Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2211, Jehiel Wilcox, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wilcox, Jehiel Catharine
W 2211
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No 7.718
Ohio
Isaac Melcoo
of Delaware Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Case - of the Regt commanded by Col Phelps in the Connecticut line for 2 years from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833 and sent to Thos Reynolds Clerk of Delaware Co Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $ 160.00 Semimont. allowance ending Sept " 40.00
200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. J. Evans Clerk, Book E - Vol. 8. - Page 28.

Ohio 875 Pm
Catharine Wilcox widow of Jehiel Wilcox who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Connecticut mil Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of July 1853 and sent to
J. Jamin Columbus Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1842, Page 179, Vol. 24
3 February 1853
Date of death not on AB.

2012 2
Ischiel Wilcox Ohio
Look on Census Roll
in Final Settlement Census Roll page 53 No 5082 5082 do page 76- No 7341
Admitted for 2 years from 1799- $80-
Th Reynolds AK Delaware Co Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Ichiel Wilcox  County of Delaware in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 1777 — 2 Private Gen. Sullivan  Connecticut cont. Capt Base ,   not stated " Capt Austin , Col not read latter   Rec — 2 " Capt Humphreys , Col Phelps   enlisted 2 " Capt Scott  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillwater, Saratoga,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no deficiency 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. H. Forrest Examining Clerk.

Mr. Davis,
On examination, I find the earliest recorded marriage License, was in January 1835 - all previous to that were destroyed by fire with the Records of Court -
Respectfully
D. W. Rhodes
I consequently altered your certificate to 1835.

Columbus, Ohio, April 14 th 1853.
SIR:
Will you forward to me, if on record in your Office, a certificate, of the following Marriage:
Jahziel Wilcox January 1 st 1821 TO Catharine Rev. BY Sam l White.
The Certificate is wanted to establish a Widow's claim to Bounty Land  Pension and your fee will be paid upon its receipt is enclosed
Yours Respectfully.
G. Jarvis
BOUNTY LAND AND PENSION AGENT, Columbus, Ohio.
To the Clerk of Court in Delaware County, State of Ohio
P. S. If you cannot find the record in this case, please state that fact by signing the annexed blank, and re-enclosing the letter to me.
I have after careful examination been unable to find among the records of my Office, any evidence of the above Marriage. from the fact that about the year a D 1825 the office and Marriage records were consumed by fire as witness my hand. G. Jarvis signed by fire as witness my hand. To  and the seal of this Court. (COLUMBUS, OHIO.)
D. W. Rhodes Clerk of Delaware Co. O.

Lehiel Wilcox,
Application for Pension.
20122

The State of Ohio Delaware County. ss
Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware in State of Ohio, now in reprimand, Ichiel Wilcox a resident of Marlborough Township in the said County aged seventy four 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
I the said Ichiel Wilcox on my oath state that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit:—
Ichiel Wilcox of Marlborough Tn.
I was born in Litchfield County Connecticut, February 26th 1758, and am now 74 years of age. In the spring of 1777, I volunteered for two months and was then into a Company of Connecticut militia at Simsbury in Hartford County Conn. I served that term under Capt. Case. We marched to Danbury where the British had taken the place, and burnt a large quantity of pork & flour; the enemy had but just left the place when we arrived there. We then marched to Ridgefield where we arrived in time to see the enemy embark after they were beaten by Gen. Arnold and others. We then marched to Fishkill, and then to Peekskill N.Y. where after serving my two months I was discharged. In the fall of the same year I went with the militia of Connecticut in the expedition against Burgoyne. I served in that expedition I think under Capt. Aaron Austin and Capt. Moses Shepherd. I do not recollect my Col's name. I can not recollect all the particulars relative to this expedition; nor how long I was in the service this time, nor where I was discharged. But I recollect and know that I was with the army at Stillwater and Saratoga and was in the two great battles

fought in September and October. I afterwards spent to guard the British prisoners taken there on their way and in one of those battles I saw one who changed a cannon of the enemy which was taken & retaken three times until we eventually kept it and carried it off to Boston as far as Springfield Mass.
The next year I volunteered to serve two months in a company of Connecticut militia. I served this tour under Capt. Jonathan Humphrys and I believe I was under Col. Nathaniel Phelps. I marched from Hartford Co. to Providence Rhode Island, and from there to Kingston; and was there under Genl. Sullivan. After I served two months I was discharged and returned home. I cannot recollect all the particulars of this expedition. I was discharged before the American army went over on to the Island of Rhode Island and the taking of Newport.
About a year or two before the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York, I enlisted into the Continental service for during the war, at West Simsbury Hartford County Conn. under Sergeant William Taylor a recruiting officer. But at the interference of my friends my enlistment was reduced to 3 years. I cannot recollect the name of my officers; but I believe the Capt. under whom I was enlisted was Capt. Ezekiel Scott of the Continental Troops. I do not recollect the name of my Col. or the Number of my Regiment. Some time after I was enlisted I was marched south and passed by Philadel- phia at the distance as I believe & recollect of about ten miles. I was at York at the time Cornwallis was taken, but I believe I was not there until the fighting was over or nearly so. I recollect however of being present when the British troops at that place marched out and surrendered. I was then marched to the North and at the close of the war was discharged after serving over two years. I believe I was discharged some where in New Jersey. I have long since lost my discharge. I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services.

I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any other agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid.
In 1808 I removed from Connecticut to Ohio and settled in Delaware County where I now reside.
Sworn & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid.
Ichiel Wilcox
We, William J. Drake & Joseph Cole, residents of Franklin County of Marlborough Township in said County - and
residing in the neighbourhood of the above named Ichiel Wilcox hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Ichiel Wilcox who has signed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age and reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid.
William J. Drake
Joseph Cole
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 William J. Drake and Joseph Cole who have signed and sworn to the preceding certificate, are residents of Marlborough Township in the said County and in the neighbourhood of the above named applicant, and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

J. Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Com- Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Schiel Wilcox for a Mandamus.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 20 th May of Anno D omi 1832.
J. Reynolds Clerk

Widow Catharine Wilcox Relic of Ichiel Wilcox Pensioner on Revolutionary Rolls
Applications under Act of March 3 rd 1833.
S. Jarvis Attorney Columbus Ohio

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I the subscriber have and do hereby appoint S. Jarvis bolum =bus Ohio of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Secretary of War, Paymaster General, Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury, or any officer or officers authorized to pay the same, Land Warrant and all moneys, drafts or other dues of every kind, nature and name, for extra pay, commuta- tion money, bounty, clothing money, prize money, withheld pay, or any other dues of every kind due me from the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned or any other officers of the United States; and I do hereby request said officers or any or either of them to pay said amounts to said Jarvis and do hereby give said Jarvis full power to endorse all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all re- ceipts or discharges, and to do any other act which I could do if present; and any act by him done shall be the same as if done by me in proper person
Witness my hand and seal this 13 th day of April, A. D. 1853.
Signed and sealed in presence of us,
Stephen Bialee Minervia Hays
Catharine Wilson X Mark
SEAL
SEAL
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Delaware, ss.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally came Catharine Wilson and acknowledged that she had executed the foregoing instrument. I certify that I know her to be the person described in the same. Given under my hand at Delaware this 13 th day of April, A. D. 1853.
J. S. Fuller Justice of the Peace.

State of Ohio Delaware County ss.
On this 13 th day of April A D 1853 personally appeared before the Probate court of the County of Delaware State of Ohio Catharine Wilcox, a resident of Delaware County and State of Ohio aged. 78. Being first being 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 rd day of February A D 1853, granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Isham Wilcox who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and who up to the time of his death, which took place at the County of Delaware
State of Ohio on the 17 th day of September A D 1848 drew a Pension of Ninety Six Dollars a year, on account of his said service, under the Act of Congress passed June 17 th 1832, that her said husband drew his pension at Cincinnati, Ohio
She further declares that she was married to the said Isham Wilcox on the 1 st day of January A D 1821 by Samuel White a Minister at the County of Delaware Ohio, that her said Husband died as aforesaid, that she was not married to him prior to the 2 nd day of Jan

uary A D 1800, but at the time above stated, She further declares that she is now a widow.
Catharine Wilcox
Sworn to and Subscribed on this 13 th day of April A D 1853, before me. D. T. Fuller Probate Judge within and for the County of Delaware and State of Ohio as Witness my hand and the seal of said Court.
D. T. Fuller
Probate Judge
State of Ohio Delaware County ss Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware and State of Ohio called John Holcomb aged 50 Years and Maria Holcomb aged 45 Years two respectable and reliable witnesses who being duly sworn according to law on their oaths said that prior to the death of Isham Wilcox they were acquainted with him and his wife Catharine for the term of 10 Years, that during that time they lived together as man and wife, that the said Isham Wilcox was a Pensioner of the United States on the Revolutionary Roll, That he died on the 27 th

day of September A D 1848, that his wife Catharine has continued a widow from that time to this and is now a widow. that further they swear that they are disinterested in this matter.
Witness
S. H. Cleveland
Abigail for  Elizabeth  meal
Horatio for  Elizabeth  meal
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of April A D 1853. and I certify that said Affiants are well known to me, and are worthy and credible persons,
Silas H. Cleveland Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss. I hereby certify that Silas H. Cleveland Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid this 13 th day of April A.D. 1853
D. W. Rhodes Clerk

January 3, 1940
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Mrs. W.C.Spencer 725 West Grant Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado.
BA-J/GC Jehiel Wilcox W.2211
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jehial Wilcox who was living in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1840.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.2211, based upon service of Jehiel Wilcox in the Revolutionary War.
Jehiel Wilcox was born February 26, 1758, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Names of his parents are not shown.
He volunteered in the spring of 1777, at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, served two months as private in Captain Case's Connecticut company; volunteered in the fall of 1777, served as private in Captains Aaron Austin's and Moses Shepherd's Connecticut companies in the expedition against Burgoyne, was in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga; length of service not shown; volunteered in 1778, served two months as private in Captain Jonathan Humphreys' company, Colonel Noah Phelps' Connecticut regiment; volunteered one or two years prior to the surrender of Cornwallis, served as private in Captain Ezekiel Scott's Connecticut company, was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was discharged at the close of the war, having served over two years.
The soldier moved to Delaware County, Ohio in 1808. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he was residing in Marlboro Township, Delaware County, Ohio.

Jehiel Wilcox died September 27, 1848, in Delaware County, Ohio.
He married January 1, 1821, in Delaware County, Ohio, Catharine, (maiden name not shown). Date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. No reference was made to a former marriage.
The soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed April 13, 1853, at which time she was aged ninety years and a resident of Delaware County, Ohio.
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No further family data are shown.
The papers on file in this case contain no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Catharine Wilcox, widow of Jehiel Wilcox, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Catharine Wilcox, widow of Jehiel Wilcox Certificate #875 Issued July 7, 1853 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Pension Office, June 24. 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the date to which Ichiel Wilcox a revolutionary pensioner, was last paid - If his widow received arrears of Pension, please also state her name. He was pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832, as a private at $80 per annum - inscribed on the Ohio Rolls, and pension made payable at the Cincinnati Agency.
Very respectfully, Your Obt. Servant,
Paid to 4 th Sept. 1848. - No Widow known, to us; - arrears of Pension unpaid.
S. P. Waldo For the Commissioner of Pensions
F. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt Esq., Third Auditor, Treasury Department

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 5, 6, 7.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

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

Brief in the case of Catharine Wilcox, widow of Jehiel Wilcox Delaware County and State of Ohio - act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act 7 th June 1832
Marriage proved by parol testimony - witness certified to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. Jarvis Esqr Columbus, Ohio. Name and residence of Agent
W. Bedder Examining Clerk.

April 23. 1853
No 1. 288
App d of Catharine
Leilcox widow of
Ichiel
Delaware County
Ohio
7718
Act 3 d Feby: 1853
Rev y :
Admitted $80 per Annum Commencing 3 d Feby 1853
S. Davis Columbus Ohio
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
2211 Catharine Wilcox Widow Jehiel Wilcox Pre-Civil War
Act.
Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914. May 13. Hist. to Hon Frank B. Willis M.S.
1940 - Jan 3 - Hist. to Mrs. W. H. (Bessie S.) Spencer

FRANK B. WILLIS 8TH DISTRICT, OHIO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON
May 11, 1914.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Saltzgaber:
I very respectfully request that you furnish me with a statement of the Revolutionary War records of the following persons who were pensioners of the government in the year 1840, residing in Delaware county, Ohio, and township as given below, age given in year 1840.
Reuben Martin 93 Westfield township. Phebe Hopkins 81 " " Elizabeth Patee 75 " " Jehiel Wilcox 81 Marlborough "
Thanking you for the statement desired, I am
Yours very respectfully,
FBW/D

725 West Frank Ave. Pueblo, Colo.
REPLY CARD THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Bureau of Pensions, Washington 1 D. C.

Dec. 9, 1939.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me all data you have on Jehiah Wilcox , Revolutionary soldier, who was living in Delaware County, Ohio in 1840 and drawing a pension, (aged 81 then) Very respectfully, (Mrs. W.H.) Bessie S. Spencer 725 West Frank Ave. Pueblo, Colorado.

aw May 13, 1914
Hon. Frank B. Willis, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Willis:
In response to your letter of the eleventh instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 2,211, it appears that Jehiel Wilcox was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, February 26, 1758, enlisted at Simbury, Connecticut, and served as Private in the Connecticut troops as follows: in the spring of 1777, two months under Captain Case, in the fall of 1777, under Captain Aaron Austin and Moses Shepherd, length of service not stated, in 1778, two months under Captain Jonathan Humphreys and Colonel Noah Phelps, he then served two years under Captain Ezekiel Scott and was discharged at the close of the war, dates of service not stated. He died in Delaware County, Ohio, September 27, 1848.
He married January 1, 1821, in Delaware County, Ohio, Catharine ----, who was sixty years old and a resident of said County in 1853. The soldier and his widow were allowed pension.
Do not send the information on this former Captain - he rather talks about frontier fights in the plains.

From the papers in the claim W. File No. 4,238. It appears that Timothy Hopkins (whose date and place of birth are not stated) enlisted in Plymouth Township in what was afterwards Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 1776, and served about three years as a Private under Captains Samuel Ransom, Simeon Spalding and Mitchell, and Colonel Zebulon Butler in the Connecticut troops. He died October 10, 1802, place not stated.
He married in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1781. Phebe Marvin who was born February 18, 1760, (place not stated), and she lived in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio when her pension was allowed in 1837. They had children, a daughter Phebe Fisher being the only name stated.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim Sur. File No. 8,989. It appears that Reuben Martin was born in Somerset County, New Jersey, in 1748, and while living in Sussex County, New Jersey, enlisted in the New Jersey troops as private and served four terms of six months each as follows: from June 1, 1777, and from May 10, 1778, under Captain John Martin and Colonel Edmund Martin, from June 1, 1779, under Captain Harbaugh and Colonel Chambers, and from June 2, 1780, under Captain Clung and Colonel Chamberlin.
He was allowed pension in 1834 while living in Wayne County, Ohio.

He had a son Absalom, the name of his wife is not stated.
His residence after 1834 is not on record. He is the only Revolutionary War pensioner named Reuben Martin found on the rolls of the Ohio Agency.
From the papers in the claim W. File No. 5,480, it appears that Edmund Patee was born in Salem, New Hampshire, July 22, 1764. He served from the autumn of 1779, for three years, nine months, and fifteen days as Fifer under Captains Asa Coburn and Thorp in Colonel John Brooks' 7th Massachusetts regiment. He died in Westfield Township, Delaware County, Ohio September 24, 1824.
He married November 9, 1787, Elizabeth Turner who was born in Killingly, Connecticut, April 17, 1766. The soldier and his widow were allowed pension.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.