Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4271, for Philip Lock, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lock, Philip Eunice
W. 4271
CONTENTS

Susp. See letters June 6. 1838 to W. Budd L.P. Agt. do. to W. Budd, July 10. 1838 do. to same 1 Nov. 1838. do to Hon. J. Ridgway Dec 21. 1842 H.C. Box C. Delaw July 10. 45 Jas. Moor Sep 29/53
Ohio, 1508
Munice Locka Now of Philip Locka
who died on the 29 May 1814 of Delaware Co, in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Reading of the Regt — commanded by Col Shreve in the N. Jersey line for the war —
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Oct 1837 and sent to Joseph Patrick Esq., Sunbury, Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 $520. — Semi-annual allowance ending 10 Oct 38 40. —
$560. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Wd by [Signature] Clerk,

V1961 Eunice Locke Ohio.
on roll M.D Col Shreem for the war.
admitted P. 2 yrs p 80
Joseph Patrick Sumbury Ohio 3/10

The State of Ohio
Delaware County
On this - fifth - Day of June A.D. 1837 Personally appeared before the under- signed Ezra Griswold one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the State and County aforesaid. Eunice Lock a resident of Orange Township in the County of Delaware and State of Ohio aged Eighty years who being first Duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the fourth 1836 That she is the Widow of Phillip Lock Who was a private Soldier in the army of the revolution She saith that Phillip Lock Entered the army of the United States after after the Commencement of the Revolutionary war by Enlisting in a Company Raised by Congress for during the war She thinks in what the said Phillip Lock Called the New Jersey line that he served under an officer by the name of Dayton but what rank the said Dayton held in the army she cannot tell But she well knows that after the Marriage of this complainant with Phillip Lock that he served in a Company Commanded by a Captain Mitchell She further saith that Phillip Lock Continued in the service of the United States till the End of the War and Received a regular Discharge which Discharge was placed in the hands of the aforesaid Dayton for the purpose of obtaining the bounty lands granted by Congress to the Soldiers of the Revolutionary army She further Declares that she was Married to Phillip Lock in February

in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Eight The Day of the Month she cannot remember She further saith that her Marriage was recorded in her Fathers family Bible which was burned by the Indians in the Summer of seventeen hundred and seventy Eight and that her husband the said Phillips Lock died on the twenty ninth of May eighteen hundred and fourteen and that she has remained a Widow ever since that Period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed She further saith that she has no record or acknowledgement of her Marriage whatever and further saith not.
Eunice her Lock Lock
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5th day of January 1837 - I also further certify that the above named Eunice Lock is unable to appear in Court in consequence of the infirmities of age & a distant residence.
E. Griswold, Associate Judge of Delaware Com. Pleas.
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss on this fifth - Day of June 1837 Personally appeared before the undersigned Ezra Griswold one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the State and County afore said Jesse Lock who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith
That Eunice Lock who has sworn to and subscribed to the foregoing Delegation is the Identicle Woman that Phillips Lock acknowledged as his lawful wife more than forty years ago and that Phillips Lock died on the twenty ninth
Day of _____

May in the year Eighteen hundred and forty and that Eunice Lusk has remained a widow ever since that period and further he saith not
Gerse Lusk
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this 5th day of June 1837. - and I have full confi- dence in his veracity. E. Griswold , Associate Judge, of Delaware Com. Pleas.
The word June, in my certificate to the declaration of Eunice Lusk was blotted by accident. It is correct as it stands.
E. Griswold , A. J. D. C. P.
The State of Ohio, Delaware County ss. I Thomas Reynolds, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for said County, hereby certify, that Ezra Griswold Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits appear to have been taken, & whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the time of taking the same, one of the Associate Judges of said Court, in & for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned & qualified &c. and that his signatures thereto I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware this 5th day of June A. D. 1837.
Thomas Reynolds Clerk

The State of Ohio County of Franklin ss
I Lewis Hays Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Holden at Columbus in and for said County of Franklin do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Eunice Lock was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum that she was a resident of Delaware in the State of Ohio, and died in said County in said State of Ohio in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty on the 30 th day of July. That she left a son whose name is Jesse Lock an only heir. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Columbus this 8 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1846
Lewis Hays Clerk

State of Ohio Franklin County
Be it known that before me George Taylor a justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Lock and made oath in due form of law, that he is the son of Eunice Lock the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true Copy:
"War Department
Revolutionary Claims -
I certify that, in conformity with the 3 d section of the Law of the United States of the 4 th July, 1836 Eunice Lock of Ohio widow of Philip Lock who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive eighty dollars — cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, Commencing on the 4 th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September:
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty seventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
J. Cooper acting Secretary of War -
Examined and Countersigned,
Geo: Wm Crump
acting Commissioner of Pensions"
That the deceased pensioner resided in Delaware County in the State of Ohio for the space of thirty four years before her death; and that previous thereto she resided in the State of Pennsylvania -
Jesse Lock
Deposed and subscribed this 13 th day of June 1846 before me — George Taylor J.P.

Ohio City
United States of America.
The State of Ohio, Executive Office.
I, MORDECAI BARTLEY, Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that George Taylor whose attestation is hereunto annexed, was on the day of the date thereof An acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Franklin and State aforesaid
Duly commissioned as such; that he is the proper officer to take such attestation; that his said attestation is in due form; and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the GREAT SEAL of the State of Ohio to be hereunto affixed, at Columbus, the Eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty six
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Sam Galloway
Secretary of State.
M. Bartley
Governor of Ohio.

Ervin Locke
Oct 27. J. M. [unclear] Oct 1900
Honorable James L Edwards
Mr. [unclear]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Yours

Henbury Ohio 17 th October 1837
Sir, one more to gratify the old widow Lack I address you on the subject of her Claim for a Pension as we have heard nothing from you since we sent you the Evidence of Mr Ramsey in support of her Claim I hope you will be kind enough to inform me of the State of her application that she may be set at rest you cannot imagine the anxiety an old Woman feels at the prospect of obtaining a Pension in thone old age when they have nothing to support them yours with Great respect
Honorable J L Edwards Commis care of Pensions
Joseph Patrick
P S Phebe Hopkins to whom you granted a pension lost the whole $520 by the robbery of the mail between Cincinnati and Columbus on the 19 th ult
J P

July 30 Gurnee Lock Ohio 1844 Con-
Warren P. July 25
Free W m Budd Pk
Hon. S. L. Edwards Esq r
Washington City P. D. C.

Harlem July 25, 1838-
Sir,
I received your letter of the 10 th and in answer to the same, it would be impossible for me to state the precise sum for taking depositions in the Case of Union Dock, the witnesses live about six miles apart the Cost of them would be 75 Cts. each, the whole expense would not exceed $2.50 for each witness-
I am respectfully your
Obt Ser t -
W m Budd
J. L. Edwards Esq.

June 25 06.00 PM unp Chas. H. Davis Lock,
Free William Budd P. M.
Col. J. P. Edwards Secretary of war District of Columbia - Washington City -

Th Harlem June 29, 1838
Sir
Your letter of the 6 th ult o I received and in answer to which, would say that, I cannot pray for taking the Depositions for Government, with out some compensation, the names of the witnesses respecting the said Eunice Locks marriage, are Silas Smith, Polly Smith, Jacob Hurkut, and many others—
I am respectfully Your Obet Servt—
William Budd
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Sunbury Ohio June 10 th 1837
Dear Sir Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Eunice Lock the aged and inform widow of Phillip Lock deceased. I suppose the Dayton mentioned in her Declaration refers to Jonathan Dayton as after the death of Phillip Lock Jonathan Dayton came to the State of Ohio and the son of Phillip Lock commenced a suit against him for his Father's lands and procured evidence from the War Department of his Father's services in the army during the Revolutionary war but the death of Dayton and the offer of his son to compromise ended the affair therefore we suppose Phillip Locks name can be found on the rolls of the army but Mrs Lock is so old and forgetful she cannot tell but little about the officers that Phillip Lock served under.
I remain your most obedient servant Joseph Patrick
James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions

Free
Honorable James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC
July 17 John Brown Perry 11
Eliza Cook

Sunbury Ohio July the 7th 1837 In your letter of the 16th ult is before me in respect to the Case of Eunice Lock I Entreat you to give her a Claim another hearing as the testimony of Jacob Bennet is positive that she was Married to Phillip Lock in the winter of 1778. it is not strange that he cannot give the exact Date as he may be present at twenty weddings and never expect to be called upon to testify to those Dates and sixty years after we could not give the exact Dates of any of them. my own Sister was Married in the Summer of 1805 - and to save the World I cannot tell in what month or the day of the Month she was Married I know of no witness living that can establish the Claim if that of her Brother is not admitted Eunice Lock is very poor and has been so all her life but it is not long that she will need the assistance of her Country. Catharine Bennet widow of Alan Bennet will make application for a Pension as soon as the Court sets that she can make her substantiation. please to let me hear the final fate of the Claim of Mrs Lock and you will much oblige your obedient Servant Joseph Patrick Honorable James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City, Dec. 16 th 1840.
Dear Sir.
The heirs of Unice Leach dec d who was placed on the pension Rolls of Ohio, a few years since, under an act of Congress of 1836, and afterwards was struck therefrom; desire to be informed from the Department, of the reasons, why she was deprived of her pension: and whether they are not entitled to it, from the time it was stopped to the time of her death, which was in July last.
You will confer a favour upon the heirs by replying to the inquiry, after examining the papers on the subject.
I am very respectfully
Your obed t Serv t .
W. W. W.
J. L. Edwards Esq r .
Comm ee of Pensions.

Oct 31.
Con.
Lock Eunice Ohio
Waverly O. Oct. 24th
Free. Wm Budd P.M.
Wm S. Edwards Esq.
Washington City D.C.

Harlem Oct. 24 1838
Sir,
There has been a request from a number of Citizens of the place in which Eunice Look lives to know the amount of their affidavits as they wish to prosecute them for the same. I have seen Joseph Patrick Esq. who has drawn her pension, he tells me that he never knew but what she was entitled to a pension until a few days since, and I believe it to be a fact, Mr. Patrick has held a number of important offices in this County and has discharged them in the manner and to the satisfaction of the County. In short he is a man of the first respectability, and as far as I know, no blame is attached to him (Mr. Patrick) Jacob Bennet is dead, and if the other deposition or a copy will do any good as to convict the person, I wish you would do the same.
I am Respectfully your Obedient Servt
Wm Budd
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City D. C.

Pension Office
August 20, 1855
Sir
No one named Eunice Lock has been placed upon the Wisconsin Roll of pensioners. Why do you suppose her pension has been stopped, if she ever was upon the Roll! Is she alive or dead? Where did she live when she made application? and if dead, when did she die?
I am, respectfully, Friend Wm. Paton. Minot Commissioner.
Died July 30 = 1845 in Delaware Co Ohio
James Kern, Esq. Muscadine, Wisconsin.

Sept 25
1961
Adolf Lock Venezia Lock
Dear Edwards E. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Del.

Sir the answer to the Enclosed Paper - You will please direct To - Joseph Patrick Sunbury - Delaware Co. Ohio -
Yours Respectfully H. Williams
Delaware 20 Sept 1837 -

Muscoda September 15 1855
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
I suppose her pension was stopped because her son Jesse Lock stated in a declaration which he swore to and had it presented by William Hunt up of your City (of Washington) in your office he stated that it had been alledged that his mother was not married to his father till after the Revolutionary war, (though he thinks she was but according the present law it would not matter whether she was married before or soon after) She died July 30, 1840 in Delaware County Ohio, I should have stated to you before that she lived in Ohio when she drawed the pension, she drawed in 1837, at the place before named in Ohio and the pension that is or was justly coming to her up to the time of her death from 1840 would be due to her son who is her only heir in fact the only heir of his father or mother, pleas answer the former questions as to time of her drawing and when stopped and whether since drawed, (for the son thinks there may have been some foul play) (The business when she drawed was attended to by one Joseph Patrick of Sunbury Ohio,
Yours Very Respectfully, James Moore

The State of Ohio Union County ss of May in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven Personally appeared John Scott
for the State and County of Ohio Bennet who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is the Brother of Eunice Lock and that he was present when she was Married to Phillip Lock which Ceremony was performed by the Rev Mr Johnson in the Town of Wilkesbarre in the State of Pennsylvania in the Winter of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight the precise date this Deponent does not recollect he further saith that Phillip Lock was a Soldier at that time in the Service of the United States and was Enlisted for during the War and Continued in the Service of the United States to the end of the Revolutionary War And I further certify that the said Jacob Bennet the above Deponent is of good credibility as a Witness Jacob Bennet
Given under My Hand & Seal officially this Day & year Above Written John Scott Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Union County ss
I James H. Gill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that John Scott is a legally acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Union his commission bearing date September 19th 1836 and it expires September 19th 1839 and I believe the signature to the within affidavit to be the genuine signature of said John Scott. J. H. G.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 7th day of June A.D. 1837
James H. Gill Clerk C. P.

State of Ohio } Delaware County } ss
Be it known that before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Personally appeared Benjamin Rumsay who being duly sworn according to law deposes that he knows Phillip Lock and Eunice Lock his wife fifty five years ago that in the summer of 1782 they resided in the Garrison at Wyoming in the State of Pennsylvania and Eunice Lock the identical Eunice Lock that now resides in the Township of Surry in the County of Delaware State of Ohio was his acknowledged Wife at that time and this Deponent has every reason to believe that they were lawfully man and wife as no objections were made to their living together as such and further he saith not and I certify that the above deponent tho an intemperate old man is of good credibility as a witness Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirteenth Day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty seven his Benjamin Rumsay mark.
Saml Merriott Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio. Delaware County, ss. I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Levi Meridith Esq r , is a justice of the Peace, in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of August A.D. 1835, and will expire on the 19 th day of August A.D. 1838, and that his signature within written, I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand, & the seal of said County, this 20 th day of September A.D. 1837.
Thomas Reynolds. Clerk.

Waukesha Wis Sept 16 th
Free Moore P.M.
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Eunice Lockwood Philip - Ohio at 1836
Am

Eunice Locks
Ohio
Suspended
See letter 16 June 1837 J. Patrick - do. to Same July 17. 1837 -

Roy  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4271
Cosmo Lock
Wirt
Philip Lock
Port R. J. line
Act: July 4 th 36, Sec. 3 d
Index:—Vol. a , Page 4110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Free To the Secretary of War. Washington City District of Columbia
1838 May 10 M. L. ...
B1138 June 5. 1838
Pension Office
Caveat, Eunice Locke Ohio, 1836.

To the Secretary of War,
Sir, As a friend to Government I would inform you that Eunice Lock a pensioner as the Widow of Philip Lock has no right to such a pension. She was not married to Lock until about ten years after the Revolutionary war. She was married to one Lane after that war, and he ran away and left her and in about ten years after that, she was married to Philip Lock, all this can be proven by a great many witnesses that know all about it, all the witnesses that swore to her right to a pension, swore falsely. I wish you to keep my name and not let it be known here as your informant as she has a son, that would do me a private injury. All that I have written you, can be relied on, and I will furnish the names of the witnesses when called on.
Respectfully your obedient Servant
William Budd
Harlem township Delaware Co. State of Ohio May 30, 1838-