Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15930, for Lawrence Mc Louth, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McLouth Lawrence
W 15930
R.I.
Wealthy or Weltha
CONTENTS

Payable to Clarissa Wells, Phebe Smith Frederick M'Lonie, Polly Ann Gissale Adelia Warner, only surv. Children of Wealthy M'Lonie, decd.
8911
New York
Wealthy M'Lonie, deceased, widow of Lawrence M'Lonie who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the N.Y. 1840 of Ontario Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain _____ of the reg commanded by _____ in the N.Y. line for 2 years
Repo see let. Dec. 4, 1844. to Pension Agent at Albany-
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and end on 21 Feby. 1840. when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Dec. 1844 and sent to Peter Mitchell, Manchester N.Y.
Total amount, $_____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Swann Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 169.

I James Sproat, do depose and say, that I held the office of Clerk of the Inferior Courts for the County of Bristol, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: and that among the records of the Court of General Sessions of the peace, for said County, is the following record, viz. "Mr Lawrence M c Clusky Esq. to Matthew Thayer of Taunton" "and manning on the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Court, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows. "Decemb r 5. 1782" - J. Sproat
Bristol ss Sept. 15. 1843. Then personally appeared the above named James Sproat, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, before me James P. Ellis for the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"Bristol ss. I James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that James P. Ellis Esq. whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this fifteenth day of September, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three J. Sproat

State of New York County of Ontario ss.
I Alexander H. Howell, clerk of the court of Oyer and terminer, holding at Canandaigua, in and for the said county of Ontario, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Meltha M c Louth, widow of Sam l M c Louth, deceased, was a resident of the town of Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York, and died in the town of Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, on the twenty first day of February; that she left five children who survive her, and whose names and residences are Clarissa Wells residing in Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York, Phoebe Fish residing in Cold Water Hillsdale county in the State of Michigan, Frederic M c Louth and Polly Ann Sidale, residing in the town of Farmington county of Ontario and State of New York, and Adelia Warner residing in the town of Palmyra county of Wayne and State of New York
Witness my hand and official seal this fifteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and forty four.
Alex. H. Howell Clerk of Ontario County.

State of New York County of Ontario ss.
On this twentieth — day of February A. D. 1844, personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas held at Canandaigua in the said county of Ontario Frederick M c Louth a resident of the town of Farmington in the said county of Ontario aged forty eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pen- sions to certain widows" That he is one of the sur- viving children of Meltha M c Louth who died in the town of Manchester in the said county of Ontario on the twenty first day of February A. D. 1840, that she the said Meltha M c Louth was at the time of her de- cease the widow of Lawrence M c Louth deceased that his mother the said Meltha M c Louth left five children who survive and whose names and residences are Clarissa Wells residing in Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York Hulda Fish residing in Cold Water Hillsdale county in the State of Michigan Frederick M c Louth the subscriber & Polly Ann Tisdale residing in the town of Farmington in the county of Ontario and State of New York and Adelia Warner residing in the town of Palmyra in the county of Wayne in the State of New York
Her further declares that his father the said Law- rence M c Louth was as he understood from him in his life time a soldier in the War of the Re- volution and served over five years in Massachu- setts and Rhode Island some part of the time as a non commissioned officer and a part of the time under an officer by the name of Garry

and who was a Colonel at the time he enlisted or entered the service he resided in Farmton Bristol county in the State of Massachusetts
That his parents the aforesaid Laurence M c South and Meltha M c South were married in Farmton Bristol county December first seventeen hundred and eighty two as will appear by the certificate of the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Bristol and which together with the documents hereto annexed showing the services of the said Laurence M c South in the war of the Rebellion are offered to and relied upon as proof of such marriage and services.
Fredrick M c South
Sworn and subscribed to before me in open court this twentieth day of February A.D. 1844.
Peter Mitchell Judge of Ontario County Courts.
State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
I Alexander H. Howell Clerk of the County of Ontario and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County (the same being a Court of record) do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was duly taken in open court in the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas on the 20 th day of February A.D. 1844 and that Peter Mitchell by whom the oath was administered was at that time a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County duly commissioned qualified and authorized to act as such and that his signature to the foregoing Oath is genuine
In Witness whereof I have

hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County my official seal this twenty third day of February 1844.
Albert H. Hoovell
Clerk of Ontario County & of Ontario Common Pleas.

Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15930 Wealthy M c South Widow of Lawrence M c South Prim. Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1833
Index: Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.910.
Weltha M c Louth
NY
Suppressed
Det. to P. Mitchell
Sept. 27. 1844,
Act July 7 th 38

10910
Walthy M c South and maw of Laurence NY
act 7 July 1838
Alms. 2 years private $80. per Ann.
Commencing on 4 March 1836 and terminating on 21 st Feby 1840 the day of her death, payable to Clarissa Wells Phebe Fish, Francis M c South Polly Ann Tisdale and Adelia Warner, only surviving children of Walthy M c South and.
Peter Mitchell Mancheste NY

Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Manchester October 12 th 1844.
Sir,
In the case of the application of Indira M c Louth, one of the surviving children of the late Martha M c Louth, late of Manchester, deceased, and for a pension, I send enclosed the certificate of the birth as to her death, and the children who survive her.
Very Respectfully And truly
Yours
Peter Mitchell
Wor. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Sept 16 1845
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 Lawrence McSouth is found upon the rolls of Capt Edward Blake, from Dec 8. 1776. 25 days to R.I. as a private; Upon the rolls of Capt Joshua Willard, April 27. 1777 as a corporal 2 mos. 26 days; Upon the rolls of Capt Caleb Richardson from August 26. 1777 to Jan 1. 1778 4 mos 4 days rank not stated, but in the second upon the roll
This is the only service that appears upon the rolls, in this Office of Lawrence McSouth

There
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New York
County of Ontario Town of Farmington
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the services of my late father Lawrence M c Leods
He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution as I understood from him when living over five years he frequently used to speak of the part of the his services, the only one of his officers under whom he served which I particularly recollect of his mentioning was Col. Crary, his services were performed in Massachusetts and in Rhode Island, a part of the time as a non-commissioned officer, and I recollect of his saying that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill
He resided in Farmington in the State of Massachusetts when he enlisted or entered the service
He was married to William Thayer in the year, 1782, and died on the 3rd day of December, 1820, my mother the said William died on the 21 st day of February, 1840,
I have empowered Peter Mitchell of Mendon in the county of Bristol and State of New York to act in the premises as my attorney

Witness my hand this twenty day of September A. D. 1843.
Signed in my presence by said Frederick M c South the 7 th Sept. 1843
Frederick M c Lean
Ezra Pierce Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Ontario County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Ezra Pierce Esq. before whom the above at my request  affidavit was subscribed & sworn to at the date the same purports to have been subscribed & sworn to at the Place in & for the said County duly Elected & sworn & authorized by Law to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine Given under my hand and seal of said County at Canan- daigua this 23. February 1844

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence I Benjamin Cowell of the City & County of Providence in said State do on oath certify that I have in my possession an original manuscript Book of Abstracts & Pay Rolls of Capt Thomas Allen Pay Master to Col. Archibald Crarys regiment of Rhode Island Troops in the war of the Revolution which Book has been placed in my hands by a son of said Thomas since the act of Congress of July 7 1738 granting pensions to widows was passed. And I further certify that on one of said Abstracts headed as follows viz - "Abstract of Pays, Subsistence Money due to Capt Nath l Crarys Company in the Rhode Island State Regiment Commanded by Archibald Crary in the Service of the United States from the 16 of March 1779 to 31 Instant 1779" is borne the name of "Lau a McLoath Ser t " and at the foot of said Abstract are two certificates of which the following are true copies. viz first in following words. "A true Abstract witness
Lau a McLoath Ser t "

Second as follows viz "Little Compton August 5 th 1779
Then personally appeared before me the above named Sam McSouth S er t made oath to the above Abstract J. Philip Taylor Just. Peace.
and I do further certify that in said Book is a receipt of which the following is an exact copy. "Little Compton Sept 7 1779
Received of Capt Thomas Allen P.M. the sum of thirty three Pounds Twelve shillings Six pence in full of my wages subsistence due up to the first of July 1779 Equal to 112 Doll Sam McSouth Just.
To all which I hereby attest Providence Jan y 12 th 1844 Benjamin Cowell
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. Providence S c . 3 In Providence, on this Twenty- second day of January, A. D. 1844, personally appeared Benjamin Cowell, subscriber to the a- -foregoing, and made oath of the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Cowell is a credible witness. Before me. Gamaliel B. Baileigh, Justice of the Peace.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Providence, ss
I Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify, that Gamaliel L. Dwight who has signed the preceding Certificate, was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within & for said City of Providence, duly elected.
In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court, this 23 rd day of January, A.D. 1844.
Albert Greene, Clerk

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office Jan y 22. 1844.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of said State in February seventeen hundred seventy nine (1779) an act was passed entitled "An act for raising and equipping Fifteen hundred men." for one year. "for one year."
That Archibald Crary was at said session elected Colonel of the First Battalion of Infantry in the said Brigade, and Nathan Olney, Captain in same Battalion as appears of record.
witness Henry Bowen Secy

10910
Weltha M c Louth
N.Y.
Act July 7 th 38
Allowed Deprecation
L31 in Topham's Reg.
M 82 0 10

A Roll of the Mens names who have done service since the war begun —
   At the Alarm in March April 1775 being 11 days — For the eight Months service in 1775 — The two Months service with Capt. Hodges December 1775. The 2 Months with Capt. Arke April from February 1776 — The six Months to Guard Boston Harbor with Capt. Predding — The 4 Months in Aug- ust 1776 with Capt. Gibson The 3 Months with Capt. Dean drafted on Fairfield in Decem- ber 1776 The Alarm to Rhode- Island 361 25 days and soon in proportion a shorter time — The 3 weeks with Capt. Willow & others in April 1777 Rhode Island — The 2 Months with Capt. H. (The rest of the name not legible) May 1777 Rhode Island — The Month with Capt. Dean July 1777 — Rhode Island — The 4 Months with Capt. Richardson September 1777 — The last Expedition in October 1777 — The Militia 7 days on the coast 2nd within 30 and in proportion and shorter time — The 3 Months with Capt. Fales January 1778 to Rhode Island — Paid for the hire of Men for the 3 years Continental service 1777 — Allowed to those who received no private bounty and to others to make them up £5.56 — Total   £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.     Laurence McForth Jr — — 1 2 6 1 10 0 3 7 6 — — 1 16 0 — 2 0 0 — 2 0 0 — — — — — 11 16 0   Laurence McForth — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 9 9 2 — 9 9 2   John McForth — — — 1 10 0 3 7 6 — — 1 16 0 — 2 0 0 — 2 0 0 — — — — — 10 13 6  
I Alfred Blake of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty nine years, do testify and say that Edward Blake late of Taunton aforesaid, deceased, was my father — That the said Edward Blake, as I verily believe, was a Captain in the time of the Revolutionary war — That his widow Mercy Blake late of said Taunton deceased, received a pension of 200 dollars a year for five years under the Act of Congress of 1818 — That after the passage of the last mentioned Act of Congress I examined the papers left by my said father at his decease and found a considerable number relating to the war of the Revolution — Some of said papers were annexed to the application of said Mercy Blake for a pension — Among the number I found one large paper which is now in my possession, and is headed as above mentioned — More than sixty names are borne thereon which are legible — Other names thereon are partly legible — The names of Laurence McForth Jr — Laurence McForth and John McForth are borne on said paper or document and are legible — and the figures against their names and under the columns above are legible, and are placed in said columns on the original as above stated —
I further testify and say that I have another ancient document in my possession, which I found among my late father's papers as before mentioned — It is headed as follows — viz. "This may certify that we the subscribers have received of Capt. Edward Blake the whole of our wages due to us on his muster roll for going on the alarm in the State of Rhode Island in December 1776" — It purports to be signed by upwards of 30 persons — Among the number, is the following — viz "Laurence McForth Jr" "John McForth, signed by their Father L McForth"
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. April 15. 1844 — Alfred Blake, a credible Witness made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed. Before me A. Bassett Justice of the Peace —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. I, James Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Andrew Bassett Esquire, whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this Twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four. J. Sprague

State of New York County of Madison } ss.
Paul Griffiths of the town of Nelson in the county of Madison and State of New York being duly sworn according to law before Allen Curtis Esq. a justice of the Peace of the town of Nelson in said county doth depose and say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and is now a pensioner, that he joined the army at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, and which was according to deponent's recollection, in the month of June 1778, and was then enrolled in Captain Nathan Olney's company, in the Battalion commanded by Col. Archibald Crary, that soon after joining said company and Battalion he became acquainted with one of the non-commissioned officers then belonging to said company by the name of Lawrence McQuetts, and that he now well remembers that said Lawrence McQuetts served in said company, nine months as a sergeant during which time deponent served in the same company and battalion. Paul Griffiths
Subscribed and sworn to before me this third day of January 1844
Allen Curtis. Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County } ss.
I the subscriber a justice of the peace of the town of Nelson in said county do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Paul Griffiths who subscribed & made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he sustains a

good reputation for truth and veracity
Witness my hand this 3 rd day of Jan y 1844
Allen Curtis Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Madison County Clerks Office
I Zadock T. Bentley Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Allen Curtis whose name is subscribed to the above certificate and to the jurat of the within affidavit was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for
the said County of Madison duly elected and qualified and also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the said certificate and jurat is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the 11 th day of January 1844
Zadock T. Bentley Clerk

State of New York County of Ontario
Philip Simonyon of the town of Manchester in the county of Ontario and state of New York age eighty nine years a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly sworn according to law before Peter Mitchell one of the judges of the courts of the said county of Ontario doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Lawrence McLoth late of the town of Farmington in said county of Ontario deceased, and with Martha McLoth his wife now deceased, that according to the best of his recollection the said Lawrence McLoth died a few years previous to the last war, the particular year he does not remember, that he was at his funeral, that he became acquainted with the aforesaid Lawrence McLoth the year previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, at Farmington Massachusetts, that when deponent was in the service on the Island called Rhode Island in the State of Rhode Island he saw the said Lawrence McLoth and who informed deponent that he was then in the service in Col. Crary's Regiment.
That he was well acquainted with Martha McLoth, the widow of the said Lawrence McLoth, until her decease, and Clarissa Mills, Phoebe Fish, Frederick McLoth, Polly Antisdale and Adelia Warner, her children, that he heard of her decease but does not recollect the year when she died.
In presence of Peter Mitchell
Philip his Simonyon mark
Sworn & subscribed to this 30 th day of Jan.

uary A.D. 1844 } before me } Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
County of Ontario ss.
I the subscriber a Judge of the courts of the said county of Ontario do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Philip who subscribed by making his mark and made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity - Manchester Jan'y 30 th 1844.
Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York } Ontario County Clerks Office } Peter Mitchell Esquire before whom the above affidavit was subscribed and sworn and whose name appears subscribed to the above certificate was at the date the said affidavit purports to have been subscribed and sworn and at the date of the above certificate a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn and authorized by law to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said County at Canandaigua this 28 th day of February 1844.
Robt. W. Howell Clerk

State of New York County of Ontario ss.
Polly Pierce of the town of Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York, aged eighty years, who, first being duly sworn according to law, before Peter Mitchell one of the judges of the courts of the said county of Ontario, doth, on her oath depose and say, that she resided during the Revolutionary War with her parents in the town of Farmton Bristol county in the State of Massachusetts, that several of her brothers served in said war, and her eldest brother by the name of Lawrence M c Leuth, served according to the best of her recollection more than four years in said war, the first part of his service was in or near Boston, and the latter part in Rhode Island, that of the officers under whom she remembers to have understood that her said brother served were Captain Olney, Col. Coary, & Col. Joseph, that she will remember of hearing her said brother Lawrence speak of the said officers at the time of the said war, as serving under them, that he was a sergeant during some part of his service as she understood from him, and at one time he had orders to enlist soldiers for the army, and did enlist some, as she understood & now recollects,
That her said brother Lawrence M c Leuth was married to Neltah Thayer of said town of Farmton, according to the best of her recollection and belief in the year 1782, that she was well acquainted with the said Neltah before the marriage, and although she was not at the wedding, she understood the time when they were married That in the year 1798, her brother the aforesaid

Lawrence M c Guire came with his wife the said Netha and family to reside in the town of Farm- ington in said county of Ontario, where he con- tinued to reside until his decease, which was in the year 1810, and that afterwards his widow the said Netha M c Guire continued to reside in said town of Farmington, and in the adjoining town of Manchester until her decease in the year 1840, that deponent resided in the said town of Farmington where her said brother Lawrence came to reside in the town, and has continued to reside at the same place she then did to the present time, & which is now in the town of Manchester being part of said Farmington, that she has always been well acquainted with her said brother's family, that at the time of the decease of the said Netha M c Guire her children Clarissa Wells, Phoebe Fish, Frederick M c Guire Polly Antisdale & Adelia Barnes, were then li- ving, & who now survive her, as deponent believes all residing within two miles of deponent's resi- dence excepting the said Phoebe Fish, and she resides in Michigan as deponent is informed Sworn & subscribed } to before me this 24 th } day of January 1844 } Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts
Polly Pierce
County of Ontario ss.
I the subscriber a judge of On- tario County Courts do hereby certify that I am

personally acquainted with the above named Polly Pierce who subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me and that she sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity — Manchester Jan'y 24 1844
Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Peter Mitchell Esquire before whom the above affidavit was subscribed & sworn, and whose name appears subscribed to the above Certificate was at the date the said affidavit purports to have been subscribed & sworn and at the date of the above Certificate a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County duly Com- missioned & sworn and authorized by law to act as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily believe his signatures above subscribed to be genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said County at Canandaigua this 23 rd Feby. 1844
Albert H. Boorall Clerk

25 ds per 2. 26 4. 4
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Manchester May 7 th , 1844.
Sir,
Mr. Frederic M c Leods one of the surviving children of the widow Martha M c Leods, deceased, has employed me to assist in obtaining a pension, and I send herewith enclosed his declarations, proof of identity, marriage and services, of the services so far as I can determine the pension appears to expire two years.
Very truly And Respectfully Yours Peter Mitchell
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions