Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2195, for William Tenery, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pa,
Tenery, William or Trenary, Sarah
W. 2195— B. L. W. 19623-160-55-
CONTENTS

5.702 Pennsylvania Pats Sarah Henry widow of William who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3rd 30 th June 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1857 and sent to
S. H. Henry Esq Canandaigua N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 2
Deducting former pay 5. under 29. July 1848 at 196 per annum.

1. 14 1. 14 1. 14
Vol. I. 38. —
149.924
act March 2. /55 May 23. /55
Sarah Peney widow of William Peney Pin,
Va: Cant. line.
No 19623
Revolution
Pensioned act Feb 2. 1848
Penn Feb 48-5702
Ad: 160 ac, Mel: 22.756,
Byf. Hw,
14
Charles Maylor Pittsburgh Pa

National Archives - Pennsylvania A. J. Walcutt - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jan'y 1818
12.064 R  Pennsylvania
William Tenery
of Alleghany Co in the state of Pa who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Seiber - of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of June 1819 and sent to Hon. H. Baldwin Esq.  Pittsburg  pa
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 mo  81. 3    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  48. 0     $129.3  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

William Turner private
Fitzgerald's Virginia, Agt.
The Judge has omitted to certify the circumstances of the Declarations, and also that he is satisfied he does know in the Revolutionary War as stated in the Declarations -
Also, further evidence of ser- vices is required.
Rolls 2 d Regt. Harrison's

I William Treney of Allegheny County state of Pennsylvania being now of the age of sixty six years and in low circumstances in life and a large family to support and having been a soldier in the revolutionary war and understanding that according to the laws of my country I am entitled to assistance in my situation do make the following statement, which as far as my memory serves me is substantially correct.
That in the fall of 1775 I entered as a volunteer under Capt. Triplet & Col. Powell in the state of Virginia, in what was then called minute men, was in Hampton when Norfolk was burnt by the British, was afterwards ordered to Alexandria where, I enlisted in the regular service in 1776 under Capt. Paton Harrison of the 1 st Comp. of 2 nd Reg t of Virginia regulars, the Reg t was at this time commanded by Col. Spotswood, afterwards by Col. Schley was ordered to Baltimore, passed the Chesapeake bay, then to Wilmington where the Reg t was in quarters for the winter of 1776-77. Then marched to Philadelphia, and afterwards to Middlebrook, and joined the Army under Genl. Washington, was in the Battle of Brandywine and Monmouth & continued in the regular service from the time of my first enlistment until the end of the war. That some years perhaps 8 or 9 ago while Genl. Smith of Virginia was a member of Congress understanding I was entitled to land grants I placed all the papers I received when discharged from the service into his hands and have never heard of them since. I once called at his house but he was absent from home and I have never been able to obtain them.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.

Allegheny County ss. State of Pennsylvania
I Ephraim Perllang, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the Said County, do by these presents Certify that Samuel Roberts Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken And who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing sub- scribed his name, was at the time of taking such deposition And now is President of the fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania including the County of Allegheny, And that due full and Credit Are due to All his Acts As Such throughout the United States And elsewhere.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand And Affixed the Seal of the Said Court at the City of Pittsburgh this first day of May A.D. 1818.
Ephraim Perllang

State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Allegheny } 3
Before me President of the 5 th Judicial District of Pennsylvania personally came the aforesaid Applicant and having been duly sworn saith that the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration are true to the best of his remembrance and that from his redacted Circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for his Support
Sworn & subscribed to Before me this First day of May A.D. 1818.
William Penn
Sam l Roberts
3

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County } set.
On this Twenty first day of November A.D. 1845, personally appeared in open court being a court of record, before the Honorable Benjamin Patton Esq. President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county in the State of Pennsylvania Sarah Tenery a resident of Pine Township in said county of Allegheny aged seventy two years, who being 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 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of William Tenery who was a private in the Army of the Revolu- tion inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Pennsylva- nia agency at the rate of Eighty dollars a month. That your Petitioner has no record or evidence of her husbands services other than his declaration and evidence accompanying the same filed in the Pension office upon which a pension was granted to the said William Tenery to which declaration and evidence your Petitioner refers for proof in this her application for a Pension; she further declares that she was married to the said William Tenery on the eleventh day of January A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty nine to the best of her recollection not having any family record of her said marriage the same having been lost or destroyed several years since. That she was married in New- Town Frederick County in Virginia by a magistrate The name of Williams in the presence of several witness- es one of whom was Nancy Tenery then about fourteen or fifteen years old and sister to her said husband. That there were some other persons present and witnessed said mar- riage, but does not know where they reside or whether

They are living, That this deponent, and William Tenery her said husband lived and together as man and wife from the time of their marriage untill the decease of her said husband. That her said husband the aforesaid William Tenery who some times spelt his name William Trenary died on the first day of January AD Eighteen hundred and forty five in Pine Township Allegheny County - That she was not married to him him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January AD Seventeen and ninety four. viz at the time above stated Sworn to and subscribed.
in open Court November
21. 1845
Sarah her X Tenery mark
Bry. Patten
Pro te . Judge & C.

State of Virginia } Jefferson County } set
On this 20 th day of September 1845, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county of Jefferson, Nancy Trenary, who being first duly sworn, deposes and saith that she is now a resident of said county of Jefferson; that she was well acquainted with William Trenary, who was her brother, and with his wife Sarah; that she, the deponent, was present and witnessed the marriage of the said William Trenary and Sarah, his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Bellwood; that they were married in New Town, Frederick County, Virginia, some six or seven years after the end of the Revolutionary war, as well as she can recollect; that she , the deponent, was about fourteen or fifteen years old when the said marriage between said William Trenary and Sarah Bellwood took place; that some years after their marriage, said William Trenary and wife removed to the State of Pennsylvania, somewhere near Pittsburgh; that she, the deponent, has frequently corresponded with said William Trenary and wife; that said William Trenary and Sarah, his wife, had several children before they removed from Frederick County, Virginia. and further saith not-
Teste R. Worthington.
Nancy her Trenary mark
The foregoing was signed and sworn to by said Nancy Trenary, before me a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Jefferson the said 20 th day of September 1845.
R. Worthington. J. P.
I certify that Robt. Worthington Esq. the gentleman before whom the above deposition was signed & sworn to is one of the Justices of the peace for Jefferson County, Virginia. Henry Bridgers Member of Congress from the District including Jefferson County, Virginia

State of Virginia } Jefferson County } set:
I Thomas A. Moore, Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County, in Virginia do hereby certify that Robert Worthington, esquire before whom the foregoing Deposition (wherein has been given, is and was at the time of taking thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Jefferson duly commissioned and sworn, to all whom acts as such, due faith and credit are and of right ought to be given throughout the United States.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Charlestown, in the said County this Seventh day of October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
T. A. Moore, Clerk of Jefferson County Court, Virginia.

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County } Set.
On this Twenty second day of November A.D. 1845 personally appeared in open Court being a court of record before the Honorable Benjamin Shatten Esq. President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and State aforesaid Richard B Tenery of lawful age a resident of Pine Township Allegheny County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn depones and saith that William Tenery who died on the first day of January A.D. 1845, and Sarah Tenery father and mother of deponent lived together as man and wife as far back as deponent can recollect he being now forty years of age, That he has frequently heard his father and mother say that they were married in Newtown in the State of Virginia in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty nine, and lived together until his father's decease as before stated that deponent's father and mother had ten children two of whom were older than this deponent that this deponent and the two elder children were born in Frederick County in Virginia, That deponent's father and mother removed from Virginia in the year 1810 - to Ohio Township Allegheny County in the neighborhood of Pittsburgh and died in Pine Township as above stated; that deponent's father was a pensioner, and deponent has on several occasions drew the pension for him when unable to come to Pittsburgh by reason of infirmity and old age - That deponent recollects of having seen an old family bible containing the marriage of his father and mother, and ages of their children, many years since but believes it has been lost or destroyed
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as deponent has not seen it in family for the last twenty years.
That the present applicant is the mother of the deponent and lawful wife of the said William Tenery who sometimes spelt his name William Trenary, and always so reputed by their neighbors and acquaintances. That said Sarah Tenery still remains as widow since the decease of her said husband.
Given to and subscribed this Twenty Second November in open Court. Before me.
R. B. Menden
Benj a Patton
The addition in the last line but one from the letter amended in open Court and given to, before me.
Benj a Patton
Pennsylvania Allegheny County } ss.
I, George R. Riddle Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Allegheny do hereby certify that Benjamin Patton Esq by whom the foregoing depositions were taken and who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking said depositions and now is President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, comprised of the County of Allegheny, duly commissioned and sworn.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 1 day of December A D 1848
George R. Riddle Pro

State of Pennsylvania, City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny. } ss.
On this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Thos. Steele ,
Esq., an Alderman of the said City of Pittsburgh, in the County of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, the subscriber Sarah Tenery aged about eighty five years a resident of Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania - who being duly sworn accord- ing to law, declares that she is the Widow of William Tenery deceased . who was a private in the Revolutionary War , first a minute man , and then enlisted in the Regular Army , she supposes, at Loudoun County Virginia (where she then resided) for three years or during the war and continued in active service in said war for the three years She believes he was for the remainder of the said war in the Maggs Inn . She says that her memory now so fails her that she cannot rely upon it for a distinct statement of what she formerly well knew. She further says that her said husband was a pensioner, on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pension agency , at the rate of ninety six dollars a year till his death - She further says that she was married to the said William Tenery in Fredrick County Virginia , sometime in the fall of the year, about 1786 - by a Parson, whose name she now entirely forgets - and that her name before her said mar- riage was Sarah Belverood ; that her said husband the said William Tenery , died at Pine Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania , on the first day of January A.D. 1845 ; and that she has ever since been a widow and now is a widow.
She further says that she was pensioned and now is a pensioner, of the United States Pension Roll, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum , on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pension agency , as the widow of the said William Tenery decd. under the act of February 2 d . 1848. and her pension Certificate is dated on the 28 th day of June A.D. 1851. and signed by J. S. Cuthberson Acting Secretary of the Internu- and countersigned by J. E. Heath , Commissioner of Pensions. She Respectfully refers to the proofs on file in the proper office at Washington, with the application of her said husband for a pension - and to the proofs which accompanied her own application for a pension to sustain this her present claim. & asks that the said proofs may be applied to this present application
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the _____ Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved the 3rd day of March, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for
nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty-land warrant, and she hereby authorizes CHARLES NAYLOR, Esq. of the City of Pittsburgh, to procure for her, her Warrant for said Bounty Land.
Witnesses present. John Taylor William Tenery
True Sarah X Tenery Mark

We, Henry Tenny aged about sixty years, & William Tenny, aged about twenty three years, being respectively sworn according to Law, on our oaths say, that we reside in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. That we well knew the said William named William Tenny (now deceased) in his life time, and also know well his widow the said Sarah Tenny, and have known them both all our lives - that they lived together as husband and wife, till his death (the said William's) and were received and known as such by every body who ever knew them - that the said William Tenny died in Pine Township Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the first day of January 1845, and that we were both at his funeral - and we know and say that ever since then the said Sarah Tenny has been a widow and she now is a widow, and we know her now to be a United States pensioner on the Pension Roll of the Pittsburgh pension agency, as the widow of the said William Tenny deceased, at the rate of ninety six dollars a year - and we say that we are not interested in her present claim for a Land Warrant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of May A.D. 1855. Thos. Steele Clerk.
Henry his X Tenny Mark William Tenny
I John Taylor aged fifty two years, a resident of the City of Pittsburgh, on my oath say that I was a clerk, for some years, in the Pension Office, of the Pittsburgh Pension agency, and well knew the widow named Sarah Tenny, widow of William Tenny deceased, and know her to be the identical Sarah Tenny, who as the widow of William Tenny deceased, now and is on the Pension Roll of the Pittsburgh Pension agency, and I myself have paid her her pension; and I have no interest whatever in her claim for a Land Warrant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of May A.D. 1855. Thos. Steele Clerk.
John Taylor

We John Taylor and Henry Tenery & William Tenery residents of Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Tenery in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person her he represents himself to be; and we know her to be such -
John Taylor Henry Tenery William Tenery
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents her herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Thos. Steel Esq.
State of Pennsylvania, } ss. County of Allegheny. }
I, EDWARD CAMPBELL, Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, do certify that Thomas Steel Esq. who subscribed officially the within and foregoing declaration, made by Sarah Tenery and the foregoing affidavit made by Henry Tenery & William Tenery & John Taylor, & by said Henry, William and John, jointly was, at the time of so doing, and now is, an Alderman of the City of Pittsburgh, in the County of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned, authorized and empowered by law, to administer oaths for gen- eral purposes, and for the purpose embraced in said declaration and affidavit, and that the name of said Alder- man, subscribed to said declaration and affidavit is his own genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Prothonotary of said Court, this Twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Edw. Campbell Jr. Proth.

Willm Tenery
Allocation of William Tenery to a pension -
(M)
1204
Albany
Nov. 19 th
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Among The pleas enrolled in the District court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania are the following extracted from the Records of an adjourned court in the said district held at Pittsburgh on the thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred and twenty and of the Independence of the United States the forty fifth -
United States of America ... Western District of Pennsylvania } p
On this thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a court of Record for said district William Henry aged sixty seven years resident in Allegheny county in said district who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, That he enlisted for and during the war in Loudoun county Virginia in the year seventeen hundred and sixty five in Capt Peyton Harrison's company in the 2 d Virginia regiment commanded by Col. Spottswood in the Virginia line, he served during the war in our continued service, on the continental establishment and against the common enemy, That he was honorably discharged by Col. Telesco (who commanded the regiment after Col. Spottswood resigned) at Williamsburg Virginia in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, he gave his discharge to Gen. Morgan to receive his pay and land and which he never received, That during the service aforesaid he was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth and in many severe skirmishes, And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time since that time in any manner whatever disposed of my property so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or receivables contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule
  1 Grey horse - ... worth $15.00 } 1 bay mare worth " $17.00   1 cow and calf - - - - - 9.00 4 sheep and two lambs 6.00   3 hogs and seven pigs 5.00 1 plough. double trees and gears - 5.50 
Total $51.50
That he lives upon rented land and owes debts to the amount of thirty dollars and has no debts due him, That he receives a pension by virtue of a certificate dated eighteenth of June eighteen hundred & nineteen and No 12.064 that he has no family residing with him except his wife aged forty eight and who is very weak and unable to work, he has two unmarried daughters living with him, one aged 12 and the other seventeen years. One boy who is sometimes at home but often abroad, and in whom no dependence can be placed in, his former occupation was a labourer or farmer but from old age and bodily infirmities is totally unable to pursue it, and that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn and subscribed this thirteenth day of August before eighteen hundred and twenty before the judge of said court
Sebastian H Walker
William Senery
I Robert Walker clerk of the court in and for the western district of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths with the schedule annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid schedule is fifty one dollars and fifty cents subject to the payment of debts to the amount of thirty dollars. - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the thirteenth day of August eighteen hundred and twenty.
R Walker

5703 Pennsylvania State
Sarah Tenery widow of William Tenery who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate Vasine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
16 July Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1837 and sent to
L. M. Gray Esq Canandaigua New York
Deducting former payments under act 29 th July 1842, at 796, per annum Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2
Reg 3 m ss - M99934
NY 1

Reported
553
P. Holmgren
Pennsylvania
Sarah Toney widow of William Toney
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Apr 1850 and sent to
M m . R. L. Rose Anna J. Rife
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9/1848, Page 111 Vol. 1
July Book 1

679 Pennsylvania. Pils. Sarah Tenney widow of William who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1842.
1 st January 1843 Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1843 and sent to
L. A. Drury Esq Canandaigua New York
[Acts of March 3, 1842, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 71/7

State of Virginia County of Winchester p.
I hereby certify that I am a Magistrate in the town of Newtown in said county that sometime, since application was made to me to procure evidence of the marriage or marriage relation between William & Sarah Trenay formerly residents of this town, whose marriage was alleged to have occurred as long ago as the year 1788- or 1789- that in pursuance of such application I have made a most careful & extensive examination among the inhabitants of this town for the desired evidence but I cannot find any person now living who can certify to the marriage relation of the said parties prior to the year 1794- I find that persons of the name of William & Sarah Trenay once resided in this town but in the neighborhood of their residence, there is not a single person old enough or who has resided there long enough to testify to their marriage relation before 1794- that all of their associates & neighbors of the said Trenay & wife are dead, or are removed from the place - that they resided prior to 1794, in a neighborhood composed chiefly of Quakers and that every one of them are either dead or removed into some other region of country - I further certify that I find there was, many

years ago a clergyman who resided in this place by the name of Williams - a German clergyman who is alleged to have married the said parties - and that a part of the property premises then owned by the said Williams, are now owned by me - that the said Williams moved away from this place a great many years ago - that the church over which he presided has ceased to exist - & has not been in existence for a great many years past - that the records of the said church - if ever there were any cannot be found - that they are not to be found in this place - & it removed elsewhere it is unknown to what place they were removed - I further certify that I had an examination of the records of the county clerks office made at Win- -chester, and could find no record of the marriage of the said parties - and I was assured by the clerk that it was not the uniform practice of clergymen of the day when these parties were alleged to have been married, to make a return of marriages solemnized by them, to be recorded -
Joseph Long
Newtown July 28 th 1850
Virginia
Fredricks County to wit:
I Thomas Allen Ledbetter clerk of the county court of Fredericks County do hereby certify that Joseph Long Esq. who has signed the foregoing certificate is a justice of the peace

in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 1 st day of March 1850 and in the 74 th Year of the Commonwealth.
J. A. Sidwell

12377 Sarah Frazar Dec. 5. 1845.
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d 1 Jan 1845
3 years Harrison Co 2 o Va Regt

To J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Officer Washington City

Pittsburgh March 14 1846
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension office
Sir,
Herewith I enclose you the official certificate of the Clerk of Frederick County Court in the State of Virginia, and also the deposition of Richard B. Frazar in accordance to the suggestion in your letter of the 24 th January 1846.
I am Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
G. H. Watson

149.904
PAID
On Official Business,
Amiel P. Waldo
Com: of Pensions Washington D.C.

Leads January 12 377
Leads January Open.
Det. to J. Clinton Jan 24: 46 same, June 8, 40.
to Hon. Mr. Hampton Apr. 15 - 1848
Det. to J. M. Drenn Oct. 20/50 " " Hon. Rev. Raper Oct 6/50
act of July 1838

Ms. A. 9. 2. 21. 6. 48, Pa.
Boston,

Henry
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
2195
Sarah Tenny
Widow
William Tenny
Dec. Rev. War.
Act.
Feb. 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
267
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 19,623
5 The Am

April 17, 1896
Recd Sarah Treanay
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension Pension Office Washington City D. C.

Pittsburgh April 14 th 1846
Sir Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the application of the widow Sarah Tracy for a pension, I have procured all the evidence in support of her claim within her power or knowledge and enclosed the same to the department.
On the 14 th March last I enclosed the certificate of the County Court of Frederick County Virginia certifying that there was no bond or license of marriage in file in his office, he also states that "very few of the bonds taken in those years appear to have been returned". In accordance with your suggestion I enclosed the deposition of Richard B Tracy showing that there are no "present family records containing the births of the children" in existence the same having been destroyed or lost about twenty years ago.
The old lady has frequently called at my office upon the subject of her claim, although very aged and infirm, she left with me a newspaper containing the obituary notice of her husband's death and services in the Repository and requested me to send it to the Pension office which request I have complied with. This letter is written at her special request.
I am very Respectfully
Your Coll Secy.
G. W. Watson
alderman
To J. L. Edwards Esq.

657
Pittsburgh
Sarah Tenery widow of William Pennsylvania Alleghany Co.
admitted under act 29 th July 1848, on 4 months 1848 at $96. per ann.
h. d. 1 Jany 1845,
Act 29 July 1848
Re on R. L. Rose N. R.

July 20/50
W. Allison with W. A. J. answer

Washington - Feb. 19 1850.
Sir: I have to request the favor, to be informed of the objections to the allowance of the claim of Sarah Trenary, widow of William Trenary, under act of 17 th June 1844. - If it relates to the marriage org - and I understand it does. I wish to know precisely what the objection is -
I asked for this information nearly a month since, but have not received it -
I am authorized to act in the case, and if further proof is required, I wish to make efforts in Frederick Co. Md. to obtain it - before I return to New York.
An early attention to this will be deemed a favor -
Very Respectfully,
Your ob d . serv t .
Apr 15-48 Wm. Newton L. M. Drury.
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt d of Pensions Washington.

No 744 Sarah Inney, wid of William Pa 1844
Sett 17 June 1844 to + Point No. 12 July 1848 - had 2 yrs Rnt. $80 for annu from 1 July 1845, when he her land died, to 1 July 1848, and there at $96 for annu -
Payments under 29 July 1848 at $96 for annu to be deducted
Given over to L. M. Denny Commissaire N. G.

H o : of Representatives March 25. 1848.
Sir,
You will please examine the case referred to in the enclosed letter, and inform me of what is wanting to substantiate the Claim. Please return my correspondent's letter. Very Respectfully M. Hampton
J. L. Edwards. Esq Comm r Pensions.

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 10 th June 1850
Hon Sir
I would call your attention to the correction of the name of Sarah Trenary of recently placed on the Pension Roll, Pittsburgh Agency - In her Pension certificate lately issued her name is spelled Sarah Trenary, precisely as she writes it. On the Books of the Pittsburgh Agency where she is to draw, her name is written Sarah Tenery. The Agent (W m J. Howard Esq) objects to paying her pension until the correction is made.
I am Sir with Great Respect Your O bt Serv t .
Morris Adair
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.

10
To Honble J. L. Edwards commr. pension of Pensioner Pension office Washington City

Pittsburgh Dec. 2 d 1845.
To Hon. Mr. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declaration on oath of Mrs. Sarah Tenery, widow of Mr. Tenery, deceased, who was a Pensioner, together with the accompanying depositions in proof of her marriage.
The testimony of Nancy Tenery taken in Jefferson County Virginia is the only remaining witness living or that can be found, who was present at her marriage. Mrs. Tenery informs me that there were others present but does not know where they reside or whether they are yet living.
I beg leave to submit her case for your adjudication and hope her application will be sustained by the depositions.
Very Respectfully
The declaration and deposition enclosed by this morning's mail. G. W.
I Remain your Obedient
G. W. Watson

Pittsburgh Pa:
May: 25. 1855.
Sir,
I enclose you, under the act of of March 3 rd 1855. the Application of Sarah Tenery, Widow of William Tenery deceased, for a Land-Warrant for 160 acres. Her late husband was a private in the Revolutionary War. and a Pensioner on the Roll at the Pittsburgh Pension Agency. He died in 1845. and his Widow, the present applicant was pensioned, under the act of 2 nd Feby 1848. and is now on the Pension Roll, at Pittsburgh Pension Agency. She is a nutty old woman - but now very feeble. There is no doubt of her identity. nor of the merits of her claim -
Respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Charles Taylor
To,
Hon: L. P. Waldo.
Com: of Pensions.
Wash g D.C.

Jan 12. 1845 Rev. A
Dear Friend,
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Senior officer Washington City
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Pittsburgh January 9 th 1846.
To
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissaire of Pensions
Dear Sir
On the 2 d day of December last. I enclosed by mail the application and Proof of Mrs Sarah Trenary or Tenary for a pension on account of the services of her husband W m Tenary de d . in the revolutionary war
As I have received no account of her application I have taken the liberty to write, and desire to know whether her application was received.
Very Respectfully
Geo. Watson

Washington March 4 th 1850.
Sir:
Herewith is presented some additional testimony in the case of Sarah Toney widow of W m Toney under act of 7 th July 1838.
It is all the evidence that can be found in the case, & I trust it will be deemed sufficient to establish the marriage -
There is on file, the testimony of a witness who was present at the ceremony of marriage and the affidavit of Mary Toney now presented clearly shews the relation of husband & wife prior to 1794 - and in this respect it fortifies the evidence of the witness who swore to being present at the marriage -
The "Whiskey Insurrection" alluded to in the affidavit now presented, will be found by reference to history to have taken place in 1794 - & at this time the witness states that Mrs Toney, had two children - I trust this testimony will be deemed sufficient, as it all that can possibly be produced
J. L. Edwards Esq / Court of Pardon }
Very respectfully Yours etc Servt -
L. M. Downy

Adm o .
1 2 Lowood Lynn
Purview after
H. Hon. Mr. Baldwin,
Pittsburg
Pa.

Dear Sir
The old soldiers who gave me their testimony Now you will oblige me if you can give them an early examination
Yours with them
Henry Bacon
6 June 1879
J L Selwood Esq

State of Pennsylvania City of Pittsburgh } ss.
In this 30 th day of April 1845.
Before the subscribers an alderman in and for said City appeared John Glancy aged about forty five years a resident of Ohio Township in Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with William Toney and Sarah his wife for upwards of twenty five years having lived a greater portion of that time a neighbor to them during the time they lived in Ohio Township; that about four or five years before the decease of the said William Toney they removed to Pine Township in said County; that the said William Toney drew a pension under an act of Congress until his decease and died on the first day of January 1845 leaving a widow named Sarah Toney who is now an applicant for a pension that during all the time the deponent was acquainted with the said William Toney and Sarah his wife they lived together as man and wife and was so reputed by the neighborhood. That the said William Toney and Sarah his wife had ten children that deponent has often heard old William Toney talking about his marriage with his said wife Sarah the present applicant and that they were married in Virginia that the said William Toney some years before his death was very feeble and helpless and for some time confined to his bed. That deponent has frequently heard William Toney declare during his life time that he removed with his wife Sarah and family from Virginia to Ohio Township some time in the year 1810.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above stated at my office in said City
John Glancy
G. H. Watson clerk

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, } ss. State of Pennsylvania,
I, George H. Riddle Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that George Watson
Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is, an Alderman in and for said City of Pittsburgh with all the powers of an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this / _____ day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- four and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the 70 th ,
ATTEST:
George H. Riddle Pro

George Watson Esq.
— Pittsburgh
— Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania } Allegheny County } Jct.
On this 14 th day of March A.D. 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber an old man in and for the City of Pittsburgh in said County. Richard B. Trenary aged forty two years past. of Pine Township in said County, who being first duly sworn deposes and saith, that Sarah Trenary now an applicant for a Pension is mother of this deponent. That deponent has made diligent search for a family record containing the births of the children of deponent's father and mother. This record was made both at the time of the application of his said mother for a Pension and within three or four days since in the house of his said mother and is unable to find any family record of the births of their children that deponent recollects (as stated in a former deposition) of having seen in a small family bible in the possession of his father William Trenary the births and ages of some of the children about twenty years ago which has been lost or destroyed as deponent has never seen it since that time, and does not believe it is now in existence as he has made a careful and diligent search for it and is unable to find it Sworn to and subscribed } this 14 th March 1846. Before } R. B. Trenary me. D. H. Donelly

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, George R. Middle Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that G. S. Searlly Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is, an Alderman in and for said city of Pittsburgh with all the powers of an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this 14 day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- Six and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the 70 th
ATTEST:
George R. Middle Pro

Virginia
I Thomas Allen Pickrell, clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that I have examined the register of marriages in my Office from the year 1783. to the year 1795 and do not find any return of the marriage of William Trenary and Sarah Bellwood. nor do I find any marriage bond given by William Trenary within these periods when filed in my Office. Very few of the bonds taken in these years appear to have been preserved.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affix the Seal of the said Court the 28 th day of February 1846 and in the 70 th Year of the Commonwealth — T. A. Pickrell

Winchester February 28 th 1846.
Sir Incluse you the certificate requested respecting the marriage of William French.
Yours obedt
T. A. Stillback

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss. Before the undersigned personally appeared Sarah Trenary residing in the Township of Franklin in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, states the following declaration in order to obtain the pension due her under the act of Congress passed
This declarant states that she is the lawful widow of William Trenary late of said County who was a revolutionary soldier of the United States & who died on the first day of January 1845
This declarant states that she is now drawing a pension of $164 per annum under the act of 21 July 1852 and that she has not again married but remains the widow of the said William Trenary
Sworn to & subscribed on this 28th day of March 1851 Before me
Sarah + Trenary
Andr. McMaster and in presence of James H. Wilson
I also certify that I believe the said Sarah Trenary to be the identical person who represents herself to be, and that her pension certificate No 553 was by her produced and exhibited to me.
Andr. McMaster

State of Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny
I, Geo. S. Hoag, late Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for said county, certify that Andrew Christy, Esq. is and was at the time of the date of the foregoing an acting Judge and Officer of said Court and for said county duly qualified and qualified to act as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
The foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal this ninth day of March A.D. 1851. Geo. S. Hoag In

State of Virginia
County of Winchester Winchester
Mary Trenary of Winchester in said County aged seventy years being duly sworn doth depose & say that her place of residence from early childhood was Winchester Winchester in said County and that while a resident there in childhood she was well acquainted with William Trenary & Sarah his wife of the same place and that she this deponent married a Brother of the said William Trenary. This deponent states that she is enabled to fix the time of her first acquaintance & recollection of the said William & Sarah Trenary very nearly from the date of her own marriage which took place in the summer of the year seven- teen hundred & ninety nine - that at the time of her own marriage she is confident that she had been well acquainted with the said William & Sarah Trenary for upwards of six years previous, which would bring the time of her acquaintance with them that she remembers, in the year seventeen hundred & ninety three - that at her first acquaintance with them they were living together as husband & wife & main- tained that relation and when this deponent first knew them they had then at least one child who was two or three years old, whom this deponent well knows.
This deponent further states a circumstance which enables her to fix the time when & before which she knew the said William & Sarah Trenary in the character of husband & wife & as the parents of children - This deponent states that she well remembers the time when the "whiskey insur- rection" as it was called took place. That a number of soldiers passed through the place where she resided which was a part of New German called "Hunewah" on their

march to Pennsylvania - that at the time of this occurrence which she will remember she and Irenay & wife had two children at least, which she is not sure but they had more. This deponent further states that she knew the said Irenay & wife & their children very well - saw them frequently and resided but a short distance from them - This deponent states that she cannot be mistaken as to the time of her own marriage (1799) - for besides her recollection of the event she knows that in the year following viz 1800, she had a son, now living a record of whose birth she is in possession of -
Sworn & subscribed to this 1 st day of March 1850. Before me A. S. Baldwin J.P.
Albany, February
I hereby certify that the above named Mary Irenay is a credible witness - a person of good character & of whose powers of mind are good.
A. S. Baldwin
Virginia
Frederick County to wit:
I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the County Court of Frederick County do hereby certify that A. S. Baldwin Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths &c. and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 1 st day of March 1850 and in the 74 th Year of the Commonwealth. T. A. Tidball (C)

Pennsylvania
Before me the Subscriber President of the court common pleas of the fifth judicial district in the commonwealth aforesaid personally appeared John Warner of St Clair township in the county of Allegheny Farmer who being Duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with William Trenary in the war of the revolution that he the deponent served in the same company & the same regiment with the s d Trenary during the whole of the revolutionary war - They both served in the 2 nd Virginia regiment, at one period commanded by Col Spotswood and afterwards by Col. Febiger - That s d Trenary & Deponent served at the battles of Brandywine Germantown and Monmouth. - That the s d W m Trenary is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for his support
John Warner
Sworn & Subscribed
This 24 th May 1812
Com. Saml Roberts
Pennsylvania
Before the undersigned President of the court of common pleas of the fifth Judicial District in the commonwealth aforesaid personally appeared Abraham Haines who being duly declared  sworn doth depose say that he is well acquainted with William Trenary the applicant above named and that he is reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for

for support. Affirmed & subscribed this 2 d June 1819.
Abraham Lains
Samuel Roberts
Pennsylvania S d
Before the undersigned President of the Court of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared Daniel Pierce who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well with the above-mentioned William Treacy and that he is reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Daniel Pierce
Sworn & subscribed this 2 d June 1819
Samuel Roberts
Pennsylvania S d Samuel Roberts President of the court of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named William Treacy did live during the revolutionary war against the common enemies as stated in the foregoing declaration and that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for his support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the city of Pittsburgh this third day of June A D One thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
Samuel Roberts