Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6444, Josiah Webb, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Webb, Isaiah Rhoda
Q 1 6444
B. L. Wt 47823-160-55
CONTENTS

13. 0551
Ohio. Pittsburgh.
Elijah Webb.
of Trumbull Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Harnett of the Regt commanded by Col. Graham. in the New York line for 8 months.
$ 26. 66 2/3
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May '33 and sent to Abraham Pridmore. Kinsman. Trumbull Co. Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833-53.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 1893 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acct June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. M. Palmer Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 8. Page 182,
236 0551

6025 Ohio Ohio Rhoda Webb, widow of Josiah Webb N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 31 st day of Jan y 1857, and sent to
J. F. Asper, Warren, Ohio.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 163. Vol. 26.

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236.055
Widow of Rev. Soldier
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF Rhoda Webb
WIDOW OF Josiah Webb
Under Act of March 3, 1855.
J. F. ASPER, Attorney at Law, COLUMBUS, O.
Presented by J. F. Asper Atty for Claimant Mann, O.

Dearborn Jan. 1856
To the Commissioner of Pensions, } Washington City, D. C.
SIR:
I request that my claim for Bounty Land, under the act entitled "an act granting additional bounty land to certain Officers and Soldiers engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3, 1855, may be examined, and if I am entitled to bounty land, I wish a certificate or warrant issued therefor, which you will please forward to my Attorney,
J. F. ASPER, AT WARREN, OHIO,
whom I do hereby authorize and empower to prosecute my said claim and to receive any Warrant which may issue thereon.
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Attest:
Decatur Stephenson John Mann
Edward Webb

The State of Ohio, Guadalupe County ss 3
On this 30 th day of January A D 1856 before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Rhoda Webb aged 59 years, a resident of Gustavus in the county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, on her said oath declares that she is the widow of Josiah Webb deceased late of said county, and the identical Josiah Webb who was placed on the Revolutionary Pension Roll of the United States at the rate of $26.00 per annum payable at the Pittsburgh Agency in the state of Pennsylvania.
She further states that she was married to the said Josiah Webb in Waverly in the state of Connecticut on the 1 st day of September 1822 by Judah Eldred a justice of the peace, and that her name before said marriage was Rhoda Page that her said husband died at Gustavus on the 23 rd day of January 1842 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855, and she states that she never has made application for bounty land under this or any other act except the one now pending presented nor has she ever received any bounty land.
Rhoda Webb
We Deceased Stephen and John Adams residents of Gustavus in said county upon our

Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rhoda Webb in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the affiant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
We further declare on our said Oaths that we were well acquainted with the said Josiah Webb during his life time, and well acquainted with said Rhoda Webb, and we declare that during the lifetime of said Josiah Webb they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife for several years during our acquaintance that said Josiah Webb drew a pension during his life time and we believe at the rate of $36.00 per year, that he died in Gustin in said County on the day of January AD 1842, and that the said Rhoda Webb is now a widow.
Deacon Stephenson John Adams
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim -
Warren Young Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio, } I, Almon D. Webb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within TRUMBULL COUNTY. } and for said County, certify that Warren Young Esq., whose genuine signature is affixed to the annexed and foregoing Affidavit was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to take such Affidavit , and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, at Warren, this 21 day of February 185 6 Almon D. Webb Clerk.

13.054 Josiah Webb Trumbull County Ohio
due for 8 months
Abraham Griswold Kinsman P.O. Trumbull County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Webb  County of Trumbull  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 21 years  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.     In 17  After the first tour of duty he enlisted during the war serv d 4 M o & hired a substitute  8 Private Gen.  Capt Harmons Col d Graham  Capt Graham  Capt Graham   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nine parts New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? In testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  The Papers are not attached as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Lott Examining Clerk.

Rhoda Webb wid. of Joseph J. Ohio
Partition claim act of Febry 2. 1853.
Presented by S. S. Asper Atty for Claimant Warren, Ohio

The State of Ohio } In open Court Franklin County ss }
On this 6th day of January A.D. 1887, before the Court of Probate held within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid personally appeared Rhoda Webb aged 60 years, a resident of Gastons in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, passed on the 3d, February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Josiah Webb, deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the identical Josiah Webb who was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio for such service in the Revolutionary War, at the rate of $26.00 per annum payable at the Pittsburgh Agency in the State of Pennsylvania.
She further declares that she was married to said Josiah Webb in Warren in the State of Connecticut on the first day of September, 1822, by Judah Eldred a Justice of the peace, and that her name before said marriage was Rhoda Page; that her said husband died at Gastons Franklin County aforesaid, on the 23d day of January 1842; That she was not married to him prior to the

second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the times above stated; and she further states that she made application for bounty land under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1835 and received a warrant for 160 acres no 47,823, and she refers to the papers and proofs on file in the case of her late husband Joseph Webb for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 and in her claim for bounty land under the act of March 3, 1835, and makes them part and parcel of the proofs in this case, & the relies on them as such; and she further declares that she is now a widow.
She hereby constitutes and appoints J. F. Asper, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio her true and lawful attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her said claim for a pension under the act of February 3, 1835, to receive the Certificate that may be issued in liquidation of the same, to do and perform all acts which may be necessary and proper in the premises.
Witnesses
Deborah Popham } N. S. Lohr }
Rhoda Webb
Seal
Sworn, subscribed and acknowledged before me on this day and year first above written,

and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent and believe her to be as is above stated, and that she is of the age above stated; and further that I am not interested in this claim as Attorney or otherwise.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court, affixed by order of said Court now in session; and the undersigned is its official clerk of said Court.
Geo. F. Brown Probate Judge
The State of Ohio Franklin County ss
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has this day been exhibited in open Court, before the Judge of Probate within and for said County showing that Josiah Webb was a pensioner of the U.S. at the rate of $26.00 per annum, payable at the Pittsburgh Agency; that he died at Columbus, Franklin County Ohio, on the 23 d day of January 1842 leaving Rhoda Webb his widow; and that she is now living and is the widow of said Josiah Webb.
In testimony whereof I Geo. F. Brown, Judge of said Court, and its official Clerk thereof, have hereunto set

My hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of January 1859.
Geo. F. Brown Probate Judge

The State of Ohio } Morrow County } }
On this 6th day of January A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County Decatur Stephenson and S. H. St John both residents of Goshens in said County and who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn before me say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Rhoda Webb the above applicant for a pension, that they have known her for many years past, and the said Stephenson has married a daughter, that they were acquainted with her late husband Josiah Webb having known him for many years; that the said Josiah Webb died at Goshens in said County on the 23d day of January 1842; and the said Decatur Stephenson for himself says that he was present at his death and burial; and the said St John lived a neighbor & knew of it as a neighborhood occurrence; and the said Rhoda Webb is the widow of the said Josiah Webb, which deponents know to be the fact; and she now is now a widow; and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above

and further that they were present and saw the said Rhoda Webb execute the foregoing declarations, and make all theiro in due form of law, and that they used in the said County
S. H. S. John Decatur Stephenson
Sworn to & subscribed before me, this day & year above written; & I certify that said witnesses are residents of said County & credible persons & that I have no interest in said claim.
Witnesses Geo. F. Brown, Judge of the Court of Probate and official Clerk thereof, and the seal of said Court this day and year above written. The erasure of a word on next page above was made before signing.
Geo. F. Brown Probate Judge

Bondly said Claim of Rhoda Webb under act of March 3. 1885
Proof of Marriage.

Wannan Ct Dec 13 th 1858— Dear Sir
The following is a Certificate as requested by you the 9 th inst
This Certifies that on the 1 st day of September 1822 Josiah Webb & Rhoda Page were Married by me
True & Recorded Sept 30 th 1822 Attest George Starr Ira D. Eldred Justice of Peace Iowan Clerk
Iowan Clerk's Office Wannan Ct Decem. ber 13 th 1858—
I hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of a certificate of Marriage as appears on the Marriage Records of this Iowan
Attest Edmund R. Swift Iowan Clerk

Joseph Webb
1792

The State of Ohio
Trumbull County ss.
On this 27 th day of September 1832
Personally appeared before me one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County Josiah Webb a resident of Gustavus township in the county aforesaid aged (as he says) eighty one years last February 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 th 1832. viz That he was born in Stamford, Fairfield County Connecticut the 9 th day of February 1751. (if he mistakes not for he has no record of his age; that he lived in that place about 15 years & in a number of places after ward a short time each when about 24 years he married & settled in a place then called Kent in Connecticut the Vine Poiners in New York State, at which place he first enlisted  went to service as a substitute who was drafted from the militia of that State in the war of the Revolution. That when of the age of twenty eight years he moved to a place then called Kent Litchfield County Connecticut where he lived about forty seven years & from there he moved to his present place of residence & has lived there since about six years.
That his first tour of service in the war of the Revolution was eight months, which he served as a substitute for a man called or John Heants Drun a Dutchman then living at Red Hook New York State where said Heants was drafted. That he was in his 26 th year when he entered this service & under Capt d Andrew Harments & Lieutenants Risikerbacker & Sharp Col. Graham had the command of his Reg t New York State troops. That in this tour he was first stationed at Kingsbridge then if he remembers aright he was marched at White Plains, then at Peekskill & then to the Highlands, at which places he was at duty on duty but whether in the order mentioned he cannot certainly say & was discharged at the said Highlands. That he has not his discharge & cannot tell who gave it. While at White Plains was engaged in a skirmish with the enemy where he remembers to have heard Gen l Washington say "That right my boys give them two (guns) for one but a retreat was soon ordered much to his & others disappointment, learned afterward that a scarcity of ammunition was the principal cause. That he cannot now remember many particulars which took place so many years since & being so old inform That after this tour of duty he enlisted during the war under Capt d Graham Lieutenant James Bellis in New York

troops was frequently called out in drilling exercise I had always to be in readiness at a moments warning to march but after about four months after he enlisted he hired a sub- stitute for the remainder of the time of enlistment named Thomas Parmiteer - That he is well known in the neighborhood where he now resides by them who can testify as to his character & veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution - Among these are Rev Joseph Badger & Jehiel Meacham Esq. Also that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Joseph Webb
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore said before me
Richard Hays Associate Judge Court Common Pleas for Trumbull County Ohio
And also I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states & that I know the Rev Joseph Badger who has signed the accompanying certificate is a clergy man re- sident in the township of Gustavus aforesaid also am personally acquainted with Jehiel Meacham Esq. who is also a resident in the same place & has signed said certificate & that they are credit- able persons & that their statements are entitled to credit counton account I do certify that the above named applicant is unable to attend in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name This 27 day of September A D 1832.
Richard Hays Associate Judge Court Common Pleas for Trumbull County Ohio

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
Gustavus August 28th 1832
We Joseph Badger a clergyman residing in said Gustavus & Jehiel Meacham also residing in said township hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Josiah Webb, that we believe him to be about the age of eighty two years, that he is reputed & believed in the the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joseph Badger Jehiel Meacham
On the 28th Augt 1832 Joseph Badger swore to & subscribed the above & on the 30th day of August 1832 Jehiel Meacham swore to & subscribed the same. before me
Abraam Griswold Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio ss Trumbull County ss I George Poisons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Richard Hays Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of subscribing the same one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and that Abraam Griswold Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of subscribing the foregoing certificate a Justice of the peace is and for said County & that they are duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Warren the first day of October Eighteen hundred thirty two
George Poisons Clerk

EW.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., May 15 , 1922.
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Webb a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W 6444
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 8 mos Pol. Andrew Heermans Graham N.Y.   ✓ 4 mos Graham ✓   He was in his 26 year when he entered the service.  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, St. Johnsbury Vt. Date of application for pension, Sept. 20, 1832 - 21. Residence at date of application, Gustavus Twp. Franklin Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, Set. 9 1751 in Stamford Fairfield Co Conn
Remarks: He mar. when about 24 yrs of age name of wife unknown. Sept. 1, 1822 he mar. Rhoda Page he d. Jan 23, 1842 in Gustavus Ohio & she lived there when she d. on an old age Jan 6, 1857 age 60 yrs. A dau. mar. Decatur Stevenson of Gustavus, Ohio. Sol. lived in Kent, Litchfield Co. Conn 47 yrs. He also noted in his old age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

SHELDON MORGAN
99 STATE ROAD ASHTABULA, OHIO
April 4, 1922.
Sicy of Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of Josiah Webb, Litch- field, Conn.?
Respectfully.
Mrs. Sheldon Morgan.

Rhoda Webb, widow of Josiah Webb Trumbull Co. Ohio
Admitted act May 3/53 at rate of $26 66 2 / 3 per annum, commencing at date of said act Husband's share of Inter. 8 months.
Pay widow
Certificate to J. S. Asper Esq. Warren, Ohio.

✓ 17.823
S The Ans

Pay
WIDOW, &c.
1922, May 15 list to Mrs Sheldon Morgan - Eu
File No. 6444
Rhoda Webb
Wid"
Josiah Webb
Print Rev War
Act: Feb 38 1853
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Rhoda Webb, widow of Josiah Webb, Franklin County and State of Ohio, act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $26.66 2/3 per annum, and was paid to 4 th September 1841, as shown by certificate of 3 d Auditor. He died Jan. 23. 1842, as proved by parcel.
Marriage, identity of claimant as the widow of above named pensioner, and her present residence proved by several credible witnesses. (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
She received land as his widow, under act of March 3. 1853.
Allowance accordingly.
J. Jasper Egan Warren, Name and residence of Agent Ohio.
R. Galt Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Webb. In all but the last which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? no 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? no 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? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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."

3. audit office Jan'y 1, 1837
in fossils well Pittsburgh N.Y. Oct 1832, at $26 26 / 100 per annum appears to have been paid to 4 Sept 1841. arrears do not appear to have been paid.
Very Resp'y W. Gossamer auditor Spec. L. W. King Esq. Governor of Pensylvania

Pension Office, Jan 26, 1857
The Third Auditor will please certify the rate of death of within named pensioner, and name of his widow if she drew annuity.
Very respectfully
S. D. Hale, Chief Clerk
(Parker)
No. 6623

Warren Jan. 6 1887
Comr of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send you Declaration of Rhoda Webb wid. of Isaac of Ohio for a Pension act of Feb. 3. 1863. There is also a Certificate of Probate Court showing that her husband was a pensioner, his death & that he left a widow etc; and also the affidavit of D. Stephens & L. N. St John proving identity, decease of pensioner & present widowhood of Applicant etc.
There is proof of Marriage on file the bounty land lands claim of Rhoda Webb No 236,055 act of 1855, in which warrant No 47823 issued, to which I refer for proof of Marriage in this case.
I am respectfully Yours obdt Servt J. C. Wiper

Warren O. Oct. 6. 1886
Comr of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Sir:
Enclosed I forward the additional evidence you desire in the case of Rhoda Webb, bounty and claims No 236,055. act of 1855.
The proof of marriage was overlooked when the declaration was sent on, & we supposed the evidence on the other points were sufficient. It is now complete. Send warrant to me.
Yours Respectfully J. F. Asper

The State of Ohio Munroe County ss }
On this 29 th day of September 1856, before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared Harry Stephenson and Ellen Streeter who upon their oaths declared, that they are well acquainted with Rhoda Webb; that she was the wife of Josiah Webb, and the identical Josiah Webb who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $26.00 per annum payable at Pittsburgh, Pa.; that said Josiah Webb died at Gustavus on the 23 d day of January, 1842, that we knew of his death & burial, living neighbors to him at the time; that Rhoda Webb is now a widow, and the said Rhoda Webb who made declaration on the 30 th day of January 1856, is the identical Rhoda who was the wife of the said Josiah Webb who was a pensioner as aforesaid. - Harry Stephenson Ellen Streeter
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that the above named Harry Stephenson and Ellen Streeter

an respectable residents of said County & entitled to credit. Given under my hand official this 29 th day of September A.D. 1856 Warren Young Justice of the Peace
STATE OF OHIO, } I, Almon D. Webb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for TRUMBULL COUNTY. } said County, certify that Warren Young Esq., whose genuine signature is affixed to the annexed and foregoing Affidavit was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to take such Affidavit and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, at Warren this 6 day of October 1856 Almon D. Webb Clerk.

Nashville Feb. 22. 1836.
Comm of Pensions
Sir:
Enclosed herewith I forward the declaration of Rhoda Wells for Bounty land under act of 1833, widow of Rev. Soldier -
The papers are properly authenticated & when issued send warrant to me -
I am respectfully,
Your obt Serv
J. F. Asper

free,
Cass Esq re Secretary of War United States Washington
Albany (Grenada)

Gustavus Nov. 1st 1.
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Sir
Enclosed are the declaration & certificates for Mr Josiah Webb in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 for a pension as a soldier in the Revolutionary War Communication relative to his case may be directed to him at Kinsman or to me at Kinsman Trumbull County Ohio Yours Respectfully Abram Griswold