Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4270, for William Loudon, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Loudon, William
N. 4270
Louden,
Eunice
CONTENTS
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see letter Oct. 17. 1840 to W. Hutchins.
Letter to Pen 23 d Jany 1839 Civ to Pen Agt 11. April 1840
To Illinois from 4 th Sep 1838 29. April 1840. Notification to W. Hulin Pehatonewa Manebaga County Illinois
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1838 to 4 Sep 1839. Agt notified 23 d July 1840
Civ to Pen Agt 8 th Oct 1840.
To Ohio - Pittsburgh from 4 Sep 1840. 30 Oct 1840. no notification to Mrs Hutchins Conneaut Ohio
Illinois 1896 Pennsylvania
Canico Lowden widow of William Lowden dec.
(Conn) who died on the of Crawford in the State of Penn. a who was a Quam Major in the Company commanded by Captain Romane S of the Regt. commanded by Maj. Stevens in the Conn. line for 2 years
Ohio - Pittsburgh
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn. a at the rate of 125 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of March 1838 and Serial No. 4 Number No of Beps.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $ 75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. - 62.50
$ 137.50
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the
Recorded by H. H. Atkinson Clerk, Vol. 2 a Page 142

V 1693 Eunice Lowden Pennsylvania
Manned 1778
died —
on Roll for the war of 1812 Major Artillery. Col Major Ebenezer Stevens, N.Y. Art. with his son, Capt. Romane Co.
Albany Drum Major Artillery 2d Bn. 12th pa Vols. com'd March 1831
Has a Phoenix H. R.

Declaration of Eunice Lowden, in order to obtain a pension pursuant to the third section of the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836.
On this 28 th day of March 1837, personally appeared before me John H. Root one of the judges judges of the several Courts of Crawford County and State of Pennsylvania. Eunice Lowden, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she was the daughter of Amos Yeomans, of Norwich, Connecticut, and was born, as she believes, in the year 1757, though she saith therein she cannot, from failure of memory, now tell; that during the Revolutionary war, but what year then of she cannot, from the same cause, state, but would think two or three before its close. She was married to William Lowden, a Scotchman by birth, and who was then & had been from the commencement of the war in the service of the United States and acted as a drum major, that he continued in the service until its termina- tion, that she can recollect of having his leaving her after their marriage and his being gone a winter and one summer, but how much longer she cannot tell, during which period of absence she believes he was in the American Army, as a drum major, but she cannot now, from the before mentioned cause, tell where he was stationed. That shortly after Lowden left the Army, they moved from Norwich to Chesterfield New Hamp- shire where, on firing a salute in honor of Genl Sullivan, Lowden had one of his arms torn off by the bursting of a cannon. Some few years after this he died, but how many she cannot tell. That she had five children by her said hus- band, the eldest of whom, if living, would be about fifty five years, and she thinks she was married about two years before she had a child. That from the death of her husband she has been living in a great variety of places, in New York, Ohio, & elsewhere, which she cannot mention. She now lives in Meadville, Crawford County, Penn a , with her grand daugh- ter married to Mr Hiram Lippincott & has been there for about three years. She has no documentary evidence to prove any of the foregoing facts, the papers of her husband

having been lost or mislaid, but she has got some proof of her husband's services which she annexes: viz. the deposition of Oliver Stetson, taken before Norman Patchen, a Justice of Chautauqua County, N. York - of Mary Gould & M rs Gould, before Iss. Woodbury a Justice of Erie County, Penn s . and of Betsy Simons and Susanna Hutch- ins, before Sebastian H. Taylor, a Justice of Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Sworn to subscribe the foregoing ~~~~~ John H. Work
Eunice Leonard
And I the said John H. Work, after investigating the matter of the foregoing statement and the annexed testimony of Oliver Stetson, Mary Williams Gould, Betsy Simons & Susanna Hutchins, do certify my belief, that William Leonard was a soldier in the Revolutionary war served in the capacity mentioned, and that the foregoing Eunice Leonard is the widow of the said William. And that she is of the age of eighty years or thereabouts. And I do further certify that the applicant is unable, as I firmly believe, from bodily infirmity to attend in Court for examination. The statement to which she has been qualified was carefully read to her & after signing the same was duly qualified to it.
In testimony whereof I do hereby set my hand this 28 th day of March A.D. 1837.
John H. Work

State of New York Chautauqua county, ss: Oliver Stetson aged eighty years being duly sworn deposes and says that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and as such draws a pension from the United States, that he served from the commencement of the war till the year 1780. During the last three years he served under Col. Ebenezer Stevens and Gen. Knox of the artillery. His regiment was quartered one winter in Albany, and he thinks it was the winter of 1777-8 that in the course of this winter he became acquainted with a young man of the name of William Londen or Bill Londen as he was man generally called; he was a sprightly active young man and as this deponent thinks about his own age, or perhaps a little younger. He was said to be a Scotchman by birth, and when this deponent knew him he was Drum Major and master of a band of musicians attached to Col. Stephens regiment, and he was a very sprightly active young man. The said Londen remained in the service & attached to the same regiment with this deponent, from the time of his first acquaintance with him in 1777 till this deponent left the army which was in March or April 1780. They spent the last year winter in Morristown New Jersey. This deponent belonged to a company of artificers and their duty led them often to separate from the rest of the regiment, but all the while during the three last years that he was with his regiment, the said Londen was on duty, according to the best of his remembrance and belief. This de- ponent can not specify any engagement that the said Londen was in. He was said that he was at the taking of Burgoyne. This deponent can not say when the said Londen entered the service nor when he left it, and never saw him after he left him in Morristown. Twenty two or twenty three years ago this deponent became acquainted with a widow Londen who as this deponent was informed & believed and still believes was the widow of the above named William Londen. The said widow removed to the west several years ago, and this de- ponent knows no reason to question but what she is the same per- son who now solists his deposition. Oliver Stetson
Sworn and subscribed before me this 23 d day of March 1837 Herman Paterson a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Chautauqua State of N. York -

State of Pennsylvania the County of
I Mary Gould of Springfield Erie County and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty eight years being duly sworn on my said oath depose & say I knew William Loudon in Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, where he lived about the year Seventeen Hundred & eighty three or eight, four. I have seen then the said W m Loudon & his wife at Church, where they were honoured with one of the highest honors, on account of his Military services, in the Revolutionary war. He had his left arm shot off, by a cannon which he was firing in honour of Gen Sullivan, on his arrival at Chesterfield, about the close of the Revolutionary war or soon after. At the time I was acquainted with William Loudon and his wife, which was about the close of the war, and about the time he lost his arm. He was a man nearly of middle age & from his appearance with his wife, I should say he was a man of a family. I further say, that there was a general lamentation throughout the place, on account of so faithful a soldier as William Loudon losing an arm. I further say that the said W m Loudon was an officer of some kind through the Revolutionary war, by common report, and an active man, but what station he filled I cannot say. I further say that the said W m Loudon & his wife distinctly gave character, while I knew them, further I say not.
March 11 th 1857
Mary Gould
I William Gould of Springfield Erie County Pennsylvania, aged fifty nine years, depose and say that I was when a small boy acquainted with William Loudon, who was & had been a Drum Major. I was within a mile of him when he had his arm shot off and I distinctly recollect of hearing the guns which were fired in honour of Gen Sullivan's arrival at Chesterfield, at which time & place the said William Loudon lost his arm. further I say not except that the Chesterfield above with the French language. His widow my mother

Mentioned is in Chester County, New Hampshire and was am a Son of Mary Gould the subscriber to the first deposition on the 11th day of March I do hereby March 11 th 1837 M rs Gould
On this County of State of Pennsylvania
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Mary Gould & William Gould the subscribers to the above depositions, & were sworn by me to testify the truth & the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and that the said depositions were reduced to writ- ing by me on the 11 th day of March A D 1837 and subscribed in my presence.
Rev. Woodbury Justice of the peace
Witch n m m m m

State of Ohio, Ashtabula County fr-
I badly Simens of Conneaut, County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, aged sixty two years, being duly sworn on my said oath, depose and say. I once saw William London in Ithaca New Hampshire, when he lived about forty two years ago. He was a Scotchman by birth. I have heard him say he was a member in the Revolutionary war . I have heard Oliver Stetson of Ripley, Chautauqua County N. York say, that said London served with him in the Revolutionary war. I have often heard those acquainted with him say, that he served as  was a Drum Major. I always believed from report, that his character was good. His maiden  maiden name was Eunice Grasmann. His widow is now living in Meadville Crawford County Pennsylvania. I have often conversed with others on the subject of his services and always understood, that he served principally through the war. I further say, that I married a daughter of said London. And further say not.
March 11. 1837
Lady Simon
I Susannah Hutchins of Asmant, County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, aged fifty two years do hereby say, that I am a daughter of William Lundin, that he died in Thornton, New Hampshire about forty years ago. I remember hearing my mother tell of his services in the Revolutionary war.
I have heard him say, that he lost his arm, by the firing of a cannon at a time, that General Sullivan arrived at Chesterfield N. Hampshire, after the war, and that Gen. Sullivan said he should rather have lost a ship load of Gold. Then that a soldier of the Revolution like William Gordon, should have lost his arm. I have heard him say, that a company to which he belonged were once among the French. And that they would have starved, but for his acquaintance with the French language. His widow my mother

is now living in Meadville Crawford County Penn- sylvania and by report, I believe she was born in the year 1757. Her maiden name was Eunice Gromans. and further she not I always understood from my mother and others that he served as Drum Major. and further this deponent saith not. Susanna Hutchins. March 11. 1837.
State of Ohio. Ashtabula County p.
I Sebastian F. Taylor, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County certify, that Gody Simms & Susannah Hutchins subscribing to the above Depositions were sworn by me to testify the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth, and that the said depositions  they were reduced to writing by me on the 11 th day of March A.D. 1837. and subscribed in my presence.
S. F. Taylor Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania vs. in 1831.
I James Cochrane. Prothonotary of the court of common pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of John A. Work Esq. who is one of the magis of the several courts. Common pleas of said County, in the matter of the application of Eunice Sowden for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Meadville this 28 th day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
James Cochrane
Y 1693 Eunice Sowden Pennsylvania
March 17/8
due —
on Recd for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars by me Myer H. Hays H. Hays with one hundred and fifty dollars Capt. Rowan Co.
Also from Major Anthony 2 nd Inf 120 for Com Camp 4 March 1831
Ha A. Phoenix H. R.

I Susannah Hutchinson of lawful age being first duly cautioned & sworn, on my solemn oath depose & say, that I am the wife of William Hutchinson of Cincinnati, County of Astubula & State of Ohio, that I am the fourth child of William & Eunice Louden, that I was born as I always un- derstood in the family & only believe on the seventh day of May A.D. 1785 in the Township of Sherburn, State of New Hampshire that I had two Sisters & one brother children of the said William & Eunice Louden, older than myself, that the oldest one, to wit, Eunice Louden would if living be sixty years and about five months old as I always under- stood & believe, that she died April 14, 1823 in Cincinnati, Astubula County, Ohio - that the next child viz Marget Louden was born in Portsmouth New Hampshire, on the 24, day of October 1779, as I always understood & only believe and is now the wife of J. S. Carpenter of Cincinnati, Ohio, that the third child viz James Louden, was born in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, on the first day of October A.D. 1782, as I always understood & only believe, and is now living as I believe in Topsham, Orange County, Vermont.
I further state, that during last spring, I think in March, I gave my deposition to a noble my mother Eunice Louden, who then & now resides in Madville, Pa. to procure a pension from the United States, for services rendered by my father in the Revolutionary war as a musician. I always having un- derstood him to have been sick, but in

the obtaining of which. She failed for the time, through insufficiency of proof of the marriage as I am informed.
Dearna Hutchins
Heath of Ohio } Astotula County } Concord Oct 2. 1857.
Personally appeared before me, S. J. Taylor a justice of the Peace within and for said County. Susannah Hutchinson, known to me to be the wife of William Hutchinson & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her depositions was true. I also certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Susannah Hutchinson & she sustains a good character for truth & veracity.
A. T. Layman Justice of the Peace
THE STATE OF OHIO, Ashtabula County, ss.
I , SAMUEL HENDRY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known, that
Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such
Disposition of the Race and now is a portion of
in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the UNITED STATES, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson, in said County, this 2 nd day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
Sam Huntington : CLERK.

Meadville Crawford Co., Pa.
Miss. Jonathan Pa.
Hon. A. Plumer 20. 02.

I Susanna Hutchinson of lawful age wife of William Hutchinson of Cincinnati County of Ashtabula & State of Ohio, being duly sworn depose & say that there was in my father's family a family Bible containing the names & ages of the several children of my father's family and also the names, ages, marriages, heights and complexions of my father and mother William & Eunice.
I remember well of having seen it, say about thirty years ago. At that time it had been used as a school book and had been much torn to pieces, but I recollect having at that time seen a part of the Record detached from the Bible. Since which time I do not recollect of having seen any part of the Record, or heard of it.
I believe it is lost or myself or my mother would have had it.
My mother was poor and was compelled to move from place to place almost every year. I do not know that any other Record was ever kept, nor do I believe there ever was any other. And further this deponent saith not.
Susanna Hutchinson
State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
Cincinnati February 3. 1838
Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in & for said County, Susanna Hutchinson and made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed in my presence, contained the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
J. J. Taylor justice Peace

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County p. 3
I Sam Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that S. F. Taylor Justice, whose name appears subscribed to the fact within certificate is his own proper hand writing, which is to me well known, is and was, at the time of his subscribing the same one of Justices of the peace of the township of Conneaut in said County of Ashtabula, duly com- missioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio; and that his acts as such full faith and credit are due - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Jefferson the 6th day of February A.D. 1838 - Sam Hendry Clerk
Hon. A. Pease J.P.
Plainfield Pa
Mechanicsville Conneaut Pa.
Mr. B. W. Hoffmeyer Feb 6th Jefferson, Ohio Mrs. Maria Lander
101

Jefferson, Ohio Feb 6 Eunice Lawder Shed
10
Mr. A. W. Coffingwell
Meadville Crawford Co., Pa.
Miss Lawder Pa.
Hon. A. Plumer Esq.
The State of Ohio Wilkinson County P. 3 I hereby certify that the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Wilkshire do hereby certify that J. H. S. S. Esq., whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate in his own person thereunto, which is to all intents and purposes the same as if he had personally appeared and was known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing certificate, and that his signature to the same was freely given by him and that he was at the time of signing the same of sound mind and memory and was not under any duress or undue influence.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Loudon 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 2 yrs Drum Major & band master Stephens Art. regt.  
Shortly after leaving the service he moved from Norwich Conn. to Chesterfield N.H. where on firing a salute in honor of the arrival of the Sullivan his left arm was torn off by the bursting of a cannon, and he died a few years later, at Thornton N.H. about 1779.
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwich or Lebanon Conn.
Date of application for pension, Mar. 28, 1837 Her. cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Meadville, Crawford Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, born in 1757. He was the dau. of Amos Yeomans of Norwich Conn.
Remarks: He was a Scotchman by name Eunice early in the Rev. date not stated. They had 5 children: Eunice born in 1777 d. Apr. 14, 1823. Margaret b. at Portsmouth N.H. Oct. 24, 1779. mar. J. S. Carpenter. James b. Chelsea Orange Co. Va. Oct. 1, 1782. Susanna b. May 7, 1785 at Thornton, N.H. mar. Wm. Hutchinson, name of 5 th child not stated. There was a son in law Capt. Gady Simmons a grand daughter name not stated mar. Hiram W. Liffingwell.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Pennsylvania Crawford County } ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the judges of the several courts in and for the County aforesaid, Mrs Eunice Lovdew, widow, who, in her solemn oath duly adminis- tered, deposes and saith. That there was a family bible of her late hus- band William Lovdew, in which their marriage and the births of their children were severally entered by the deceased, but that by frequent usage the lids thereof were torn or worn off and the entire bible destroy- ed. And that not a vestage of any part of the same has been seen by her for twenty years at least. She knows that it was destroyed at an early a period as above mentioned and none even of the payments has been seen by her since then.
Sworn this 7 th November 1837.
Eunice Lovdew
Before me. And I the said Judge do certify that the foregoing deponent E Lovdew, is the same i- dentical person whom examination was taken upon my last winter or spring in an application by her for a pension. And that the present deposition is taken at her residence when she is confined & unable as I believe to attend court.
John H Work
Pennsylvania } Crawford County } ss
I James Corman, Postmaster of the courts of Crawford County, do certify that John H Work, before whom the foregoing affidavit is made, is now and for the last year and more has been one of the judges of the several courts in the said County, duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Meadville this eighth day of November One thousand eight-hundred and thirty seven.
James Corman Postmaster

Application for transfer.
State of Ohio, County of Ashtabula, } ss.
On this twenty  sixth day of September 1840, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Ashtabula, personally appeared Eunice London who on her oath declares that she is the same person who, as widow of William London, deceased, a Drum Major of Artillery in the War of the Revolution, is entitled to a pension of one hundred and twenty five dollars per annum, commencing on the fourth of March, 1831; that her name was originally placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania, and from thence on or about the twenty ninth day of April last, transferred to the roll of the State of Illinois, from whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State of Ohio, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Illinois to Ohio: She found the former State (or at least that part of it to which she had emigrated) entirely new, the community small and scattered, the opportunities for social and religious intercourse more limited than she expected to find them or than she had been accus-

homed to enjoy; in addition to these she suffered from the effects of a climate prejudicial to her health. Therefore she preferred returning to the east and spending the remainder of her days in the midst of her children and other descendants in Ohio, enjoying religious and social privileges more readily and freely afforded here, and under the influence of a climate better suited to her constitution.
Signature of the Plaintiff Eunice London
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Sebastian L. Lay Justice of the Peace.
State of Ohio, } ss. Ashtabula County }
On this twenty eighth day of September 1840, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Ashtabula, personally appeared William H. Tihine who on his oath declares, that Eunice London, the person who has taken the above

oath, is the person described in the affidavit above written, and no other or different person.
Signature of the Deponent
Wm Hutchins
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Sebastian Lay Justice of the Peace.
State of Ohio, County of Ashtabula, } ss.
I Sebastian F. Lay a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Ashtabula, do hereby certify that the person who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit last above written, is a person of veracity, and that credit is due and of right should be given to his statements made on oath or otherwise.
Sebastian F. Lay Justice of the Peace
The address of the Pensioner is "Eunice London, care of William Hutchins Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio," and to that address she desires to have the necessary papers sent by the Department.
Signature of the Pensioner
Eunice London

State of Ohio, } ss. County of Ashtabula, }
I, Samuel Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ashtabula County, certify that Sebastian T. Layne is a magistrate as above, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this 28 day of September in the year eighteen hundred and forty.
Sam d Hendry
{ Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Ashtabula County

State of Illinois, } County of Winnebago }
On this seventeenth day of February, 1840, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Winnebago, personally appeared Eunice Lowden, who, on her oath, declares that she is the same person who is entitled to receive one hundred and twenty five dollars per annum as the Widow of William Lowden, deceased, who was a Drum Major of Artillery in the War of the Revolution; that she remains unmarried; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania, from whence she removed in the month of September, A. D. 1838; that she now resides in the State of Illinois, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to Illinois: For many months she resided in the family of her grand daughter, and when said grand daughter removed to the Western States she accompanied her, because being a widow and having no immediate family, she preferred spending the remainder of her days with said grand-daughter to residing in Pennsylvania by herself, or in the family of any other relative, or with any person or persons not related to her.
Eunice Lowden
Subscribed and sworn to this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty, before me, William Tulin, Justice of the Peace, Winnebago Co. Ill.

State of Illinois, } ss. County of Winnebago, }
Hiram W. Leffingwell being duly sworn, on his said oath deposes and says, that the within application for a transfer of Pension has been read to him by the magistrate who administered the oath to the Pensioner therein named; that he is well acquainted with said Eunice Lowden, and knows that she actually signed and swore to said application, and that to his personal knowledge the statements in said application set forth and contained are true.
Sworn and subscribed to Hiram W. Leffingwell before me this 17th day of February, A.D. 1840.
William Hulin Justice of the Peace.
State of Illinois, } ss. I, William Hulin, a County of Winnebago. } Justice of the Peace within and for said County, do hereby certify that Hiram W. Leffingwell, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a person of veracity, and that his statement under oath is entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of February, A.D. 1840. William Hulin Justice of the Peace.

State of Illinois, } 88. Winnebago County. }
CHICAGO AMERICAN OFFICE.
I, ANSON BARNUM, Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court of said county, do hereby certify that William Hulin Esqr. whose name is subjoined to the foregoing proof or acknowledgment of the annexed deed, was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take the same, and full faith and credit is due and of right should be given to all his official acts as such Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my private no official seal having been provided affixed the seal of said county this — 17 th day of
February - A. D.
18 46
Anson Barnum
Co. Clerk.

To the Commissioner of Pensions of the U. S.
Eunice Lowden, "widow of William Lowden dec d . who was a Drum Major of Artillery in the War of the Revolution," who is entitled to receive one hundred and twenty five dollars per annum, as appears by a certificate under the hand of the Commissioner and the Seal of the Department, dated March 30 th A.D. 1838, recorded in the Pension office in Book A vol. 2, Page 142, having removed from Pennsylvania, (in which State she has heretofore resided, and been entitled to draw her pension from James Schott Esq: at Philadelphia,) to the State of Illinois, respectfully requests that the necessary transfer may be made, in order that she may hereafter be entitled to draw said Pension at the Agency nearest to her present place of residence. And if agreeable to Law and consistent with the regulations of the Department, she requests that the payment may be made at Chicago in the State of Illinois or at St. Louis in the State of Missouri.
Dated at Pekatonka, } Eunice Lowden Winnebago Co. Illinois, } Dec r 28 th 1838.

I John Loomis of Lebanon in the County of New Lon- don State of Connecticut aged Eighty Six Years, being first sworn as the Law directs. Do on testife say that I was formerly acquainted with a Young Woman named Eunice Yeoman, she was of Lebanon 2 nd Society, as it was then called - The said Eunice Yeoman was married to a man named William Lowden; a Drum- mer in the war of the Revolution. They were married in the Early part of the Revolutionary War - as Early I should think as the Year 1777. or 1778. It is so many years since I cannot precisely recollect the time; I well Remember, that myself & the Rev d Lowden & one other man, was appointed to reconcile a matter between Mr Robinson, & his wife, who disagreed; and I recollect, that we went to Mr Robinsons, which was in the neighborhood. When said Lowden, his life time, this fact brings the marriage to my recollections - They, the Rev d Lowden, & Miss Yeoman, after were married, by Rev d Ezra Bull. late of Lebanon Sec d Eng. Bull has been dead many years; I should think more than fifty years; what has become of his papers I know not; the Rev d Lowden & his wife went from this many years ago I believe more than fifty years - & I have known no- thing of them since - I was much conversant with the war of the Revolution; & am a prisoner of the United States for the I say not -
John Loomis
State of Connecticut } Lebanon New London County }
Be it known that on this 28 th day of February One Thou- -sand Eight hundred & thirty Eight. John Loomis of Lebanon afor d personally appeared before me & after being cautioned made oath that the above deposition contains the truth - and I do certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev d John Loomis, & know him to be a Respectable person, & a man of right integrity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last afor d -
W m Williams Justice of the Peace

I have Gillet Gilman in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut aged Ninety years, being first sworn as the Law directs, do on Oath testify & say that I was formerly well acquainted with a woman named Eunice Yeomans; then of Lebanon, the said Eunice married a man named William Crowder, then a resident of Lebanon. she was married in the Revolutionary War, &c. think as early as the year 1778, or perhaps before that time. they were married as I always understood by Rev. Esay Bush, then also of Lebanon. but long since dead - the said Crowder's life, removed, I should think fifty years, or more, from Lebanon - and I do not know where they went, for I do not recollect, that I ever have heard from them since - I was active in the War of the Revolution, am a pensioner of the United States & further I say not -
Albert G. Lyman
Henry Gill
of said Gillet
State of Connecticut Middlesex County { Lebanon ss
Be it known that on the 28 th day of February, in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Eight, Isaac Gillet aged - personally appeared before me, & made Oath, that the above deposition to him subscribed, containing the fourth and I do certify that I am well acquainted with said Isaac Gillet, & know him to be a Reputable person, & a man of truth & veracity.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Lebanon aforesaid the day & year last above written
W m Williams Justice of the Peace

20th August
William T Williams of within named is well known to me, He is, and during a number of years past has not with been, a guest of the present within 8 from the county of New Haven and has the signatures of his name to the within certificates as in his own broken hand writing.
Samuel Hughes
Washington March 22. 1838

May 12/4 Mil. Hist. Co. Mrs. B. B. Lewis, Box 539, Bristol, Conn. C
Sept 8 99
Mrs. W. T. Sherer, Janesville Wis.
Sept 25 1900 - Miss Addie D. Knowlton Bay City Mich
Apr. 22, 1902 His to Adelaide Knowlton Detroit Mich
1915 Feb. 12. Heir to A. D. Reichel Au 1917 Mar 27. Heir to Mary L. Dornblaser and one dollar returned to her. Au 1918 Aug 5. $1 returned to Mrs. Dornblaser and ad- vised of cost of photo- stat copies and that history of soldier not given divorce to one person au
4,270
REG. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4270
Eunice Lowden
Wid.
Wm Lowden
New York line
Act: July 11/36, Sec. 34
Index: - Vol. 6 , Page 41110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Eunice Lowden Pennsylvania
Suspended
See letter of June 1837. D. Denickens Let. 9 th Oct. 1837 W. A. Plumer. do. 7 Dec 37

Bristol Conn. 4/15/94 To Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me a copy of the record of the service in the Revolu- tion of Major Wm. London. Also when & where he enlisted. His widow, Eunice Towns London received a pension under the law passed about 1830. We have no record of the date when she received it.

I wish to use this record in filling out an Appli- cation blank for Member- ship with the "Daughters of the American Revolution"
Mrs. B. B. Lewis Bristol Hartford Co. Conn. P.O. Box 689

Bay City, Mich., Aug 24th '00 Chief Record + Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly look over the records of pensions, and there obtain for me, if possible, the date and place of the discharge from our Government, of one Wm. London , "Dum Maj" in 1781-1783 with " 1st New York Reg. " Revolutionary War , I am informed that his name appears on the roll of Field + Staff 1783 - April.
His widow Emice London , received a pension of $17.00 per mo. until 1830 or thereabouts, will you kindly impart to me what information you can as to the date of place of enlistment [Nov. 11th 1776] place + date of his discharge, and apprise me as to fee for copy of same, - Thanking you previously, I am,
Very respectfully,
Haddie B. Knowlton
1209 - 3rd St.,
Bay City, Mich.,

Janesville, Wis.
July 26/99
Mr. H. Clay Evans.
Dear Sir,
I made out my papers to join the D.A.R. and sent them to Washington, but the Reg. Gen. informs me that I must have a certificate from you to prove that my great grandfather, William Sanderson, was a prisoner, in the Revolutionary War.
I understand that his wife

Eustice Sandon, received a pension after his death, in 1796.
If you will kindly send me such a certificate, I shall be greatly obliged.
Yours Truly
Mrs. W. T. Shaver 116 Madison St. Janesville, Wis.

Information for application for membership D. B. R.
Please
Dear Sir,
Patrick Brick Apr 15 th 1904
Chairman of Pensions

Information for application for membership A.D.R.
Please
Adelaide
Detroit Mich Apr 15 th 1904
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with the military service, of William London-Dunn May during the revolutionary war, - I am informed that he enlisted as drummer Nov 11 th 1776 - but I know not from "where", He was wounded by loss of arm [I believe] near or at close of the war, - His widow Eunice Jeames-London being given a pension on Mar 30 th 1838, - to commence Mar 4 th 1831 - but I would like to learn where and in what battle he was wounded, and at what place he enlisted, He was drum May of artillery, I believe. -
Thanking you forerously, I am Very respectfully
Adelaide Knowlton Detroit Mich.
383-Howard St.

1693 APR 5 Pam. a. 4 July '36 3. d. Dec. - [Circular postmark: 11 AM, 1836]
Registered
Allen
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Department.
Washington City

Meadville March 29 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions - Sir.
I enclose the application of Mrs Eunice Loosan for a pension. As the applicant is entirely dependent on her pension for subsistence, and they but barely able to afford it to her permit me to request your early action in the matter in her behalf.
I am, very Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt
Dani O Dickinson

Dr. Sir
Conneaut O. Sept 30. 1841
I know not that the usage of the department may be in relation to the transferring of pensions from one agency to another, but I hope if they will allow of a second transfer in any case it may be done in this. In addition to the reasons set forth in her application, she has been living with the husband of her grand daughter, who has pocketed very dollars or at least over $800. of her pension & has not suffered her with even decent apparel. She is very old & needs the assistance of her funds among whom she now is.
If the regulations would admit of a retransfer to the Pa. agency and not to the Ohio it would be just as well. If this application should be successful, please inform me upon that point.
Yours with esteem
Rev J. L. Edwards Washington City
A. L. Lapham

Meadville, Penn o Oct. 3 rd 1837.
Sir. On the receipt of your communication of June 9 th relative to Mrs Eunice Lowden's application for a pension, I wrote to Lebanon, Connecticut, to ascertain whether any record or living evidence could be obtained of her marriage to W m Lowden, and received in reply from Mr Absalom Peters, the Post Master of the place, that it could not. I presume, however, the endorsed testimony of Mrs Hutchinson, daughter of Mrs Lowden, will be satisfactory as to the marriage, and if it should be material similar evidence of her dead sister's brother might be procured.
I am, very respectfully,
Yours obedient
David Dorrance

Carmi Ill
Pension Agents office 20 th October 1840
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 8 th inst I would inform you that Elvira Lowdon has been paid to the 4 th September 1840
I am very Respectfully your Obt Sgt,
Daniel Hay
James L Edwards Esqr Com Pensions Washington City

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 14 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Eunice London, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Carini, Illinois, Agency, at $125. the rate of One hundred & twenty five Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1838, to the 1 st Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Carrig Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Madison Nov 9. 1887.
Sir: I enclose a supplemental affidavit of Mrs Eunice Lowden an applicant for a pension, showing the loss of the family with belonging to her late husband Mr Lowden.
I am very respectfully, Yours obedient. Daina Erickson
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. pension.

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P. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions War Dept. Washington City

Wyoming Bank Phila. Pa. 13 th April 1840.
Sir,
Your letter, of the 10 th inst. is rec d . Eunice London, a pensioner under Act 4 th July 1836 at $102.50 per annum, was last paid at this Agency to 4 th September 1838. From and after which date no further payment will be made here. I have noted her name on the roll as transferred to the Illinois Agency. —
I am, Sir, respectfully Your Ob t . Serv t . J. Saltonstall J. M. Mahon Pension Clerk
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington.

Mr. May 5
J. L. Edwards free Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Rockford, Ill. ) Washington City Feby 18 ) D. C.

Pekatonka, Winnebago Co Ill. Feb 17 th 1840.
Sir,
In the year 1839, Mrs Eunice Londen, the pensioner whose affidavit is enclosed, applied to your department for a transfer of her pension from Pa to this State. Immediately upon the receipt of her communication you forwarded to her a printed form which was submitted to me, with a request that I would make out the papers according to the directions therein given. The papers were partly prepared at the time, and submitted to the inspection of the pensioner, and from that time to the present, awaiting her pleasure, the completion of them has been delayed. She has at length requested me to put them in proper shape, and forward them. I believe they are in the form required by your rules and regulations. The pensioner is aged and poor, and her pay is more than 18 months in arrears. If the accompanying papers are satisfactory and sufficient, you will, by forwarding the necessary voucher or certificate in an envelope directed to the subscriber at Pekatonka, Winnebago Co Illinois , confer a favour on her and
Your ob t Serv t William Hulin
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington

If Mrs Dornblaser wants for copies send all of these papers. 26 pages sent to her Aug. 5, 1918

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Box 21- (see end) Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.
February 5, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Have you on your rolls the name of William Louden or Loudon, a soldier in the Revolutionary War? According to the records kept by our family he served as an officer in Washington's life guards, or as drum major in Capt. Roniame's Co., Col. Stevens' Regt. of artillery. I am not sure about the spelling of the captain's name. Perhaps such services were identical.
William Louden, who was my great-great-grandfather, was the son of Lord James Louden of Hamilton, Scotland, and after his graduation from Edinburgh University, came to this country and served through the war, losing his right arm during his service. He died in Thornton, N.H. in 1796 at the age of 37.
I shall appreciate any information which you may be able to give me.
Very respectfully,
Adelaide B. Reichel

No Wm Landon or Landoun or Landum or London or Londoun or
any Wm Gordon with letter from or to her
or Wm Gordon Gondoun Gordon at all Goudoun Gandon etc

Chw
Rev. War Section.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
AUG 3 1918
....., 191 .
Mrs.
Ar
Chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. J. F. Dornblau draft No. 1000 for $ 1,000 , requesting post office addresses as per letter herewith.
..... ..... ..... ..... Finance Division of money D.W. relation of 1918 Aug 1918
Very respectfully,
A. S. Campbell
Chief of Division.

CW Rev. War Section.
August 5, 1918.
Mrs. T. F. Dornblaser,
Amboy, Ills.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 30" ultimo, you are advised that the history of William Loudon from the Revolutionary War pension claim Widow's File 4870, which was furnished you on March 17, 1917, is the form accepted by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for reference in connection with applications for membership to that society. Owing to the large number of similar requests, it is not the practice of this bureau to furnish the same record twice to any person or organization. The dollar bill enclosed by you is herewith returned.
If you desire photostat copies of all the original papers in said claim, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if desired. The number of pages to be copied is twenty-six.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by certified check, draft, money order or cashier's check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
J. M. McLaughlin
Commissioner.
This letter sent by registered mail

Finance Division
D.A.R. tray of the chapter which I wish to join requires me to get the pension papers. The date of his wife's appli- cation for pension was March 27, 1837. His military record, I believe, is found on page 197, Volume of Dornbusch's New York State Archives.
Hoping that you will be able to send the pension papers soon, I am
Very truly yours, Mary Louisa Dornbusch (Mrs. T. F. Dornbusch)

(Mrs. J. F. Dombrowski Mary Louise Dombrowski Very truly yours before me, I am not the person
Mrs. Dombrowski born 10-4-2-70   Post Office Department OFFICIAL BUSINESS  REGISTERED ARTICLE No. 79634 INSURED PARCEL No. _____  PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300  POSTMARK OF DELIVERY OFFICE   Return to Board of Review  (NAME OF SENDER) Street and Number, } BUREAU OF PENSION or Post Office Box }  WASHINGTON,  D. C.   U.S. POSTAL PENSION AUG 10 1918  AMBOY AUG
that of the D.A.R. which I wish to your request me to get the pension papers. The date of his wife's death
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6

✓ One dollar in currency wr see ex. p. recd. 7/21/18 Rev. War Gruboy, Illinois, w July 30, 1918.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Gentlemen:—
I wrote you a year ago for a statement of the mil- itary history of William Loudon, a soldier of the Rev- olutionary War, and you sent it to me. However, the regis-
as per letter herewith. Returned Mar. 27, 1917. Mrs. Dornbaur, by London, Conn. Troops, 1770, found to charge for said report and you

Mrs. Dornblaser, 117-32nd Avenue, Elmhurst, NY
D.A.R. trac of the chapter which I wish to join requires me to get the pension papers. The date of his wife's appli- cation for pension was March 27, 1837. His military record, I believe, is found on page 197, Volume of Dernois's New York State Archives.
Hoping that you will be able to send the pension papers soon, I am Very truly yours, Mary Loudon Dornblaser (Mrs. T. F. Dornblaser)

BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
March 27, 1917.
MAR 26 1917 ....., 191 .
Chief of Rev. War Section Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. Mary Louisa Dornblaser draft Cash for $1.00 , requesting copies  post-office addresses as per letter herewith. returned Mar 27, 1917 Mrs. Dornblaser, by registered mail
Very respectfully,
W. N. Campbell Chief of Division.
Letter has received the 26" that it does not appear that this correspondence with you relative to a sol- dier William Loudon or Loudoun. I have the history of the only sol- dier Loudon, Conn. Troops, W 4370, found no charge for said report and you for which was sent by you in your respectfully,
J. M. Littlejohn Commissioner.
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1000-2

March 27, 1917.
Mrs. Mary L. Dornblaser, Amboy, Illa.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of received the 26 th instant, you are advised that it does not appear that this Bureau has had any correspondence with you relative to a soldier of the Revolution named William Loudon or Loudoun.
You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier of that name, William Loudon, Conn. Troops, W14370, found on said records. There is no charge for said report and you will find enclosed one dollar which was sent by you in your letter above noted.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

one dollar in cash recd of Livingston - del Rubert  ew
War Dept.
Pension Bureau
Gentlemen: - Will you kindly give me all the information that you can regarding William London or London as it was formally spelled.
He is an ancestor of mine and I wish this information so that I may become a member of the S.A.R.
I wrote to you some time ago and yours of Jan. 14th 1917 gives a very complete record of his war service.
Committee on War Records This letter was forwarded to the Committee on War Records

The local registrar says I must have more information concerning his foreign. Enclosed please find one dollar I will appreciate as early a reply and as complete information as you can give me concerning this matter.
Yours truly (Mrs.) Mary London Moritaser.
Enclosed
This letter was lost by the post office

To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Sir,
Connect Oct. 8th - 1833
The circumstances which appear to render it necessary for us to ask some information, will, hope be a sufficient apology for taking the liberty we do in writing to your Hon. hoping you will notice this, and give us an answer if you think it worthy of one. We Margaret Carpenter, James Loudon, and Susanna Hutchins, Children and Heirs at law of William, and Eunice Loudon, would wish for lawful information concerning the following proposed questions. Firstly, we would wish to know if Hiram W. Leffingwell of Meadville, Crawford Co. Pa. has obtained a Pension for our Mother Eunice Loudon, through the efficacy of our Father's services during the Revolutionary war? If so, at what time, did he obtain it, and what was the amount? And if he has obtained it, is it lawful for him to keep the whole in his own hands, or only the part, that would be lawful, just, and right, to recompense him for his time, trouble, and expense of getting it for her? Or if he has obtained it, is it lawful, just and right for him to keep it blinded, from our Mother and her children by saying he has not yet it yet? Or is it lawful and right for him, in order to keep the whole himself, endeavour to keep her passive from her children, by telling her she must live with him, so as to have her maintenance out of it, when he shall have got it? - Or if by flattery, or otherwise she (our Mother) should let him keep the whole, ought not our Mother, and her children, to know honestly the amount, and for the said Hiram to give good and sufficient bonds, together with the interest, and for her maintenance out of it, - if she our Mother should be taken away by death, and the whole were not expended, we would wish to know who would be the Lawful Heirs of the same? - Furthermore, is it lawful, and right, that in order to keep her from her children, passively, take her without her children, consent or approbation, or notifying them of the same, and go to some distant part of the United States or Territories, and expose her health, and life, to undergo a change of climate in this her extreme old age? - Lastly if upon strict examination the above should prove facts, by giving us information how to proceed, that justice may take place and our Mother have her own, and live with her children if it is her wish, you will confer a great favor, and oblige your most Obedient, and
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Very Humble servants.
Susanna Hutchins by request of her brother and sister James Loudon & Margaret Carpenter

An answer of information concerning the above written, and address, to William Hutchins or John S. Carpenter Connecticut
Ashtabula Co.
Ohio.
as soon as possible - will be thankfully received, and gratefully acknowledged,
M. C. & S. H. & J. L.