Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5558, for John Pumpelly, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pumpelly, John
N 5558.
Mass. Sea Service.
" Pumpelly
" Pumpelly,
or Pelly, Mary
CONTENTS

See letter 13 June 1835 to pension & Pen agent. Let 17 Sept 1837 to Hon D. L. Namer Let 21 Sept 1838 Mrs. Mary Pompelly,
Ohio 29.868
John Pompelly of Clermont Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Benson of the Reg't. commanded, by Col. Vose in the Massachusetts line for 16 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 53 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1835 and sent to Hon. Thos L. John Jolliffe, Botany Bay, George Town, Ohio
  Arrears to the 4th of March '35.  215.08    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st Sep. '35.  26.88  
$241.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E-2- Vol. 8 Page 46

1752
Ohio Ohio
Mary Pompilly widow of John Pompilly who was a Private & Marine in the Revolution Pri Mass Line. Marine Ship Nancy Tartar.
665 S Hayford July 21. 1845.
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars 37 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Oct r 1841 and sent to James Doan Aurora P.O. Adams Co Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book - 1 Vol. 1 Page 161.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. State of Ohio.
Clermont County ss.
On this seventh  twentieth day of May 1833. Personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John M. Goodenow, Israel Whitaker Robert Haines and John Emery Esqrs. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County now sitting. John Pumphrey a resident of the County of Clermont State of Ohio aged fifty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. I was in Newbedke Township Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts on the 8 th day of January 1767 as appears by a record of my family records taken by myself from my father's family bible. in which place I lived when I entered the service of the United States. as I (I think) the month of March 1775 and an certain that the year was 1775. I entered as a private sailor on board the ship  20 ton vessel belonging to the State of Massachusetts she carried twenty two guns. and was commanded by Captain John Capt  Carroll  Cart — Seaman was 1 st Lieutenant — Pillsbury was 2 d Lieutenant — Mansford was 2 d Lieut. acting Master. Not Sailed from Boston in the month of as near as I can recollect

The month of April in 1781. and arrived in the latitude of Bermuda. and in where we took three prizes. They did not exchange shots. They were as large as our ship. but had not as many men or guns. we sent our prizes into Boston where they all arrived safely before us. our ship had our hundred and ten men. we returned to Boston and landed in the month of December in the same year after an absence of not less than eight months.
In the month of April 1782. I hired as a substitute for Joseph Hollis, who had enlisted for three years and served one year and was sick so that he could not remain in service. I hired a substitute in the place of in Captain Benson's Company in Col. Joseph Vose's Regiment. who commanded the first Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops Fort. His Father was Lieutenant Col. —. His son was Major. I engaged in Plymouth County and joined the Company and army at New Bedford Point. We remained there until the next season and then Col. Vose's Regiment went to Philadelphia to guard the Congress. We then started from Philadelphia and marched back to West Point after the appearance of an insurrection had subsided. From West Point we went to New York and took position as the British marched out. A Detach- ment of which I was one then went to Brooklyn, Long Island. under the Command of Major Prescott.

Staid there for not quite a month and then returned to New York and joined the regiment there. New Col 132. Boys Regiment Marched to West Point and as near as I can recollect it on the 23 d day of December we were discharged. I had an honorable discharge signed by Genl Washington on at least his name was to it Certifying that I had faithfully served as a soldier for three years. I served as above in this land service as a substitute and private. Not left our year and then and right months. and then making in all - land and naval service two years and four months. When we I entered the service on this last mentioned tour I observed that Joseph Olandber who was the orderly sergeant in Captain Byers Company. Entered my name "John Dally" This was a nick name that he had been in the habit of calling me. When we were boys and play mates to gether. Genl Patterson commanded our Brigade, Genl. Knox and Steuben commanded us sometimes. A Captain Remock belonged to the same Regiment that I belonged to. Col. L. Alexander Stone belonged to the same Regiment. He was Lieutenant of our Company. He had as I was then fought a duel with Major Dorr and killed him. I left my discharge at Dumbarton when removed to the Province of Maine in 1785 and have never heard of it since.

I never in the war of the Revolution received a commission. After the war of the Revolution I moved from Ryland County to the province of Haining where I lived until the year 1818. From thence I then moved to Living County New York and lived there quite four years and then moved to Clermont County Ohio, to the farm in Ohio Township in said County which I now reside. and I have David White, Elder Israel Temple, and Thomas Morris Esq. know me in my recent life and can testify to my character for veracity the result of my service as a soldier of the Revolution as also can Chapman Archer Esq. and Judah Haines & Whitaker. I have no document evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can prove who can testify to my service.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 19th day of May 1933. John Burn Kelly,
Will Morris Clerk

No 25273 John Pompelly Clermont County Ohio
for Apr 1782 to 31st Dec 1783
Return 16 mts 4 days, $53.77 100
John Jolliffe Batavia Hm. Thos. L. Hanes Ohio Geauga Ohio
J. D. Morris 5th Clermont County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24 th July - 1833
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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Poinfelly Clermont County Ohio
   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.     Entered ap d 1781 - 8 - Sailor Genl Washington, Genl Putnam & Genl Howe 66 years Plymouth County Massachusetts Traditional evidence certified credible - no clergyman named and no reason given, papers properly attached.   Sub. ap d 1782 1 8 - private Major Benson, Col Vose  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant should endeavor to obtain some proof of his service commencing in 1782.

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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which 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 , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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 magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] 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. ‡

6966
Declaration Proofs of illness Dorothy widow of John Dorsey due for a pension and five years pension land (July 1838) Clermont County Ohio.
How 10 Doan H. R.

The above named Mary Pompelly subscribed and annexed declaration to obtain a pension in the presence of each of us John M c Hughes M c H. Pompelly
State of Ohio Clermont County ss. I Samuel M c Hughlin a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County do hereby certify that I know a certain Mary Pompelly widow of John Pompelly deceased who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration made in order to obtain a pension and that she resides in the same neighborhood in which I do and that she is generally reputed and believed to be a woman of good character for truth (as well as) in which opinion I fully concur that I fully believe the statements above made by her in said declaration. I further certify that I believe from her age and infirmities she is unable to attend before the Court in said County to make said declaration. Given under my hand in said County this seventh day of April 1840
Samuel M c Hughlin (P)

State of Ohio Clermont County ss.
Before me Samuel de C. Glanplim a Justice of the peace in and for the above named County personally appeared Marcus M. Donnelly who being duly sworn upon his oath states that he believes he is now about twenty eight years of age and is a son of John Donnelly deceased also of Allen Donnelly who late made the within declaration and is the youngest child of his parents that he this deponent remembers to have seen the paper referred to in the Donnelly declaration (marked A) and entitled "Memorandum of our marriage and children's age" as long as he can remember to have seen any of his father's papers and he truly believes that he said fifteen years ago, and that it is a true record of the marriage of his father and mother and of the ages of their children, as far as it has always been taken and held by the family of the said John Donnelly deceased and about two years and a half ago part of the this deponent copied said the dates of marriage and birth from said paper into this the document of family birth in which the name dated  at  he now states his family record. This deponent is executing up the estate of the said John Donnelly deceased and has made diligent search among his papers for his pension certificate but has not been able to find it. This deponent about two weeks ago drew seventy one dollars and ninety three cents as interest for his said mother for the annuities due to her as the widow of the said John Donnelly and at the time he did so he left with the interest for paying pension in Cincinnati. This his mother's pension certificate

His father the said John Donnelly departed this life on the twentieth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty Seven and his mother Mary Donnelly lives under the same roof with this deponent & has done so every since the death of his father and has not intermarried since his father's death but continues the widow of the said John Donnelly and further this deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16 th day of April 1840 Samuel M c Laughlin. J.P.
The State of Ohio Clermont County ss. I certify that I am well acquainted with Marcus Donnelly who has sworn and subscribed to the above affidavit this day before me and that he is a generally reputed and held to be a person of good character for truth in which opinion I fully concur. Given under my hand in said County this 16 th day of April 1840 Samuel M c Laughlin J.P.

The State of Ohio
Clermont County } ss. I
J. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel M c Laughlin Esquire before whom the attached affidavits of Mary Purnpelly and Marcus M. Purnpelly appear to have been sworn
to and subscribed unto at the time of taking and subscribing said affidavits and now is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Clermont duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such in all Courts of record as well as elsewhere and that his several signatures above written are genuine and that the attached paper marked "A" is the original paper referred to in said affidavits In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common pleas at Batavia in said County this 18 th day of April A.D. 1840
J. Morris Clerk
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6966
Declaration Proofs of Mary Dorsey with son John Dorsey dec'd for a pension under Five year's pension law (July 1838) Clermont County
Ohio.
Hon. W Doan HJR

The above named Mary Pompelly subscribed and annexed declaration to obtain a pension in the presence of each of us
John M c Clusky M c Clusky
State of Ohio Clermont County H. To all men Samuel M c Laughlin a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mary Pompelly widow of John Pompelly deceased who has dworn and subscribed to the above declaration made in order to obtain a pension and that she resides in the same neighborhood in which I do and that she is generally reputed and believed to be a woman of good character for truth as well as in which opinion I fully concur that I fully believe in the statements above made by her in said declaration. I further certify that I believe from her age and infirmities she is unable to attend before the Court in said County to make said declaration.
Given under my hand in said County this 17 th day of April 1840.
Samuel M c Laughlin (P).

The United States of America
State of Ohio Clermont County ss.
The declaration of Mary Pompelly of Clermont County in the State of Ohio re: dower of John Pompelly deceased late of said County made in order to obtain a pension under the law of July 1838
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the above named County and State Mary Pompelly who being sworn duly sworn according to law on her oath of state that she was born in the Town of Shurton in the State of Massachusetts (but she cannot state the name of the County,) as she verily believes on the seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one and that on the seventeenth day of July next approaching she will be of the age of sixty nine years of age that when she was between seventeen and eighteen years of age on the eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight (11 th September 1788) she was married to John Pompelly in the Town of Turner in Oxford County in the then State of Maine to which place her father had removed when she was a small girl and in which Town she resided at the time of her said marriage, by the Reverend ——— Stickland (she cannot remember his Christian name) who was at that time a Presbyterian Clergyman and pastor of a Church in Turner.
This declarant further states that she verily believes that the said John Pompelly was a soldier of the Revolution that he drew a pension as a Revolutionary soldier for a short period when he was suffering

from the pension roll. That the said John Pompelly departed this life in Clermont County in the State of Ohio on the twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and that since his death and within a short time after she received a pension certificate as the widow of the said John Pompelly by which she drew the sum of twenty five dollars and ninety three cents and that the said certificate was delivered to the pension agent in Cincinnati State of Ohio at the time said money was drawn by her and Pompelly her agent for that purpose. She refers to said certificate or to the recorded copy thereof (the original not being in her possession) for further proof of this statement. She also refers to the affidavit and proofs of her deceased husband John Pompelly on file in the believe at the Pension office in Washington City for proof of the facts. That the said John Pompelly was a soldier of the Revolution and for the particulars of his service and the length of time that he did serve in the Revolutionary war including his service on board the ship Tartar and all his other service in said war. She believes that the said John Pompelly was a private in the war of the Revolution but she cannot state the particulars of his service. Her deceased husband John Pompelly died suddenly of a disease in his lungs and never had she cannot precisely state the name of his last complaint. She has remained unmarried since the death of the said John Pompelly and not at his widow she never was married to any other person than to the said John Pompelly. After her

marriage as aforesaid. She and her said husband lived together for several years in said Town of Litchfield and then removed to the town of Ulster in the same County (She believes) where they lived several years when they removed to the Town of Hartford in said County of Oxford when  and after which they removed to the Town of Limerick in said County of Oxford where they lived several years after which they removed to the Town of Wilton in Oxford County State of Maine and remained there about two years when she and her said husband and their family set out to come to the State of Ohio but on their way they stopped in the Town of Danby in  Winton County in the State of New York where they staid about three years and then removed from thence to the farm on which she now resides in Ohio Township Clermont County in the State of Ohio. She and her said husband and their family arrived the believes to the place on which she yet resides about the last of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one (May 1821). She continued to live with the said John Dorsey from the time of their said marriage until his death as aforesaid.
Next showing are the names of the children of herself and the said John Dorsey and a true account of their respective births as she verily believes. Dolly Dorsey daughter of herself and the said John Dorsey was born on the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty nine.
Charlotte born still seventeen seventeen hundred and ninety five.

Celia was born March tenth Seventeen hundred and ninety three (died Oct 10th 1793) Polly Charlotte and Celia are all dead.
Betsy was born October sixteenth Seventeen hundred and ninety five (October 16th 1795) and is her oldest child now living. She is the wife of Cornelius Dillingham and resides in Clermont County in the State of Ohio. The enclosed paper marked (A) and entitled "Memorandum of our marriages and children's ages" is in the hand writing of the said John Pompelly deceased and was for many years after said marriage of herself and the said John Pompelly their family record, within a few years past her son cleared all Pompelly copied this record into their family bible where it now is as their family record. This declarant said the said John Pompelly set down many (probably all) of the names on said paper with the dates hereto annexed.
She has no other record of said marriage but said paper and that copied therefrom into their family bible and never had any other record thereof, nor any other record than said paper and said family bible of the births of her children.
She hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present and declares that her name is not on the pension roll of any other State than that of the State of Ohio and is (as she believes) only on that under the pension certificate above mentioned which she received to enable her to draw the arrears of pension due to her said husband at the time of his death.
Given to and subscribed May X Pompelly before me this sixteenth day of Small W. Langhlin Notary Public.

Memorandum of our marriage and childrens age — I was married to Polly French Sept. 11 th 1788 Wed Third Polly Rumpelly was born August 5 th 1759 Saturday Charlotte was born April 14 th 1791 Sabbath day Celia was born March 15 th — 1793. Sabbath day Betsey was born October 16 th 1795. Friday Lemira was born March 26 th 1798. Monday John was born August 24 th 1800. Wednesday Mariot was born May 1 st 1803. Wednesday Cyrus was born June 25 th 1805. Tuesday Polly 2nd was born October 23 rd 1807. Friday Sumner Rumpelly was born April 5 th — 1810 Monday
Polly Rumpelly Died March 26 th 1807 Thursday night about eleven o'clock Sumner Rumpelly Died April 24 th 1810 Friday evening Cyrus Rumpelly, Died Feb. 4 th 1822 Polly Rumpelly 2 d died August 17 th 1822 Celia Rumpelly died December 21 st 1822 Charlotte died July 2 d 1829 John died January 24 th  1830 1830
over the

Marius my 4 th Son was Born Tuesday night July 23 d 1811.
(100)

We moved from Livermore To Walton March 14 th 1816
Memorandum of our Childrens age.
CA)
London July 23 d 1811 Tuesday night

Manus my 4 th Son was Born Tuesday night July 23 d 1811.
(10)

Rev. War Secti
Oct. 18, 1922.
G. T. Pompilly, 911 Oakland Ave. Pasadena, Calif.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 14 th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, W. 5558 , it appears that John Pumpelly , was born Jan. 8, 1767, in Pembroke Township, Plymouth Co., Mass. where he lived until 1789. He stated that he engaged on board the armed vessel, Rattlesnake , commanded by Capt. Mark Clark, which was captured by the ship Insurance , they were taken to Halifax, date of enlistment and of discharge not stated; that he enlisted in April 1781 and served under the name of John Pelley , on the armed ship, Saucy Tartar , of Massachusetts, commande by Capt. John Cathcart, as a Foretop sailor for eight months; and that he enlisted in April 1782 and served as a private in Capt. Benson's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's First Mass. Regiment for one year and eight months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833 while living in Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio.
He died inn Clermont Co, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1837.
John Pumpelly so that his name & family records written so

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833 while living in Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio.
He died inn Clermont Co, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1837.
Soldier married at Turner, Oxford Co. Me. on Sept. 11, 1788, Mary, or Polly French, who was born July 17, 1771, at Taunton, Mass. and she was allowed pension on her application executed April 16, 1840, while living in Clermont Co. Ohio.
Their children were:
Polly born August 8, 1789, died March 26, 1807. Charlotte " April 17, 1791, died July 2, 1829. Celia " March 10, 1793, died December 21, 1822. Betsey " October 16, 1795, married { Cornelius Dillingham. Lemira " March 26, 1798. John " August 27, 1800, died January 24, 1830. Hariot " May 11, 1803. Cyrus " June 25, 1805, died February 4, 1822. Polly 2" " October 23, 1807, died August 19, 1822. Sumner " April 9, 1810, died April 27, 1810. Marcus M. " July 23, 1811.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Batavia Ohio August 23 d 1833.
Sir
I have received, with my papers making application for a pension, a letter from you dated 24 th July 1833, in which you say "the alleged service as a quilt on board the Fanny Taylor is not embraced by the provisions of the act of June 7 th 1832. * * * * * "The being a private armed vessel." In reply I respectfully state that at the time I entered the service in said vessel I was informed by the officers of the vessel that she was a State Ship. Such was the unanimous opinion of the crew as far as I ever heard any expression of it. I was to have got right all her months from the State Treasury of Massachusetts. After my arrival I presented my discharge (which is lost as I nearly believe) to the State Treasurer of Massachusetts, (at Boston) who looked on his books and acknowledged the money to be my due, but did not pay me in consequence as he informed, me there not being funds in the State Treasury. I have not yet received any pay for this service. The same vessel under the command of Captain John Catliff afterwards as I have been informed & believed got too all to her own in an engagement with a vessel off Superior Lower.
The year before this service I had been engaged in the Rattlesnake a private armed vessel under the command of Captain Mark Clark, in which, when we were on our way sail from Salem, I with the rest of the crew was taken by the British Ship Insurance, mounting fifty six guns and carried to Halifax. On this trip the pay of the crew was their chances of prize money.
I hope the above facts will induce a reexamination of this part of my claim, and yet am fully of the opinion that the Fanny Taylor was a Ship of the belonging to the State of Massachusetts Massachusetts. She was built by the State and I have been informed & believe and was employed in the States service. The name of the State of Massachusetts

will I hope upon examination verify my statement.
In relation to the services in 1782. I have only to say that I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services. I have a letter that I left in the State of Maine near with me in the services. I do not know whether he is yet living and if living he is beyond my reach. I cannot go there to procure his testimony, without an expense and inconvenience too great to be undertaken, unless by me if it can be avoided.
I am Sir with respect your Pkt Servt.
Edward Dyer. John Parris
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

State of Ohio Clermont County ss.
Before me David White a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont personally appeared I Sabbat Temple and made oath that he is well acquainted with John Pompelly of Ohio, Township in the above named County, that he believes him to be sixty six years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that deponent concurs in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 nd day of August 1833. Sabbat Temple J. P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sabbat Temple, that he is a clergyman and lives in the immediate vicinity of the above named John Pompelly. David White J. P.
State of Ohio. Clermont County ss.
I Jonathan D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the above named County certify that David White before whom the above affidavit appears to have been taken and who appears to have signed the preceding certificate was at the time of the taking of said affidavit and now is one of the acting justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 rd day of August 1833. J. D. Morris Clerk

John Pompelly Ohio, amt 7 June 1832 to what time debt paid? Pen offin. Feb 19. 1840
p st . 4 March 1835 184

See let: 18 January 1840, Hon. William Doan.
Aug 9 to Nov 21, 1782 3.12.

2606

Declaration
In order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836, under the act of July 7, 1838.
On this 22 d day of June A.D. 1843, personally appeared before me, William Eppert a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Clermont, in the State of Ohio, Mary Pumphelly, a resident of Ohio Township, in Clermont County, aged seventy-one years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4 th of March, 1836, to the 20 th day of October 1837, from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7 th July, 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of John Pumphelly who was a Volunteer Soldier during the revolutionary war. That her pension was allowed at the rate of twenty-seven Dollars and thirty-seven cents per annum, and was paid to her at the Agency in Cincinnati in the State of Ohio. And further she saith not.
Mary Pumphelly Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, William Eppert Justice of the peace as aforesaid. The words a resident of Ohio Township, in Clermont County, were interlined before signing. William Eppert

The State of Ohio
Clermont County } ss. I. J. D.
Morris Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Eppert Esquire was on the 22 d day of June A.D. 1843 a justice of the peace in and for said County of Clermont legally authorized to act as such and that his signature within written is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common pleas at Batavia in said County this 30 th day of June A.D. 1843-
J. D. Morris Clerk

Let. to Pension Agent, February 20, 1840.
Ohio — 29,868.
John Pompelly, dec? of Clermont Co. in the State of Ohio — who was a Private Marine in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Massachusetts. time for 3 mos. 12 dys - Marine 4 " 4 dys - Private - Reduced from $53.97 per ann. Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati - at the rate of 27 Dollars 37 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830 when suspended , & terminate 30 th Oct. 1837 time of his death; payable to Mary Pompelly, his widow. Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Februa- ry, 1840 and sent to Hon. Wm. Dwan, House of Representatives.
Arrears to the 20 th of Oct. 1837. Pension annual allowance ending time of his death } $71.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 8 Page 46.

Ohio 5332
Let to Hn W Doan Feb 9. 1843.
Mary Pompelly widow of John Pompelly, dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 20 October 1837 of Clermont in the State of Ohio who was a pri. M c arise in the Camp commanded by Captain Pearson of the Regt commanded by Col. Vose in the Camp. time for 7 mo 16 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 27 Dollars 37 Cents per annum, to commence on the 20 day of Oct. 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April 1840, to Hn Wm Doan, House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $ 65.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 40 13.68
$78.68
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
D. M. Gundy, Clerk,
Recorded by Book A. Vol. 2. Page 218.

Ohio
5332
Mary Pompeley widow of John Pompeley
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 20 th October 1837 of Clermont Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bensen — of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vose in the Massachusetts line for 7 Mo 16 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 27 Dollars 7 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. and terminating on the 20 th day of October 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty fourth day of October 1843 and sent to Claimant Amelia Clermont County, Ohio
Total amount, $ 44.52
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by G. C. Amos Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 218

The State of Ohio Clermont, Com., ss.
May Term 1833
"On this 9 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court John Pompelly an applicant for the benefit of the act of Congress in relation to prison papers June 7 th 1832 and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after having seen that the interrogatories prescribed by the said Department were properly answered that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served in the State, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Chapman Siche who has signed the preceding certificate is a credible person resident in the Township of Ohio in the County of Clermont and that David White resident of Salem Township who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit"
I Jonathan D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Clermont Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Pompelly for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of May A.D. 1833
J. D. Morris Clerk

May 29 In relation to the claim of John Donnelly of Clermont County Ohio for a pension under the law of June 7 th . 1832.
Free
Ohio Batavia, O. S. Edwards May 22 } Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Batavia Ohio
May 20 - 1835.
Sir I herewith enclose you a letter from Messrs. Howland & White of Boston from which it appears that the ship Luttrell was a "state ship" as asserted by Mr. Pompelly in his application for a pension under the law of June 7 th 1832 (applicant resides in Clermont County Ohio)
I have written to the above named gentlemen & requested them to forward to you as soon as they correspond with you the evidence that said ship was in publick service in the Revolutionary war & the length of time it appeared from the rolls that said Pompelly served on board her during that time. If it shall appear to your satisfaction that she was a publick vessel then Mr. Pompelly will be an in-crease of his pension in proportion to the time he served on her
I am Sir very respectfully J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Yours Sincerely J. M. Miller

Am J. L. Hame H 2

Statement of G. A. Lewis that the Pulpit is worthy of audit

The undersigned are citizens of Clermont County State of Ohio and are well acquainted with John Pompelly of said County who we have been at has made application for a pension. We fully believe that said Pompelly is a person of truth and that his statements may be fully credited.
W. B. Wymen Joseph Windsor Joseph Summerfield John Wymen 3rd Alvar Butler Samuel Hayward A. Coombs Henry Temple James West Daniel Hayward A. Stewart A. McTibbin Cyrus Temple Stephen W. Wymen John Smith Thomas B. Wymen for a truth teller as a sitraon gone for a  for a  for a Alvin Noyes
G. C. Short Johnston Wyatt Peter Knapp David Holgate William Temple James Chapman Ezra Tracy Thomas Perkins Martin Pease
Sabbat Temple Charles Butler Walter Butler Thomas Bragdon James H. Whitaker  Samuel Hayward Robert Abercrombie William Dillon Augustus Gillam Horatio Whidden Eliza Hume William Brague John Sheldon James Gargant Wm. Gargant Simon Litner Elmeth Roseberry  Samford Jacobs A. V. Hopkins
Wm Short Michael Short Sylvanus Hall Elias Tracy 9 Bulahymers William Eppert David Eppert Gorham M. Pease G. S. Dillingham

Benjamin W. Pease - Timothy Sprague J. Jacobs Young Short John Jackson John Moyer C. Sillingsham B. C. Pumpelly M. McPumelly John McDonald J. D. Morris Washington Malick J. W. Robinson M. C. Pinkham
I know many of the
persons who have signed the above — & they, as well as Mr. Pumpelly the applicant, are among the most respectable persons in Clermont county Ohio.
Sept. 16 th 37 H. L. Kaner

Affidavit in support of Mrs. Pomeroy's Claim for a pension.
Mr. J. L. Hamer AN

I Samuel Webb of Pembroke, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged 83 years testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with John Pumphelly, who I believe originated from * Duxbury in this county; that I have worked with him in this place about the time of the Revolutionary War, in the employ of Isaac Barker of this town, now deceased, as near as I can remember about a year and a half, and left him in said Barker's service; that I entered on board of a letter of Marque, Israel Turner, Master, and was absent from home several years as stated in my declaration in my application for a pension in 1832. That when I returned home in August 1782, I enquired of Isaac Barker, where John Pumphelly was, and said Barker told me, that he had enlisted and gone into the Army. And I have no doubt that John Pumphelly, of Amelia, Clermont County and State of Ohio is the same man named above and that he enlisted and served in the Army of the Revolution; and further your deponent saith not.
Samuel Webb
Pembroke, April 22. 1837
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
Be it known that on this twenty second day of April 1837 personally appeared Samuel Webb above named, whom I certify to be a credible person, and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Collamore Justice Peace
* Pembroke now sustained, A.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Anthony Collamine Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this sixth day of June 1837
Jacob H. Lord
Appi denis in support of Mrs. D. M. Phelps Claim for a pension.
Hon. J. L. Hamner RN

Hon ble J. S. Edwards Cambridge District

Washington City Feb y 18 th 1840
Honorable S c Edwards Commissary of Pensions
In I have the Honor to enclose to you Summary certificates and depositions in the case of Mary Purnipilla Widow of the late John Purnipilla, Together with a letter from Mr. S c leffe her Attorney.
With sentiments of Respect I have the Honor to be &c W m Dean

Jan 17 1840
Henry
Edwards
Pensions
Washington City
Mr. W Doan H.R.

Washington City January 16 th 1840
Sir
I have the honor to enclose papers to you on behalf of the Widow of John Pumphilla Esq r who asks to be allowed the pension which she alleges was properly, or justly, due her husband at his death. The papers state as fully the facts of the case as I can.
I will add that I was acquainted with Mr Pumphilla, and do not recollect to have ever heard his character for the truth questioned.
Your early attention to this matter will oblige me &c
Yours very respectfully
Wm Lloyd H. R.
Hon J. P. Edwards

Sept 20
Amelia Sept 12
25
Incl Ohio
Hon J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Batavia Ohio
September 17, 1898.
Hon J. L. Richards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Sir. John Pompelly (my departed husband) of Clermont County Ohio obtained a pension under the act of June 7th 1832. He afterwards made application for an increase of his pension for services performed on board the ship Tartar a State Ship of Massachusetts in Revolutionary Service. Upon this application the testimony from the Department of State in Massachusetts Confirmed (as to time) with the declaration of Mr Pompelly & his name was struck from the pension roll Believing as I do that he did

serve in the War - of the Revolution for a period greater than six months and that consequently he was entitled to a pension and further believing that the department will cheerfully do all in their power to advance the just claims of his widow I respectfully request a reexamination of his case under the hope that the difficulties will be removed, that prevented his continuance upon the pension roll. If however they are found to be of such a character that they cannot yield without additional proof - you will confer a favor by stating what further proof is necessary to establish his claim to a pension when Donnelly departed this life

on the 20 th of October 1837 leaving He undersigned his will and
I am Sir very respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
Albert M c Purnpelly Mary her X Purnpelly mark
She

waiting for certificate of the of stat. of Mass. June 2. 1835
John G. Hill Esq. Boston

15
John Telfair Esq. Batavia Ohio

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
April 27 th 1833.
SIR,
I HAVE received your letter requesting me to examine the rolls in this office for evidence of the services of
John Pamply
in the Revolutionary War. Thousands of similar applications have been made; and they are daily presented in such numbers, that it is impossible for me or my clerks personally to attend to them, without neglecting the usual business of the office. I therefore found it necessary to establish a rule (of which public notice was given) requiring that examinations should be made by the applicants themselves, or their friends or agents. They are allowed free access to the rolls and records, and every facility in my power to afford. If they discover any evidence of the services claimed, they are furnished with blanks for the purpose of preparing certificates for my signature. These certificates are compared by me or one of the clerks with the rolls pointed out to us, and, if true, they are signed by me. This is cheerfully done without any charge. Nothing has ever been asked or received for these services by any one connected with the office. I believe this is all that can be reasonably required of me; and all that can be done without neglecting my incumbent duties.
There are two gentlemen (Messrs. HOMER and WHITE) who, for some time past have been constantly employed in assisting the old soldiers, and who expect a trifling remuneration for their trouble in making the search and preparing the necessary certificate. As, for the reasons already stated, I cannot myself attend to the case stated by you, I shall place it in the hands of these gentlemen for investigation, and request them to communicate to you the result.
The rolls in this office, though numerous, are very defective, irregular, and incomplete, a fact of which the War Department at Washington is well informed. It is therefore always uncertain whether the services claimed, although they may have been faithfully rendered, can be proved by our records. In a majority of cases, a part only of the service can be shown from the existing rolls. Whatever evidence can be discovered, will be furnished to you at a small charge by the gentlemen whom I have mentioned.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
Edward D. Dany. Secy

Boston April 27 th 1835
Sir,
We have found the roll of the State Ship Parten , commanded by Capt. John Cathcart, in 1782, and the name of John Pelley a Boy, is borne on it, where ag ha it appears he enlisted on board, August 9 th  believe this is my in- the roll is also appears that he was paid in full. — The fee for examining &c, is two dollars for each Applicant we search for. If Mr P. wishes a Certificate for this and any other services he rendered, you will please inform us, & give us the particulars of his other services, and the name of the Town he went from & we will search the rolls & send a Certificate of all the evidence we may be able to find for him, — on receiving the fee, postage paid.
Yours Respectfully Ebenezer Harker Henry White

John Pumphrey Application for a pension &c
25273 from April 1782 to 13 Sept. 1783. 16 mo from day $53.77 100
final settle ment certificates Vol 2. page 508, 60 by the name of John Pills, which he meant by, and by which name he was enrolled. See his declaration. 26. Sept Joseph Chadler also for 20 page 50 = 13. d 60 = 33

Mr. Napman's order - - - - -
Residing in the township of Ohio in the County of Clermont and David White - Residing in
This Township in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John P. Smalley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be right by six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Second subscribed. Chapman Archibald in open Court this 9 th day David White
of May 1933.
D. Morris Clerk

CBR February 10 th 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm r Pensions
Sir
I have this day received a letter from the attorney of the widow of John Purnipella Dec d of Clermont County Ohio Late a Revolutionary pay Pensioner. It appears she drew a pension for about three years after the death of Mr Purnipella when her pension was suspended and she was informed that it would probably be continued again. She desires to know why it was discontinued and if she may expect anything more from the government.
Very Respectfully yours
William Dean

Williamsville July 3 rd 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose the Declaration of Mary Pampilla Widow of the late John Pampilla to enable her to draw the amount of Pension Due her If any thing more is necessi- -sary to enable her to draw the year pension authorized by the Act of the last session please inform her through the Post office at Amelia Clermont Co Ohio
Very Respectfully yours
William D. Darr

July 21 45
M c Gregor Aug 15+
fee 10
J. L. Edw d  Edw d  Edw d  Edw d Respectfully H. C. Miller
Commencement of Petitions Washington D. C.

Mount Pisgah
Clement Co. Or.
July 14 th 1875
Sir Mrs. Mary Pumphilly is the widow of John Pumphilly a revolutionary pensioner. She has drawn a portion-hundred I believe there are arrears of pension due her under the act of the 3 rd March 1842. but on account of the death of those who attended to her business the application for it has been neglected. she wishes can make the necessary declaration with the exception that she can not state to what regiment &c. her husband belonged as I suppose all the necessary papers relating to enrolment that are in Washington.
Proof to any extent can be produced that Mrs. Pumphilly is who she represents herself to be & that she is still living. if the records in your office show that money is her due. It would seem that there ought to be some way to for her to get it. the sum she formerly drew I believe was twenty seven dollars & 37 1/2 cents per annum.
any information you may please to give will be thankfully received.
Respectfully Yours
Samuel Hayford

Mine & Case Ohio
F
Hon J. L. Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 2 nd 1835.
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 John Pelley, as a Seaman, is borne on a Pay Roll for the Officers and Men belonging to the State Ship Tartar, John Cathcart, Esq r Command d , where he is allowed from August 9 th 1782, to Nov r 21 st , three months & twelve days. - 3-12 John Pompelley claims for the above services, having served on board of the Ship Tartar, under the commands of Capt. John Cathcart, and answered to the name of John Pelley. Wm. Sifts Depy. Secretary

Gaston June 3 rd 1838
Sir, By the request of John Belliff Esq r of Batavia Ohio. We send the enclosed Certificate.
Respectfully Your man s , J. T. 1838 J. H. Servy
Deacon Homer
Henry White

6966 Mary Pompell of John  Ohio
admitted
Pa & Maria for 16 days $27.37 Cap Benson & Maria mts
died 20 Oct. 1837.
Act 7 July 1838
Hon: William Loane. H. R.
  40  3  4    37  10  20       2.  4  15  
  54  74    9.  12    1.  14       65.  00  

29.868
John Pompelly died. Mary Pompelly. Ohio.
admitted
Marine 3 - 12 da. $13.60
P. Inf: 4 " 4 " 13.77  $27.37
husband died 20 Oct. 1837,
the amount due from 4 March 1835, when the from which time the pension was suspended to 20 Oct 1837 the time of her husband's death, at the above rate.
Act of June 1832,
Hon. William Doan

John Pompelly, dr., Mrs Pompelly, Ohio.
Hon. W Doan MR

The State of Ohio } Clermont County } ss
Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the above named County personally appeared Benjamin E. Pompelly of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law on his said oath deposed and says, that he was well acquainted with John Pompelly late of Clermont County in the State of Ohio and said John Pompelly was an uncle of the deponent. The deponent further saith that he has heard the said John Pompelly in his lifetime talk about a pension having been granted to him for service in the Revolutionary war and about his having been indebted from the pension roll. This deponent further saith that Mary Pompelly is the widow of the said John Pompelly and that she has not intermarried since his death and that the said John Pompelly departed this life on the Twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven (20th day of October A.D. 1837) in Clermont County in the State of Ohio and that the said Mary Pompelly now resides in said County on the same farm on which the said John Pompelly lived just before his death.
Benjamin E. Pompelly
Sworn to and acknowledged before me this 4th day
February A.D. 1847 Samuel McLaughlin J.P.

State of Ohio, Clermont County ss.
Samuel M c Laughlin a justice of the peace in and for the above named County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin S t Onuphry who has sworn and subscribed to the within affidavit and that the said Benjamin S t Onuphry is a credible person and that his statements within are entitled to full faith & credit and that I do verily believe as well from the within affidavit as from my own personal knowledge that Mary Onuphry of Clermont County State of Ohio, is the widow of John Onuphry and that the said John Onuphry as (I verily believe) departed this life on the twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and that from the age of the said Mary Onuphry and her feeble & infirm state of health it would be highly inconvenient for her to go to Batavia to Court. Given under my hand & seal this 14 th day of February 1840
Samuel M c Laughlin J.P.

The state of Ohio } Clermont County }
Before the undersigned one of the justices of the peace in and for the above named County personally appeared Marcus M. Pumpelly Executor of the will of John Pumpelly deceased who being duly sworn according to law on his said oath deposes and says that he has made diligent search for the above named John Pumpelly's Pension Certificate and that it can no where be found further than this deponent saith not given under my hand and seal this 4 th day of February 1840 Marcus M. Pumpelly
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of February 1840
Samuel M c Laughlin J.P.
State of Ohio Clermont County S.S. I Samuel M c Laughlin a justice of the peace in and for the above named County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Marcus M. Pumpelly who has sworn and subscribed to the above affidavit and that the said Marcus M. Pumpelly is a creditable person and that his statements above are entitled to full faith and credit given under my hand and seal this 4 th day of February 1840
Samuel M c Laughlin J.P.

The State of Ohio, Clermont County, ss. I J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel M c Laughlin Esquire was on the 4 th day of February 1840 and now is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Clermont legally authorized to act as such and that his signatures within written are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common pleas at Batavia in said County this 7 th day of February A.D. 1840.
J. D. Morris Clerk
John Pompelly, do. Mrs. Pompelly, Ohio.
Mr. W. Doan A.D.

5799
Mary Tompkins $27:37 per a/c
James Doan Amelia P.O. Clermont County Ohio

State of Ohio Clermont County } S.S.
On this nineteenth day of December 1843 personally appeared before me William Eppert a justice of the peace in and for the County of Clermont Mary Pauptly a resident of Ohio Township in the County of Clermont Aged about 72 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 Act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Pauptly who was a private and Marine in the Revolution, the name of the Regiment, Company or Vessel in which he served is unknown to the widow, that she formerly received a pension under the Act of 7 th July 1838 at the rate of Twenty Seven dollars and thirty seven Cents —
She further declares that she is still a widow —
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written Mary her Pauptly before me William Eppert Justice of the peace
State of Ohio Clermont County } S.S.
I, William Eppert a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Mary Pauptly who has this day appeared before me to make the above declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, is personally known to me, and that she is the widow of John Pauptly as she states in her declaration, and formerly received a pension under the Act of Congress of 7 th July 1838 — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of December 1843 William Eppert Justice of the peace
State of Ohio Clermont County } S.S.
I, J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Eppert is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, legally authorized to act as such, and that his signature above written is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Batavia in said County this 19 th day of December A.D. 1843.
J. D. Morris CLK
The pension Certificate when granted to be directed to Care of James Doan Amilia P. O. Clermont County.

Aug - 22 - 1901 R. H. Godfrey Bloomington Ill.
Sept 23 - 1902 Ellen R. Freeman Locust Corner Ohio
1913 May 27. History to Mrs. Ellen Freeman & 1914 Oct. 2. Duplicate to Mrs. Ellen Freeman &
1922 Oct. 18. Writ. to G. T. Pompilly
Rev.
5558
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
5558
Mary Pompilly Wid.
John Pompilly B.W. Rev. War
Act:
March 30/43
Index:—Vol.
16
Page
135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Commissioner;
Dear Sir.
Will you please send me a copy certified, in regard to John Pumphelly's service in Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Pembroke Mass. was born Jan. 8 th 1767 in Pembroke Mass.
Married Mary French Sept 11 th 1788. Died Oct 20 th 1837. His widow was pensioned.

He died in Clermont Co. Ohio. His Captain was John Patheart. Ship "Sancy Tartar." Cruised in latitude of Bermudez, took three prizes. He served 8 months in April 1782. Enlisted again as a private and served 20 months.
I would be thankful for the military history of my grandfather, John Pumphrey.
Who served to the help of his state of Mass was he an officer on ship.

Yours respectfully, Mrs. Ellen B. Freeman Locust Corner. Clermont Co. Ohio.
March 14. 1902.
(If possible I would like to know about his father who was also named John Pumphelly. He enlisted from Pembroke Mass and was a commissary

on board some ship during the war, that is all I know of his military history.

Grandfather John Pumpelly (No 3) is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American independence while acting in the capacity of Captain of the ship "Nancy Yacht" on which he served 8 months to the credit of the state of Mass. He enlisted April 1781 as a marine, cruised in latitude of Bermuda Islands and captured three ships British. In April 1782 he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Bonsons Co. of Col. Joseph Vose's regiment and served 20 months or until Dec 1783. He married Mary French of N.Y. Sept 11. 1738.
Mrs. Ellen R. Freeman his grand child.

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THE HOTEL METROPOLE
EMINENTLY FIREPROOF
Denver, Colo.
May 14 th
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir,
I would like to have a copy of the original application for pension of Captain John Pumphelly. I send article of what I have of his life in the Revolutionary war 1812. His wife who was my grandmother received officers pension many years after his death, he was John Pumphelly N o 3, the father and grandfather of his were in the revolutionary wars, I never could get their records. Hoping you will answer soon, Yours, Mrs. Ellen Freeman. Metropole Hotel, Denver, Colorado,

Recd one 2 ct stamp and one Rev Rws
THE HOTEL METROPOLE EMINENTLY FIREPROOF
Denver, Colo.
Sept 27 th
Bureau of pensions.
I wish the war record of Capt. John Pumpelly. I saw a letter to him from Washington directed to him as Captain, and have heard that in the revolutionary of 1812 war. He was Captain of a ship called the Sancy Spicer and captured three British ships in the Bermudas. I would like to have the names of these ships as they were once sent to us but are lost.
Please answer as I wish to join the Daughters of Revolution. Address, Mrs. Ellen Freeman, Metropole Hotel, Denver, Colo.

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SEP 20 1922

Res 5-6
911 OAKLAND AVENUE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Pension Office Washington, D. C.
Can I obtain from this office a copy of any Descriptive List of John Pompilly (Pompelly, Pumpelly) in the "Casualty Records" of Pensioners, said to have been a Private in Mass. Line, also Marine, in the Revolution?
I particularly desire age, where born, and any other information.
Very truly yours,
G. T. Pompilly.
Sept. 14, 1922.

Dr. F. H. Godfrey, Eddy Building, Bloomington, Illinois.
May-16-1901
Com. of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir - I am in search of evidence regarding the service of John Pompelly (Pompelly) during war of Revolution. I have a letter dated Sep 19. 1837 from War Dept. Pension Office stating that he claimed to have served on board "Tartar" from Apr 1781. + afterward in Col Vose's Reg. He proved by certificate from the State of Mass. the fact that he did serve on "Tartar". The letter referred to states that he served in Vose's Reg. There was some dispute at time regarding date of service but that must have been cleared up, as he afterward was allowed a pension, + after

Dr. F. H. Godfrey, Eddy Building, Bloomington, Illinois.
his death his widow continued to draw pension. I am not concerned about the dispute but wish to establish the fact that he did serve in Revolutionary war. I wish to request a copy of the record of service filed by Rumpelly in his original application for pension.
Respt F H Godfrey

Rev. War Section.
on.
Duplicate to Mrs. Freeman Oct. 2. 1914.
May 27, 1913.
Mrs. Ellen Freeman, Metropole Hotel, Denver, Colorado.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 14 th and received the 17 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim. W. File No. 5,558, it appears that John Pumpelly or "John Pelly" was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1833, at which time he resided at Amelia, Clermont last County, Ohio.
He was born January 8, 1767, in Pembroke Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, where he resided until 1789; he then lived in the Province of Maine until 1818, then in Tioga County, New York, for four years before removing to Clermont County, Ohio. He stated that he engaged on board the armed vessel "Rattlesnake" commanded by Captain Mark Clark and  which  one day's sail from Salem was captured by the "Insurance" and carried to Halifax, dates of enlistment and discharge not stated: and served under name that he enlisted in April, 1781, as a Foretop Sailor on board the armed ship "Saucy Tartar" belonging to  of the State of Massachusetts, commanded by Captain John Cathcart. cruised in the latitude of Bermuda where they captured three prizes without exchanging a shot, and returned to Boston in December, having  And served eight months; and that he enlisted as a substitute
John Pelly
John B. Shumway

for Joseph Hollis, April 1782, and served as Private in Captain Benson's company. Colonel Joseph Vose's 1st Massachusetts regiment, one year and eight months. — X al of pms here + death date of
Soldier married at Turner, Oxford County, Maine, September 11, 1788. Mary (Polly) French who was born July 17, 1771, at Taunton, Massachusetts; he died October 20, 1837, in Clermont County, Ohio, and she was allowed pension on her application executed April 16, 1840, while a resident of Clermont County aforesaid.
Their children were:
Polly born August 8, 1789, died March 26, 1807. Charlotte, " April 17, 1791, died July 2, 1829. Celia, " March 10, 1793, died December 21, 1822. Betsey, " October 16, 1795, wife of Cornelius Dillingham of Clermont Co. Ohio. in 1840. Lemira, " March 26, 1798. John, " August 27, 1800, died January 24, 1830. Harriet, " May 11, 1803. Cyrus, " June 25, 1805, died February 4, 1822. Polly 2d, " October 23, 1807, died August 19, 1822. Sumner, " April 9, 1810, died April 27, 1810. Marcus W. " July 23, 1811.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Salsgaber
Commissioner.
office note: The alleged dates & sources cannot be verified by books of records in this Br.