Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4314, for William Rains, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Rains, William Jane
No. 4314
F.L.Mt. 34854-160-55.
CONTENTS

Ohio 13. 261
William Raines
of Brown in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Hanson of the Regt commanded by Col. Churchill in the Virginia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 1833 and sent to McBealy Decatur Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $20.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 10.00
$30.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Hagett Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 22.

206. 507 Act Mar 3/55 Aug. 21/55
Jane Rains and William Rains Pris Jane wip. W. Rains Pris
nam
857
Rev. Nar
Ac. pension Ohio Feb 48-5697 Willcoxon July 22/56 Blyden
Thomas Stark Aberdeen Ohio
Vol B = 7

5097 Ohio u. c.
Jane Rainis widow of William Rainis who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Twenty Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 u day of June 1837 and sent to
E. Easton Cincinnati Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 358 Vol. 4

No 25-239
William Raines Brown Co - Ohio
Admitted for 6 months
J. B. Beasley - Agent Decatur Brown Co - Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Ohio
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Bains Brownlee-
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Left Mach 1781 3 Private Capt O'Bannon 69 years Traditional Evidence   Left Aug 81 3 Col Church 60 years stated credible by the Court   Col Brien   Capt Sharp   Col Edmunds  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, deponeth 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 each 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown, under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 magistrates 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John H. Eaton

Wm Rains
Wm Rains
25239.

State of Ohio Brown County ss.
on this 29 th day of April one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before the judges of the Court of Common pleas within and for the County and State of Ohio and now sitting William Rains, a resident of the State of Ohio in the County of Brown aged Sixty nine years old the 23 d day of November next as stated to him by his Parents while they were living, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of bankrupt- cy passed June 17. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated that he entered the service as a drafted militia man in the month of March 1781 in the County of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia - under Capt John Overton who commanded the Company. Col. Churchhill commanded the Regiment they were first attached to Fredericksburg, and then to Williamsburg in Virginia where they remained some time, and was sent at times from Williamsburg down to guard a place then called the grave where a certain Col. Black lived, at length they were driven from Williamsburg by the British, and they went to Richmond Virginia where his time expired and was discharged some time June, having served his full term of three months and while he lay at Richmond the British came and Burned the Colony warehouses at Manchester in sight of Richmond after he had been at home some time, he and several others went to the Court house in Fauquier County with an intent of hiring as substitutes for others being a rather call for men but so many had gone off and there being so many recruits that in making up the quota called for, it came to his turn again to be drafted which he was, he thinks to the best of his knowledge in the month of August of the same year and he entered the service the second time as a drafted militia man under Capt James Wren, and was attached to Yorktown in Virginia where the British army lay com- manded by Lord Cornwallis, and the first night that the

service commenced at the Siege of Yorktown, the next morning after Lord Cornwallis ran off and returned home, and the Company was then commanded by Capt. Sam Sharp, and the Battalion to which the Company he belonged to was attached was commanded by Major Welch & the Regiment by Col. Elias Edmonds and Genl. Washington was the Commander in Chief, they remained at Yorktown until the Surrender of Cornwallis and then the Company to which he belonged was ordered to guard some of the British Prisoners to some Barracks about six miles from Winchester Virginia & his time being expired he was discharged and left home having served according to law of three months, making in both terms of service six months, for which he asks a Pension, that he never had any Will or discharge.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, who testifies he can prove who can testify to his service. That he hereby relinquishes every claim what to a Pension or annuity except the Parent, and all laws, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
That he was born in the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia in the year 1764 on the 23 day of November as related to him by his Parents while they were living, that he has no record of his age that he resided in the County where he was born until the year 1784 when he removed to Kentucky, now an independent State and in 1796 he moved to where he now resides in Brown County, Ohio and has resided there since. William Rains
Sworn to & Subscribed, the day and year of our Lord
G. W. King Clerk
We Benjamin Sutton and William Middleton resided in the County of Brown and State of Ohio, hereby testify that we are well acquainted with William Rains, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age: That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and

that we concur in that opinion Wm Middleton
Henry Sutton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
of our said in open Court J. H. King Clerk and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Sutton and William Middleton who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the County of Brown State of Ohio and is a credible Person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I J. H. King Clerk pro tem of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Brown aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Raines for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three J. H. King Clerk pro tem. of Brown County Ohio

206 507
WIDOW'S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF
Jane Hains
Widow of
William Hains
Revolutionary IN THE WAR WITH
Great Britain
DOLORES A. BENNETT,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
WASHINGTON D. C.
T. WRIGHTSON & Co., Printers, Cincinnati, O.
Presented by Thomas Sharp Aberdeen Brown Co Ohio

The State of Ohio } ss. Brown COUNTY,
On this 13 th day of August A. D. 1855- personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace of and for the County and State aforesaid, Jane Rains, aged 85 years, a resident of Huntingdon Township Brown County, in the State of Ohio, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of William Rains, deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the War of the Revolution against the Kingdom of Great Britain
That her said husband was drafted at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said War for the term of six months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the War on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____.
She further states that she was married to the said William Rains on the 23 rd day of October A. D. 1787 by one Rev. Mr. Easton, a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Edwards; that her said husband died at Brown County Ohio, on the 20 th day of January, A. D. 1836, and that she is now a widow. For further proof of her claim she refers the department to her Pension Certificate. Record in the Pension office on file of Pensions under act of Feb. 7 2 nd 1848. Page 358 Vol 4 th together with the Evidence & Proof on file in support of her husband's Pension Certificate, which Pension he drew during his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3. A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received any Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress.
She hereby appoints Abner D. Brown, of Washington, D. C., her Attorneys to prosecute said claim, and procure her Warrant hereby authorizing and empowering her said Attorneys to procure from the proper authorities at Washington, or elsewhere, certified copies of any records or documents, or any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as she might or could herself if present, and hereby revoking and countermand- ing all other authority that may have been heretofore given for the said purpose.
her Jane Rains mark

We, Thomas Sharp and Hosea Paul residents of Aberdeen Brown County in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane Rains in our presence, with whom we are personally acquainted, and that we believe, from the appearance, statement, and our acquaintance with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are disinterested witnesses.
Thomas Sharp
Hosea Paul
We Thomas Sharp and Hosea Paul residents of Brown County Ohio upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted with William Rains, and Jane Rains, during the life-time of the said William Rains husband of the said Jane Rains and we know that the said William Rains and Jane Rains lived together as husband and wife, and were so regarded and reputed by their neighbors; that the said William Rains is dead, that the said Jane Rains, is still his widow, and that we have no interest in this claim.
Thomas Sharp
Hosea Paul

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, 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.
Massie Beasley J. P.
The State of Ohio } ss. Brown COUNTY,
I, Henry McLibben, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that Massie Beasley, is, and was at the time of making the foregoing signature, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, having been duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 17 day of August, A. D. 1855,
Henry McLibben (Clerk). 66 P. B. 60.

(3556) Declaration of John Rais.
July - 1838
admitted Pr. 6 mo $20.
died 30 January 1837.
J. L. Beasley Decatur, Ohio.

Declaration of Jane Rains in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." The State of Ohio Brown County Court of Common Pleas of the Term of October 1838.
Brown County ss.
On this the 29 th day of October 1838 personally appeared in open court, Jane Rains a resident of Brown County & State of Ohio, aged 69 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 the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Williams Rains, who was a private in the American army, and  drawn a pension soldier in the army of the revolutionary, and received  drawn a pension certificate from the War Department of the United States, under the act of June 7 th 1832, granting him $20 per annum during his natural life, and that he drew his pay from the Agency of Cincinnati Ohio, up to the 4 th day of September  November 1836, and that his widow the said Jane Rains drew the balance of his pay due at the time of his death. That she was married to the said William Rains on the 23 rd day of October 1787 in

Bourbon County & State of Kentucky, and that her husband the aforesaid Wil- iam Rains died in the County of Brown and State of Ohio on the 30 th day of Jan- uary 1837: That she was not married to the said W m Rains prior to his leaving the services, but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st day of January 1794, to wit, at the time above stated, and that she the said Jane Rains has never been married to any other person since the death of the said W m Rains.
Sworn to & subscribed Jane Rains before me the day & year above written, before the Clerk of said Court. Y. S. King Clerk

State of Ohio Brown County S.S.
Personally appeared in open court George Edwards who being first duly sworn deponeth & saith, that the said Jane Mains named in the foregoing declaration is the widow of the said W m Mains; that the said W m Mains departed this life in January 1837; that the said Jane was married to the said William Mains in the month of Oct 1787 in the County of Berkeley & State of Kentucky, & that she has not been married to any other person since the death of her said husband W m Mains, and that she is now residing in Brown County & State of Ohio. George Edwards
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 29 th day of Oct. 1838.
J. W. King Clerk
The State of Ohio Brown County S.S.
I W m King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter to which it relates and I further certify that George Edwards who testifies to the foregoing Affidavit and whose name is thereunto subscribed is a credible person and that his Affidavit is entitled to full credit. Witness my hand & the seal of said County this 30 th day of October 1838.
J. W. King Clerk

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4314
Jane Rains
Wid.
Wm Rains
Port. Rev. Va.
Act: Feb. 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ohio 1210 Cin o
Sarah Raines,
widow of William Raines
who was a Private
in the Virginia line
for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July, 1843 and sent to
J. J. Beasley George Town Ky.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 162.
Pen cert into & sent to J. J. Beasley Geo Town, Ohio Oct 21. 1843. let to same Oct 31. 1843
At July 29

3565
+ Rept let 25 July 1839 No 10 T. L. Warner
Ohio
Jane Rains. widow of William Rains, Decd - who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th: June, 1832. and who died on the 30th: January, 1837 - of Brown Co in the State of Ohio - who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Chanion of the Regt commanded by Col: Churchill in the Virginia line for One month, -
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati - at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836. 31st: January, 1837 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July 1839 and sent to U. S. Beasley, Decatur, Ohio -
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $ 41. 80 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 10. 00
57. 80
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. Stewart Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 219

5 No. 857
[A large, stylized calligraphic flourish or signature, resembling a large 'S' or a stylized 'M', is written in the center of the card.] Morris

Jane V Rains of William Ohio
Suspended
See Ct. 4 Feb. 1839 No. 7. L. Bane
Act 7 July 1838

M m Ohio John , Rains p 20, Art 7 June 1832 to what time paid?
Pen offin
Jan 31. 1839
Died 30 Jan. 1837 / p 6. that period JH

RECEIVED AUG 21 1887
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Aug 21 1887
W.C. 587

Georgetown July 19
Since
July 21
J. L. thin Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington D. C.
W. H.
Jun. 21

Groesportn O. July 13 th 1839
Sir; Mr. John S. Beasley of Ripley Ohio requests me to say - that as agent for the following widows of Revolutionary Soldiers he has forwarded pension papers to which he has recd no reply.
Jane Rains widow of John Rains Eleanor Henderson - Jonathan Henderson Ann Ramey - Lawrence Ramey Jane Middlewart - Jacob Middlewart
The husbands were on the Ohio Roll and - I presume - paid at Cincinnati.
Please address Mr. B. as above. — I have to thank you for your prompt attention to the case of Mrs. Cooper. Her papers have arrived safely.
J. L. Edwards Esq { } By order sent Pension Office { } Th. L. Klammer

no. 26
Sam Rains, via J. Williams
a
due 2 Feb 1848 And 6 m Pi. $20 from Jan to Feb 1848 -
sent over to E. Easton Cincinnati
R.

THE APPLICATION OF
Sarah Rams
For Pension
as widow of W m
Rams dec d
of the Revolution.
Regt of
ELIPHALET EASTON
AGENT FOR CLAIMANT.
CINCINNATI,

STATE OF Ohio Miami County,
On this 15 th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the justice of the Peace for the county and State above mentioned, Jane Paine.
who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Jane Paine.
who was a Pensioner in the company commanded by Captain of the U. States ( ) in the  Regiment of commanded by Col.
for the term of  and was honorably discharged at the sum of  by reason of
This deponent's application is for the purpose of procuring from the United States the full amount of Pension now payable at Cincinnati New Agency - under the act of Congress of One February 1848. that is due for the above referred to services. Deponent depends much on the Records of the War Department, and the proof herewith sent, to support this claim. Deponent is the widow of William Paine (a deceased Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary Services), and she is the identical person who drew pension under the act of 3 rd March 1843 at the Rate of $20 per annum payable at the Cincinnati Office Agency Pending 4 th March 1848. She is still a widow, and prays to be placed on the Pension List under act of One February 1848.
The undersigned appoints ELIPHALET EASTON , of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, her Agent to settle the above claim in the best way he can. All allowance and correspondence in reference to this application are to be directed to the said EASTON, Cincinnati, Ohio, and no one else. All orders or receipts given by said ELIPHALET EASTON will and ought to be respected the same as tho' given by the deponent in person.
(ATTEST.) Massie Beasley Notary Public William Rechar as
her Jane X Paine mark
20 Comm ee of Pensions WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written witness my hand and seal, and I certify that I know her to be the person who represents herself to be.
Massie Beasley notary Public

STATE OF Ala Bea — County , ss.
On this 15 th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public
Justice of the Peace for the county and State above mentioned, Sanford Wetser and a James Raines who being duly sworn according to law, and whose testimony is worthy of full credit, declare that they are well acquainted with the within named Jane Raines and that she is now present and she did sign the within application for the use and purposes within stated, and the undersigned are fully satisfied that the within statement is true and are well knowing to the fact that the within named Jane Raines was a pensioner of the late William Raines as within stated by her and that she is still a widow at this present time
Sanford Wetser James Raines
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written as witness my hand and
Messie Beasley Notary Public

Cincinnati, Ohio,
24 th March
1851
Claim of Penson
Washington City, D. C.
Dear Sir:
the application of Jane Parni
I herewith send you
for Penson
under the act of Congress Dec 3rd 1848
As soon as you can examine the claim, you will please advise me, as the Agent of the claimant, of the result, and send me whatever may be allowed on the annexed application.
Respectfully E. Cantwell

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Dec 4
1838
One 3/4
Re eatur!
Nov 28
J. S. Edwards Com'g pensioners Washington City
free
20 20 1.80

Decatur Brown County Ohio November 27 th 1838
J. S. Edwards Comr of pensions
Sir Enclosed I send you the Declarations and proof of Hannah Cooper Jane Rains and Jane Middleworth who are applicants for a pension under the act of Congress of July 1838 all of which you will please examine in as soon as convenient and if their proof and declarations are sufficiently satisfactory to the department that they are entitled to a pension under the provisions act for which they have applied, you will please send on their certificates accordingly to me at this place, and if they are not fully satisfactory to the department the Comrs of this County can certify more fully as to their entire satisfaction of the correctness of the above applications. No doubt here exists as to the correctness of the within enclosed Declarations from the applicants have circumstances which render them very plain as they all have raised families who are still living in this vicinity and are of respectable standing in society. You will please make all commu- nications to Me
Yours Respectfully J. S. Beasley

State of Ohio Brown County } ss
I William Baird an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Jane Reains the within named Declarant who has this day been sworn to the foregoing Declaration is personally known to me and I am fully satisfied that she is the person whom she represents herself to be and of the correct truth of her statements I am fully satisfied therewith Given under my hands and seals this 28 th day of April 1843.
Wm Baird, I swear
The State of Ohio } Brown county } ss.
I John H. Blair, Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county, do hereby certify that W m Baird whose name is subscribed above as Justice of the peace, was at the time, & now is, an acting Justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned & qualified as such, that his commission bears date 13 th April 1842. and will expire on the 13 th day of April 1845 — and that the signature "W m Baird" above written, is in the proper hand writing of the said William Baird, and is genuine and that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice of the peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said court, at Georgetown, this 2 nd day of May A. D. 1843.
John H. Blair clerk.

Declaration of Jane Reains. In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of Ohio Brum County 3 d S.S.
On this the 28 th day of April 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Jane Reains a resident of Huntington Township Brum County Ohio Aged Seventy three 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 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Reains deceased. She was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution under a privateer under Act of 7 th of June 1832. The Declaration further states that her husband the aforesaid William Reains served in the Revolutionary Army in the Virginia line as she nearly believes and further that he was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at the time he surrendered the officers names under whom he immediately served she cannot recollect for the name of the regiment, she further states that her husband departed this life on the 30 th day of January 1837. And further that she drew a pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars per Annum under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow and has been since the death of her husband the aforesaid William Reains.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Wm Baird Justice
her Jane + Reains mark

1933 Jane Raines
$20 per an
J.S. Beasley George Town Ken

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Decatur Ga Feb 24
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7 July No 330 Jane Brains Steamboat Co.
Free
J. S. Edwards Cam of business Washington City

William Raines and Jane Edwards were married on the twenty third day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty six by A. Easton.
State of Kentucky Bourbon County Set. I Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that the fore- going is a true transcript of the Record in my office with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures Given under my hand this 30 th day of Novem- ber 1838. Tho: P. Smith (Clerk) By Tho: P. Smith Clerk
S sworn before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Bourbon County this 30 th Nov 1838 W. C. Lyle.
State of Kentucky Bourbon County Set. I Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that W. C. Lyle is a Justice of the Peace in and said County duly commissioned & qualified according to Law. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office. This 30 th day of November 1838. Tho: P. Smith Clerk By Tho: P. Smith Clerk

Mr J B Edwards Sir Induced is the additional evidence to all for in the case of Hannah Cooper and James Rains which who are appellants from Barn County State of Ohio for a perjury under the act of January of July 7 1839 - you can make all communications to me on the subject yours &c
Dearest Friend J S Bursley Ohio Feb 24. 1839 -
J. J. Bursley Dearest Friend
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