Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8055, for Thomas Love, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Qa.
Love, Thomas Rosanna
No. 8055
Rosanna Ireland
CONTENTS

Ohio 19. 183
Thomas Love
of Meigs Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Corps, commanded by Captain Paston of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gray in the Virginia line for 16 Mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 3 3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sep. 1833 and due to Mr. Bowditch Chester
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $133.33 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 34 26.66
$159.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Go. C. Hiles
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 8. Page 13 Clerk.

7676 Miss Cincin.
Rosanna Love widow of Thomas Love Va who was a Private in the Revolution
Approved
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April, 1849 and sent to
Wm. Saml. F. Clinton, Secy of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a 17th Jan 1844 Vol. 2. Page 206

The State of Ohio Meigs County ss On this 7 th day of March AD 1845 person- ally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Rosan- na Love a resident of Setert Township in Meigs County, Ohio, aged seventy eight years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows: That she is the Widow of Thomas Love who was a Sol- dier in the Revolutionary War, that he ser- ved in the Virginia Militia that she is unable to make any statement of his services but refers to his own statement made in order to obtain a pension on the files of the de- partment - that her said husband drew a pension of fifty three dollars and fifty three cents under the act of 1832 annually, until his decease. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Love on the 1 st or 2 d (does not recollect which) day of February A.D. seventeen hundred eighty six (1786) that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Love died on the 22 d day of December A.D. 1834 that she was a Widow on the 4 th July 1836 has remained still remains a Widow that she was not married to the said Thomas Love prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety

form viz. at the time above stated that there is no family record of marriages nor does she know of any public record of marriages in Virginia where she was married I sworn to subscribed on Rosanna Love the day & year above written marks before me W. Alexander J. Pease
The State of Ohio Miss County ss I certify that the said Rosanna Love is too infirm to attend before the court which is held at a distance of 14 miles from her residence, that she is a reputable person that her statement is entitled to credit. That I have been acquainted with her and her late husband Thomas Love for more than thirty five years that they, from my first knowledge of them lived together as husband wife & continued until his decease. And I have not the least reason to doubt but they were legally married Given under my hand & seal this the day and year first above written W. Alexander J. Pease
The State of Ohio Miss County ss I Marcus Bonworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby cer- tify that William Alexander Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said Coun- ty duly commissioned and qualified

11776 Ad 43 8565 ad 44 65
March 22, 1845.
Rosanna Love Widow of Thomas Ohio
act 7 May 1838
nomina genopri ff 30
Also Act 43. 1844 ff 30
Hon Sam l J. Vinton H.R.

The State of Ohio } On this 10 th day of January Meigs County } A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County William Porter a resident of Mason County Vir. aged 74 years who being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith that he the Deponent in the early part of his life resided in Rockbridge County Virginia and within a few miles where Thomas Love was married to Rosanna McElure (then) Public report states they were married and from that time on- they lived together and she was called by her husbands name. They resided there a number of years and raised a family and was in respectable standing in society and the rules of society in that day & country was such that not any but those that were legal- ly married was permitted to live together as husband & wife or was respectable in society and from the personal knowledge I have of the case there is not the slightest shadow of doubt on my mind but that they were legally married according to the rules of the Presbyterian Church. Sworn to and subscribed } Wm Porter Sworn on the day & year above written before me,
Wm Alexander Jr.

The State of Ohio, On this 10 th day of Meigs County, January A D 1845 personally appeared before me the subscribers a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Edward McDade, Ezra Chapman, Ephraim Sayre Henry Roush, Michael Roush, Peter Wolf John Sayre, Moses Sayre and James Hayman who being duly sworn doth on their oaths declare, we have been acquainted with Rosanna Love and Thomas Love Dec; for thirty years. that they from our first knowledge of them lived together as husband & wife until his decease We have no reason to doubt but that they were legally married, and believe them to have been and that the said Rosanna is a respectable person and that her statements are entitled to credit
Edward McDade Ezra Chapman Ephraim Sayre Henry Roush Michael Roush Peter Wolf John Sayre Moses Sayre James Hayman
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year first above written W m Alexander Justice

that his commission was dated on the 20th day of April A.D. 1842 and will expire on the 20th day of April A.D. 1845 that his several signatures above written and also his sever- al signatures to the affidavits hereto attach- ed are genuine. In testimony whereof hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Pomeroy this 16th day of March March A.D. 1845.
M. D. Smith Clerk

Thomas Love

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 -
State of Ohio } Meigs County } On this twenty third day of July A.D. eighteen hundred thirty three, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Meigs in the State of Ohio, Thomas Love a resident of Setout Township in said County of Meigs, aged seventy eight years of age, on the nineteenth day of August next, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated - That on or about the 17 th of Oct r .
1777, he entered the service of the United States
in Augusta Co. Va. he volunteered in the Rifle Company commanded by Capt. David Gray, who was under Col. Saml. McDowell of said Co. for the term of four Months - That his company marched to Richmond Va. where they were placed under the command of Genl. Morgan - after remaining at Richmond for four or five weeks, he was marched to James Town under the command of Genl. Morgan, who then left them, and the troops at that place were placed under the command of Col. Campbell, where they remained until the expiration of the term of four Months, when his company was discharged, and returned to Augusta.
That sometime in the Month of July (the day not recollected) A.D. 1779, at Augusta Co. Va. he again volunteered in the Rifle company commanded by Capt. John Paxton of Augusta, and Marched to Richmond, where they remained for

for a month under the command of Genl. Morgan, when they marched to Little York, where they remained for two weeks, when they marched to Guilford Court House North Carolina, where they remained under the command of Genl. Morgan for 8 or 10 days, when they marched to South Carolina under the command of Genl. Morgan - The name of the place in South Carolina to which they went is not recollected - That they remained in South Carolina until the expiration of service expired, when his Company was discharged and he returned to Augusta -
That on or about 17 th June 1780 at the same place, he again volunteered in the Rifle Company commanded by Capt. John Duford of Augusta, for another term of four months: That he was marched to Richmond, from thence to Stony Point in New York , where his company joined Genl. Genl. Waynes forces - he was there and engaged on the night of the 15 th of July when five hundred British were taken - That after remaining here about two weeks, after that time, he was marched towards Little York Virginia and was kept pretty constantly on the march day and night, from place to place (which are not recollected) until he was finally discharged, with the rest of said Company, at a place called Hot water on James River , at the expiration of said four months - They had a short skirmish at this place with Col. Tarlton who commanded the British Light Horse.
That on or about the first August 1781, at the same place he again volunteered in the Can Rifle Company commanded by Capt. Wm Elliot of Augusta, who was under the command of Genl. Morgan, for another term of four months, and he was marched as rapidly as possible to Little York, through Richmond - was present at the Battle of surrender of Cornwallis, which he thinks was on the 19 th Oct r 1781; That they remained at that place till the expiration of their aft r term of service, when his company was discharged, & they all returned to Augusta - Making in all sixteen months service - That he has no documentary evidence of his said service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service -

That he was born in Ireland in 1755 and came to this Country at the age of eight years - That he has no record of his age - it was recorded in his Father's Family Bible, which has long since been lost or destroyed by time & accident -
That he resided in Augusta Co. Va. when he went into the service - where he resided until about twenty two years ago, when he moved to Mason Co. Va., where he resided for six years, when he moved to Seton Township in Gallia Co. Ohio, where he still resides, but which is now a part of Meigs Co.
That he never had any written discharge.
I am known to William Alexander & Edward McDade who reside in my neighbourhood, who can testify to my character for veracity & to their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any state -
Sworn to subscribed } Thomas Love the day and year afo.
(J.B. JOHNSON Clerk)
We William Alexander & Edward
McDade, both Clergymen residing in the Township of Seton in the Co. of Meigs, hereby certify, That we are well acquainted with Thomas Love who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration: That we believe him to be seventy eight years of age: That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed the day year afo.
(J.B. JOHNSON Clerk)
Wm Alexander Edward McDade

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that W m Alexander & Edward M c Dade who have signed the preceding certificate are clergymen resident in the Townships of Salem in Meigs Co. and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas of Meigs Co. Ohio, do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Love for a Pension -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Chester Meigs Co. Ohio this 23 d day of July A.D. 1833.
T. P. GARNER, Clerk
Thomas Love

90
Mr David Love Letart Falls Post Office Meigs County Ohio

State of Virginia Rockbridge County ss  scilicet
I Samuel McD Reid clerk of the County Court of said County of Rockbridge in said State of Virginia; do hereby certify, that, it appears from a record of marriages kept and made in my office according to the laws of said state, that,
"Thomas Love and Rosanna McClure were lawfully married in said county, on the first day of February in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven by the Reverend James McConnell"
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my official seal and subscribed my name this 11 th day of March 1846, and in the 70 th year of the Commonwealth.
Sam d McD d Reid
Rockbridge County to wit
I John McCleland senior and presiding Justice of the County Court of said county in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Samuel McD Reid whose signature appears to the above Certificate is the Clerk of said county Court duly appointed & qualified and that his said authentication is in due form of Law. Given under my hand and seal this 11 th day of March Eighteen hundred & forty six.
John McCleland

Thomas Lowe Ohio
Adm. 1. year & 4 months
Marcus Bosworth Esq. Chester Meigs County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 th Aug 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Jones
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     17. Oct 1777. 4. for Capt. H. Gray 78 years.   July 1779. 4. Col. McLean Augusta Traditionary   17. June 1780. 4. ✓ Capt. Parton County   1. Aug 1781. 4. Capt. Tifford N. C.   Capt. Elliott  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
* Went to So. Carolina ✓ Sunny Point N.Y.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWF
July 19, 1929
F. D. Love Georgetown Texas.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8055 , it appears that Thomas Love was born August 19, 1755 in Ireland, and came to this country when he was eight years of age.
While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops, as follows-
From October 17, 1777, four months in Captain David Gray's Company, under Colonels Samuel McDowell and Campbell; from in July 1779, four months in Captain William Paxton's Company; from June 17, 1780, four months in Captain John Tilford's Company, and was in a skirmish at Hotwater; from August 1, 1781, four months in Captain William Elliott's Company, and was in the battle and surrender of Cornwallis.
After the Revolution he moved to Mason County, Vir-

ginia, and from there to Letart Township, Meigs County, Ohio, where he was living, when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1833.
He died December 22, 1834.
The soldier married February 1, 1787 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Rosanna McClure.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 7, 1845, at which time she was living in Letart Township, Ohio, aged seventy-eight years.
The above Thomas Love is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, who served with the Virginia Troops.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

9960.
Repealed
Ohio
Rosanna Love
Widow of Thomas Love who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 22nd Dec. 1834, of Meigs Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Harker of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Gray in the Virginia line for nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April 1846 and sent to Hon. Sam l H. Vinton Sec y of War
Total amount, $ 150.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th d Rumpston Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 391.

The State of Ohio Meigs County ss. On this 11 th day of March A.D. 1841
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Rosanna Love, a resident of Setert Township, in Meigs County Ohio aged seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: That she is the Widow of Thomas Love, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War; that he served in the Virginia Militia, that she is unable to make any statement of his services, but refers to his own statement made in order to obtain a pension, — on the files of the department. That her said husband drew a pension of fifty three dollars and fifty three cents under the act of 1832 annually until his decease. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Love on the first day of February A.D. 1787 That her husband the said Thomas Love died on the 22 d day of December A.D. 1834 that she was a widow on the 4 th July 1836 has remained and still remains a widow. That she was not married to the said Thomas Love prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four

viz. at the time above stated. Sworn to subscribed on the day and year above } Rosanna her Love written before me } mark J. Bradbury Associate Judge
I do hereby certify that the above affiant Rosanna Love resides about 16 or 17 miles from the county seat, that she is very infirm & wholly unable to endure the fatigue of at- tending before the court to make her dec- laration. J. Bradbury Associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Meigs county } ss I Marcus Pownall Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Samuel Brad- bury Esq. is an acting Associate Judge of the court of common Pleas in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified & that his several signatures above written are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said court at Pomeroy, this 11 th day of March A.D. 1846. O. K. S. Smith Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Washington City

Chester Meigs County Ohio July 21 st A.D. 1833
J B Edwards Esq.
Enclosed herewith are two new applications for pensions & two which have been returned for amendment. In the statement returned with the papers my attention was called to note "16" "The answers to the interrogatories must all be written & sent to the War Department" This he has done financi Yally in his amended declaration by referring you to those pages on his original declaration where the several answers are to be found in pencil marks are the figures 3. 5 & 7 which I supposed were intended for the interrogatories either those that were deemed sufficiently or insufficiently answered I set myself to try to ascertain which but as it seemed to me they were all answered with about equal plainness I therefore drew the amendment more for the purpose of referring you to the place where you might find the answer in the original declaration than for any other purpose. In order that they may be referred to with more facility I will mark those places with red ink that are supposed to answer the several interrogatories & number them as the interrogatories answer to correspond with the interrogatory. And now permit me again to enquire what has become of the application of Miles Oakley Joel Castle John Picken & Elam Higley — Castle's application was forwarded last Sept. Oakley's in October last I have heard nothing from them since. These are all (except Elam Higley who applies on act of wounds rec d in the late War) or dependant on charity for their support and other cases of more recent date have been attended to why not these — if the papers are lost let me know it & they shall be made out anew. if they had the means of support I would not be so urgent in their behalf Mr Oakley especially is a man of intelligence, sensibility & piety — has, while in the decline of life lost his property by the Providence of God. besides it cannot be that his claim is rejected for he has positive proof of service on file in your Department on a former application under the former law & was then rejected merely because his service was in the Militia. W B WATKINS

N 11776
Rosanna ... Mother of Thomas Ohio
act 7 July 1838
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Rosanna ...
March July 7. 1845.
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Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
ad 7 July 1838 Ohio Museum of Mining Resama Forest M 11176

Washington City. April 6 th 1846
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I received by the last Mail the enclosed paper respecting the application of Rosaanna Love for a Pension - Will you be so good as to advise me what your de- cision is in her case when made?
I am very respectfully Sam t F. Vinton

No 11776
Rosanna Love
Widow of Thomas
Let M. Boarn the May 6 th 45
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1929 July 19-Heat No. 3-D-See card
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8055
Rosanna Love
Wid.
Thos. Love
Port. Rev. War
Act: Mch. 30/43; June 17/44
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 441
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. H. NUNN
F. D. LOVE
NUNN & LOVE ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
March 26th. 1929.
Secretary of Interior, Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Will you please give me the data, if any, contained in the application of relay VCU Thomas Love, who was a Revolutionary War Soldier, and who enlisted in Montgomery County, Va., and died in Henry County, Tenn., and who resided there when his application was made? I want the date of enlistment; date of his birth, where enlisted, and services rendered. All of this will be set forth in his application; also where born, if it states.
I will thank you for the above information.
Yours, very truly,
F. D. Love F. D. Love.
FDL/1/
Address: _____
F. D. Love, Georgetown, Texas.