Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8573, for John Leeper, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Leeper, John Ramsey, Catharine (Former widow)
R 8573
CONTENTS

14.128 28/50
Pension Claim of Mrs Catharine Ramey, Widow of John Saper A private In Col William Morgan Reg
Hon. A.W. Buel H.R.
J. P. Lewis Attorney Detroit, Mich Aug 7 July 1830

State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty personally appeared in open court Mrs Catharine Ramsey a resident of Richmond in the County of Jefferson and State of Ohio aged eighty seven 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 provisions made by law of the United States approved on the tenth  seventh day of July 1838 and all such other laws as have from time to time been passed -
That she is the widow of John Leeper who was a private soldier in the regiment of riflemen commanded by Col. William Morgan in the service of the United States; that she was married to the said John Leeper at the County of Washington and State of Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that her husband the aforesaid John Leeper died at Washington County Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, that she afterwards intermarried with George Ramsey who has since departed this life, and she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed; that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage or her husband's services, and that the said John Leeper left this affiant his widow and two children Susannah now the widow of William Craig and Margaret who intermarried with David Mitchell and has since departed this life leaving seven children her heirs at law, viz, Julia, Amanda, Emily, Jesse, Susan, William and Margaret Ann Mitchell. Sworn to & subscribed Catharine her Ramsey Mark in open court May 7 th 1850 J. M. Mason Clerk

The State of Ohio Jefferson County ss.
I Joseph M. Mason Clerk of the court of common pleas within and for the county of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby certify that on the seventh day of May 1880 said court being then in session Catherine Ramsay appeared in open court and having been by me duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration and subscribed her name thereto
Witness my signature and the seal of said court at Steubenville this 15 th day of May A D 1880 J. M. Mason Clerk
At the same time and place came David Mitchell the son in law and John W. Waulley, the half brother of said affiant two credible and respectable witnesses and residents of said county and State who being duly sworn say on oath that they know the before mentioned Catherine Ramsay to be the widow of the late John Leeper, that she was legally married to the said John Leeper at Washington County Pennsylvania A D 1781 and that her husband the aforesaid John Leeper died as above stated leaving the said affiant his widow and two children as stated in her statement one of whom is deceased leaving seven children her heirs at law as set forth in her statement.

And further they say not - Sworn & subscribed in David Mitchell open court May 7 th 1850 J. M. Mason Clerk
John McCouley sworn & John his McCouley subscribed in open court May mark 8 th 1850 J. M. Mason Clerk
The State of Ohio Jefferson County ss I Joseph M. Mason Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the county of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby certify that on the 7 th day of May 1850 David Mitchell appeared in open court and that on the 15 th day of May 1850 John McCouley appeared in open court said court being at said sessions held in session and having been by me - specially sworn they sincerely made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and sincerely subscribed their names thereto
Witness my signature and the seal of said court at Steubenville this 15 th day of May. A D 1850 J. M. Mason Clerk

State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
Before me a justice of the peace in & for said county and State personally came David Mitchel a son in law and John McCarley a half brother of Mrs Catherine Ramsey two credible and respectable witnesses who upon oath say that Mrs Catherine Ramsey is the widow of the late John Leeper who is deceased. Said John Leeper is believed to have been a private soldier in the rifle regiment commanded by Col. William Morgan engaged in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. Said John Leeper died D 1800 leaving a widow now Mrs Catherine Ramsey & two children. Susannah now the widow of William Craig & Margaret who intermarried with David Mitchel and has since departed this life leaving seven children her heirs at law, viz, Julia, Amanda, Emily, Jesse, Susan, William and Margaret Ann Mitchel and the above persons are the only heirs at law of the said John Leeper now living.
Sworn & subscribed before me this eighth day of May D 1850.
by David Mitchel
David Mitchel
C. H. Gately Secy of the Peace
John his McCarley mark
Sworn to & subscribed by John McCarley before me this 15 th day of May D 1850
C. H. Gately Secy of the Peace
In Testimony that the above written Exh 46 the Leeper Exp was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths to the acknowledgment made in the State of Ohio to the above done and that his signature thereto is genuine I have hereunto affixed the County Seal and subscribed my name as Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said county this 15 th day of May D 1850
J. M. Mason Clerk

June 24, 1939.
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Mr. Frank T. McFarland 1230 West High Street Lexington, Kentucky
BA-J/ady John Leeper R.8573
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of George Ramsey, all spellings of the names searched, in that war.
The record of the only John Leeper that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R.8573, based upon his military in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Leeper are not shown.
John Leeper married in 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Catharine, her maiden name not given.
John Leeper died in 1800 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, his age not shown.
His widow, Catharine married, date and place not stated, George Ramsey, who died, date and place not given.
An acct. of the Rev. War services of her former husband, John Leeper. Catharine Ramsey applied for pension May 7, 1850, at which time she was a resident of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, and aged eighty-seven years, on account of the Revolutionary War services of her former husband John Leeper. She stated that John Leeper enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1776, served as private in Captain Matson's Company, Colonel William Morgan's Regiment until in 1779 and that he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Monmouth and Stony Point. Hardy County sometimes

In 1855 she was living in West Middletown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of services as required by the pension laws.
John Leeper left two children: Susannah who married, date and place not stated, William Craig, and was a widow in 1850, and Margaret who married, date and place not shown, David Mitchel. Said Margaret was not living in 1850 and was survived by her husband and seven children: Julia, Amanda, Emily, Jesse, Susan, William and Margaret Ann Mitchel.
In 1850, said David Mitchel and John McCauley, a half brother of the widow, Catharine, were living in Jefferson County, Ohio.
In 1855, one David Ramsey witnessed the signature, by mark, of the widow, Catharine, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, his age and relationship not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Secretary's Office Harrisburg Oct. 17th, 1855,
Pennsylvania Ss.
I do hereby Certify that the foregoing and annexed is a true and correct extract from the original paper as the same remains on file in this Office,
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five and of the Commonwealth the Eighteenth
A. L. Reutlinger Secy of the Commonwealth,

State of the Privates Settled with at York Town
83. 0 174. John Early 21 st Ap l 1777. Settled 2.10.0 " " " John Henderson 14 th " " " " " " " " John Patton " " " Patt Preston " " " Joseph McQueston " " " Joseph Ferguson " " " John Seiper 1776. " " " Robert Harney Settled 2.10.0 " " " John Amphiez " " " Geo. Armstrong 88. 13. 174 Timothy Winterz " " " John McCallister

Stylorsburg Pa. December 3 rd 1855 Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
Yours of the 23 rd November last, is now before me, and I am truly sorry that through inadvertency on my part, you were caused so much trouble.
The power of Attorney from Catharine Ramsey formerly widow of John Leeper, to me, that was desired to be filed with her application for a Pension, also the proof of service of her former husband John Leeper accompanying the same, you say is on file re re as directed.
Mrs. Catharine Ramsey was at the time of making her application for a Pension, a resident of Monroe County Ohio , and her papers as stated out before the court of the same county, held in Steubenville, and forwarded by an Agent unknown, or a stranger to Mrs.

Catharine Ramsey, whose name she has forgotten. She made her application in the year 1849 or 1850, the latter I believe. The act under which she applied is not known, but I believe it was that of 1845.
Mrs C. Ramsey is a very elderly lady living in her ninety-fourth year and consequently her memory is not rigorous by which I might be enabled to be more definite.
Her case is a very meritorious one and I sincerely hope that her case may be duly considered and with the liberality that her former husband served his country.
Hoping that your earliest possible attention will be given to the examination of Mrs C. Ramsey's case I remain.
Yours &c. John J. Wilson " " "

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not sent
July 13, 1925
Mrs. S. I. Yarnell 305 Houston St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 8573 it appears that John Leeper married in 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Catharine, her maiden name not stated (she had a half brother John McCauley).
John Leeper died in 1800 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; his widow Catharine afterwards married George Ramsey who died and she applied for pension May 7, 1850 while a resident of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio aged eighty-seven years and alleged that her husband John Leeper enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania in 1776, served as a private in Captain Matson's Company, Colonel William Morgan's Regiment until in 1779 and was at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Monmouth and Stony Point.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension
Log of Rev. War pension claim R. 8573 for John Leeper and wife Catharine. John Leeper died in 1800. Catharine married George Ramsey and applied for pension May 7, 1850. Claim disallowed for lack of proof of service. John Leeper enlisted in 1776 in York County, Pa., served in Captain Matson's Company, Colonel William Morgan's Regiment. Battles: Trenton, Brandywine, Monmouth, Stony Point.

laws.
John Leeper left two children: Susannah who married William Craig and in 1850 was a widow, and Margaret who married David Mitchel and in 1850 was not living and was survived by her husband and seven children: Julia, Amanda, Emily, Jesse, Susan, William and Margaret Ann Mitchel.
The above noted is the only soldier named John Leeper found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau. John Leeper Ref. 85-73
   REG'T OR BATTALION. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 15 1779 Pvt Matson William Morgan Pa.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Monmouth, Stony Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Fort Lee Pa. Date of application for pension, May 7 1856 Residence at date of application, Richmond, Jefferson Co. Ohio Age at date of application, She was 87 yrs
Remarks: She was married in Washington Co. Pa. in 1781, Calcutta  Children: In 1800 she was widow of William Craig, Morgan's wife of David Mitchell. Soldier died in 1800 in Washington Co. Pa. and widow of soldier married George Ramsay. Her claim was never completed as sufficient proof of service was not furnished.
Very respectfully,
1. Bunker Hill  To P. Cooper in battle of Lexington, Therefore no pension paid to David Mitchell as to battles in 1775. no service that year  Commissioner.

Lexington, Ky. May 2, 1939.
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Washington D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller,
A few days ago, I came upon the information in Gwathmey's "Historical Registry of Virginian's in Revolution" that two of my grandfather's, several generations removed, were soldiers in Virginia. Will you kindly send me any records you have of these gentlemen? Thank you!
They are John Leeper , a member of Captain David Bell's Co. of Augusta and George Ramsey, a member of Captain Findley's Co. of Augusta.
I have been trying to locate these men in Western Penna. and am much pleased to learn that they were in Virginia.
Thanking you again, I am
Cordially yours,
Frank T. McFarland
(Frank T. McFarland PhD)
1230 W. High St. Lexington, Ky.

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MARYVILLE, TENN., December 25 th 1907
Page
The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir :- I wish information in reference to an application for pension made between 1850 and 1852 by Catherine Wm. (Mrs) Ramey as beneficiary, and widow of Captain (?) John Lieper, her husband, of an Revolutionary Army. The pension was not granted or at least was never received. If you will favor me with this information as may exist relative to this application, it will indeed be a favor. Very Truly Yours Francis M. McElmahan

1908 Jan'y 9. Test. to Francis M. We Glencham V.I.M. 1925 July 3. Test. to Mrs. S. J. Garnett. 1939 June 24. Test. to Frank J. Mc Farland. A.O.Y.
Not Re-en.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
85 1/3
P. O. Cath. Ramsey
Service: Wid Ina Leiper
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: 1852 Rejected 18  Suspended Pensions Book  gives Reasons for suspension Application filed: "For further proof and specification"
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Catharine Ramsey formerly widow of John Leiper,
Ohio
suspended
let 15 th June 1850
Rev A. W. Back
let G. F. Lewis Oct 1. 1851.
Rev J. S. Dawson Jan 19 1855
let J. J. O'Leary Dec 22/56
" " " " " 1857
Rev Lewis Feb 19/59
" " " " " July 1838

Pension Appa
June 9. 1857
Sir:
I return you Mr Mitchell's letter that you may name the State of which Mrs Ramsey was a resident when she applied for a pension.
Very Respectfully
Mrs Ramsey Resides in Richmond Twp. Co. Ohio
Yrs av se J. S. Evans
for Com of Pensions
G. A. Lewis J. D. Holston
G. A. Lewis Esq Detroit Mich. ✓

Richmond September 23 rd / 58 G. H. Lewis Esq r
Sir Sir, having lately received several communications or circulars from you in regard to the claim for services of Rev. John Seeper in the Revolutionary war, I have rec d , no new light on the subject, lately, the widow is still living - her Husband - enlisted under General Wayne in about the year 74 or 75 - and volunteered I think in 1776, under Washington , & Morgan I suppose his captain's name to have been Watson , - he was in a scout of men of some two hundred sent out a short time before the Battle of the Cowpens , who were nearly all Killed he Seeper , making his escape, and returned to the main army was in many battles as I have frequently heard him tell of such as the following - Lexington  Bunker's hill , and at the taking of the hessians , Vb. , and as we have as yet found out nothing of which you have not been informed heretofore, I shall conclude for the present, hoping you may have got some clue to the matter, that will lead to a further

development, and final adjustment of the whole transaction, the old lady Lady is feeble and far advanced in life so that we need not expect anything new from her recollection, of the affairs of the connection of the soldier alluded to with the wars of his country, I will now conclude by referring you to former papers forwarded to you, enclosing a stamp, and requesting you to write on the receipt of this & inform me of any thing that you may have discovered, or that we can do to in order to bring about the recovery of what would be our dues
yours very truly
David Mitchell

Richmond February 22 nd /57 G. H. Lewis Esqr
Dr Sir
Yours of the 10 th is Before me in which you state that if it is too much by trouble for Mrs Ramsey to make out new proof - that she state the time and place the soldier entered and left the service, and also his Captain's name first she directs me to say he entered the service in 1776 - and left the same in 1779 - having served three years, as to the exact date she has no record to show, as to month day etc. - he belonged to Captain Watson's Company - Colonel Morgan's Regt and was under the command of General Wayne the soldier entered the service in York Co State of Pa and was in many engagements amongst which are the following though perhaps in the order they occurred, to wit Monmouth - Brandywine, capture of Stony Point, and others that she does not now recollect -
At the expiration of the above named term of service the soldier John Sleeper returned to his native place and he and the applicant Catharine Ramsey, were married, and after living together for a number of years the said John Sleeper died, and the applicant married one Mr Ramsey - who has since died also leaving her again a widow -
And we see by the act passed July 17 th 1838 that a second marriage is no bar to

to a widow, drawing a pension if she is a widow at the time she makes application. - I conclude that this contains all the information that you now ask, or have at any time required and we think the legalised papers sent you in May last contains all that is set forth in this except the statement of the engagements that Mrs Soper the soldier was in, as to the Pension office letters of which you speak of sending in June last, and which you ask us to return, if they came to hand at all they have been mislaid there is one or two of your letters of which you speak that never came to hand.
Mrs Ramsey is old and hardly able to attend to making new proof, and her witnesses are also old, and could not be easily got together, and we hope that those already sent you will answer the purpose, with the statements herein contained,
you will please state on the receipt of this what you believe she may reasonably expect, whether she will draw back pay or whether she will draw from date of her application during her life, and in either case how much yearly, and how soon she may expect the matter to be decided.
Yours Respectfully
David Mitchell

Paylorstown, Pa November 3 rd 1855
Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
I desire to have the enclosed Power of Attorney and accompanying document filed in the case of Catharine Ramsey whose application has been on file for some years. I am unable to learn the precise cause of its suspension or what is yet wanting to complete the proof.
I herewith enclose a certified copy of a settlement made with John Sleeper, a private, which shows that he received a large amount for a private also that of considerable service. Although the F. S. D. mark has been omitted yet it is evidently intended for £83. 6 s 8 d . I have no doubt that from the year set opposite the names that John Sleeper entered the service as early as 1776 and this settlement made some years after
Respectfully Yours &c
John J. Allison " " "

Detroit Sept 18 th 1857
Sir
In May 1857 I sent you through Hon A. H. Buel papers for Pension of Mrs Catherine Ramsay widow of John Leeper of Rev. Solon A Private in Capt Matson's company Col. Daniel Morgan Regt. Will you have the kindness to furnish me a statement & all the of the Result
Respectfully J. S. Lewis p. D. Preston
Hon D. E. Heath Commr of Pensions

LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. MONEY LOANED ON LAND WARRANTS. The Highest Price paid for all kinds of BROKEN BANK —AND— UNCURRENT MONEY.
BANKING OFFICE OF G. F. LEWIS, NO. 5 SUPERIOR STREET,
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
February 17/1859
Hon Geo C Whiting Commr of Pensions Sir
In 1851 we applied on behalf of Catharine Ramsey widow of the late John Laper a Revolutionary Soldier No R o or date of when claim was filed appears on my record In October 1851 you announced us that Laper name was not on rolls of Col Morgan and there was no Capt Moulton
They now say that John Laper served under General Anthony Wayne in 1774 & 75
Old Lady is 97 so says Mitchell her son in Law and of course memory poor
Please cause a thorough examination in Genl Wayne's Regiment in Revolutionary Service
Yours G B Davis

Copy
Pension Office Feb. 11 th 1859
Sir
The claim of Catharine Ramsey, for a pension under the act of 7 th July, 1838, as the widow of John Leeper, has been repeatedly suspended for the reason that no Evidence of his Service had been filed and the proof of the Marriage and date thereof were unsatisfactory.
(copy of letter sent at the above date)

S. P. Lewis,
Mch. 26.

Presid. Office. March. 26 th 1859.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 17 th Ult o : you are informed, that there are no rolls, on file in this Office relating to the service of Genl. Anthony Wayne.
I am unable to indicate where evidence of the service  his service of persons under him, can be found.
G. H. Lewis. Esq. Circleville. Ohio,

on at N. Bud
15 June 1830

Pension Office June 15 th 1850
Sir,
The papers in the case of Catharine Ramsey formerly widow of John Leiper under act of 1838 have been examined and filed. It is alleged that her husband served in a rifle regiment under Col. William Morgan, Col. Daniel Morgan commanded a rifle reg t . but before of belonging to the continental establishment. If the service was in that reg t of which there are rolls in this office, the time of entering and leaving the service, and the name of the Captain in whose company her husband served should be set forth under oath as the regulations require when an examination of the records will be made.
Hon. A. W. Buel P. R.

Pension Office Jan'y 19 1883
Sir
I have the honor herewith to return the letter of Mr Allison and to inform you that Mrs Catharine Ramsay former widow of John Leeper of Ohio, claimed that her husband served as a Rifleman under Col Morgan, but she has never furnished a particle of proof that he served a day, Col Morgan's Rolls do not contain his name nor even the name of the Company under whom she declares he served,
Hon John S Dawsan H of Reps

Tunica Office, Dec. 22, 1855,
Sir,
Noticed by your letter of the 5 th ultimo, I have the matter to refer to the papers of Catharine Ramsey, former widow of John Leiper, and you are informed that the claim has several times been very carefully re- examined, and no evidence of John Leiper's service discovered. She alleged that the said John served in Col Morgan's Regiment and in the Company of Capt. Watson, Morgan's Regiment was a Rifle Regiment attached to the Continental Line, full lists of which are in this office - but they do not contain the name of John Leiper, nor does it appear that a Captain named Watson served in it. It is a very doubtful claim, and cannot, in the absence of Record proof of service, be allowed.

only upon the most direct and exclusive with parole evidence thereof. The evidence of the alleged date of the marriage is also defective.
J. J. Allison, Dec. 22.
John J. Allison Esq., Taylorstown, Pa.

Pension Office Feb. 11 th 1859.
Sir
The claim of Catharine Ramsey, for a pension under the Act of July, 1838, as the widow of John Seifer, has been repeatedly suspended for the reason that no evidence of his service has been filed & the proof of the marriage & date thereof was unsatisfactory.
The Certificate of the Secretary of State of Penn: which recently accompanied the Supplemental declaration of the claimant is of such indefinite character, that the claim could not, if otherwise established, be adjusted upon it.
It is necessary that you show how much John Seifer received for military service. The payments indicated by the Certificate may or may not have been made for military duty.
You are able to show that John Seifer received pay for his military service, then proof of identity & of the precise date of the marriage of the parties, will be required.
John J. Allison, Esq. Havre de Grace, Pa.

Y. F. Lewis, Febr. 19

Pension Office, February 19. 1859.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 3 d instant making enquiries respecting the claim of Catharine Ramsey for pension under act of 7 th July 1838. I have agent (J. J. Gillison) to state that another attorney has filed a power of attorney since your connection with the case, and the office is in correspondence with him, having reported the condition of the claim to him on the 12 th of this month. If you desire to renew your agency, you must file a new authority from the claimant.
Very reply J C
G. H. Lewis Esq. Cleveland Ohio.

LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD.  MONEY LOANED ON LAND WARRANTS. The Highest Price paid for all kinds of  BROKEN BANK AND UNCURRENT MONEY.
BANKING OFFICE OF G. F. LEWIS, No. 5 SUPERIOR STREET,
CLEVELAND, OHIO, February 3 rd 1859
Hon Geo C Whitney, Commit of Pensions Sir
In October 1851 Catharine Ramsey now a widow formerly widow of the late John Laper or John Leeper I know not how it may be spelled on the rolls had employed me to obtain for her a Pension the claim was then suspended for evidence of service.
After looking the Pensions & correspondence allowed with care I enclose you her friend's letter.
Be good enough to cause a thorough Re-examination in all the Regiments named
Genl Waynes was from Penna and I suppose there is a good Record of so very good an officer as he was
Yours G F Lewis

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the War, and have not received Land from the United States.
STATE OF Ohio
County of Jefferson
I, Catharine Ramsay heir at law of John Sleeper do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that John Sleeper my husband did enter the service in 1776, for the term of three years and served as a private soldier in the Regiment No. of riflemen under the command of Colonel William Morgan of the line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the soldiers and heirs of revolutionary soldiers on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever;
Catharine Ramsay
Know all Men by these Presents, That I,
Catharine Ramsay aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint GLEASON F. LEWIS, Esq.,
to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the United States or any other officer a Warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
(ATTEST,)
Roswell Marsh Eli H. McFeely
2 witnesses
Catharine Ramsay
Personally appeared the above named Catharine Ramsay subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
before me this 15th day of May A.D. 1850, E.H. McFeely Esq. Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Eli H. McFeely Esq., was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Ohio at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County seal, and subscribed my name as Clerk of the Court of said County, this 15th day of May 1850.
at Steubenville
J.M. Mason
Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania ) County of Washington )
Be it Known, That on this fourth day of June A D 1855 before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared Catharine Ramsey a resident of West Middletown in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of the identical John Proper who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
That she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. Countermanding and revoking all powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint John J. Allison of Washington County, Pennsylvania, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Catharine Ramsey for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pittsburgh Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Attest
David Ramsey. Catharine Ramsey Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that

I believe the said Catharine Ramsey to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical person therein alleged
E. L. ... 1855
State of Pennsylvania } County of Washington }
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Washington County Pennsylvania that Catharine Ramsey the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing declaration and power of Attorney, is the widow of John S. Sipes the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that James S. ... Esqr. before whom the preceding affidavit and power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a justice of the peace, in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this eighteenth day of June 1855
Wm S. Moore
Pro