Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Rejected 44666, for Simon Mahoney

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mahoney Simon Mary
Rejected H4666
CONTENTS

Power of Attorney
No. _____
CLAIM OF Mary Widow Simon Mahoney
Late _____ of _____
Co. _____ Reg't _____
_____ Vols. _____
P. O. _____
For _____
Rev. War
FILED BY
REEVE & GASTON, Solicitors of Government Claims, DES MOINES, IOWA.
ATTY FILED

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mary Widow Simon Mahoney late of Co. Reg.  Volunteers , residing in Dakota County of La Crosse State of Wisconsin have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint REEVE & GASTON , of Des Moines, Iowa, my true and lawful attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former Powers of Attorney or authorizations whatever in the premises, to prosecute before any Department, or the Courts, or Committees of Congress of the United States, until final completion, for me, my claim for Original Invalid Pension No 1
giving and granting unto REEVE & GASTON , said Attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that REEVE & GASTON , said Attorneys, or their substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of January 1888  W. C. Jenkins  James Chisholm (Two witnesses who can write sign here.)  Mary Mahoney (Claimant's signature.)
State of Wisconsin County of Tulsa ss:
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th day of January in the year eighteen hundred and eighty Eight before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State, personally appeared Mary Mahoney to me well known to be the identical person who executed the foregoing Letter of Attorney, and the same having been first read over to her and the contents thereof duly explained, acknowledged the same to be her act and deed, and that I have no interest present or prospective in the claim.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.
[ L. S. ]
Geo. Thompson  Notary Public (Official Signature.)

Claim No. 44666 Act of March 9. 78. Cert. No. _____
SERVICE PENSION, War of 1812. Revolutionary War. WIDOW'S BRIEF.
Case. Orig Reopened from _____ Act of _____
Mary Mahoney
, widow of
Senior Mahoney
Rank : _____ Captain _____ Regiment : _____ State : _____
Post Office : Onalaska , County of La Crosse , State of Wisconsin
Attorney : 7 P. O. : 7 7 County, State of 7 , Fee 7 , Contract _____
Application filed Apl. 10 , 18 88.
Alleged service. { In revolutionary war. REJECTED Record evidence of service. { No bounty land claim found and no evidence of service. Parol evidence of service. { _____
Length of service _____ days
Proof of identity. { Rejected in finding of no evidence of service.
Proof of loyalty. { _____
Admitted Rejected. June 26, 1890 , to a pension of EIGHT DOLLARS per month from _____ the date of _____
No pension previously applied for
R.A. Hales Pension Searcher.
No Bounty Land claim
R.A. Hales Bounty Land Searcher.
J.M. Murchison Examiner.
APPROVED Rej June 26, 1890 H.W. Hall
On ground stated by Exr. full proof and declaration June 26. 90 strb

SUMMARY OF PROOF.
Marriage. { Date _____, of _____ to _____ _____ _____ Proof as to capacity to marry. { _____ _____ _____ Death of soldier. { Date _____ _____ _____ Widowhood. { _____ _____
INCIDENTAL MATTER.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
SERVICE PENSION, War of 1812.
WIDOW'S BRIEF.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Claim No. _____ Certificate No. _____ Act of _____ Claimant, _____ Soldier, _____ Action, _____ Examiner, _____

Mr. Suss! — Vladimir not in this claim when it was handled me search for B L and Rev. claims H. G. ...
June 1 st 1915
Mr. G. S. ... to Wind ... No. 13 L. found from data

✓ Bureau of Pensions.
No B.L. found for Simon Mahoney No A.W. Inv. or Wid. pension claim
RAN. Jan 11/85

Bureau of Pensions.
Rev. Han
Mary Mahony widow of
Simon Mahony Revolution
in record act 1858 April 14. 1858 W.L.B.
No Bounty Land W. allied in that name April 14. 1858 W.L.B.
[Large handwritten signature/initials] 1858

Banded
No. 44666
VINCENT
SERVICE PENSION.
WAR OF 1812.
Banded
Act of Mar. 9 th 1878.
Mary Mahoney
Quincy - Wis.
WIDOW of Simon Mahoney
Am. Revolution
Died
RECEIVED
Received Apr. 10 , 1878.
Reeve & Gaston
Des Moines
Ja.
Attorney.
ATTY FILED
M.
April 24-88 Atty for det
June 7/92 cert of adm
June 13/95 to Portlands
Debut living mts
July 10/95 - About Reformed after
St. Louis

100. 10. and N. Div. Ex'r. M c Mill No. 44666
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Mary Mahoney Co. _____ Reg't _____ Sioux Mahoney Address your reply to the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS with return of this letter.
Washington, D.C. June 13, 1895
Sir:
Will you be kind enough to state on the back of this letter, whether Mrs. Mary Mahoney, who resided within the delivery of your office in 1844, is living, or if dead, when she died. She was the widow of Siouan Mahoney an alleged survivor of the Revolutionary war, or of the war of 1812.
Very respectfully J. H. Lockhart Commissioner
Forfeited Oklahoma Miss.

Onalaska, Wis.
June 17, 1891
Replying to reverse side. The person referred to, Mrs Mary Mahoney is living in this city
Very respectfully Thos. Moran Postmaster

BUTTLES & PIERCE,
—DEALERS IN—
General Merchandise,
Grain and Live Stock.
Ovalaska, Wis. Jany 9th 1888.
Mrs. Reeve & Gaston Washington D.C.
Gents:-
I will write to you giving you as near as I can the situation of an old claim that I have from the Revolutionary War of one Simon Mahoney whose papers were found about 1830 to 1840. by his wife Mary Mahoney. If you can trace up the matter please write to me what you think you can do. If there is any other information needed will try & give it.
"Address"
Yours Truly James Chisholm
James Chisholm Ovalaska St. Croix Co. Wisconsin.

To be Executed in Duplicate without Additional Cost to Claimant.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, I, Mary Widow Simon Mahoney late a _____ in Company _____, of the _____ Regiment of _____ Volunteers, war of the Rebellion  Revolution , having made application for pension under the laws of the United States.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSED: That for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my agents, Reeve & Gaston, of Des Moines, Iowa, the fee of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any services in the furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by, or payable to my said agents in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of pensions: and then the same shall be paid to them in accordance with the provisions of sections 4768 and 4769 of the Revised Statutes, U. S.
W C Jenkins James Chisholm [TWO WITNESSES SIGNATURES]
Mary X Mahoney [SIGNATURE OF CLAIMANT.] Onalaska Wis [POST-OFFICE ADDRESS.]
STATE OF Wis } ss. County of La Crosse }
Be it known that on this, the 18 th day of January A. D., 188 8 , personally appeared Mary Mahoney the above named, who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses the contents of the foregoing articles of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
{ L. S. }
Thos Thompson [OFFICIAL SIGNATURE]
Notary Public
Agents Acceptance:
And now, to-wit, this 24 day of Jan A. D., 188 8 , we accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will to the best of our ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises. We hereby certify that we have received from the claimant above-named the sum of nothing no Dollars and no more no Dollars being for fee, and the sum no Dollars being for postage and other expenses. And that these agreements have been executed in duplicate without additional cost to the claimant, as required by law, in excess of the fee above named, the said agents making no charge therefor.
Witness our hands the year and day above written.
Reever Gaston [SIGNATURE OF AGENTS.]
STATE OF IOWA, } ss. County of Polk, }
W O Gaston
Personally came _____, of the firm of Reeve & Gaston, whom I know to be the person he represents himself to be, and who, having signed above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same to be the free act and deed of said firm.
Witness my hand and seal this 24 day of Jan 188 8
{ L. S. }
J O Gaston [OFFICIAL SIGNATURE.]
Commissioners' Approval:
APPROVED FOR _____ DOLLARS, and payable to _____ of _____ the recognized attorney.
Commissioner of Pensions.

NOTICE TO CLAIMANT.
This Contract is Permissible Under the Law, but not Compulsory.
READ THE FOLLOWING COPY OF THE STATUTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled
SEC. 3. That section 4785 of the Revised Statutes is hereby re-enacted and amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 4785. No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than such as the Commissioner of Pensions shall direct to be paid to him, not exceeding $25; nor shall such agent, attorney or other person demand or receive such compensation, in whole or in part, until such pension or bounty-claim shall be allowed: Provided , That in all claims allowed since June 20, 1878, where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Pensions that the fee of $10, or any part thereof has not been paid, he shall cause the same to be deducted from the pension and the pension agent to pay the same to the recognized attorney."
SEC. 4. That section 4786 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 4786. The agent or attorney of record in the prosecution of the case may cause to be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions duplicate articles of agreement without additional cost to the claimant, setting forth the fee agreed upon by the parties, which agreement shall be executed in the presence of and certified by some officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where application is made for pension or bounty land, and no agreement is filed with the Commissioner as herein provided, the fee shall be $10 and no more. And such articles of agreement as may hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions are not authorized, nor will they be recognized except in claims for original pensions, claims for increase of pension on account of new disability, in claims for restoration where a pensioner's name has been or hereafter may be dropped from the pension rolls on testimony taken by a special examiner, showing that the disability or cause of death, on account of which the pension was allowed, did not originate in the line of duty, and in cases of dependent relatives whose names have been or may hereafter be dropped from the rolls on like testimony, upon the grounds of non-dependence, and in such other cases of difficulty and trouble as the Commissioner of Patents may see fit to recognize them: Provided , That no greater fee than $10 shall be demanded, received or allowed in any claim for pension or bounty land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase of pension on account of the increase of the disability for which the pension had been allowed; And provided further , That no fee shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for arrears of pension or arrears of increase of pension allowed by any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date of the allowance of the original claims in which such arrears of pension or of increase of pension may be allowed."
And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such articles of agreement have been or may hereafter be filed it shall appear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall be adjudicated in the same manner as though no articles of agreement had been filed, deducting from the fee of $10 allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that he has paid to the said attorney.
Any agent, attorney or other person instrumental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land who shall directly or indirectly contract for, demand or receive or retain any greater compensation for his services or instrumentality in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than is herein provided, or for payment thereof at any other time or in any other manner than is herein provided, or who shall wrongfully withhold from any pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner or claimant, or the land warrant issued to any such claimant shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for every such offense be fined not exceeding $500, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
APPROVED JULY 4, 1884.
FEE AGREEMENT.
No. _____ of _____ late _____ Reg't _____ Vols. _____ Co. _____ P.O. _____
FOR PENSION.
FILED BY REEVE & GASTON, SOLICITORS OF GOVERNMENT CLAIMS, DES MOINES, IOWA.
Brewster & Co., Printers, Des Moines, Iowa.

To be Executed in Duplicate without Additional Cost to Claimant.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, I, Mary Widow Simon Mahoney  late a in Company _____, of the _____ Regiment of _____ Volunteers, war of the Rebellion  Revolution , having made application for pension under the laws of the United States.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSED: That for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my agents, Reeve & Gaston, of Des Moines, Iowa, the fee of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any services in the furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by, or payable to my said agents in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of pensions: and then the same shall be paid to them in accordance with the provisions of sections 4768 and 4769 of the Revised Statutes, U. S.
W C Jenkins James Chisholm [TWO WITNESSES SIGNATURES]
her Mary X Mahoney [SIGNATURE OF CLAIMANT] Onalaska Wis [POST OFFICE ADDRESS]
STATE OF Wis } ss. County of La Crosse }
Be it known that on this, the 18th day of January A. D., 188 8 , personally appeared Mary Mahoney the above named, who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses the contents of the foregoing articles of agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
{ L. S. }
Thos Thompson [OFFICIAL SIGNATURE] Notary Public
Agents Acceptance:
And now, to-wit, this 24 day of Jan A. D., 188 8 , we accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will to the best of our ability, endeavor or faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises. We hereby certify that we have received from the claimant above-named the sum of nothing Dollars and no more no Dollars being for fee, and the sum of no Dollars being for postage and other expenses. And that these agreements have been executed in duplicate without additional cost to the claimant, as required by law, in excess of the fee above named, the said agents making no charge therefor.
Witness our hands the year and day above written.
Reeve & Gaston [SIGNATURE OF AGENTS]
STATE OF IOWA, } ss. County of Polk, }
Personally came W J Gaston , of the firm of Reeve & Gaston, whom I know to be the person he represents himself to be, and who, having signed above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same to be the free act and deed of said firm.
Witness my hand and seal this 24 day of Jan 188 8
{ L. S. }
J J Gaston [OFFICIAL SIGNATURE] Notary Public
Commissioners' Approval:
APPROVED FOR _____ DOLLARS, and payable to _____ of _____ the recognized attorney.
Commissioner of Pensions.

NOTICE TO CLAIMANT.
This Contract is Permissible Under the Law, but not Compulsory.
READ THE FOLLOWING COPY OF THE STATUTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled * * * *
SEC. 3. That section 4785 of the Revised Statutes is hereby re-enacted and amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 4785. No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than such as the Commissioner of Pensions shall direct to be paid to him, not exceeding $25 ; nor shall such agent, attorney or other person demand or receive such compensation, in whole or in part, until such pension or bounty-claim shall be allowed: Provided , That in all claims allowed since June 20, 1878, where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Pensions that the fee of $10, or any part thereof has not been paid, he shall cause the same to be deducted from the pension and the pension agent to pay the same to the recognized attorney."
SEC. 4. That section 4786 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 4786. The agent or attorney of record in the prosecution of the case may cause to be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions duplicate articles of agreement without additional cost to the claimant, setting forth the fee agreed upon by the parties, which agreement shall be executed in the presence of and certified by some officer competent to administer oaths. In all cases where application is made for pension or bounty land, and no agreement is filed with the Commissioner as herein provided, the fee shall be $10 and no more. And such articles of agreement as may hereafter be filed with the Commissioner of Pensions are not authorized, nor will they be recognized except in claims for original pensions, claims for increase of pension on account of new disability, in claims for restoration where a pensioner's name has been or hereafter may be dropped from the pension rolls on testimony taken by a special examiner, showing that the disability or cause of death, on account of which the pension was allowed, did not originate in the line of duty, and in cases of dependent relatives whose names have been or may hereafter be dropped from the rolls on like testimony, upon the grounds of non-dependence, and in such other cases of difficulty and trouble as the Commissioner of Patents may see fit to recognize them: Provided , That no greater fee than $10 shall be demanded, received or allowed in any claim for pension or bounty land granted by special act of Congress, nor in any claim for increase of pension on account of the increase of the disability for which the pension had been allowed; And provided further , That no fee shall be demanded, received, or allowed in any claim for arrears of pension or arrears of increase of pension allowed by any act of Congress passed subsequent to the date of the allowance of the original claims in which such arrears of pension or of increase of pension may be allowed."
And if in the adjudication of any claim for pension in which such articles of agreement have been or may hereafter be filed it shall appear that the claimant had, prior to the execution thereof, paid to the attorney any sum for his services in such claim, and the amount so paid is not stipulated therein, then every such claim shall be adjudicated in the same manner as though no articles of agreement had been filed, deducting from the fee of $10 allowed by law such sum as claimant shall show that he has paid to the said attorney.
Any agent, attorney or other person instrumental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land who shall directly or indirectly contract for, demand or receive or retain any greater compensation for his services or instrumentality in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land than is herein provided, or for payment thereof at any other time or in any other manner than is herein provided, or who shall wrongfully withhold from any pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of the pension or claim allowed and due such pensioner or claimant, or the land warrant issued to any such claimant shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for every such offense be fined not exceeding $500, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
APPROVED JULY 4, 1884.
FEE AGREEMENT.
No. _____ of _____ late _____ Reg't _____ Vols. _____ Co. _____ P.O. _____
FOR PENSION.
FILED BY REEVE & GASTON, SOLICITORS OF GOVERNMENT CLAIMS, DES MOINES, IOWA.