Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7025, for Timothy Rose, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Rose, Timothy Dickinson, Lydia (Former widow.)
No. 7025
CONTENTS

let; 3 rd Septem- ber 1849 to Hon; T. Ewing,
Reported
Aug 25/49
Decision affirmed by the Secretary of the Interior Nov. 23. 1849
Let to C. Chorley July 23, 1850
3366. Ohio, Cincinnati
Sydia Dickinson widow of Timothy Rose Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Aug 1849 and sent to
Samuel Bancroft Granville Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 339 Vol. 4.

I Charles F. Bates of Granville in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say, that I am clerk of the town of said Granville duly chosen and sworn.
And that I have made diligent search among the records of said town and can find no Record of the marriage of Deacon Timothy Rose, late of Granville in the State of Ohio, and formerly of Granville in the State of Massachusetts. The Records from 1780 to 1860 were irregularly kept and some have been lost. And I verily believe that there is no record on the Town Books of said Rose marriage. I have found a record of said Rose children births, and his oldest child was born in the year A.D. 1787. Further the deponent saith not Granville June 8 th 1847-
Charles F. Bates Town Clerk of Granville Mass.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Ss. Granville 8 th June 1847 Personally appeared Charles F. Bates Esq. to me well known as a person of truth and veracity and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. Before James Woolley Justice of the Peace

I Justus Rose of Granville in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Scarsdale Age Testify and say that Timothy Rose of Granville in the County of Franklin and State of Ohio Deceased, formerly of Granville, Massachusetts, was my Brother. I know that he enlisted as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution for the Term of Three years, and was, absent as I now believe the whole or most part of that term of time — I think he enlisted under Capt. Blee in the year 1781 — I have frequently heard him tell of the perils of the war, and many incidents of the Revolution, and have no doubt he served out his time and was honorably discharged.
I know that he was married at Granville in Massachusetts, I think in the year 1786 or 1787 to Lydia Munson — I will remember being present at the wedding, but can not now recollect the particular year in which the marriage took place — I further testify that I often visited the Army driving Deaf Cattle, and saw my Brother Timothy Rose in the Army in the Capacity of a Soldier — And further the Deponent saith not
Justus Rose
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. Granville 8 th June 1827
Personally appeared Justus Rose to me well known as a person of truth and veracity and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Silvester Jones, County Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James Coolley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James Coolley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this 9th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
Richd Bliss Clerk.

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Timothy Rose and Lydia Munson, April 24 th A. 1785
Clarissa, to Samuel Bauerst May 28 th 1807
Samantha, to William Steadman Dec. 20 th 1810
Loise, to Oliver C Dickinson Oct. 27 th 1811
Lydia, to William Clemens Nov. 10 th 1814
Timothy U. to Mathilda Mead Nov. 18 th 1817
Almena to Henry Bauerst March 27 th 1820
Samuel H. to Almira Twinning March 31 st 1826

1825 1768 74
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Timothy Rose Penu 1 st 1762
Lydia Månson January 18 th 1768
The family of the above.
Clarissa January 3 rd 1787
Samantha Dec. 23 rd 1788
Lorisa September 21 st 1791
Lydia October 2 nd 1793
Timothy II March 24 th 1797
Samuel W July 25 th 1800
Almena Sept. 30 th 1803
Two Sons Jan. 8 th 1808

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Two Sons Jan. 8 th 1808
Timothy Rose Nov. 27 th 1813
Lydia Clemons March 29 th 1821
William Stedman March 14 th 1827

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Ohio } ss Licking County }
On this first (1 st ) day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven (1847) personally appeared before me
B. F. Myers one of the Associate judges in the County of Licking and State of Ohio Lydia Dickinson, a resident of Granville in the county of Licking and state aforesaid, aged seventy nine (79) years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she was the only wife and widow of Timothy Rose who was a soldier, advanced during service to the rank of orderly sergeant, in the army during the Revolutionary war: That he was engaged in two terms of service the first for nine months; the second for three (3) years that during his three years term, he was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, in which battle he received a slight wound from a bayonet through one of his ears. he was one of the detachments commanded by Lieutenant Col. Hamilton in the storming of (I think) the left redoubt, at the taking of said Cornwallis. She farther declares that she was married to the said Timothy Rose on the twenty eighth (28) day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five (1785)

that her husband, the aforesaid Timothy Rose died on the twenty seventh (27 th ) day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen (1813); that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794), (viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the Lydia Dickerson day and year above written, before me
B. H. Myers Associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Licking County &
I do hereby certify that Lydia Dickerson is not able to go before the Court of Common Pleas in consequence of of Bedelay in - firmity
B. H. Myers Associate Judge
State of Ohio Licking County } ss
Personally appeared before me B. H. Myers one of the Associate judges of Licking County. Timothy M. Rose who being duly sworn deposes and says that the family records cut from the family bible and herunto attached were made by Samuel Bancroft so far as his father Timothy Rose's Marriage and death are recorded, and that said record has been in his possession since his father's death, and farther deponent saith not
Timothy M Rose
Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of July 1847. B. H. Myers Associate Judge
The affiant Timothy M Rose is a man of good Moral Character & of Truth & Veracity B. H. Myers associate Judge

The State of Ohio } Licking County } I Gilbert Brady Clerk of the court of common Pleas for and within said County do hereby Certify. that B. D. Meyers before whom the foregoing Declaration was attested & who has signed the same together with the succeeding certificates and affidavit officially in his own proper hand writing was then and now is one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and to all whose official acts full of faith and confidence is due and ought to be given
Given under my hand and the seal of our said court at Newark this 1st day of July A D 1847 Gilbert Brady Clerk

N o 13.413 July 16/11
Sydia Leitchnow only widg Timothy Rose.
Act July 7/38.
Marrid 1785
husband d ied 1873

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Timothy Rose a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid. File 7025
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 25, 1779 to Apr. 24, 1780 Pvt. 2d Col. Co. ✓ 15 th Mass.   Mch. 14, 1781 Aug. 1, 1780 Apr. 24, 1782 Pvt. & Sgt. Elmathew Haskell Wm Shepard of Mass.  
Battles engaged in, Bayonet wound of ear at the taking of Cornwallis.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Granville, Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 1, 1847  Memor.
Residence at date of application, Granville, Licking Co., Oh.
Age at date of application, born Jan. 18, 1768
Remarks: Sol. born June 1, 1762 mar. Apr. 27, 1785 Lydia
Munson He died Nov. 27, 1813 Granville, Oh. She was _____ Dickinson date mar. & name husband not stated. Wid. as Lydia Dickinson  former wife Timothy Rose.
1847 sol. has Justice Rose of Granville, Mass. testified in case.

November 15, 1909.
Mrs. W. P. Ullman, Granville, Ohio.
Madam:
In addition to the enclosed military history of Timothy Rose, Widow File 7035, you are furnished the following family data from the papers filed in the case:
Marriages-
Timothy Rose to Lydia Munson April 33, 1785. Clarissa " " Samuel Bancroft May 28, 1807. Samantha " " William Steadman Dec. 20, 1810. Lovisa " " Oliver C. Dickinson Oct. 27, 1811. Timothy M. " " Matilda Head Nov. 18, 1819. Almena " " Henry L. Bancroft March 27, 1823. Samuel W. " " Almira Twining March 31, 1826. Lydia " " William Clemons Nov. 10, 1814.
Births-
Timothy Rose born June 1, 1762. Lydia Munson born Jan. 18, 1768.
Their family-
Clarissa born Jan. 31, 1787. Samantha born Dec. 23, 1788. Lovisa born Sept. 21, 1791. Lydia born Oct. 2, 1793. Timothy M. born March 24, 1797. Samuel W. born July 25, 1800. Almena born Sept. 30, 1803. Two sons born Jan. 8, 1808.
Deaths-
Two sons died Jan. 8, 1808. Timothy Rose died Nov. 27, 1813. Lydia Clemons died March 29, 1821. William Steadman died March 14, 1827.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

FORM:
GLASSBORO, OHIO
REV. A. B. ATWOOD
November 12, 1909
November 15, 1909.
Mrs. W. P. Ullman, Granville, Ohio.
Madam:
In reply to your undated letter received Sept. 27, 1909, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to David Messenger described by you.
Very respectfully
Acting Commissioner.

Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen: Will you please give me the Revolutionary War Records of David Messenger and Sergeant Timothy Rose.
David Messenger was born in Mass. 1760 and served as a Private in Captain Henry's Co. Col David Brewer's Regt was at the Siege of Boston 1775. He moved to Granville O-1805 and died April 1-1811 buried at Granville Ohio.

Sergeant Timothy Rose born near Granville Mass. in 1762 and enlisted at Granville Mass. July 27-1779 in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's reg. He died Nov 27-1813. buried at Granville Ohio
Very truly yours
Mrs. N. P. Ullman Granville Ohio.

1909 Nov. 15. Hist. to Mrs. W.P. Ullman. P.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7025
Lydia Dickinson for Wid. of Timothy Rose Put. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 28/48
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10323
Reported
18
Ohio
Lydia Dickinson, formerly widow of Timothy Rose who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the 27th Novr 1813 of Vicksburg in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Hamilton in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August 1847 and sent to Rev. Samuel H. Rose Locke, Knox Co. Ohio. Total amount, $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. R. Rumph Clerk, Book Vol. 1, Page 385

Ohio Cin. 8234
Lydia Dickinson, for widow of Timothy Rose who was a Private 14 in the Revolution
Husband died 29th Nov. 1813
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August, 1847 and sent to
Rev. Samuel M. Rose, Locke, Knox Co. Ohio.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 202
Reported
Lib to Wm Daniel Duncan Feb. 4 '48 A. to same June 17 '48

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by G. M. Moore
Claim No. Nov 13 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Timothy Rose
Service Mass Rev
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. H. S. War R. as above except W. F. No. 7025

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 31 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Timothy Rose is borne upon a List of 9 Months Men, in St Col's company, 12th Regiment as a private from July 25 1779 to April 24 1780. 9 Months. Upon an order in Treasurer for payment of 9 Months service as a soldier in the 12th Regiment in the years 1779 and 1780 - said order is dated Granville June 24 1786
The name of Lydia Rose is borne upon said order as a witness.
Upon a Descriptive List of men who engaged to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, as a private of Granville, enlisted March 14 1781, at the age of 18 - was a Nailor by occupation. Upon Muster Rolls of Capt Nathaniel Haskell's company, in Col William Shepard 4th Regt, as a private enlisted March 14 1781 - taken for the

Months of May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1781, and January and February 1782
No rolls of said Capt Haskell for 1781, previous to May of that year, or subsequent to February 1782.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm Swift
(Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.)

To the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sir
In compliance with instructions received from the Pension Office at Washington D.C. dated April 19 th 1847 in order to the disposition of a claim for a pension for my widowed mother I request you to furnish me with a properly certified and attested copy of the record of my father's service in the army during the Revolutionary war. He was of the last three years men of the Massachusetts line. His residence at the time of his enlistment was East Granville then Hampshire (now Franklin) county. He enlisted or volunteered I am not certain which, probably in January 1781 possibly December 1780. He belonged to Capt Haskell's Company of the 4 th Reg t of the Mass. Line. His grade was orderly sergeant, (perhaps by promotion for services rendered). He was discharged at the expiration of his time by General Knox. His name was Timothy Rose
Please furnish this copy by the hand of the Hon. Charles Russell of Westminster Mass.
And oblige you
Very humble serv t
Samuel W. Rose
In behalf of widow Lydia Dickerson
Lock Knox County Ohio May 11 th 1847
The State of Ohio Licking County } Before me the Subscriber Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Rev d Sam d W. Rose who being duly sworn saith that the above application is made in behalf of his widowed Mother Lydia Dickerson who by bodily infirmity is unable to act in her own behalf, and that the papers sought are to inure to her benefit only
Bennington Township May 12 th 1847
Sam d J. Shaw J.P.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Ohio Licking County, } ss
On this twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, (1848) personally appeared Samuel Baneroff before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Licking and State of Ohio, Lydia Dickinson a resident of Granville in the County of Licking and State aforesaid, aged eighty (80) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of men who served during the Revolutionary war. That she was the only wife and widow of Timothy Rose who was a soldier in the army during the Revolutionary war. That he was engaged in two terms of service, the first for nine (9) months, the second for three (3) years Massachusetts Line. That during his last term of service he was advanced to the rank of Sergeant. That the amount of pension which has been granted her under the act Seventh of July eighteen hundred thirty eight (1835) was eighty dollars per annum.
She farther declares that she is still a widow.
Lydia Dickinson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me.
Samuel Baneroff Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio } I. Gilbert Brady Clerk Licking County } of the Court of Common Pleas for and within said County do hereby certify that Samuel Bancroft before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to and who has attested the same officially in his own proper handwriting was then and now is an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified and properly authorized to take affidavits
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Newark this 26th day of Sept AD 1848 Gilbert Brady Clerk
See also

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington Dis. Col.
8

Lock Knox County Ohio July 3 1847
H. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
Respected Sir
Accept my
thanks for your prompt attention to my former communication and for forms and instructions duly received. I have attended thereto as diligently as I could and herewith forward the results. This business as you might have inferred is not within my ordinary employment which is my apology in general for any want of due formality. I have found more difficulty in collecting testimony than I had expected. If I have not obtained all that will be important in proving my Mother's claim to a pension may I not expect to be advised at your earliest convenience of such defect; or if you find the papers so informal that you cannot admit them, may I not expect farther instructions; for I know you can have no interest in having the claim prejudiced in its final issue by any of these things. I have supposed too that it was within the compass of your rights as a publick officer to give such advise, else I might have yielded to the importunity of friends agents, with which I have been beset, to let them have the management of this case rather than to have undertaken it myself. If there may be any seeming ambiguity in any of these papers you will stand advised that there has been no design on our part in making them so. Our design has been to make them perfectly clear, fair and intelligible in reference to the whole case.
In relation to the change of my Mother's name from Rose to Dickinson, I stated to you the facts in the case in my first letter. I have hesitated much whether to send you testimony in relation to it, but as the instructions from your office call for no papers of this kind, I am advised by competent legal counsel, somewhat conversant in these matters, that such papers would probably be of no avail. The fact is as I before stated that though her name has been legally changed, she is, and ever has been so far as property is concerned, to all intents and purposes my Father's widow. The time (A.D 1819) and the circumstances under which it took place (marriage articles which could have had no

respect to expected provision to be made by Congress) show at once, that though in law it might have been a bar to her claim, in justice it never was. Had she anticipated such provision, widowed as her heart was after the death of my Father, she would probably have foregone the solace of a second marriage. Shall the law then have this ex post facto bearing, especially when it conflicts with one of the most sacred institutions of all civilized Society, viz the marriage relation. I have supposed all laws even dissuading persons from entering legally into this relation, at variance with the spirit of our Republican Government and therefore by our highest legal tribunals declared null and void. But I will not argue her claim confiding as I do, in the integrity of those who are to investigate it. My mother is now, as her papers show and has been for more than five years past a widow. Of affidavits to these facts are necessary farther than you now have them. Adieu me and they shall be forthcoming immediately.
Owing to my want of skill in this business the awkwardness of my mother's signature to her Declaration. You will be able however I think to decipher her name. She has failed perceptibly since I wrote you in April. I apprehend her days are nearly numbered, what you may do for her I hope will be done quickly.
The fact that my father was detached from his station at West Point to the immediate command of Washington while watching the movements of the British forces in the South and the capture of Cornwallis I have not been able to prove as I supposed I should have been. I have no doubt but he was one, of a very few men of his Capt Haskins company who were thus detached, detailed or drafted for this service. I know of no resources of evidence on this subject beyond what I herewith send you. The family record herewith forwarded, if it be not your imperious duty to retain, we wish returned. There is a sacredness about those leaves old and rusty as they may appear, that none but ourselves can appreciate. I must confess that in spite of all my philosophy my hand trembled as I cut them from that sacred old book, "the family Bible". It was over that same old book that my father bent, when I was but a child, when he called us regularly morning, and evening, around the family altar and taught us

by example our dependence upon the constant care of our heavenly parent. May I not hope Dear and Honored Sir to hear from you soon.
Direct to Rev d Samuel M. Rose Dock, Knox County, Ohio. or to my Mother, Widow Lydia Dickinson, Care of Deacon Timothy M. Rose, Granville, Licking County, Ohio. or to Hon. C. Delano, McVernon Knox Co, Ohio as you may choose
With the highest considerations of respect these papers are now submitted to your investigation
by your very humble
and Obedient Servant
Samuel M. Rose
on behalf of his Mother
Widow Lydia Dickinson
Hon S. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions Pension Office
Washington D. C.

Granville Sept 22 d 1848.
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
The enclosed declarations would have been forwarded at an earlier date but for a mistake, by the agent employed, in understanding instructions received. The fact of my father's promotion during service is noticed tho' mother has failed to obtain an increase of her pension in view of that fact. It does appear to us that there is no justice in our suffering for the faults of others. It certainly was not our duty to make, or keep the records of service. We offer the best evidence of service the department has a right to demand of us, the testimony of living, competent, and credible witnesses. Now because the record which it was neither our duty to make or keep cannot be found shall we suffer?
We suppose the law has prescribed the limits of your power which you cannot transcend. our complaint is therefore not personal. but is that law just?
Answering in reply, Samuel Bancroft Esqr. Granville Licking County Ohio.
Yours truly
Samuel W. Rose

10 The State of Ohio Gallia County ss
Before me Moses R. Matthews an Associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Coun- ty aforesaid, personally appeared Amos Howe Esq. of lawful age and of sound mind and memory, and made solemn oath in due form of law, that Timothy Rose, now deceased, was a sergeant in fourth Company, commanded by Capt. William Haskell in the fourth Regiment, Command- ed by Col. Shepard in the Massachusetts line, in the war of the Revolution; this deponent thinks that said Rose was appointed sergeant of said Company in the Spring of 1782 but cannot speak with certainty as to the time of this appointment, his present impres- sion is that it was in the month of March 1782 and further saith not. Amos Howe
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April A.D. 1848.
Moses R. Matthews Associate Judge

The State of Ohio } Gallia County }ss } Joseph Drouillard Clerk of The Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Moses R. Matthews before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made was at that time and now now is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Gallia duly commissioned and sworn, and that unto all his official acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Gallipolis this 20 th day of April A.D. 1848 — Jos. Drouillard C.M.

The State of Ohio Gallia County ss.
Before me appeared R. Matthews one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Amasa Howe who after being duly sworn, by me, according to law deposes and says: Timothy Rose who departed this life at Granville Ohio about the year 1824 enlisted in the service of the United States, as a soldier in the war of the Revolution; some time in beginning of the year 1780 at Granville Massachusetts, and joined the army at West Point in the State of New York the Spring following, think in the month of April, and was attached to Captain Hookill's Company, called the fourth company of the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Shepard, where he continued to serve until about Christmas 1782 in the same company and Regiment with this deponent; and was regularly and honorably discharged between West Point and New York, having been promoted to the office of Surgeon in his company. This deponent further states that the said Timothy Rose was married at Granville Massachusetts on the 28th day of

April 1785 to Lydia Merson, the marriage was solemnized by Timothy Robinson Esq. a Justice of the peace in the presence of this deponent; and further this deponent saith not.
Amasa Howe
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2 nd day of June A. D. 1847.
Moses R. Matthews Associate Judge
State of Ohio Gallia County
I do certify that the above named deponent Amasa Howe sustains a good moral character and is a man of truth and veracity
Moses R. Matthews
Associate Judge
The State of Ohio Gallia County
I Joseph Dandland clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Moses R. Matthews, before whom the foregoing pension was made is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that unto all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given in courts of Justice as elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto

Set my name and affixed the seal of said court at Gallipolis this 4 th day of June A D 1847. —
J. W. Drouillard clerk
By S. B. Drouillard Dep.
CH

Lock Knox Co. O Jan 19 th 1845
Hon S. Duncan
Sir
Last summer I made an effort to obtain a pension for my widowed Mother, which effort was measurably successful. But there was a mistake in issuing the case, probably in consequence of the brevity of one of the principal affidavits. My Father Timothy Rose entered the Revolutionary Service as a Private and served in that capacity till after the taking of Lord Cornwallis where he rendered services for which he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in which rank he served till the expiration of his time, say one year and an half. I was not able to obtain documentary evidence of his promotion. But the affidavit of Deacon Amasa Howe, a surviving fellow soldier, and a man of the most unquestionable veracity as you know, showed this fact in a single word. If the attention of Mr Edwards the Commissioner of Pensions were called to this fact I doubt not he would at once correct this mistake. This is to call your attention to this fact and solicit you to interest yourself so far in the case as to call on the department and point out the fact that probably escaped their notice. If there should be any thing farther than this necessary to this correction please advise me at your earliest convenience.

The Certificates received by My Mother Lydia Dickinson were dated War Offin of the United States 10 th day of August 1847 and the one she still holds is marked on the back of it 8234. (The figure I call 4 may be 9) In looking into this matter examine the Affidavit of Amasa Howe of Gallia Co. O. I would have written you earlier on this subject but thought it advisable to wait till the novelty of being a Congress man should a little subside. Pardon the intrusion and accept assurances of an interest in my prayers that heavenly wisdom may characterize your deliberations. Thus pray many of your fast friends. In answer please directed to Rev Samuel W. Rose Lock, Knox Co., or to my Brother Timothy M. Rose Granville And greatly oblige
Yours Truly
Samuel W. Rose
P.S. I was not advised that the widow of a sergeant was entitled to any more than one of a Private till after the money has been drawn on the certificates received or I should have attended to this matter at once. This being out of my line of business is my apology in general for want of form or other mistakes.
S. W. Rose

Home of Rep
June 8. 1828
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions
Sir.
I enclose the letter which I mentioned to you this morning recd. from Rev. S. W. Row respecting the pension claimed by his mother. It appears she is now drawing a pension as the widow of a priest, she asks for an increase as her husband was a sergeant — The Affidavit of Mr. Hume is also enclosed. He is a man of the first respectability. I hope you will be able to give the case your early attention Very Respectfully Daniel Duncans

ms 9330 No 13413
Sydia Dickinson junr widow of Timothy Rose O.
12
Act 7 July 1838
Admrs Dycus & M $80 00 per annum
Admrs act March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00 per annum
on final settlement certificates on 2 pgs 149 to Jan 1, 1884 27 30 150 " " 74 60 101 90
Rev. Saml. W. Rose Locke Knox Co Ohio

Dear Sir
Washington, April 3rd 1850
Enclosed you have the Letter of Elias Gilmore who is a very respectable man, he is under no misapprehension in regard to the rights of the Ladies he represents.
You will confer a favor by ascertaining whether those Ladies are entitled to Dower, and indicate the proceedings for them to follow in order to obtain it.
Please return the Letter of Mr
Gilmore
Yours truly
Charles Sumner
Mrs J. L. Edwards Caret of Parsons