Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4576, James Ferguson, Mass.

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Service Mass------Number W..4576
Ferguson, James
Robinson, Hannah 
Former Widow

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2620
Michigan
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Hannah Robinson
widow of James Ferguson
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of  24 Dollars
66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1848
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec 1848 and sent to
Hon. E. Blackmar 
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 2, 1848, Page 377 Vol.2 

Reported Dec 26/48

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and 23d August 1842.
State of Michigan
County of Jackson ss.  On the 28 days of April A.D. 1846 Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of said County Hannah Robinson, late widow of James Ferguson for whose revolutionary service made by the Act of Congress passed Jult 7 -1838

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State of New York
County of Otrego
}ss

Jane Ferguson personally
appeared before me aged eighty years, after being duly
Sworn according to law, deposed & says that Hannah
Robinson, late widow of James Ferguson, now of Mich
-igan who is applying for a pension is sister-in law of
this deponent, that her first husband James Ferguson
was brother to this deponents late husband, & that both
of their said husbands originally & during the war of the
revolution resided in Pelham Hampshire County Massc
that the said James Ferguson, the first husband of the
present widow & present applicant Hannah Robinson
had the reputation of having Served in the war of the
revolution, of which fact, this deponent is fully satis
-fied that this deponent was herself married on
the 7th October 1790 Seventeen hundred & ninety, that
her said sister, the said Hannah Robinson was married
to the Said James Ferguson in Decemb3er 1792 Seven
-teen hundred & ninety two, that this deponents oldest
child was born according to her this deponents old record
of it Dec 6- 1792 the same month that her said sister
was married, & that her said sister's eldest child is thirteen
months younger that this deponents eldest child
Subscribed & Sworn before me
this 11 day of May 1846
} Jane Ferguson

Gesiah W Grant [past year?]

I certify that the above named Jane Ferguson is
a respectable person

Gesiah W Grant

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State of Michigan
County of Jackson SS

Personally appeared before the subscribed are of the Judges of
Said county. Jesse Ferguson of said county aged 47 years, after being
duly Sworn according to law deposes & says that Hannah Robinson who is apply
-ing for a pension as the late widow of James Ferguson & is the deponents
Mother and that the said James Ferguson was the deponents Father that this deponents
said Father did in the year 1817 eighteen hundred and seventeen, having as his widow
the said applicant Hannah Robinson that this deponents said Mother was mar-
ried to James Robinson in the year 1820 eighteen hundred and [smudged] twenty
and that the said [crossed out: Nathan] James Robinson died in the year 1831 eighteen hun-
dred and thirty one and that his said Mother is still a widow

Subscribed & Sworn before me this
28th day of April AD 1846

Jesse Ferguson

B. C. Hatch.} Associate Judge for Jackson County



State of Michigan
Clerks office
Jackson County
} ss
I Czar Jones Clerk of said County do hereby
Certify that B C Hatch the person before whom the above
affidavits were taken & certificate made was at the date of said
afidavit and certificate an Associate Judge in and for said County
duly qualified & authorized to take such affidavit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 28th day of
April A.D. 1846 Czar Jones
Clerk

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[printed fillable form]
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4576
Hannah Robinson
formerly Widow
James Ferguson
Pvt. Rev: War

Act: Feby, 2d 1818
Index:—Vol. M, Page 169

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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V

M128339
Hannah Robinson [illegible - crossed out]
Mich
Letter to Hon. J. S. Chipman
July 7. 1846.

[arrow pointing to word "Letter" above]
in claim S 28970 of
Louden Andrew - [illegible]/&F
Sept. 21–'23.

act 7 July 1838

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[left hand side of paper]

Michigan. 7917
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Hannah Robinson
widow of James Ferguson
who was a Private
in the Revolution,
Husband died in 1817
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
24 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of August 1846,
and sent to
Hon. J. S. Chipman,
Cetreville,
Michigan.
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[Acts of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. 1844.

Recorded in Book d.
Vol. 2. Page 241.

D. H. Wood,
Clerk

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[right side of paper]
Rcd. 2 [cells?]
Act 1838
" 1843 & 44.

Let. to Arad Joy
Nov. 2. '46
same Nov. 4 '46
same Decr 12. '46

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[printed fillable form]

11071.

Michigan.
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Hannah Robinson
Widow of James Ferguson
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died in the year 1817
of Jackson in the State of Michigan
who was a Pri. in the company
commanded by Captain Cowder of the
Reg. commanded by Col. Woodbrige in
the Massa. line for 7 mo. 12 dys.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan
at the rate of 24 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of
August 1846 and sent to Hon
J. S. Chipman in Centreville, Ms.
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Total amount, $123.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Henry Wood Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 1. Page 469.

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[seal of Massachusetts in the top left corner]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston;

Dec. 31. 1843.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Ferguson of Pelham,
is [illegible] upon a Muster Roll of Capt. David Cowden's company, in Col. Benjamin Ruggles Wood
bridge's regt, in the Eight monhts service, as a pri
vate, from May 19 to August 1 1775 inclusive, 2 months
and 18 days as a private, upoln a Return of said com
pany, dated September, 28, 1775 and upon an order
of said company in [Coats?] dated; November, 13, 1775,

The above is all the evidence of service
which can be identified with the individual described
in the annexed application.

[left margin]
7. 12 [ds?] pri

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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence
of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this
Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the
search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said
application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts
and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

John [E?] Palfrey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Application for certificate of Revolutionary Service by
the Widows

State of New York, County of Seneca
Town of Ovid The secretary of the  commonwealth of
Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the
rolls in his office. of the service of my late husband James Ferguson
(Ferguson) He enlisted in the year ----- from the town of Pelham
in the county of Hampshire & state of Massc in the com-
pany of Captian ------ in -------------- regiment & served
as ------------- with --------------- We were
married in the year 1792 he died in the year 1817 The only
other facts which I recollect are as following — She became
acquainted with her late husband after the close of the war
& is not therefore able to give much of a history of his
Service, but recollects well of hearing him say he
was in the war One or two years, —
I am [wid?] years of age & my memory does not enable
me to state any thing further material to the search required –
I have [illegible] Arad Joy of [said?] [illegible] New York to
act in the premises as my attorney- Witness my hand this
10th day of October A. D. 1845 - Hannah Ferguson
By Arad Joy her agent

Signed in my presences by
said agent James Foster Justice

I certify that from evidence exhibited before me, Arad Joy
appears to be the authorized agent for the above named person

James Foster Justic

This is a brother to Robert, for whom I wrote July 31 - have no answer

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For Comr. Pensions


[Inverted]
2333
133

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Washington H. R. June 12-1846
For the Comr. of Pensions
Dr Sir —
Be please to examine the papers herewith enclosed — and there on Report to Mr. A. Joy with all possible dispatch — and oblige your
obt servt
Jno. S. Chipman

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7917 Much 
Hon E. Blackman
H of R

Na Cole.

Free [?]

Hon J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid Oct 7th '48
Sir
I inclose application for new pension certificate.
Respectfully 
Your Ob. Sevt
Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Comr of Pensions

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Ovid N.Y. Dec 1 1846
Sir
Yours of the 21 Nov in the case of Hannah Robinson, I may beg leave to say, does not explain her case fully to my satisfaction, you say you allow for 7 moths & 12 days — you will please notice, that the Secy. Curt [?] expresly says he was on the coat rolls, now if a regimental coat was granted for less service than 8 months then I may be mistaken, but if "a coat" means 8 months, I may still be right
Respectfully
You Ob. Sevt
Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington DC

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Ovid Nov 16th 1846
Sir
I inclose the certificate of Hannah Robinson, for correction, if I read the Secy. Culf [?] correctly, & copied it correctly, it calls for at least 8 month service, if so would it not amt to $26.66 in lieu of $24.66 as the certificate read; there is something said of 2 mo. 18 days, whether it is intended as a part of the 8 months, or to be added to the 8 mo, you can judge, if it is to be added, then the pension will still be nice at all events I ask it to be just what it must [?] be and no more
Respectfully
your Ob. Sevt
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington DC

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East Springfield
Paid 5

Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
Lincoln County N Y

J.R. Ferguson
Witness to prove identity

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Springfield May 11th 1846
my Dear Sir
I have executed the affidavits and enclosed them in this to you I have also ben to Cherry Valley and saw one of Esq Hudsons Daughters She says her Fathers Records were all destroyed, She thinks her oldest sister was olde enough to remember that marriag, her name widow is Ann Winn She lives with his Son D [illegible] Winn Westfield Chetauqua County
I can Refer you to Samuel Ferguson Senior of Sanyersfield to prove identity as he lived in Pelham and was with [illegible] James Ferguson the first Summer of the war and William Sloan of East Springfield & James Sloan of Cherry Valley came from the same Town though they were but seven or eight years old when the war Began
I remain yours
J R Ferguson
Arad Joy Esq

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Ovid N.Y. Augt 4. '46
Dear sir
The marriage of Hannah Robinson to her first husband, is said to have been performed by a Justice of the Peace Cherry vally, I have made dilligent Search for a record of it, but I have failed to find any record, I am informed that there is no record of it, if I am not mistaken, I enclosed to you a letter from James R Ferguson a man who resides near Cherry Vally N. Y.  who made search for a record of the marriage, but could find none — the witness Mrs Ferguson & son,  now on file in your office, the former especially gives a data for the reason of her knowledge of the marriage, I enclose 2 depositions, with a data by which they are governed, as to the date, I presume the enclosed affidavits, will remove the objection to the marriage,
Respectfully Your Most Ob. Servt
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions

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Ovid N.Y. Oct 16 46
Sir
On the 4th Augt I enclosed to Hon J.S. Chipman M. C. to be presented to you, the further proof of the marriage of  [crossed out] Hannah Robinson, late widow of James Ferguson of Michigan, under law of 1838 — not having heard a word from the case, I write respectfully to ask for an answer
Your Ob. Servt
Arad Joy

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington DC

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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution." 
STATE OF Michigan
County of Livingston}ss.
On this 29 day of September 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county Hannah Robinson a resident of Hartland in the county of Livingston aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of James Robinson 
that was the widow of James Ferguson who was from Pelham Mass and for whose Revolutionary Service she has received a pension under the law of 17 June 1844 at the rate Twenty four 00/100 dollars
She further declares that she is a widow.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before John J Rice Justice of the Peace

her mark X
Hannah Robinson
witness H.P. Crouse

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. The word "New York" [illegible] and the name of the state of "Michigan" hereunto, the widow was pensioned from Michigan she cannot write her name for want of Education
John J Rice Justice of the Peace

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State of Michigan
Livingston County Clerks office} Ss I Elijah F Burt Clerk of said County do hereby certify that at the date of the annexed instrument John P Rice was a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected and qualified and I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court of said County (the same being a court of Record) at Howell this 29th day of September AD 1848
E F Burt Clerk
By W C Ramsey Dep, Clerk

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No 12859 9009
1184
Hannah Robinson
[illegible]
widow of Jas. Ferguson
Michigan
act of July 1838
admd
7 mos 12 ds pn [?]
$24.66
also acts 43 & 44
$24.66

Hon. J.S. Chipman
Centerville
Michigan

12.859 [inverted]

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State of New York
County of Otsego }ss James R Ferguson appeared before me, aged forty one years in December last, after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he has from a child been acquainted with the present widow Hannah Robinson, now of Michigan who was the wife of James Ferguson this deponents Uncle, that this deponent always understood & believed that his father & his said uncle were from Pelham, Hampshire County Massachusetts & further, that they both resided there during the war of the Revolution, & that they both had the reputation of having been revolutionary Soldiers, that this deponent heard of the death of his said uncle the said James Ferguson the first husband of his said aunt the present Hannah Robinson, that this deponent also heard of the death of the second husband of his said aunt, viz James Robinson, & of her having remained a widow 
Subscribed & Sworn before me
[obscured] 11 day of May 1846} James R Ferguson
[obscured] W. Grout Just Peace

[obscured] ify that the above named James R Ferguson is a highly respected person
Josiah W. Grout

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STATE OF NEW YORK
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss} I Geo B Wilson Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Josiah W. Grout Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat and before when the annexed affidavits purport to have been Sworn was on the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same, And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said jurats &c are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 16th day of May A. D. 1846
Geo. B. Wilson Clerk.

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Proof of identity & of marriage, by  Jane Ferguson
the certain proof of marriage by a good & sufficient data, comparing it with a birth of her child & a letter enclosed, mentioning of Esq Hudson's [illegible] having been destroyed, which contained a record of her marriage, leaving no record of her marriage

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State of New York
County of Otsego} ss James Sloan of said county aged seventy seven years, being duly Sworn according to law deposes & says that he was acquainted with James Ferguson, the first husband of Hannah Robinson of Michigan who is applying for a pension for the Revolutionary Services of her first husband the said James Ferguson, this deponent deposes & says the said James Ferguson was a resident of Pelham Massachusetts during the war of the revolution & that he had the reputation of having been a Soldier in that war, that this deponent removed into the State of New York in 1787 and was himself married in 1791. that the above named parties James Ferguson & Hannah the said applicant were married in 1792 one year after the marriage of this deponent, the country being new, all of these things are just [?] & distinct in the recollection of this deponent, being neighbors
James Sloan
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 27th day of July 1846
Josiah W Grout Just Peace
I certify that the above named James Sloan is a highly respectable person
Josiah W Grout
State of New York
County of Otsego}ss William Sloan of said county being duly Sworn according to law deposes & says that he is Seventy nine years of age that he was personally acquainted more than sixty years since with James Ferguson, the first husband of Hannah Robinson of Michigan who is applying for a pension for the Revolutionary Service of her first husband the said James Ferguson, the said James Ferguson was a resident of Pelham Massachusetts during the Revolution, and he had the reputation of having been a Revolutionary Soldier that this deponent removed into this State in 1787 that his brother James Sloan was married in 1791 and that the said James Ferguson was married to Hannah the present applicant one year after the marriage of his said brother which was in 1792 1792 — Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of July 1846.  William Sloan
Josiah W Grout Just Peace

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STATE OF NEW YORK
Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss.} I George B. Wilson Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Josiah W. Grout Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavits was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said Affidavits is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal. of said County, the 1st day of August A. D. 1846
Geo B. Wilson Clerk.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration

BOUNT LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Ferguson, James  GRADE Private  LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7118  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED April 27, 1.792 To Timothy Benedict, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.