Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6541, for Isaac Isaacs, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Isaacs, Isaac Wilcox, Chloe
W. 6541
Former Widow
CONTENTS

5379
New York
Isaac Isaacs Conn Sergeant New York Line - 1777 - 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Jan'y 1819 and sent to Aaron Read Esq. Judge. (Westchester New York)
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 \frac{23}{30}  \frac{4}{30} mo. $39.10 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819. $48.00
Van Schaick $87.10
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dead See roll - Westchester County
cont.

Notif. out Dec. 30. 1820 to Hon. Geo. Hull
Dec 10th 2 nd 1820
No. Rep.
Discharged 9 Dec 1779

3790 Ohio Pittsburg Chloe Wilcox. widow of Isaac Isaac Con n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Feby 11/49 and sent to
Wm John Crowell Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 366 Vol. 21
Certificate returned & corrected March 14/49
Waltham Chardon Geauga Co Ohio Reported May 11/49

State of New York Westchester County ss: On this eighth day of April In the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester Personally Appears Isaac Isaacs Aged Sixty Three Years resident in South Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York who is personally known to me and who being first duly sworn by me according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration In Order to Obtain the provisions made by the late 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, -
That the said Isaac Isaacs enlisted in the Company Com- manded by Capt. Joel Dabson in Col. Elmer's Regiment in Connecticut line some time in the Year 1776 as a private Soldier for One Year that at the expiration of said Year he obtained his discharge. That some time in the Year 1777 he again Enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. John Ward in Col. Goose Van Scayt's first Regiment in New York line as a Sergeant for Three Years while Stationed at Fort Starwik he was detached out of his Regiment and annexed to Capt. the Lorran & Becken's Company in Col. Gans North 3 d Regiment & the next season he went with that Regiment to Oswego at the Mohawk & was in a battle against the Indians at Schamory that at the end of the Three Years he obtained his discharge, making in the whole about four Years he was in Actual Service in the United States that after this time he One year & Six Months in the Service and was in the Army when it was disbanded. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. & in further support of the above

he produces the following Affidavit of Ezra Weed -
Sworn & subscribed and sealed before me the day and year above and Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester
Isaac Isaac
State of New York Westchester County ss. Ezra Weed being duly sworn declares that in the Month of May 1777. he became acquainted with Isaac Isaac the above Applicant. That Isaac was then a Sergeant in Capt. John Wards Company in Col. D. Scayt's 1st Regiment in New York line at being the same Regiment & Tench Tilghman this Deponent being in the Continental Army. That Isaac this Deponent both continued in said Regiment for about Eighteen Months when said Sergeant Isaac was detached from said Regiment and assigned to Col. Worth  Worth 2nd Regiment. That this Deponent saw him several times there & having heard the above Application read very believes it to be true
Ezra Weed
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of April 1818 before me Aaron Read Judge etc.
Westchester County ss. George Fishly being duly sworn declares that he was well acquainted with Isaac Isaac while in the Continental Army that he belonged to Col. D. Scayt's Regiment in the same Brigade with this Deponent -
George Fishly
Sworn & subscribed this 21st day of Decr. 1818 before me Aaron Read Judge etc.

Isaac Isaac
5.370
March 1819
Notification del. to Hon. Geo. Hall, Ho. Reps., 30 Dec. 1820
The name of Isaac Isaac is not on the Connecticut roll , His name therefore must be transferred to that roll, before a letter of Continuance is made out for him. A form of Application for transfer, is herewith sent.
6 Oct. 1820

Isaac Davis a pensioner in the late Army of the United States died in the State of New York in the month of October last The residue of his property was made out in the State of Connecticut where he then resided. — The sum of money which he is receiving his pension is assigned to be transferred to the State of New York.
Dated Dec: 20. 1820.
Geo. Wall agent for the claimant. Member of Congress

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 27 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court
Isaac Isaacs - aged sixty five years, resident in the Town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth declare on his oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz In the Winter of 1777 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt John Wandal, in Col d Van Scuyk's Regiment of New York line for the term of three years served out his time and was honorably discharged
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 8 th day of April 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 5,379 And I do further solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Carpenter but from loss of health have been un able to labour for the last two years and that I have no family residing with me nor have any property
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
His Isaac X Isaacs mark
Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is nothing, & that he has no property  therein and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 27 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Isaac Isaacs a resident in the Town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
Nothing but my wearing apparel
his Isaac X Isaacs
mark I do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court, and it is the Opinion of said Court that said Isaac Isaacs has no property, except his necessary clothing - Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court hereon annexed at Fairfield this 27 th day of July 1820
David Burr Clerk of the County Court for said Fairfield County

State of Connecticut ss. Fairfield County July 27 th 1820. — I do certify that David Burr Esq r is Clerk of the County Court for said County and that full faith & credit are due to his acts as such —
Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of said Court

State of Ohio ?
Portage County ss. On this 11 th day of January A.D. 1847.
Before me Jeremiah MacLaren Associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of State aforesaid. Personally appeared Chloe Wilcox a resident of Franklin in said County aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the widow of Isaac Isaac who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and died in Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York about the year 1821 aged about 65 years when he died. That she was married to her said husband in Dalton formerly part of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts about the year 1782 in February by a justice of the peace whose name she believes was Myers and soon after commenced keeping house in Lenox in said County of Berkshire in March 1783 her said husband went into the service of his Country as a substitute for a man that belonged to Lenox who had enlisted for during the war and served till the end of the war she believes that he served some in the capacity of Sergeant she does not remember the name of the man for whom he served nor the officers that he served under says she went South but does not know whither he went farther than West Point or not during said term of service she lived at her father's in Dalton some time after the war she and her said husband moved to Hudson on the North River and remained there about two and a half years then moved back to Dalton her said husband's mother lived in Norwalk at the time it was burnt and he went into the service of his Country at an early period of the war as his Declaration and proof now on file in the pension Office will without doubt show, that she had three children by her said husband to wit, Esther Born in Dalton in the year 1782 James born in Hudson in February 1784 Mary Ann, born in Dalton June 1786 the said Esther now resides in Franklin and the said James and Mary Ann are both dead. That her said husband acquired habits of dissipation and became unsteady.

and went to sea and did not return home to live with her afterwards he left her just before her last named child was born and she did not see him but twice afterward the last time about the year 1792 he made it his home with his brother in Salem where he died. That she maintained and brought up her said children by her own industry she remained in Dalton till 1809 and then moved with her daughter Mary Ann who was then married to New Hartford in the County of Oneida and State of New York and lived with her, that in the year 1813 on the 10 th day of February, she was married to Abel Wilcox of said New Hartford and her husband the said Abel Wilcox died in said New Hartford January 16 th 1836, and the next May she moved to Franklin where she now resides with her daughter Esther Converse, that when she was married the second time she was in the belief that her first husband was dead as she had some time previous heard of his low state of health and that he was not expected to survive long, that she has not been married since the death of the said Abel Wilcox and now remains a widow and prays that the pension due her on account of the Revolutionary service of her first husband the said Isaac Isaacs, may be granted that she heard her husband the said Isaac Isaacs say that he enlisted previous to her marriage to him and served three years that the first that she heard of his death was told to her at New Hartford by his nephew Edward Isaacs, she further states that her maiden name was Chloe (Herriman).
Chloe her Wilcox mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 th day of January A. D. 1847 and I hereby certify that the following words was interlined before signed to wit, "may be granted" and I further certify from common report the above declarant is a person of truth and veracity.
Jeremiah Moulton associate Judge

State of Ohio } Summit county } Portage
I, Juse Merriman a resident of Alton Township in said county & State of said being duly sworn according law, do on my said oath depose & say that I am aged eighty two years next January That I was living in Dalton, at the time of the marriage of Isaac Isaac & Chlo Merriman and that I was at their wedding & well recollect during their marriage they were married in the winter of 1781 which was when I was about fifteen years old and I well recollect that it was before the close of the Revolutionary war, and that after the birth of their first child named Esther they removed to Lenox and remained there a short time & before the close of the war she came back and resided or staid a while at her father's in said Dalton Isaac being absent at that time, after the Revolutionary war Isaac & his wife removed to Hends & remained there about three years then removed back to said Dalton, she then resided at her father's for a number of years, & after I was twenty one she lived at my house some time, said Isaac being then absent which was the case since their return from Hends. She then had two children, the said Esther & another one by the name of Mary. She removed into the state of New York and soon after the close of the last war (1812 so called) she was married to Abel Wilcox of said state, said marriage took place in the winter after the close of said war, I think it was in the month of February & that said Wilcox died January 1836 in said state of N.Y. & that soon after she removed to Franklin Portage county & state of Ohio where she still resides & also that said Chlo Wilcox remains the widow of said Abel Wilcox deceased and that said Isaac Isaac was reputed to have been in the Revolutionary war considerable time & that he went one hour after said marriage to Chlo Wilcox & further this deponent saith not.
Juse his Merriman mark
Executed in presence of B. H. ...

Subscribed and sworn this 9 th day of September A.D. 1848 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent, Jesse Murriman, and know him to be a person of Truth and Veracity , & whose acts implicit confidence should be given and further certify that the following words were interlined before signing viz., "Berkshire County Mass" "years old" and "was" also the word "Ackron" erased & the word "Pain- -toga" written before signing Noah M. Green Justice of the Peace
{seal}
The State of Ohio, } I Lucius S. Peck, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas SUMMIT COUNTY, ss. } within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Noah M. Green Esquire, before whom the foregoing was annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Sister of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned qualified, and sworn, and to all whose official acts, as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court at Akron, this 9 th day of Sept A.D. 1848.
Lucius S. Peck Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that John Chamberlin H. L. Weston Esquire, whose signatures are affixed to the certificate on the papers hereto annexed, were at the date thereof, two of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to their acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Chamberlin Weston and believe their signatures to said certificates are genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eighth
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

I William W. Carson of Dalton, County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Clerk of said Town of Dalton, do hereby certify -
That I have examined the Records of said Town and cannot find any Record on said Books of the Marriage of Isaac Isaac & Chloe Morrison (owing probably to their Marriage being prior to the year 1704 when the Town of Dalton was Incorporated)
William W. Carson Town Clerk
Berkshire Ss. Dalton Feby 14. 1848
Personally appeared W. W. Carson and made oath to the truth of the above Statement by him subscribed
Before me G. D. Norton Just. Peace

The deposition of Hannah Day of Dalton in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Widow in the sum- th th year of her age do depos. & say. —
That she is sister to Chloe Morrison afterwards Wife of Isaac Isaac afterwards Wife of Mr. Wilcox now Widow of the said Wilcox I well recollect when Isaac & my sister Chloe were Married & being a Child was sent to the neighbours, I did not see them Married, My sister Chloe was married to said Isaac when about sixteen years of age, She being about thirteen years older than myself, which would make her Marriage with Isaac about the year 1702. said Isaac & his Wife lived at my Fathers untill after their first Child was born, they then removed to Senox from thence to Hudson, they were absent from Dalton two or three years when they both returned to my Fathers in Dalton, they lived with my Father sometime when Isaac left. I do not recollect that Isaac was returned to Dalton I understood that Isaac was was a Soldier in the U.S. service & further the deposition saith not.
Hannah Day
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. Personally appeared Mrs. Hannah Day & made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subcribe, Dalton Jan y . 31. 1840 Before me John Chamberlain Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above Deposition Mrs. Hannah Day is a person of good moral standing & is intitled to full credit
John Chamberlain Justice Peace

The deposition of Daniel Merriman of Pittsfield County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the seventy second year of my age do hereby testify & say That I am brother of Chloe Merriman who was afterwards the Wife of Isaac Isaac, who afterwards Married to Abel Wilcox now being Widow of S. Wilcox, I recollect perfectly well when My Sister Chloe was Married to said Isaac which was at my Fathers house in Dalton, according to my best recollection was about the year 1702, I was then young being sent to the neighbours until after the Marriage, I returned to the house of my Father the same night after they were Married, they lived together as Husband & Wife until after the birth of their first Child at my Father's house in Dalton, I believe they lived at my Father's two or three years after their Marriage, They then removed to or near Hudson in the State of New York I think they were absent from Dalton about two years, I well recollect that Father received information from M rs Isaac that she was suffering for want of support, My Father sent a team & brought them to his house in Dalton both Isaac & his Wife, Isaac lived with his Wife from fall to spring, Isaac in the spring left Dalton & her family, Isaac I believe came back to Dalton once or twice but never lived with her afterwards and further the deponent saith not.
Daniel Merriman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss Feb 4. 11. 1840
Personally appeared Cap t . Daniel Merriman & made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me John Chamberlin Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Cap t . Daniel Merriman the above deponent, for more than fifty years, & can say that the most implicit confidence may be placed in his testimony
John Chamberlin Justice Peace

No 7005
Chloe Wilcox Smith mother of Isaac Isaacs
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at 14 July 1836
Richard mother 1836 A. A. mother 1838

State of Ohio } Portage County ss. } January 11 th A.D. 1847.
I Esther Converse a resident of Franklin in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I am aged 64 years last October and am the daughter of Isaac & Chloe Isaac that my said Mothers maiden name was Chloe Morrison and that my said father was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner as I have heard related by my mother and others and that they were were married in Pittsfield in that part that is now called Dalton about the year 1782. in the spring of the year and that he my said father left my mother in the year 1786 and did not return home to live with my mother afterwards she lived in Dalton till the year 1806, then moved to New Hartford Oneida County and State of New York and lived there with my sister Mary Ann Wilcox till the year 1813 and then was married to Abel Wilcox of said New Hartford and that the said Abel Wilcox died in said New Hartford in the year 1836, and that my said mother now resides with me in Franklin in the County of Portage and and State of Ohio, and remains a widow after my father left home my mother supported and brought up and Educated her children by her own industry I do not remember of seeing my father but once after he left home in 1786, and that was before I was ten years old I have heard that he was dead and that he died at his brothers in Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York about the year 1821, where he made it his home occasionally never heard of his being married the second time, heard my mother relate of his being in the Revolutionary service as a substitute for a man of Lenox after her marriage to him and served to the end of the war and that he served three years previous to her marriage to him.
Esther Converse
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 th day of January A.D. 1847 I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge that the said Esther Converse is a person of trust and veracity. Gurniah Moulton associate judge

State of Ohio } Portage County p. } Franklin January 11 th A.D. 1847.
I William R. Conners a resident of Franklin in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I am aged 74 years and that I am a son in law of Mrs Chloe Wilcox who now resides in said Franklin and remains a widow, her first husbands name was Isaac Isaacs who was reputed to of been a Revolutionary Soldier her second husband died in New Hartford in the County of Oneida and State of New York about the year 1836 and the said Chloe Wilcox soon after the death of her second husband , moved to Franklin where she now resides.
W m R Converse
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify from personal knowledge that the above affiant is a person of truth and veracity
Jeremiah Moulton associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Portage County p. }
I Horace Y. Beebe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Jeremiah Moulton Esq. before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same an Associate Judge within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine as I believe
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this eleventh day of January A.D. 1847
Horace Y. Beebe Clerk

State of New York } Westerly County }
I Abraham De Satan a resident of said County being duly sworn according to law, do on Oath depose and say that I am aged eighty one years and have resided in said County nearly all my life and that I was well acquainted with Isaac Isaac a resident of said County and was reported to have drawn a pension a short time before he died and that he died in South Salem in said County the precise date of the year I cannot state but think it was in the fall of the year I lived in the same neighbourhood at the time of his death I shaved him the sabbath before he died and helped lay him out after his death - I removed from that neighbourhood to the place where I now reside twenty six years last April and the said Isaac died within two years previous to my removal he said Isaac came to South Salem a few years after the Revolutionary war where I first became ac- quainted with him and made a home with his brother Samuel Isaac. I have often heard him speak of being in the Revolutionary service and holding some office I think that of a sergeant - I never knew nor heard of his having a wife in this section of country but have often heard him say that he had a wife before he came here who was then living and also two daughters - the Isaac's family have all left this part of the country and I do not know of any person who can state the precise day of his death
Sworn and subscribed this 9 th day of August 1847 before me Cyrus Lawrence Justice of the peace
Abraham De Satan
And I further certify that the above deponent is a person with whom I am well acquainted that he is a person of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief - Cyrus Lawrence Justice of the peace

State of New York ss } Westchester County
Hannah De La Van aged seventy one years, a resident of said County being duly sworn do on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Isaac Isaacs who was a resident of South Salem in said County and that he died in said South Salem over twenty six years ago I do not remember the precise date of the year but know to my certain knowledge that it was more than twenty six years ago said Isaacs resided in and about said South Salem a great many years, and was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier I never knew that he had a wife in this section of country but always understood and believed that he had a wife and children before he came here to live who were then living
Hannah De La Van
Sworn and subscribed this 9 th day of August 1847
Before me Cyrus, Laurence Justice of the peace
And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent and that she is a person of truth and veracity and that her statement is entitled to full credit and belief
Cyrus Laurence Justice of the peace

State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Orpheus Lawrence whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the Eleventh day of August 184 7
Munson I. Lockwood Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County
I Elizabeth Cole a resident of Dalton being first duly sworn, do on oath depose & say that I am aged Eighty two years That I was well acquainted with Chloe Merriman both before & after her marri- age with Isaac Isaac, she being about my age & living in the same neighbor- hood, and that I recollect of being at a Wedding in what is now called Dalton with said Chloe & said Isaac being present & after then introduced to said Chloe, which I believe was their first acquaintance, it was at the Wedding of Isaac Goodrich & Mary Saunders it was in the winter & said Isaac & Chloe were Married the same winter at the house of said Chloe's father I was not present at the Wedding but being a near neigh- -bor well recollect the Circumstance, Isaac Married in the year 1703. about two years after the Marriage of S r . Isaac & Chloe, they had one child a Girl named Esther before I was Married, said Isaac's family removed from Dalton, & said Chloe soon after returned to her father's with her daughter Esther then I heard it said that her husband the S r . Isaac was a soldier, afterwards said Isaac's family left town, I understood they went to Hudson & that they had one child there which they lost, M rs . Isaac returned to her father's again and her said husband did not live with her any afterwards to my recollection. she had one child after her return from Hudson named Mary Ann M rs . Isaac remained in town a long time & was called & known as the Widow Isaac, the neighbors all knew the Circumstances of her having a husband who was supposed to be living, about the year 1806 she removed to the State of New York with her Daughter Mary Ann who was then Married, and the said Chloe Isaac afterwards was Married to D r . M c Wilox of the State of New York.
her Elizabeth X Cole Mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1847. And I further certify, from my own personal knowledge that the above deposition is a person of truth & probity. Attest. John Chamberlain Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss
I John Curtis a resident of Dalton in said County, being first duly sworn according to Law, do on my said oath depose & say, that I am aged seventy five years, & that I came to Dalton to reside when I was ten years of age, I will remember the time which was in the year 1782. I then became acquainted with with Mr Isaac Isaac & Chloe his Wife who were living together as husband & Wife when I first came to Dalton, they then had a Daughter by the name of Esther they then lived at the house of Mr Daniel Munniman (father of said Chloe) they soon after left town, said Chloe after a while was back to her father & remained awhile, her husband being absent I did not see said Isaac but a few times afterwards, said Chloe came to her father and remained there a long time her said husband being absent, it was understood & believed in the neighborhood tho' said Isaac did not suitably provide for his family, and that Mr Daniel Munniman took her said Daughter home to provide for her, she lived here & was called & known as the Widow Isaac, but all the neighbors knew the circumstances of her husband being absent & supposed to be living, she afterwards married a Mr Wilcox and lived in the State of New York, I lived all the while a near neighbor to said Munniman interlined & erased before signed John Curtis
Sworn & subscribed before me this 27 th day of August 1847. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Curtis and know him to be a person of truth & veracity,
John Chamberlain Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, Berkshire County, ss.
I Ebenezer Jennings, a resident of Dalton in s d County, being duly sworn, do on oath depose & say, that I am 70 years of age & have been thirty two years pastor of the chh. in Dalton a- foresaid; & that for years have been acquainted with Oliver Isaac wife of Isaac Isaac ; she was for years a worthy Member of my chh., & until her 2 d mar- riage. At which time on consultation with me & Esq d Waldo of this Town, Attorney on the expediency of her 2 d marriage, as Isaac had been gone for years, & no information where he was - & the difficulty of getting a bill of Divorce, if indeed s d Isaac was living, on the whole, approving of s d 2 d marriage. - no doubt was ever entertained of the lawfulness of the first marriage. Their child by the name of Esther Isaac . At the time of my settlement 1802 the s d Isaac was gone - the parents of the s d Oliver were worthy Members of my chh., & often spoke of the unhappy marriage of their daughter. As the Towns were then newly settled, records of marriages were not strictly kept in many cases. In the absence of record in this case, I think no honest doubt under the circumstances could be entertained of the validity, legally, of s d  Oliver's marriage with s d  Isaac . Sworn & subscribed this 27 th day of Aug. 1047. Before me John Chamberlain Justiciary
Ebenezer Jennings

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss
I James Warren being duly sworn upon and say, That I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Pittsfield in said County, and that I have exam- ined the records in the Town Clerk's Office for the Marriage of Isaac Isaacs and Chloe Morrisman which is alleged to have taken place before the close of the Revolutionary war - That I cannot find any record of their Marriage - Nor of the publication of their intention of Marriage, or of the birth of their children -
James Warren Town Clerk of Pittsfield
Aug 16. 1847
Berkshire ss.
Aug 16. 1847
Then personally appeared James Warren, and made oath that in due form of law, that the above certificate by him subscribed, is true, before me
Ezra Root -
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that John Chamberlin & Ezekiel Holt Esquire, whose signatures were are affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, were at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to this their acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Chamberlin & Holt and believe this their signatures to said certificate are genuine genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

10.543
Ohio Pittsburg
Chloe Wilgoz.
Widow of Isaac Isaac who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818, and who died on the — Jan'y. 1836. of N.Y. in the State of New York who was a Sgt. in the New York line commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the New York line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburg at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Feb'y 1849 and Reg't to Hon John Crowell Hoff R
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Sec. A. King Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 , Page 399

Chardon Geauga Co Ohio,
December 12 th 1848.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your office further proof of the marriage of Mrs Chloe Wilcox, with her first husband Isaac Isaacs, I have entertained the opinion that the proofs heretofore sent to your office, should be sufficient to establish the date of said marriage prior to 1794. Therefore on the 7 th day of September, 1848, I took what was thought to be a proper course in taking an appeal from your decision to the Secretary of War, therefor by writing to Hon W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War and giving a detailed statement of the case and of the proofs of marriage and on the same day I wrote to you stating that an appeal had been taken from your decision in Mrs Wilcox's case to the head of the Department his Hon W. L. Marcy, expecting to of received a report long ago from the Secretary but as I have not heard from him I do not know as any notice has or will be taken of my communication, therefore I send the affidavit of Jesse Wariman to your office so that it will be on hand if the case comes up again for your action.
Very Respectfully your most Obedient.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Washington City
J. Washaway
D. C.

Chloe Wilson Application for Pension " " Abstract of Proof &c for the Secretary of War

To the Hon M c L. Maury Secretary of War
Chlor Milca Respectfully represents, that as Widow of one Isaac Isaac a pensioner under the act of March 11. 1818, she made her application for pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and filed her proofs which said application was disallowed by the Commissioner of Pensions. From which said decision the applicant appeals. And Respectfully submits the matter to the Head of the Department.
By reference to the letter of the Commissioner General date of Dec 21 st 1848 marked A, & hereto attached, & also under date of Aug. 24 th 1848 marked B, it will be seen that the following facts are deemed as proven.
1 st The service of the said Isaac Isaac. 2 d The identity of the applicant as the widow of said Isaac. & 3 d of course the marriage at some time of said Chlor Milca with said Isaac, otherwise it is difficult to discover how she could well be his widow.
These points being all settled by the department in favor of the applicant, there remains for her only to establish the single further point, to wit, That her said marriage existed at some time prior to 1794 Jan. 1.
That fact is distinctive and independent, and susceptible of proof like any other substantive fact, and by the same means. And it is submitted that the precise day of its occurrence (that of the marriage) or even year, is no farther material than as clearly showing, that it happened clearly and distinctly before 1794.
Again in the proof of this fact it, is submitted that no greater strictness is required by the regulations, than are imposed by the ordinary common law rules of evidence.
Under these views it is difficult to apprehend the grounds upon which the proofs in this case were held insufficient, for the same testimony which proves the identity and marriage as clearly & indisputably establishes the latter fact, so long anterior to 1794, that the day & year are of no consequence.

It is now proposed to glance hastily at the evidence on file as bearing upon the single point—The marriage of Chloe Wilcox with Isaac Isaac prior to 1774.
The certificates of the Respective Clerks of the Townships of Pittsfield & Dalton, formerly the same township; that their records contain no evidence of said Marriage, are introduced merely to lay a foundation for parol evidence. — And the fact that there is no record of this Marriage in no wise impairs the integrity of the point sought to be established, as the marriage is admitted.
As to the evidence it may be remarked that no complaint of a want of veracity on the part of the witnesses has ever been made.
First,
Esther Converse,
Of Franklin Ohio aged 64 Oct. 1846 Swears she is a daughter of Isaac Isaac and Chloe Wilcox, and knows of the cohabitation of her parents as husband and wife as early as 1786. Strictly glancing this evidence establishes 1. The cohabitation of the parties prior to Oct. 1783 prima facie at Common law of a prior marriage, and that she is their child. She has reputation & tradition, sufficient to prove pedigree.
Second
Elizabeth Cole,
Of Dalton Mass. aged 82. Swears she was well acquainted with the affliant, being about her own age—was present when Isaac & Chloe first met—knew of their marriage tho' absent. Was herself married 1783 & the parties were married some time years before that event. They had the daughter Esther before she the witness was married.
The character of this evidence is the highest possible. Her intimate acquaintance with the parties—her presence when the lovers first met when Isaac was just fresh from the wars, followed by their marriage & birth of a child, above all her own marriage; of which she fixes dates; taken in consideration with her age and character of the facts, must likely be impress themselves deepest, and be retained longest and distinctly; places her statement beyond scepticism & doubt.

Third John Curtiss
Of Dutton Mass. aged 75. Swears that he became a resident of Dutton in 1782; was then ten years old. Became acquainted with Isaac & Chloe his wife, who at that time had a daughter Esther at that time .
The age of the witness at that time rendered him susceptible of an impression of the facts - his removal enables him to fix the dates, and connect his acquaintance with the parties so distinctly with the date, and his own emigration, that the whole taken together is sufficient alone to establish the fact sought to be proven.
Fourth Daniel Merriam,
Of Mass. aged 73, swears he is Brother of the applicant. His Sister Chloe was married in 1782. at her fathers house. Being a child he was sent off upon the evening of that event, but returned during the evening. Also swears to the birth of Esther. Here also may be placed the evidence of the Sister.
Mannah Day aged 70. who in addition, states her own age, and that her Sister Chloe, was some thirteen years older than herself, and that at said Chloe's marriage she was some sixteen years of age, which fits the fact of her marriage some time in 1782. - The period assigned by every body else. The fact seems to be thus witnessed. The marriage of a sister, was such as to be long retained altho rec'd at so tender an age.
This array of evidence so clear distinct, and harmonious leaves comment without excuse.
The first witness a child whose legitimacy is established by every witness called, gives by the silent voice of her years the fact controverted for to be twelve years at least anterior to 1794; while the rest whose age & acquaintance means of knowledge, position, together with the impossibility of collusion, make an accumulation of testimony that would crush an ordinary objector. and it is submitted that proof of the precise day of Marriage could add no force or weight to the point already so clearly proven, & to require such proof of the Claimant would be but gratuitous oppression.
Respectfully Submitted

Isaac Isaac, application
Isaac Isaac Private copy to B0 Van Klief & Ganswott Rept. N. York
Submitted

I Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester do certify that the Applicant to my  the  above  stated petition that the said Isaac Isaac did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the within declaration against the common enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the the Depart- ment of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. —
Aaron Read.
Bridgetown April 8 th 1818. —
I do certify that Aaron Read is one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in & for the County of Westchester —
Dijah Bransford C lerk
Westchester Co. ss: I Samuel B. Isaac being sworn declare that he well knew Isaac Isaac when in the Continental Army. That in the summer 1777 he this Deponent to Col. Van Scyoc & then the influence of Col. Brady who was known. Then he obtain- ed a furlough for Isaac for a few days. D uring the time he found that after the war he returned to the Army. That in the 1779 this Deponent was in Stambridge that while there Isaac Isaac came there as an attendant on the Rev. Mr. Cottrell who was then a Chaplain in the Army. That this Deponent is a brother to the Applicant that he well knew his brother Isaac in the Army that he well understood he enlisted first for one year & after serving that year he then enlisted for three years & that he often hearing from him that seeing him in the manner above stated truly believe he served the time faithfully to the end
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of Dec r 1818 before me Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester
Samuel B. Isaac
I Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester do certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Isaac the above appli- cant & do hereby certify that he is in reduced circumstances & that in need of the assistance of his country for the  the  above  stated  reasons —
Aaron Read Sub d

State of Ohio
Portage County ss
On this fifteenth day of July A.D. 1848.
Personally appeared before me
D. L. Rockwell - a justice of the peace in and for said County. Chloe Wilcox, a resident of Franklin in the County and State aforesaid, aged 83. years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That her first husband Isaac Isaacs, was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary war. And that she now has an application on file in the pension office at Washington City which was made under the acts of Congress passed on the 7 th day of July, 1838, March 3 d 1843, & June 17 th 1844, which was made before Hon. Isaac Swift an associate Judge, about the 2 d day of February, 1848. She further declares that she is still a widow
Executed in presence of D. L. Rockwell Converse
her Chloe Wilcox mark
Sworn to and subscribed before the subscriber the day and year above written. And I further certify that the above applicant is personally known to me to be the identical person that she represents herself to be in the above Declaration.
D. L. Rockwell
Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Portage County ss -
I Horace D. Dake Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that David L. Rockwell Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit or declaration was taken, was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified

and that the foregoing signature written "D. L. Rockwell" is genuine as I believe
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said bond this third day of August A.D. 1848. Horace G. Buel clerk
Dear Mother
Dear Father
Dear Sister
Dear

13757, 9067 Chloe Wilcutt fully wid of Isaac Isaac
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act 7 May 1838
Marnie before 1794
Mustard and 1820 Seam Mustard and Turner, 1836
Alma Dyam Mc
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On 4 March 1836.
Acno. 43. 44 848
80 1/2 p.m.
On 4 March 1843
Hon John Crull House of Reps

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio January 13 th 1875.
Dear Sir
Having some business with Hon W. L. Marcy Secretary of War which I trans- mitted to his office on or about the 7 th day of Sept r last being papers in the pension claim of Mrs Chloe Wilcox claiming a pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her first husband Isaac Isaac said claim has been before the Com- missioner of Pensions for a long time. The points in the case were all admitted by the Commissioner of Pensions except the dates of Marriage, it was required by the Commissioner that it be proved that the parties lived together as husband and wife prior to 1794, which was thereafter testified to by a number of affidavits but still the Com r claimed that the proof was not satisfactory. Therefore Mrs Wilcox appealed to the head of the Department Hon W. L. Marcy Secretary of War and on the 7 th day of September last I referred it to the Secretary of War & sent to his office a written argument in the case. Not hearing any thing from it I wrote to the Secretary on or about the 1 st of Dec r ult for informa- tion in the case, and have not received any reply, and why I have not been answered I cannot tell I am sure that the proofs all ready submitted in the case are a sufficient to satisfy any Court or jury that Mrs Wilcox was living with her husband Isaac as his wife years prior to 1794, circumstances are narrated by the witnesses which enabled them them to fix the date. Mrs Wilcox is an old lady and ought to be in possession of her pension I wish you to call on the Secretary and see if his decision cannot be had in the case without delay. I wish you to examine the marriage proofs in the case, why such plain and positive proof should be deemed by the Commissioner insufficient I cannot tell

# if you examine the proofs I am sure that you will fully agree with me in regard to the proofs being sufficient & all that ought to be required to establish the fact of the parties living together as husband and wife prior to 1794. If you cannot call personally on the Secretary write him, but I hope you will call and examine the papers.
Very Respectfully your most O. B. T. Servant,
James H. Hathaway
Hon John Crowell M.C. Washington City D.C.

Chardon Geauga Co Ohio February, 28 th 1849.
Sir
I herewith return the three pension certificates of Mrs Chloe Wilcox, formerly widow of Isaac Isaacs, who was a Sergeant in the Revolution and served more than two years; - for a mendment. The pension allowed her is only the pay of a private, when it should of been the pay of a Sergeant; and her certificate under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844, terminates on the 4 th March, 1844. but should terminate on the 4 th of March 1848. I this day received said certificates transmitted to me by Hon John Crowell M.C. hoping to receive returns without much delay as the certificates are returned for to have a mistake of the department corrected.
Very Respectfully Your Most O b Servent.
J. Hathaway.
P. S. I further notice that it is stated in said certificates that Mrs Wilcox's first husband Isaac, died in January 1836 which is a mistake it was her second husband Abel Wilcox that died 1836. I do not know if this mistake would prevent her drawing on these certificates & should not returned them in this account.
J. H.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of pensions Washington City D.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6541
Chloe Wilson
Wid.
Isaac Isnard
Sergt Rev. War
Act: Feb. 28/48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 7005 Chloe Wilcox
Q
Let to James Wathaway
Dec. 2. 47
Let to James August 24 '48
act 4 May 1836

Phoebe 8475  Pittsburg Chloe Wilcox , widow of Isaac Isaacs who was a Sergeant, in the New York Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1849 and sent to Hon John C. Howell Hoff R
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 211 ,

Cherbourg May 7
Love
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of penins Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio May 7 th 1849.
Sir
I wrote you on the 29 th of last March informing you that the agent for paying pensions at Pittsburg Pa. had not been instructed to pay Mrs Chloe Wilson's pension under the acts of July 7 th 1838, March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844 at the rate of $120. per annum therefore she had not obtained her pension under said acts, as it was an omission of the department it was expected that it would be attended to without much delay please to inform me relative to the same perhaps my letter has not been received at your office.
Very Respectfully your most O b Servant.
Ja s Washaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio. September 7 th 1848.
Sir
Your letter of the 24 th ult in the case of Mrs Chloe Wilcox applicant for a pension was duly received, and it appears by said letter that you did not consider Mrs Wilcox's proofs of marriage sufficient to establish her marriage with her first husband Isaac Isaacs prior to 1794.
From your decision Mrs Wilcox appeals to the head of the Department Hon W. L. Marcy Secretary of War, and I have forwarded to him a brief statement of her marriage proofs, the date of the marriage being the only point not what has been admitted;
Very Respectfully your most Obedt Servt.
J. Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio August 12 th 1848.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your office the pension Declaration of Mrs Chloe Wilson, formerly the widow of Isaac Isaacs, made under the act of February 2 nd 1848.
Very Respectfully your most O.B. Servant.
J. Hathaway.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of pensions Washington City D.C.

Chardon A. Lee 2/48
J Hathaway
Eug. about Mrs. Chloe
Wiley's pension claim.
A. 407. Recd 11/48
Pension Office
Amer.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio December 2 nd 1848
Sir
I forwarded to your Office on or about the 7 th day of September last a Statement of the proofs and the Commissioner of Pensions reports in the Pension claim of Mrs Chloe Wilson of Ohio, the steps taken was thought to be proper in appealing from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions and bringing the case before your Hon. a report from your Hon has long been looked for, it being now nearly three months since the statement of the claim was sent to your Office. If the claim will not be acted upon by your Hon please to inform me what steps it will be necessary for Mrs Wilson to take in order to bring her claim before your Hon.
Very Respectfully your most Obedt Servant.
J. Hathaway, clerk for Mrs Chloe Wilson
Hon W. L. Marcy Secretary of War. Washington City, D. C.

March 27/48
Jamie Hathaway
Chloe Melcot wid of Isaac, Israel

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio.
March 17 th 1843.
Sir
In the case of Mrs Chloe Wilson an applicant for a pension under the act of July 4 th 1836, the said Chloe alleged that her first husband served after her marriage to him 6 months and served to the close of the war, and it was believed that her husband Isaacson for whose services she claims a pension served said six months, together with his three years service and that the records of your office would show that fact but by your letter to me of Dec r 2 nd /47 it appears that he did not serve the six months service, you state that he left the service anterior to her alleged marriage, which was in 1782 or about that time, she was required to furnish more satisfactory proof of the date of her marriage to establish her marriage prior to 1794 it appears to me there could not be in any case more conclusive proof in the absence of record proof on that point, than the affidavits of John Curtis & Elizabeth Cole now on file in your office as appears by the facts narrated in said affidavits that said marriage took place as early as 1782. I herewith send the Declaration of said Chloe Wilson made under the acts of July 7 th 1835, March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844, and further corroborating proof of the date of her marriage all of which I trust will be satisfactory.
Very Respectfully Your Most Obed t Servant,
James H. Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions, Washington City D. C.

Chardon O. Sept. 7. '48.
Ames Hathaway.
Remov'd for Chloe Wil. Co. 4 -
A 305. See Sept. 13/48.
Census Office
Anne,

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Pension Office, December 2nd, 1847.
Sir,
The evidence in the case of Chloe Wilcox an applicant for a pension under the Act of 4th July, 1836, is satisfactory to identify her as the widow of Isaac Maas, late a pensioner under the Act of 18th March, 1818, and to establish her husband's service for more than two years. But as he left the service anterior to the alleged date of their marriage, she has no claim under the Act of 4th July, 1836. If Mrs Wilcox will file a declaration under the Act of 7th July, 1838, and produce satisfactory evidence of her marriage prior to 1794, she may possibly obtain a pension under that law. The proof now on file does not shew the date of that event with the requisite certainty.
I am, very respectfully, Your Ob. Serv. J Edwards
James Hathaway Esq., Chardon, Ohio.

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Pension Office, August 24 th , 1848.
Sir, The application of Ellen Wilson formerly widow of Isaac Isaacs for the benefit of the Act of 7 th July, 1838, and subsequent Acts, has been received and filed.
The evidence as regards the date of her marriage does not enable us to fix the date thereof with the certainty required by the regulations to justify the admission of her claim under the Act for which her application is now presented. Something more certain upon this point should be introduced, before she can be allowed a pension under the Act above referred to.
I am, very respectfully, Your Ob d Serv t . J. L. Edwards
James Hathaway, Esq. Chardon, Ohio.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio.
October 30 th 1847.
Sir
I herewith send the pension Application of Mrs. Chloë Wilcox formerly the wife of Isaac Isaac who was a Revolutionary soldier & Pensioner. Mrs. Wilcox alleges that her husband the said Isaac Isaac served about six months after her marriage to him which without doubt her said husbands declaration and the records in your Office will show together with her proofs herewith enclosed will show.
Very Respectfully your most Obedt Servant
James Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com d of Pensions, Washington City D. C.

Jany 22/49 Washn. Jany 19, 49,
Hon. John Lowell.
Enc. letter of James Hathaway asking decision on Mrs. Fille Weiley's pension claim.
630. Rec Jany 20/49.
Pension Office
W. Ames
Immediate
allusion

Washington Jan. 19. 1819 Hon W. L. Marcy Secy of War
Sir
Inclosed I send you the letter of Mr Hathaway and request your early attention to its contents.
With the information desired, I request you to return the letter of Mr Hathaway to me, very Respectfully John Crowell

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of
ss.
On this _____ day of _____, 182_____, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of _____ personally appeared _____ who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain _____ in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of _____ from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of _____ where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Ohio } Portage County ss. } On the 2 d day of February A.D. 1848.
Before me Isaac Swift an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid, Personally appeared Chloe Wilcox a resident of Franklin in the County aforesaid aged 82 years, who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the ben- efits of the acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, March 3 d 1843, & June 17 th 1844, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That in the year 1782 in that part of Dalton which was formerly a part of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts she was married to Isaac Isaacs a Revolutionary Soldier by a Justice of the peace whose name she believes was Myres and shortly afterwards they moved to Lenox in said County of Berkshire, that her said husband left her in the early part of 1786 and did not return to live with her afterwards and that in the year 1813 she was married to Abel Wilcox of the State of New York and that her second husband died in January, 1836 and that her name was before married to her first husband the said Isaac Isaacs, Chloe Merriman and that her first husband died in Salem in Westchester County in the State of New York about the year 1821 aged about 65 years when he died. That she has not in- termarried since the decease of her second husband and now remains a widow, that she made an application

for a pension on or about the 11 th day of January A.D. 1847 before Jeremiah Woulton an associate judge , under the act of July 4 th 1836, which is now on file in the pension office at Washington City, and as it appears her proofs does not sustain her claim under said act of 1836, there fore , she waives her claim under that act and now claims under the acts of July 7 th 1838, March 3 rd 1843, & June 17 th 1844, she refers to her Declaration and proofs now on file in the pension office and prays that the pension due her on account of the Revolutionary service of her first husband may be granted.
Chloe Thurston of W. Wilson mark
I sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge and common report that the above deponent is a person of truth and veracity and from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court, and further certify that the following words were interlined in the above application before signed to wit; "Judge, fore,
Isaac Swift associate Judge
The State of Ohio } I Horace H. Beebe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Portage County } County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Isaac Swift was before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such affidavit an Associate Judge within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of February A.D. 1848 Horace H. Beebe Clerk