by order of said court now in session.
Wellington Loucks
County Judge

Attest Charles Kettelle Clerk

State of Illinois
County of Peoria

On this 19th day of October A.D. 1860, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Peoria aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, [crossed out Leather or Leah Brittenham a resident of said county] Joseph A. Tussing and Hillrey German residents of the said county of Peoria to me well known as credible witnesses, and who being by me first duly sworn, as on their oaths state that they have been acquainted with Mrs. Leather Leah but more commonly called Leah Brittingham the above applicant for a Pension for thirty three (33) years last past, that they were acquainted with Solomon Brittingham

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her late husband having known him for eight or nine years before his death that this the said Solomon Brittingham and [crossed out Leather or] Leah Brittingham lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That said Solomon Brittingham died in the county of Madison and State of Ohio  in the fall of the year eighteen hundred and thirty five. And that said Leah Brittingham has been since that time and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponent believes to be the fact that she has never married since the death of her said husband, and still is his widow. And that her said husband is the identified man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above, and further that they were present and saw the said Leah Brittingham execute the foregoing affidavit by making her mark [illegible] as her signature to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in deed form of law and that the deponents do reside in the County of Peoria aforesaid. 

Deponents further say that they have examined the family record of the said Leah Brittingham, that they believe the same to be genuine that it is contained in a book purporting to be the "Holy Bible" and printed in Philadelphia by Matthew Carey.

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in the year 1811.  That said Family record does
not contain a record of the marriage of the said
Solomon Brittingham & the said Leah But they find
the following entries in relation to the births of said Solomon
& Leah Brittingham and of their children [words lined through]
to wit:

Solomon Brittingham was born the
year Seventeen hundred and Sixty five
April the 15th-Son of Jeremiah Brittingham

Leah Brittingham the wife of Solomon
Brittingham was born the 24th day
of March 1783, the daughter of James and
Mary Brown.

(Children's births)

(1) Lotty Brittingham was born August the
27th 1806.
(2) Polly Brittingham was born Nov. 29th 1807.
(3) Abner Brittingham was born 29 of Aug. 1809.
(4) Riley Brittingham was born the 2 Aug. 1811.
(5) Hampton Brittingham was born 22 July 1813.
(6) Nancy Brittingham was born the 9 of Aug 1815.
(7) Martha Brittingham was born the 25 July 1817
(8) Betsy Brittingham was born May the 26 1819
(9) Enoch Brittingham "     "  30th June 1821
(10) Hester Brittingham "   " Jan 19th 1824
(11) Celey Brittingham " " April 17th 1827.

That the above is a true and exact

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copy of said record so far as relates to
the [word lined through] births of the said Solomon and Leah
Brittingham and their children, but that
the said record does not contain any record
of the death of the said Solomon Brittingham
nor of his marriage to the said Leah except
the allusion to the fact of her bering "the wife of
Solomon Brittingham" as above.

Deponents further say that they have
lived near the said Leah Brittingham the
greater part of the time for the last thirty
four years and have known her since
that time [word and lined through] that she is still the widow of the
said Solomon Brittingham and that they reside in
the County of Peoria aforesaid, and are not in-
terested in this claim.

Deponents further say that they were
knowing to the said Solomon Brittingham's having
received a pension during his life time having
often heard him speak of the same.

Attest Joseph A Tussing
Jane Coy Hillery German

Subscribed and sworn to before me
on this 19th day of October A.D. 1860 and I certify
that I know the affiants to be credible persons
that the claimant is the person that she represents herself to be
and that I am in no manner interested in
this claim.

Jane Coy J.P.

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STATE OF Illinois } On this Nineteenth day of October A.D. 1860, before
County of Peoria } me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore-said, personally appeared Leah Brittingham aged 77 years, a resident of Brimfield in the
County of Peoria and State of Illinois; who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of
Solomon Brittingham deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank]
in the [following lined through: regiment commanded by] Maryland Line, in the War [word lined through: with] of the Revolution
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That her husband entered the service [word lined through: at] in the State of Maryland 
for the term of during the war and continued in actual service in said War, for the term of more than 14 days
and was honorably discharged ---------- she further states that she was married to
the said Solomon Brittingham in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio on the
25th day of February A.D. in 1806, by one Charles Ricketts a Justice of the Peace
and that her name before her marriage was Leah Brown; that her husband died in the County of Madison
and State of Ohio, on the [blank] day of Oct. or Nov. 1835, and that she is still his widow
and that there is, as she believes a public record of her marriage; that there is no private record of
her marriage or of her husband's death.

She hereby appoints SHERMAN & ADAMS, of Galesburg, Illinois, her Attorneys, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for Bounty 
Land, to receive her Warrant when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises, hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorney which
she may have given in the premises.

She further says that her husband was a
pensioner of the United States and drew either $80 or $96
per annum in Madison County Ohio-and for further
proof of her said husbands service and of her marriage
to him and of his death she begs leave to defer the
Hon Commissioner of Pensions to the papers and proofs on
file in her application for a pension 

  } Leah X her mark Brittingham
  }


STATE OF Illinois } ss. On this 19th day of October
County of Peoria } A. D. 1860, personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and
for said county Joseph A. Tussing and Hillrey German
who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs.
Leah Brittingham the above applicant for Bounty Land--that they have known her for 33 or 34 years last past. That they were
acquainted with Solomon Brittingham her late husband, having known him for eight years previous to his death; that
they, the said Solomon Brittingham and Leah Brittingham lived together as husband and wife, and
were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned.  That the said Solomon Brittingham
died on the fall of 1835 (1835) and the said Leah Brittingham has been since
that day, and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact.  That she has never married since her husband's death, and still is his
widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a soldier [words lined through] in her declaration above, and further, that

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they were present and saw the said Leah Brittingham execute the foregoing affidavit by making her mark
as her signature to the foregoing declaration, and make oath thereto in due form of Law, and further, that they, deponents, do reside in the
County aforesaid, and are not interested in this claim.

[Note: The following paragraph has been xed out in its entirety]

They further say that they have examined her Family Record--that they believe the same to be genuine, that it is contained in a book purporting to be
"---------------" and printed in the year ----- by the -----------
and that the said record as far as relates to the marriage of said applicant and solider above named, and of his death, is as follows, which is an [begin italics] exact [end italics] copy
of the same to wit:

 } Joseph A. Tussing
 } Hillrey German


The foregoing declaration of the said [following lined through: Joseph H Tussing] Leah Brittingham and affidavit of Joseph H. Tussing and
Hillrey German were subscribed and sworn to by the said parties, respectively, before me on this 19th day of
October A. D. 1860 and I further certify that I know the said affiants to be credible persons, that the  claimant is the person that she represents
herself to be, that she is of the age above stated, and that she is still a widow, and that I have no interest in this claim.

Jane Coy J.P.

STATE OF [Circular seal PENSION OFFICE JAN 2 1861] { ss. I hereby Certify, that -----------
County of {
------------- Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed
his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature therein is
genuine.

311204 [written vertically] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of ----------
Court, for the County aforesaid, this ------- day of ------ 185---
---------- Clerk of ----------.

This paper was executed on the same day
and before the same J. P. as Leah Brittingham's
application for a Pension--and as the proper
certificate of the clerk is attached to that paper showing
that the above named J. P., to wit, J. A. McCoy was [following lined through: a] duly 
commissioned as such, on that day, we deem it unnecessary
to attach one to this paper, as reference is hereuntobefore made
to the proofs on file in that case.  Sherman & Adams

[Faint handwriting left side of page]
Bounty Land
Applicationof
Leah Brittingham
wid of Solomon


[Faint handwriting right side of page]
Sherman & Adams
Attys for Applicant
Galesburg Illinois

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[The handwritten information contained on the following form is faint and in some cases illegible and difficult to transcribe]

In reply to your request of -----, received -----
for a statement of the military history of Solomon Brittingham
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on filed in this Bureau.  
W. File 9754

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT
Apl. 1778 

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
to close of
War

RANK.
Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.

Benjamin Price [illegible]
McPherson [illegible word lined through and illegible note]

COLONEL.

STATE.
MD.

He also served in [illegible] along the
[illegible]

Battles engaged in, [illegible]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, was enrolled at Annapolis, Md.

Date of application for pension, Mch 29 [illegible] Alld.

Residence at date of application, Liberty Twnp. Fairfield Co., Ohio

Solider was born Apl 15 1765 & was the son of Jeremiah Brittingham
Age at date of application, Solomon died Nov. 7, 1835 [illegible] Madison Co. Oh

Remarks: He [illegible] Fairfield Oh Feb. 25 1806 Leah Brown born 
Mch 24 1783 dau of James & Mary Brown & she was alld. pens. on 1861 while a
res. of Peoria Co., Ill.  Children.  Lotty b. Aug. 27, 1806, Polly b. Nov. 29, 1807, [Remainder of remarks illegible]

Very respectfully,

6-2856  Commissioner.

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[Two columns]
[Left column]

1912 Apl. 2. History to Mrs.
A. J. Morris [c with / through it]

[Right column]

Revy.  WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9454
Leah Brittingham
Wid
Solomon Brittingham
Privt. Rev. War

Act: Feby. 3d 1853.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 85

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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96,800

160 acres

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Leah Brittenham
Solomon widow of
96,800
_______
160  311.209

[written vertically on left side]
Ref. Feb 25/61 [illegible]

Hon. Geo C. Whiting
Washington
D. C. 

[Circular mail stamp]
GALESBURGH
FEB
9
1861
ILL.

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Leah Brittingham
______________
Wid of Solomon-Ills [illegible]

[Envelope]

[Circular stamp
PENSION OFFICE
JUN
26
[illegible] ]

[Circular stamp
GALESBURG
JUN
22 
[illegible]
ILL]

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr. Pensions
Washington, D.C.

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[Two columns] [Left column]
No 1427
Leah Brittingham
Widow of Soloman
Illinois
Mark L. Easton & Probate
Judge of Fairfield Co Ohio
September 5 1855


See act Feb. 3. 1853
2d. section 

July 29 1848

[Right column]
[Written vertically on left]
311209

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[Two columns]
[Left column]

No. 7607
_______

Leah Brittenham
wid. of Solo. Brittenham

Peoria Co. Ohio
Maryland Line

All. at the rate of $80.
p annum, to commence
the 3d. Febry. 1853.

Certificate to
[illegible] Sherman & Adams
Galesburg, Ills

Act Febry. 3d 1853

[Right column]

Math calculations too faint to transcribe

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[Circular stamp
PENSION OFFICE
JUN 
26
1860]

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Near Brimfield Ill
June 20- 1860
Hon. Geo. C.  Whiting

Sir,

I hereby
appoint Sherman & Adams
of Galesburg Ill my
Attys to prosecute my
claim for pension, as the
Widow of Solomon Brittingham
deceased late a Revolutionary
pensioner of Fairfield, and
afterwards of Madison County
Ohio.  Hereby revoking
all former powers of
Atty. heretofore given by
me in the [illegible]

Leah X her mark Brittingham
Attest
William Brittingham

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Address

Mark L. Easton
Peoria
Ills.

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State of Illinois }
Peoria County SS }

Personally appeared
before me Hiram Shane a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of Peoria
and State of Illinois duly an [illegible]
by law to administer oaths for general
purposes Leah Brittingham, widow of
Solomon Brittingham who was a private
in the Second Regiment of troops raised
in the State of Maryland the officers
of which she has now no means of knowing
and has forgotten their names in the
Revolutionary Army and says that she
is the [word inserted and struck out] widow of Solomon Brittingham 
who was the identical Solomon Brittingham
that served in said Revolutionary war and 
she was married to Solomon Brittingham on
the 25th day of February in the year [word blotted out]
1806 as will more fully appear by the annexed
certificate of marriage or Certified Copy
[illegible] and that said Solomon Brittingham
died on the [illegible]th day of October [illegible] 1835
and that she has ever since been his widow
and is still his widow and has never since
been married to any person.  That before
the death of said Solomon Brittingham he

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was placed on the Pension Roll as a pensioner
and drew Ninety Six Dollars per year until
his death when there was about Fourteen
Dollars [following word lined though: was] due and she drew that after his
death that all of his papers have been since
destroyed and she has no means of returning
any certificate or other writing whatever
to show the fact to the Department, except
by her oath and the oaths of her witnesses
as will more fully appear by the evidence
she herewith sends to said Department.

That when said Solomon Brittingham her
husband drew his pension he resided in
Fairfield County Ohio and resided in
Madison County Ohio at the time of his
death and that she resided there about eight
years after his death and then moved to Peoria County
Illinois where she has ever since resided.
That she is of the age of Seventy Nine years
and that on account of said Pension Certificate
being lost she is unable to return it and
that she has seen it often [following has been lined through: but is unable
to return it.]  She makes this application
to receive her Pension or half [illegible] which
she is entitled under the Act of Congress

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passed and approved July 4th 1836 and by an
under the various acts of Congress since
passed.

Leah X her mark Brittingham

Subscribed and sworn to before me Hiram
Shane a Justice of the Peace in and for said
Peoria County State of Illinois this 18th
day of August AD 1855 and I hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with the said
Leah Britingham and believe the facts as set
forth are true and correct & in testimony
whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this
18th day of August 1855. Hiram Shane J. P. [word Seal encircled]

State of Illinois }
Peoria County } Ss

Personally appeared before
me Hiram Shane a Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Peoria and State of
Illinois Abner Brittingham and Coly Britting
ham who being first sworn according to
law say that they are acquainted with
Leah Brittingham and know her to be the
person she represents herself to be and that

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they have seen the Pension Certificate of Solomon
Brittingham referred to in the foregoing declaration
and know that he drew a pension before his 
death for services in the Revolutionary war
and that Leah Brittingham is still his
widow and has never since been married
and believe the other facts as set forth
in said declaration to be true and said
Abner Brittingham further states that he
has often seen the Original Certificate
of Pension of Solomon Brittingham and 
has carried & [illegible] in Madison County
Ohio a copy of said Certificate to get the
County seal put on and certified it to drawn
the [illegible] on.

Abner X his mark Brittingham 
Caleb X his mark Brittingham

Subscribed and sworn [illegible] to before me Hiram
State of Shane this 18th day of August
AD 1855 in testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal And I further certify that
I know the said Abner and Caleb Bittingham
to be credible witness and worthy of belief.

Hiram Shane J. P. [word Seal encircled]

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State of Illinois }
Peoria County Ss }

Know all men by these
presents that I Leah Brittingham widow
of Solomon Brittingham deceased do constitute
and have by these presents constituted and
appointed Mark L. Easton of Peoria County
State of Illinois my true and lawful
Attorney to [illegible] for me and to do all
acts necessary therefor any and all Pensions
Half Pay or other moneys or things to which
I am entitled by the several acts of Congress
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand and seal this 18 day of August
AD 1855.

Leah X her mark Brittingham [word Seal encircled]

State of Illinois }
Peoria County SS} Personally appeared before
me Hiram Shane a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Peoria and State
of Illinois Leah Brittingham and acknowl
edge that she has signed the foregoing Power
of Attorney and does not wish to retract.

In testimony whereof witness my hand and
seal this 18------ day of August AD 1855
and I further certify that Leah Brittingham

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is unable from bodily infirmity to attend
before the Court to make the foregoing declaration
and [illegible]. Given under my
hand and seal this 18 day of J.P. [word Seal encircled]
August AD 1855.  Hiram Shane

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The State of Ohio } I Jesse Leohner Probate Judge in
Fairfield County }Ss and for the County of Fairfield
and State of Ohio do hereby certify
that the following is a true copy
from the Marriage Record
No 1 page 18 my office remain
ing to wit:

"I do hereby certify that on the 25th day of February
1796 I solemnized the marriage contract [begin underline] Solomon
Brittenham [end underline], and [begin underline] Leather Brown [end underline], both of Fair-
field County, and State of Ohio.  As [illegible] my
hand and seal.

Charles Rickets J.P.

Testunounium Venilatis I hereby set my hand
and the seal of said Court at Lancaster in
the County aforesaid this 28th September A.D.
1854.

Jesse Leohner } Probate
 } Judge

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State of Illinois }
Peoria County Ss }

I hereby certify that
Hiram Shane before whom the written 
declaration, Affidavits and power of Attorney
were made and executed and who has thereunto
subscribed his name, was at the time of
so doing an Acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Peoria and State
of Illinois, duly commissioned and sworn
according to law and that his signature
thereto is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have
hereunto signed my name and affixed
the seal of the County Court of Peoria
County, State of Illinois this
25th day of August AD 1855

Charles Kettelle
Clerk of County Court

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No of orig Payt-1119 2029.

Revolutionary Claims.
______

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
17 April 1832.

Solomon Brittingham of [blank] in the county of
Fairfield --- in the State of Ohio --- has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the
Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termina-
tion, at which period he as a Private --- in captain
McPherson's company, in the 2nd regiment of the Maryland
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars,
provided by the resolve of the
15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list
of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the
records in his office.

[begin italics] By Order of the Secretary. [end italics]
F.A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
18th. April 1832

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been
issued to [begin underline] Solo. Brittenham [end underline] in the Maryland line.

It further appears that Solomon Brittenham is not now on the pension
list of [following word struck out: the] any ---- agency, and has not been so since the 3d March
1826 [following words struck out: at the rate of [blank] dollars per month.]

Peter Hagnor, Aud


No. 89,193
correct

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State of Ohio }
County of Fairfield }

On this 17th day of November
A.D. 1860, personally appeared before me, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the said
county James Brown aged 72 years and
Nancy Beathy aged 64 years, residents
of the said county who being duly sworn
upon and say that they were personally
present and saw Leah Brown married to
Solomon Brittingham by one Charles Rickets
a Justice of the peace, in the winter or spring of
the year A.D. (1806) eighteen hundred and six.
That the said Solomon & Leah Brittenham had
by said marriage the following named children
to wit, Lotty (or Charlotte), Polly, Abner, Reiley,
Hampton (or Jas. Hampton) Nancy, Martha,
Betsy, Enoch, Hester & Celey.

That they were well acquainted with the said
Solomon Brittenham to the time of his death
which occurred [following word struck out: as] to the best of their recollection
in the year A.D. 1835.  That for several years
before his death he drew a pension.  That he died
in the County of Madison Ohio which he had 
lived for several years last before his death.
That previous thereto he lived in the county
of Fairfield and State of Ohio aforesaid.
That the said Leah Brittenham, the widow

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of the said Solomon Brittenham, removed
from the county of Madison and State of Ohio
aforesaid in the year 1843, and settled as
deponents have always understood by letters
and other sources of information, in the county
of Peoria and State of Illinois, and as they
believe, she now resides in said county of Peoria.

Nathl Bradly } 2 witnesses  James Brown
Geo. W. Tussing }  Nancy X her mark Beathy

The foregoing affidavit of James Brown
and Nancy Beathy were subscribed and
sworn to before me on this 17th day of November
A.D. 1860, and I further certify that I know
the affiants to be credible persons, & that they are
of the ages above stated, as I believe.

Henry G Black
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio }
County of Fairfield } SS  I hereby certify that
Henry G. Black Esq, before
whom the foregoing affidavit was executed and sworn
to and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was
at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County of Fairfield duly elected commissioned
and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand affixed the seal of the
[following word struck out: said] Court of Common Pleas in and for
said county on this 30th day of November 1860.

J. C. Rainey Clerk
Court of Common Pleas
F.C.

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311, 209

[Circular mail stamp
PENSION OFFICE
JAN 
2
1861]

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[Two boxes at top of page]
[Box on left with language]
J. B. SHEREMAN.  E. F. ADAMS.
SHERMAN & ADAMS
ATTORNEYS & LAND AGENTS.
GALESBURG, ILL.

Attention given to the prose-
cution of Military Land Claims for
Soldiers of the War of 1812, and their
heirs; and of all claims growing out
of the Military Services.

[Box on right with language]
We are devoting especial attention to the prosecution of
SUSPENDED BOUNTY LAND claims.  Our experience in this branch
of business, our extensive correspondence with Soldiers and their
heirs throughout the country, and facilities for finding the neces-
sary proof to establish such claims, enable us to succeed where
others have failed and given up in despair.  In fact, we rarely fail where service for the term of fourteen days was actually ren-
dered. 

Galesburg, Ill, 28 Dec 1860.

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting, Sir:

Herewith we send
you the Bounty Land Application of
Leah Brittingham wid. of Solomon, who
was a Revolutionary Pensioner from
Madison County Ohio.

As an Application for a Pension under
the act of 3d Feb. 1853, is forwarded to you
concurrently with this, reference is made
in the B. L. Papers to the proofs on file
in her pension claim to supply some
deficiencies in the said B. L. papers.

Please send the Warrant to our
address and oblige.

Your humble Servts
Sherman & Adams
________________

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[Two boxes at top of page] 
[Box on left with language] 
J. B. SHEREMAN. E. F. ADAMS. SHERMAN & ADAMS ATTORNEYS & LAND AGENTS. GALESBURG, ILL.  
Attention given to the prose- 
cution of Military Land Claims for 
Soldiers of the War of 1812, and their 
heirs; and of all claims growing out 
of the Military Services.  

[Box on right with language] 
We are devoting especial attention to the prosecution of SUSPENDED BOUNTY LAND claims. Our experience in this branch 
of business, our extensive correspondence with Soldiers and their heirs 
throughout the country, and facilities for finding the neces-
sary proof to establish such claims, enable us to succeed where 
others have failed and given up in despair. In fact, we rarely fail 
where service for the term of fourteen days was actually ren-
dered. 

Galesburg, Ill, Feby 9th 1861.

Hon Geo.C. Whiting Sir:

The [begin underline] Pension [end underline] claim
of Leah Brittenham having been allowed,
was by leave to call your attention
to her claim for Bounty Land No. 311.209.
The application may appear to lack several
things, such as proof of marriage certificate
of clerk &c., but as the papers were made
out on the same day, and before the same
J. P. as her Pension papers, and as the Clk's
certifi (of magistracy) is attached to that, we
supposed that it would not be necessary
to have it attached [following word struck out: also] to the B. L. application
also.  Especially, as in her B. L. application
she refers [following word struck out: for] to the proofs in her pension claim for proof
of marriage, and other posts not sufficiently
proven in her B. L. application.

Please send the warrant to our
address and oblige.

Sherman & Adams
Your humble Servts

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[Two boxes at top of page] 
[Box on left with language] 
J. B. SHEREMAN. E. F. ADAMS. 
SHERMAN & ADAMS 
ATTORNEYS & LAND AGENTS. 
GALESBURG, ILL.  
[symbol of right hand pointing] Attention given to the prose- 
cution of Military Land Claims for 
Soldiers of the War of 1812, and their 
heirs; and of all claims growing out 
of the Military Services.  

[Box on right with language] 
[symbol of right hand pointing] We are devoting especial attention to the prosecution 
of SUSPENDED BOUNTY LAND claims. Our experience in this branch of business, our extensive correspondence with Soldiers and their 
heirs throughout the country, and facilities for finding the neces- 
sary proof to establish such claims, enable us to succeed where 
others have failed and given up in despair. In fact, we rarely fail 
where service for the term of fourteen days was actually ren- 
dered. 

Galesburg, Ill, 28th Dec. 1860

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Sir:

I herewith send you
the Application of Leah Brittingham, widow
of Solomon, for a Pension under the act of
3 Feby. 1853.

There is one thing in relation to these papers that
may need a little explanation.  It is this-The
name of the applicant was spelt "Leather or Leah"
and then some lines of explanation are erased.
The facts are these-After obtaining all the part-
iculars of her case from the widow, I wrote the
application at home.  She had put into my hands
an old copy of her marriage certificate in which her
name was written [begin underline] Leather [end underline], which error in spelling,
as it proves to be, was not noticed by me till
after my interview with Mrs. Brittingham. So I
made out the papers under the impression
that in her younger days she was called
Leather as well as Leah.  I was led to this conclusion
as I could not for one moment doubt but
that she is really the person who was married
to Solomon Brittingham on the 25th Feby. 1806.

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On reading the papers to her however she said
that her name had never been called Leather, that
that spelling was an error of [following word struck out: the] Esquire Rickets
or somebody else she knows not who.  I then,
and before [following word struck out: sign] she signed the papers made one
or two interlineations, and erased several lines,
but before I had made all the alterations which
I thought of making, I concluded to let it stand
as it was and make this explanation.  If I
thought this was at all [begin underline] material [end underline], I would make
oath to it, in proper for,.

In relation to the error, I will say that, be her
name Leather, Leah or anything else, I have proven
by two persons who were present at their marriage
that she is the person who was married by Charles Rickets J.P. [following word struck out: as]
to Solomon Brittingham in the winter [following words struck out: or fall]
or spring of 1806, and that the said Solomon
Brittingham was a pensioner of the U.S. and that
they lived together as husband and wife and raised
a large family of children.

You will perceive that in recording the birth of
his wife in family record Brittingham speaks of her [begin underline] as [end underline] his wife-and
I will venture to express my belief that he would have
recorded their marriage also if their first child had been born
three months [begin underline] after [end underline] instead of 3 months before they had been
nine months married, as [following word struck out: the] you will see by the family record.
I would have re-written the papers, but the old lady had
been trying for 3 months to get to the county seat & she had to
return the same day more than 20 miles, so that I had no time.

Please send the Pension certificate
to my address & oblige

Your humble Servt E. F. Adams

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Free
[illegible]
[illegible stamp]

Mr. Solomon Brittenham
New Baltimore
Fairfield County
Ohio

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Washington City 28th. Decmbr. 1830

Dear Sir

William Gordon, Esqr, the superintendent
of the bounty land office, informs me by
letter, that on the 31st day of August 1797,
a land warrant for 100 acres of land,
No. 10989, was granted to James De Boufre,
assignee of Solomon Britenham, who
was a private in the Maryland line.
From this it appears, that the person
to whom you assigned your claim, has
long since received the warrant.

Very respectfully
[illeible]
Wm. W. Irvin

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The Honl. Louis M. Lane
Secy. of the Treasury
City of Washington

[written vertically in left margin]
Frances A. Dickins

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Recd 17 April 1832  4462
Washington 16th April 1832

Sir

I herewith send you the application
of Solomon Brittenham for a pension under
the act of 1828.

Mr. Brittehnam sent my letter to him,
with the petition.  It is enclosed, as it may
facilitate the inquiries in relation to his
services.

Very respectfully, I have
the honor to be [illegible]
Wm. W. Irvin


Secty of the Treasury.

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Brief in the case of Leah Brittenham, widow of Solomon
Brittenham, Peoria County and State of Illinois
allowed act Febry 3d. 1853.
=========================================

Claim, ("original," [following words struck out: or "for increase."])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband was a Pensioner at the rate of $80. pr annum, Act
[begin circle] May 15, 1828 June 7, 1832 [end circle] upon service as a private in Maryland Line.
Marriage proved by record.  Death of husband by [illegible]
confirmed by report of 3d. Auditor; widowhood & identify as the
widow of pensioner fully & satisfactorily proved by [illegible] testimony

(If for increase.)

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Allowed at the rate of $80. p annum, to commence February
3d 1853.

[illegible] Sherman & Adams
Galesburg, Ill.
Name and residence of Agent

W. H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.

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[Circular mail stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
JUN
25
1860.

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Two boxes at top of page]  
[Box on left with language]  
J. B. SHEREMAN. E. F. ADAMS.  
SHERMAN & ADAMS  
ATTORNEYS & LAND AGENTS.  
GALESBURG, ILL.  
[symbol of right hand pointing] Special attention given to the prosecution of 
Claims for Pensions; and Military Land Claims for  
Soldiers of the War of 1812, and their Heirs.

[Box on right with language]
[symbol of right hand pointing] CORRESPONDENTS are requested to reply with as little delay as
possible.  If the information asked for, or business contemplated,
cannot be attended to at once, a reply stating the cause and probable
length of the delay is desired.  As several interchanges of letters
must usually pass before the title papers of our clients can be gotten
into shape to enable us to recover or sell their lands, it is extremely 
important that each letter should be attended to with dispatch.  Oth-
erwise, the time consumed in the preparation of a case is liable to op-
erate (as in some instances it has operated,) to the defeat of a favor-
able result.

Galesburg, Ill., 21 June 1860.

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Sir:

Some three or four
years since Leah Brittingham, widow
of Solomon Brittehnam, Revolutionary
soldier, made application for a pension
and not having received it, not heard
why it was withheld, she has auth-
orized us to prosecute her claim.  We
herewith send you our P. Atty in the
case, and before proceeding further,
we will thank you to tell us for
what defect in the application her
claim is suspended.

Very respectfully
Your obt Sevrts
Sherman & Adams
________________

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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Jan'y 19. 1861.

Sir:

In reply to your enquiries of the
18th. inst. I have to inform you that
the pension of Solomon Brittenham,
Ohio roll, all May 15, 1858, has been
paid in full to the 7 Novr. 1835, the date
of his death, to Leah Brittenham, his
widow, amounting to the sum of $14.22/100,
Date of payment June 24, 1836.

I return the papers enclosed in
your letter.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
R J Morrison
Auditor

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Commr. of Pensions

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=================
Pension Claim of
Leah Brittingham
=================
Copy of marriage certificate
=================

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I do hereby certify that on the 25th day of
February 1806 I solemnize the marriage contract
between Solomon Brittenham and Leather
Brown both of Fairfield County and State of
Ohio, as witness my hand and seal.

Charles Rickets [word Seal encircled]

The State of Ohio
Fairfield County Ss

I Jesse Leohner Justice of the
Probate Court in and for said County do hereby
certify that the above is a true ad correct copy
of the record in said court of the marriage of
Solomon Brittenham and Leather Brown.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
official seal at the city of Lancaster
Ohio this 30th day of November
A.D. 1860,
Jesse Lechner
Probate Judge

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[Circular mail stamp]
PENSION
D
U. MAR S.
27
1912
OFFICE

ack. Mch. 30 1912

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Lincoln Nebr. Mch 26. /12

To the Pension Dept.
Washington D. C.

Kindly give information as
to any pay given to
Solomon [hand written note above Solomon: W. 9754 Brittingham] Brittenham for
services in the Revolutionary
War-from Maryland-
also John Brittenham fro
Penn.

Give names of wife and
children if they are recorded

Respectfully
Mrs. A.J Morris
1940 South St-Lincoln, Nebraska

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[illegible] Rev. War.

April 2, 1912.

Mrs. A. J. Morris,
1940 South Street,
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 26" and received
the 27" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the history of S.
Solomon Brittingham, Wid. File No. 9,754, Rev. War. and ad-
vised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to af-
ford any information in regard to John Brittenham described
by you.

Very respectfully,

J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.