Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3830, William Trabis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Travis, William
S. 3830
Carded
CONTENTS

see letter to S. F. Hurn July 30. 1834
see Cir. In. Aug. 30. 1834
Transf. to Ohio, from 4 th March 1834 - Sept. 8. 1834.
Dead. See letter 14 March 1835 to
Hon. J. Vance - 1888 July 19 - S. F. Cary - history - Prior
To Ohio W. H. Pittsburg 22412
William Trabis. of Medina in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain McLean, of the Regt commanded by Col. Graham in the New York line for 8 months.
22412
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 26. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of October 1833, and sent to him Trabis. - London. Medina Co. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - 66. 65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1. Mar. 84 - 13. 33
$ 79. 98.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. F. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 129.
E 8

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of bankrupts passed June 7th AD 1832.
The State of Ohio } Madison County } ss
On the twenty fifth day of June in the year AD 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the court of common pleas Now sitting William Travis a resident of the County of Madison in the State of Ohio aged thirty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of bankrupts passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted with the service of the United States as a private on the anniversary of Genl Burgoyne surrender three years after for the term of eight months and served out his time under the following officers Lieut Colonel Lieutenant Van Klief who captured Major Andrus Ensign Jamieson Col. Grahams Regt. That at the time he entered the service of the United States he resided in the State of New York within five miles of West Point Fort at a place called Prok-killer-Hall , That he was in a skirmish with a party of British troops at a place called Duchy-Hall an Youngs farm thirty miles from the city of New York. That he was there made a prisoner and conveyed to New York and there detained about three months and then made his escape left Williams west of the prison at the same time. That he marched from the place of capture to White Plains. There joined Colonel Grahams Regiment in Genl Scotts Brigade, from thence to a place called Duchy Hall and Croton River , from thence to Long Island there took a quantity of cattle from the British from thence to Red Bank at the White Plains, thence to Duchy Hall where he was made prisoner, and on his march from thence to New York he was badly frozen in his hands and feet That he was as quartermaster with Genl Hotz Major Brooks Captain Easton Captain Moore Col Scotts of Genl Wayns , That he served out his eight months the full term of his Eight months the term for which he enlisted, That he has no documentary evidence of his services, and that he knows of no person by whom testimony can be procured that can testify to his services -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity to the said John, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
I swear to and subscribe this day and year aforesaid.
John Moore Clerk M. B. B. B. B. P.
William F. Frablis
Mark
1 st Interrogatory 3 was born in the state of New York at Peekskill N.Y. 12 miles from West Point fort in the year 1784 - 1784
2 d Interrogatory 3 That he has no record of his age
3 d Interrogatory 3 Was living at Peekskill N.Y. when which was called into the service on the North river five miles from West Point. Has lived since the Revolutionary war, a part of the time in New York City from six to ten years, in the state of Pennsylvania for 15 to 20 years and about thirty years in the state of Ohio and now lives in the state of Ohio in the city of Cincinnati.
4 th Interrogatory 3 Was called into the service by enlistment
5 th Interrogatory 3 Can make no further disclosure as regards the particular officers with him he was acquainted with stated in the list of his enlistment -
6 th Interrogatory 3 Never heard any discharge from the service
7 th Interrogatory 3 Gene Joseph Nance Col. Lewis Col. Moore Henry Morris William Morris Stephen Moore Pillsbury Vanatta Marshall E. W. Gwynn John Blacklock John Leamy John Shultz Jefferson Ross George Pugh Egberts Matthew John Roberts Thomas Taylor Robert Turner Philip Long John George Groves.
I swear to and subscribe this day and year aforesaid.
John Moore Clerk M. B. B. B. B. P.
William F. Frablis
Mark

We Darius C. Allen, a clergyman residing in the county of Madison and John Kennedy residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Trabis who has subsisted and known to the above description; that we believe him to be fifty nine years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary and that we concur in that opinion
I was then and subsisted the day and year past D.C. Allen John H. Kennedy John Moore clerk M.B.B.B.P.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation made and after putting the interrogations proposed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certify that it appears to them that Darius C. Allen is who signed the friendly certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Madison aforesaid and that John H. Kennedy who has also signed the same is a resident of the county of Madison and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit
I John Moore clerk of the court of common of the county of Madison in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of application of William Trabis for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at London this 26 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
John Moore clerk

26. 546. 22. 412
William Trabis
Ohio
Adm 8 months
$ 26. 66
William Trabis
Landon
Medina County
Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjunctive 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. These 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 William Frabis
   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.     8 priv Cap Williams Col Graham 69 years New York Traditionary.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 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] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[n] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[o] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Travis, Wm. NY S 3930

No 3517
Kentucky Daniel Irabue of Adair Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the comm by Captain of the Regt comm by Col Martin, in the Virginia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of July 1836 and seal to Hon. John Calhoun H.R.
ars to the 4th of March 1836 100:00 ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 36. 10:00
$ 110:00
Revolutionary Cla 24 S.P. Act June 7, 1835
Recorded by D. Brown Cl Book E 2 Vol. 7 Page 49

Travis, Wm. N.Y. S3830

Let to P Agent Aug 7. 1837; 3 d Auditor Aug 8. 1837; P Agent Aug 23. 1837; to J Ficklin Dec 5. 1837; to Hon Williams Dec 20. 1837; P Agent Ficklin January 11. 1838; J Ficklin Feb 19. 1838; Hon S. Williams Dec 29. 1838; J Ficklin Aug 17. 1839; same Sept 12. 1839. ditto Th o
Green Apr 21. 1842
Letter to 3 d Auditor Aug 4 16 th 1842
Deads
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th March 1837 to 12 th Sept 1840. Agent no estate Sept 3 rd 1842

Hereditary Sincere Family etc. I Thomas H. H. Clerk of the Sinecure County Court do hereby certify that John Carpenter esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Cyrus Morrison was taken was at a duly noticed at the Peace in Sinecure County on the 20th day of October 1832 duly confirmed before me & that full faith & credit is to be to be given to his official acts & that the signature purporting to be his genuine signature is
I have herunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 21st day of July 1832 Thomas H. H.
53830

delivered it to the said Andrew at the said Garrison Ezra Morrison
Kentucky Lincoln City S c !
I John Carpenter one of the C o Wealths Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Ezra Morrison personally appeared before me and made oath that the statements contained in the foregoing affidavit are true and that the s ayd Morrison affixed the same in my presence given from under my hand this 20 th October 1831.
J s Carpenter J.P. S c

Dad Trabue Sp:act.
Q L Edwards Esq Com d of Pensions Washington city D.C.
Ans d . June 29. 1836
act 28 June 1836
$20 per annum, commencing 4 th March 1831—
Hon. J. Calhoun HN
Trabue, Wm. NY 53P30

Washington 29 th June 1836
Dear Sir
A law has passed at the Present Session of Congress directing Daniel L. Lakin of Green County Ky to be placed on the pension list - I desire to know whether as a matter of course, the apartment will direct him to be paid at the proper agency in Ky - or whether any certificate from your department will be necessary to be forwarded to him - and to ask of you to be to use any paper that may be necessary for him to have -
With great respect
John Calhoun
Travis, Wm. 53830

13 W m Thomas Blain & Joseph Miller appeared in open Court & made oath that Ezra Morrison of Lincoln County Kentucky has been known to them upwards of thirty years & & is a man of first rate character for truth & vera- -city & that there is but one man of that name as they be live in that County this 23 rd day of Dec r . 1832 Thomas Blain Joseph Miller
At a county court held for the county of Adair in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Tuesday the 4 th day December 1832 by the Justices of said County court. The affidavit of Thomas Blain and Joseph Miller was exhibited in open court subscribed and sworn to by said Blain and Miller and ordered to be attached to the declara- tion of Daniel Trabue & not heretofore made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion that it appears to them

that the said Thomas Blain and Joseph Miller who have subscribed and sworn to the afore said affidavit are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. The affidavit of Benjamin Briggs of Lincoln County and of John Baker & William Baker of Cumberland County heretofore attached to the aforesaid declaration of said Daniel Trabue sen t were also produced in open court with the additional certificates of Harvey Wheat & Joel Bursley Esquires before whom said affidavits were taken, and of the clerks of the county courts of s d counties of Lincoln and Cumberland annexed to them. And it is ordered by the court that said affidavits of Benjamin Briggs, and John and William Baker be also attached to the aforesaid declaration of said Daniel Trabue sen t and it is further ordered that all the aforesaid affidavits be certified under the seal of this court.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, ss Adair County ss
I William Caldwell clerk of the county court for the county of Adair aforesaid do hereby certify that the annexed affidavits of John Baker, William Baker, Benjamin Briggs, Ezra Morrison & Thomas Blain and Joseph Miller form a part of the testimony in support of the declaration of Daniel Trabue sen t to which they are attached and connected as directed and required by the above & foregoing order of s d court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 5 th day of December 1839.
Wm Caldwell Clerk " " "

John Baker H. Davis
Travis Wm NY 53830

I John Baker of Cumberland County Ky Do state that I have been acquainted with Daniel Trabue of la  Cumberland Adair County for sixty years and in the year 1781 I served tours of duty with him in the American Army and we was together in a battle with the British at Peter's burgh of I John Baker was Orderly Sergeant and Do state that the said Trabue was in the engagement and believe he fired on that Day many times at the enemy The Battle began about sun rise and ended about the middle of the afternoon the said Trabue was that Day very brave. I think I know he Did serve in the army that year six Months with and perhaps more and in the whole time of the war after he the said Trabue was old enough he was forward & willing and was in the Army given under my hand this 10 th of July 1832
John Baker
This I William Baker of Cumberland County and State of Kentucky do state that I was with the above named John Baker & Daniel Trabue in the above named army, towns & Battles and do state the same of said John Baker as stated by the above named John Baker this 10 th of July 1832
William Baker
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for Cumberland County John Baker and William Baker and made oath to the truth of the state- ments contained in the above certificates given under my hand this 10 day of July 1832 Joel Duglyp. J.P.C.C.

Kentucky Cumberland County ss
I Milton King the county court Clerk of said
County certify that Joel Overly who administered the oath to the afforsaid subscribing John & Will Baker was at the time of administering the oath and is now a justice of the peace for the afforsaid county and duly authorized to administer such oaths
and the signature annexed is his genuine signature Given under my hand and seal
of Office in Burksville this
11 th day of July 1832
Milton King
Kentucky Cumberland County ss
I, Joel Overly a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do certify, in addition to my Certificate annexed to the within affidavits of John Baker and William Baker, of the date of July 10 th 1832, that said John Baker & William Baker are residents of said County of Cumberland, that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 27 day of November 1832. Joel Overly J.P.C.
Kentucky Cumberland County ss
I Milton King Clerk of the Cumberland County Court do certify that

Isaac Owsley Esquire whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate, is the same person who has signed the certificate annexed to the within affidavit of the date of July 10 th 1832, & before whom said affidavits were taken, that he is now and was at the date of the foregoing certificate an acting Justice of the peace in Cumberland County duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts, And that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 27 th day of November 1832
M. King

Ben Briggs
53830
Affidavit

I Ben. Briggs of Lincoln County Ky Do stat That in the year 1778 and early in that year that Daniel Trabue who now lives in Columbia Adair Coun- ty Did come to Logans Fort and was Commissary at said fort for procuring provisions Employing hunters &c and did the provisions Ammunition &c and the said Trabue continued there to the end of 1779 and then quit the publick stores of Magazine I would think it might be considered he was in the service at this time two years I Do further state that a Great many of General G. H. Clarkes men payed by the said Logans Fort and Drawed provisions Going and coming and very often, The said Fort was commanded by Col Ben Logans the first year, he was soon after promoted to Col o of then Gen B Logan I think D Trabue was not long at the said Garrison before he acted as Commissary and acted in the said capacity until the last of the year 1779 given under my hand this 27 of July 1832
B. Briggs
Lincoln County Select a justice of the peace This day personally appeared before me, and made oath to the foregoing statement
Lincoln County Select This day personally appeared before me H Wheat a justice of the peace for said county Ben Briggs and made oath to the foregoing statements given under my hand this 27 th day of July 1832
Herry Wheat J.P.

Kentucky Lincoln County Set
I Thomas M. (line clerk) of the Lincoln County do hereby certify that Harvey Wheat before whom the foregoing deposition or affidavit of Benjamin Briggs was taken is an acting Justice of the peace in Lincoln County duly commissioned & qualified that full faith & credit should be given to what the signature annexed is this genuine signature by official capacity.
I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of my office this 20th day of July 1832.
Thomas M. (line clerk)
Kentucky Lincoln County Set
I Harvey Wheat a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid do certify in addition to my certificate annexed to the foregoing affidavit of Ben Briggs of the date of "July 27th 1832" that the said Ben Briggs who has subscribed said affidavit is a resident of said county of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 20th day of November 1832. Harvey Wheat.

Kentucky Lincoln County Court I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln County Court do hereby certify that Harvey Wheat whose signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is the same person before whom the within affidavit of Benjamin Fangss was taken, & who subscribed the Certificate referring to in the above & foregoing Certificate that he was at the date of the said Certificate & now an acting Justice of the peace in the County of Lincoln, duly Commissioned & qualified, that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his official acts, & that the signature annexed to said Certificate is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I
have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 20 th day of November 1832. Thomas Helm Clerk.

Pittsburgh (Pa.) Ohio.
22,432
William Travis
Transfer
Paid to 4 Mar. 1834 - on Agents letter on file - Hannah Brooks, 19,636 Vermont.

Application for a Transfer
The State of Ohio Hamilton County ss
Chas. D. Drake
mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial seal at the County aforesaid.
Chas. D. Drake Notary Public.

The State of Ohio } Hamilton County } set
Before me the undersigned a Notary Public in & for said county personally appeared Jesse Hunt, who, I certify to be a person of veracity, who on his oath to the best of his knowledge & belief declares that William Trabis who has taken the within oath is the person described in the affidavit
Jesse Hunt
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1834
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal of office the day & year aforesaid at the county aforesaid.
Chas. D. Drake Notary Public.
The State of Ohio } Hamilton County } set
I. Daniel Gano Clerk P.T. of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Charles D. Drake is a Notary Public, duly commissioned, in & for said county, & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said court this 25 th day of June 1834.

United States of America.
THE STATE OF OHIO, EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
I, ROBERT LUCAS, Governor and Commander-in-chief of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Charles D Drake before whom the affidavits of William Frablis and Jeph Hunt were made as contained on the document hereto annexed now is, and was, at the date of said said affidavits and his certificate that a Notary Public in and for the County of Hamilton
duly commissioned as such; and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. I also certify that his signatures to said Certificates are genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Great Seal of the State of Ohio to be hereto affixed, at Columbus, the
Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
Robert Lucas
BY THE GOVERNOR,
B. Hinkson Secretary of State.

Cincinnati August. 9 th 1834.
Sir,
I enclose to you legal evidence that G. D. Drake before whom the affidavits of William Frablis & Jesse Hunt were made was at the time a Notary Public duly commissioned & qualified to the jurisdiction contained in your letter of the 29 th Ultimo.
Please forward to me evidence of Mr Frablis transfer from the Pittsburgh to the Ohio Agency
I am very respectfully Sir your obt. servant James Hunt.
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner

Washington
March 5 th - 1835
He
The enclosed letter asking information ought to have been attached to long since but was mislaid. Will you have the goodness to give it your early attention
As respectfully yours & S r .
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Joseph Vance

Wm Travis in June 1833 (declaration made in Madison Co Ohio where said to be a resident) born in Peach Hill NY 12 miles from West Point the fore part of 1764 & since the war has 6 to 10 yrs in NY in Penn 15 to 20 yrs & about 30 yrs in Ohio & now in Madison Co Ohio - at Puckahoe he Enlisted Oct 1780 for 8 mos with Capt Williams, Lt Van Vorst (one of the Captors of Major Andre) & Col o Graham & was in a conflict at Puckahoe 13 miles from NY City, made both his Capt o & prisoner, Carried to NY City & detained 3 mos before he made his escape
After enlisting March o to White Plains joined his regt, then to Puckahoe on Croton river to Long Island receiving a band of call from the British - On his return his hands & feet

were badly frozen
In June 1934 he stated he had resided in Ohio 44 years & was now living in Hamilton Co.

Fred
No. 546.
22 Department Pension office

Lawrence Museum Co. Ohio
Sir 3
July 4 th 1833
Any communication on the subject of the enclosed application will be read to "Lawrence Museum Co. Ohio" Yours with etc. of
William Strozier
Hon. S. L. Edwards

Rev War
3830
INVALID.
File No. 3838
on  Trail
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]