Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,030, William Wardwell, Conn.

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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Wardwell,  William
Catharine

NUMBER
W. 2.030
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CONTENTS

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88[   ]
Indianan   881    M
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Catharine Wardwell
widow of William Wardwell
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Ct  Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96 Dollars  00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 
3 February 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of July 1853
and sent to
W. G. Wade
Rose  NY
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[                    ] Page 191        Vol. A
3 February 1853


Date of death
not on A B.

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88[   ]
Indiana  881    M
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Catharine Wardwell
widow of William Wardwell
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Ct  Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96 Dollars    00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the  3 February 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
8th day of July 1853
and sent to W. G. Wade
Rose  NY
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[                     ] Page 191  Vol. A
3 February 1853


Date of death
not on A  B

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16.007
Ohio         R
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William Wardwell
of Butler County in the state of Ohio
who was a Private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Chandler of the Connecticut
line, for the term of three years
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Inscribed on the roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 27 of June 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Nov.18[   ]
and sent to John McLean Esq.
Hamilton  Ohio
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819                114.1[]
Semi-anl. all'ce ending a4 Mar 1820
                                                             48.00
                                                            -------
14 mo  8/30                                       $162. 13

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

[     ] name should be


Off    July 31, 1821,
and sent to the 
 [       ] of Butler Cy
Hamilton
Ohio

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16.007
William Wardwell
March Schedule
1820
Butler County

S

77 to 80

Died July 31,
1821 and sent 
to the Clerk
Hamilton 
Butler County

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The State of Ohio:  Butler County} ss

At a court of common pleas holden at Hamilton in the County of Butler aforesaid on the fourth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and twenty before the Honorable Joshua Cottett Esquire, Resident and his associate Judges of the said court, the same court of common pleas being a court of Record expressly credited as court of Record by the laws and the ordinances of the State of Ohio with jurisdiction unlimited in civil cases and with power to fine and imprison,  personally appeared in open court William Wardwell aged sixty years resident in Oxford Township in the said county of Butler, who being duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows; to wit)  I enlisted at Stamford in Connecticut on the Continental establishment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the term of three years in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chandley, being the eighth Regiment  in the Connecticut line in the Company commanded by Captain Sylvenus Brown.  After the term of my enlistment had expired I was discharged from the service at Springfield in New Jersey in the Months of May or June one thousand seven hundred and eighty.  My original declaration for a pension was made on or about the twenty seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.  My certificate for a pension is numbered sixteen thousand and seven.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any

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income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit,  I own by lease fifty three acres of land belonging to the Miami University on which I reside in the township of Axford aforesaid, the lease is for the term of ninety nine years renewable forever, subject to an annual rent of ten dollars and sixty two cents, on which tract of land there is a small improvement of about ten acres with a small cabin.  I have one loom and I also own one horse creature, six head of black cattle chiefly young ones, twelve head of sheep, seven head of grown hogs and some pigs.  My family consists of myself and my wife, who is about thirty eight years age of ordinary ability to contribute to her support and three children to wit: three girls, Harriet, Betsy and Frances Rebecca.  The first about seven years of age, the second about six years and the third about three years of age.  My occupation is that of a farmer, but from age and infirmity unable to pursue it.  My household [        ] furniture consists of two old chests, a small corner cupboard, a table and four old chairs, a few pots and kettles some of them cracked and broken, some plates , bowls and dishes some of them pewter and some earthenware, a few old knives and forks with a few spoons and two  old tin cups, a teapot, a coffee pot and a few cups and saucers and an old plow and an ax and a hoe.
William Wardwell

Affirmed and declared in open}
court the 4th September 1820  before}
the Judges above named}
John Reily  Clerk}

I, John Reily clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred & twenty three dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Joh Reily

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William Wardell
Private
77 to 80

Chandler    Connect.

Regt.
on Roll

Admitted

27 June 1818

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State of Ohio}
Butler County}
58 yrs

Before the subscriber, John McLean, a judge of the supreme court of the state of Ohio, personally appeared William Wardwell on the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under an act of Congress entitled " an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war".  That some time in June the said William believes on the twenty fourth day , in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, at Stamford in Fairfield county, in the State of Connecticut he enlisted to serve as a common soldier to serve for six months in the company of Captain Sylvanus Brown in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sullivan in the Brigade commanded by General Wadsworth.  As this said William believes, he served the full period of six months & was discharged at North Castle in the state of New York.  He received no written discharge.  The said William within a few weeks  after the said discharge, the precise time  he does not recollect, at Stamford in the state of Connecticut enlisted to serve as a common soldier

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soldier for three months into the company of Captain Jesse Bell into the regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield or Camfield in the Connecticut line, he served during said three months & was discharged in the State of New York.  The place he does not recollect.  Soon after  the last mentioned discharge, enlisted for one month into the company of Captain Jesse Bell.  He served said month.  This last company was attached to no regiment.  Some time in April seventeen hundred and seventy seven, at Stamford in the state of Connecticut he enlisted to serve as a common soldier in to the company of Captain Jess Bell.  This company was attached to no regiment & were called the town guards.  Some time in the month of June after 1777 said enlistment at Stamford in the state of Connecticut, the said William enlisted to serve as a common soldier for the term of three years in the company commanded by Captain Sylvanus Brown in  the eighth regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Colonel Chandler.  He served the the said last mentioned three years & was discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey.  According to his belief, he received a written discharge which he has since lost

(written on edge of paper)
3 yrs

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The said William in a few weeks after the last discharge, he enlisted as a corporal to serve for six months in the company of Captain Jesse Bell in the regiment of Colonel Bebay.  He served the said six months & was discharged in Greenwich township or in Horse Neck in Connecticut.  The said William received a wound in his left leg which renders him lame.  This he  received on board of a whale boat under the command of Captain Ebenezer Lowes.  The said William now resides in the county of Butler & from his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & says that he has no other evidence in his power of  having performed the aforesaid services or of any part of them.  The aforesaid services were all performed in the army on Continental establishment. The deponent states that he was fifty eight years old in Feby last.
Wm Wardwell

Sworn and subscribed
before me the day afo.
John McLean

(written on edge of paper)
6 mos
corpl

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I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Wardwell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his deposition, on the continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the secretary of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  I also certify that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
John McLean
Judge [   ] Court of 
Ohio

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Catharine Wardwell
widow of William
Revolutionary claim
act 3d Feby  1853

W. G. Wade
atty
Rose  NY

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Married on the Eighteenth day of December 1824 by James M. Dorsey, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, 
William Wardwell to Catharine Ray.

The State of Ohio, Butler County s.s.}
I, Thomas H. Wilkins, Judge of the Probate Court, within and for the county of Butler aforesaid, do hereby certify the above certificate to be a true copy of the same as taken from the Record of Marriages, in Book Number One of the Records of Butler County Ohio.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official Seal of said Court of Probate at Hamilton, Ohio this 12th day of April 1853.
Thos H. Wilkins   Probate Judge

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(To is folded down)

ON.
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in order to obtain the benefits of the pro (covered)  of Congress of the 3d of February 1853.

State of Ohio}
County of Butler}  
On this 13th day of April 1853 personally appeared widow Catherine Wardwell in open Court [1] before the [2] Probate Court of of Butler County Ohio [3] a resident of Indianapolis in the County of Marion and State of Indiana aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 3d of February, 1853, entitled "An Act to continue half pay to certain widows," and orphans," ----That she is the widow of [4] William Wardwell who was a [5] United States pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum.

She further declares that she was married to said [6] William Wardwell on the 18th day of December one thousand eight hundred and Twenty four, at the house of Samuel Ray in the town of Oxford in the county of Butler in the State of Ohio, by James M. Dursey who was a Justice of the Peace and who resided in the town of Oxford in said County of Butler at the time of such marriage, that deponent's name before her marriage was Catharine Ray, that her said husband died in the town of Oxford, County of Butler and State of Ohio , on the 12th day of February 1848.  The only evidence she knows of her marriage to said William Wardwell is, [7] the testimony hereto attached which is true, and the certificate of marriage hereto attached of the Judge of the court of Probate under the seal of said Court,  and further this deponent says not.
                 her
Catharine    X  Wardwell
                 mark

I do certify that the above named Catharien Wardwell informs me that she is unable to write which I believe to be true and that the above affidavit was X

Thos H Wilkins  Probate Judge 
Butler County, Ohio

X Sworn and subscribed before  
the day and year above written
I certify that on account of infirmities of age and ill health __________________ above named, is
unable to appear at Court.
----------------------------------------------------  Directions for executing the above declaration.  If executed before a Court, at No. 1 write "in open court,"  at 2, District.  Surrogate's, or Probate Court, as is the case --- If executed before a Judge, as it may be if the claimant is unable to attend Court, at No. 1,  leave blank, at 2, write "subscriber, Judge of" county or other court.  At 3 the name of claimant, at 4 and 6 name of claimant's late husband, at 5 , the annual pension of claimant's late husband and his residence when pensioned --- if never persioned, describe the service for which the widow claims a pension.  At 7 add such facts as the claimant is able to give respecting her marriage, if she has a certificate or record of marriage in the family Bible or elsewhere, it must be attached --- the old, original document itself -- to the above declaration; and the claimant must state in whose handwriting the record is, and the length of time it has been in use.  The other blanks are to be filled as the facts may require.  If the claimant is unable to write, the Judge must so certify.

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STATE OF Ohio}
Butler COUNTY}  S. S.

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of said County duly authorised by law to administer oaths Ann Keely, a resident of the town of Oxford in the county of Butler and State of Ohio aged 66 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, she is personally acquainted with Catharine Wardwell, whose application for a pension as the widow of William Wardwell, late a United States pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum from the county of Butler, state of Ohio, is hereto annexed, that deponent was personally acquainted with the said William Wardwell late her husband, and has been personally acquainted with said widow and her later husband from the year 1824 and knows they lived together as man and wife, and was so reputed and believed to be where they resided;  that she knows said William Wardwell died about the 12th day of February 1848 and that he left Catharine Wardwell the applicant for a pension his widow, who has not intermarried since his death but still remains his widow.

The siad Deponent further says that she was present at the marriage of the above named William Wardwell and Catharine Wardwell, who were married at the house of Samuel Wray near the Town of Oxford in Butler County, state of Ohio some time in the month of December 1824 and that said marriage was solemnized by James M. Dorsey Esq.,  who was then an acting Justice of the Peace of Oxford Township Butler County, Ohio.               Ann Keely

Sworn and subscribed before me}
this eleventh day of April 1852}
 James Crawford JP
I certify that Ann Keely who executed the above affidavit is a creditable witness.
James Crawford J. P.
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STATE OF Ohio}
Butler COUNTY} S.S.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of Peace of said County duly authorised by law to administer oaths Samuel Wray, a resident of the town of Oxford in the County of Butler and State of Ohio aged forty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith,  he is personally acquainted with Catharine Wardwell whose application for a pension as the widow of William Wardwell, late a United States pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum from Butler County, Ohio, is hereby annexed, that deponent was personally acquainted with the said William Wardwell late her husband, and has been personally acquainted with said widow and her late husband from the year 1824 and knows they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed and believed to be where they resided;  that he knows said William Wardwell died about the 12th  day of February 1848, and that he left Catharine Wardwell, the applicant for a pension his widow, who has not intermarried since his death, but still remains his widow.

The said Deponent further says that he was present at the marriage of the above named William Wardwell and Catharine Wardwell who were married at his house near the Town of Oxford in Butler County aforesaid some time in the month of December 1824 and that said marriage was solemnized by James M Darby Esq, who was then an acting Justice of the Peace of Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio.
Samuel Wray

Sworn and subscribed before me} 
this 11th day of April 1853}
James Crawford, JP

I certify that Samuel Wray who executed the above affidavit is a creditable witness.
James Crawford,  JP

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THE STATE OF OHIO, BUTLER COUNTY, SS.

I, MICHAL C. RYAN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that James Crawford Esq. before whom the within or foregoing Affidavits appears to have been taken or made, was, at the  time of subscribing the same, an Acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to keep the peace, within and for the said county of Butler.  That full faith is due, and ought to be given, to all his official acts as such, and that his name subscribed thereto is of his own proper hand writing.

In Testimony whereof, I, MICHAEL C. RYAN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Butler, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Hamilton, the 12th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

M. C. Ryan   Clerk.
By   E. A. Dalton  Depty

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December 23, 1931
BA-J/MLB

Miss Augusta Carr
2920 Gilbert Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date relative to William Wardwell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2030, based upon his military service in that war.

William Wardwell was born in February, 1760,  place not stated.

He enlisted about June 24, 1776, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and served six months as private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company, Colonel Silliman's Connecticut regiment.  A few weeks after his discharge he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Jesse Bell's company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut regiment.  Soon after this he enlisted, date not given, and served one month in Captain Jesse Bell's  Connecticut company.  He enlisted in April, 1777, and served as a private in Captain Jesse Bell's Connecticut company.  He enlisted in June, 1777, and served as private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company, Colonel John Chandler's 8th Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in May or June, 1780.  A few weeks after his discharge he again enlisted and served six months as corporal in Captain Jesse Bell's Company, Colonel Beebe's Connecticut regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 27, 1818, while living in Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio.

In 1820 he was still living in said Oxford Township and referred to his wife aged thirty-eight years but did not give her name, also to three daughters:
Harriet                       aged about seven years
Betsey                           "          "    six        "
Frances Rebeccah         "           "    three   "

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In June, 1824, the soldier stated that his family consisted of himself and two daughters:-  Harriet, aged about ten years, and Betsey, aged about nine years;  no mention was made of the loss of his wife and daughter, Frances Rebeccah.

Soldier married December 18, 1824, at Oxford, Ohio, Catharine Ray; they were married at the house of Samuel Ray or Wray, of that place, relationship to Catharine not stated.

William Wardwell died February 12, 1848, in Oxford, Ohio.

Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed April 12, 1853, at which time she was living in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, aged sixty-nine years.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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O. [  ] W. & N. Division

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,   February 5, 1896.

F. S. 
M. E. C.

Sir:

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ---- William Wardwell ---  a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  (or his widow's)  application for pension on file in this Bureau.
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
June 1776
Jan. 1777
        1777
Apr. 1777
June 1777
         1780

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
3 mos.
1 mo.
Not stated.
3 yrs.
6 mos.

RANK.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Corpl.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Sylvanus Brown
Jesse Bell
Jesse Bell
Jesse Bell
Sylvanus Brown
Jesse Bell
COLONEL.
Silliman
Canfield
None.
(Town Guards)
Chandler
Beebe

STATE.
Conn.
Conn.
Conn.
Conn.
Conn.
Conn.
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Battles engaged in,  None mentioned.

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Stamford, Conn.

Date of application for pension.   June 27, 1818.

Residence at date of application,   Butler Co. Ohio.

Age at date of application,   Fifty-nine years.

Remarks:   He married Catharine Ray in Butler Co., Ohio, on Dec. 18, 1824, and died Feb. 12, 1848.

Very respectfully,
Mr. Harry Farmer, 
S. G. O., War Department,
                   City.

S70blm

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William Wardwell
Schedule of Property

a copy

March 1820

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The State of Ohio, Butler County, ss.
At a court of Common pleas holden at Hamilton in the county of Butler aforesaid on the twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire, President and his associate Judges of the said court, the same court of Common pleas, being a court of record expressly created a court of record by the laws and ordinances of the State of Ohio, with jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes:  and with power to fine and imprison.  Personally appeared in open court William Wardwell aged sixty four years, resident in Oxford Township in the said county of Butler, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he  served in the Revolutionary War as follow, to wit, "I enlisted at Stamford in Connecticut on the continental establishment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, for the term of three years, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chandley, being the eighth Regiment in the Connecticut line, in the Company commanded by Captain Sylvanus Brown.  After the term of my enlisted had expired, I was discharged from service at Springfield in New Jersey in the month of May or June One thousand seven hundred and eighty.  My original declaration for a pension was made on or about the twenty seventh day of June One thousand eight hundred and nineteen.  My certificate for a pension is numbered sixteen thousand and seven.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself with the provisions of an Act entitled  "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War."  passed on the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities, contracts or debts due to me. Nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. to wit,  I own one loom and I also own one horse creature, two head of black  cattle, thirteen sheep, one sow with seven small pigs and three shoats.  My family consists of myself and two daughter, Harriet and Betsey, the first about ten years of age and the second about nine years of age.  My occupation is that of a farmer, but from age and infirmity am  unable to pursue it.  My household or kitchen furniture consists of two old chests, a small corner cupboard

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cupboard, a table and six chairs, a few pots and kettles, some of them cracked and broken, some plates, bowls and dishes, some of them pewter and some of them earthenware, a few old knives and forks, with a few spoons and three old tin cups, a tea pot and a few cups & saucers, and old axe and a hoe.
Wm Wardwell

Affirmed & Subscribed in open court}
on the said 21st day of June 1824}
John Reily  Clerk}

The court are of opinion that the property in above statement is worth or of the value of forty dollars only.   By Order
J Collett   Prest

The State of Ohio, Butler County  ss.
Before the undersigned an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid personally appeared Joel Collins and James M. Dorsey Esquires, who being severally duly sworn, depose and say and each of them for himself depseth and saith that he is well acquainted the within named William Wardwell, he believes him to be an honest, upright man, he is old and infirm, and that he is in low and indigent circumstances.
Joel Collins
James M. Dorsey

Severally sworn & Subscribed}
before me the 22d  June 1824}
Robert Anderson}

 A true copy taken from the original on file.
In testimony whereof I, John Reily  Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and official Seal at Hamilton the third day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
John Reily

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4008

Returned for the 
clerk's autheintication and
seal of the court.

19 June 1819

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State of Ohio}
Butler County} ss

On this 25th day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen before the subscriber an associate judge of the court of common pleas for the county of Butler in the State of Ohio personally appeared Joel Collins of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with William Wardwell from three years & during that time has been acquainted with his circumstances.  That the said William Wardwell is aged & infirm. He is lame in one leg apparently from a wound made by a bullet.  The said William Wardwell has resided about three years in Oxford township in the county aforesaid within about two miles from the residence of this deponent and that the said William from his reduced circumstances in life absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed}
before me this 25th of June 1818} 
Joel Collins

Dan Millikin

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The State of Ohio Butler county ss

I, John Reily, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Daniel Millikin Esquire before whom the deposition within stated was taken was at the time of the taking thereof one of the associate Judges of the said court of Common Pleas of the said county of Butler and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Hamilton the third day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
For  John Reily  Clk
C K Smith  Dep

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W
w. ctf 881

S. G. O., War Dept.
Washington.
January 3, 189[ ].

To the 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
No Inv or [   ]
[   ] I
 "    w
  "   n

Sir:

I desire to secure some information in regard to William Wardell, who was a pensioner, drawing his pension in the State of Ohio, in 1818, on account of being a private in the Revolution, having enlisted from Connecticut,  I think at the time Benedict Arnold made his expedition into Canada.  There is a reference to a man of the above name on page 646 of the "Record of Connecticut."  I believe the soldier referred to was my great-grandfather, and I am anxious to know his place of residence in Connecticut, and also in Ohio, and any other information you can give me concerning him.
Very respectfully,
Harry Farmer

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OLD WAR & NAVY
JAN 7 1896
FILES.

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Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
---------------
File no. 2030
Catharine Wardwell
widow
William Wardwell
Priv. Rev. War
-----------------
Act: Feb 3 1853

Index : -- Vol.   M,   Page 304

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Feb 5, 1896, Mil history to 
Harry Farmer
War Department.

1931 Dec. 23 Hist to Miss
Augusta Carr  -  MLB

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Pension Office

Dear Sir
Will you please find for me if you have a record on file of a pensioned revolutionary Soldier by name, 
William Wardwell
Norwalk , Connecticut
He cam west and settled in Oxford Ohio.  I am not

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sure of town, but of state I am sure.  Yrs ago I saw in a yr book of Colonial wars his name in state of Connecticut, but it is mislaid.  If you have any information, let me have it, please.

Truly Yours
Augusta Carr
2920 Gilbert Ave
Cincinnati, O

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RECEIVED
NOV 27 1931
RECEPT SECTION
PENSION FILES [        ]

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Miss Augusta Carr
2920 Gilbert Ave
Cincinnati, 
Ohio

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Pension Office
Revolutionary War Dept

Dear Sirs

I am asking for record of pension in you records of Revolution sl, William Wardwell, Connecticut (Norwalk)?.  I am not certain about town, but other relatives came from there.  He came west to Oxford, Ohio and died there .
Any information, I will thank you for.   I am a direct descendant of his.  I want it for D A. R. s

Augusta Carr
2920 Gilbert
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Applicant aged 60 yrs
Infirm
wife, 30 yr old
3 daughters about 7, 6, & 3 yrs old

Leasehold estate. worth
$10.62 per year
 whole amt of [    ] 8. 123.

Served 3 yrs

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ROSE
MAR 5
N. Y.

Hon. L P Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

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ROSE
MAR 5
N. Y.

Com of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

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May 
-------
No 1.298
Appl. of Catharine
Wardwell, widow of
William
Marion Co:
Ohio 18
Ind:

Act 3d Feby 1853
$96.00 per annum
commencing 3d Feby: 1853,
Rev.
---------
W. G. Wade
Rose
N York

Pension Office, Official Business

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Ohio
--------

William Wardell-
[alias Wardwell]
aged 64 yrs - A farmer,
infirm & not able to pursue his occupation
2 daughters, 10 & about 9 yrs
of age.  Commated 21 June 1824
served 3 yrs from 1777-
---------------------------------
1st Sched: dated 4th Sept 182[]
[ ]hibits a leasehold estate in
[]2 acres of land for 99 yrs renewable
forever, at $10.62 per year.
Loom - 1 horse - 6 head of 
cattle (chiefly young ones)  12 head of 
sheep - 7 grown hogs, "& some pigs" -
old chests - a corner cupboard - a
table & 4 chairs - pots, kettles, etc - 
whole amt. of sched:  $123.

off 31st July 1821, Application 
for restoration, as per 2d sched:
dated 21st June 1824, makes no
mention of the leasehold estate 
in the 52 acres exhibited in the 1st
schedule, but exhibits only " 1 Loom
 horse - 2 cattle - 13 sheep - 1 sow -
small pigs - 3 shoats  - amt of 
sched: $40  - Restored  2 Oct 1824 and sent to John Reily  -  Hamilton, Ohio"

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Rose,  New York
May 4th 1833.

Sir,

Enclosed herewith is the application of Catharine Wardwell, claiming a pension for services of her 
[   ] husband William Wardwell, a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner, under act of 8th Feb 1853.

I am Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt
W. G. Wade

Hon. L P Waldo
Com of Pensions

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1 March 1823
Ohio.
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Wm Wardwell.
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Recd. 24 Aug 1824
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John Reily,
Hamilton, Ohio.

Free
Hamilton Ohio}
9th August 1824}

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of War
Washington City  D 6th

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Hamilton  7th Aug 1824

Sir

Enclosed you will receive the Schedules of the property of Joseph Lummes & William Wardwell, two Revolutionary Soldiers who are in hopes of having their names [        ] on the Pension Roll.

Respectfully yours
John Reily

Hon. J C Calhoun Esq.

Jospen Lummis case filed with claim under act May 1820

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Brief in the case of Catharine Wardwell, widow of William
Marion County and State of Indiana.
act 3d February, 1853
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Claim,  ("original," )

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 18th March 1818, & contd.
Marriage proven by record Evidence.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

W. G. Wade, Esqr.
Rose, N. York.

S. C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.