Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2205, Samuel Waldron, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Waldron, Samuel Rosanna
W. 2205
CONTENTS

Michigan July 26. / 38
Samuel Waldron Westland in the State of - State of Michigan who was a Private in the Infantry commanded by Captain Haggerty of the Regt commanded by Col ... .. in the N. Army in for Militia
2 Ds 80.00
Enscribed on the Roll of M. Inf at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of July and sent to Mrs. Mary Waldron, H.R.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 34 240.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 14th  Apr 40.00 280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. S. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 8 Page 103

2915
Michigan
Rosanna Waloron, widow of Samuel
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Nov r 1853 and sent to
A. Hawkins Ann Harbor Mich u
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 203 Vol. A
32
Pensioner Mch 23, 1857

Territory of Michigan Washtenaw County } ss.
I hereby certify that on the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five I Sole- mnized the marriage rites between Samuel Weldon and Rosanna Wheeler. Given under my hand Received for Record and } this 27 th day of October A.D. 1835. and recorded this 29 th } Davis Leonard Justice of the Peace. day of October A.D. 1835.
I, James McMahon, clerk of the county of Washtenaw and clerk of the circuit court thereof, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original certificate recorded in my office, and the whole of such original certificate.
In testimony whereof I have herunto attached the seal of said county and court, this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
James McMahon Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A. D. 1832 —
Territory of Michigan } On this 28 th day of County of Washtenaw } October A. one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
three. Personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate Now Sitting Samuel Waldron a Resident of the Township of Saline in the County of Washtenaw Michigan Territory, aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the Township of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey on the 11 th of August Seventeen hundred and sixty two, where he resided until after the revolutionary war, That his Father had a family bible in which he had recorded the ages of all the family, that when he left his Father's House he copied from said Bible into one of his own the date of his birth which he now has in his possession. That on the month of February 1778 when residing at Amwell aforesaid he entered the service of the United States or of the State of New Jersey as a Militia man and as a Substitute for his brother Francis Waldron who was drafted for a tour of one month. That the Militia of the State was divided into Classes or divisions to be ready to serve one month each in their turn. That in the fall of 1778, he believes on the last of September or first of October he was enrolled as a Militiaman in the Company of Captain Hagerman and was drafted for one month was placed under the command of Captain Joseph Stout and left Madison went to —

Amboy and Wood bridge served one month and was discharged by Captain Stout in June or July following, was again called out for one month under Capt. Hageman, went to Springfield where under General Hickam & Col. Cornelius Stout had an Engagement with the British a few days after had another Skirmish at Battle Hill in both of which he was Engaged, during that month or the succeeding one he was at the Battle of Scotch Plains in the same year (month not recollected) was called out under the same Officers, went to New Ark and Elizabethtown and was dismissed at the Wheat Sheaf Tavern - had no Engagement, was next called out under the same Captain the Spring follow- ing went to Princeton and Stony Creek served one month and dismissed Stony Creek - no engagement, was next called out under same Captain to Trenton where in Dec. they took 173 Hessians prisoners went to Princeton under the same officers where a hard Battle was fought un- der the Command of Washington - Had a bayonet run through his thigh wound still to be seen was dismissed, called out under same officers to Delaware River - thence to Doylestown thence to Reading thence across the Schuylkill with General Hickam from thence by Canacogige to Brandywine, where a battle was fought under Genl. Washington - Returned by little York Lancaster and near Philadelphia to within a short distance of Amwell where he was dismissed, at the Battle of Brandywine he received a wound on the left side by a musket Ball which took a small piece of the flesh with it without entering the body, He was next called out under the same officers and went to Monmouth where under General Washington a severe battle was fought in which Jacob Rush first Lieutenant was killed 40 or 50 of the British horse came into an orchard

into which the line extended, and cried out that they were Americans, they rode upon the left wing of his Company and fired cut down the man who stood on the outside by the name of Samuel Pierson and wounded several others; as Pierson fell he fired his piece and killed the man who struck him, the deponent who stood next to Pierson caught the soldier's horse and aided Pierson onto it who left the field, served one month and was dismissed. In the year 1781-received a Lieutenant's Commission and served four months in that capacity at different places - the different discharges which he received and the Commission were lost on a journey from New Jersey to Seneca County in the State of New York together with all the papers he then had in his possession - Removed from Newark in New Jersey to Seneca Co. in the State of New York in the year 1789. and resided there and in Niagara until June 1831. when he removed to Washtenaw County Michigan Territory the place where he now resides, that from the great length of time that has elapsed and the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect the particular service he rendered in the several monthly tours or the officers under whom he served, That he is able to state positively that he served fifteen monthly tours, four of which he served as 1 st Lieutenant - That he resided on the then frontier he and his neighbours were called out to defend their houses and country some times, one day, and some times two weeks - That he served in the whole two years and six months in actual service (four months of which he served as 1 st Lieutenant as aforesaid) He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his same is not

* he is acquainted with E. Loomis Clergyman and Benjamin Hallsted and A. S. Smith of the Township of Saline & Ann Arbor
on the pension Roll of the agency of any of the State or Territory of the United States Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid before James Kingsley Judge of Probate Court for the County of Washtenaw Samuel Waldron
We E. Loomis Clergyman and Benjamin Hallsted residing in the Township of Saline & A. S. Smith residing in the Township of Ann Arbor hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Waldron who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & Subscribed the day and aforesaid  E. Loomis — Benjamin Hallsted A. S. Smith  James Kingsley Judge of Probate for the County of Washtenaw
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as the States, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that E. Loomis who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman and that Benjamin Hallsted who has also signed said certificate is a resident in the Township of Saline and A. S. Smith who also signed the same is a resident of Ann Arbor are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
James Kingsley Judge of Probate Court for the County of Washtenaw Territory of Michigan } County of Washtenaw } F. H. Allen Clerk and Register

of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings proceedings of the said Court, in the Matter of the Application of Samuel Waldron for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
John Allan Clerk and Register of the Court of Probate

Declaration
28.329
In the matter of Samuel Walden Petitioner for a Pension
28.329

Territory of Michigan County of Washtenaw
Samuel Waldron the person whose name appears to the above declaration and who is known to me to be the same person therein described being duly sworn deposith and says that from the great length of time since he served in the revolutionary war and the consequ- ent loss of memory that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure of his service in said war, That the several discharges and the commission which he received were lost at the time and in the manner stated in his declara- tion, and he further states that on reflection he remembers that during the time in which he served as a revolutionary soldier in the revolutionary war as above stated was about three years and that he can positively state that he was in actual service as aforesaid not less than two years, & further saith not Sworn and subscribed before me this twelfth day of December A.D. 1853
Samuel Waldron
James Kingsley Judge of Probate Court for W.C.

State of Michigan County of Washtenaw On this Twenty Second day of September An Eighteen Hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw and State of Michigan the same being a Court of Record and having a Seal Rosanna Waldron a Resident of the Town of Pittsfield (formerly called Pitt) in the County of Washtenaw and State aforesaid Aged Seventy Years Who first being duly sworn according to Law in open Court by the Honorable David Johnson Circuit Judge & Presiding Judge of said Circuit Court doth on her oath declare & make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third March A.D. Eighteen Hundred and fifty three granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Waldron late of said Town of Pittsfield aforesaid who was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary Army That she is unable to state the time when the said Samuel entered or left the service; the names & rank of the officers under whom said service was performed. That she has an indistinct recollection that said Samuel informed her declared that he was a resident near the Raritan River in the State of New Jersey at the time he entered the service in the Revolutionary Army This declarant further says that she is unable to make a more particular statement from the fact that she has wholly unacquainted with said Samuel

Pension History until a short period before their marriage that she refers the depart- ment for a more particular statement to the papers on file in the Pension office in Washington City as said Samuel Waldrun was a pensioner at the time of their declaration marriage with him as also at the time of said Samuel's death which occurred at Pittsburgh in said County of Washington on the 14th day of March ad Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Eight that said Samuel drew a Pension under the act of Congress of ad Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three that his Pension was paid at the Pension office in the City of Detroit until the 14th day of March ad Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Eight the time of his decease at the time of making the last payment of said Pension the Pension Certificate which said Samuel held in his life time has amended up to Enratus P Hastings the Pension agent at Detroit.
The further declares that she was Lawfully Married to the said Samuel Waldrun by one Leonard Jarvis by a license of the Peace on the First day of October ad Eighteen Hundred and Thirty five at Pittsburgh & remains that her said Husband died on the 14th day of March ad Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Eight that she has not married to him Prior to the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above stated she further declares she is now a widow - Rosanna Waldrun
Subscribed & sworn to before me open Court this 22 nd day of Sept AD 1853 J Johnson
Circuit Judge

State of Michigan County of Washtenaw ss Aaron Kellogg being duly sworn deposes and that he is a resident of Pittsfield in the County of Washtenaw & State of Michigan has resided therein for twenty one years Last part is now fifty four years of age that he was well acquainted with Samuel Waldrun in his life time mentioned in the annexed foregoing declaration of Rosanna Waldrun that said Waldrun drew a Pension as a revolutionary soldier This deponent further says that Samuel was married to said Rosanna Waldrun as he verily believes at the time stated in said declaration He knows they lived married together as husband and wife that said Samuel died at the time said Rosanna states in the annexed declaration This deponent further says that he took the pension certificate which said Samuel held in his life time to Detroit after his death received the amount due for his pension at the time of his death of Emeline P. Hastings Pension agent at Detroit & at that time left the said certificate with said Hastings further deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me Horace H. Wells this 22 nd day of September A.D. 1853 in open Court D. Johnson Circuit Judge

State of Michigan County of Washtenaw p. I James M c Mahon Clerk of the County of Washtenaw & Clerk of the Circuit of said County do Certify that the said Circuit Court of said County is a court of Record & has a Seal & that the Hon David Johnson is the President Judge thereof & that the signatures attached to the journals to the within declaration of Rosanna Waldo and the affidavits of Horace Kellogg are in the genuine Hand writing of said David Johnson & that the oaths were administered by said Judge to said Rosanna Waldo & Horace Kellogg in open Court in my presence —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Circuit Court at Ann Arbor this first Day of October ad 1803 —
James M c Mahon Clerk

Samuel Waldo
Michigan Ter ry
Return
John Allen
Ann Arbor
W. T.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
31 st Jany 1834.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Waldron
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778. 1. priv Capt. Hagerman 71 years. Traditionary   1. " Stout. Hunterdon County N. J.   1 8 priv { The regulations of the Department require, the original Commission, or the testimony of living witnesses as to the fact of the claimant being Commissioned, and serving as Alleged   4 Lieut  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Summed up by saying he served 2 years and six Months - 4 Months thereof as 1 st Lieut

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz.:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court 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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. (The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.)
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
August 9, 1927
Mrs. Ruby Cheney Grand Blanc, Box 182 Mich.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any Benjamin Wheelock.
In the Revolutionary War pension claim(W. 2205) of Samuel Waldron and of his widow, Rosanna, the copy of the marriage certificate, shows that Samuel Waldron married Rosanna Wheeler, October 1, 1835 in Washtenaw County, Territory of Michigan. No where, in said claim, does it appear that the above mentioned Rosanna was at any time the widow of Benjamin Wheelock.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2205
Rosanna Waldron
Widow
Samuel Waldron
Br. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 23, 1853
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 24/76 sent Blank M. to micro core of P. M.
white Aug 11/76 cello to P. M. to know if dried. white

290.
WIDOW, &c. ✓
File No. 2205
Rosanna Waldron Widow of Samuel Waldron Pri. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3, 1838 sub. Act.
Index : Vol. W , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓
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Revolutionary War
Michigan
No. 2915 V
Michigan
Resanna Waldron
(Deceased)
Widow of
Samuel Waldron
Rank Priv.
Company New Jersey Line
Regiment Rev. War
Rate per month $ 8.
Commencing July 27, 1868
Ending Apr. 23, 1874
payments covering any portion of the same time to be deducted if any Certificate dated Oct. 3, 1876,
and sent _____ 10 1877.
Payable at Detroit Agency.
Attorney.
Act. Feb. 3, 1853, & Subsequent Acts. Act 11th July, 1862.
Book H Vol. _____ Page 502
Walker Clerk.
1927 Aug 9 Ruby Cheney - advised not the widow of Henry Wheeler Esq.

No 3358
Rosanna Waldron of Samuel
Set to O'Kane Oct 22 1853
Gray
Midw
Oct Feb 3/53

Rev. Nor.
Widows' Division.
Number of pending claim, 2205
Nature of pending claim, Increase
Soldier, Samuel Waldron
Pensioner, Rosanna Waldron
Certificate No. 2915
Last Agency, Detroit
Cause of termination, Died
Date of termination, April 23 a 1874
Lewis C. White
Examiner.
Sept. 11, 1876, Room No. 20 1/2
FINANCE REPORT.
Accounts examined up to
Pensioner paid to March 4, 1874
Objections,
, 187
L. C. White
Reporting Clerk.
for Coleman.

Saml Waldo. 26. 438 Mich. gen. Mr Addison will please enter on his paper page 103, instead of page 133

Pension Office Oct. 20. 1853.
Sir.
Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully be W. Burt Esq. J. C. Co. 3 Aud. for Commr Present.
Samuel Waldron, Act 1832, $80.00. p. an. Died 6 th March 1838, Paid to his death,
F. Burk Auditor.

Oct. 8, 1853
Appel of Rev. Samuel H. Aldron, pastor of S. Samuel,
1831 E. Ann arbor co., Rev. Mich. 26438
Oct 15 3.
Albion $80 for dinner R.D. to Communion Feb. 3. 1853
Samuel H. Aldron
Washington
Hawkins, Aaron, Mich.
FREE

at Jan
In the Application
Rosanna War
for payment; before payment can be made, the following corrections are necessary. Return this slip with what is called for.
W. KAICHEN, Pension Agent.
Postage Stamps must be remitted with any communication requiring an answer.
Remittances made only direct to claimants.
Under Act July 27 th 1868 I think you are entitled to $8 a mo or 96 per annum instead of $80. And could obtain same or further instructions in regard to same by addressing Commission of Pensions Washn D.C.

Send your certificate to your Name & P.O. here, asking for said discharge under Act July 27. 68. While it is gone no order can be executed, so if you desire wait until on or after Mar 4 '74 then execute the order & send the cert.

L.6.W.20 1/2 K Widows
Division.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. August 11 th 1876
Sir:
In the claim of Rosanna Waldron for pension as widow of Samuel Waldron No. 2205 you are requested to inform this office whether claimant has died since March 4 th 1870.
Please return this letter with your answer.
Very respectfully,
J. H. Babson Acting Commissioner. per D. D.
The Postmaster, Saline, Washtenaw Co. Michigan.
She died Apr 23 1874
Yours truly G. B. Mason per

Ann Arbor Nov 10, 1803 To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Sir
I have the Honor to enclose the additional Certificate of the Hon D r Davis Johnson one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State & Pensions Judge of the South Indiana Circuit as to the credibility of Horace Kellogg as a witness - Hoping that this will fully comply with the Law I have the Honor to be very Resp d Yrs
D. Hawkins

Washington D.C. June 13 th 1853.
Sir:
Having been requested to obtain a copy of a declaration, now on file in Your Bureau, upon which Samuel Waldron deceased, late of Pittsfield in the County of Washtenaw. Michigan, obtained a Revolutionary Pension, & which was continued until March 1838, in which month the Pensioner died. — will You be kind enough to inform me whether any rule of Your Office would prohibit the taking of such copy? If not, I should be happy in obliging my friend by complying with his request. —
My duties as Clerk in the Dept. of the Interior, render a personal application for my friend, inconvenient. —
I have the Honor to be, very Respectfully Your. Obt. Servt. O. W. Moore
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm. Pensions

Ames airt Oct 4, 1853
To the Hon Y P Waldo
Commrs of Pensions
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Rosanna Waldrum to obtain the benefit of the Law of the 3 rd Feby 1853 — Under the 2 nd Section of said act.
The declaration is as full as it is in her power to make it from the fact that her Husband Samuel Waldrum kept no Papers Relative to his Pension except barely the Certificate which has been surrendered.
Should the Papers be deemed sufficient by the department it will be highly gratifying to a very deserving subject of the bounty of the government.
Respectfully yours J H Hawkins

Brief in the case of Rosanna Waldron widow of Samuel Washtenaw County and State of Michigan act of February 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband, a private in New Jersey Militia 2 yrs A pensioner of U States under act of June 7/32 at $80 per annum & paid to his death March 6, 1838
Allowed $80 per annum to commence Feb 3-1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death proved by auditor's report
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
O. Hawkins Asino Harbor Mich.
Examining Clerk.
J. S. Gray

Payment to be made at Detroit , by Elisha Taylor
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Michigan
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 203, Vol. A,
A. R. Weightsman Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 3, 1853,
Nasama Walgren
Samuel Walgren
widow of
who was a Private in the Revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars one hundred and fifty per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Seventeenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
N. W. Bellamy
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. H. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.

2975
Rosanna Waldron Saline Mich.
March 12, 1857
Claims a buck Pension for services of her husband as a private in the Revolutionary war.
Cole
Respectfully referred to the Com. of Pensions Moses Kelly Dep. Atty. March 17/57

Washton Co. Saline Mich n March 12. 1857 Hon. Jacob Thompson Secretary of the Interior Sir,
I am a pensioner of the United States under the act of Feby 3 1853, being the widow of Samuel Waldron who was a private in the Revolutionary war & drew his pension till his decease.
I think the laws of the U. S. entitle me to a back pension between the date of my late husband's decease & the time my own pension commenced. If the claim is just I wish to establish it in proper form. Will you therefore inform me what is required & the best way of proving my claim. Agents in Detroit offer to prove the claim but require as compensation to themselves one half of what I may receive. With proper information from your department I think I may prove my right & thereby save what I think an exorbitant & extra fee. Respectfully yours. Rosanna Waldron

Admitted Rev. War.
INCREASE BRIEF.
Certificate No. 2915
Soldier, Samuel Waldron Lewis C. White , Ex'r.
Room No. 20 1/2
Submitted for review Sept. 11/76

Revolution WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Rev. War. Act Feb 3/53. July 27 1868
Acts of July 25, 1866, and subsequent acts.
INCREASE OF WIDOWS
PENSION.
under Act July 27 1866 { Revised Statutes } { Sec 4712 } { and 4718 }
AGENCY,
Detroit.
Rosama Waldron
Deceased
Wid. of
Samuel Waldron
Rank, Private Company, Rev. War Regiment.
Present Guardian, (alleged,)
Residence, Washtenaw
County, and State of Mich.
Post Office, Saline, Washtenaw Co. Mich.
Attorney, Corey Postmaster.
Fee, $
No contract, and no material evidence filed since July 8, 1870.
Rate of pension, $ 8 per month, commencing July 27 th 1868, the date of increase act. ending April 23 rd 1874 date of Widows death. at which the original pension commenced, and two dollars per month for each of the following children:
  By former marriage. None. { Born, , 18 } { Commencing , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   By last marriage. None. { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 }   { Born, , 18 } { " , 18   { Sixteen, , 18 } 
Former Guardian,
Payments on all former certificates covering any portion of the same time to be deducted.
ADMITTED, Sept. 11 th 1876. Lewis C. White, Examiner. APPROVED, September 13, 1876. Dr. S. Stollen, Reviewer. ✓ , Chief of Division.
DATES SHOWN BY PAPERS.
informal Increase application filed, March 16, 1874. Marriage of soldier to 1st wife, Oct. 1, 1835 Death of the soldier, March 6, 1838. Marriage of soldier to 2d wife, , 18 widow paid to March 4, 1874. Remarriage of widow, , 18 Cerb. surrendered, , 18. Death of widow, April 23 rd 1874 No objections

INCIDENTAL MATTER.
The Postmaster at Saline, states that claimant died April 23 d 1874.
Certificate surrendered. No objection.
Claimant drew pension under act of July 3 d 1853. at $80. per annum. Increased by Act of July 27, 1868. to $8. per month for all widows of Revolutionary soldiers.
SUMMARY OF PROOF.
DATES OF BIRTH OF CHILDREN.
None.
DATES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN.
None
CUSTODY OF CHILDREN BY FORMER MARRIAGE.
No
REMARriage OF WIDOW.
No
DEATH OF WIDOW. April 23 1874. Shown by statement of Postmaster.

State of Michigan County of Jackson p. I certify that on the Twenty Second day of September A.D. Eighteen and fifty Three Personally appeared before me in open Court at the Court House in the City of Ann Arbor being in the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Michigan Grace Kellogg of the town of Pittsfield In the County of Washtenaw Whom I know to be a credible witness who then made & subscribed an affidavit in open Court as to the insanity of Rosanna Waldrum as being the widow of Samuel Waldrum late of said Town of Pittsfield in said County of Washtenaw deceased —
D. Johnson
Circuit Judge of fourth Judicial Circuit Composed of the Counties of Jackson Washtenaw & Ingham Michigan

Grand Blanc Mich April 15 1927.
Pension Dept Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- In looking up our family history I find that Benjamin Wheelock took part in the Revolutionary War . And later his widow Rosanna married Samuel Walder. She received a pension.
Could you tell me who Benjamin Wheelock's parents were and where they were from? And what part he played in that war?
Yours sincerely Mrs. Ruby Catney.