Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 3694, for John Killin, Pennsylvania

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Killin, John or Killin Rachel
W 3694 BLt. 80.032-160-55
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13:170 Ohio John Stillman
of Adams Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Musician in the Company commanded by Captain - Solomons of the Regt. commanded by Col. Irwin in the Pa. Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1833 and June 1833 M c Clure Ohio
Arrears to the 1 st of Mar 1833 $ 176:00 Pens ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 33 44:00
$ 220:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk. Book E Vol. 8 Page 14

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, crown 4 March to 4 Sept 1839, agent Notified 15 July 1840

288.750
Act March 3/55 March 20/58
Rachel Killingsworth wid of Rachel John Killingsworth p.m.
Capt S. 632 Ex (S. 632) Mrs. C. Pensioner
July 29 1848 no 990
Ad: 160 ac, apt. 23 1858 B. W. Miller Shel. B.
Vol K, page 88.
Wm Odell Piketon Ohio

Ohio 290.  Cin Rachel Killian widow of John Killian who served in the Revolutionary Pen r war, as a Musician
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of January 1853 and sent to E. Easton Ohio, O.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848. Page 104 Vol. A
288750

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Ohio  ss.
County of Adams 
On this sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, John Killin a resident of West Union in the County of Adams and State of Ohio, aged seventy five 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.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States, as a musician in the month of February in the year 1776 with Captain Robert Adams, for the term of one year, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and served in the Sixth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, under the following named officers viz. Generals — Sullivan, — Thompson, — Sinclair, and Anthony Wayne, Colonel — Irvin, and Lieut. Colonel — Hartly of Little York, Pennsylvania, and Henry Brooks Ad-jutant (said Brooks had formerly been in the British service.) Captain Robert Adams Lieutenant — Bratton and 2 nd Lieut. — McFerran. That he was dismissed from the service in the latter part of May 1777, having after the expiration of the period of his enlistment as aforesaid, immediately volunteered for the term of two months and continued in the same company and under the same officers as aforesaid for the period of two months, until he was dismissed as aforesaid in Mar 1777 at Carlisle Pennsylvania. He served this time one year and two months. He resided when he entered the service, in Shermans Valley, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania he was in the battle of the Three Rivers, in Lower Canada

He marched first to Carlisle, thence to Philadelphia, thence to New York, thence to Albany, thence to Lake George, where they took boats and went down Lake Champlain and Norrell to St. Lawrence, where the army made a small halt, from which place, General Thompson, with a detachment of men, of which this applicant was one, were marched to the Three river town and had an engagement from which they retreated, to the mouth of Cornell, thence in the same route back to the New York and Canada lines. On the retreat they made a small halt on an Island in Lake Champlain, from which Captain Adams, with twelve or thirteen other officers, went across an arm of the lake, to drink spruce beer, by invitation, where the Indians fell on them and killed them all, but one Lieutenant named Rush, who alone escaped, from thence they went on to Crown Point, from thence to Ticonderoga, thence to Philadelphia, thence to Carlisle, where he was dismissed as aforesaid. That again in the fall of the year 1777 from Sherman's Valley, near Carlisle Pennsylvania, he volunteered two months, in the Militia and entered the service, under Captain James Powers. The field officers were General — Potter, Col Colonels — Wats and Dunlap, the field and company officers were all from Cumberland County Pennsylvania and Sherman's Valley. The duty on this tour was to watch the movements of the British while they lay in Philadelphia, and to guard the lines and the market people. After serving two months as a volunteer, he was dismissed and returned to his residence near Carlisle Pennsylvania. That again in the spring of the year 1778 as he now best recollects, he entered the Militia service as a substitute for William Hunter, for two months, at Carlisle Pennsylvania, and was under the command of General Lacey,

and by Colonels Watt and Dunlap and Captain Thomas Clark, that he was in the battle of the Crooked Billet and that the kind of service was the same as in the two last above mentioned: he returned home again, when the two months service had expired, and again entered the service at Carlisle, in July 1778, as a volunteer, under Captain Grimes of Sherman's Valley, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, under the command of General Lacey and Colonel Dunlap, the service and duties the same as stated in the former periods; the general places of encampment were near Doylestown, Crooked Billet and Fox Chase, that he returned home when the two months service had expired. That after being at home a very short time he was drafted and entered the Militia service at Carlisle under Captain James Powers, General Potter, Col. Dunlap and Major Taylor, all of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the service the same as before. In one skirmish of this tour they took seven of the British light horsemen. After the term of two months expired, he returned home again. That again he entered the Militia service, at Carlisle and served two months under Captain Thomas Clark. This period as he best recollects was in the winter of 1778 and perhaps the beginning of the year 1779. under the command of Genl. Lacey Col. Watt, the services the same as the other tours. After the expiration of the two months he returned home. In the year 1781 he removed to the Red Stone settlement in Pennsylvania, and in the fall of the year after Braddock's defeat, volunteered in the Militia service and for two months against the Indians under Captain Wilson, he thinks his name was David Wilson and after marching more than one day's travel, he with the company were ordered to return and were disbanded. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he de-

claims, that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. He has no discharge. They have all been lost, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can now procure, who can testify to his service.
John Killian
Questions by the Court.
1 st . Where and in what year were you born.
Answer. I was born, in Cecil County in the state of Maryland on the 8 th day of March 1758.
2 d . Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it. I have had but it is lost.
3 d . Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war; and where do you now live.
Answer. When called into service I was living in Shermans Valley, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, from thence I removed to Redstone Settlement Pa. thence to Mason County Kentucky, thence to Adams County, about thirty five years ago, where I have resided to this day.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute And if a substitute for whom?
Answer. I enlisted, was a volunteer, was drafted and was a substitute for William Hunter as stated in my declaration.
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 service.
Answer. Generals Lacey, Sullivan, Thompson, St. Clair and Anthony Wayne, Col Irvins Sixth Regiment I belonged to in the Pennsylvania line. The general circumstances of my service are detailed in my declaration.

6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so where is it?
Answer, As I ever received any discharges, they have all been lost.
7. State the names of the persons to whom 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.
Answer. The Reverend Dyer Burgess and John Patterson Esqr.
John P. Hill
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Rev Dyer Burgess Joseph Barlington Clk AB. residing in Adams County Ohio, and John Patterson residing in the same County and State hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John P. Hill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected and be- lieved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Dyer Burgess Patterson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Joseph Barlington Clk AB
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 Dyer Burgess who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Cler- gyman residing in Adams County Ohio, and that John Patterson Esqr. who has also signed the same

is a resident of the County and State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Adams and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Brillin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of April 1899.
Joseph Darlington Clk A.C.

208.750

State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that
on this 22nd day of March 1858
the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey,
before me, personally appeared John Killing
known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of March 1858.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on July 29th 1861.
John Killing
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on July 29th, eighteen hundred
and forty eight.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 13th day of January 1853.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on March 3 1855.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on July 29th 1861.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on July 29th 1861.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.
My commission expires on July 29th 1861.
Notary Public in and for the State of New Jersey.

or women and men, slaves or free, in the state of Ohio...
Attest: John H. Smith Wm A. Lee
Rachel her X Kitting seal mark
W. C. Allen W. A. Lee
whereby the undersigned are the lawful...
and is the lawful process to warrant their...
Eighty Eight ... twenty five ... town
and is such the ... of the United States ...
and is such the ... of the United States ...
W. C. Allen Wm A. Lee

In preparing affidavits in the above cases I have been aided by the following gentlemen who were present at the trial and heard the testimony. I think the affidavits to be a true statement of the facts as they were presented to the court. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, John N. Smith.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Union, this 22nd day of March, A.D. 1855. John N. Smith, Probate Judge, P.O. Adams County, Ohio

Feb 29 th Feb 11 th 1848
No 1.096
Rachel Killings widow of John Ohio
THE APPLICATION OF Rachel Killings
for Pension as Widow of John Killings dec d a Pensioner for Revolutionary Services, at Cincinnati By Ohio Agency
Feb 29, 1848.
ELIPHALLET EASTON, AGENT FOR CLAIMANT. CINCINNATI, O.
E. Easton, Cincinnati Ohio.

STATE OF Ohio -
Brown County,
On this 14 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public
of said County and State above mentioned, Rachael Killin a Resident of said County who being duly sworn according to her knowledge that she is the identical Rachael Killin widow of John Killin deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in the army commanded by Captain at the Ohio Agency - the ( ) in the Regiment of
on a about the  day of  and was hereby  on a about the  day of  and was hereby
for the above referred to services. Dependent depends much on the services of the War Department, and the proof herewith sent, to support this claim. Dependent was married to the said John Killin in Adams County Ohio, on the 19 th day of November 1797 that her husband the said John Killin died in Adams County Ohio, on the 10 th day of Sept 1844. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but on the above date - and that she is now a widow and has never before applied for Pension. Her name before marriage was Martha  not  Martha
The undersigned appoints RICHARD HASTON, of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, Agent to settle the above claim in the best way he can. All orders or receipts given by said Agent in reference to this application are to be deemed valid and binding on the said Dependent as the same as the given by the dependent in person.
Henry Beasley John Buford
Rachel Killin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written as witness my hand and Notarial Seal -
Massie Beasley Notary Public

TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO. } s.
MARRIAGE LICENSE. }
By ARTHUR ST. CLAIR,
Governor of the Territory of the United States north west of the Ohio.
Whereas it has been signified to me that there is an agreement of Marriage between John Kelling of the County of Adams and Rachel Haisler of said County, both of full age, and they have requested that the publication of their intention herein commonly called the publishing the Bans of Matrimony, may be dispensed with, and no reason appearing why their request should not be complied with, by virtue of the power vested in me by Law, Licence is hereby granted to any established Minister of the Gospel, Justice of the Peace or Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, to join together in Wedlock, the said John Kelling , — and Rachel Haisler as Man and Wife, the want of the publication of the Bans notwithstanding; and return thereof is to be made to the Recorder according to Law.
PRINTED BY J. CARPENTER.
Given under my hand and Seal at Washington in the County of Adams the 14 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1797.
A. St. Clair

Also certify that John Milton & Rachel Hester was joined together as husband & wife on the 19th day of November 1871 Given under my hand this 9th day of December 1871 Noble Grimes Justice of the Peace
STATE OF OHIO, ADAMS COUNTY, SS.
I J. R. COCKERHILL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said county, do hereby certify, that Noble Grimes Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing License was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that as such full faith and credit are due his official acts, and his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court, at West Union, this 28 day of January 1852 and in the 50th year of the State of Ohio.
J. M. ... Clerk. A. C.

STATE OF Ohio Franklin County.
On this 14 th day of October
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public-
_____ a Justice of the Peace for the county and State above mentioned, Jacob Brown, and William Thompson _____ who being duly sworn according to law, and whose testimonys are worthy of full credit declare that they are well acquainted with the within named Rachael Killen - and that she is now present and she did sign the within application for the use and purposes within stated and the undersigned are fully satisfied that the within statement is true.
Deponents were Intimately acquainted with the said Rachael and her deceased Husband John Killen for forty years as Man and wife. They know that he was a Pensioner at the Ohio Agency for Revolutionary Services, and that he died in Adams County Ohio on the 10 th day of Sept r 1844 deponents being Cognizant of the fact, and they have been intimate with the said Rachael since his decease, and they swear that she has not intermarried, but is still a widow.
Jacob Brown William Thompson
Notarial Seal
Massie Bensley Notary Public

Cincinnati, Ohio.
9 th Feb
1852
The Comt e of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
Dear Sir,
the application of Rachael Killen under the act of Congress
I herewith send you for Pension 29 th July 1848
As soon as you can examine the claim, you will please advise me, as the Agent of the claimant, of the result, and send me whatever may be allowed by the annexed application.
Yrs Respect
E. Eaton

John Hillin Adams 6° Ohio
$80 c
Wm Russell age Mistleton Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined 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. These 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 Killin Adams 6 o 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.     Enlisted 1776 1 Musician Capt Adams Col Irvin 75 Sherman Valley Land Warrantary   Vol 1777 2 " Cumberland Evidence   Vol " 2 Pri Capt Powers Gen Potter Col M'Allan Pa Evidence   Sub for 1778 Credible   Mar 1778 2 Pri Gen Lacey   July 1778 2 " Capt Clark   Drafted '78 2 Capt Grimes   " " 2 Capt Wilson   1778  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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

June - 28 - 1900 Mrs. Minnie P. Osborne N. 11 th Evans, bldg. of Pentsmark, Chi July 5 - 1900 widg. Mrs. Mary P. Osborne 7726 Lamon Ave 1922, May 12 hist. to Edna F. Sanford Esq.
3694
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3694
Rachel Killings Widow
John Killings Mrs. Rachel
Act: July 29, 1859
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Portsmouth, Ohio, June 9, 1900.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
John Killin, my great grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier from Pennsylvania, and was a pensioner; but under which of the acts I am unable to say. I desire to be furnished with a copy of his record as a Revolutionary soldier. Your answer will greatly oblige.
Respectfully,
Mrs Harriet G Osborne
No. 130 1/2 Mound Street, Portsmouth, Ohio.

COURT OF
NELSON W. EVANS. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 135 WEST SECOND STREET. PORTSMOUTH, O.
June 19th, 1900.
Hon. H. C. Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I desire to be furnished with the revolutionary record of John Killin, a revolutionary soldier from Pennsylvania, who was a pensioner on the first of June, 1840 and it appears by Census at that date. I wish to use it in a County history about to be published and I would be obliged to you to send it at once.
Respectfully yours,
N. W. Evans

EW
West Union Pa. June 28, 1900.
Hon. H. Clay Evans, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
John Killen of Pennsylvania was a soldier of the revolutionary war and my ancestor and would you please send me a statement of his services in the Revolutionary war.
Yours truly, Grand Rawles,

427 Tremont St., Lincoln, Ills.
Mar. 30, 1922.
Director of Pensions.
Dear Sir -
Will you please give me what information you can concerning John Killen of Carlisle Pa. He was a pensioner and served from Feb '76 - '79, Col. Watts Reg't. Also of a "Haafers" from Car- lisle.
Wm Foley of Tazewell Co., Va., served all during the War. Have you a record of his

service? It is possible I am mistaken in his given name.
Thank you for the trouble (and
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Edna F. Langford
To The Director of Missions Washington, D. C.

80,082
160 ams

No 1096 Rachel Willing
widow of John
Ohio
Let E. Easton Esq May 29/52 Sam July 29/52
July 29, 1848.

Rachel Killing widow of John - Adams Co Ohio adm. 29 July 1848 2 yrs musician $88. per an- num from 4 March 1848
Cert to T. Eastman Cincinnati Ohio

Cincinnati Ohio 2 nd Sept 1852
Comm ee of Pensions.
Sir. In Feb 1852 I filed an appl n for Pension under act of 29 th Aug 1848, on part of Rachael Killin widow of John. on 29 th May & 27 th July last you required her affidavit to be made in open Court. The old Lady is so infirm that it was with difficulty she could be taken to the Court, however we did so. and I now forward it. Please issue the Certificate as early as possible, as she is very old & needy.
Yrs E. Eaton

Brief in the case of Rachel Killings widow of Mo County and State of Ohio act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $88 per annum. Act June 7 1837,
Record of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Prattman Cincinnati
Thornton Kiplett
Examining Clerk.

Feb 14 - 1852
App d of Rachel Killiam widow Of John
Elphal d Easton Cincinnati Ohio
[Signature]
FREE
Wm Penn J. Burrows Washington City D.C.

Cincinnati Ohio.
21 st Sept. 1852
The Com te of Pensions - Sir
In February last I forwarded an application on behalf of an old Lady, Rachael Miller , for Pension under Act of July 1848 as widow of John Miller late a Revolutionary Pensioner at this Agency. The Lady is needy and urging the matter. - please act on her claim.
Yours truly
E. Eaton

Cincinnati Ohio 12 th Decr 1852.
The Commr of Pensions. Sir,
On 9 th Sept last you acknowledged the Receipt of My Communication of 2 nd Sept (enclosing the supplementary declaration of Rachael Kitting widow of John, for benefit of Act of 29 th July 1848. Original Claim filed Feby 1852-) and stated that it would be attended to in its proper order.
This old Lady is urging the Murch in the Matter, and I would therefore thank You to issue the Certificate as soon as possible.
Yours
E Eaton

Pension Office July 11 1853
Ohio Rolls, Cincinnati Act June 7 1832 $88. per annum
John Killins To what time paid? J. Kiplett
J. S. Gallagher Esq, 3 Auditor
Paid to 4 th Sept. 1844. B. L. Bogan

W. C. ...
Peterson ... March 21 st 1858
... I have ...
... I have ...

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 7 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Killin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eighty eight Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839, to the 1 st Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albin K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

West Union Ohio
April the 23 rd 1833
Sir
Inclosed I hand you the application of John Killin for a Pension. Mr Killin, has resided in this neighbourhood since the first settlement was made near 40 years ago is esteemed a man of truth and no one I believe has any doubts of his having performed the Service stated by him from hearing him and other old Soldiers converse. I have not the shadow of a doubt upon my mind but he is what he he represents himself
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
James L Edwards Esqr William Ruppel

Dated 23 rd Aug 1862
Additional declaration of Rachael Killings widow of Vohn, a Pensioner at Ohio Agency. Revolutionary Services.
Act 29 th July 1848
F. Easton Cincinnati Ohio

State of Ohio - County of Adams
On this 23 rd day of Feb. A.D. 1852. personally appeared before me (in open court) the Rachael Willing  Willing a President of said
County, aged seventy years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the Act of Congress passed 29 th July 1848, as Widow of John Willing (or Willin ), dec d who was a Pensioner at the Ohio Agency for Services in the War of the Revolution -
That she was Married to the said John on the 9 th day of December in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Seven - that her said Husband, the aforesaid John, died on the 10 th day of Sept r 1844 - that she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the Marriage took place previous to the Second of January Eighteen Hundred, viz. at the time above stated -
She further Swears that she is now a Widow, and the Identical person who has heretofore applied thro' her attorney Eliphalet Caston of Cincinnati Ohio, for the benefit of the Provisions of said Act of Congress, and that she never before the application so made as aforesaid made any application for Pension -
She further Swears that at the time she made her said former declaration she verily believed she was Married on 19 th Nov r 1797 . but on afterwards finding her

her Licence of Marriage. She ascertained that it had issued on 14 th Nov 1797. and that the Ceremony was performed on 9 th Dec 1797. which differences of dates she can only account for by the facts of length of time, and her memory always reverting to Nov 1797 the time of the issue of the Licence.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first herein written before me
S. S. Norris Judge of the Court Plus Court
her Rachael Killin mark
State of Ohio County of Adams
I James N. Hook Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Certify that Shepherd F. Norris before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the same time one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County and that the signature attached to same is his proper name and handwriting and that said Court is a Court of Record.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at the 23 day of August 1852.
James N. Hook Clerk