Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18357, Samuel Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wilson, Samuel or Wilson
W 18357
Lydia
CONTENTS

20. 1869 New York
Samuel Willson
of Haverhill in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt. — commanded by Col. — in the N.Y. State — line for 8 m.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Aug 1833 and Sixth Ctl. J. H. L. S. S. H. S. H.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1831 $133.33 Pension allowance ending March 1831 13.33 $146.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Cole Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 89
Pension due before June 1831
order to pay — to J. Fleming
let. 25 March. 1831. P. agent. —
Edward Williams 17 May 1834 do to your agent same date

Let Hon. A. Mann 17 Jan'y 1834 do to Pension Agent same date
order to pay - let 25 March 1834. to J. H. Mann -

4167 Vermont Muster Lydia Willson widow of Isaac who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March and sent to
Mr. E. Calhoun Lyndon Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 103 Vol. 3

Conquest 12 Feb 1848
Mr. E. Lydia Wilson Act for of 44 New York.
Lucius B. Peck
Member of Congress Washington D.C.
Wood B. Peck A.P.

Hon! L. B. Peck M.C.
Symmes Feb. 7. 1848
Dear Sir,
Again in behalf of the Widow of a worn out veteran of the Revolution I ask your assistance in obtaining a transfer of her name from the pay roll at Albany N. Y. to Montpelier Vt. Mrs. Wilson the applicant is the Mother of Doct. Calain Jewett's wife resident at St. Johnsbury Plain - Doct. Jewett desired that I would enclose the papers to you so that the transfer might be immediately made so as to enable her to draw the 4 th March as it is a year last Sept. since she has drawn any pay - - Mrs Wilson is a little confused as to the amt. of her pension not having any certificate and her former agent having kept the data. Will you give me the annual amount of the pension as I will save writing to New York for it. - and I will be very much obliged for the Widow, and as one of your constituents - "Well, Well What's the news?" asked Lamb used to say - "I Spose not much?"
Very respectfully,
Yours
Geo. C. Calhoun

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 1. Where the declaration made before a Court or a Judge...  2. If before a Judge, when it appears that the application is denied by him, in writing;  3. How old is he?  4. State his services as directed in the form annexed. 
Entered in the case of... in the State of... For the term of...

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Wilson.  of German Flatts of Herkimer County in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     April In 1780. — 8 — private Gen. Cap. Th. Whipple.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Britain Worcester Co. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not attached as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Benjamin D. Cutts Examining Clerk.

6881 In the matter of the application of Lydia Wilson widow of Samuel Wilson died for a pension
Act. July 7. 1838
Declaration & proof
Married 8 Dec 1785
Husband died 16 May 1833
Capt Whipple Mfs
Admitted Pension 8 months
Resided at Little Falls Herk Co. NY

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester & Town of New Braintree
I Amasa Bigelow of New Braintree aforesaid do hereby certify that the following is a correct transcript of the record of the marriage of Lydia Hunter to Samuel Wilson kept in my office Vix: December eight hundred eighty five. The Marriage of Samuel Wilson and Lydia Hunter was solemnized by Rev. Daniel Foster
and I do further certify that it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in faint legible figures as follows: Dec 8 th 1885
Amasa Bigelow
I Amasa Bigelow above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me Subscribing thereunto Amasa Bigelow to this 2 nd day of December 1889 before me Samuel Nipher Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the court of Probate for the county of Worcester do certify, that Samuel Mixter is a Justice of the Peace, within  in the said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature within written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this fourth day of December one thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

State of New York County of Herkimer ss. On this fifth day
of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer the same being a Court of record having by law a Clerk and Seal. Lydia Willson a resident of the Town of Munkins in the said County of Herkimer aged seventy two 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 July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; that she is the widow of Samuel Willson late of the town of Town of Germantown in the County of Herkimer deceased, who was as she was informed by her said husband and testimony, a private in the revolutionary army and a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 and  and his pension certificate as she is informed has been returned to the War Depart- ment to be renewed with interest  ment and she is informed that and she further says that as she understood her husband, during his drawing his pension under said Certificate, he was  he was  not  in his lifetime  entitled to  but upon his death it  it  was  not  not  disbursed  disbursed and she prays leave to refer the Honorable Secretary of War to the declaration and proofs of her said husband on file as she is informed, which in the office of the War Department of the

United States in support of her claim to a pension from the United States; and she further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Willson on the eighth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five (1785) at New Britain in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts by the Rev. Daniel Foster a Minister of the Gospel; that her said husband the aforesaid Samuel Willson died on the sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three at the Town of Springfield in the County of Franklin; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated - Sworn to and subscribed on this day year above written in open Court before, Agassiz Clerk J. Willson
Horatio Common
Place February Term 1840
I John Agassiz Clerk
do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration was made & affidavit interlined between to in open Court this 5 th day of February 1840
In testimony whereof I do hereby set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this 5 th day of February 1840

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State of New York County of Herkimer ss. Elijah Barnes of the Town of Manheim in the said County of Herkimer being duly severally says that he is well acquainted with Lydia Wilson and that this deponent knew her husband Samuel Wilson now deceased and this deponent had known them both for more than twenty years before the death of the said Samuel Wilson and this deponent further says that the said Lydia Wilson has never intermarried since the death of her said husband the aforesaid Samuel Wilson but has remained his widow even since his death. Elijah Barnes severally subscribed this 8th day of March 1840 before me
A. Lewis first Judge

State of New York } Richmond County p: }
I hereby Certify that A Loonis Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof first known to the Richmond County Courts & duly qualified & qualified & that he is a resi- dent of said County - And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and only believe the within signature purporting to be his is genuine - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County March 11 th 1840 -
E. A. Munsell Deputy for John Dygert Clerk

State of New York
In the matter of Samuel Wilson a. Revolutionary Soldier
Pension Papers Under act of 1832
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G.B. Lord
Frankfort
Schenectady Co.
N.Y.
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Prospect
$26.66

State of New York Washington County
On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before Michael Hoffman First Judge and John Mahan, Augustus Benedict and others  from Wooster Judges of the court of common Pleas of said County now sitting. Samuel Wilbore a resident of Greenfield in said County aged sixty eight years the twenty eighth day of January last who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the seventh one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit, under Captain Thomas Whipple and Lieutenant Timothy Ruggles. That he volunteered and enlisted for eight months and entered the service on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two and served until the twenty second day of December then next following when he was dismissed and left the service. That when he volunteered and enlisted he resided in New Braintree in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. That he was a Volunteer and continually stationed at the big barracks in old Nittany Massachusetts and was one of a company of about sixty men and the only company stationed there at that time. That he has no documentary evidence of his service and that Jonathan Gilbert of Schuyler in said County who served in the same company is the only writing to his recollection whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
8 months & 2 days in all
1st Where, and in what year, were you born?
I was born in New Braintree, in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four.

2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
"I have a record of my age given to me by my father, which I entered in my bible and have the same now at home -
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since, the rebellious war, and where do you now live?
"When I volunteered and enlisted I lived in New Braintree in Worcester County and in the State of Massachusetts, and at the age of twenty four years I went to reside in Oakham in the same County, where I resided six or seven years, from thence I returned to New Braintree, and resided there again about one year, from thence I went to and resided in Hardwick in the same County about four years, from thence I went to Kirby in the County of Salina and State of Vermont, where I resided about seven years, from thence I went to Hillsborough in the County of Essex and State of New York, where I resided about seven years, from thence I went to Mechanic in the County of Washington, in said last mentioned State, where I resided about four months, from thence I went to Salisbury, in said last mentioned State and County where I resided about a year, from thence I went to Fairfield, in said last mentioned State and County, where I resided about four years, from thence I went to Hachina in said last mentioned State and County, where I resided about five years, and from thence I came  went to German Flats in the said last mentioned State and County where I still reside -
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
There was a call for men to guard the prisoners at Old Rutland Massachusetts, and I volunteered and enlisted for eight months as one of the men -

5 th . State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Thomas Whitehead was our captain, Timothy Briggs our lieutenant and our ensign's name I do not recollect, he did not stay with us but a short time, perhaps four or five days. I think he died. Our orderly sergeant's name was Lucius Doolittle. Our company was the only one at Old Rutland at that time. Our business was guarding prisoners, then getting word. I was there in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty being the year of and after the hard winter, and in which the dark day was:-
6 th . Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it:-
I never received any other discharge than a verbal discharge at the expiration of my eight months service.
7 th . State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution:-
Elijah Barnes of Manchester & Jonathan Gilbert of Schuyler -
Colonel Amos Roberts and Major Robert Brainerd late Sheriff of Rensselaer County, and late a member of the Legislature of this State, are two near neighbours of mine, and to whom I am well known, and who are acquainted with my character, and my services as a soldier of the revolution by reputation.
There is no alderman in my immediate neighbourhood:-
Heed that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
m. O. Field Clerk
A. C. D. Pinner Dept Clerk
Sam l . Wilson

State of New York Schuyler County ss.
I, Jonathan Gilbert of Schuyler in said County do hereby certify that I was sixty eight nine years of age on the first day of September last and that I have read the above declaration of Samuel Willson and know the contents thereof, and that I resided in the same place, volunteered and entered at the same time, under the same officers, for the same term of service mentioned by said Samuel Willson in his said declaration, and that I was then and am now well acquainted with said Samuel, and that the call was made and we with others volunteered, enlisted and served, at the time, in the manner and for the time stated by said Samuel in his said declaration.
Jonathan Gilbert
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid in open court
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Elijah Barnes Robert Shannahan We undersigned  Jonathan Gilbert residing in Schuyler County in the County of Schuyler in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Willson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Elijah Barnes Jonathan Gilbert
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
A. E. Pinner - Dept Clerk
And the said board do hereby 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 board further certify that it appears

to these that Colonel Amos Roberts who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of German Flats in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and that Major Robert Thornmaker late Sheriff of Herkimer County late a Member of the Legislature of this State who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and that they are entitled to credit credible persons and this statement is attested to all or it:-
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Willson for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two:-
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Willson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. File 18357
Samuel Willson his widow
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 20, 1780 to Dec 22-80 Thomas Whipple ✓ Mass.          
NOT USED
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Braintree, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832
Residence at date of application, German Flatts, Herkimer Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Jan. 28-1764
Remarks: He m. New Braintree, Mass. Dec. 3, 1785 Lydia Hunter  he d. May 16, 1833 at German Flatts, N.Y. & she was all'd. pens.  on her application spec. Feb. 5, 1840, as 72 yrs. res. Mannheim,  N.Y. In 1848 she resided at St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Resided at Kirby, Vt. for 7 yrs.

Rev 18357 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18357 Lydia Wilson Widow of Samuel Wilson Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. m , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Montpelier 3846 Vermont New York Albany
Lydia Willson
Widow of Samuel Willson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of Dec. 1843 and sent to G. R. Yates Schenectady, N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1. Page 116.

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61. S. Petri. May 28/94
Issued to Rev Agt. D. A. Price 48.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Vermont April 4. Sep 1846. - 5 May 1848. Notification to Hon. L. B. Pack. H. R.

Albany 5456
Lydia Willson widow of Samuel Willson
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 16. May 1833 of Herkimer Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Whipple of the regt. commanded by _____ in the Mils. line for 8 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 62 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of May 1840 and sent to N. Norton Esq. Little Falls, N. York
Arrears to the 14th of March 1840 106.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sep. 13.33
$119.97
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2,
Clerk, Page 110
New certificate issued & sent to Hiram Norton 6. July 1840.

Samuel Wilson.
certifying officer, should accompany the paper.
In every case where the copy of the court or other certifying officer has no date and signature of the officer, the certificate of a messenger of court, bearing the official character, and signature of the officer, is attached to the certificate.
Under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly inserted on the same sheet of paper which contains the certificate, or other paper accompanying the certificate. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who accompanies the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the certificate, the certificate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUEST. XVII. Proof of service. In every case where the certificate of the certifying officer is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the certificate, the certificate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. In every case where the certificate of the certifying officer is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the certificate, the certificate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUEST. XVIII. Proof of service.
In the field or in garrison, and for the time being, when the officer is absent, the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, should certify that the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, is the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place. It must in every case be clearly shown upon the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, that the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, is the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place. It must in every case be clearly shown upon the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, that the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place, is the officer who is acting in his place, or in the event of his absence, the officer who is acting in his place.
It is important to the cause of justice that officers with proper instructions be issued for the discharge of their respective duties.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Wilson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No the reason is given in the line underlined in the 32 line of the declaration -
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes The Court certify to ab
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Credibility

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Olcott, Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Albany
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of September - next. Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 110 by
D. Brown,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Lydia Willson, of the State of New York widow of Samuel Willson - - - - - who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and died on the - - 16 th - - day of May 1833 - - - - is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six - - cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty.
A. M. D.

May 2, 48
Passion Agent
Albany,
Conn.
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm'r of Pensions War Dept Washington City -

MECHANICS' AND FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency.
April 29. 1848
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 th inst I have to state, that Lydia Wilson a Pensioner under the Act of 3 March 1843 &c 26 69 /100 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1846.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't.
Monroe W. Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

May 25 44
Col. M. L.
J. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington.
FREE
J. Adams May 28, 1844

3846
Little Falls, Herkimer Co.
N Yov 16
22 nd May 1844
Dear Sir
At the Solicitation of Mrs Lydia Wilson I write to You for the purpose of ascertaining what has been done with her application for a pension which was sent to You some time since. She says that no answer has been received and is desirous of hearing from You on the subject. Will You therefore have the goodness to write me as Early as convenient that she may receive the necessary information - I think the application was for the additional Year the the Law granting certain widows a pension.
She is fearful that the cause of the delay is that her application is incorrect
Respectfully Your obedt Servt
Simon Petrie
To the Hon. S. J. Edwards

Lydia Wilson's Declaration for a pension aa 3846

State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss
On this sixteenth day of September 1848 Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to Administer oaths, Lydia Wilson a resident of St. Johnsbury in said County of Caledonia aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, states on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary War" passed February 2 d 1848. That she is the wid- ow of Samuel Wilson who was a soldier of the Army of the Revolutionary War who died at German Flatts in the State of New York April 16 th 1838 who was a pensioner. That this Deposant was subsequently therefor placed upon the Pension List, Roll of the Albany Agency at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum as the Widow of the said Samuel Wilson, that she formerly resided at Manheim in said State of New York but removed to St. Johnsbury aforesaid in November 1846 when she intends to make it her future permanent residence and that the present year she has been transferred to the Roll of the Vermont Agency payable at Montpelier, that the evidence on which her said husband and on which she herself were assigned are listed in the Pension Department, that she res- pectfully refers to said proofs for evidence of his service and her marriage to him which was celebrated at Braintree in the State

Massachusetts November 17 th 1885 That she drew a pension under the act of Congress of the 17 th June 1874 at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Calvin Jewett
George C. Cahoon
Lydia his Wilson
Swam to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me
George C. Cahoon Justice of the Peace.
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.
George C. Cahoon Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia County, ss.
I, Sam d P. Wanoo, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
George L. Cahoon Esq. of Lyndon
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 20 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures to the annexed certificates are genuine,
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this September 16 th A. D. 1848.
Sam d P. Wanoo Clerk.

July 6 1840
Mr Brown
Free FREE
An J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions Washington City

Little Falls July 1. 1840 -
Dunbar -
I perceive in the enclosed pension certificate an error of a letter in the word twenty , it is written Tenty - to obviate difficulty which may arise at the agency I return it for correction - Yours with much Respect Hiram Norton
Rev J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions

Mar 19 1840
6880 6881
July 1838
Revolutionary claim for Hon J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City
FREE
Lucy B. ... and of ...
John ...

Hon J. L. Edwards, Comr. of Pensions, Sir:
Enclosed are two applications of Widow Bann, & Wilson for pensions their husbands being revolutionary pensioners — Please enclose pension certificate to me when granted —
Yours truly W. Norton March 11 th 1840

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss At St. Johnsbury February 5 th 1848
On this fifth day of February 1848 before me the subscribing authority a justice of the Peace for said County of Caledonia personally appeared Lydia Wilson of the town of St. Johnsbury who on her oath declares that she is a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed on the 14 th June 1844 as Widow of Samuel Wilson a Soldier of the Revolutionary War late of German Flatts in Herkimer County in the State of New York deceased and that she is the same person so drawing a pension as such widow in the State of New York up to the fourth day of September 1846 that at the time of drawing her said last pension she was a resident of Manlius Herkimer County New York from whence she has lately removed that she now resides in St. Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont where she intends to remain and receive her pension payable in future at the Pension Agency at Montpelier in said State of Vermont. The following are her reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Vermont viz to reside with family friends residing at the latter place
Witness Calvin Jewett
Martha Jewett
Lydia her Wilson mark
Sworn & subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid
George C. Johnson Justice of the Peace

I Calvin Jewett of St. Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Lydia Wilson widow of Samuel Wilson a Revolutionary Soldier late of German Flatts in the County of Herkimer and State of New York deceased and know her to be the person she represents herself to be in the forgoing application made by her for a transfer of her name from the Pension Agency on which it stands in the State of New York to the Pension Agency in Montpelier in the State of Vermont And I further depose and say that the said Lydia Wilson who made oath to the forgoing application is the identical person described in this affidavit. I further depose and say that she removed from the State of New York to St. Johnsbury Vermont to reside with some family friends.
Subscribed and sworn to this 5 th day of February 1848 Calvin Jewett
Before me George C. Caboon Justice of the Peace
I certify that the witness in the above affidavit is a person of veracity
George C. Caboon Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia County,....ss.
I, Sam d P. Nuttall , Clerk of the County Court of the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
George C. Calhoun Esq of Lyndon
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the thirtyth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature to the annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this fifth day of February A. D. 1848.
Sam d P. Nuttall ,
Clerk.

3668
Sydia Wilson
Apr 26 66
G. F. Yates Schenectady NY

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Herkimer
On this tenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- three before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
personally appeared Lydia Wilson a resident of the town of Manheim in said county, aged seventy five 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 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Samuel Wilson who was a private in the war of the revolution, and served in manner & for the terms set forth in her papers in the matter of her application for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was Twenty six 66/100 Dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her Lydia Wilson mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written, be }
for me Levi Dexter J. P.
* Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. and I certify that she is unable to write her name owing to lameness in her right hand Levi Dexter J. P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Herkimer
I, Enoch Nelson clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Levi Dexter Esq. was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this fourth day
of September  at June 1843.
E. Nelson Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I send an- nexed a declaration of Mrs Lydia Wilson under the act of 3 rd March 1843.
Please forward certificate to Mrs Lydia Wilson Little Falls Herkimer County N.Y. to the care of Mr William Lobdell.
Yours etc. etc.
J. F. [unintelligible]
Manhatten June 1843.

Ft Wayne Ind, Aug. 13-1900
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you if possible send me a list of those who took part in the Revolutionary War by the name of " Willson ", giving place of enlistment and rank. I should especially like to know of those who were engaged in the events in and around Boston.
Trusting that your records may contain information that will be of advantage to me I remain
Yours respectfully.
H. E. Willson
247 W Washington St.
Ft Wayne Indiana

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wilson, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire or Willson, Samuel
WARRANT NUMBER 3549 and 3173 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 28, 1796 to Christ a D. Thon, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior 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.