Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5894, for Joseph Ketchum, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. New York
Ketchum, Joseph Sally Mary
R. 5894
CONTENTS
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April 28, 1845.
Abel to esq. J. L. Ketcham.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pension Washington

McMains April 24 1845
Dear Sir
I enclose additional proof, of the marriage & of Sally Ketchum of the service of Joseph Ketchum. If more proof is required I must abandon the application as I have collected together all that I can find. Mrs K. is a very old lady, and memory fails. You will see by the certificate of Secretary of State of New York that Mr. Ketchum was engaged as a soldier in some capacity for a good while. Mrs K. cannot recollect any more distinct in regard to the service of her husband than stated in her application (See papers on file in Pension office). If any thing is wanting to be explained please inform me specifically. The application of Mrs K. should meet with success if any one on earth you have the papers on file, those enclosed are in addition.
Yours & R. P. Weston

39 66 2/3  9 356.946 19.83 15 days 6.62 5 days  383.45 320.00 1 year 53.33 2 mos. 8.88 10 days  65.66  12.83

Joseph Ketchum pri. N.Y. Line. Bounty Land. c GHC

Washington March 14, 1857,
Hon James E. Heath, Commr of Pensions,
Dr Sir— The enclosed letter, directed to Mr Edwards, under the impression that he was still Commr of Pensions, I received yesterday, with a request to lay it before the Commissioner, and ascertain whether the papers referred to would be obtained.
As the papers appear to be necessary for Mrs Ketchum to renew her application, I confidently trust they may be found and placed at her disposal. She resides at Mt Morris Livingston Co. N.Y. where I have known her for a series of years. She is universally beloved in that section, and is looked upon as eminently worthy of this last token of her country's regard, as one of the few surviving relicts of Revolutionary memory.
Please advise me of your action as early as convenient.
Very Respectfully Yours &c J. Koerschner,

July 3 1857
Rel: to papers in case of Mrs Mary Ketchum
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
A. W. Marsh
July 3. 1857.
Joseph Kershaw Geneseo Livingston Co N.Y.
3 July

Washington July 1. 1851.
Dear Sir,
Will you do me the favor to see that the copies of papers relating to the claim of Mrs. Mary Kitchener, which made out in the Pension Office, are furnished to me at Geneva Livingston Co. New York. I leave here on the 3 rd and they will no doubt be furnished before I return.
Truly Yours,
for Kitchener
To Mrs. Kitchener

11384 Oct 14 1841
NY. July 7 1838, Sally Ketchum
for
FREE Ires J. L. Edwards Esq Cannipine of Pensions Washington

State of New York Livingston County Mt Morris Oct. 10 '44
J. L. Edwards Esq Dear Sir
We hereby enclose to you the papers of Sally Fletcher who makes appli- cation for a pension under the act of July 1838. We have had all the offices searched for the purposes of procuring documentary evidence of her husband Joseph Fletcher, senior. We find as you will see, from certificates of the Secretary of War, evidence of a short service of service. We have collected together all the evidence I think we shall be able to get, upon the subject. We feel confident of procuring a certificate for her. We submit the papers to the direction of the proper persons, & should any thing be lacking, please state to us what it is & we will endeavor to supply defect.
Yours Respectfully Hugh V. Wisner

Dear Sir - I have inclosed to you a Petition to present to Congress from Mrs Sally Ketchum the widow of Joseph Ketchum to be placed on the Pension List - and I have to ask the favor of you to inclose me the papers on file in your office connected with the case to enable me to present them to the house.
Yours Respectfully
C. H. C. Merrill
March 5. 1846
To J. W. Edwards Esq
Lower G.

I fail to find any other Sally or Mary, wid. of Joseph Ketchum. Everything is vague and uncertain, and as Sec. of Mass. is men- tioned in one paper and of N. Y. in another. I have used both -

11384 5894
Sally Ketchum
vs Joseph
Let. Fitzgerald & Struss, 28 Nov 1844 " to Ch. P. Ullricher June 9th 1845, do to Hm. B. H. Carson, 11 R Mar 6. 1846.
J. Marshall June 9/51 Same Oct 20/51.
act 7 July 1838

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5-894-00
P. O.
Sally Ketchum
Service: wid. of Joseph
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18