Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,466, for James Lee, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. Sea Service
Lee, James Mary
N. 5,466
CONTENTS

5970 Cincinnati Ohio
Mary Lee, Decd. widow of James Lee, who was a Seaman in the Rev War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and end on 14 Dec. 1843, the day of her death. Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1844 and sent to
A. Ray Esq. Present Pay to Lydia Thompson, James Lee Mary Conklin & Lucinda Johnson
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 160.
Cert. Cor. and sent to J. Halsey. Springfield Ohio. Aug. 24. '44
Letter to J. H. Halsey & Pension Aug. 24. Aug. 1845
Let to D Camp 21 Feb 1845. do. to P. Q. at Cincinnati - to Mr. J. Vance & C. Cavilcer, April 1. 1845 - do to J. Halsey Apr. 8 - 1845.
Mrs. S. Thompson Aug 25 '57

State of Ohio Clark County } ss-
On this 29th day of July 1844, personally appeared before me, an acting justice of the peace in and for said County Mary Conklin and Lucinda Johnson residents of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths make the following declaration in right of their deceased mother Mary Lee who departed this life on the fourteenth day of December in the year 1843, leaving the following named surviving Children, viz: Sy- Thompson wife of John Thompson, James Lee, Mary Conklin and Lucinda Johnson (the first named heir resides in the State of Missouri, the second named in the State of Illinois, and the two last named in Clark County Ohio): And that the said Mary Lee's name was inscribed on the pension roll under the Act of 7th July 1838, Ohio Agency, at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, as the widow of James Lee, who was a seaman in the Navy, serving in the War of the Revolution. — Now the object of this declaration being made is in order to obtain a pension certificate under the act of the 3rd March 1843, and payable to the day of the said Mary Lee's death, in favor of the surviving heirs. — And these declarants further state, that the said Mary Lee, remained until the time of her death the widow of the said James Lee.
Signed in the presence of
James Thompson S t
Mary her Conklin
Lucinda her mark Johnson.
I certify that that the above named declarants this day personally came before me and made oaths in due form of law that the foregoing declaration contains the truth and nothing but the truth, and that they are personally known to me to be the persons they represent themselves to be, and are persons of good character for veracity.
Given under my hand this 29th day of July A.D. 1844
Reuben Miller
Justice of the peace

State of Ohio Clark County 38
I James D. Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Reuben Miller is a justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 19th day of December 1813 and will expire on the 19th day of December 1816, and that his signature within written is genuine. — Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Springfield this 29th day of July A. D. 1814.
James D. Halsey Clerk
5262
State of Ohio County of Clark 38.
I James D. Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, holden at Spring- field in and for said County, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary See who was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety Six dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Clark in the State of Ohio, and died in the town of Springfield in the County and State aforesaid, in the year eighteen hund- red and forty three, on the fourteenth day of December; that she left chil- dren, whose names are Cynthia Thompson, wife of John Thompson (who re- sides in the State of Missouri) formerly Cynthia See, James See (who resides in the State of Illinois) Lucinda Johnson formerly Lucinda See, (who was married to a man named — Johnson and from whom she has been absolutely divorced on her own application) and Mary Conklin widow of John Conklin deceased (the two last named of whom reside in said County of Clark) And that said Mary See remained the widow of the said James See deceased, up to the time of her death.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Springfield this 29th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1814. James D. Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.

✓ No 7229 Mary Lee of James Ohio

State of Ohio Clark County } ss.
On this 14 th - day of April A. D. 1840 person- ally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas sitting within and for the said County of Clark Mary See, a resident of the town of Springfield in the said County of Clark, aged about seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to Certain widows:" That she is the widow of James See who was a Sailor in the navy of the Uni- ted States or of the State of Virginia during the Revolutionary War. She does not remember, the name of the vessel in which her husband served nor of the officer under whom he served, she has often heard the names of both, but her memory is frail, and she never had any special motive to keep them in her mind, she thinks he never held any other rank than that of a Sailor; she has no means in her power of stating the day of the month or even the year when he entered the service, as she has no documentary evidence in her possession. She knew him well before he entered the service (she having been his first cousin) she also remembers well the Commence- ment of the Revolutionary war. She remembers this the more distinctly because her brother (also named James See) left home and entered the Regular military service the same year and remained in the service five years, James See, who afterwards became declarants husband en- listed as a Sailor the same year, and remained in the service seven years or there abouts. She has often heard him say he was gone seven years, but she cannot be certain whether it was a short period more or less than that length of time, but she knows it was about that long. He left the service about the close of the Revolution- ary War. At the close of the war he with the ship's crew to which he belonged were prisoners at war, and were either exchanged or dischar- ged by the restoration of peace, but she thinks she was exchanged. She does not know whether or not he was under more than one en- gagement but she thinks he was under but one. She is not able at

She has before stated, to specify the names and rank of the Officers, under whom she served, by reason of the failure of her memory, and from the circumstance that this matter never attracted her very special attention. At the time he enlisted he resided in King George County Virginia; the nature of his service she has before stated; she cannot name the battle, he was engaged in, though she has heard him relate circumstances, which occurred in one, but as they relate to him personally, she does not deem it necessary to repeat them; in truth it is not in her power to detail the particular history of his service, though she knows of his entering the service, his long absence, his return, and the general relation of his service, the sufferings, hardships, and dangers, which he encountered. As she has stated before she has no documentary evidence to sustain her claim, nor does she know of any one now living by whom she can prove it. Her husband died in Fauquier County Virginia about the year 1806. She cannot state the exact year as her family record has long since been destroyed by fire, but she ascertains the period by the age of her youngest child who was an infant at the time of her death. She migrated to Ohio the year of the occurrence of the earthquake, which she thinks was in 1811 or 1812. She knows of no individual now living with whom she was acquainted in Virginia except her own children, though she supposes, she could find some if she was able to go back and make the enquiry. — She further declares that she was married to the said James Lee about the year _____ of the and exact date of the marriage she cannot now make any statement, as she has not in her possession any record of her marriage, and she has not as yet been able to procure any evidence as to its date. The date of his death she has stated above as near as she can remember. She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. The exact date whereof she hopes and expects to be able to shew. She was never afterwards married.
her Mary Lee
main

The State of Ohio Clark County 3 rd .
James S. Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mary Lee (to me well known to be the person she represents herself to be) and Subscribed the foregoing declaration, and being duly this day personally appeared in open Court, and Subscribed the foregoing declaration and being duly sworn on her solemn oath declared that the facts set forth in said declaration are true, according to the best of her knowledge and belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this 14 th day of April A.D. 1840 J. S. Halsey Clerk

Ches
Hon: S. Mason
House of Representatives Washington Do.

I know all men by these presents, that we, James Lee and Samuel Elliott, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, Edmund Randolph Esqr., Governor of Virginia, in the sum of fifty pounds, to which payment, well & truly to be made to the said Edmund Randolph or his successors, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents: Sealed with our seals and dated this second day of February, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between James Lee and Mary Lee, for which a license hath issued; now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said intended marriage, then the above obligation to be void, or else to remain in force.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of Geo. Brooke
James his X Lee mark Samt. his X Elliott mark
Virginia,
Fauquier County, to wit:
I Alexander J. Marshace Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a copy of a bond filed in my Office, with the exception that in the original the date is written plainly and legibly in figures; and I do further certify that the records of marriages about that time were kept very loosely, and the ministers appear to have been careless in making their returns, & that the bond is the only evidence the Office affords of very many marriages celebrated at that early day.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of my Office this 10th day of July 1840, and in the 65th year of the Commonwealth.
A. J. Marshace C.C.

Warrenton July 10. 1840
Hon: S. Mason,
Sir,
I send you a copy of James Lee's marriage bond authenticated under the Seal of the Court. The Certificate attached thereto is such as I usually give in cases where an application is about to be made for a pension &c. I have been unable to procure any other testimony.
Yours respectfully
Thomas P. Knox
D. Bell

1606 K street NW., Washington, D.C.
August 13, 1907.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your letter of the 2nd instant, in which you state additional information will be necessary to enable you to locate the pension application of James Lee, a Revolutionary soldier, about which I had inquired in behalf of Dr. L. Harrill, of Statesville, N.C., I give below such facts as I am able to obtain.
James Lee was a member of Ralford's Co., 10th Regt. N. C. Line, and was discharged in 1782. He died at High Shoals, Rutherford Co., N.C., in 1810. His wife's Christian name was Mary, and the pension application would be made out in her name, or in the name of the children, so that any application by a Lee from the above county would be likely to be on account of the services of James Lee. The date of the wife's death we are unable to learn.
Will you also kindly inform me if there was a pension granted to William Baxter, of Rutherford Co., N.C. He died in 1848, and the application would be in his own name.
An early reply will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Miss Mary E. Lazenby
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Springfield Ohio Jan 25. 1815.
Sir,
I enclose you herewith, the Pension Certificates granted to Mrs. Mary Lee, now deceased to her children, for a pension, no part of which has ever been drawn, and also power executed by three of the four of her children, for the purpose of drawing the amount due, from the Agent at Cincinnati.
These papers have been presented and rejected by the agent, because as the Attorney authorized to draw the money, informs me, "there appears to be some informality in the affidavits" and besides (the agent's) former instructions order the payment to Mary Lee alone! — In drawing the affidavits and power of attorney, I was not certain I should have them right, because the form in my possession did not exactly suit the case. Nevertheless, I made them to correspond as near as I was able.
That the papers are not right is exceedingly unfortunate as one of the heirs lives in Illinois, and in a part too, to which the accept by mail is slow and uncertain. Another Mrs. Thomas Lee lives in Missouri and will present papers drawn exactly similar to these, they having been prepared and forwarded to her by myself. Mr. James Lee, the one who resides in Illinois came here for the very purpose of having the papers executed and has long since returned home. It would put him to trouble and expense which he can ill afford to be required to return here again, and if I were to prepare the papers anew, and forward them to him, the time of their return would be uncertain, and then I should still remain

in doubt whether they would be received at the agency. - In view of these considerations I ask of you the favor of having the money forwarded from Washington by a draft, or of do having the agent at Cincinnati instructed by the proper authority to make payment on the voucher already prepared.
I am reluctant to request that this matter should be made an exception to the general rule, but considering the peculiar difficulties of the case, and also that the papers are no doubt substantially if not literally correct, I have hoped that my request may not be refused; especially as the matter has been along time pending, and as, in order to get the voucher, which we already have, a long time has intervened since the date of the Certificate.
If you have any doubt that all is not right, I refer you to Genl. Vance, our representative, with whom I am well acquainted, and who I doubt not will satisfy you on that point.
I am Sir your Ob td Serv t James A Halsey
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Colu Apr 8 '45
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Jan 21 87
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5970-43
James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
FREE

Springfield Ohio, 11th April 1815.
Sir,
Some time before the close of the late session of Congress, I addressed a letter to the Hon. Joseph Vance, the Representative from this district enclosing two pension certificates granted to Mary See and her heirs, and also papers prepared as vouchers, on which to draw the money to which the heirs are entitled. Not having heard from these papers, sometime in the early part of the last month, I addressed a letter to Genl. Vance, to which he promptly replied. Her reply I herewith enclose.
The papers have not since been heard from; and the heirs of Mr. See, in consequence of the unexpected difficulties, which have prevented the money from being paid, are beginning to fear that it will be entirely lost. I think some of these difficulties have been made by the unnecessary scruples of the agent at Cincinnati, but I may do him injustice. Certain it is that to comply with his requisition, in the dispersed condition of the family will cause much additional trouble; but if need be that must be submitted to.
Not knowing to what branch of the War Department these papers have been submitted, and supposing yours to be the appropriate one, I address this letter to you, although they may have been sent to the proper accounting department. — As my correspondence with you has always been met by prompt reply, I presume these papers have taken some other direction.
I hope it will not be asking too much of you to request of you to make inquiry for these papers at the proper place, and have them forwarded to Genl. Vance at Urbana or myself at this place & to put me in the way to have the vouchers so prepared

that the money can be obtained. I abhor being troublesome, and it is with reluctance that I again address you touching this matter, but I know of no other way to have it closed up.
I am your obt. Servt.
James S. Halsey
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Letter from J. S. Edwards to S. Mason, in regard to Mr. See's app n : Mch 12. 1840.

War Department,
Pension Office
March 12. 1840.
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr. Halsey, and to inform you that the name of James Lee, a Sailor, is found on the records of the Virginia State Navy, and he appears to have received a Certificate for £ 67:15:8, on the 27 th of June 1783, for balance of pay. Our books do not shew when his service commenced or when it terminated. As the time when the marriage took place is not stated in the enclosed letter, I am unable to determine under which law the widow of James Lee, dec d is entitled, or whether her case is provided for by either of the laws granting pensions to widows. I however enclose copies of the laws and regulations for her examination.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
Your ob dt . Serv t
J. L. Edwards
Hon. S. Mason, House of Representatives.

7229 Mary Lee Ohio Act 7 th July '38
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Adp
2 years
Seaman
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$96 per an.
Alex Ray Washington D.C.

Mary Lee of James Ohio
Suspended
Act let. 22 July 40
Gas A. Hobsey.
Lettr do. 15 Sep. 1841
Act 7 July 1838

More Information wanted, the name of the widow, when and where she died, and under what case she was pensioned.
Not Lydia Thompson Ill. Ill of Ill

June 10 1880
To the commissioner of pensions I wish to gain information in regard to pensions. Bounty money I wish to know if there is any thing for the heirs of James Love who served in the revolutionary war if there is a any bounty money or pension money due James Love you will oblige me by answering this
Yours Respectfully
Robert L. Love
I hope to hear soon on behalf James Love & his wife Love a pension some years ago there was no kind of land allot to him in lottery which owing to the limitation law is that still I cannot get

7229 July 22. 1870
Ohio July 7. 1838.
Mason n c
L L Edwards Esq
Washington D  6

House of Reps in States J. L. Edwards Esq. July 21 1840
for
Enclosed I have - sent the Acct. of Mrs. Lee of Spring- field Ohio and a paper certified by the clerk of the County of Fair- fax Va. respecting the manumis- sion of Slaves Lee and Mary Lee and also a letter from Russell to me all of which have just come to hand.
I shall leave the city to day or tomorrow morning for home. I have the honor to re- quest you to correspond with Jas S. Halsey Esq of Springfield Ohio in relation to the applic- ation should any further corres- pondence be necessary.
Yours very respect- fully J. M. Mason

apl 30-1824
PAID
Col Miles
J. S. Edwards Esq of the of Pension Washington D. C.

Springfield O.
J. L. Edwards Esq
April 26 1844
Dear Sir
I have this day and from Alex Ray Esq of your city a letter of the 22 nd inst. enclosing a pension Certificate dated the 16 th inst. in favor of Mary Lee, widow of James Lee a Seaman by which she is entitled to $96 per annum commencing the 4 th Mar. 1836 and ending the 4 th Mar. 1841. This pension was obtained through the Agency of Mr Ray. The object of this is to inform you that Mrs. Mary Lee died some time during the last winter, probably in Jan'y. The fact of her death was not, I am informed, communicated to Mr Ray. Now if there is any law or usage by which the heirs of Mrs. Lee can receive her pension it will be a great blessing to a poor but worthy family. Will you please to advise me as early as may suit your convenience whether there is any way by which the children of the deceased can be benefited by the pension of their deceased mother? The case or rather the application has been pending for a long time and I should exceedingly regret to find that her

death intervening between the date of the applica- tion and its allowance should have the effect to deprive her heirs of all advantage from a final decision in her favor
If her representatives have any rights in the premises, I have the honor to request you to advise me of their nature & extent
With great respect I remain your Oblt Servt, S. Mason

Nov. 6. 1842.
add'tes. case of
May 2 nd Dec.
additional orders
James L. Edwards. Gov.
Commission of Pensions

Washington
Nov 6. 1843.
Sir
At the request of the Rev T Mason, I now present an affidavit made by Ann Thompson, in support of a claim to a pension, asserted by Mr Mason, Sec. of Ohio, for the benefit of the act 7 Feb 1838.
I am Sir
Yours Most respectfully Thos. Ray.
L. L. Edwards Esq Court of Pensions

State of Ohio Clark County S.S.
Before me Samuel Parsons a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Susana Thornton and made oath in due form that she has been intimately acquainted with Mary Lee for about twenty five years that at the time of her first acquaintance said Mary represented herself as the widow of James Lee and that after the death of her husband who died in Fauquier County Virginia she remove to the State of Ohio where she remained ever since Deponent having ever since her first acquaintance with Mr Lee been connected with her in the same religious church and has always been on very intimate terms with her and has had many conversations with her in relation to her family matters Deponent has often heard her speak of the service of her husband as a seaman engaged in the cause of his country during the revolutionary war. Conversations on this subject have been so frequent that the subject has been for many years quite familiar with deponent. She cannot state when she first heard Mrs Lee speak on this subject but she thinks it must have been more than twenty years ago Deponent has heard her state that her husband was a prisoner at some period during the war and she thinks at he was such at the conclusion of peace Deponent remembers to have heard Mrs Lee state that her husband while absent in foreign ports deposited with Dr Franklin fifty Guineas in money for which he took some instrument of writing and which was to be deposited in some Bank for the use of himself or in case of his death to some members of his family and that the money so deposited was never afterward received, Deponent is sixty two years of age & Mrs Lee is several years older and during deponents acquaintance with her she has always had the reputation of being a person of veracity, an honest industrious & religious woman, and deponent has no doubt

of her statements as above related. Deponent has long since understood that the maiden name of Mrs Lee was the same that it is now, Mary Lee, that at the time of their marriage she was her husband's first cousin and that their marriage took place in Fauquier County Virginia. Deponent is acquainted with several of the children of Mrs Lee by her husband James Lee the eldest of whom is upwards of fifty years old as then Deponent thinks
Suzana Thornton
Also came Jane Hardy who being duly sworn deposes and says that she became acquainted with Mrs Lee about twenty six years ago and that she has been intimate with her ever since. Deponent has frequently heard Mrs Lee speak of her marriage to Mr Lee in Virginia and that her husband was a seaman engaged in the service of his country during the revolutionary war. Conversations upon this subject took place between us twenty years ago. Deponent about that time frequently heard Mrs Lee regret the loss of some of her husband's papers by fire in Virginia which she thought would have enabled her to get land pay for her husband's services. Deponent has understood from Mrs Lee that her husband was her first cousin and that their surnames were the same. She was a widow at the time of their first acquaintance and has ever since sustained the character of an honest and industrious and religious woman and deponent does not doubt the truth of all that Mr Lee told her in relation to her family matters. and the services of her husband Mrs Lee's christian name is Mary Lee  she has frequently told her that her husband's name was James and that he served in the revolutionary war for several years.
here Jane X Hardy mark

State of Ohio Clark County S.S.
I certify that Susana Thornton & Jane Hardy this day appeared before me and made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit after being duly sworn according to law I further certify that said Susana & Jane are persons of respectable standing and of good character so far as I know.
Given under my hand and seal this 3 rd day of October 1843
Samuel Parsons J.P.
The State of Ohio
Clark County
I James Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid certify that Samuel Parsons Esq. is an acting justice of the peace within said for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith is due to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this 3 rd day of October A.D. 1843.
J. Halsey Clk.

Oct 11 1845
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Acting Commission of
Gen. H. H. S. for
Descender Ray
Present

Washington Oct 10 1843
Sir
I enclose you two affidavits I rec d this mor- -ning from the Hon d S Mason of Ohio in the case of Mary Lee of Ohio for the benefit of the act 7 July 1838.
I understand the Service of James Lee in the Virginia Navy is satisfactory, also the evidence of Marriage. And the Department now wishes proof. that James Lee the applicants deceased husband was the same man borne on the Virginia State Navy rolls.
With a view to satisfy the Department upon this point the two affidavits are now presented: They state that twenty one years ago. Mrs Mary Lee represented herself as the widow of James Lee. Who was a Seaman during the revolutionary war.
I am Sir ever
respectfully
Thos. N. May
Gen. H. Brumf acting Com d of Pensions

The State of Ohio Clark County } S. S.
Before me Reuben Miller a Justice of the peace within and for said County personally appeared Ann Thompson, who being duly sworn, says that she is a native of Fauquier County and State of Virginia, and that she is now fifty nine years of age, that about thirty four years ago, Mrs. Mary See moved into the neigh- borhoods where deponent then resided, in said County of Fauquier, from another neighborhood in said County. Deponent then became well acquainted with the said Mary See, and has been acquainted with her ever since that time, deponent emigrated to the neighborhood of Springfield, Clark County Ohio, about the year 1811 and has lived in the same neighborhood ever since, except an interval of about two years. Mrs. See came to the same neighborhood about one year afterwards, and has lived in said neighborhood ever since. At the commencement of their acquaintance Mrs. See was reported to be a widow, and as deponent learned from the said Mrs. See, she was the widow of James See deceased. Deponent has often heard Mrs. See speak of the services of her husband, in the naval service of his country during the Rev- olutionary war, and of his being taken prisoner du- ring some periods of his service. Deponent heard Mrs. See speak of these things while she lived in the State of Virginia, and has often heard her repeated the same since her residence in this country. Deponent has long un- derstood that Mrs. See & her husband were first Cous- ins previous to their marriage. Deponent says that Mrs. See has remained a widow ever since they had been acquainted with each other, and that the said Mrs. See has always been a good character,

Deponent says she has long since heard Mrs Lee speak of some valuable papers which were destroyed by fire, previous to deponent's becoming acquainted with the said Mrs Lee. Deponent says that she has heard Mrs Lee say, that by the loss of her husband's papers, the family lost some lands that were in Kentucky that were coming to them for her husband's services.
Deponent says she is not related to Mrs Lee in any way.
Ann her Thompson mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of October A.D. 1843.
Reuben Miller Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify, that I am acquainted with the deponent, Ann Thompson, and that she is a woman of good character for truth and veracity.
Reuben Miller Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Clark County } ss.
I James Halsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid certify that Reuben Miller Esq. is an acting justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this 26th day of October A.D. 1843.
James Halsey Clerk

J. L. Halsey
15 - Sep 1841
OL

Pen Office,
Apr: 15, 1841
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 9 th inst in the case of Mrs Mary Lee widow of James Lee dec d I have to inform you that her claim was examined and a letter dated 22 nd July 1840, a copy of which is herewith enclosed was addressed to you at Springfield, Ohio, stating what further testimony was required in her case. It does not appear that any additional testimony in her case has been received here since that time.
James L. Halsey Esq r Springfield, Ohio.
O. C. 7229 Oct 138

J. S. Halsey
22 July 1840
OC

Pen. Office 266 July 23 rd , 1840
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Lee widow of James Lee, deceased from which were transmitted to this office by Hon. D. M. Bacon have been ex d and at his request I have to inform you  of the state of the case As corresponded with you should any further testimony be required, I have to inform you that evidence of the claimant being the identical widow of James Lee who served in the Virginia navy should be exhibited in order to a favorable decision. If it is possible for her to ascertain under what Captain her husband served, she should set forth the same in an amended declaration, she should also state the time of her marriage, James L. Halsey Esq. E. O. C. Springfield Ohio.
4229 Oct 58

13. Sept 1841 Mrs Allis and.
Mary Lee
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Springfield, Ohio, Sept. 9. 1821.
Sir,
Some months since the declaration of Mrs. Mary See, (I think Mary is her name) widow of James See dec d was made out and duly sworn to in Court My impression to obtain a pension for services rendered by her husband in the Virginia Navy during the Revolutionary War. - My impression was that the declaration was not sent on but was detained to obtain testimony as to her husband's services. I have made diligent search, but have been unable to find the paper, and I have come to the conclusion that I must have sent it to the pension Office. Will you cause examination to be made and inform me by letter whether the declaration is on file, and if not will you send me the paper which contains instructions for preparing the paper requisite for a widow claiming a pension on account the services of her husband in the Revolutionary War?
Your compliance with this request will be as much a favor
Your Obt. Servt. James I. Halsey
J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct 183
6262
Aug 3 rd 44
Ohio
Mary Lee du o
Act Mar 3 rd 1843
$96 per ann
one cont:
Sylvia
Thompson, James de o
Mary Ann, Lucinda
Johnson Chils d & 14 Dec. 1843
Mr. A. Ragsdale Present
Edward G.
8307
Com d of Pension
Nov 2 nd 1.
6969

Washington
August 2 nd 1844.
Sir
I enclose you an application from the surviving children of Mary Lee def t late of this. For a pension under act 3 March 1823.
I am very
respectfully
Yours & Sir
Rev. W. W.
En
J. L. Edward Jr. Com r of Pensions

Aug 24 '44
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Mary Lee de
Pencab n to

Springfield O. Aug. 20. 1811.
Sir,
By examination of the certificate from the Court which shews who are the heirs of Mary Lee dec d . You will find that the name of one of them, Mrs Thompson is Sytha and not Sydia as written in the accompanying certificate. — I have therefore thought it best to enclose you the certificate that the error may be corrected.
When the correction is made, be pleased to forward the paper to me by mail.
I am Sir, your ob t Serv t James S. Halsey
James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of James Lee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. ms. file 5466
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 7 years Sailor ✓ ✓ Va.   It is of the man, he was a member of the   and discharged at expiration of term.  
Battles engaged in, Ver non l'histoire Residence of soldier at enlistment, King George Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Apr. 14, 1840 Residence at date of application, Springfield, Clarke Co. Va. Age at date of application, 73
Remarks: Soldier married his first cousin Mary Lee (sister of David Lee a Rev. soldier) Mar. bond dated July 2, 1789. He died in Shenandoah Co. Va. about 1806. She remarried to John Thompson in 1811 or 12. He died in 1843. John Thompson, father of John Thompson, mother of John Thompson.
Very respectfully,

1907 Sept. 10. Hist to Miss Mary E. Lazenby -
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5466
Mary Lee
Wid.
Jas. Lee
deceased Rest. Ken
Act: Nov 24/83
Index: — Vol. 84 , Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8307 Cincinnati Ohio
Mary Lee widow of James Lee
who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the about the year 1804 of Fauquier in the State of Virginia who was a Seaman in the Va State Navy commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 96 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Apr. 1844 and sent to Alex r Ray, Present
Total Amount, $ 480.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. C. Smann Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 Page 391
Feb 16 Apr 44 Sent to J. Mason May 3 1844

Agnes F. ... Peoria Co. Ills Aug the 11 th 57
To the commemoration of persons in memory to years of the 3rd of August my mother resided in Springfield Ills to Ohio where she drew her pen- sion. She was the widow of James Spe- aker she died she died December the 14 th 1843 her husband served during the revolutionary war as a sailor in the Virginia state navy he died in Fauquier Co. Virginia
Their names in full are
James Spe. Mary Spe. his wife
Children of James Spe. & Mary Spe. James E. Spe. Martha Spe. Mary Spe.