Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,506, Thomas Wigton, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Wigton Thomas Elizabeth
R. 11506
CONTENTS
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Elizabeth Wight Annapolis, Ohio
Ex 3 I Pugh Jan 30-52

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Thomas W Wightman Kingston Township in Delaware County v. State of Ohio and son of Elizabeth Wightman Widow of Thomas Wightman, deceased, which Elizabeth Wightman was an Applicant for a Pension
hereby constitute and appoint Samuel A Pugh of Washington City, v. D. C. my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Elizabeth Wightman, deceased. for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension , that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the Heirs of Elizabeth Wightman.
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and hereby revoking all other powers made in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 15 day January A. D., 185 2 . Thomas W Wightman
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Amos Totten } Francis Parks }
STATE OF Ohio } COUNTY OF Delaware } ss:
On this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____ before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared _____ and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be _____ act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
J. Peace.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY of Delaware } ss.
day of January
Be it known, That on this
15 th
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty Two
, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Thomas W Wighton
a resident of Sturgton
(deceased)
in said County, and
made oath according to law that
he is the son of Elizabeth Wighton , Widow of Thomas
Wighton that the said Elizabeth Wighton was an Applicant for a Revolutionary Pension
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of
allowed
Dollars per annum ; that he has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in
said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as his
Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Daniel Maxwell J. Peace.
Thomas W Wighton
I, Daniel Maxwell Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Thomas W Wighton who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Daniel Maxwell J. Peace.
I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this day of
A. D. 185 .
Clerk.

STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Delaware } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Daniel Maxwell a Justice of the Peace in and for the state and county aforesaid that Elizabeth Wightman deceased who was the Widow of Thomas Wightman , was an Applicant for States at the rate of $ a Revolutionary Pension of the United States per annum and that she died on the first day of December eighteen hundred and forty four leaving surviving her Thomas W Wightman and William Wightman , and that Thomas W Wightman & William Wightman are now
the only surviving children of the aforesaid Elizabeth Wightman, deceased .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 15 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty. two Daniel Maxwell J P

V3271 Elizabeth Wight Ohio. Tho.
Act. 4 July 36
m 74

Elizabeth Highton was born October 27 1753
Pat Mary Highton was Born November the 26 th 1774
Thomas Highton was Born August the 14 1780
Samuel Highton was Born November the 16 th 1783
Hannah Highton was born March the 26 th 1787
William Highton was Born June the 1788
Mary Highton the Daughter of
Elizabeth Highton was Born January the 25 1798
John Highton was born October the 1790

The State of Ohio } Be it remembered that on this 9 th Delaware County, ss } day of January 1838 personally appeared before me Ezra Griswold one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware & State of Ohio, Elizabeth Wigton a resident of Kingston Township in the said County aged eighty four 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 the 11 th A.D. 1836:—
That she the said Elizabeth Wigton widow of the late Thomas Wigton deceased was born October 27. 1753 at Cambridge Connecticut, and is now 84 years of age. The only record of her age she has is the attached leaf of a bible which record she believes was made by her husband the said Thomas Wigton. Her father Justice Gaylord removed with her from Connecticut to the Wyoming Country in Pennsylvania, in 1772 and settled at Kingston. On January 6 th 1874 she was married at Kingston, Wyoming to Thomas Wigton. About two years after she & her husband moved to the Mouth of Mechopean Creek, a place about 40 miles up the Susquehanna river above Kingston, where she resided until about a year before the battle at Wyoming, when she moved back to her father's at Kingston. From that time her husband was in the service of the United States until the close of the war. He first served as an Ensign and then as a Com- missary in the actual military service of the United States; but cannot tell or recollect all the particulars of his services. Three or four days before the Indian battle at Wyoming her husband had a furlough for a few days absence from the army for the purpose of taking his family to some place of safety, and he took her and children over to the Delaware river to a place called Strouds; where he left her and returned to the army. Soon after that he went with a drove of horses

under his charge and belonging to the United States to Elizabeth Town in the New Jersey for the use of the army then at that place. She returned in about four weeks and took her to Norfolk Conn. where she remained until the close of the war, and her husband returned to the army. Cannot recollect all the places he was at; recollects he was at the battle at the Red-Banks and Mud Island where a young man with whom she was acquainted by the name of Justice Davis was killed, being cut in two by a cannon shot. After the revolutionary war her husband took her back to Wyoming, where she resided until 1830 when she removed with her son William Wight to Delaware Co. where she now resides. Her husband Thomas Wight died when from home at Albany N.Y. in the year 1809.
Cannot tell or recollect all the time her husband was in the service or the particulars of it. She hopes that the proper offices & records at Washington will furnish some evidence of his services. She can positively affirm that her husband was engaged in the military services of the U. States, with the army from the year 1777 to the fall of 1782. During that time he was never at home with his family except for a limited time on furlough.
She further declares that she was married as aforesaid to the said Thomas Wight January 6 th 1774; that her husband said Thomas Wight died at Albany N.Y. in the year 1809; and that she has remained a widow ever since, that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She has no other documentary evidence.
Sworn to & subscribes on the 9 th  day of January 1838 Elizabeth Wight
Before me.
E. Griswold, associate judge in cause. of Delaware Conn. Pleas. 3

I do hereby further certify that Elizabeth Wighton, named in the within declaration, & who has attested thereto, is a person in whose credibility I have full confidence, and that, from the infirmities of age & a very distant residence is unable to attend court
E. Griswold, Associate Judge, of Delaware Com. Pleas.
State of Ohio Delaware County; ss I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for said County, hereby certify, that Ezra Griswold Esq r before whom the foregoing declaration appears to have been taken, was at the date thereof an Associate Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified &c, and that his signatures above written, I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware, this 12 th day of January A.D. 1838.
Thomas Reynolds Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
aug September 23, 1926
Mrs. G. W. Jones 515 Osage Humboldt, Kans
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 11506, it appears that Elizabeth Wigton applied for pension January 9, 1838, while a resident of Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband, Thomas Wigton, served from 1777 to fall of 1782, as Ensign and Commissary in the Pennsylvania Troops, but gave no names of officers. The claim was not allowed, as proof of service, as required by the pension laws, was not furnished.
It also appears in said claim that Thomas Wigton lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, during the Revolution, and died in 1809 in Albany, New York; and that he married, January 6, 1774 at Kingston,
Ok'd by Miss Wilson - Thomas Wigton can not be found on Pa. books or in Heilman.

Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth, daughter of Justice Gaylord. She was born October 27, 1753 at Cambridge, Connecticut, and moved in 1773, with her father to Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
She died December 1, 1844, leaving the following children- Thomas W. Wigton and William Thomas W. Wigton, and William Wigton.
The following names appear on family record-
Pol Mary Wigton born November 26, 1779. Thomas W. Wigton " August 4, 1780. Samuel Wigton " November 16, 1783. Hannah ga Wigton " March 28, 1787. William Wigton " June 5, 1789.
"granddaughter Nancy Ogton the daghter of Elisabeth Wigton was born January 25, 1798!
John Ogton was born October, month and year illegible.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Delaware (Ohio) Jan'y. 12 1838
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration and documents of Elizabeth Wighton for a Pension under the law of July 4 th 1836.
Mayor William Wighton of this County is now on his way to Washington and will call at the Pension Office in relation to this matter and if necessary will give further evidence in relation to the claim. There is a distant connection of the applicant, and was acquainted with her deceased husband.
Very respectfully Your obt. servant.
J. W. Powell
Hon. J. B. Edwards } Comm. of Pensions. }

Washington April 30. 1852 Dear James C. Keath
I am requested to enquire whither any has been had upon the application of Mrs. Wiegton for a pension, which I sent to you some two or three months since.
A reply at your earliest leisure will much oblige your Humble Servt B. Stanton

House of Reps. U. S. May 3 d 1838.
Dear Sir:
Thos W Powell Esq r of Delaware, Ohio, writes, that through the course of the last fall, he he sent to the Pension Office, papers, purporting to be an application, of Mrs Wight for a pension, and also some additional evidence towards establishing a claim of Jacob Bennett whose papers are alleged to be at your office.
Will you please to inform me what is the situation of those two claims, and what other evidence is wanting to establish them, at as early a day as your conscience will permit, and oblige.
Your Obed t Serv t
Wm Wrigley
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions

War Dept Rec Office May 4 1888
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Weyton, widow of Thomas Weyton, have been examined and filed with suspended cases. She alleges that her husband served as a Ensign and commissary in the army during the revolutionary war but has not stated to what regt & company he belonged as a Ensign, nor the service performed by him as such, nor to whether his service was connected with the militia or regular army. The records in this office afford no proof of his service either in the Connecticut or Pennsylvania lines, and the proof exhibited as it regards the service is not satisfactory. A more particular statement of the alleged service should be made, and the service proved as required in the enclosed printed regulations.
In the case of Jacob Bennet his alleged service was as a militia man, and the militia served in short terms under one engagement. He claims for at least two years service during a period of three years. The militia Unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Dept. that he was called

out by competent authority and performed too of service in a regularly organized corps. The claim cannot be admitted.
Wm. J. Ridgway May 4, 1838 Ohio
Col.
Wm J. Ridgway. NOR

May 24/22

Pension Office, May 4. 1852
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr Hawke making inquiry as to the condition of the pension claim of Elizabeth Wligton of Ohio who claimed a pension under the Act of 21 July 1830, and to enclose you copies of two letters, one to Hon J. Ridgway of the 21 May 1838 & the other to Hon D. Wilimot of the 18 Augt 1846 - since which time no additional testimony has been recd?
Hon R. Stanton H of Reps.

Department of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:—
Will you please inform me if the name of "Thomas Wighton" is on record as a Rev. soldier? Family tra- dition says he was in "Commissary Dept." Also tell me from which state he went, & where I may gain documentary evidence regarding him

I desire also to learn of Ezekiel Goble (Gobel) probably of Morristown, N.J.
I am a D.A.R. # 222473, & desire to trace in full further lines of descent.
Will surely appre- ciate any information
Very sincerely
Charmion W. Jones (Mrs. Edward Jones) 515 Brage Humboldt, Ne.
Aug 2 - 1926

1926 Sept. 23 - H. R. to Mrs. E. W. Jones cert.
11.000
P. O.
Elizabeth Wighton
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 - shows reasons for suspension -
Alleges: "Service in the Pa. Line must be verified by the Harrisburg records - marriage admitted."
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Elizabeth Wight Thomas Ohio
Suspended
Dec 11 th May 1830 Howard Ridgway Set to Wm D. Wilson August 13 th 46 Set to Wm D. Wilson May 1842.
11506

Deposition of Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson now of the age of Eighty Five years now living in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio being first duly sworne according to law by me — Randall W. Arnold acting Justice of the Peace of Berkshire Township Delaware County and State of Ohio to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposeth and says — as he verily believes to the best of his recollection — that about four years and a half — Previous to the close of the Revolutionary War of the United States — that he became acquainted with Thomas Wighton Then in the service of the United States and First Pennsylvania line and that Thomas Wighton was then acting as Ensign at that time in the War — and that he Thomas Wighton after that Period of the War was to his Richard Thompsons per- =sonal knowledge — in the Comissary Department until the close of the War — acting for the Army of the United States of America — and at the close of the service of the revolution when they the said Richard Thompson and Thomas Wighton were discharged from the service Then at that time Thomas Wighton living in Luzerne County State of Pennsylvania, employed him Richard Thompson to work — where he became more personally acquainted with Thomas Wightons Family — and is now able to identify Elizabeth Wighton which was the wife of Thomas Wighton and is now living a widow in the County of Delaware and State of Ohio and knows her to be the same Person as above written — signed Richard his Thompson mark

I Randall R Arnold, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Bordesire in the County of Delaware and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the within named Richard Thompson were by me first duly Sworne to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the foregoing deposition by him respectively subscribed were reduced to writing by me —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Seven —
Randall R Arnold J.P.
Seal
I certify that the entire of the first Pennsylvania line was respectfully done by me
R. R. Arnold J.P.
And I the said Arnold do hereby certify that the above named Richard Thompson sustains a good character for truth & ver- acity and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand the day & year above written,
Randall R Arnold Jus. Peace

The State of Ohio Delaware County. p. 3 I, Eleazer Gaylord of the said County being duly sworn upon my oath say, that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Wigton of the said County widow of Thomas Wigton decd. That the said Elizabeth and Thomas Wigton were married to each other at my father's house in Kingston in the Wyoming Country Penna. about time in the winter of 1774 as near as I can now calculate and recollect. I was present at the marriage. I was then between seven & eight years of age and am now seventy years of age.
I have ever since been well acquainted with the said Elizabeth Wigton. The said Thomas Wigton died about thirty years since, and the said Elizabeth has ever since remained his widow not having been since married.
The said Thomas Wigton was during the revolutionary war in some manner connected with the service was most of the time with the army, but in what capacity I cannot tell as I was then young, and further say not-
Eleazer Gaylord
Sworn & subscribes to this 6 th day of January 1838 before me
Randall R. Snowd. jus. peace
Delaware County. p. 4 I, Samuel Gandon of the said County being duly sworn upon my oath say that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Wigton widow of Thomas Wigton decd. and an applicant for a pen- sion. I was living in the neighborhood in Kingston Wyoming Country where the said Elizabeth & Thomas Wigton were married. I well recollect the marriage, I was then about seven years of age and now sixty nine; My father, mother & oldest sister were at the marriage.

The said Thomas Wighton died about thirty years since and the said Elizabeth his wife remains his widow not having been again married.
I have always heard & understood that the said Thomas Wighton was during the revolutionary war much or most of his time in the service, but in what capacity I cannot tell, as I was then young.
And further say not. Samuel Sandon sworn & subscribes this
6 th day of January 1838
Before me
Randall R Arnold jus. P.
And I the said Arnold justice of the peace aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Deacon Gaylord & Samuel Sandon are persons of good moral character & for truth & veracity and that their statements are entitled to full faith & credit.
Given under my hand the day & year above written.
Randall R Arnold jus. P.
3271 I, Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Randall R. Arnold Esq r is a justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated on the 28 th day of April A. D. 1837, & will expire on the 28 th day of April A. D. 1840, and that his signatures above & before written I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County, this 12 th day of Jan y , A. D. 1838.
Thomas Reynolds Clerk

Dear D. Wilmot
Aug 15 '46

Sir
299 P Aug 15 46
In reply to your en- -quiry I have the honor to inform you that Elizabeth Wighton dec? ap- plied in 1838 & furnished satisfactory evi- -dence of her marriage before the Rev. war - But was unable to fur- -nish such  any specification of her husband's service as the rules require - She stated that she lived on the Susquehanna & that her husband was engaged in the service as Ensign Harniss's from 77 to fall of 1782 & was not at home with his family within those periods except for a limited time on furlough- As the militia tours were limited to 2 mo. such service as here described in general terms could have been rendered only in the P a regulars of the Continental army - His name is not borne on the lists of deprivation as it should be if he served in the P a line until fall of 1782 - Perhaps the records at Harrisburg may afford evidence of his service For D. Wistnol Towanda Pa