Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10741, Alexander Dixon, Vt.

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[printed form completed in handwriting]
Vt
Dixon, Alexander
Anna
Number
W. 10,741
BLNA 40507-160-55.

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[handwritten]
242.016
Act Mar. 3 ‘55
April 15. ‘56

Anna Dixon. wid. 
Alexander Dixon. pri.

Capt. Ashley
Col. Clarke

Revy War
See pension papers on file. 

Ohio Feby 53-5796
Al: 160 acr Ans: 23,756
[illegible signature]

A.M. Snyder
Present.

Vol. D. 90.

W40507 [illegible] Sept. 1/56

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[handwritten] 
[left page]
Letter to T. W. Powell aud 3d auditor 8th Oct. 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt notified 15 Oct 1839
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Paid as above from 4 Sept 1842 to 4 March 1843 Agt. notified
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let. to pen agt May 7. 1850

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Ohio. 19.615.
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Alexander Dixon.
of Delaware Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Ashley. of the Rgt. commanded by Colo. Clark. in the Vermont. line for 7 months. –
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. – at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Augt. 1833 and Sent to T. Reynolds. Delaware CH D Co. Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.		46.66.
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 	 
                                                                11.67.
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						               $58.33
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. K. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 – Page 6.

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[verso]
1859. Oct 25th Duplicate issued and sent to Claimant 
Westfield, Monroe Co. Ohio.
[margin note: 242016]

[recto]
5796
Ohio Cinci
Anna Dixon, widow of Alexander Dixon Vt. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence o the ['3d February' crossed out] 23d October 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued 2d day of June 1836 and sent to A. J. Snyder, Present.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 161. Vol. A.

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[handwritten]
Alexander Dixon
Application for pension
20137

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The State of Ohio
Delaware County s.s} Be it remembered that on the twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in + for the said County of Delaware and State of Ohio, now [illegible] Alexander Dixon a resident of a resident of Westfield Township in the said County, aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
I

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last of October following I was discharged after I had served ['from' crossed out] between six and seven months. I have lost my discharge, and have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony & can procure who can testify to my services.
I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a person or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. In 1811 I left Vermont and removed to Delaware County where I know reside.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid.
/s/Alexander Dixon

Mr Benjamin Olds a merchant & Clergyman & Jonathan Baker residents of Westfield Township in Said County And - residing in the neighborhood of the above named Alexander Dixon do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Alexander Dixon who has Signed and Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
/s/Benjamin Olds
/s/Jonathan Baker

And the said Court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further that it appears to them that Benjamin Olds who sign the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said Township of Westfield and that Jonathan

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Baker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Dixon for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 21st day of Nov. A.D. 1832 - 
/s/T. Reynolds clerk

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Baker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Dixon for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 21st day of Nov. A.D. 1832 -
/s/T. Reynolds clerk

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[handwritten]
Application of Mrs. Anna Dixon for Pension under Act 3 Feb 1853
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Revolutionary War

A. M. Snyder
Washington DC.
Attorney

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State of Ohio
County of Morrow} SS. On this 30th day of April A. D. 1856 personally appeared before the Common Pleas Court of the State of Ohio Anna Dixon a resident of ['Westfield' crossed out] in the county of Morrow and State aforesaid, aged 76 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd February, 1953, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Alexander Dixon who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ashley in the Regiment commanded by Col. Clarke of the Vermont line in the War of the Revolution, that her said husband enlisted at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1780 or 1781 for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of seven months, and was honorably discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1780 or 1781.
She further states states that her husband drew a pension under Act of 1832 (7th June) of Twenty three dollars and thirty-three cents at 1st U. S. Br. Bank, Agent for paying Pensions at Cincinnati Ohio. The papers on file she refers to for proof of his husbands services &c. She also states that she was married to the said Alexander Dixon in Delaware Co. Ohio on the [blank] day of August 1815 by one Joseph S. Hughes a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Anna Skeels; that her husband died in Morrow County Ohio on the 23rd day of October 1853 and that she is now a widow, + that she was not married to him prior to the 2nd of January 1800, but at the time above stated. I appoint A. M. Snyder Washington my Attorney in this case /s/Anna Dixon 
[facsimile seal affixed]

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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before - 
/s/James Stewart

The State of Ohio
Morrow County ss} I. Wm. W. Irwin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that James Stewart before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose genuine signature appears to the certificate thereto annexed is, and was at the time of taking said affidavit Judge of the Second Subdivision of the Sixth Judicial District of the State of Ohio, comprised in part of said Morrow County Ohio. And that said Affidavit was taken in Open Court on the 30 day of April 1836
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Mt Gilead this 30 day of April 1836
/s/Wm. W. Irwin Clerk By W. Smith Irwin Deputy

State of Ohio. Morrow County ss. I W. W. Irwin Clk. of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Olds Esq. before whom the affidavits of Levi Luellen + Daniel Pringle appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same a legal acting Justice of the Peace within + for said County Commissioned + Sworn into office + that his signature thereto annexed is genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and and the seal of said Court at Mt. Gilead this 17th day of May 1856
/s/W. W. Irwin Clerk

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State of Ohio Morrow County ss
['Benjamin Olds' crossed out] Levi Luellen & Daniel Pringle being duly sworn according to law say on oath that they are personally well acquainted with Mrs Anna Dixon who made the foregoing application + have been for more than twenty years and were acquainted her husband Alexander Dixon in his lifetime + knows that said Alexander Dixon + the said Anna Dixon lived together as man + wife and knows that the said Alexander Dixon deceased as in her said application stated that we were present at his funeral + were here after he was dead
/s/Levi Luellen
/s/Daniel Pringle
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the 10th day of May AD 1856 by said Levi Luellen & Daniel Pringle and I hereby certify that I know that the said Levi Luellen & Daniel Pringle are credible persons
/s/Benjamin Olds JP

Probate Court Room, Delaware County State of Ohio May 14th 1856
I Isaac Ramsey Judge + ex officio Clerk of s'd Court, do certify that all records of marriages solemnized in the County prior to the year 1835 have been destroyed by fire and that no Record evidence of earlier marriages in this County is preserved.
[court seal affixed] I testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand officially + the seal of s'd Court this 14th day of May A.D. 1856
/s/Isaac Ramsey Judge + Ex officio Clerk of the Court

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Application for Bounty Land under Act 3rd 
March 1855
widow Anna Dixon
242.016
Revolutionary War
160 acres
A. M. Snyder
Washington DC
Attorney

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State of Ohio
County of Morrow} On this 4th day of April A.D. 1856 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace with in and for the county and state aforesaid Anna Dixon aged 76 years a resident of Morrow County in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Alexander Dixon deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ashley in the [blank] Regiment commanded by Colonel Clarke of the Vermont line in the war of the Revolution; that her said husband enlisted at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1780 or 1781 for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of seven months, and was honorably discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1780 or 1781. (Fort further particulars of said services she refers to papers filed in the Pension Office in support of her husbands claim for Pension under Act 1832) 
She further states that she was married to the said Alexander Dixon in Delaware County, Ohio on the [blank] day of August 1815 by one Joseph D. Hughes Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Anna Skeels; that her husband died at Morrow Co. Ohio on the 23 day of October 1853 and that she is now a widow. That there is no public or private record of her marriage, owing to the records being burned a number of years ago.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3rd 1855.; and she declares that she ['has' crossed out] nor her husband have never made application under any law for bounty land, nor have received a warrant and she hereby authorizes A.M. Snyder of Washington D.C. to  receive her Land Warrant when issued 
/s/Anna Dixon
[facsimile seal affixed]

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We Benjamin Olds and Daniel Pringle residents of Morrow County in the State of Ohio upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anna Dixon in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be + say further that they were acquainted with said Alexander Dixon + knows that they lived together as husband + wife + that they have no interest in this claim [facsimile seal affixed]
/s/Benjamin Olds [facsimile seal affixed]
/s/Daniel Pringle [facsimile seal affixed]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, om the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
/s/Seth Cook
Justice Peace

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Probate Court Room Delaware County + State of Ohio Apl. 10th '56 
I Isaac Ramsey Judge of said Court, do certify that all the Records of marriages within the said County of Delaware prior to the year 1835 were destroyed by fire in that year, so that no record evidence can be had within this county of marriages solemnized therein previous to 1835. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set the seal of s'd Court and affix my signature
[court seal affixed] /s/Isaac Ramsey Judge of s'd Court.

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20135
19615.
Alex'r Dixon
Ohio
['Return - 5-17 - ' crossed out]
Adm 7. Months
T. Reynolds Clk
Delaware CH Ohio

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BRIEF in the case of Alexander Dixon. County of Delaware in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 67
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. (As a)|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.(Gen.)|]
Vol In 1780. or 81|(between|6+7|[blank])|Private|Capt Ashely Col Clark|
[end of columns]

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rutland Co Vermont
7. Is his statement supported buy living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/Chs W Forrest
Examining Clerk.

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[addressed envelope]
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 
[annotations: May 7/57 W. Wilson Alexr Dixon $23.33 Powell Tuck Ohio [illegible]]
[postmark: DELAWARE O. APR 30]

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[handwritten letter]

Delaware Ohio, April 29./50

Sir;
A few days since we sent to James Hall Esq. Pension Agent at Cincinnati O. the pension certificate &c. of Alexander Dixon for $23.33. being one year's pension. And in answer we received the accompanying note, with the Certificate of deposits therein mentioned for $22.33.
Now we have supposed that the Agent for paying pensions had no right to charge anything by way of commission or otherwise for disbursing the pension fund. But in this case $1.00 was retained for "Commission. + affidavit. &c." And if this were all, it would not be worth troubling you about; but there are several other pensioners who are equally liable to similar charges. 
Will you therefore advise us as to the authority of the Agent in the premises; that we may know whether we are imposed upon or not. 
Very Resp. Ys.
/s/Powell S Tuck

J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
 
(over)

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P.S. An impression prevails here that laws have been recently enacted by Congress allowing bounty lands or pensions or both, to  all soldiers ['of' crossed out] in the late war with England, &c. 
Will you be pleased to forward to me all laws now in force upon the subject of Bounty lands a pensions, which have been passed during the present Session of Congress. if any there be.
[initials: PST]

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Anna Dixon widow of Alexander 
Morrow Co Ohio
Adm'd 3 Feby 1853
$23.33 a year from 23 Octr 1853 when her husband died
Cert to AM Snyder Esq
Present

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Brief in the case of Anna Dixon widow of Alexander Morrow County and State of Ohio
act 3 Feby 1853
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Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase."' crossed out] [blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7 1832 at $23.33 and died 23 Octr 1853 - 
Parol/proof of marriage
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['(If for increase,) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?' crossed out]
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her husband's death in 1853 - her identify as the pensioner's widow, and her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses
/s/Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
AM Snyder Esq
Present

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Office of A. M. Snyder,
Washington City, D.C. April 14th 1856

J. Minot Esq
Comm of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed please find declaration of Anna Dixon widow of Alexander Dixon dec for Bounty Land under Act 3rd March 1855.
Respectfully
/s/AM. Snyder

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Brief in the case of Anna Dixon wid of Alexander - Rev'y: - Morrow County and State of Ohio
act 3 Febr'y 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, PROOF EXHIBITED,
That the original was destroyed by fire.

Name and residence of Agent.
Mrs. Anna Dixon
Westfield 
Morrow Co. Ohio.

/s/A.G. Forster

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[addressed envelope]

Ohio
Anna Dixon wid Alexander 19615
Triplett Esq

J Minot Esq
Com: of Pensions
Washington City DC

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[document 1]
No 6368
Anna Dixon
Widow of Alexander Ohio
3 Feby 1853 2 Sec.

[document 2]
40,507
Rev War

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Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: ow]
File No. 10741
Anna Dixon Wid of Alexander Dixon.
Privt Rev War
Act: Feby 3d 1855
Index: - Vol. A, Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[handwritten letter]
Commercial Bank of Cincinnati
24th April 1850

Messrs. Powell + Buck
Gentlemen
I herewith endow you a Certificate of Deposit No. 1488 for Twenty two 33/100 dollars being proceeds of Alexander Dixon's  pension, Court + Affidavit &c
Very respectfully
/s/C E Norrie

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 3d, 1844.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Alexander Dixon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4h of Sept - 1842, to the 4th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONERS OF PENSIONS, Present.

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M. SNYDER, M. SNYDER, Jr., BANKERS, BROKERS, AND Dealers in Land Warrants} BANKING HOUSE OF M. SNYDER & SON,
Washington City, D. C. May 22d 1856

Messrs Olds + Bernis,

Gentl"
Yours of the 17th inst: directed to A. M. Snyder, has this day received by us. In the absence of A. M. Snyder we have filed the papers and will give it every attention according to his directions.
Yours Respectfully
/s/M. Snyder & Son

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M. SNYDER, M. SNYDER, Jr., BANKERS, BROKERS, AND Dealers in Land Warrants} BANKING HOUSE OF M. SNYDER & SON,
Washington City, D. C. May 22d 1856

J Minot Esq.
Com'r of Pensions

Dear Sir
We herewith enclose you Anna Dixon's application for a Pension und the act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1853

Yours Respectfully
/s/A. M. Snyder for M. Snyder & Son

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Comptroller's Office, 
October 11th, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Alexander Dixon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1837, to the 4th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

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The State of Ohio Morrow County SS
Before me Benjamin Olds A Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morrow Ohio Personally appeared Anna Dixon and uppon oath declairs that she was entitled  to a pension under the act of February the 3d 1853 that she obtained a certificate from the department Dated June the 2nd AD 1856 that she had drawn her pension up to the 21st of Sept AD 1854 That she had drawn her last pension on the 4th of Sept AD 1858 in the State of Mishegan as she was Liveing there at that time That she had implored Alman by the name of Almen to make out her papers to Draw her Payment due on the 4th of Sept AD 1858 That this Mr. Alman was an Attorney at Law
That he took her Certificate to make out the papers to get the money that the Certificate was Left with him that shortly after, his office Was burned up and that the Certificate was distroyed by the fire she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining an other Certificate from the department
/s/Anna Dixon
Attest
/s/Benjamin Olds
A. Dixon
Sworn to before me and subscriben in my Presence this 18th day of Oct AD 1859
/s/Benjamin Olds Justice of the Peace
P.S. Direct to Anna Dixon
Westfield Morrow County Ohio

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The State of Ohio Morrow County SS
Before me Benjamin Olds A Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Morrow Ohio Personally appeared Anna Dixon and uppon oath declairs that she was entitled to a pension under the act of February the 3d 1853 that she obtained a certificate from the department Dated June the 2nd AD 1856 that she had drawn her pension up to the 21st of Sept AD 1854 That she had drawn her last pension on the 4th of Sept AD 1858 in the State of Mishegan as she was Liveing there at that time That she had implored Alman by the name of Almen to make out her papers to Draw her Payment due on the 4th of Sept AD 1858 That this Mr. Alman was an Attorney at Law
That he took her Certificate to make out the papers to get the money that the Certificate was Left with him that shortly after, his office Was burned up and that the Certificate was distroyed by the fire she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining an other Certificate from the department
/s/Anna Dixon
Attest
/s/Benjamin Olds
A. Dixon
Sworn to before me and subscriben in my Presence this 18th day of Oct AD 1859
/s/Benjamin Olds Justice of the Peace
P.S. Direct to Anna Dixon
Westfield Morrow County Ohio

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The State of Ohio Morrow County ss. 
I Wm. W. Irwin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby Certify that Benjamin Olds Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was made and who has subscribed his name thereto is and was at the time of So doing a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, commissioned and qualified according to law. 
I further certify that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of Said Court at Mr. Gilead this 19th day of October A. D. 1859
/s/Wm. W. Irwin Clerk
[court seal affixed]

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The State of Ohio
Delaware County ss.} The amended declaration of Alexander Dixon a resident of Westfield Township in the said County of Delaware, and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832. whose original declaration was made om the twenty first day of November 1832, before the Court of Common Pleas in + for the said County there in session.
Personally appeared before me David Cooke a justice of the peace ['of Delaware County' crossed out] in + for the said County, the above named Alexander Dixon, who being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he has no record of his age but that from the best information he has received from his parents and otherwise he is now 67 years of age as stated in his former declaration aforesaid.
He is not certain that he ever received a written discharge from the services as stated in his former declaration, as if he did, does not recollect by who - it was signed, and it is long since lost. 
He states that there were no regular officers, or any other troops than Capt. Ashley's Company at Ft. Castleton where his duty was performed as stated in the said declaration and did not during his said service come in contact with any such officers or troops. 
And he further states, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service [illegible] according to the best of his recollection - he served not less than seven months as a private in actual service in the militia in the manner stated in the said declaration, no part of which was spent in civil employment, and for which seven months he claims a pension. 
/s/Alexander Dixon
Sworn + subscribed to, before me this 18th day of April 1838
/s/David Cooke jp

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And I the said David Cooke justice aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Alexander Dixon on the thirteenth day of April 1833 personally appeared before me & subscribed the said affidavit and was duly sworn to the same, and that the said Dixon is personally known to me and that he is a creditable person - & entitled to credit - 
/s/David Cooke justice of the peace

The State of Ohio
Delaware County ss} I Thos. Reynolds, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & for s'd County, certify, that David Cooke Esq is a magistrate as above, & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of s'd Court at [illegible] this 27th day of May A. D. 1833 - 
/s/T. Reynolds Clerk
[court seal affixed]

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State of Indiana 
Kosciusko County } ss
Personally appeared before me David A. Shinn a justice of the Peace in and for said County and State aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths the undersigned who being by me duly sworn says she is the identical person named in an original certificate now in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy.

Duplicate
Department of the interior. Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the  2nd Section of the act of February 3rd 1853 Anna Dixon widow of Alexander Dixon who was a private -- in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension List at the rate of Twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 23d of October 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated June 2nd 1856. Given at the department of the interior this Twenty fifth of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
/s/J. Thompson Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
/s/Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions

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The said Anna Dixon further says that she now resides in Kosciusko County State of Indiana and has resided there for the space of Seven months and that previous thereto she resided in Morrow County State of Ohio and that she has not been employed or paid in the Army, Navy, or Marine service of the United States since the 4th of September 1859
/s/Anna Dixon
/s/S. Riggens
Attest /s/S. H. Shatts

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of September one thousand eight hundred and Sixty
/s/David A. Shinn J P
[facsimile seal]

You will please address your answer to L. H. Shatts Etna Green Kosciusko County Ind
Truly ys
/s/L H Shatts