Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,254, Abijah Ward, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Ward, Abijah Rachel
V. 18.2.54
CONTENTS

No C. In Hatt, March 4, 1837
2988,
New York Albany
Rachel Ward widow of Abijah Ward
N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Reported
Jan'y 12/49
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
Hon D. P. Rowan Jr Wash
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 241 Vol. 4.

13.207
New York
Abijah Ward
of Middletown in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel William Fitch of the New York line, for the term of Three years War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 22 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of July 1818 and 1820 Hermanus Boock Esq Judge Schoharie County
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  75.61 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1st Dec 1819  48.00 9 3/4  $123.61
Conrad { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Noted & sent Dec 16th 1820 to Henry Miller Bath Steuben Co NY

Abijah Ward Jr Painted post Staten Co
13.209
Jan 49
E

State of New York County of Steuben ss on this 18 th day of October 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for said County Abijah Ward aged fifty seven Years resident in the Town Painted Post in said County of Steuben who being first duly sworn — according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit that I served in Captain Hamp- tramacks company in Colonel Philip Kortlands Regiment being the Second New York Regiment that my said service lasted Four Years & Rising & ended at the close of the revolutionary War as by my Original declaration under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 enti- tled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" which declaration was made the 22 nd day of May 1818 Will more fully and at large appear that I have obtained a pension Certificate from the Office of the Secretary of War which is Num- bered 13.207 which said Certificate was allowed me under said Act of Congress And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have Not since that time by Gift Sale or in any Manner disposed of my Property or any part thereof With intent thereby

so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in Trust for me any property or Securities Contracts or debts due to me Nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule herunto Annexed and by me Subscribed
Schedule
I have no Real Estate Whatever
Personal Estate one Pot 2 Iron Table Spoons 2 Knives & Forks I am indebted in this county about 30 or 40 Dollars I have no Family I live With one of my Sons I am in Good health for a Person of my Age I support Myself by working by the day for any person who will employ me My Advanced Age renders me unable to endure Much Hardship or Fatigue
Sworn to and declared on this 18 th day of October } Abijah Ward 1820 before me
Wm A. Bull Deputy of Middlesex County, Mass

Staten Island Clerk's office 3/10: I do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is One dollar. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Bath, this 28 th day of October 1820. —
Wm. H. Bull Dep. Clk. " " "

6480
Rachel Ward
NY.
act 7. July '38-
Mum adp 1782
Husband died 15. Dec 1835
adm
2 yn/in
$80
Hon. W. T. Hubbard
H.R.

Declarations In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
State of New York
Steuben County
On this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me John Cooper junior a judge of the County Court of said County Widow Rachel Ward a resident of the town of Ozone in the 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 benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Abijah Ward who was in private in the army of the Revolution and who served about five years during the war, a part, or the whole of the time, in Captain Harntrick's Company 2 d Regiment New York line: And this deponent further says that she cannot state whether the said Abijah Ward served under any other Captain during the war of the Revolution, nor can she state the precise time when he entered the service, or when he left it, except that he remained in such service until the close of the war and till the American Army was disbanded after the surrender of Cornwallis and that he was present and in the service at the siege of Yorktown: And this deponent further says that the said Abijah Ward resided in the state of New York in the County of Columbia in the town of Noble, or Noble town at the time he first entered the service that he was a volunteer and first went into the service for nine months, but this deponent cannot recollect who was his commanding officer at that time: that the Company to which he belonged, marched to Fort Stanwix and while there and before the nine months had expired he enlisted for and during the war but this deponent cannot tell under whom he enlisted: And this deponent further says that the said Abijah Ward her husband was present and engaged in the storming of Stony Point under General Wayne as she believes, and that he was under

General Sullivan, and marched with him in his expedi- tion to Western New York against the Indians, and went to the Genesee river, and that she cannot tell what other officers he served under or where else he marched or was stationed, and that she has no documentary evidence in her possession or within her knowledge in support of her claim except that the said Abijah Ward was for some time before his death a pensioner and received from the government of the United States a pension of ninety six dollars per year, and had a certificate of his right to such pension from the War Department which certificate was returned to the Pension office at Albany after the death of the said Abijah Ward when the arrear of his pension, due at the time of his death, was drawn.
She further declares that she was married to the said Abijah Ward in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty two in the month of October, but she cannot tell, now the day of the month on which she was married, and has no family or other record of the time when the marriage took place: that the marriage took place in the Noblestown aforesaid - now called Hillsdale as she is in- formed: that her husband the aforesaid Abijah Ward died on the fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty five that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated, and that she is not now married and has not been since the death of her hus- band the said Abijah Ward. And she further declares that she was married at the house of Thomas Hatch in the town aforesaid, by a justice of the peace whose christian name was James but she does not distinctly recollect his sur name but thinks it was Bryant.
Rachel her X Ward mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
John Cossins Jr.

State of New York Steubenville
Isaac Ward being duly sworn says that he is the oldest child except one of Abijah Ward and Rachel Ward that he is now fifty three years of age that he lived with the said Abijah Ward and Rachel Ward and under their care and protection as his parents from the time of his first recollection until he arrived at the age of manhood that the said Abijah and Rachel, always lived together until the death of the said Abijah as husband and wife and were always treated as such by all their friends and acquaintances that they were the parents of a numerous family of children all of which they protected and supported as their children that this deponent has always lived near the said Abijah and Rachel until the death of the said Abijah Ward which happened on the fifteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty five that the said Rachel Ward now lives with this deponent that she has since the death of her husband the said Abijah Ward always lived with some one of her children in the vicinity of the residence of this deponent and that she is not now married nor has she been married since the death of the said Abijah Ward
Subscribed and sworn before me the 27 th day of November 1839
Isaac Ward
John Crossin Jr. a judge etc

State of New York } Steuben Countys ss }
I John Cooper Jr a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Widow Rachel Ward of the town of Erwin in said County, the within applicant for a pension, and am well satisfied from actual observation, that the said applicant, is unable, by reason of bodily infirmity, to appear in court, to make the declaration before required. Dated November the 27 1839.
John Cooper Jr
Steuben County ss. I William Hamilton Clerk of the County of Steuben, and of the Court of Common Pleas and Circuit Court of said County; I hereby certify under my hand and the official seal of the said Court of Common Pleas.
That John Cooper Jr, on the twenty seventh day of November last past, was, and for a long space of time previous thereto had been, and still is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Cooper Jr, and know the signatures to the jurat to the above declaration of Rachel Ward, the affidavit of Isaac Ward, and to the above certificate, to be the proper hand writing and signatures of the said John Cooper Jr, and genuine. Dated December the 2 1839.
W Hamilton Clerk

Abijah Ward
Pension affd t
Abijah Ward private Colonel Misenfelt's Regt war
On roll
(1779 War)
Required the judge's certificate, that the applicant is in reduced circumstances and is in need of his country's assistance for support.
14 May 1819
O S #

State of New York, County of Schoharie ss. On this twenty second day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas of the county of Schoharie, & State aforesaid, personally appeared Abijah Ward, aged fifty six years and eight months, resident in the Town of Middleburgh in the county of Schoharie and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled. "An act to pro- vide for Certain persons engaged in the Land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War:"
That the said Abijah Ward did some time in the Winter of the Year 1778 or 1779 intervent in the nine months service at the city of Albany in the state of New York, in the company commanded by Captain Dunscomb, that shortly after his enlistment he was marched to Fort Plank on the Mohawk River, that at that place the company to which he belonged was attached to Col. Wissenfelt's Regiment, and was placed into Captain Davis

Company, from there the troops were marched to the Outlet of Lake Otsego, (now called Cooperstown) in the county of Otsego - where they stayed about thirty days, that is the Spring of the year at the said place the said Elijah Ward enlisted for during the war in the said company commanded by Captain Davis, in the regiment commanded by Col. Weissenfelt, in Genl. James Clinton's Brigade, in the New York line, - that from the latter place he was marched to Tioga Point from there, went to Newtown where they had an engagement with the Indians, from there they went to Catharine's town, and from there to the Genesee River, from thence they returned to Tioga Point, from there they went to Wyoming, from there to Morristown in New Jersey, - that the Defendant staid in and about there about two years from there he was ordered to the North, went up the Mohawk River to Fort Stanwix, from there returned to West Point, and from there to Little York in Virginia, that he was at the taking of Cornwallis and from there went to New Jersey at a place called Purnpton, where they stayed over Winter, in the Summer they went to Rurpton Plains, at this place he distinctly recollects one day about twenty thousand men were exercised by Baron Steuben, that it was a very warm day, and the Defendant recollects well that the Army was more fatigued that day than during any action they had with the enemy; a number of the soldiers melted down by the heat - That After the conclusion of the

pear in the fall of the year 1783 the deponent was honorably discharged, which discharge this deponent has had in his possession until lately it was destroyed by its being in the pocket of his vest which the women washed without taking it out and so got destroyed. That he is poor and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - That Adam Cator was also known to his services, he belonged to the same Regiment, - That he has no other evidence of his said services which he can has it now in his power to conveniently produce
Abijah Ward
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -
H. SM. BUNK
State of New York County of Schoharie ss: Adam Cator being Duly sworn says, that, he belonged to the same Regi- ment with Abijah Ward, commanded by Col. Wier- felt, that this deponent, belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Sackett, that he was acquainted as long as four years in the service with the said Abijah Ward, - and that he heard the preceding Statement of the said Abijah Ward read to him and that he knows the principle part of the facts then stated to be true -
his Adam X Cator mark
Sworn the 22 d May 1818. before me H. SM. BUNK one of the Judges of Schoharie Com: pleas.

I, Jeremiah Bouck one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas of the County of Schoharie and State of New York, do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abijah Ward did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Jerem s Bouck
State of New York } Schoharie County ss: }
I certify that Jeremiah Bouck (above named) is one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Schoharie duly qualified according to law; and that the signatures are in his own proper hand writing - Witness my hand, and the seal of our court of common Pleas this 22 d day of May 1818 - W. M. Gunderdy Clerk of Schoharie County

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Abijah Ward named in the preceding declaration is a man in reduced circumstances and stands in need of his country's assistance for support - Dated May 26 th 1819.
Chas. Brooks Judge of the Khokai Com- mon Pleas

Steuben Co New York July 27. 1844
Isaac Ward, Against the continuation of the pension of his mother Rachel Ward.
W 5. August 1844 Pension Office.
Aug 6. 1844

Hon. James M. Porter. Secretary at War. Washington City

Dated July 27 th 1844
to the Hon. James M. Porter, secretary of war and J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions. I inform your hon's the situation of my mother Rachel Ward who drew a pension under the act 1843 my request is not to allow her annu pension under this circumstance, that she is not capable of making oath for the asists on being only seventyfour years of age which she has mad oath in 43. I have inform her and the familie ware she now lives in that she is wrong for I am now 58 years old and have got a true statement of her age that she is 81 years of age last April. I have got this from her Brothers record for she and he are of one age. I therefore think it my duty to have it stoppt for she is better without it for it dont due her any good for the familie spends it without any benefit to her. They are now agoing to have her mak oath again which she dont now what she mak oath too. I therefor desire of you my request and I will give you more information next fall By William S. Hubbell a member Congress
I am your humble Stuben County stat of sevent new York — Isaac Ward James M. Porter Esq. secretary of war J. L. Edwards Esq. commissioner of pensions

State of New York
Columbia County ss. On this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace of the said County, Isaac Heath, a resident of the town of Hillsdale in the said County, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his oath say, that previous to, and during, the month of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, he the deponent was personally acquainted with Abijah Ward and Rachel Burget, that the said Abijah Ward at that time claimed, and was reputed to have been, a soldier, in the Revolutionary Army, and that the said Abijah Ward and Rachel Burget, were in the month of October aforesaid, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, aforesaid married together, at the house of the father of this deponent, in the town of Hillsdale in the County of Columbia and State of New York, by James Bryant, then a justice of the peace of the said County of Columbia, but this deponent cannot now recollect the day of the month in which they were married.
And the said Isaac Heath further deposes and says that he has made diligent search and inquiry, and that he can find no documentary evidence of the marriage of the said Abijah Ward and Rachel Burget, either in the office of the Clerk of the County or of the town, nor any family or church record thereof, nor any written evidence whatever, of the same, and he believes that if any memorandum or written evidence of the said marriage ever existed, either in the possession of the said James Bryant, or any other person, it has been lost or destroyed.
And this deponent further says that the said James Bryant the justice of the peace who married the said Abijah Ward and Rachel Burget, is dead, and he this deponent does not know of any person now living who was present at the said marriage.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before me Appm. Joel Lupton - J. of the Peace
Isaac Heath

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Heath the person who has this day made the above affidavit before me, and that I know him to be a person of good moral character, and entitled to credibility. Given under my hand this 12 th day of Nov 1839
W m Gaul, Justice of the Peace
Columbia County ss. I Killian Miller, the Clerk of the County of Columbia, and of the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas of the said County, do hereby certify under my hand and seal of office, that William Gaul the justice of the peace, before whom the above affidavit was made, and whose name appears to the certificate thereto annexed, was at the time of the date of the said affidavit and certificate, and still is a justice of the peace of the said County of Columbia, in the State of New York, and that I am acquainted with the signature of the said William Gaul and know the signature of the said William Gaul to the jurat of the above affidavit and to the certificate to be his genuine signatures.
Dated November the 12 th 1839.
Killian Miller

Hon. F. Granger W22

State of New York Steuben County ss
Robert H Hoyt of the town of Ennis in said County, being duly sworn deposes & says, that he knew Abijah Ward in his life time, that he lived in the said town and County and that there was no other person of the same name in the said County to the knowledge of this deponent, And this deponent says that he first became acquainted with the said Abijah Ward in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and that the said Abijah Ward then had a family consisting of his wife and several children of different ages, that the acquaintance of this deponent with the said Abijah Ward continued from its commencement, until the time of his death without any interruption; that from the year aforesaid until about the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, this deponent lived near the said Abijah Ward and knew him and his family intimately; that Rachel Ward who applies for a pension, is the same person who came to this County with the said Abijah Ward as his wife, and lived as such with him until his death; that the children the said Abijah Ward brought with him when he came to the said County always called her their Mother, and that this deponent never knew, heard or had reason to suspect, that the said Abijah & Rachel were not legally married or were not husband and wife. And this deponent further says that he is a practising Physician and Surgeon, and was so in the year first aforesaid when he first became acquainted with the said Abijah Ward and his family as aforesaid, and that during all the time aforesaid, from 1819 to 1830, he was the family physician of the said Abijah Ward. And this deponent further says that he has examined his books of account, kept by him at the time, in which he made daily entries of charges for medical services rendered for his patients, and that he finds thereon in his own hand writing: (and from that circumstance knows them to be correct charges against the said Abijah Ward for medical attendance upon his wife the said Rachel and their children, in the year 1819, and for several succeeding years, that in the year 1820 he finds charges in his said books against the said Abijah Ward, for medical

attendance upon his said wife and children in the months of August, September and October; that the charges against the said Abijah Ward so made as aforesaid, were always paid by him to the deponent without any dispute or difficulty, and that he this deponent knows that during the months of August September and October, in the year 1820 aforesaid the said Abijah Ward was actually living with his said wife Rachel and their children, as the head of the family, and supporting them as other men live with, and support, their families.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 8 th day of April 1840 John E. Evans. J.P.
Robt H. Hoyt
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Robert H. Hoyt the person who has this day made the above deposition before me; that I have known him for many years and know him to be a person of good moral character and reputation and entitled to full credit in the above deposition. Dated April 8 th 1840. John E. Evans, J.P.
State of New York Steuben County ss
Edward Bacon being duly sworn, says, that in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and for some time after, he was a merchant, doing business in the town of Bath in the said County; that in the month of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty one he was the agent of Abijah Ward and drew his pension for the year preceding, as he finds by a reference to his books of original entries of accounts kept at the time, that by the said books it appears that the said Abijah Ward commenced trading with the deponent in the month of January in the year 1821, and continued to trade with him this deponent for several years afterwards; and this deponent further says, that he trusted the said Abijah Ward with goods and merchandise out of his, this deponent's store,

on the credit of the pension due to the said Abijah Ward from the United States, for drawing which, this deponent was made the agent from time to time, as the same fell due, that during all the time the said Abijah Ward professed to have a family, consisting of a wife and several children who lived with him and were supported by him, and that the goods and merchandise purchased of this deponent by the said Abijah Ward were such as were necessary for family use: And this deponent further says that he distinctly recollects, being at the house of the said Abijah Ward in the fall before the said Abijah Ward commenced trading with this deponent, to make some arrangements about drawing the said pension, and that the said Abijah Ward was then a house keeper and the head of a family: that Rachel Ward who is now applying for a pension and in whose behalf this deposition is made was then reputed to be his wife, and was living with him as such wife and the mother of his children; that this deponent has been acquainted with the said Abijah Ward and Rachel Ward and their children ever since that time, and knows that the said Abijah Ward lived with the said Rachel Ward, until his death and acknowledged her as his wife, and verily believes she was his lawful wife. Subscribed & sworn before me this 8 th day of April 1840 } Edward Bacon W. Barnes Justice of the Peace.
I do hereby certify that I know Edward Bacon who has this day made the above deposition before me that I have known him for many years and that I know him to be a person of fair moral character and good reputation and that he is entitled to credibility. Dated April 8 th 1840 W. Barnes Justice of the Peace

State of New York Steuben County ss
John E. Evans of the town of Erwin in the said County, being duly sworn deposes and says, that Abijah Ward removed to the said town of Erwin some time in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; that he brought with him to the said town of Erwin when he removed a wife and several children; that after he removed to the said town of Erwin in the year aforesaid, this deponent lived a near neighbour to the said Abijah Ward until the time of his death, and knows that during all the time from the year 1819 aforesaid, until his death, the said Abijah Ward lived with his said wife and children, as the head of the family, and that the said Rachel Ward who now applies for a pension, is the same who came to this place with the said Abijah Ward as his wife, in the year 1819 aforesaid, and lived with him constantly as such until the very day of his death, and this deponent verily believes, was his lawful wife.
Subscribed & sworn Before me this 8th day of April 1840
John E. Evans
W. Barnes, Justice of the Peace.
I do hereby certify that I know John E. Evans who has this day made the above deposition before me; that I have known him for many years and that I know his moral character and his character for truth and veracity to be good and unimpeachable and that he is entitled to credibility. Dated April 8th 1840.
W. Barnes Justice of the Peace.
State of New York
Steuben County ss
Philo Campbell being duly sworn, says, that he became acquainted with Abijah Ward in the town of Erwin in the said County, when the deponent then resided and still does reside, in the year 1819; that when he first became acquainted with the said Abijah Ward in the said Abijah Ward had a family consisting of a wife and several children; and this deponent further says that he knows the said Abijah Ward had a family at that time, from the fact that in the month of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and

nineteen he this deponent had a son born, and that a daughter of the said Abijah Ward, married this deponent's wife: that the said daughter immediately previous to the time of marrying this deponent's wife as aforesaid, and afterwards, lived at home with her father the said Abijah Ward, that the said Abijah Ward had at the same time, other children; that he at that time lived with his said wife and children, and supported them in the head of the family, and as other men support their families; that he the said Abijah Ward continued to live with and support his said wife and children always, until his said children were finally married: that after they were all married and gone away from their father's house, the said Abijah Ward continued to live with and support his said wife until the day of his death. And this deponent further says that Rachel Ward who now applies for a pension, and in whose behalf this deposition is made, is the same identical person who came to the said town of Orum in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen aforesaid, with the said Abijah Ward as his wife, and who was afterwards lived with him and was treated by him as his wife, and the mother of his children, and this deponent never heard or suspected, or had reason to suspect, that the said Rachel Ward was not the lawful wife of the said Abijah Ward.
Subscribed & sworn before me
This 10 th day of April 1840.
John E. Evans. J.P.
Philo Campbell
I do hereby certify that I knew Philo Campbell who has this day made the above deposition before me: that I have known him for many years and know him to be a person whose moral character as well as reputation for truth and veracity is unimpeachable, and that he is entitled to credibility. Dated April 10 th 1840.
John E. Evans. J.P.

State of New York
Steuben County ss
Arthur H. Ennis being duly sworn, says, that what he distinctly recollects, from a circumstance that he this deponent knows, took place in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, that he became acquainted with Abijah Ward and his family in the autumn of that same year: that at that time he was occasionally at the house of the said Abijah Ward, and knows he had, at that time a wife and children, that he this deponent has ever since that time lived in the town of Ennis in the said County: that the said Abijah Ward at that time and ever afterwards until his death lived in the said town of Ennis; that this deponent was always after the year 1820 a near neighbour of the said Abijah Ward and well acquainted with him, and knows he always had a family, and that Rachel Ward who now applies for a pension is the same person who lived with the said Abijah Ward as his wife, at the time this deponent first became acquainted with the said Abijah Ward, and ever afterwards until the death of the said Abijah Ward; that the said Abijah Ward always acknowledged and treated the said Rachel Ward as his wife, and this deponent never heard or had reason to suspect she was not his lawful wife.
Subscribed & sworn before me
this 10 th day of April 1840
John E. Evans. J.P.
A. H. Ennis
I do hereby certify that I know Arthur H. Ennis who has this day made the above deposition before me and have known him for a great number of years: that he is a person of good moral character and unimpeachable veracity and that he is entitled to full credibility.
Dated April 10 th 1840
John E. Evans. J.P.

State of New York
Steuben County p }
Elisha Williams being duly sworn, says, that in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, he resided in the town of Erwin in said County, and has constantly resided in said town from that time until the present day; that some time in the aforesaid year 1819 Abijah Ward removed to and settled in the said town with his family, and continued to reside in said town until his death a few years since, and that during all the time the said Abijah Ward lived in the said town of Erwin he never lived more than one and a half miles from this deponent. And this deponent further says that when the said Abijah Ward came to live in the said town of Erwin he lived within half a mile of this deponent, and continued to reside there a number of years, immediately succeeding, and during that time was the nearest neighbour this deponent had that when the said Abijah Ward came to the said town to reside, he brought with him as his family a wife and four sons and a daughter, that this deponent has ever since that time been intimately acquainted with each member of the said family of the said Abijah Ward, and has been in the habit of seeing them or some of them, and particularly the wife of the said Abijah Ward, weekly and almost daily ever since that period; that he knows that the said Abijah Ward lived with his said wife and children as the head of the family and supported them as other men live with wife support their families, from the time he first came to the said town of Erwin, until his children got married at different periods in after years; and that after his children were all married and gone from their father's house, he still continued to live with, and support his wife until his death; that this deponent knows that in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty and during the whole of that year the said Abijah Ward lived near this deponent, and actually lived with his wife and children, and was the head of the family, and that Rachel Ward the person who now applies for a pension is the same individual person, who came to the said town of Erwin with the said Abijah Ward, as

his wife, and the mother of his children, and who ever after continued to reside with, and was treated by the said Abijah Ward, as his wife, and this deponent says he never had or has reason to suspect that the said Rachel Ward, was not his true and lawful wife.
And this deponent further says that he distinctly recollects, being at a court held in and for the County of Steubenville, in the Autumn or fall of the year, soon after the said Abijah Ward came to reside in the town of Ennis aforesaid. But this deponent cannot state precisely what year it was, and that he saw the said Abijah Ward then, and heard him make a declaration before the court on oath, at that time for the purpose of having his pension continued as this deponent then understood; that he this deponent was in court and near the said Abijah Ward, when he made the declaration on oath as aforesaid, and well recollects, that the said Abijah Ward at that time gave a minute account of his circumstances and condition in life, and was particular in giving a complete list of all his personal property even to his knives and forks and spoons; that this deponent spoke to the said Abijah Ward immediately afterwards, and observed to him, that he "had to be very particular in making his statement," and the said Abijah Ward answered, "Yes I had, in consequence of a new law that has been passed." And this deponent further says that he believes he heard all that the said Abijah Ward swore to or said before the court on that occasion, and that he is confident, the said Abijah Ward did not at that time declare that he had no family , or that he lived with one of his sons, because if he had, this deponent would have noticed and remembered such declarations, from the fact, that he would have known at the time, that they were not true; but that the said statements must have been put down, as a part of the declaration of the said Abijah Ward, by mistake, unless it shall appear, that the said Abijah Ward made another declaration before the court, at another time, of which this deponent has no knowledge.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 8 th day of April 1840 Edward Bacon Justice of the Peace
Abijah Ward

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Williams, the person who has this day made the above declaration on oath, before me, that I have known him for many years and that he is a person of good moral character and unimpeachable integrity, and that he is entitled to full credit and belief. Given April 8 th 1840, Edward Bacon justice of the Peace
State of New York Steuben County ss } Henry J Boret of the town of Erwin in the said County, being duly sworn, says, that in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and for some years previous, he lived in the county of Schoharie in the said state of New York; that while he so lived in the county of Schoharie, he became acquainted with Abijah Ward and Rachel Ward his wife, and their children, and also with Casner Baret, who was the father of the said Rachel Ward, all of whom removed at the deponent's understanding, from Cobleskill in the county of Columbia, to the said county of Schoharie, that while the said Abijah Ward lived in the county of Schoharie as aforesaid, he lived with the said Rachel Ward and acknowledged her as his wife, and the mother of his children. And this deponent further says that in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the said Abijah Ward removed from the said county of Schoharie, with his wife the said Rachel Ward and their children, and this deponent did not see any more of them, until the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, when this deponent removed to the said town of Erwin in the county of Steuben and state of New York, where he found the said Abijah Ward living in the said town, with the said Rachel Ward and his children with whom he continued to live until his children were married and left his house, and that afterwards he continued to live with the said Rachel Ward until his death. And this deponent further says that he never, or had reason to believe that the said Rachel Ward was not

the lawful wife of the said Abijah Ward, that she was always treated by him as his wife, and by the children as their mother, and that this deponent says, he verily believes that she was the true and lawful wife of the said Abijah Ward.
Subscribed & sworn before me the 10 th day of April 1840
Henry J. Post
Edward Bacon justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I know Henry J. Post who has this day made the above deposition on oath before me, that I have known him for many years, and that his character is good and he is entitled to full credit and belief. Dated April 10 th 1840 Edward Bacon justice of the Peace
State of New York Steuben County Clerk's office ss
I William Hamilton Clerk of the County of Steuben and of the court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that John E. Evans and Edward Bacon and Washington Barnes do each respectively hold and exercise the office of Justice of the peace of the said County of Steuben in the State of New York, and that each of the aforesaid persons did so hold and exercise the said office of Justice of the peace as aforesaid on the eighth and tenth days of April instant. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing and official signatures of the said John E. Evans, Edward Bacon and Washington Barnes each respectively; and that I know the name of the said John E. Evans subscribed to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Robert H. Hoyt and to the certificate

of his character; to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Philo Campbell and the certificate of his character and to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Arthur St. Erown and to the certificate of his character to be in the proper hand writing and the official signature of the said John E. Evans; that I know the name of the said Edward Bacon subscribed to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Elisha Williams and to the certificate of his character and to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Henry J. Forst and to the certificate of his character to be in the proper hand writing and the official signa- ture of the said Edward Bacon and that I know the name of the said Washington Barnes subscribed to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Edward Bacon and to the certificate of his character and to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit of John E. Evans and to the certificate of his character to be in the proper hand- writing and the official signature of the said Washington Barnes. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed my seal of office and have also affixed my seal of office to each of the affidavits herein mentioned respectively this 18 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty —
W. Hamilton Brooks

Rachel Ward

House of Rep. d Washington City 9 Decr. 1843.
J. Edwards Esq. Com te of Pensions D. Sir
M s Rachel Ward the widow of Abijah Ward Deceased Makes application for a Pension, You found it appears from M r Ward's Oath in County Court when he applied that he had no family, from this fact M s Ward's application has been deferred. If you will examine a list of Affidavits now on file with her papers, you will be perfectly satisfied as to M r Ward's error stating that he had no family, the witnesses who make this evidence, & the officers before whom taken, I am perfectly well acquainted & have been from my childhood or at least with several of them,
Again I have known M r Abijah Ward & wife Rachel, and a large number of his children from their first settlement in Steubenville O. Ky. I have drawn M r Ward's pension during some part of his life—
With Great Respect
Y r m c ob e s t (W. J. Russell)

J. S. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Kept to Wm. F. Granger D.C.

Onion Steubenville County O. H. April 25. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir, Your letter of the 25 th ult. was duly received, and we were surprised to learn that you would require "record evidence of the marriage" of Mrs. Ward to substantiate her claim to a pension for which she is applying; the record so, as the testimony furnished you, shows that no record evidence of that fact exists. The rules of the Department published by you do not require record evidence in all cases, but only when it can be procured; and it would be peculiarly unjust to her to reject her claim because she cannot produce what has no existence, after she has been to great trouble & expense in procuring and laying before you such testimony as you have declared would be sufficient in cases like hers. But it seems, all the difficulty arises from the fact that Abijah Ward, whose widow she claims to be; "declared before the court of the County of Steubenville, on the 18 th of October 1820; that he had no family and lived with one of his sons". We cannot but know this declaration, admitting it to be true, contradicts the allegation that she is his widow; for if he had a son to live with, it is prima facie evidence that he had been married, and does not prove that his wife was dead, because they might have been living separate. The testimony of Abijah Ward, of Rachel Ward, and Isaac Hatch is consistent and may all be true without being in the least contradictory. But if it was a contradiction, the greatest weight

Should be given to the proof that she is his widow, because there is the testimony of two against one, and one of the two is an entirely disinterested witness.
But the declaration of Abijah Ward is not true however it may have been made; whether intentional on his part or by mistake, it is not true.
But we will put the case in the most light. Suppose Abijah Ward made the declaration with the full knowledge of what he was doing; inasmuch as the law under which Mrs. Ward claims a pension does not require her to have always lived , with her husband, but only to have been married within a certain period, and to have survived him, and to be now unmarried, the only way you can bring her declaration to bear upon her application, is to infer from her statement that "he had no family and lived with one of his sons" either, that he never had been married, or that if he had, his wife was dead.
Now it is shown by the testimony of seven unimpeachable witnesses that the declaration from which you draw the inference, is false . The assumed fact does not and did not exist, and when that falls, the inference goes along with it. The testimony of these seven witnesses destroys the declaration of Ward, and leaves the case as if no such declaration had been made by him, to stand upon the testimony furnished by the declaration of Mrs. Ward and Grace Hatch. This being in strict conformity to the requirements of the Department, no doubt it will immediately allow her claim, the more so

as both she and all her children are very poor and she has great need of the bounty which Congress intend- ed to grant her as well as others, to support and cheer her on her new short journey to the grave
We have now only to beg you to give your immedia- ate attention to the case and let us know without delay what is the result.
Yours Respectfully Gilliat D. Barnes

6480
St. J.
July 7. 1838.
1818.
STATED
Hon. Joel R Poinsett Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Painted Post 9 th December 1839.
Hon. S. R. Poinsett
Secy of War.
Enclosed we send you some papers to prove the identity of Rachel Ward and her right to a pension from the government, as the widow of a soldier of the revolution. We suppose a reference to the documents in your department will establish the fact that Abijah Ward was entitled to a pension, inasmuch as he enjoyed one some years before his death, and no one was better entitled to it, or needed it more.
His Widow is now ready to sink into the grave, and entirely dependent on the aid of others for her support while she remains. If the papers shall be found satisfactory, and the pension shall be awarded, it will be to her a ray of sunshine across a path dark and cheerless as poverty and the infirmities of age, can make it.
If any thing should be lacking in the papers we send please let us know it immediately, that we may supply the omission.
Yours Respectfully
Gilbert B. Barnes.

House of Reps: 2 d May 1840.
Sir
Enclosed are Papers in the Case of Rachel Wren who claims ascension under the law of 1836. As I am requested to communicate your decision be pleased to inform me when it shall have been made.
With the highest esteem
H t Fraser.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Council.

Dec 13/50
Cole
Rachel Ward
22 Feb 48 N
29/88
The Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C. —

Painted Post, Steuben Co N.Y. December 11 th 1850
Dear Sir
Mrs Rachel Ward of the town of Erwin, Steuben Co. N.Y. then a widow, applied for & obtained a pension under the act of 1848 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers, during life - she had drawn a pension before that time as such widow - the last Certificate bearing date Jan'y 12 th 1849, for $80 per annum commencing March 4 th 1848 - she continued a widow until the time of her death
Mrs Ward died, I think in July or August last, so that at the time of her death there was nearly $400 due her on her pension, providing that she or her heirs was entitled to it up to the time of her death, from the 4 th of March 1850 the time she commenced
Will you have the goodness to inform me by Return mail, whether her heirs, are entitled to her pension at the rate of $80 per annum, from the 4 th of March 1850 up to the time that she died in July or August last; & if they are, please inform me how they shall proceed to get it, & what is necessary for them to show in order to obtain it
If you have the pension laws, in pamphlet form or in one volume, I have

copy The Copy, which You do not wish to use, if You will forward it to me I will remit to You, your charges for the same, as heretofore
Very Respectfully Tom O'Hara
C. J. Platt
To The Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mar. 16. 1846
From Mr. W. March 11 th 46
for
Mr. Ward
J. L. Alston Esq. Comptroller of Public Washington City D.C.

Edinb h 11 th March 1846 J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
Your letter of July 26 th is received, in which speaking relative to a claim of Mrs. Rachel Ward the widow of Abijah Ward to a pension, under the act of July 7 th 1838 you say that she states that her husband "served until the army was disbanded after the surrender of Cornwallis" and that she was married to him in October 1782 but not prior to his leaving the service that he was discharged in 1783, received the gratuity &c and soon under the requirements of 1 st May 1820 that he "lived with one of his sons"
You conclude by saying "some explanation from you as well as the claimant and others are required". We suppose that so far as Mrs. Ward's declaration may appear "inconsistent with the facts of the service or with itself" the explanation that would reconcile all their alleged inconsistencies is obvious and easily found. It is well known to every one conversant with the history of the Revolution that the Captain of Cornwallis in 1781 was truly considered in this country and in England as the cause of the war; and that hostilities from that time ceased. It was soon known here, that immediately on the news of his defeat reaching the Mother Country, an address was presented to the King and resolutions moved in Parliament, declaring, that whoever should advise a further continuance of hostilities, should be considered the enemy to both countries. Nothing remained but to settle the preliminaries of a treaty and agree upon a peace that should be final and lasting. While the time elapsed necessary for making these arrangements a skeleton of an army was kept up, as must always be in such occasions; and those who had enlisted for the war, were in point of form, continued or returning to the army, although very many were permitted to take at home, that repose and quiet to which they had so long been strangers amidst the toils and fatigues of so long a service. Among this number was undoubtedly Abijah

Hass, who probably uttered it in a furlough, at least "leave of absence" soon after the termination of the siege of Yorktown, and who, conscious that the war was in fact, though not in form, ended; seized the first favorable opportunity to take upon himself the duties of a husband and was married to the present applicant in 1782 after he had in fact left the service, though before he was formally discharged or dismissed. Hence her error all the inconsistency that appears in reference to this part of her declaration. In drawing up her declaration it did not occur to us that the army was not disbanded until 1783 and we made use of that word "disbanded" when we should have said "left the army"; and the age of M rs Hass, and the long time that has elapsed, contributing to make her recollection of technicalities defective, it passes honestly but care- lessly on our part, and substantially true on hers. We suppose this is all the explanation that can be required on that point, and that until the character of the appli- cant, and that of Hass is impeached by something of more weight the evidence of her marriage under such circumstances as to entitle her to a pension should be satisfactory to the Department.
This brings us to what is apparently more formidable in the way of her obtaining her pension, viz, the fact of her husband under the act of May 1 1820. It can be proven by twenty of the most respectable witnesses in this vicinity that Abijah Hass moved from the eastern part of the state of New York to this place about twenty two or three years since, bringing with him a number of children, some of them about grown up to manhood, and some quite young, with the same identical Rachel Hass as his wife and their mother that he lived with her until the time of his death, as stated in her dec- laration, and raised his children, and kept them with him and about him until they grew up to man- hood. The character of Abijah Hass precludes the idea of his having wilfully severed [himself] and there is some

mistake about the matter. - We learn from one of his sons that Abijah Wines had a brother, Zalmon Wines who was a pensioner, and who, after losing his wife many years since, lived with one of his sons; and it is possible that he has, by some means, been substituted for Abijah. The officer before whom Abijah Wines must have taken the oath, upon so well acquainted with him and his family and situation that it would have been the height of folly and madness for him to have sworn that he "had no family". But if he did it was under some mistake or misapprehension, and we can give such testimony upon that subject as will satisfy the most scrupulous regard to truth, law and evidence -
If in examination you shall be satisfied that it was Abijah, and not Zalmon Wines , or some other person who swore he had "no family" and "lived with one of his sons", may we beg of you to give us a copy of the Affidavit, with all the verifications and affidavits  certificates , that we may know exactly when, where and under what circumstances he swore as alleged.
We make this request because we suppose the Department is willing to give every facility to investigation and establishing the claims of those who are entitled to the bounty the government is disposed to bestow on those and their kindred who spent the best of their lives to secure the blessings of freedom.
We solicit the early attention of the Department to this matter, as the claimant is really in need of the aid she asks to obtain, and if it is due to her at all, delay is almost injustice and nearly tantamount to a denial.
Respectfully Yours -
Gilbert H. Barnes

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of New York County of Steuben } ss. On this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty four, personally appeared be- fore the undersigned one of the justices of the peace in & for the said County of Steuben. Rachel Ward a resident of the town of Erwin in the said County of Steuben aged seventy four 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 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Alijah Ward, who was a private in the Revolution- ary Army, and who served five years or thereabouts during the war, a part, or the whole of the time in Captain Vantranch's Company, second Regiment New York line. And this deponent further states, that she cannot recollect the names of any other officers under whom the said Alijah Ward served during the war, but from her best recollection she believes he was engaged at the storming of Stony point under General Wayne, and that he also served under Gen- eral Sullivan, in his expedition against the Indians in Western New York. She further declares that the an- nual amount of the pension which she received un- der the act of July 7, 1838 was Eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow. Rachel her Ward, mark.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written } before William Ennis a Justice of the Peace of the County of Steuben
State of New York County of Steuben ss. I William Ennis the justice of the peace, before whom the above declaration was made, do certify, that I am well acquainted with Rachel Ward the widow who made & subscribed the same, that I have known her many years, and that she is the same identical person described in the said declaration.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscri- bed my name of office this 20 th day of February A.D. 1844. William Ennis Justice of the Peace
State of New York Steuben County ss. I William Hamilton Clerk of the County of Steuben, & of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, do hereby certify that William Ennis holds and exercises the office of justice of the peace in & for said County, of Steuben, in the state of New York, and that he did so hold & exercise the said office on the 20 th day of February instant.
And I do further certify that I am well acquaint- ed with the hand writing & official signature of the said William Ennis and that his name subscri- bed to the jurat of the above declaration, & to the a- bove certificate, each, is in his proper hand writing and is his official signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my
seal of office this 23 rd day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty four.
Wm Hamilton Clerk

D. Pennycuick No. Raps

State of New York } Steubenville County } ss
On this twenty ninth day of December in the Year 1848. personally appeared, before me Cephas F Platt a justice of the peace, in and for said County of Steubenville, Rachel Ward a resident of the Town of Erwin in the said County of Steubenville, aged Seventy Eight 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of Abijah Ward who was a private in the Army and belonged, and served in Captain Hamtrick's Company, in the New York line - And that the sum of eighty dollars was the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17th June, 1844 - She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me } Rachel X Ward made
C F Platt Justice of the Peace
In presence of - L. W. Badger
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me
C F Platt Justice of the peace

I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the within affidavit. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Albany, New York, this 2nd day of January, 1844. C. Platt Justice of the peace
State of New York County of Albany I, Peter C. Cook, clerk of the said court, do hereby certify that C. Platt, before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn to, is a person who makes the preceding certificate, was at the time of the same one of the Justices of the peace, in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of January 1844 P. C. Cook, Clerk

Washington City D.C. Home of Reps! 29 Feb. 1844.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
W.F.M.
In this I hand you a "declaration" of Mrs Rachel Ward of Henrico Co. Va. you granted her a pension a few days since, I only men- tion this fact to refer you to her paper for further Evidence in this application, if you should regard it insufficient.
With Great Respect Yr M c obed. Serv t
W. J. Riddell

Rep.
5095
Albany, New York
Rachel Ward
widow of Abijah Ward
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of March 1844 and sent to Hon M. S. Hubbell House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, Page 258

1977
New York
Rachel Ward
widow of Abijah Ward
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. and who died on the 15 th December 1835. of Steuben Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Col. Warrenfield in the New York line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of December 1843 and sent to the Honorable W. S. Hubble House of Representatives
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Sirann — Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 187.
Rep 23 Dec 1843

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18254
Nachel Ward
Widow of Abijah Ward
Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 25 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 3111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

March 18 1904
H. Borah Painted Post N.Y.

1. March 1844 Rachel Ward Act 1843
N.Y. City Comm
$80 per an
J. G. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dear W. L. Hubbell A. R.

6480
N.Y.
Lot to Messrs. Gilbert & Barnes
February 26, 1840.
Lot to Hon. M. Mallory 24. March 1840
to Gilbert & Barnes 25. " "
to Hon. F. Granger 4. May 1840
Act 7. July '38-

18252
Abijah Ward
May 22, 1818-56 Middlebury N.Y.
Winter 78-9 Albany N.Y. - apt Capt Deacomb Davis Col Weisenfeld to close of war our
Indian skirmish at newtown a Yorktown
Married Rachel Burget Oct. 1782 Nabletown N.Y. Died Dec 15 1831

Was the arrear of Abijah Ward's pension under the act of 18 March 1818 drawn at the Albany agency by a widow or by children? Their names?
21 Febry '40
G. J. [initials]
Recd 15 th Dec. 1836 $ at Albany to that paid to the Widow
Comp. Book 15 Dec. 1837 JH
Pen. Book 5 Dec 1836

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hard, Abner GRADE Corporal LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5259 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 1, 1790
To — not shown —
*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.