Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10610, for John Tilton, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Tilton, John
R. 10610
Mariam
or
Mariam
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State of New York County of Cayuga ss. John Tilton of said County being duly sworn according to law says that he is a son of the late John & Mariam Tilton, both now deceased, that the said Mariam Tilton made application for a pension under the act of July 183 as the widow of the said John Tilton, that her claim was suspended & that he as one of her surviving children has a direct interest in the claim to said Pension Subscribed & sworn to this 25th day of June 1851 before me John Tilton Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Know all men by these presents that I John Tilton of Genoa Cayuga County N.Y. do hereby constitute & appoint George C. Ames Esq. my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name to investigate & establish the claim to the above mentioned Pension Witness my hand & seal this 25th day of June 1851 In presence of J Tilton John Tilton
State of New York County of Cayuga ss. Be it known that on the 25th day of June 1851 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County John Tilton above named & acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned Harvey Heath Justice Peace

John Milton

State of New York Cayuga County
Clerk's Office ss I hereby certify that Harvey Heath before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and acknowledg- ment made was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in the said County and that the foregoing are his genuine signatures. In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3 day of July 1857
C. B. Cook Clerk Cayuga County & the County of Record thereof

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Mariam Tilton widow of John
N.Y.
10610
Hon. J. Birdsall N.Y.

State of New York
Seneca County. ss.
On this 27th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, before me, M. B. Wheeler, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County, personally appeared Mariam Tilton, of the town of Ovid, in Said County, and being by me duly sworn according to law, makes, under oath, the following declaration in order to entitle her to the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress, of the United States, of the fourth of July 1836: To wit - That she is eighty eight years of age - that she was married to John Tilton on the 14th day of June 1766, in the State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, town of Freehold, by James Van Marter - that her husband, John Tilton, served in the war of the revolution and held the office of Ensign, in the Company Commanded by Captain Stout, whose Colonel's name was Samuel Forman, the General's name was David Forman - that he served under the aforesaid Commanders from the beginning of the Revolutionary war until its close in the year 1783, and was a part of the army under the immediate command of General Washington - that she moved from the State of New Jersey, town and County as aforesaid, sometime in the month of August 1806 and has lived in the Counties of Cayuga and Seneca ever since - that her husband died on the first day of December 1826; and that she has not been married since his death, but still remains the widow of John Tilton as will appear by affidavits herunto annexed; and that she does not know of any one living that was present at her marriage - that her husband was, as she then and now supposes, a volunteer and that he was in the battle at Monmouth and Collis Creek - that she had four children living previous to 1776. Mariam her Tilton
Witness M. B. Wheeler.

State of New York Seneca County, ss } I, M. B. Wheeler, one of the associate Justices of said County, do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Benjamin Gifford and Mary his wife for the last ten years, and that their characters for truth and veracity, and in every other respect, are irreproachably good. (Whose affidavits are herunto annexed.) And I further certify that I have been acquainted with Mariam Tilton for the last ten years, and that her character in every respect is irreproachably good. And I further certify that, from her extreme age and bodily infirmity, it would have been very inconvenient for her, at this inclement season of the year, to have appeared in Court for the purpose of making the foregoing declaration. Dated Dec. 29. 1867
M. B. Wheeler.
State of New-York. SENECA COUNTY, Clerk's Office.
ss. I, WILLIAM A. STRONG, Clerk of the county of SENECA, do hereby certify that David Frazar Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof, or acknowl- edgment of the annexed Instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of  the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to such Certificate of proof, or acknowl- edgment is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at my office in Waterloo, this 18th day of
January 1838
Wm A Strong Clerk.

State of New York County of Seneca 3-86
Be it known that before me David Harris one of the Justices of the peace in and for Seneca County on this 28 th Day of December 1872 personally appeared Mary Gifford and being Duly Sworn according to Law Deposited and said that she is the Daughter of John and Mary Tilton and that she is now sixty eight years of age that her Father John Tilton Died on the 10 th Day of December 1836. That she was born in the State of New Jersey County of Monmouth and Town of Freehold and that her Father was an officer in the Revolutionary War and that she has been his Commission Thinks that it was an Infantry Commission Recalls seeing the Commission well and Her Father saying that it was his and it was well understood that he held a Commission and that she well re- calls the Battle at Monmouth and that her Father was out at the time of the Battle that he was in the Militia Service and that she recalls well that at one time when her Father was out in the Service that her Mother Mary Tilton with four children had to move in with one Cousin while her Father was gone that her mother is now a Widow and has not been Married since the Death of her Father and that she has one Sister about 2 years older than her self Mary Howell that she moved from New Jersey 31 years ago and has lived in the Counties of Cayuga and Seneca

That Time She Remembers Haring of the people Talk about the Battle at Eutaw -un in the Time of it.
Mary Gifford Heath
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th Day of December 1837 David Harris Justice of the Peace
I Certify That from my Village of Mary Gifford That she is entitled to full Rempence for Truth and Veracity and That She Does not nor never Did write her own name David Harris. J.P.
State of New-York. SENECA COUNTY, Clerk's Office.
ss. I, WILLIAM A. STRONG, Clerk of the county of SENECA, do hereby certify that Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof, or acknowl- edgment of the annexed Instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, A Judge of the Court of in and for the county aforesaid, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Esquire and verily believe that the signature to such Certificate of proof, or acknowl- edgment is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at my office in Waterloo, this 18th day of
January 1838
Wm A Strong Clerk.

State of New York County of Seneca } ss
Be it known that Before me N B Wheeler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County on this 26th Day of December 1837 personally appeared Benjamin Gifford and being Duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith That he is now 71 years of age and That he was born in the State of New Jersey Mansfield County and Town of Dover and that he lived in the State aforesaid until the year 1806 when he removed to the State of New York and has lived in the County of Cayuga and County of Seneca since That time that he became acquainted with John Tilton and Mariam his wife at the age of about fifteen years and afterwards married Mary Tilton the daughter of John and Mariam Tilton and has after since his father Say that he served in the army of the Revolution with John Tilton under Capt Riegel and Capt Jenkins and under Colonel Samuel Forman and General Daniel Forman Major's name was John Cook That at the time he became acquainted with John and Mariam Tilton they lived together as Man and wife

and continued to live together as such until the death of John Filton which took place on the first day of December 1826 - and that he has never heard any thing to the contrary but that they were legally married and that it was well understood in in the County and Town aforesaid that he John Filton held the Commission in the Service of the Crown - that John and Mary Filton moved to the State of New York soon after he did and that they have lived there since that until the death of John Filton and that Mary his widow now lives in the County of Seneca and Town of Cavendish and that she has not been married since the death of her husband EB Benjamin Gifford Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of Decr. 1857 before me N. D. Wheeler

State of New York Saginaw County } ss-
Be it known that on this 4th Day of January 1932 before me Lewis Joan one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Mary Bangle and being Duly Sworn according to law Deposed and Says that she is the Daughter of John and Maryann Filton and that she is now seventy years of age and that she was born in the State of New Jersey County of Monmouth and Town of Freehold that her Father John Filton was a commissioned officer in the Revolu- tionary war in the Militia Service thinks that he served most of the time as a volunteer most of the time that he was at the Battle at Monmouth Red Bank it well that he was out six months at one time and was engaged at a matter time for one year or more and was out four or five different times besides at Yorktown two to six months at a time that he served under Capt Stuart under Colonel Samuel Forman commanded by General David Forman that he continued in the Service at different periods from the commence- ment of the Revolution to the conclusion of the war that the office that her Father held was that of Ensign and that her Father died on the first Day of December 1826 leaving her Mother a widow and that she has not been married since the death of her Father that she knew James Van master who married her Father and Mother as she always understood and that she never knew any thing to the contrary but that they were legally married and that they lived together as man and wife until the death of her Father as above

That it was well understood in the State of New Jersey where she lived until about 32 years ago that he was an officer and that she has often heard her father and other old men talk about them being in the army at Gettysburg and that she remembers well the Battle at Trenton.
Sworn and subscribed her before me this 14th Day of January 1938 Mary Cornell Clerk
I hereby certify that I am of the person well acquainted with the affiant and she is entitled to full credit as to truth and veracity, and she does not now or ever wrote her name it was wrote by her son by her directions.
Lewis Joan V.P.

State of New-York.
CAYUGA COUNTY } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE. }
H. M. Richardson I, MICHAEL S. MYERS , Clerk of the County of Cayuga, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County: Do hereby certify, that David Locey Esquire, was on the 4th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said David Locey and verily believe the signature to the annexed affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, and subscribed my name this 18th day of January A. D. 183 38
William G. Thompson Dep Clerk In the absence of Mr. Richardson Clerk

October 28, 1932
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BA-J/AWF AW John Tilton R.10610
Mr. Wilfred R. Tilton Wayne Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Revolutionary War pension claim, #10610.
In the Revolutionary War files of this office the file number 10610 is used under various series, so it could not be determined just which record you desire.
10610 contains line end of a As the file R. 10610 contains the record of a soldier with surname Tilton, that record is given below.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 10610, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Tilton.
John Tilton married June 14, 1786 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Mariam or Marium, her maiden name is not stated.
They moved from said Freehold in 1806 to New York state and lived in Cayuga and Seneca Counties.
He died December 22 27 , 1826.
His widow, Mariam or Marium, applied for pension December 27, 1837, then aged eighty-eight years and living in Covert, Seneca County, New York, and alleged that her husband, John Tilton, served from the beginning to the close of the Revolution as ensign in

Captain Stout's company in Colonel Samuel Forman's New Jersey regiment and was in the battles of Monmouth and Colt's Neck.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
She stated that she had four children born prior to 1776; the following are the names of the children as appear in the claim-Mersy (Mercy) Howell aged seventy years in 1838; Mary Gifford, the wife of Benjamin Gifford, aged sixty-eight years in 1837, said Benjamin Gifford was seventy-one years of age in 1837; John Tilton living in Genoa, New York in 1851 and in 1852 was a resident of Wabash County, Illinois; Sarah Ann Johnson in 1856 living in Genoa, New York.
The widow, Marium (Mariam) died prior to March 15, 1856.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

November 9, 1928
F.T. Tilton 426 Clifton Avenue Clifton, New Jersey
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10610, it appears that Marium or Mariam Tilton applied for pension December 27, 1837, while residing at Covert, Seneca County, New York, aged eighty-eight years, and alleged that her husband John Tilton served from the beginning to the close of the war as ensign in Captain Stout's Company, Colonel Samuel Foreman's New Jersey Regiment and was in the battles of Monmouth and Colt's Neck.
The claim was not allowed as there was not proof of the service as required by the pension laws.
It also appears in said claim that the soldier married June 14, 1766, in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Marium or Mariam, her maiden name not stated.
They moved from said Freehold in 1806 to New York. He died December 1, 1826, and she died prior to March 15, 1856.

Children are referred to, the following are the only names mentioned:
John Tilton, of Genoa, New York, Sarah Ann Johnson, of Genoa, New York, Mersy Howell, aged about seventy years in 1837, and Mary, wife of Benjamin Gifford, she was sixty-eight years old in 1837.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
1838 70 1768
1837 64 8-9

January 27, 1933.
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Mr. W. R. Tilton, Wayne, Ohio.
BA-J/MMHF/ADY John Tilton, R.10610
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter with further reference to the Revolutionary War claim of John Tilton, R. 10610.
It was presumed that you desired the photostatic copies to be 8\frac{1}{2} X 11 inches exclusive of margin. Photostatic copies can be made 8\frac{1}{2} X 11 inches, including the margin, that is the finished product 8\frac{1}{2} X 11 inches as you request, with wide margins on left side.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Trans Administration., Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:-
23rd Jan '33.
Referring to yours 18th Jan, BA-J/MMHF; MLB John Tilton R. 10610 ✓ Note that same cannot be supplied in Photostatic in size 8½XII. Please quote typewritten verbatim copy in size 8½XII on one side of paper.
Respectfully, W.R. Tilton.,

January 21, 1933
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JOHN TILTON
R. 10610
Mr. W. R. Tilton
Wayne, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will find sample of photostat paper referred to in office letter of January 18, and inadvertently omitted.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER
Assistant to Administrator

January 18, 1933
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JOHN TILTON R. 10610
Mr. W. R. Tilton
Wayne, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 9, relative to the size of the photostatic copies you desire from Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10610, John Tilton, also to quality of paper.
The copies can be made about the size you request, 8\frac{1}{2} x 11 inches exclusive of margin. A sample of paper to be used is enclosed herewith.
The size of the largest original pages in this claim is 8 x 12\frac{1}{2} inches. If you can adjust that size to your needs, then no changes will be necessary.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

WALTER TILTON WILLIAM TILTON
Trans Administration., Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:-
9th Jan '33.
Referring to your favor 3rd Jan '33. FA-J/MMHF/eel. addressed to Honorable. Robert J. Bulkley., United States Senate, Washington, D.C.
Please advise if the photostatic copies of War pension claim R.10610 John Tilton, widow Mariam can be furnished in SIZE PAGES 8 1/2 X 11 WITH WIDE MARGINS ON LEFT SIDE and on paper comparable in quality to that on which this letter is written.
Respectfully, W.R.Tilton.,

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 3, 1933
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John Tilton-R.10610
Honorable Robert J. Bulkley United States Senate Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of December 23, 1932, with letter of Mr. W.R. Tilton attached, in which request is made for complete copy of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim R.10610, John Tilton, widow Mariam, or Mariam.
It was understood that Mr. Tilton, in his previous request, desired the usual data furnished by this office in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, that is, such places of residence of soldier and family, dates, service, family data, etc, as is shown in the papers on file, which information was furnished him on October 28, 1932, without charge.
Photostatic copies of the papers on file will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page. The number of pages to be copied in the above noted claim is twenty-seven.
Mr. Tilton will please make remittance for the proper amount by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States, and the copies will be made and mailed to him or to you, whichever is requested.
The letter of Mr. Tilton is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

PETER NORBECK, S. DAK., CHAIRMAN SMITH W. BROOKHART, IOWA PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, MD. JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL. FREDERIC C. WALCOTT, CONN. JOHN J. BLAINE, WIS. ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO. JAMES E. WATSON, IND. JAMES COUZENS, MICH. FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, FLA. CARTER GLASS, VA. ROBERT F. WAGNER, N. Y. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, KY. ROBERT J. BULKLEY, OHIO CAMERON MORRISON, N. C. THOMAS P. GORE, OKLA. EDWARD P. COSTIGAN, COLO. CORDELL HULL, TENN.
JULIAN W. BLOUNT, CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
December 23, 1932.
Pension Bureau, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
The enclosed letter requesting a verbatim copy of the pension claim of Marium Tilton, which was filed in 1837 is forwarded for your attention. I hope it may be possible to comply with this request.
Sincerely yours,
Robert J. Bulkley
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Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior., Washington, D.C.
22nd Sept '32.
John Tilton
Dear Sir:-
Please advise if it would be possible for the writer to obtain a copy of Revolutionary War Pension Claim #10610
Respectfully, W.R.Tilton.,

No. 426 Clifton Avenue Clifton, N J February 1, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am anxious to know if you have any records concerning Captain Jacob Tilton , who fought in the Revolutionary War from Monmouth County, N. Jersey. His wife's name was Charity (Hagerman) Tilton. He was in the block house at Toms River when it was attacked by Lippincott.
Also would like some record of his brother, Captain John Tilton . His wife was Mirriam (Thompson) Tilton.
These two men were living at the time either at Englishtown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, or Cedar Creek - Kettle Creek - or Silverton, New Jersey.
Any information you may have will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "J. J. Tilton". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned below the closing of the letter.

This woman is not the widow of
John Tilton S.F. 381
" " S.F. 765
" " S.F. 16273
All three of these men were alive in 1832.
Her husband was dead. Died Dec. 1, 1826

West Dresden aug 27 1838
Dear Sir I have time since sent to your office the papers in support of the application of Marianne Tiltor for a pension - or the papers was sent to the Hon. Samuel Berasol & by him sent to your Department to which you sent him an answer wherein he enclosed to me in which you stated that you wanted more express evidence in relation to the services of John Tiltor in the war of the Revolution. I should have prepared the necessary evidence before this had I not been informed that the old lady had declined for some reason to make another declaration & that it had been sent on to your office after understanding that this was the last I could do the connection that I would have nothing more to do with the application but am being & talking with the old lady about it she wished me to see something about her application to which I assented I now ask you if you will be so good as to answer this with the necessary information. I feel somewhat too for the old lady for she is very old & infirm & has to depend upon friends that is like herself. Poor I under stand by the old lady that they they pretend pretend to have a contract from her the

In part of the contract was that they was to have her pension & they was to keep her for the same & the old woman thinks that if they should manage to get it it would be her but very little good - These facts I got from the old daughter self yours with grate respect
J. S. Edwards Jr. John Dyer

John Ager,
September 8, 1838.
O. C.

War Department Pension Office
Sept 8, 1838
Sir In reply to your letter of the 27 th ulto respecting the claim of Mrs. Mariam Tilton I have to state that R. Day Esq., of Moravia appears to be the agent of the claimant. If she has decided to change her agent a letter to that effect should be addressed to me on the subject.
John Ager Esq. West Dresden New York

John Tilton 203 P. of atty M. B. Webb
This 5 th day of April 1852. Stearns Pillsbury
M c B Webb

Knowall men by these presents that I John Tilton of Wabash County, State of Illinois do hereby constitute and appoint W. P. Webb Esq r Atty at Law of Washington City, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claims of the heirs of John Tilton late of the State of New Jersey dec d , for any amount of Revolutionary pen- sion, increase, or arrears of pension that may be due. — And my said attorney is hereby fully au- thorized to examine all papers in relation to said claims on file in the department at Washington or elsewhere and to do all lawful things in relation to said claims that I myself, might or could do were I personally present.
Witness my hand and seal this 3 rd day of April A D 1852.
In presence of Victor B. Pels
John Tilton

State of Illinois } ss. On this 3 rd day of April County of Wabash } A D 1852 personally appeared before the undersigned Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, John Nittow who acknowledges the foregoing power of At- torney to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned — Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Mt Carmel this 3 rd day of April 1852 — Hiram Bell Clerk

Moravia bay. Co 11.4 3 rd August 1838
J. S. Evans Esq
Sir
Several months since
I forwarded to you the Declaration of Maria Tilton Widow of John Tilton asking for a pension together with the necessary affidavits to substantiate his claim, but have rec d no answer, will you have the goodness to inform me if the papers have been rec d and your decision on them Your early attention will confer a favour on those interested,
I am Sir very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
R. Day

R. Day,
August 9, 1878
A. C.
Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th inst.

War Department Pension Office Aug. 9, 1838
Sir For a re reply to your letter of the 3 d instanc e , in so far as respects the claim of Mrs. Maria Tilton the widow of John Tilton you are referred to my my letter on the subject under date of the 1 st of February 1838, addressed to the Hon. S. Birdsell, a copy of which is herewith enclosed
R. Day Esq. Moranville New York

War Dep
Pen: of
Feb 7. 1,
38.
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in support of the claim of Mrs Maria Tilton widow of John Tilton deceased have been examined & placed in our files. The act of 4 July 1836 accords to her such pension as her late husband was entitled to under the act of 7. June 1832. The pro rata character of that pension renders it indispensable that the Dept. shall adjudicate the length & grade of all the service by which the pension certificate is to be computed. Hence the regulations require that the period length & grade - names of officers - stations &c should be distinctly made out. No service whatever is specified in the papers of this claimant. There are numerous claimants in New Jersey for the same service who are furnish the most abundant means of establishing any service rendered in her militia and the regulations

as well as the rules of evidence impose upon all claimants the production of the best attain- -able proof
Hon. J. Birdsall February 1, 1878 P. 6.
Hon. J. Birdsall Ho. Rep.

Anne Jay Nov. 15, 42

127 Rev: H Nov. 15 42
Sir
In answer to your of first in the case of Miriam Til- -ton I enclose you a copy of my letter to Hon: J. Birdsall of Feb'y 1838. no attempt has been since made to remove the objections to the unsatis- -factory account of the service or to adduce the proof which surviving comrades and the archives of New Jersey may afford
And Joy Esq Oval Seneca Co N.Y.

Hon. W. T. Jackson
29 July 1850
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. [unintelligible]

Pension Office July 29 th 1850
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25 th inst and in reply to your enquiry as to "what was the last action in the case of State Men and Tilton vs. John Tilton, and how much Service has been admitted" to state that the last action was a letter addressed to me dated 25 Nov 1842, enclosed a copy of my report to Hon. Mr. Biddle of 1 st Febry 1838: stating the objection to the admission of  the Service  to And in reply to your second enquiry to say that no part of the Service of Claimant's husband has been admitted.
I enclose herewith a copy of the report to Hon. Mr. Biddle above referred to which will show you the conditions of Mrs. Tilton's claim. No additional evidence has been received since the date of that report.
Hon. W. T. Jackson House of Reps.

House of Reps
Washington July 25. '58
Hon J L Edwards Comm. Pensions
Mr Sp.
Will you pls furnish me with the information desired in the case of Miriam Tilton widow of John an applicant under law of 1836 for New York. What was the last action in this case, and how much service is admitted?
Very Respectfully H. H. H.
W T Jackson

Washington July 10 1857 James E Heath Esq Sir
Enclosed you will please find Powers of Attorney in the Cases of James Wilson, Lucius Tawillapre, Hannah Peck Widow of Elisha and Miriam Titter Widow of John. All Applicants for pensions from the State of New York, authorizing me to act as their Agent in the prosecution of their Claims.
In order to do so understanding- ly, I ask the privilege of examining the papers now on file in the Pension Office in support of their Applications,
With Much Respect Yours at Serv t
E. B. D. Ames

Margaret Tilton Moy John N
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State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County Clerk's Office, }
I, EDWIN B. MARVIN, Clerk of the County of Cayuga and of the Courts of Record thereof do hereby certify, that Aaron Murphy Esq., was at the time of taking the annexed affidavit, a Notary Public
in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the foregoing Jurat is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said county, this 7 day of April 185 6
E B Marvin
CLERK.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Sarah Ann Johnson of Genoa Cayuga County New York do hereby make, constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esq. of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place and stead to prosecute the claim of Mariam Tilton (deceased) late of Covert Seneca County New York, (I being) daughter and heir of the said Mariam Tilton - And I give and grant unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing what- soever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if present - with full power of substitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do in the premises - Hereby revoking all other agencies or powers of attorney heretofore made or executed by me in relation to said claim - Signed and delivered { Witness my hand & seal this 15 th day of in presence of } March A.D. 1856 - Aaron Murphy } Sarah Ann X Johnson Benjamin Snyder } mark
State of New York { County of Cayuga { ss - Be it known that on the 15 th day of March A.D. 1856 before the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County and State duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Sarah Ann Johnson above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed } Aaron Murphy } Notary Public

State of New York Cayuga County } ss
Be it known that on this 15 th day of March 1856 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Ann Johnson of Seneca in the County of Cayuga and State of New York and in due form of law made oath that she is the daughter and heir of Mariam Tilton (deceased) late of Covert Seneca County N.Y. - That the said Mariam Tilton deceased made an application for a pension during her life, and that her claim was suspended That this declarant has lately been informed that said claim ought to be allowed, that she is directly interested in said claim as heir of John and Mariam Tilton deceased - That she makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as may be used by my said agent or attorney in prosecuting said claim -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
for Sarah Ann X Johnson mark
Aaron Murphy Notary Public
I Aaron Murphy Notary Public in and for said County and State do hereby certify that Sarah Ann Johnson who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the County of Cayuga New York and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth -
Aaron Murphy Notary Public

Ovid Seneca Co N. York
Nov 5th 1842
Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir
I am employed by John Tilton, Son of widow Miriam Tilton & who is her eldest son in this country, in behalf of his mother, as also in behalf of the Sisters, to go on with her application now in your hands.
The old lady is now residing with her daughter in Lock Cayuga County N.Y. is very aged and infirm, she needs her pension to support her - I have been informed that duplicate application were made & that her having a double sett of agents the thing was dropped, or that you knew not with whom to confer - both of those agents are now out of the way & I am assured that nothing has been done since those appl.
I know the old lady, & I know that she has lived by selling Salve for many years past
Mrs Tilton is the widow of John Tilton who was an officer in the war of the revolution, from Monmouth Co New Jersey - but without a word more upon this subject, I may be allowed respectfully to ask what has been done in her case, and what lacks to be done to ensure her a pension - Most Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t .
Abad Joy

N.B. As I expect to be at Princeton New Jersey in 10 or 12 days, will you allow me to ask you to address your letter to me there, if it can be there within 10 days, or within 12 days, if not please direct it to me at this place Ovid

Let. to Hon V. S. Birdsall,
February 1, 1838.
" to Rev. Day August 9, 1838.
" to John Dyer - Sept 8, 1838.
" to Israel Jay Nov. 10. 1842.
" Hon. W. S. Jackson 29 July 1850.
Let G. C. Ames Oct 13/51.
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1928. Nov. 9. Hark to J. B.
Tilton ass.
1932. Oct. 28. Hark to Wilfred
R. Tilton ass.
1933. Jan. 3. Hon. Robt. J. Buckley adv. in behalf of Mr. N. P. Tilton, foot of photos. MMVTF
1933. Jan. 18. N. P. Tilton ass. in re. size of photos. MMVTF
1933. Jan. 27, John N. P. Tilton adv. further in re. size of photos, MMVTF
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,610
P. O. Mariam Tilton
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED , 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspen-
Alleges: sion -
"No part of the service in
Re-enlisted: this case has been
proved or admitted."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract. ✓

Leave attached.
There was some confusion of the various John Tilton's at time of adjudication of claims, evidently. This member of Congress, I think, was really making inquiry about Mrs. Tilton's claim. The office made reply on such evidence + former correspondence as was found in the claim of John Tilton, S. 581. See reply to this letter, dated Sept. 7, 1840 & the reference in it to letter to John Tilton dated Sept. 8, 1834; he was then in Gloucester (S. 581). I am not putting this letter in this claim, as I believe C. Morgan was really interested in a claim based upon res. of the John Tilton of Cayuga Co N.Y. + this letter would cause us to state in a history sometime, that S. 581 once lived in Cayuga Co. Omit this letter from photo orders from this claim.
MMNF.
Jan. 3 - 1933

Aurora Sept 2.
Sept 5.
In at
186
Free C. Morgan, N.Y.C.
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Department Washington.
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Aurora. Cayuga County. N. Y. August 31 st 1840.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir.
An application has been made to your department for a Pension for John Tilton. The proof was defective. Mr Tilton resided in this vicinity for many years and I have no doubt served in the war and was entitled to a pension. I am desirous to supply the deficiency of proof. Will you have the kindness to send me at your earliest convenience, a copy of the evidence in the case and state also, wherein the testimony is defective. Mr Tilton was drafted and served in New Jersey. Is there any record evidence in New Jersey? if so, where must I look for it?
Is there any record evidence in your department that John Tilton served in the war.
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt. Christopher Morgan.