Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 677, for Stephen Linsley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Bonn
Linsley, Stephen Deborah
W 677
B.L. Mt. 28571-160-55
CONTENTS

3028- Ohio Pittsburgh Agency
Stephen Linsley of Humboldt in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Collins of the Regt commanded by Col Ely -- in the Continental line for 8 months from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 26 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 32 and due to John Brown, Warren. O
Arrear to 4th of Sept 1832 39.99- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 mo. 1832 13.33 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Mee - Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 136

2165
Ohio — Cleveland Deborah Linsley widow of Stephen Linsley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private C th Linsley
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Sept r . 1853. and sent to
Warren Young Warren Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 165 Vol. A
Feby. 3 1853
1853
Reg d moss-12695 Mrs. Deborah Linsley Aug 2/60 C. G. V.
rate of pension with m. 65.

151695
Act March 3 May 28/55
Civ. R.B. Barnes, Ind. 25/56
Deborah W Linsley wid of Stephen Linsley.
No 2857/1/1
Revwar
Pensioner
Ohio Feb 53-2165
W. W. Co. Ind. 24/62 B. B. Barnes
W
Vol L, page 93.
R B Barnes Gustavus Ohio

Stephen Linsley
Ohio
No 7199
from 1776 private 8 months, $26.66 2/3

BRIEF in the case of  Stephen Linsley of Muskingum Co  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? 71 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.     Enlisted under In 1776 " 2 " Private Gen. Col Ruggles Regmt Capt Ortons Compny   July 1777 " 6 " " Col Ely or Nicolas Regmt Capt Augustus Collins  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Haven Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

The State of Ohio } on this 9th day of May in the County of Trumbull } year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Bruce Burns a justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within & for said County and State aforesaid Deborah Linsley aged seventy nine years a resident of Trumbull County in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Stephen Linsley D ec d who was a Pensioner of the United States & served as a Private in the Company commanded by Capt.
in the Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the War with England declared by the United States on the 4th day of July 1776 & commonly called the Revolutionary War And that her said husband at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ in the year _____ for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the day of _____ in the year _____
She further states that she was married to the said Stephen Linsley on the 16th day of April 1829 by Ezra Ayres a justice of the Peace in the Township of Vernon in said Trumbull County and that her name before her marriage was Deborah Corwin that her said husband died at Gustavus Trumbull County Ohio on the 18th day of March in the year A.D. 1849 and that she is now a Widow - That her said husband at the time of his death

was a pensioner of the United States, and that his certificate has since been returned to the Pension Office; Reference had to the same. She further declares that has never before made application for Bounty Land under the present or any other act of Congress of the United States.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 rd 1855.
Deborah Sinsley
We Joseph Erven and Sister Dillon residents of Gustavus Trumbull Co Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by the said Deborah Sinsley in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joseph Erven
Sister Dillon
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me duly authorized by law to administer oaths on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Buell Barnes Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio, }
TRUMBULL COUNTY.
I, ALMON D. WEBB , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named Buel Barnes Esquire, before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and legally authorized to administer oaths, to whose official acts full faith and credit are due: that his signature above written I believe to be true and genuine; and that I have no interest whatever in the result of the Bounty Land Claim of the aforesaid Deborah Linsley nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand official, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Warren, in said County, this 22 nd day of May A. D. 185 5
Almon D. Webb Clerk.

Gustavus Franklee Co. Ohio May 9th 1835 Please accept me as the Attorney of Deborah Sinsly. Mrs Sinsly is unable to recollect the Names of the Officers under which her deceased husband served or the dates of his enlistment or discharge But as his Certificate has been returned to the Pension Office she hopes the evidence therefrom to be derived may be satisfactory of the facts set forth in her Affidavit please examine & communicate R. B. Barnes

4/199.
Stephen Linsley's Application for a pension
Gen Lewis Cass Secy. of War Washington City

The State of Ohio Trumbull County
On this 20th day of August personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio now sitting within and for said County of Trumbull, Stephen Linsley a resident of the Town of Gustavus in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio aged seventy one 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 7th A.D. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein after stated, viz, That he enlisted in the winter of 1776, the month and the day of the month he cannot now recollect, into Captain Osborn's Company, which Company joined Col. Russell's regiment, and continued in the service for the period of two months, that he lived in the Town of Branford County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, at the time he enlisted, and that he marched from Branford directly to Saw-Pits and Wright's Mills in the State of New York near the White Plains, at which places, he alternately remained till he was discharged - That he re-entered the service again, and enlisted under Capt. Augustus Collins in the month of July A.D. 1777, and marched from Branford, the place of his residence, to New London in the State of Connecticut, and there joined Col. Ely's or Col. Arnold's regiment, he is not certain which of them commanded

at this time, and were stationed to guard fort Sun hill till October - at which time the regiment left New London and marched to Bristol in Rhode Island thence to Providence, thence to Little Compton, thence to Norwalk, and thence to Long Island Island, from which last place, in the month of December, he returned to New London, and was there discharged, after serving the period of six months from the time of his last enlistment.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid -
which discharge is now lost, and he is unable to produce it. And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any persons in this state, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. Stephen Linsley
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - B. Jones George P. Linsley Ctr S.C.

Mr Riverius Bidwell of the Town of Gustavus in said County of Trumbull, and Richard Hayes an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Trumbull County, residing in the Town of Hartford in said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Linsley who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age , that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - Before me George Purvis Clerk S.C. Riverius Bidwell Richard Hayes
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogato- ries prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, And the Court for the reasons that it appears to them that Stephen Linsley Richard Hayes the preceding certificate is an associate judge of said County of Trumbull residing in Hartford Township & that Riverius Bidwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Gustavus, and is a credible person whose their statement is entitled to credit -

Interrogatories filed and answered by Stephen Linsley an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832-
1 st Where and in what year was you born?
Ans. In the town of Branford, county of New Haven and State of Connecticut in the year 1761
2 o Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Ans. I have no record, but my recollection
3 o Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. I lived in Branford, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, and since the war I have lived in different towns in Connecticut, till within the last 20 years I have lived in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, in the Town of Vernon and the Town of Gustavus.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom
Ans. I enlisted into the service as I have stated in my declaration.

5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops, where you served; both continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Ans. I can make no further answer than is contained in my declaration -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become it?
Ans. I received a discharge when I quit the service as I have stated in my declaration, from the commanding officer, but it is now lost.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character, and their beliefs of your services as a soldier of the revolution? -
Ans. I will refer to Gyles Martin Smith, of Vernon, Asa Haynes, of same place, Abraham Griswold Reverius Bidwell, Rufus Beman, fathers of Gyltannus - George Swift Esq. John Kinsman, Dr Peter Allen of Kinsman
Stephen Linsley
Sworn and Subscribed in open court before me the George Parsons the S. C. Clerk and after adjournment

I George Pausaw Clerk of the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio within and for the County of Summit do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original of the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Linsley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Warren this 29 th day of August A. D. 1852
George Pausaw Clerk
Stephen Linsley
Applicant
From August 20 th 1852
22

Payments to be made at Pittsburgh Pa-- by the Presd. W. L. M. Bks. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Ohio Pittsburgh. Pa-
1270 1487 1.397 267
Recorded by N Rice Clerk, in Book L Vol. 2 page 178-

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Linsley of the state of Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency) who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution. —
is entitled to receive Twenty Six — dollars and Sixty Six — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 12 — day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. —
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
39.22
Capt A. Collins Col. Ely & Col. Arnold — Conn. Troops moved into Easttown in May 1829 & previous in Warren

The State of Ohio } On this 27 day of April Tuscarora County } AD 1853 personally appeared } before the Probate Court of the County of Tuscarora and State of Ohio, Deborah Sinsley, a resident of Easton in the County of Tus- carora and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years, who, first being duly sworn according to law, 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 February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Stephen Sinsley who was a private in the War of the Revolution - She further decl- -ares that she was married to the said Stephen Sinsley on the 6 th day of April AD 1829, that her said husband died on the 18 th day of March AD 1849, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. She further declares that her said husband Stephen Sinsley did receive a pension in the his lifetime a reference to his appli- -cation is here made -
Wm. Gurney J. S. Fuller
Deborah Sinsley Deborah X Sinsley mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me J. S. Fuller
Judge Clerk of Probate

The State of Ohio } At a court of Probate held within Trempealeau County } and for said County of Trempealeau and State of Ohio. Present J. S.
Fuller Judge holding said Court on the 27 th day of April A D 1853.
In the matter of Deborah } This day satisfactory evidence was Sinsley application } exhibited to this Court that Stephen for a Pension. } Sinsley late of Gustavus Trempealeau
County Ohio, deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum payable at the Ohio agency Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. that the said Stephen Sinsley died on the 18 th of March A D 1849 leaving Deborah Sinsley his widow who is still living.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mansfield This 20 th day of May A D 1853. J. S. Fuller
Judge Comr of Probate

I do hereby certify that on the 6 th day of April AD 1829, by virtue of a license from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Trumbull County, Stephen Linsley and Deborah Emlin were legally joined in Marriage by me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Given under my hand this 25 th day of April 1829.
Ezra Hyde Justice of the Peace Received April 27 th 1829. & Recorded by me George Parsons Clerk
The State of Ohio } I. Ira S. Fuller Judge of the Trumbull County } Probate Court within and for said County, certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the Marriage Records of said County which Records are by the laws of the State of Ohio required to be kept in the Office of the Judge of said Probate Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Warren this 20 th day of May AD 1853. I. S. Fuller Judge of Court of Probate

March 6, 1934
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Stephen Linsley-W.677 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. F. B. Harrington 412 South Occidental Blvd. Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Lindsey or Lindsley, who was pensioned in August, 1832 in Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 677, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Stephen Linsley, as his signature appears in the claim.
He was born in the year 1761 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, names of his parents not given.
While residing in said Branford, Stephen Linsley enlisted in the winter of 1776, served two months as private in Captain Osborn's company, Colonel Russell's Connecticut regiment.. He enlisted in July, 1777, served six months in Captain Augustus Collins' company, Colonel Ely's or Arnold's regiment.
Stephen Linsley was allowed pension on his application executed, August 20, 1832, then residing in Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, having lived in Trumbull County, about twenty years. He died March 18, 1849 in Gustavus, Ohio.
Stephen Linsley married April 6, 1829 in Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, Deborah (Debrah) Erwin or Erwen.
The widow, Deborah (Debrah) Linsley, was allowed

pension on her application executed, April 27, 1853, then aged seventy-seven years and living in Gustavus, Ohio.
There is no reference to children.
One Joseph Erwen in 1855 was a resident of Gustavus, Ohio, his relationship to the widow is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. War
1923 Jan. 5 list to Mrs. C.H. Martin. E.W. 1934. Ind. 6 " " " " F.B. Harrington
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 672 Deborah Lingley Widow Steph. Lingley Pris. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 1883.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15-1695-
Hon. Commissioner Waltham

2
28.5/11
J Mr. Anus

No 2267
Deborah Linsley, Wid. of Stephen.
Set to W. Young. Sept. 5 th 1853
Act. 3 rd Feby. 1853.

Rec: W. Ma: 18 th Mch: 1849.
D. W. Johnson.

Tension Office. 23 d Sept: 1853.
Sir.
Please certify the time to which the William Mann fund was was paid. on the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully,
S. M. Allen
Commission.
Stephen Linsley, act 1832 - $26.66 - - Paid to 1 st March 1849, no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt Esq. Third Auditor. Treasurys

Deborah Ashley Widow of Stephen
FREE
Chas - ad. 53' 1/2" 1865.
Hon. George C. Huntington
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

June 24. 1850
App d of Deborah Linsley widow of Stephen.
Ohio
3028
Act 3 d Feby 1850 $26.66 Per An m Com-Feby 3 d 1853
Rev:
Warren Young Warren
Trumbull Co.
Ohio
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Morrow Shelby County Ohio September 17 th 1853-
Sir
Enclosed please find the testimony of two witnesses proving that Deborah Sinsley is the widow of Stephen Sinsley to which I hope will prove satisfactory & thereby place the old lady on the pension list under the act of July 3 rd 1853
Respectfully yours Warren Sinsley
Warren Sinsley

Hampden Geauga Co-Ohio July 15 - 1860
Hon - Gary C Whiting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I am a pensioner of the United States under act of February 3 d 1853 My husband Stephen Lindsey late a pensioner of act 1832 drew a small pension the same of mine But I think he did not draw as large a pensions as he claimed His name was put on the pension list December 12 - 1833 as a resident of Ohio
Now Sir will you please to inform me whith my husband was allowed a pension on all the service He claimed and what service he claimed to have rendered perhaps I may be entitled to a share of pension Respectfully yours Deborah Lindsey

Waverly Grove City Ohio June 21, 1853.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir enclosed please find the application of Mrs. Deborah Linsley wife of Stephen Linsley for an application for a Pension under the act of 3 d of February 1853. when the certificate issues when the certificate issues will you please direct the same to me, as she lives in a back town where the mail only goes once a week - and by sending the same to me she would get it much sooner
Yours Respectfully Warren Young Atty for Deborah Linsley

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Linsley 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? Yes 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? Yes 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?
Judge
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?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
Yes
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Brief in the case of Deborah Snipe, Widow of Stephen Trumbull County and State of Ohio act 3 d Feby. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832.
Second evidence of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Warren Young Esq. Name and residence of Agent Warren, Trumbull Co. O.
H. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

41198.6 7186
Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War Washington City

Warren Trumbull Co Ohio
Sept. 3 rd 1832
To Hon Lewis Cass - Sir -
Inclosed I forward you the applications of Messrs Michael Scovill, Stephen Linsley, and Abner Ack- ley - for pensions under the act of Con- gress of the 7 th of June A.D. 1832 - You will please to forward my to the certificates and all necessary papers, for obtaining their pensions, as I am requested by them to act as their agent in the business - If these applications are defective, please inform me, and the defects shall be cured forthwith -
I am, Sir, yours very Respectfully John Crowna

We George Keziah & Upon Bushnell of lawful age of the County of Columbiana and State of Ohio. After having been first duly sworn before and they, that they were personally acquainted with Stephen Sinsy in his lifetime who is now deceased, that we know the said Stephen Sinsy was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. And further that we are well acquainted with Mrs Deborah Sinsy, his widow who is an applicant for a pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853. And we believe her to be a widow and the widow of the said Stephen Sinsy, that she has remained a widow ever since his death & is now a widow, and we believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be in her application to be placed on the pension list. And we have no interest in her application -
George Keziah Upon Bushnell
Sworn & Subscribed this 17 th day of September A D 1853. and I further certify that the foregoing named George Keziah & Upon Bushnell are credible witnesses And that I have no interest in the Application of said Mrs Deborah Sinsy for to be placed on the pension list.
Before me Frederick Birtch Justice of the Peace for Marion Columbiana County Ohio

THE STATE OF OHIO, TRUMBULL COUNTY, ss.
I, Jonathan Ingersoll, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Trumbull, certify that Sedediah Fitch Esq. by whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that the instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court, at Warren, the 17 th day of September A. D. 185 3 . Jonathan Ingersoll Clerk.

Central Exchange BANK WOODWARD, OKLA.
Dec. 6. 1922
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Department Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me a statement of the Military service rendered in the Revolutionary War by Stephen Lindsley, pensioner, of Trumbull County, Ohio, and any family history that may be given in his pension application.
I am a descendant of his grandson, Jacob Singery Lindsley.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. C. H. Martin -
Mrs. C. H. Martin, Woodward, Oklahoma.

Rev. War
Los Angeles, California.
412-South Occidental Blvd.,
February 14, 1934.
A. D. Hiller, Administrator, Veteran's Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I note on p. 228 Official Roster Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Ohio, that Stephen Lindsey (maybe Lindsley) was pensioned in August 1832.
I would appreciate what data you can furnish on this man. He is buried at Gustavus, Ohio.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
Maye A. Harrington (Mrs. F. B. Harrington)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
.....  .....
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
W. 677
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Stephen Linsley , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the S + W. claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1776 2 mos. Pvt. Osborn Russell Conn -   July 1777 6 mos. Augustus Collins Ely or Arnold.          
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Branford New Haven Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1832 - al -
Residence at date of application, Shelburne Trumbull Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, 6. Branford, Conn 1761 -
Remarks: He was b. Apl. 6, 1829 in Vernon Twp. Trumbull Co. Ohio. Deborah in Guilford, Ohio - lived there Erwin re. Mar. 18, 1849 - etc when at home on an exp of Apl. 27 1853, ae. 77 yrs. Refer fam. data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.