Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,070, Ephraim Wiley, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wiley Ephraim Abigail
NUMBER
W. 26.070 B.L.Wt. 3816-160-55
CONTENTS

3.504.
Maine.
Abigail Wiley.
widow of Ephraim Wiley who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Priv. & Sergeant, Increased from $96.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 28 th day of Mar, 54. and sent to
Wm Lloyd Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 12 Vol. A.

7538
Maine
Ephraim Wiley
of St George in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of the militia line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5th of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of March 1819 and sent to E. Thatcher Esq. Wiscasset, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10m 22d 3/4 $87.16
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 - 48.00
$135.16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Julien...
Identification sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Wiscasset Maine August 1. 1820

19.5.33 Act March 3/53 Recd " 27/ "
Abigail Wiley and of Ephraim Wiley.
Certs. 3 Vol. Maps: Court Est. line Dis. line
War of the Revolutionary.
ad: 160 acs, Aug: 15/55.
Bryant
Bryant
3816 ip Aug 17/55
Asa Coombs, S. Thomaston, Maine.
let to Asa Coombs. July. 27/55, D. Me
July 53 - no 3584
Vol 2 page 3,

Ephraim Willey, priv. Col Jackson Ordal's Regt. 1777, by Apr 2, 1888
J. B. Calhoun History at War Washington
Coon Rapids, Minn.
18th Regiment Co. B

I Ephraim Wilke of St George in the County of Lincoln and com- -monwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare that some time in the month of March A D one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, I enlisted in the American Army in the war of the Revolution as a private under Col John Willie at Boston in the eighth Regiment commanded by Micheal Jackson in the Massachusetts line and continental establishment That I served in said Regiment from that time during the revo- lutionary war and until the close thereof and received an honorable discharge at West Point from said Col Micheal Jackson - but lost the same together with a Sergeant's Warrant - by being shipwrecked near Townsend - I further testify and say that I never have received nor claimed any pension from Government - and that I hereby relinquish all claims to any prior to this time - I further testify and declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life

I am in need of Assistance from my Country for Support. I therefore respect- fully, claim to to be placed on a private on the pension list of the United States in pursuance of an act of Congress passed March the Eighteenth AD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
Ephraim Wiley
State of Massachusetts - County of Lincoln ss On this eighth day of April AD 1818 before me the subscribed one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit within the state of Massachusetts - personally appeared Ephraim Wiley who has subscribed the above affi- davit relative to his services in the American revolu- tionary war - and made solemn oath that the same is in the whole & in every part of it true & exhibited satisfactory evidence that by reason of his reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his country for support
Ebenezer Thatcher

I David Kelloch of Lawfull age do testify and say that I served as a Soldier in the Revolutionery war and am knowing that Ephraim Wiley was a Sargent in Col d John Wileys Company - the 1 st Massachu- setts Reg t commanded by Micheal Jackson - on the Continental - Establishment and served from the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven untill the close of the war further I say not
his David Kelloch Mark
Lincoln ss. April 9 th 1818
Then personally appeared the above named David Kelloch and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Hezekiah Prince Justice of the Peace
Lincoln ss. Clerk's Office June 19. 1818
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Lincoln certify that Hezekiah Prince was on the 9 th day of April 1818 a Justice of the Peace for said County of Lincoln duly qual- ified to act as such. The foregoing is his signature
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court. Nath l Coffin
being true

Ephraim Wiley
Lincoln ss Clerks Office June 19. 1818
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County certify that Eleazr Thatcher on the 8 th day of April 1818 was one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit composed of the Counties of Lincoln Kennebec & Somerset that the foregoing is his signature In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hands & the seal of said Courts. Nath l Coffin
nunc

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss On this 5 th day of January 1854 personally
appeared before the Police court, or court of record in and for the said county & State Abigail Wiley a resident of said county aged almost seventy nine 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 3 d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that her maiden name was Abigail Ewell and that when married she was a widow & her name was Abigail Lee and that she is now the widow of Ephraim Wiley, who was a pensioner of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Wiley on the 7 th day of February 1806 by Ephraim Hall a clergyman authorized to solemnize marriages, Esq in St George in the above named county, and that her said husband died on the 2 nd day of March 1838 and that she is still a widow - that she has no record of her marriage & that she don't believe there is one to be found
Sworn to & subscribed before the court this Fifth day of January 1854
Attest - John C. Colburn
Abigail Wiley mark
I certify that the above named Abigail Wiley is a respectable person - I further certify that I have no part or agency of this case, & that I have no interest
Rockland January 5 th 1854
John C. Colburn, Justice of the Municipal Court Town of Rockland being established a court record, with a seal of court criminal jurisdiction

Eph. Wiley -
7,530
Antime
Sept. 10/19.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenezer Thatcher a Judge of the C. C. C. Pleas E. Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Ephraim Wiley aged Sixty one years, resident in S. George in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Wiley in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Eighth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7538 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; 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 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ephraim Wiley
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
A small log house                      One swine Tools — an ax — one shovel one hoe Furniture — one chest one pine table — Cooking utensils Value three dollars — Ephraim Wiley
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ephraim Wiley who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity of body having had an Eruption  sixteen years
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Abigail 48 years in health   Samuel 13 years in health   Thomas 16 years Subject to fits   Susannah 9 years in health  
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
Ephraim Wiley
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 Nineteen dollars and and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss.
On this 17 th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County & State abovesaid Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim Wiley a deceased Revolutionary pensioner who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical person who has rec d paym t of pension at the rate of one hundred twenty dollars per Annum up to 4 th March 1855 by virtue of a pension certificate in her possession
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining bounty land she may be entitled under "act passed first March 1855 granting bounty land approved by the President 2 d day of March 1855" witness Samuel Wiley.
Her
Abigail X Wiley
Mark
Lincoln ss. St George March 17 th 1855
Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th day of March 1855 before me
Asa Coombs justice of the Peace
We certify the pension certificate in possession of widow Abigail Wiley is dated 28 th day of March 1854 and "Recorded in the pension Office on the Roll of pensioners under act February 3 d 1853 Page 12 Vol 4" warrant of practice and an education (Asa Coombs) she cannot write her name. Samuel Wiley St George March 17 th 1855

March 4, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Miss Ella C. Newman, 375 Main Street, Rockland, Maine.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Ephraim Wiley , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.26070, based upon his military service in that war.
Ephraim Wiley enlisted at Boston in March 1777, served as private and sergeant in Captain John Wiley's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, and served to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818 while a resident of St. George, Lincoln County, Massachusetts.
He died March 2, 1838.
Soldier married February 7, 1806 in St. George, Abigail Lee, a widow, whose maiden name was Abigail Elwell. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 5, 1854 while a resident of Lincoln County, Maine, aged almost seventy-nine years.
In 1820 soldier was aged sixty-one years. He then stated in his family residing with him were Abigail aged forty-eight years, Thomas aged sixteen years, Samuel aged thirteen years and Susannah aged nine years.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death brother A.B.

State of Maine Lincoln County ss George Gilchrist and John Robinson after being duly sworn according to law, upon their oath depose and say, that they are personally & well acquaint- -ted with the widow Abigail Wiley, widow of Ephraim Wiley late a pensioner deceased, that they were well acquainted with her said late husband Ephraim Wiley deceased, late a pensioner, & that they know the said Abigail Wiley, who is making an application for a pension, to be the identical person & widow of the said Ephraim Wiley late a pensioner deceased and that she is a widow, that her said late husband died in 1838 that these deponents are satisfied from inquiry that there is no record of their marriage to be found, either family or town record, but of the fact of the legal mar- -riage of the said Ephraim Wiley to the said Abigail Lee there can be no doubt, & that they lived together as husband and wife and that the the said Abigail Wiley is the identical person & widow of Ephraim Wiley sworn and subscribed before me me this fifth day of January 1854 John C. Cochrane Justice Municipal Court Town of Rockland
I certify that the above named George Gilchrist & John Robinson are respectable persons & reliable witnesses, & residents of St George in said Lincoln Co Me - I further certify that I have no part in the agency of the said case of Abigail Wiley Rockland Jan'y 5 th 1854 - John C. Cochrane Justice Municipal Court Town of Rockland -

Arad Joy March 8. 54
3.582. Maine.
Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim who served in the Revolutiona- ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 4th. day of February 1854 and sent to
Arad Joy Ovid N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 11. Vol. a
Joy
X

33,227 Maine Ephraim Wiley, decd., of _____ in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the _____ command by Captain _____ of the _____ command by _____ in the Revolution for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of $20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & Cues V March 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of March 1854 and sent to Bradford
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Present Semi-annual allowance ending Deducting former payments under acts 1818 & 1820, at $96 per annum
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by _____ Clerk Book 8, Vol. 1, Page 65.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,070
Abigail Wiley Widow of Ephraim Wiley Sergt. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3 rd 1853
Index: Vol. W , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1932 Mar. 4. Visit to Elsie Newman Ahoy.

Rockland, Me.
Feb. 6. 1932
Commissioner of Pensions Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly give me the date from the Revolutionary pension papers in the case of Ephraim Wiley of St. Georges, Dist. of Maine?
Yours truly,
Ella C. Newman 375 Main St., Rockland, Me.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
March 21 st 1854.
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 Phineas Niley is borne on Continental Army Books in Capt. Niley's Comp. Col. Michael Jackson's Regt. from February 6. 1777 to December 31. 1779. 34 mos. 23 days. As Corporal 20 months 23 days. (As Sergt. 14 months. Also in Capt. Prince's Comp. Col. Michael Jackson's Regt. from January 1. 10 (Dec. 31. 1780) 12 months as Sergeant.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. L. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Abigail Wiley
Payment to be made at
Portland by
George F. Emery,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 11. Vol. A
Andrea J. Getty Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 3, 1853,
Abigail Wiley widow of Abraham Wiley who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty dollars and — cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
R. M. McLellan Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. H. H. H. Commissioner of Pensions.

No 38,719 Ephraim Wiley dec. Me
adm? Inc? June 7 1832 2 yrs Sergeant $120 per annum from 4 March 1831 to 2 March 1833 when he died
Pay to his widow Abigail, Deduct payments under 1818 & 1820 at $96 per annum from 4 March 1831
Art to Abad J. J. J. now) Present

Brief in the case of Ephraim Wiley dec d
County and State of Maine
act June 7 1832
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was pensioned under the acts of 1828 & 1830 at $96 per annum. Under those acts the pension for services as Sergeant was only $56, under the act of 1832 it is,
( If for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
$120. The increase is therefor just,
Name and residence of Agent
Arad Joy Esq Present
Thornton D. Kitt Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Abigail Wiley, Widow of Ephraim. Lincoln County and State of Maine, act 3 d Feby; 1853.
Claim, (" original " or "for increase.") increased from $96. 00 per An. to $120. 00
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts has recently been filed, showing upward of two years Sergeant Service, Marriage from, by the affidavit of two Witnesses who testify to general reputation that husband was a pensioner.
Abadiah Esgin Name and residence of Agent Present.
A. B. Putnam, Examining Clerk.

South Thomaston March 21 st 1885
Dear Sir
enclosed are three cases for application Bounty Land viz Mary Hinds Abigail Wiley & myself Asa Coombs
I have not seen any thing published declarative of the requirements of the Dept t at Washington for those having claims to present them under "act 1 st March 1855" the cases presented are for your consideration
I recd a circular from — Stuart former examining clerk in the Dept t making reference to L t D r Waldo and a Mr Cole Clerk
In making application for bounty land will it have to be done through him
Yours Respectfully
M c Clennen sec y
Asa Coombs

Ovid Jan'y. 19. 1854
Sir
I inclose declaration of Abigail Wiley & Mary Hinds - You will find the marriage record & proof of record of marriage attached to the wrong paper, no doubt by mistake, of course they can be separated & placed where they belong
Most Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t Adad Joy
Hon S P Waldo Con't

3.584 Name Joan Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim
who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private & serg.
Increased from $96.00. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars  00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 28 th day of March 1854 and sent to
Abad Joy Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 12 Vol 84
3 m 55 no 19522
C. H. P.

Phila.
Feb. 1. 54
Sir
9 Mar 54
Please certify when Ephraim Wiley — (born? at 96 — Marine roll. Act 18 March 1818) — died.
Yours Respect
J. D. Duryee 30 aud. I am Commr.
Ephraim Wiley, Act 1818 died 2 March 1838. Pa.
J. Burt. An actor

No. 19522
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 27, 187 55
Abigail Wiley. Wid of Ephraim Wiley Rev. War.
Warrant No 3816-160-55.
Asa Coombs. S. Thomaston. Maine.

Abigail Wiles Pension of Maine Law of 1858
from Brad Joy
+

STATE OF Maine County of Lincoln
} ss. Abigail Wiley being duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the widow of Ephraim Wiley deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, that this deponent is directly interested in said claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 13 th day September 185 3 and (I do hereby certify that the said Abigail Wiley is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim.)
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim Wiley deceased, to whom a pension was probably due,
do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY , of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension
Witness my hand and seal, this 13 th day of September 185 3
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Asa Coombs
Abigail Wiley her X mark
STATE OF Maine County of Lincoln
} Be it known that on the 13 day of September 185 3
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Abigail Wiley above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Asa Coombs Jus Peace

No. 4159.
Name
Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim.
Admitted #96 for ann. Comm. 1. 3 Feb. 1853
Abigail Wiley widow of Ephraim.
Act 3 Feb. 1853

Abigail Wiley Purnour of me law 1853 Proof filed March 23 - 1854
Ex B A dog - March 28 - 54

Abigail Wiley Piscataqua of Maine Jan 1853 from Abad Joy
Mar 8/54

Dear L. P. Wald.
by [Signature]

Pa. Oct 15 th , Mrs R. G. Miller,

The claim of Mrs. Anna Gray, for bounty land has been examined and suspended. No record of her husband's

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, SS.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Asa Cook , whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such ; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five .
E. B. Bowman
CLERK.

3816
S
160 Acres

Jan'y: 185 3
Abigail Wiley, Wixley, Wid: of Ephraim,
Alt 1853
Lincoln Co: Me; Increased from $96. to $120. Per An; deducting pension payments.
$120.00 Per An;
Com: Feb: 3, 1853.
Rev:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business.
Hand by E. G. Resend Commissioner

Ephraim Wiley seems to have been a war man, his death is certified as having taken place 2 nd March 1838, he was a pensioner at $96. he is proven to have been a Sergeant
I submit therefore, whether the widow is not entitled to an increase of $24 pr Annum from the 4 th March 1826 to the 2 nd March 1838
Her pension certificate is herewith ret d .
Or if he was not a war man, the pension would come under Act 7-June 1832 - I have not a copy of the Secy. Cert f

Abigail Wrigley

Brief in the case of Abigail Arley - wd, of Elmer - Lincoln County and State of Maine act 3 Feb. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned Act 1818. Marriage deduced from evidence of 2 witnesses; who swear that they knew the parties in the relation of husband & wife, their testimony confirmed by the husband's mention of his wife Abigail in his applica- tion under the Act of 1818.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Adams Orion N.H.
W. H. K. Examining Clerk.

Abigail Wiley me wid Ephraim
Reg d 3 d M 55 d N o 19522 Ad 3 d July 55 d 3584
Boynston return to post office address South Scituate Mass
Abigail Wiley's chain

State of Maine County of Lincoln } ss
Additional to claim Abigail Wiley No of application for bounty land 19524
On this 8 th day of August, A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace  Notary Public with in and for the County and State aforesaid, William Keller and John Graves, who being duly sworn accor- ding to law, declare that they are residents of South Ste- venson, Maine, and reside about three miles from the residence of the widow Abigail Wiley, who is the widow of Ephraim Wiley, deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner, and were acquainted with him before his decease, and knew of his drawing pension, and also heard that his widow Abigail Wiley drew pension under act that granted pension to widows of Revolutionary soldiers, married after the year 1800; we further state that the said Abigail Wiley is now a widow and the widow of the said Ephraim Wiley deceased William Keller John Graves
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the said Abigail Wiley is now a widow
Before me
A. McNeil, Notary Public