Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11834, Alexander Willson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Willson, Alexander Wilson
W. 11834
Catharine
CONTENTS
b. June 15, 1761 - Sub. in Mass. m. 1818 res. of Chautauqua Co. N.Y. d. Sept. 7, 1823 at Warburton Creek Gap, Bucks Co. Pa.

ALEXANDER WILSON
was born the 15 th day of June in the year 1701 and married Catharine Davis on the 17 th of May in the year of our Lord 1727
Catharine Wilson wife of Alexander Wilson was born the 30 th of March in the year of our Lord 1703

2381.
Pennsylv a Philad a
Catharine Wilson widow of Alexander Wilson
Man who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec r 1847. and sent to
Ira Sherwin Harbor creek Penn a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 289 Vol. 2.
Let to Ira Sherwin Dec 30/47 Certificate mislaid - returned and sent to S. Sherwin Jan 2, 1848
RM Bates Aug 19 1864
Reported
Dec r 14/48

13.175 New York
Alexander Wilson
of Chautauqua in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Five Years 1778
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Jacob Houghton Mayville New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 81.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48.00 10 30 4/31 $129.29
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
See letter to N.Y. Pen. Agt. 6 April 1835 - In Com. Nov 14 1835 Let to Pen. Nov 14 1835 Tr. all Dec 22 1835 Transf't to Penna from H. Mar. 1835 - Dec 28 1835 sent to Pen. Mead- ville, Pa
In Com. Nov 14 1835 Let to Pen. Nov 14 1835 Tr. all Dec 22 1835 Transf't to Penna from H. Mar. 1835 - Dec 28 1835 sent to Pen. Mead- ville, Pa

Commonwealth of Penn d Erie County ss Wilson King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Certify that James Chambers is now and was at the time of signing the within an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due, And further that the signature "James Chambers J.P." within subscribed is genuine Witness My hand and the seal of said Court at Erie the 27th of March 1841. Wilson King Pro Prothonotary

10761
Catharine Wilson
Pa
act 7. July 38
in 84 d 43
rejected no act 1873 1488
Act March '43.
admd
2 yrs pri
80 from
7 Sept '43
Dr Ira Sherwin
Harborview
Erie Co
Pa

State of Pennsylvania Lebanon County
Whereas in the event of the death of the present owner of the County of Lebanon personally came Catherine Wilson of the Lebanon County to State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, deposes that she is that she is the widow of Alexander Wilson who died on the 11th day of September A.D. 1844 at the Township of ... in the County of ... State of Pennsylvania ... that she was married to the said Alexander Wilson on the 15th day of May A.D. 1834 at ... in the State of New York ... she has been ... by the said Alexander Wilson ... with him during the whole term of her life ... to her death. That the said Alexander Wilson at the time of his death was the owner of certain ... the United States from the 30th day of ... the term of her life. That he was the owner of ... the roll of the State of New York ... the 11th day of March A.D. 1844. She further states that she is not aware of any means of support for ... of years old ... which ... she is a true ... of the acts of the marriage or the ... that the name of the person who ... into ... and ... says that she had a copy of the ... from ... which is now lost ... the ... of ... a ... not a ... to ... in the ...
Given under my hand this ... day of March A.D. 1844 Catherine Wilson
Subscribed and sworn to before me [Signature]

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County
Before me the undersigned authority of the in & for the County of Erie do hereby personally appear Jane Wilson formerly Jane Wilson & daughter of William & Catherine Wilson who being duly sworn, according to law, deposes & saith, that she is the youngest child of the said William & Catherine Wilson, that she is now 20 years old, that since her early education she has lived with her Father & Mother, having in the City of the Marriage of her Parents, repeatedly to wit: that she is now believed to be, that she should live in a habitable house as her Father & Mother, that her Father has & man with the said Defendant for about one year before his death, that she is the same person herein of the day of September A.D. 1880, that since her Father's death the said Catherine Wilson has resided with this Defendant — Defendant further states that she has not been able to support herself since her Father's death, and that she has been supported by her Father's estate.
Subscribed to me this 12th day of March 1880 More Bros
City of Erie
Before me the undersigned authority of the in & for the County of Erie do hereby personally appear William Wilson who being duly sworn, according to law, deposes & saith that he is the son of the said William & Catherine Wilson, that he is now 22 years old, that he has lived with his Father & Mother for about one year, and that he is the only child of the said William & Catherine Wilson, that he has not been able to support himself since his Father's death, and that he has been supported by his Father's estate.

State of Pennsylvania Erie County } ss
On this 10 day of August 1854, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Erie and State aforesaid, Jane Bowen to me well known as a woman of truth and veracity and made Oath in due form of Law that she is the daughter of the identical Catherine Wilson, who was the widow of Alexander Wilson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $96 per Annum, and died on the 7 th of Sept 1843, that her Mother Catherine was also a Pensioner as will be seen by her Certificate of Pension herewith enclosed and died on the 21 st of November 1849 that she has reason to believe that her Mother was Pensioned at too low a rate & that her pension ought to be increased.
Know all men therefore by these presents, that I do hereby constitute & appoint R W Bates of the City of Washington & District of Columbia my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name & stead to make application for & receive from the U. S. whatever Pension or increase of Pension I may be entitled to, on account of my said Mother, hereby ratifying & confirming whatsoever my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Signed & delivered in the presence of
Ira Sherwin
Jane Bowen
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written
Ira Sherwin
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Erie County, ss.
I, Samuel Raley, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County afore- said, do certify that Deed of Mortgage Esq., before whom the annexed Affidavit Deed taken, is now, and was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to take acknowledgments of Deeds, &c. in and for said County, regularly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due, and that the same is executed agreeably to the Laws of Pennsylvania—and further that the signature of the said Deed of Mortgage Esq. the said Affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie the 10th day of August A. D. 1854.
Samuel Raley, Prothonotary.

Crawford County ss
On the Nineteenth day of October A.D. 1835 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Crawford personally appeared Alexander Wilson who on his Oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Coburn in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Brooks in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York, from whence he has lately removed - that he now resides in the state of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. And that his reason for removing to the state of Pennsylvania was to reside with his son.
Alexander Wilson
Sworn and subscribed to
Before me the day and year
Aforesaid
My Power Justice of the peace
Crawford County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County. Alexander Wilson Jr who on his solemn oath doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the above deponent and that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of October
Alexander Wilson Jr
AD 1835
My Power Justice of the peace
Crawford County ss
I do certify that Alexander Wilson Jr the above evidence is a man of veracity and good moral character. Witness my hand and seal the 19th day of October AD 1835
My Power Justice of the peace

Hotchkiss Pennsylvania Bradford County
I, Sam A. Reynolds, Prothonotary Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, do certify that Alexander Pouan is a Justice of the peace duly Commissioned and acting as such and that the signature of said
Justice is genuine and to all intents and purposes true and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts &c.
Witness my hand and seal at the County of Common Pleas in said County the 7th day of De- cember A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Sam A. Reynolds Prothonotary J. H. Hays Clerk Colent,

13178
Alexander Wilson
7th mth. up 30 June 1879
Con

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. on this 30th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court that is to say in the Court of Common Pleas Common Pleas in & for the county of Chautauqua in the State of New York the same being a court of record having strict and proceeding to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & keeping a record of the proceedings in the same. Alexander Wilson aged 84 years Resident in the town & county of Chautauqua in said State who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served as a private soldier in the revolutionary War as follows; Enlisted in October 1778 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Asa Coburn of the Seventh Mass. Regiment commanded by Col. Alden and continued to serve in said company under said Coburn & afterwards under Capt. William White until 8th June 1783 when I was discharged from service in the State of New York as well appear by my original declaration which was made & sworn to the 20th April 1818 & also declare that I have received a pension certificate under the Law of Congress of March 18. 1818. & that the same is number 18.178 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 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 debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed that is to say I have no real estate whatever Personal estate necessary clothing & bedding except I have one Cow & one Hay cart & Mill and indebted for the same I have also 3 Old chairs & one old table & kitchen utensils & 2 tin pans 1 Iron Pot & Kettle and am indebted to sundry persons in about the sum of $15. I have no income whatever except the monies I receive on the aforesaid pension certificate further declare that I am a farmer & from my age and infirmity am unable to support myself my wife Katherine aged about 87 is infirm & quite feeble & unable to support herself my children & grandchildren are as follows my daughter the widow Polly Rice aged about 52 who is able to support herself but I have to support her two children Cyrus Rice aged 18 & Diana Rice aged 6 my two sons John aged 20 & Alexander aged 18 work for themselves their time having been given them by me about 5 or 6 years ago I have 2 other daughters Margaret aged 14 & Sarah aged 12 who are not able wholly to support themselves and I do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of my property money clothing & bedding except and also of my debts & also of my family residing with me
Alex d Wilson
Sworn to & elected on the 30th day of June 1820 in open court The W m Campbell Clk the Court estimate the property of the said Wilson in the above schedule at $20.00 State of New York. I Calvin E. Mearns Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the Chautauqua County ss. County of Chautauqua in said State do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit containing an inventory or schedule of the estate of Alexander Wilson is a true copy of the same as shown to the said Court, and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the said inventory or schedule is Twenty One Dollars & that the estimate made by the court without regard to the debts which the said Alexander Wilson owes to his creditors. In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this Sixth day of July 1820.
C. E. Mearns Dep. Clk 3

Alexander Willson } a soldier, &c - }
78 to 83 Declaration &c -
Then Massachusett Regt 1st
Jacob Houghton, of Mayville, Chautauqua Co. N. Y. - Agent -
Submitted
Mayville
30 Apr 1818

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss On this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauqua aforesaid in the State aforesaid vs personally appears Alexander Wilson aged fifty six years ten months & fourteen days resident in the State & County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Con- gress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain pension en- gagements in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That the said Alexander Wilson enlisted in the month of October one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Asa Coburn of the seventh Massachusetts Regiment said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Alden that he continued to serve in said Company until Captain Coburn was taken sick when one Captain William White who was killed in battle of Yorktown took possession assumed command of said Company and the said Alexander continued in said service until the eighth of June one thousand seven hundred & eighty three when he was discharged from service in the State of New York; that he was in the battle of Cherry Valley (when Col. Alden was killed) at New- town on the Chemung River & under General Sullivan - And in the Battle near James River

in the State of Virginia & in the army comman- ded by the Major General Loyal Fayette - and also at the siege of the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown in the State of Virginia and that he is in named circum- stances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & that he has no other means now in his power of said service Alexander Wilson
I swear to subscribed and declared before me the day & year aforesaid. Matthew Brandegast
I Mathew Brandegast Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chautau- que & State of New York as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Wilson did serve in the revolutionary war or States in the preceding declaration against the common enemies and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the war department pursuant to the citations of the aforementioned act of Congress Dated at Mayville Chautauque County April 20th 1818
Matthew Brandegast

State of New York,
Chautauqua County Jr. I William Peacock, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, in the absence of Matthew Pendegast, Esquire, the Judge who made the annexed certificate, do hereby certify, in addition to the said annexed certificate, that it appears to my satisfaction that Alexander Wilson, the soldier within named, did perform more than four years of continued service in the army of the United States during the revolutionary war - that said Wilson is in reduced and indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and that said William Dickson and Samuel Anderson who made the within affidavit are men of truth and veracity.
Dated April 23. 1819 -
William Peacock
State of New York, Chautauqua County Jr. I John Dexter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that William Peacock is a Judge of said Court duly appointed commissioned & sworn, and that at the date of the additional affidavit & certificate he was in full force & authority in & to perform such acts, and do further certify that I am more acquainted with the hand writing of the said William Peacock and acutely believe the signatures to the above additional affidavit & certificate are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court to these presents and signed the same with my own hand at Mayville in said County the thirteenth day of May 1819.
John Dexter.

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. William Dickson of Ripley in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York and Samuel Anderson of Portland in the county and state aforesaid, being duly sworn, depose and say, that they have known Alexander Willson whose declaration is hereto annexed ever since the commencement of the revolutionary war, that they were knowing to his having enlisted into the Massachusetts Massachusetts regiment then commanded by Colonel Allen in October 1778, that they repeatedly saw him said Willson in service in the interval between said October 1778 and June 1783, that they have heard read said Willson's declaration which is hereto annexed and believe the same to be true in substance and matter of fact; that said Willson is now poor, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And the said Samuel Anderson also deposes, that he was in the service of the United States when said Willson was discharged, as stated in his declaration hereto annexed, and that he was knowing to said Willson's being honorably discharged therein is stated, and that said Willson did actually perform more than four years of continued service in the Massachusetts line of the army of the United States in the revolutionary war. Dated April 23 d . 1819.
Sworn before me this 23 d day of April 1819
William Dickson William Pearce & Samuel Anderson

State of New York Chautauqua County ss
William Dickson being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is acquainted with Alexander Wilson and believes him to be in re- duced circumstances, and that the said Alexander has had to ask and obtain Relief from his neighbours in order to support his family, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - as he believes Signed & sworn before me this fourteenth day of July 1818 Matthew Brandegast
Wm Dickson
State of New York Chautauqua County ss
Samuel Constock being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he has resided lately in the family of Alexander Wilson and that the said Alexander is in very poor and reduced circum- stances, and that the said Alexander has had received the assistance of his neighbours to support him and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - as he believes - Samuel Constock Subscribed and sworn this 14th day of July 1818 before me Matthew Brandegast

State of New York Chautauqua County
I Matthew Purdy one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that Samuel Cornstock & William Dickerson having been duly sworn according to law and also after having been examined on oath by me respecting the pecuniary circumstances of Alexander Wilson (for whom I certify on the thirteenth day of April last past that it then appeared to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Wilson served in the Revolutionary war as a soldier) & I do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Wilson is in reduced and indigent circumstances as appears by the foregoing depositions of Cornstock and Dickerson. And that the said Alexander Wilson stands in need of the assistance of his County for support. Dated at Mayville Chautauqua County NY - 14th July 1815
Matthew Purdy
Alexander Wilson Supplemental Purdy

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
No. 11834
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Alexander Willson or Wilson 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct 1778 June 8, 1783 priv. Wm White Asa Daburn Alden John Brooks Mass                                  
Battles engaged in, Cherry Valley, Newtown, James River, siege of Yorktown Residence of soldier at enlistment, Belchertown Mass Date of application for pension, April 20, 1861  his claim allowed Residence at date of application, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, June 15, 1761.
Remarks: He was at Stone Arabia N.Y. May 18, 1774. Catherine Davison born Mar 30, 1763. He died at Harbison Creek Twp. Erie Co. Pa. Sept. 7, 1843. She was at pension as of Mar. 12, 1844 at which time she resided with her youngest child Jane the wife of Edmund Bowen in Erie Twp. Erie Co. Pa. In 1820 sons John as 20, Alexander as 18, and widowed dau. Polly Rice as 32. She had 2 ch. Asymus Rice as 10. Francis Rice as 8. He had eleven children no other names stated. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1913 Feb. 12, Histo Mrs. S. C. Henderson. aw
File No. 11834
Catharine Wilson
Widow of First Alexander War
Alexander Wilson
Prison War
Act: Feb. 21 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Family Record -

Philadelphia 6160 Pennsylvania
Catharine Wilson, widow of Alexander Wilson, who was a Pilot in the Mass a Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th  day of March , 1843. Septm.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept. 1843, and sent to Mrs. Catharine Wilson, Harbor Creek Eric Co. Penn.
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 119

See letter to J. Sherwin, Oct. 29. 1844 -
ref d.
Calif. Sent, under Act 1838 V.J.R. & 4 th March 1843, dated 23 rd July 1847, to Hon. A. Ramsay, W. of Kope.

548 (6160)
Pennsylvania.
Pk o
Catharine Wilson widow of Alexander Wilson who was a Private in the Mass. Line
Husb o die d 7 Sept r . 1843.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, and 7 Sept r . '43, when for. per. Con t .
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 o day of Feby. 1847. and sent to
Hon. A. Ramsay, House of Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and J. Res. 23: Jan. 44.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2. Page 119.

(10.202). 598 —
Rep 1
Pennsylvania.
Catharine Wilson
Widow of Alexander Wilson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 7 Sept. 1843 in of Erie Co. in the State of Penn a . who was a Private in the Com py commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg. commanded by Col. Alden in the M ts . line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and ending 4 Mar 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Feby 1847 and sent to Hon. Alex. Ramsay, H. of R.
Total amount, $ 400. —
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 235.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of February 1848 entitled An act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution... State of Pennsylvania Erie County
On this 25 th day of Feb y 1848 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Erie Catharine Wilson a resident of Harborcreek Township in the County of Erie aged 85 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 made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d of February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war That she is the widow of Alexander Wilson who was a private as she believes in the 42 d regiment of the continental army That the annual amount of Pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was eighty dollars She further declares that she is still a widow
Catharine Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
James Chambers Justice of the peace
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me
James Chambers Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania Erie County ss.
I Wilson King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify That James Chambers Esquire, before whom the Within proceedings were had is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and That the Written signatures affixed to the within purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Erie this 25th day of July A.D. 1848,
Wilson King Prothonotary
For Chambers H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.

1848
Harborcreek Erie County Pennsylvania Dec 23 rd
Dear Sir During the month of August last I enclosed to you the affidavits of Abigail Sherwin & Catharine Wilson for the purpose of having them inserted on the pension list under the act of Feb d 2 1848. I this day received the the Pension Certificate of the Widow Abigail Sherwin also a Certificate for Mary Wilson widow of William Wilson which is herein enclosed to you presuming it was sent to me through mistake. Catharine Wilson widow of Alexander Wilson has formerly drawn a pension of Eighty dollars per annum her husband in his life time drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum. Your early attention to the correction of the mistake is earnestly solicited yours respectfully Ira Sherwin
6 J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Dec 26
Mr. Adams New Bedford.
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Revenue New Bedford

Office of Discount & Deposit New York 24 th Dec r 1835,
Sir,
Alexander Wilson mentioned in Your Letter of the 22 nd Ins t has been paid his pension up to 4 th day of March 1835,
I am very respectfully Your Obed t Servant,
Isaac Lawrence Sec y Acting Agent for paying Pensions
J. J. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions.

House Reps. Washington July 15/47
Sir I have been requested to enclose the application of Mrs Cath. Wilson of Penna. for arrears of Pension and will esteem it a favor if you cause it to receive immediate attention
Very Respectfully Yours &c
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. Pension
Thos. Parnsey

No 10761 507 Catharine Wilson Widow of Alexander Pa
acts 7 July 1838 and mut resolution of 23 rd January 1845.
Adm o , 2 years per $80 per annum
from 4 March 1836 to 4 th March 1841
Adm o act 3 March 1843 $80 00 / 100 per annum
from 4 March to 7 Sept 1843 from which she has been paid -
Hon Alex r Ramsey House of Reps,

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by
Jas. R. Snowden Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 289 Vol. 2 ,
Geo. M. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1843, Catharine Wilson widow of Alexander Wilson who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1843, 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 War Office of the United States this 14th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d of January, 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following Statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above-mentioned: I am the widow of Alexander Wilson, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the 7th day of September, 1843, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day of March, 1836, to the 4th day of March, 1841, and from the 4th day of March, 1843, to the 7th day of September, 1843, when my former pension commenced. I made my declaration before the 30th April, 1844, and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23d of January, 1845.
Barbara Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this ninth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at Harnady's Creek Settlement in the County of Erie James Chambers Justice of the Peace. State of Pennsylvania
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
James Chambers Justice of the Peace
State of Penn ty } Milton King Notary Public of the Erie County } County of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that James Chambers whose name appears to the above is now and was at the time of signing above an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and to all whom official acts full faith and credit are due; and further that the signature "James Chambers" to the above is genuine.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Erie February 10th 1847 Milton King Pro By M King

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County ss
On this 11 th day of October A.D. 1844. personally appeared Catharine Wilson, before the subscriber a justice of peace for the County of Erie, a resident of the Township of Harbor Creek, in the County of Erie aged eightyone 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed at the last Session, granting Pensions to the Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Alexander Wilson, who was a private, and that she received a pension of eighty dollars annually, under the act of March 3 rd 1840.
She further declares that she is still the widow of Alexander Wilson.
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above written - before me
James Chambers Justice peace
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Erie County
ss. Wilson King Prothonotary p. 3 of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County do certify that James Chambers before whom the above proceedings were had was at the date thereof and now is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and Seal this 7 th day of October A.D. 1844 at Erie and the Seal of said Court
Wilson King Prothonotary (Seal)

Marion Co. Ore. April 3 1844 March 6 8th Gen
Catherine Nelson 7 April 1835
free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia

Harborcreek 28 th March 1844
Dear Sir the enclosed Family Record was cut from a paper containing the record of all the family of Alexander Watson which would be too cumbersome to transmit by mail If the within papers are not satisfactory proof of the marriage you will please direct me what more would be absolutely necessary, her marriage certificate being lost
Any communication in regard to the subject may be directed to
Dr Ira Sherwin, Harbor Creek Erie Co Pennsylvania

Harlans Pa. Oct 7 Oct 12. 1874 18 3/4 Catharine Wilson Act 43. Pa.
Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Harbor Creek Oct 7 th 1844
Enclosed is the application of Catharine Wilson widow of Alexander Wilson for a Pension under the act of the last session of Congress
I received her certificate for a pension from the 7 th Sept 1843 to March 1844 the next day after I last addressed you
yours respectfully
Ira Sherwin

Dec. 21.
Rev. Thomas for transfor my rod
from NY to Elyria for 4 Mar 1835 not to Penn Meadville Pa
Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
1/14

204. W. B. St- Ontario Calif. Jan 29-1913
War Department Washington
Have you any record of Alexander Wilson who was enlisted from Cherry Valley New York in Revolutionary war. Drew a pension and when he died his widow drew the pension.
Resp. Miss S. C. Henderson Regiment G. D. A. R. Chap. Ontario Calif.