Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11534, for George Stevenson, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Penn.
Stevenson, George Catharine
No 11534
CONTENTS

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376.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Catharine Stevenson
widow of George Stevenson
who was a Private Pa in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May, 1867. and sent to Pensioner, Martinsburg, Ohio
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
" " " March 3, 1867. Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 209.

Ohio 7205
The papers were withdrawn by a Resolution of the House of Rep! of the 16: January, 1845. See the letter to Sec. of War to Jan. 1845
George Stevenson of Knox Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gubbern of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Pennsylvania line for 7 years see bail of packet
Date of death not on file
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of March 1833 and sent to Mary D Johnston Knox Co Ohio
Arrears to the 1th of March 1833 160 00 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 24

James D. Russell
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Washington County ss The Commonwealth of Pa
Personally appeared before James D. Dushco one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county, the subscriber John Stevenson of Cross Creek Township, Washington county Pa., and being sworn according to Law, De- posed and said that he is a half Brother to George Stevenson deceased late of Knox county Ohio who received a pension from the United States a few years before his decease) that he died about four years ago and that in the year 1776 he lived in Cumberland county Pa and that in the summer of 1776 he served a tour as a volunteer, and thinks it was in Capt. Calbersons company and that he also served a second tour as a volunteer in the winter of 1776 & 1777 and further he served a third tour as a volunteer in the summer and fall of 1777 and thinks it was under the command of Captain M c Cammon, that he was on the 4 th Oct r 1777 at the Battle of Germantown and further that he served a fourth as a Lieutenant in a Militia company, and during the time that he served those four tours his home was in Cumberland county Pa aforesaid, and that the aggregate time of said service was over six months, that also he removed to the Western part of Virginia (Brook county) and that there he was taken a prisoner by the Indians in the summer 1779 they took from him a very valuable horse

which they were returned, at which time he received a severe wound a bone one of his eyes inflicted by an Indian with a tom- ahawk, he was taken by them to Canada and was there retained a prisoner for three years and five months — —
That after his return he married Catherine McCombs of Cumberland county Pa before mentioned, that she is now living, and is the widow of my deceased half Brother George Stevenson, that she has never been married to any other man, that it was in the year 1783 she Catherine McCombs and my half Brother George Stevenson was married, and further saith not sworn and subscribed John Stevenson before me Decr 14 th 1843 James Donohoe (Seal) J. D
Washington County to the Commonwealth of Pa I do certify that the subscribed Deponent John Stevenson is my neighbour that he lives in X creek town- ship Washington county Pa, and that he is a moral, religious and upright man, a man of truth, and every way to be believed as witness my hand and seal this 14 th day of Decr 1843 James Donohoe (Seal) Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington City Pa I, Abraham L Blain Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas for Dauphin County do hereby certify that James Mendenhall Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for Dauphin County, duly commissioned and qual- ified, that the signature attached to the same is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Washington this 16 th day of Novr A.D. 1848
Abraham Notary Public Q D
10 Ms Ms

No 15023-
George Stevenson Knox County Ohio from 1776 private 2 years, p 80.
Isley Johnston Knox County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of George Stevenson of Knox County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 1776 3 Private Gen. Capt. Culberson   Vol. " 5 Lieut. " M c Cammon   " 1777 7 Private " "   Drafted 1778 3 Lieut. " Culberson   1780 3 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton Princeton Germantown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franklin County Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The certificate of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by a piece of tape the ends of which are  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Oyer Castor Examining Clerk.

May 6. 1847
Colham Stearns
(Special Agent)
Mr. Nelson.
J. W. Crump
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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The State of Ohio Knox County ss Before me Wm McCreary one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Catharine Stevenson of said County who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she is the widow of George Stevenson late of said County of Knox deceased who at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 6 th June 1832 and thereby entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum during his natural life - and that her petition to Congress was presented by Hon. A.P. Stone the then member from the 10 th Congressional District Ohio - at the 2 nd Session of the 28 th Congress and that on the 17 th June 1846 Mr. Parish from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions reported the Bill for her relief, and which Bill passed and became a law on or about the 3 rd of March 1847 as she has been informed.
Deponent further deposes and says that she is the identical person named in said act, - and further that the name of the Regiment and company in which her deceased husband served she is unable to give. But would refer to the deposition of John Stevenson of the State of Pennsylvania taken on the 18 th July 1845 and on file with her petition in the house of Representatives Washington City (as she verily believes) for the desired information. & further saith not
Sworn to and Subscribed Catharine Stevenson before me this 26 th day of April A.D. 1847
Wm McCreary associate Judge. R. G. G.P.
M rs Stevenson desires her certificate to be transmitted to herself at Martinsburg Ohio - Wm McCreary

The State of Ohio Knox County ss
I Samuel W. Farquhar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that William McCreary before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken and who has subscribed his Sub- scribed his name thereto, was at the time and now is an acting Associate Judge in and for said County of Knox, duly commissioned and sworn as such And that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerk's Office in Mount Vernon Ohio this 27 th day of April A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and forty seven.
S. W. Farquhar Clerk K. C. P.

January 16, 1934
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Mrs. Columbus Ewalt 400 East High Street Mount Vernon, Ohio
BA-J/EDL Stephen Giffin-W.7584 George Stevenson-W.11534
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Stevenson, Stephen Giffin or Griffin, Samuel Dowd, and F.H. Young, all of Knox County, Ohio.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to comply with each request which requires such an amount of time and research. The records of Stephen Giffin and George Stevenson are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Stephen Giffin W.7584
Stephen Giffin was born July 19, 1753, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Straban Township, York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted the last of July, 1776, served as a private in Captain Hugh Campbell's Company, Colonel McPherson's Pennsylvania Regiment, marched to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and at that place, on August 10, 1776, re-enlisted, served as private, sergeant and 1 st sergeant in Captain David Wilson's Company, Colonel McAllister's Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged in January, 1777: about the last of August, 1777, he was commissioned ensign and served under that rank in Captain Samuel Ferguson's Company, Colonels James Dixon's and Walker's Pennsylvania Regiments: length of service, two months: from May 1, 1778, he again served as an ensign for two months in Captain Josiah Kerr's Company, Colonel John Andrew's Pennsylvania Regiment:

and from about September 1, 1778, three months as lieutenant(having been elected as such officer by his company)in Colonel Albright's Pennsylvania Regiment:he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown and in engagements at White Horse, Valley Forge and Potts' Grove.
Stephen Giffin moved from York County, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland county, that state , with his family about 1796; thence in 1812 or 1814 to Licking County, Ohio, where he lived for five years; then moved to Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, while residing in Knox County, Ohio, in which county he died November 6, 1839.
The soldier married December 28, 1780, Mary Donelson or Donaldson: the place where the marriage took place was not stated.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed June 5, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio.
A son is referred to: his name is not given and no other names of children appear.
In 1843, the name John Giffin appears: no relationship to the soldier was shown and there are no farther family data.
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George Stevenson W.11534
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of George Stevenson are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in the summer of 1776, served three months as a private in Captain Culbertson's Pennsylvania Company: in the winter of 1776 and 1777, was appointed lieutenant and served in Captain McCammon's Pennsylvania Company:length of service, five months: in the summer of 1777, he enlisted and served seven months as a private in Captain McCammon's Pennsylvania Company: in 1778, was appointed 1 st lieutenant and served under that rank for three months in Captain Culbertson's Pennsylvania Company: he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Germantown.
Found a Geo Stevenson in Pa Archives VOL 6 in Capt John McCammon's Co. Cumberland Co - Mil in 1776 - Also in VOL-6 - page 370 02 nd Lt in same Co. in 1778
Did not find Capt McCammon but did find a Capt Samuel Culbertson of Cumberland Co

After the termination of the last named tour, George Stevenson moved to Brooke County, in western Virginia, and while residing there in the summer of 1779, was taken prisoner by the Indians, carried to Canada and held for three years and five months: at the time of his capture, he was severely wounded on the head over one eye by a tomahawk.
He was allowed pension of $80 per annum on a certificate issued March 14, 1833: at that time he was residing in Knox County, Ohio, and was aged about seventy-six years.
He died in Knox County, Ohio, about 1839, exact date not shown.
The soldier married in 1783, Catharine McCombs, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The place where they were married was not given.
Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension of $80 per annum on a pension certificate issued May 12, 1847, at which time she was residing in Knox County, Ohio. Her age was not stated.
In 1843, John Stevenson, a half brother of the soldier, George Stevenson, resided in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
There are no further family data.
*****
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Mrs. F. said write these paragraphs this way - as papers are not in Claims showing date of ab. The widow's pension was granted by Special Act of Congress -

Martinsburg O. Apr 22/47.
Wm M c Creary.
When will Catherine Ste- venson's pension certif. be issued.
6-62 p.m. No 321 M Hon William H. Harrison Office M c Creary April 23 d
Catho Stevenson Ohio
Ans d Apr 29 '47.

Martinsburg Ohio Ap d 22 d 1827
Hon W m L Marcy
Dr Sir
during the last Session of Congress a Bill passed. requiring the Secretary of War to issue a pension certificate to Catharine Stevenson of Knox County Ohio -
Will you be so good as to inform me as the agent of Mrs Stevenson how soon the certificate will issue and be forwarded. the the old lady is anxious to get it
Yours very Respectfully
W m M c Creary

George Stevenson Ohio. Act 7 June 32 to what time p. 9 Rev. Office
Aug. 10. 1839
George Stevenson $80 per annum to 4 September 1838 L.H.H.

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Catharine Stevenson, widow of George Steven- son, private, $80 per annum. Ohio W.D.
Sp: act March 3 d 1847
Issued three Certificates; one under act 1838 for five years, from 4 th March 1836; another for one year act 1843; another under act 1844
375- act 46 - p. 473 43. " 4.271
(died 13 Sept 1838)
Send Cert to Pensioner, Martinsburg Ohio W.D.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Stevensen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

A.R. N o 484
Catharine Stevenson widow of George Stevenson
ab 17 47

R. C. Hurd, Aug. 10. 1839 O. L.

War Dept. Pen Office Augt 10. 1839
234
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Catharine Stevenson widow of George Stevenson decd. have been examined. It would appear that her husband died 13 th September 1838. The act of 7 July 1838 does not provide for any widow whose husband died after the passage of said act. Her claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in this office.
R. C. Hurd Esq Mount Vernon, Ohio.
5321 act 7 July 38

Genl H July 3 43
Sir
In the case of Catharine Stevenson, the objection  claim was not examined upon its merits in 1839 when her also was informed that it was not provided for by any existing law - but upon reference to his papers under the act of 7 June 32 it is apparent that he was unadvisedly allowed a pension had He set forth the statement of 3 mos as a draft in 76 as a Pa Militia man under Capt. Culberson - 5 mos as a volunteer Lt under Capt. M c Caumman also in 76 - 7 mos volunteer private in same company in 77 - 3 mos drafted 1 st Lt under Capt. Culberson in 78 and 3 years prisoner with the Indians from 1780 - The Dept is not informed that any such terms of service were either required or rendered by the Pa Militia - Their tours

were limited to 2 mo only & rarely reached it as the calls upon them were to meet the emergency of certain occasions. This very strange & contradictory account of his being an officer in one Tour & then a drafted man in another of the same within Company is unsupported by any evidence. Unless she can make out by satisfactory proof a sufficient nu- -ber of tours to make an aggregate of 90 days service, she can not be allow- ed a pension.  Abraham Day Esq
Abraham Day Esq Martinsburg Ohio —

Mr M c Creary
October 28 1843

Pension Office
Oct 28 th 1843.
Sir.
Your letter of the 24 th of August respecting the case of Catharine Stevenson has been received and filed. In answer to its contents I must again repeat state that when the claim of George Stevenson was admitted, the Department was not in possession of knowledge calculated to produce distrust in his statement, but that information subsequently obtained shews that his alleged hours of service are not in accordance with the provisions of the Militia law of Pennsylvania at the period when, as he says, he served. Such being the case it becomes the department to require the best proof that can be furnished and unless such proof be furnished in conformity with the regulations, to reject the claim. You will perceive from the enclosed copy of the Act of 7 th July '38 that the course to be pursued is clearly marked out.
Y rs M c Creary Esq v Martinsburg Ohio
No 5321
Act July 7 th '38

Tom McCreery Nov 23 o 44
✓

Perrin Ohio Nov 23 rd 1844
Sir.
In answer to your letter of the 12 th inst. relative to the case of Catharine Stevenson, I have to state that the additional testimony which you allege was transmitted to Mr. Moore, did not reach this Office.
Hon. McCreery, Esq. Martinsburg, Ohio.
1324, Ohio act 38-Reg. d.

Wm. A. Hoar Dec 24. 1844

Pension Office
Dec r 24, '44.
Sir.
In answer to your letter of the 16 th inst. in regard to the claim of Catherine Stevenson claiming a pension under the act of July 7 th '38 I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter addressed to A Day Esq d on the subject, and dated July 3 rd 1840. The objections set forth in the letter above mentioned have not been satisfied by any subsequent information & still remain in force. You will at once perceive that the difficulties are of a character to prevent the favorable consideration of the claim unless satisfactorily explained.
Hon ble A. Harper H of Re
3321.
Act y July '38.

Sec. War Jan. 15-

256 Pension Office January 15. 1845
Sir,
In obedience to the Resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 14. th instant, requesting the Secretary of War to transmit to that body the papers in support of the claim of Catharine Stevenson, of Knox County, Ohio, I enclose herewith said papers, and a copy of a letter from this Office, to A. Day, Esq. of the 3. d of July 1843. The papers are marked from A. to H, exclusive.
I have the honor
Hon. William Wilkins Secretary of War

A. Day 25. Sep. 1847

Sir
Yours off Sept. 25, '45
I return you the deposition of Jn s Stevenson & would inform you that the resolution of the Ho. of Rep. of 14 Jany called for the papers in the case of George Stevenson under the act of 7 June '32 & those of his widow Catharine Stevenson under the act of 7 Jny '38 and that they were transmitted on the next day to the Speaker of the House. Her case therefore is not pending before this office —
A. D. Day Esq. Martinsburg Ohio —

8161.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Catharine Stevenson
widow of George Stevenson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Date of death not on list
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12. day of May. 1847 and sent to Panama Martinsburg, Ohio.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, " " 1847.
Vol. 2. Page 209

Sept. 1. 1845
Dear Mrs. case
Cath. Stevenson
Martinsburg Va Augt 26th
J. G. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Martinsburg Ohio August 25 th 1845
Hon J G Edwards Comt of Pensions
Sir in the case of Catharine Stevenson - the widow of George Stevenson Dec d a Revolutionary Pensioner - you will find Enclosed the Deposition of John Stevenson - of Pennsylvania - which has been obtained after some considerable delay It is to be hoped that the case of Mrs Stevenson will be attended to as soon as convenient as her claim has been delayed for a long time and the additional testimony - it is expected will bring the business to a close - & that she will be allowed for the amount of her pension as proved by the deposition Please to inform me of the disposition of this case as soon as convenient
Yours Respectfully
Abraham Day

April 12 '47 Spence
Hon J B B o Edwards commissioner of Pensions
Washington Mansbury of April 6 th D C
clk H R ab 13 '47
M
Cath Stevenson Sp. Ad
Ans d Apr 17 '47

Martinsburg Ohio Apr. 5 th 1847
Wm Lloyd Edwards
Dear Sir
During the last Session of Congress a Bill Passed granting to Catharine Stevenson of the County of Knox Ohio. a Pension with the full benefit of the law of the 7 th July 1838. intitled an act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows also the full benefit of the acts of the 3 d of March 1823 and the 17 th June 1844. Granting & Extending pensions to the widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers She desires to be informed as to what measures she will have to adopt in order to obtain the money under the provisions of said law. please to inform me at your earliest convenience -
Respectfully Yours
Wm Lloyd Edwards

Washington County ss The Commonwealth of Pa Personally Appeared before James Donehoo, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County; The Subscriber John Stevenson of Crop Creek Township, Washington County, and State of Penn la , and being sworn according to law , de- poses and saith, that he is a half Brother to Geo- rge Stevenson dec d late of Knox County Ohio Who received a pension from the United States a few years before his decease, that he died a few years ago, and that in the year 1776 he served as a Draft three months in Capt Culberson's Company of the Penn la Militia, and in the summer of 1776 he served five months as a Volunteer Lieutenant, under Capt M c Camment, in 1777 he served as a Volunteer private seven months in the last mentioned Company and in the year 1778 three months as Drafted 1 st Lieutenant under Capt Culberson; and further that on the 4 th of October 1777 Decedent informed Deponant that he was at the Battle of Germantown and that during the time he served said tours his ... in Pennsylvania County - Penn la
Also that he removed to the Western part Virginia (Brook County) and that there he was taken a prisoner by the Indians in the summer 1779, they took from him a very valuable horse which they never returned at which time he received a severe wound which an Indian inflicted with a tomahawk, he was taken by them to Canada, and was there retained a prison- er three years and five months, that after his return he married Catherine Nibombs of Cumberland county aforesaid, and that she is now still living, and that she is the Widow of my deceased half Brother (the said George Stevenson) that she never was married to any other man, that it was in the year 1783, she the
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Said Catherine McCombs was married to my afore said half Brother (George Stevenson), and further this Deponent saith not sworn and subscribed before me July 18 th 1845 James Donohoo Seal J.P.  John Stevenson
Washington County ss Commonwealth of Pa  Seal I James Donohoo a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, do here by certify that John Stevenson, who has subscri- bed and sworn to the foregoing deposition, is a creditable person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  James Donohoo J.P.
Washington County, ss. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I, E. S. Blaine, Prothonotary of the court of Com- mon Pleas for said County. James Donohoo Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, was at the time and now is a Justice of the peace of said county duly commissioned and that full faith and credit, is and ought to be given to all his official acts, In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of one said court at Washington the first day of August, In the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.  E. S. Blaine, Prothonotary

The State of Ohio Knox County ss
Before me James Paul a Justice of the peace within & for said county personally appeared Wm M c Carary who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with George Stevenson late of the county of Knox and State of Ohio, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7 th June 1832. for about twenty years prior to his death. and whose widow Catharine Stevenson has applied for the Benefit of the act of the 7 th July 1838 - and that he frequently heard the said George Stevenson in his life time Give a history of his services in the war of the Revolution and he stated that when the terms of service expired, for which he was drafted as a Pennsylvania, Militia Man. he was prevailed upon by the commander in chief to continue longer in service than his regular tour, from the scarcity of Men and the urgent necessity of the case - and further saith not - Wm M c Carary
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16 th day Jan 1844 James Paul J.P.

Deposition of Robert Graham

Deposition of Robert Graham of Trumbull County Ohio of lawful age being first duly sworn deposes and says that he was acquainted with George Stevenson late of Trumbull County Ohio both in Washington County Pa and in Trumbull County Ohio and believes him to be a man of the strictest truth and veracity. also that deponent has often heard the said George Stevenson relate the suffering scenes he endured his the term of service in the revolution war. that his station was always uniform. that he has often heard him state the fact of being in the battle of Brandywine and Germantown. also that he had been taken prisoner by the Indians in the western part of Virginia from thence he was taken to Sunduskey. from thence he was sent to Yorktown. and after three years imprisonment was put aboard an exchange ship & then on same terms was released

The State of Texas County of Bexar Sec. 1. I, also a citizen of the state of Texas do hereby certify that the matter and substance of the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief that the matter and things set forth in said deposition is substantially correct as hereby noticed, dated January 1st, 1880.

Before the subscriber agnsthis of the peace - for Wayne County Ohio personally came Gary McClelland of full age Being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a soldier of the revolutionary war for the term of one year and nine months that during his services he was in the battel of German town Trent Town & Princetown, and several others and further deponent saith that some eight or ten years ago he met George Stevenson in the town of Martinsburg in the County of Wayne Ohio and in conversation with the said George Stevenson about the revolution war he the said George Stevenson was able to to give a correct account of many of the battels which he was in particularly the battel of Trent Town he could give the particulars of that battel so correct that he believe no person that was not present could give a particular an account. Further this deponent saith not. Jany 8th 1881.
Gary McClelland Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of Jany A.D. 1881 Robert Graham J.P.

Bay 11th Street Albany N.Y.

Additional Evidence in the case of Mrs. Starr and her Pension
Feb'y 3 1845 Ref'd to Comm ee on Rev. Pension
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Harper

Additional Evidence in the case of Mrs. Starr and her Pension
Feb 3 1845 Ref'd to Comm. on Rev. Pension
Committee on Protestant Pensions
Harper

Washington County of the Commonwealth of Pa.
Personally appeared before James Donahoe one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County the subscriber John Stevenson of Croft Creek Township Washington County Pa. and being sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he is a half Brother to George Stevenson deceased late of Knox County Ohio (who received a pension from the United States a few years before his decease) that he died about four years ago - and that in the year 1776 he lived in Cumberland County Pa. and that in the Summer of 1776 he served a tour as a Volunteer, and thinks it was in Capt. Culberson's Company, and that he also served a second tour as a Volunteer in the winter of 1776 & 1777. and further he served a third tour as a Volunteer in the Summer and fall of 1777 and thinks it was under the command of Capt. McCommon, that he was on the 4 th of Oct r 1777 at the Battle of Germantown and further that he served a fourth as a lieutenant in a Militia Company, and during the time that he served those four tours his home was in Cumberland County Pa. aforesaid and that the aggregate time of said service was over six months, that also he removed to the western part of Virginia (Brook County) and that there he was taken a prisoner by the Indians in the Summer of 1779 they took from him a very valuable horse which they never returned - at which time he received a severe wound above one of his eyes inflicted by a Tomahawk - he was taken by them to Canada and was there retained a prisoner for three years & five months - that after his return he married Catharine McCombs of Cumberland County Pa. aforesaid that she is now living and is the widow of my deceased half Brother George Stevenson, that she has never been married to any other Man that it was in the year 1783 she Catharine McCombs and my half Brother George Stevenson was married and further saith not -
John Stevenson
Sworn and subscribed before me Dec r 14 th 1843
James Donahoe J.P. Clerk

The State of Ohio Knox County B
Before me Wm M c Creary a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally came Abraham Day who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the within deposition of John Stevenson of the County of Washington Pa. is a true copy from a true copy of the original deposition which forwarded by Mail to Hon. H. A. Moore at Washington City - in the Early part of the last Session of Congress (Except the certificate of the Clerk or Prothonotary of County of Washington - which was not copied from the original - sworn to & Subscribed Abraham Day
Before me this 28 th day of January A.D. 1845
Wm M c Creary
The above named Wm M c Creary was affirmed of the premises at the time of taking the above deposition.
Abraham Day

Catharine Stevenson
Pet. for a Pension as widow of George Stevenson late a sol- dier in the Revolu- tionary War.
Jan'y 27. 1845, ref. to com. on Rev. Pen.
W. A. P. Stone

To the Hon the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled
Your petitioner a resident of the county of Knox and State of Ohio would humbly represent to your Honorable body that she is the widow of George Stevenson late of the county of Knox aforesaid deceased who was a pensioner under the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 and that as the widow of said B.C. Pensioner she is entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838. Entitled "An act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and that in conformity with the Rules adopted by the Department. She has made her application to the Commissioner of Pensions. which application has been by him rejected and he yet requires her to make satisfactory Proof of the service of her said husband - which at this late period she is unable to do from the fact that nearly all who served in the Revolution have passed away & if any are yet living who served with him. She knows not where to find them Her husband however in his life time made proof according to the Rules required by the Department under the act of the 7 th June 1832 of having served 18 months at different times during the war of the Revolution - besides being three years a prisoner with the Indians as by his declaration on file in the pension may be seen - & where her declaration & papers are also on file - Your petitioner therefore despairing of ever receiving any of the benefits designed by the law. - in consequence of the hard Rule adopted by Commissioner of Pensions. takes this method of seeking relief - and prays that your Honorable Body will adopt such measures in the premises as will secure her the pension - to which is she entitled - and as in duty bound will ever pray
Catherine L. Stevenson m. at
Dec r 20 th 1843

Martinsburg Ohio Augt 24 th 1843
Wm Lloyd Edwards
Dr Sir Mr Abraham Day
Recd from you a letter dated the 3 rd July last in reference to the claim of Catharine Stevenson the widow of George Stevenson who was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832
In consequence of having myself made out for Mr Stevenson the Declaration upon which he was allowed a pension and having some recollection of the statements made by him of the particulars of his service both before and at the time he made his declaration - Mr Day has requested me to write to you on the subject - I have to say, that I have been personally acquainted with Mr Stevenson for about twenty years prior to his death and that during that time period (and for a long time before as I have been informed) he was a worthy member of the Presbyterian Church distinguished for Piety, probity, and an upright character and that he served as he stated I have no reason to doubt -
You say that - "He was undeniably allowed a pension" - "He set forth this statement of three months as a draft in 1776 as a Pennsylvania Militia man under Captain Culberson, five months as a volunteer Lieutenant under Captain McCarmon, also in 1776, seven months volunteer private in same company in 1777 three months drafted first Lieutenant under Captain Culberson in 1778 and three years prisoner with the Indians from 1780 -

"The Department is not informed that any such terms of service were either required or rendered by the Pennsylvania Militia. Their tours were limited to two months only, and rarely reached it, as the calls upon them were to meet the emergency of certain occasions. This very strange and contradictory account of his being an officer in one tour and then a drafted man in another of the same Militia company, is unsupported by any evidence."
Now Sir how the statement of his having been drafted as a private under Captain Culbertson in 1776 and his being again drafted as first Lieutenant in the same Militia company in 1778. is either "strange or contradictory" I cannot determine. he might have been a private in 1776. and before he was again drafted in 1778 been elected as 1 st Lieutenant in the Militia company to which he belonged -
And again the statement of his service as a Volunteer has nothing strange in it - in the year 1776. Capt. M c Cannmon raised a company of Volunteers, who elected their own officers. Stevenson was elected Lieutenant served five months & was discharged. And again in 1777 Captain M c Cannmon raised by voluntary enrolment an other company into which said Stevenson volunteered his services and served seven months as a private - nothing in the statement that is improbable "strange or contradictory"
I recollect distinctly Mr Geo Stevenson's statements to me, that when the terms of service expired for which he was drafted, he and others, who could stay were prevailed upon by the commander in chief to continue longer in service from the secrecy of min and the urgent necessity of the case

If it is necessary, affidavits can be procured from many Respectable Persons, proving the statements made by Mr Stevenson in his lifetime in relation to his services in the war of the Revolution - also to his General Character for truth and veracity - which has never been questioned or impeached until I saw some intimation of it in your letter - (strange & contradictory)
I suppose you do not doubt his being a prisoner three years as he states - and if not, are his sufferings there to pass for no account -
But to require at this time, Positive proof of his services, in addition to his former Declaration - when he is dead, and probably all those with whom he served, would be applying a hard rule, and one that would deprive the widow of all the benefits contemplated and designed by the law
If you should require such affidavits as above stated you will please to inform Mr Day -
Yours Respectfully Wm M c Creary
@ @ copy

Geo. Stevenson.
Payments to be made at Cincinnati Ohio by the Post of W. S. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Ohio
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, in Book E Vol. 8
Page 24

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, George Stevenson of the State of Ohio, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Isaac Shelby
Secretary of War.
Co. 1.3
J. Edwards

Rep?
Ohio 10,263.
Catharine Stevenson
Widow of George Stevenson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 13 th September 1838 of Knox Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Culberson of the regt. commanded by in the Penn s - line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May, 1847, and sent to Pomeroy Martinsburg, Ohio
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.] Special act of March 3, 1847. Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 397

Catharine Stevenson Ohio.
Rejected.
See let. 10 Aug. 1839 R.C. Ward
let to Day July 3. 1845
" " H. H. Gray Oct 28 '45 " same Nov 25 1844
Husband died after passage of the Act of 7 July 1838
let to Wm. H. Waple Oct. 14 '44
let to Day 25. Sept. 1845
Act 7 July 1838

1934-Jan 16- Hist. to Mrs Columbus Givett- Letter in case of Stephen Guffin - H. 7584-1884
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11534
Catharine Stevenson
Widow of George Stevenson
Pris. Rev. War
Act: June 17 th /44
Index: Vol. M , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]