Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4747, for Peter Reilly, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Reilly, Peter Moore, Abigail
W 4747
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

5 293
Ohio Cleve.
Abigail Moore second widow of Peter Reilly who died on the 1812 of Penn in the State of who was a Comm'r in the Muster & commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Cleveland at the rate of 300 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 day of March, 1831 & ending 13 March 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1854 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Arrears to the 14th of March Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section 12 }
R. M. Mac Clerk Vol. 2 - Page 402
Recorded by Book

6349.
Abigail Moore
formerly widow
of Peter Riley
in Ohio Act 4 July 36

The state of Ohio Insurrections county of — — On the twenty-sixth day of September A. D. 1844 personally appeared before me Walter M. Blake one of the judges of the court of common pleas within and for said county Abigail Moore a resident of Fair- field Township in said county of Insurrections & state of Ohio aged eighty four years and ten months who being first duly sworn ac- cording 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 4. 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3. 1837.
That she was married to Peter Riley who was an officer in the army of the Revolution of the U. S. of America — Said Peter Riley in the year 1777 enlisted as a private in the volunteer corps stationed at Lebanon fort in Bedford county Penn under the command of Maj Robert Cluggage & in the company in said corps under the command of Capt Thomas Cluggage.
That in the year 1778 said Peter Riley was appointed commissary of said corps when David Brown removed and remained in said corps stationed at said fort and continued to act as said commissary until the year 1782 when said fort was evacuated and said corps was disbanded. — That said Peter Riley at the time he enlisted into said corps was residing

in Bedford now Bedford county Pennsylvania and that the father of said Abigail Moore resided at that time in the same place.
That the said claimant has no documentary evidence now in her possession nor does she know of any without it is the master Rolls on file in the department She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Riley on the 8th day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine. That her husband the said Peter Riley died on the 14th day of June A D 1893. That she was afterwards married to Henry Moore who died on the 10th day of July A D 1898 and that she was a widow on the 4th day of July A D 1836 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the testimony heretofore annexed
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abigail Moore and that from personal knowledge she is unable to at- tend court and that for truth and veracity her character is good. I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abigail Moore and that from personal knowledge she is unable to at- tend court and that for truth and veracity her character is good.
Walter M. Blake Judge of the Court of Com- Pleas Luc. Co. Ohio
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abigail Moore and that from personal knowledge she is unable to at- tend court and that for truth and veracity her character is good.
Walter M. Blake Judge

The State of Ohio - Tuscarawas County ss
I Chas H. Hutchinson Clerk of of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tuscarawas do hereby certify that Walter M. Blake before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made was at that time and still is Associate Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of Tuscarawas County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and to whose official acts full faith and credit should be given.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at New Philadelphia this 28th day of November A.D. 1844
Chas H. Hutchinson Clerk

The State of Ohio Darke County ss On the nineteenth day of February A.D. 1865 Personally appeared before me John Wherry one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of said Samuel Edington his of said county aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. That he is the brother of Abigail Moore of Fairfield township Lucas county Ohio formerly widow of Peter Riley dec d . That the said Peter Riley enlisted as a soldier of the revolution in the volunteer corps stationed at least nine fort at Bedford now Bedford county Pennsylvania under the command of Maj Robert Clegg age & in the company of said corps commanded by Capt Thomas Clegg. About the 2 d year of the war the said Riley rec d a commission as commissary of said corps and continued to act as such in said corps until said fort was evacuated & said corps was disbanded which was three or four years after receiving said commission. This deponent further saith that the said Peter Riley was married to the said Abigail Moore about the 3 d year of the war by Maj Clegg & that said deponent was present and witnessed the solemnization of said marriage further this de- ponent saith not Samuel Edington Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written John Wherry J. P. Seal

The State of Ohio Darker county ss I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Samuel Edington Esq. and that his testimony is entitled to full credit and belief Given under my hand & seal this 19th day of February A.D. 1845. John Wherry J. Peace
The state of Ohio } ss Darker county } I John Beers clerk of the court of common pleas within and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that John Wherry Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who signed the foregoing certificate was on the 19th day of February A.D. 1845 a Justice of the peace within and for said county, of Darker duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenville this 19th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Beers Clerk
Samuel Edington Esq.

Family Record
5/11/41
Mathew Reilly Feb 11 1814 Ann Reilly Dec 4 1815 John Reilly Oct 28 1814 Sophie Reilly Mar 4 1816 Caroline Reilly Sept 31 1817 Mary Reilly May 13 1817 George Reilly June 18 1821 Andrew Reilly April 18 1823 Judith Ann Reilly Mar 18 1825 Edward Reilly July 18 1827 Henry Reilly May 17 1827 Martha Reilly March 11 1831 William Reilly Sept 18 1836 Helen Reilly May 1837 Abigail Reilly Jan 14 1838 Lewis Reilly January 1st 1840
Lewis & Reilly Jan 1 1840 Mathew Reilly June 23 1848
Deaths
Ann Reilly March 21 1833 Joseph Reilly Sept 11 1846 Emaline Reilly May 15 1852 Helen Reilly May 1857  Ann Reilly Sept 3 1857  Mary Reilly Oct 25 1849 Birth of Peter Reilly July 28th 1846 Mathew Reilly June 23 1848

Land Warrant No 8509. for 100. Acres issued Decm 11 th 1789. to Jon s Dayton Esq re of Philip Sock, who was a private of the N. Jersey Line
For information in relation to the locating and Patenting of the above Numbered Warrant, application should be addressed to the Comm ee of the Gen l Land Office

Witnessed, the seal hereunto To the law persons of good character, and credible witnesses.
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court, this day and year first above written.
Alma Moffit
Abigail Marm formerly wid of Peter Reilly
Chic. Oct 18 36
add. evidence
J. N. Cook

State of Ohio, Tuscarawas County, } ss.
On this 16 th day of May, A. D. 1854, before me, James Moffit, Probate Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Matthew Reilly, a citizen of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath makes the following declaration, to wit:
That he is the only surviving child of Abigail Moore deceased, formerly widow of Peter Reilly deceased, and who in her life time claimed a pension under the act of Congress passed 4 th March 1836, but died without ever having received a pension. He further states that his said Mother in her life time claimed a pension under the act aforesaid, to which said declaration he refers for a statement of the services of his father, the said Peter Reilly deceased. He further states that his father, the said Peter Reilly, was married to his said Mother, whose maiden name was Abigail Eddington, in Bedford County Pennsylvania, about the second year of the Revolutionary War, as he has always been informed and believes, and that his father the said Peter Reilly served as a Commissary, and perhaps in some other capacity, in said War, a considerable time after said marriage. That he knows of no record, public or private, of the said marriage. If there ever was any family record of said mar-

riage, it has long since been lost or destroyed; and for evidence of the date of said marriage, he relies upon the testimony now on file in the Pension Office. He further states that his mother had three children by the said Peter Reilly, two of whom were older than this declarant, and one younger, and all of whom died before the death of his said mother. He further states that he was born on the 4 th day of February 1784, as he has always understood, from his parents, and as appears by the record, which was copied from an old family  annexed family Bible many years ago, but recent entries have been added to the same from time to time since. He further states that his father the said Peter Reilly died in the state of Virginia when this declarant was about twenty-eight years of age; that his said mother afterwards married one Hugh Moore who also died in 1818, leaving the said Abigail again a widow, who remained a widow until her death, never having again married. She never had any child by the said Hugh Moore.
He further states that his said mother died at the residence of this declarant, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on the thirteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty five, and that the annexed bill of mortuary purchased for her shroud, was made out at the time it bears date, and has been found among this declarant's old papers; and that the memorandum on the back

thereof, in relation to the coffin for his said mother, was made about the same time.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the amount of Pension due his mother at her decease, under any act of Congress under which she may have been entitled. Matthew Reilly
Attest W. S. Morrow, Henry Moffat
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written; and I do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been presented to me, by the deposition hereto annexed, that Matthew Reilly, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition, is the only surviving child of Abigail Moore, deceased, who was formerly the widow of Peter Reilly deceased, and who in her life-time claimed a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of the said Peter Reilly deceased. That the said Peter Reilly died about the year 1812, and that the said Abigail afterwards married one Hugh Moore, who also died about the year 1818, leaving the said Abigail again a widow, and that she did not again marry, but remained a widow until the 13 th day of March 1845, when she died, leaving the said Matthew Reilly her surviving and only surviving child. And I do further certify that all of said witnesses whose depositions are hereto

annexed, the said Deed to the said persons of good character, and credible witnesses.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court, the day and year first above written.
Mary Moffit
Probate Judge.
Elizabeth Moore formerly wife of Peter Reilly
Chic. Sept 1836
Asst. Clerk
J. H. Coombs
I Matthew Reilly hereby authorize and empower A. S. Coombs of Washington City D. C. for me and in my name to charge of the foregoing papers and to inquire into and investigate the matters and things pertaining hereto for the date May 16 th 1854
Matthew Reilly
Attest
Mary Moffit

6349. Abigail Moore formerly widow of Peter Riley Ohio
Suspended Set to C. M. Bradshaw Jan'y 7th 1845 " " " same April 25th 1845 " " " D. Cummings Jan'y 3rd 1845 " " " same Aug 5th 1846
Act 4th July '36
Abigail Moore Ohio
Set to J. H. Brent Augt 10 46
to same August 11 46 H. P. B. Cummins. March 8 1847
Set John Patton June 22/52 Same Sep 18/52
Act 4th July 1836 (over)
Act Markland Creek 11/52

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
4747
Margaret Moore
Wid. of
Peter Reilly
born? of Master Rest. War
Act: _____
July 6/36
Index:—Vol. _____
16
Page _____
60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6369
Abigail Moore, former widow of Peter Riley Ohio
D. M. Bradshaw Jny 7 1845 " " " " Apr 25 1845 Hon J. D. Cummins Jny 3 1846 " " " " Aug 5 1846 J. C. Brent Aug 10 1846 same Aug 18 1846 J. D. Cummins Mch 3 1847 Mrs Patton June 22 1852 same Sep 18 1852 A. H. Mackland Mch 11 1853
July 4 1836

Coffin per Mrs Riley 87,50

Mr Mathew Reily
1845
March 13 th
- Bot of J. P. Chapin
7 Yds Shroud muslin 31 1/4 - 2.19
"A"

Certificate of Regt of the Treas'y.
Payt to Peter Nuttly of $713-
A

Register of Certificates issued by Jonathan Burrall Commis y for settling the accounts of the Commissary and Quarter Master Departments from the 22 d August 1782 to the 7 th March 1789~
   Names  letter  No  Date  amount  When Due      Peter Reilly  N  103  Aug 13. 1784.  713 ~  December 24 th 1780   
Treasury Department Registers Office May 20 th 1854
I certify the above to be a true extract from the Register of certificates by Jonathan Burrall on file in this office
H Riggs Register

Abigail Moore, formerly wife of Peter Reilly —
Supplemental Brief,
J. H. Coombs,

Washington, May 29 th 1884.
Sir:
Since filing my brief, accompanied by additional evidence, in the case of Abigail Moore, formerly widow of Peter Reilly, I have discovered additional evidence and authority which will, in my opinion, entirely remove the objections which have been suggested by the Examiner who has had the papers on his desk.
1 st As to the objection that companies were paid a commission , and not a stated salary. I beg leave to remark, that this objection can apply only to companies of Purchases. Peter Reilly was a company of issues ; and companies of issues were at no time allowed commission, but always received a stated salary. To show that Peter Reilly was a company of issues , and not of purchases , I respectfully refer to the declaration of Luke Tipton, of Tennessee, (formerly

of Ohio) a Pensioner under act of 1832.
Said Luke Tipton, in his declaration made August 24, 1846, in giving a detailed account of his year's service at Lead Mine Fort Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and of the officers under whom he served, he says that he first enlisted for the term of nine months, in the company of Captain Cluggage , that he served out said term of nine months, at said Fort, and the further term of three months, making one year in all, and that, " and as to our provision we drew from Peter Reilly our commissary " &c. (This shows that Reilly was an issuing commissary.)
In his original declaration, made in 1832, he also mentions the name of Peter Reilly, and says he received his discharge from him. He does not in said original declaration, mention the grade of Peter Reilly, but from the fact that he issued rations and discharged soldiers, it is to be presumed he acted in

the capacity double capacity of Company of issuers and Company of Muskeon .
The papers of said Luke Tipton are important, not only as showing that Reilly was Company of issuers, but afford strong corroborative evidence of the fact of service, generally. The fact the Tiptons in 1832, (long before any law was passed granting any pensions to widows) men- tioned Peter Reilly as one of the officers serving at Lead Mine Fort, is cer- tainly a very strong circumstance in favor of the claim.
As to an objection which has heretofore been raised in the case, viz. That the service at Lead Mine Fort was not the service of an organized military corps, I beg leave to refer you to an authority of the highest character, which shows not only that the service was that of a regularly organized mil- itary corps, but that it was Continental service , called out by authority of

the Continental Congress .
It is important to observe that Mrs. Moore, in her declaration, states that her husband, Peter Reilly, served under the command of Major Robert Cluggage, and Capt. Thomas Cluggage. (It is of course an inaccuracy to say that he served " under the command " of Captain Cluggage.) But her declaration shows that he served in the same corps with Capt. Cluggage.
The witnesses Eddington, Tipton and others, also mention Captain Cluggage, as one of the officers in service at Lead Mines Fort, during the same time that Reilly was in service there as Company.
In connection with these facts, I respectfully refer you to a resolution of Congress, of November 5 th 1778, in these words
"A report from the Board of War was read; whereupon,

"Resolved, That the Companies Com- manded by Captains Cluggage , Black and McDonald, raised for the defence of the frontiers of Pennsylvania, be reinstated and completed to their full complement, for the space of one year from the 15 th day of December next, unless sooner discharged by Congress."
And on the 25 th of Feb. 1779, Resolu- tions were passed for raising five ad- ditional Companies of Rangers, for the defence of the Western frontiers of Pennsylvania, and for the ap- pointment of a Paymaster and Commissary of said Corps.
The first resolution above referred to, shows clearly that the Corps to which Capt. Cluggage belonged, and with which Peter Reilly is so clearly identified, was a regularly organized Military body, under

the authority of Congress. That Peter Reilly served more than two years as a Company, at said Lead mines Fort, is fully proved by the testimony of several witnesses who knew him intimately, while in said service.
Caleb Roller, Samuel Edington, and Jesse Tipton, all swear that he was in service as Company for several years. Said Tipton swears to only one years service, for the very good reason, that that was the extent of his own service at said Fort, as will be seen by his declaration.
In addition to all this, I have had the good fortune to obtain from the Register of the Treasury, a certificate showing a payment by Jonathan Burrall, Commissioner for settling accounts of Companies &c. of $713. 00 to said Peter Reilly, #

which amount was due him the 24 th December 1980.
There is also on file another record, showing a final settlement certificate issued to said Peter Reilly for $33.30- for service of a later date. Making in all payments proved by record evidence , amounting to 746. 30 / 100 - enough to cover nearly fifteen months service.
I think the Naval proof is sufficient to warrant the allowance of a full pension, based upon two year's service. At all events, I presume there can be no objection against allowing a pension for 14 months & 20 day's service, the amount covered by the payments proved by record evidence.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obedt servt
J. J. Gough,
Man L. P. Wuldo
Commit of Pensions

Breit in the case of Abigail Moore, deceased, formerly widow of Peter Reilly. Lusca saw as County and State of Ohio — act 4 th July 1836. —
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Peter Reilly is shown to have served one year as commissary of Musters, by the certificate of the Register of the U. S. Treasury and parole proof, consisting in part of the testimony of a person who served with him.
Marriage of the parties, in 1779, shown by satisfactory parole evidence and authenticated ages of their children.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, which?
Peter Reilly died in 1812 — Abigail's second husband died in 1818 — She died 13 th March 1845 leaving Matthew Reilly her sole surviving child — These facts shown by satisfactory parole evidence.
Pension allowed at rate of $300 per annum from 4 th March 1831 to 13 th March 1845 — payable to said Matthew.
J. J. Crooms, Esq.
Name and residence of Agent
Present
R. G. D. [Signature]
Examining Clerk.

Washington 24th Decr. 48
Accompanying
Hon J. L. Edmonds } Comm. of Pensions }
Dr Sir
10
Accompanying this letter please find an other sent to the from New Philadelphia Ohio propounding certain inquiries therein contained. I have drawn lines on the margins opposite the part addressed to your consideration. Will you, have the goodness to send to me with your reply a copy of the Forms & Rules adopted at your Department for applying for Pensions for Revolutionary Services. also for services in the last war, whether the application be made by the Soldier himself or by his widow or heirs -
I am charged by a constituent with the duty of procuring from your Department a copy of a Land Warrant said to have been issued to Phillip Lock of the New Jersey Line, for his services in the Revolutionary war. calling for 100. acres of Land

in the United States Military District
3
An application in the name and on behalf of Abigail Moore widow of Peter Riley a Soldier in the Revolutionary war was made at your office some time since & suspended for want of certain proof. Please inform me what further proof is wanting. The applicant resides in Tuscarawas county Ohio.
I shall be pleased to have your reply at your earliest convenience direct to the undersigned at the Postoffice of the House of Representatives
Respectfully Your ob. Servt. J. Mannins

Boar, Lucas County Ohio Mar 1852.
Sir,
I enclose herewith, a Power of Attorney from Mathew Riley, to investigate the Pension claim of his mother Abigail Moore dec d who was the Widow of Peter Riley, dec d who served in the War of the Revolution.
Mrs Moore died on the 13 th day of Mar, 1845 As the agent who had charge of this case, in the first instance, removed from this Section of the Country, and having taken with him the Correspondance with the War Dep t on the subject, I am unable to refer to the precise time when the declaration of Mrs Moore, and other evidence of her claim, were forwarded to the Pension Office. but it is believed to be in the early part of the Winter of 1844 & 1845. Mathew Riley who executed the power of atty alluded to, is the only surviving heir of Mr d Moore.
Has the Power of atty. in the cases of Adam Palmer & Elizabeth Kroninger dec d been rec d . If so, no reply in this respect may be made.
I have the hon to be Sir, Your ob t Serv t John Patton
Hon. J. E. Heath Comm r of Pensions Washington City

Abigail Moore Wid Peter Reilly Ohio 36 sep.
A. H. Markland

Washington March 3 1852
Hon J P Waldo,
Conner of Pensions
I herewith enclose a power of attorney & evidence of the services of Peter Reilly who was the husband of Mrs Abigail Moore, who made application for a pension from the state of Ohio under Act 2d July 1836. her husband it is claimed was a Comr at Seaman's Creek in Bedford County Penn s . the rolls of that service are very imperfect I think however that the enclosed evidence is sufficient to establish at least six months service as Sgt, the payment being only a balance due, before putting the parties to any further trouble & expense I desire to be informed whether the evidence is sufficient to establish service.
I am Very Respectfully
Jno O S Fish
A. H. Markland

3041 Tuscarawas County Ohio July 12 th 1852.
Sir,
The Copies of the letters in relation to the case of Abigail Moore dec d formerly widow of Peter Riley, referred to in your letter of the 22 nd Ult o have been rec d . No mention is made in any of the communications from your Dep t on this subject, in relation to the deposition of Samuel Eddington, which Matthew Riley the only surviving heir of said Abigail Moore, was advised, is sufficient to substantiate the claim, and Mr Riley is of the opinion that, said deposition was, at the time it was rec d misplaced in the Dept t and consequently was not examined by the Commissioner. He is induced to this belief from the fact that, about the time, or perhaps a short time previous to the date of the power of Atty. he gave me to re-examine said case, T. R. Stanley Esq r of the Town of Jackson in this State came to the seat of justice in this County, and enquired for the residence of said Matthew Riley, but being informed by Telegraph that his immediate presence was required at home, he did not visit Mr Riley, but wrote him a long letter, stating that he (Mr Stanley) was extensively engaged in the business of procuring pensions, in connection with a

a gentleman of Washington, who had formerly occupied a prominent situation in the pension Dept - Mr S. stated such facts in relation to the case of Mrs Moore, as to induce a belief that they were obtained from some one who must have had access to the official papers of the Dept! Since Mr Stanley was in this County as before stated, he was again here, and called on Mr Reily, and was so anxious to get the agency of the case, that he induced Mr Reily to come here, a distance of six miles, with the view of advising me to abandon the investigation of the case, and give him (Mr Stanley) a power of attorney to take charge of the matter. He proposed to allow Mr Reily one half of the amt that might be recovered. The proposition declined, in accordance with the wishes of Mr Reily on the subject. Both Mr Reily and myself thought it quite singular that a business lawyer, as Mr Stanley is considered, should be at the expense and trouble of traveling at least 140 miles to investigate a doubtful claim - Was a Mr Coon formerly employed in the pension Dept.
I remain very respectfully Your obedt Servt John Patton
Hon. J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Baltimore Ind Co O March 5. 1825
Dear Sir
In closure I send what testimony I have been able to obtain in the case of Abigail Morr formerly widow of Peter Riley dec: a soldier in the revolution Please say at as early a date as possible whether any further testimony is necessary so what facts need further to be substantiated -
I am very Respectfully Yours
Hon. J. L. Edwards Do J. M. Prashaw Chair of Pension Washington

The certificate of pay due Peter Reilly as sergeant should be excluded = the claimants' husband not being identified with it - The other for for services to Jan 1. 1781 , must also be excluded, as it is within a few days of the termination of the service as commissary.
Taking the testimony of Luke Tipton - that Reilly was in service 12 months in 1779 as commissary - Second, the resolve of Congress raising five companies in Feb 1779. and pro- viding for a commissary of musters - and 3 d The certificate of the Register of the Treasury of $713 due Reilly up to December 1780 - Is it not fair to presume that the said certificate was given for wages as commissary of Musters - although it is now impossible to does not appear from the records what the money was due for - If so the amount covers 11. months and 26 days at $60 per month.

The parol evidence, except that of Luke Tipton cannot be relied upon - The witnesses were either too young to testify to the facts stated - or that testimony they testify upon mere hearsay -
Luke Tipton's testimony and the statement in his own papers (he was a pensioner) are somewhat contradictory - He appears by one statement to have been discharged by Captain Burgess and by another by Peter Riley -
He limits the service of Riley to one year - he, himself, enlisted for 9 months in 1779 (April) - at the expiration of which time his company was disbanded, excepting 8 men who remained in the fort (He does not state that there were the not other men from other Companies) Tipton was one of these 8 -
This statement is consistent, nearly, with the Resolves of Congress of Feb 1779, for "raising the Companies of Rangers" for one year from that date - and is also consistent with the certificate of For #713 one Riley 24 December 1780.

Washington, May 22 d 1854.
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence in support of the claim of Abigail Moore, formerly widow of Peter Reilly, of Ohio, under Act of 4 th July 1836.
This claim was asserted for service as a Commissary at Lead Mines Fort Pa. for several years, during the Revolutionary war. Said service has been heretofore strongly proved by parol testimony, but until now no satisfactory record evidence has been presented. Said parol testimony is as follows:
1 st Deposition of Caleb Roller, who resided within three miles of Lead Mines Fort, from 1776 to 1782, and knew Peter Reilly who was acting as Commissary at said Fort.
2 d Deposition of Samuel Edington, who knew said Peter Reilly while acting as Commissary at Lead Mine Fort, for 3 or 4 years, subsequent to 1777.

3 d Jesse Tipton, who was personally ac- quainted with Peter Reilly, while acting as Commissary at said Fort, for several years.
4 th Luke Tipton, who served one year at Lead Mines Fort (for which service he has rec d a pension) and who swears that during said time Peter Reilly was acting as Commissary.
In addition to, and in confirmation of, this oral evidence, I now have the honor to present a certificate of the Register of the Treasury, showing that Peter Reilly received a certificate for $713, issued by Jonathan Barrall, Commissary for settling accounts of Commissary's & Quartermaster - which said amount became due Dec. 24 th 1780. This, I presume will be entirely satisfactory to prove service for as long a time as said payment of $713 will cover.
There is also another certificate on file, showing a final settlement cer-
713 80 33 30 746 30

tificate for $33.30 issued to said Peter Reilly for service at a later date.
I do not know that any objections have been made to the evidence of marriage. If so, I think the evidence now filed will remove them. The widow alleges that she was married in January 1779. It is clearly proved by the testimony of Edington & others, that the marriage took place while Reilly was in the service, acting as Commissary.
The evidence I now present shows that Matthew Reilly was the third child  and and the family record shows that he was born 4 th Feb. 1784. The Certificate of the Register of the Treasury shows that Reilly was in service to 24 th Dec. 1780, and the final settlement certificate heretofore filed shows a settlement for subsequent service to January 1 st 1781.
He must have been married prior to December 1780, to have had a third child born in Feb. 1784. The deposition of John Patton, herewith filed, shows that

that the first child must have been born as early as 1780
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Yours ob't serv't
J. J. Gould
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Committee of Pensions

N o 6349
Abigail Moore deceased formerly widow of
Peter Reilly - Luscara was Co Act July 4. 1836 Ohio -
Adm d 1 year Commission of Musters, at $300 per Annum - commencing March 4. 1831 - and ending March 13, 1845, when said widow died.
Pay to and Mathew Reilly, only surviving Child of said Abigail
Certf. to
J. J. Coombs } Present }

Abigail Moore widow of Peter Riley, act July 4. 1834
Declaration made Sept. 26. 1844.
Peter Riley enlisted in the year 1777 as a private in the volunteer corps stationed at Head mine fort in Bedford County Penns. under the command of Capt. Thomas Claggett. That in the year 1778 said Peter Riley was appointed commissary of said corps in said fort Brown removed, said commissary to act as such until 1782. — Married January 8. 1799. — Peter died June 14. 1812.
Mrs. Moore died March 13. 1845. See letter of John Patten. Amelia Bissell, attended the funeral of Mrs. Moore. She says it took place March 13. 1845.
J. P. Chapman, told Cummins for Moore March 13. 1845
Mathew Neely family record shows that he was born July 4. 1784. Mathew says his father was married about the head year of the Revolutionary war. (Mother says it was 1799)
Mother died March 13. 1845
No record of marriage in Bedford County Penns.
Samuel Edington aged 75, February 19. 1845 — Born in 1770.
Peter enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution in the volunteer corps stationed at Head mine fort at Bedford, now Bedford County Penns. under command of Robert Claggett & in company commanded by Capt. Thomas Claggett. About the head year of the war, the said

Reley no? a commission is a commission of said leaves and con- tinued to act as such in said leaves until his first was vacated and said leaves was discontinued, — Maria Kate F. your & only daugh. Cluggage was present at wedding, — (could not have been but some years old.)
Luke Tipton, April 10. 1846.
While acquainted with Peter Reily who was a commission of under lock. All right during the Revolution was and located at the "Bend mine Fort in Bedford County Penn. for one year." In his declaration, Luke Tipton says, he enlisted under Robert Cluggage sometime in Mar. or April 1779 for a term of 9 months, & was marched to the Lead mine Fort Bedford County Penn. & was there about three months over the term of enlistment and was dis- charged sometime in March or April 1780.
"I received a discharge from Peter Reily which I lost about three years after" Declaration made Oct. 8. 1832
In a letter dated August 19. 1846. says his father was ordered into the fort at Lead mine fortify. He and his brother en- listed for nine months, "and when the nine months had expired before the Cluggage discharged all the company except eight men & myself was one of the eight that was retained in the train three months longer to guard the morganian, as to the quantity it was in the lead mine fort and as to its preservation we drew

from Peter Reily our commission and R. Elliot gentleman, under to our party we received eight dollars a month - from Mr. Thompson who was our paymaster.
Was dissolved by Capt. T. Cluggage (Company reduced to 8 men in May 1880 What kind of a company? -
Caleb Noller From 1876 to 1882 lived within three miles of New Bedford. Known Peter Reily who belonged to the firm stated at New Bedford and was said to hold the office of commission. of the same.
Life History 82 years June 15 1848 No. 1767
From 1876 to 1886 resided on Bells acre (unincorporated town) Penn. During that time he was by reputation well acquainted with Peter Reily & David Noller that who married Abigail Edmiston sometimes during the revolutionary war. During which time he learned from them who was said to be a friend of Peter Reily and from general reputation that Peter Reily was acting during that time as commission for the firm stated at New Bedford.

4 Know all men by these presents, That, I Matthew Reilly near Zanes, Tuscarawas County Ohio, and one of the children and legal representatives of Peter Reilly deceased, a Revolu- tionary soldier, and Abigail Moore deceased former widow of said Peter Reilly, do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight Esq. of Washington City Dist. of Col. my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim that may be due, or found to be due the children and legal represent- atives of the said Peter Reilly and Abigail Moore, in virtue of said Reilly's service in the said Revolutionary war and the several acts and resolutions of Congress relative thereto and that might have accrued to either of the said parties and not drawn during their life time and now due to their le- gal representatives, and to receive the Certificate of Pension when issued by the Department. I hereby confirming whatsoever my said Atty may do, or cause to be done legally, either in per- son, or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except- ing drawing money on the same; I revoking any other attor- ney I may have given, to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this first day of April A.D. 1853. Signed in presence of me.
Matthew Reilly (Seal)
Witness: Geo W. H. Shaine
Notary Public
State of Ohio
County of Tuscarawas
On this second day of April

in the year of our Lord 1853, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein expressed.
Given under my hand the day and date last above written.
George W. McNaughton Justice of the Peace.
time of taking the same, a copy of the duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature thereto attached, is genuine, as I believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said Court. WITNESS my signature, at the
Clerk's Office in New Philadelphia, this
2 nd
day of
April
A. D., 1853
Emerson Boorich CLERK.

THE STATE OF OHIO, }
Tuscarawas County, }
ss.
I, EMERSON GOODRICH, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County, certify that Geo. W. McAlaine
before whom the foregoing and annexed
Acknowledgement was taken, was at the
time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace
duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature thereto
attached, is genuine, as I believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said Court. WITNESS my signature, at the
Clerk's Office in New Philadelphia, this 2 nd day of April A. D., 185 3 rd
Emerson Goodrich CLERK.

Although I think the case of Abigail Moore, formerly widow of Peter Kelly is fairly made out for a much longer period of service than is admitted in the annexed brief, yet I am disposed to acquiesce in the conclusion the Examiner comes to, with one trifling exception. I think the pension should be based upon the sum of the two  pay  ments of $713. (certificate A.) and of $33.30. (certificate B) making $746.30, which gives, at $60 per month, 12 months & 13 days service.
It is true that certificate A is for a settlement down to 24 th Dec. 1780, and Certificate B is for pay down to 1 st January 1781 (only 8 days later) - but as the last mentioned certificate is a final settlement certificate the presumption that the excess of the amount necessary to cover said 8 days service, was a balance due and not included in the former settlement,

However this may be there surely can be no objection to the allowance for the 8 days actually intervening between 24 th Dec. and 1 st January, This, would added to the 11 months 26 days admitted by the exam- iner, would make the service extend one year by 4 days, in- stead of falling short 4 days of a years service
J. I. Gault,

Know all men by these presents, that I Matthew Reily of the County of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, do hereby make, constitute and appoint, and by these presents have made, constituted, and appointed, John Patton of the Town of Zoar, in the County and State aforesaid, my true and lawfull Attorney, for me, and in my name and behalf, to act as my agent, to procure from the Government of the United States, a pension, in right of Abigail Moone, late of said County dec d who was the widow of Peter Reily dec d who served in the war of the Revolution, as will appear by her declaration, and other evidence of her claim to said pension, filed in the Pension Office of the United States, in the early part of the winter of 1844, & 1845.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all my said atty may lawfully do in the premises by virtue hereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Two.
Witness.
Matthew Reily
Seal
A Albert
State of Ohio ss. Tuscarawas County ss.
In the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and

and fifty Two, before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace, within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Matthew Riley, within named, who signed and sealed the within power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary act for the purpose therein expressed. Given under my hand the day and year first above written.
Saml Seagrave Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio } S.S. Pocahontas County }
On the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Two, before me the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, within and for said County personally appeared, the within named Matthew Riley, who executed the within power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law, that he is directly interested as one of the Claimants to the pension mentioned in the within Power of Attorney, and that he is the only surviving heir of the said Abigail Moore.
Matthew Riley
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, the day and date written.
Saml Seagrave Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio,
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, ss.
I, EMERSON GOODRICH, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that Samuel Goodrich before whom the foregoing and annexed acknowledgement was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature thereto attached, is genuine, as I believe. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto affix the seal of said Court. Witness my signature, at the Clerk's Office in New Philadelphia, this 6, day of March A. D., 1852
Emerson Goodrich Clerk.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Nathan King of the County of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, do hereby make, constitute and appoint, and by these presents have made, constituted, and appointed, John Patton of the County of Ross, in the County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name and behalf, to act as my agent, to procure from the said Nathan, in right of

19 John Carroll Brent
July 14, 1846
Admiral ter. case
Myra Riley

Pennsylvania Bedford County ss.
I J. B. Noble Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bedford, Certify, that there is not among the Records of said Court any evidence of the Marriage of Peter Riley formerly of Sinking Valley or Lead Mine Gap, with Abigail Edington, (which it is said took place during the Revolution) - I further Certify that I have no knowledge of any records of Mar- riages having been kept in any of the public offi- ces of the said County of Bedford, since the same was established A. D. 1771, and believe that such a record has never been kept in any of the said Offices -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bedford the 24 th day of June A. D. 1846
J. B. Noble Proth.

Bolivar Tus co Ohio Nov 21. A.D. 1844
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Abigail Moore widow of Peter Riley. I send the declaration in advance of the testimony so that if there is any irregularity in it it may be returned in time to retake it. And also to know whether if I can prove all the facts set forth in it she will be allowed a pension. I understand from the instructions that it will require the same testimony in this case that it would to have obtained a pension for her husband Peter Riley.
I shall be able to prove his service in the army, the time of his entering and leaving the same by three or four persons but I fear I shall not be able to prove the same facts by more than one officer or soldier who served with him.

Please write me immediately and let me know whether there is any defect in the declaration.
I understand that the facts before stated must be proven by at least two soldiers or officers of the same corps. — Am I right? or will other testimony answer? Mrs Moore's health is very poor and consequently I am much more anxious to expedite the matter
An early notice of this will very much oblige Yours very humbly Servant
R. M. Prashaw
— Have A. L. Edwards Washington Dec 6.

Hon L L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington August 14 1846
Sir
I have duly received your favor of 10 th inst., and am much obliged for your prompt attention to the case of Mrs Abigail Mott.
Permit me to make a few desultory remarks on that letter, and to inform you that I shall advise Mr Cummins, if he thinks proper, to endeavor to procure still more positive testimony to the issue involved.
You state, in the first place, that a service on the part of Peter Riley, as Commissary, for several years is alleged, and only one year according to one of the witnesses. I suppose you allude to the Affidavit of Luke Tipton. Now, I have understood that affidavit merely to set forth that Tipton served at Lead Mine Fort himself only for one year , and that whilst there, he knew Peter Riley, Commissary under Col Albright. If I have understood the Affidavit aright, there is no discrepancy between the alleged service of several years, & Tipton's Statement. On the contrary, Tipton confirms himself the allegation. For he states that he knew Riley as Commissary during the year he served at the Fort. He states nothing as to the time - either previous or after. This Affidavit, if good, establishes that Peter Riley was Commissary during the time said Tipton was at the Fort. With that view I filed it.
You say in the second place, that "the certificate of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania refers not to her husband but to a regular soldier of the Pa. Continental Line of the same name" To this I would answer

that the affidavit of Mr Abigail Moore states that her husband enlisted as a Private in the Volunteer Corps stationed at Lead Mine Fort, and that he was appointed Commissary, under Capt Cluggage in 1778 Vice David Brown removed, and so acted until 1782. This Affidavit is confirmed as to said service by those of Samuel Edington, Caleb Roller & Leke Nelson. There is no discrepancy, as I take it, between these Affidavits & the Certificate referred to. Peter Riley may have been in the service as a Regular, and have served as a Private, in the first place at the Fort, and upon the removal of Brown been appointed to his place. The Certificate shows that there was a man of the name of Peter Riley in the Pennsylvania Line, but it does not disprove alleged service at the Fort, for it says nothing whatever about it. It seems to me, therefore, that it is immaterial whether the name is on said list or not. His service as Commissary is proved by Affidavits.
As to the absolute necessity of "record or documentary proof of grade", "agreeably to a rule never waived or relaxed," allow me to make a few extracts from the printed Instructions of your Department which do not seem to insist upon that necessity.
Among the Rules prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War, under the Act of Congress of 7 th July 1838, I find that 1 st Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased Officer or Soldier, & the time when he died. It must be clearly shown in what troops or company, & regiment or corps, he served, & the grade he held. Proof as service must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the Muster Rolls, the testimony of commissioned Officers, or the Affidavits of persons of known respectability.
Again in your Regulations of June 27 1832 you say "As the presumption will, in such case, be against the applicants, in consequence of the omission of their names in the muster rolls, they will be required to furnish, as near as may be, the same evidence as has heretofore been required by the Regulations & practice adopted for carrying into effect the Act of Congress of March 18 1818, & the Acts supplementary thereto; with such relaxations as have been from time to time sanctioned by the Department, on account

"of the rapid decrease of the survivors of the Revolutionary Army, & the consequent inability of procuring direct positive testimony in every case"
In the 8 th Rule, one of those published July 9 1836, for the use of Appellants under the Act of Congress of 4 th July 1836, you say "The Claimant must in every case when there is no record or documentary proof of the revolutionary service of the deceased officer or soldier, produce the testimony of at least one credible witness - Traditional evidence will be deemed useful in every such case"
I have made these extracts with a view to show that much discretion is exercised by the Department in Revolutionary Cases. And justly - For most of the documents & records of those remote times have been either destroyed or were badly kept. And permit me respectfully to say, that such being the case, it would be more than hard to tell Claimants that they must produce proof which has, in most cases, ceased to exist or never did exist, and that without such proof their claims cannot be admitted. It was under a sense of that state of things, & with a view to justice, that your Department has wisely waived the severity of the general rule, as appears from above extracts; and I respectfully suggest that the present case is fairly entitled to the benefit of "such relaxations".
As to your remark touching the service of the officers at Lead Mine Fort, - that "unless the records show to the contrary these officers are deemed Militia & subject to laws of two months only", I would observe that in the absence of both record & parole evidence, the rule of exclusion would be a fair one. But when we show by a respectable & credible eye-witness that the service of Peter Riley, as Commissary at Lead Mine Fort, for twelve months , it seems to me that you ought to give credit to that affidavit so far as it goes, & apply it as corroboration of the other affidavits going to prove the same service, but for a longer period. If the Record proof has been lost or never existed, this should not be used to the injury of an innocent party, who had nothing to do with it - and the Department once satisfied of the impossibility of producing primary or documentary evidence, may fall back upon the secondary, & admit "the best proof the case will allow", which is all we ask you to do in the present case.
But as my letter is getting too long, I will conclude with a respectful request that you will consider the case as yet open, so that I may consult with

my constituents, & perhaps make further efforts towards producing more positive testimony to the present unworkable
I remain, with perfect Respect, Your ob faithful Servant John Carroll Brant Attorney at Law
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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exbr.
Aug 17 '46

The State of Ohio Tuscarawas county p
Before me David M. Brookham a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Jesse Tipton of Carroll County Ohio who being first duly sworn deposes and saith that he was eighty two years of age on the 15 th day of Jan. A.D. 1845 - that from 1776 to 1786. he resided on Belle river in Cum- berland County Pennsylvania. that during that time he was by reputation well acquainted with Peter Riley of Lead mine fort. who married Abigail Edington some time during the revolutionary war - during which time he learned from those who were going out from said fort, that said Peter Riley was acting during that time as commissary of the forces stationed at Lead mine fort. - & remained acting as such until the close of the war - That his brother Luke Tipton who is now a pensioner was at that time serving in the same corps stationed at Lead mine fort & from him in particular he learned that said Peter Riley was serving in the capac- ity of commissary as aforesaid of said corps Also that he heard said Riley frequently converse upon the subject shortly after the close of the war - that this deponent said not -
Jesse Tipton
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18 th day of Feb 1846
D. M. Brookham Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Tuscarawas county ss Before me D r M c Brookshaw a justice of the peace in & for said county personally appeared Geo Hardisty who made solemn oath that he has been personally acquainted with the within named Jesse Lipton of Canal Co Ohio for more than six years during which period said Hardisty has acted in the capacity of Justice of the peace of the said township in which Lipton resides & believes him to be a man of truth and veracity and a person whose testimony is entitled to full credit & belief
Geo Hardisty
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 4 th day of March A D 1846 D r M c Brookshaw
THE STATE OF OHIO, TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, ss.
Chas W Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Tuscarawas, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that David M c Brookshaw Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to
whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at New Philadelphia, this 10 th day of March A. D. 1846
Chas W Mitchell Clerk.

Caleb Rollins Died.
J. C. Brent Present July 14. '46.

The State of Ohio Columbiana County ss Before me Charles S. Budd a Justice of the peace within and for said county Personally appeared Capt. Robert Roller of said county who being first duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that from the year 1776 to the year 1783 for a long time afterwards I resided at Sinking Valley, in the State of Pennsylvania about three miles from Ligonier fort then occupied by American troops under the com- mand of Maj. Cluggeage. During that period I was personally acquainted with a man by the name of Peter Riley who belonged to the forces stationed at said fort, & was said to hold the office of commissary of the same
I am unable to say how old I was at that time or what my age is at the present time from the fact of having lost the family records but suppose I was about ten years old - There was a military post at at my father's with whom I resided & occupied by a few troops from Ligonier fort. - I frequent- ly saw said Riley at my father's house at Sinking Valley, & understood from him (my father) & others with whom said Riley had some business that he (said Riley) was the commissary of the forces stationed at Ligonier fort Further this deponent saith not
Robert Roller
Affirmed to & subscribed before me this 3 rd day of March 1846
Charles Budd
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Columbiana Co. f
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Caleb Rollins and that his testimony is entitled to full credit and belief.
Given under my hand this 3 d day of March 1846
Charles J. Buad Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } I. Samuel B McKenzie Columbiana County } Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County certify that Charles J. Buad Esqr before whom the within deposition was taken, was at the time of taking said deposition an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and to whom official acts as such justice of the Peace full faith and credit are due and ought to be given, and that the signature purporting to be that of the said Charles J. Buad is genuine, and I further certify that Caleb Rollins the deponent has the reputation of being a man of truth and veracity.
Witness my signature and the Seal of our Court at New Lisbon in said County this 3 d day of March A.D. 1846
Samuel B McKenzie Clerk

The State of Ohio } Is
Tuscarawas County }
Before me Charles H. Mitchener Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared Elijah Crissman who being first duly sworn deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with Samuel Worthington brother of Abi- gai Moore formerly widow of Peter Riley Esq. and believes him to be a person whose testimony is entitled to full credit and belief. Elijah Crissman
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this 29th day of April A.D. 1816.
Chas H. Mitchener Clerk
The State of Ohio } Is
Tuscarawas County }
I the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Elijah Crissman and that I believe him to be a person whose testimony is entitled to full credit & belief.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at New Philadelphia this 29th day of April A.D. 1816
Chas H. Mitchener Clerk

Luke Tipton dep.
Mr. & Mrs. Mathews Monday at 4 o'clock Petersburg Frederick Co. Ohio
Paris Ky } April 11 Dear B

Deposition of Luke Tipton
State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before Benjamin Brown Henry County ss } one of the acting justices of the peace for said County. Luke Tipton who upon his solemn affirmation states that he was well acquainted with Peter Riley who was a commissary under Col Albright during the revolutionary war and served at the Lead mine Fort in Bedford County Pennsylvania for one year. He the said Peter Riley intermarried as I understood and believe during the Revolution with Abigail Eddington. They lived together and acknowledged each other as husband and wife and his said wife is now living as I am informed and believe in Tuscarawa County and State of Ohio.
Taken and affirmed
his Luke Tipton mark
before me April 10 1846 B Brown Jp
State of Tennessee Henry County ss
I here certify that Benjamin Brown whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly elected & qualified according to law & that full faith & credit is and ought to be given his official acts as such Justice.
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at office in the Town of Paris. This the 10 th day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Six & the 70 th year of American Independence
Constantine Frazier Clerk of Henry County Court

Final Settlement Certificate to Peter Reilly
B

8)
Eleventh Regiment 1780
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Bowen and Captain Brengius Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums opposite to our names respectively, in certificates, dated July 1. 1784, bearing interest at six per cent. from January the first 1781 signed by John Pierce, Commissioner and described as below, being for the balance of a settlement between the United States and us for Pay &c. to January 1. 1781.
   Dates of Certificates. No. of Letter Names. Sums Signers   Dollars cents     Monm. 15 th 1780 67721 A. Peter Reilly 1995 33. 30 Theophilus Philips  
Auditor General's office Harrisburg. Jany 28. 1846
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy, taken from the original pay Rolls Letter B. page 8. remaining in this department.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
John M. Purviance
And. Genl.

No. 3396] A
£ 9. 19. 6 Specie.
I do certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is in debted to Peter Riley Sergeant of Bedford County Militia — in the Sum of nine Pounds nineteen Shillings and Sixpence — Specie, with lawful Interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an Account settled in this office. Pursuant to an act of Assembly, passed the first Day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's Office } April 6 th 1785.
J. W. Heckel " "
Aud: Genl s Office Harrisburg Feby: 21 st 1854.
I hereby certify that the above is a true & correct copy of certificate 3396 as the same remains on file in this office.
Witness my hand & seal of office the day and year above written
E. Banks
Aud: Genl s

State of Ohio, Trescaurus County } ss.
On this 16 th day of May 1854, before me, Probate Judge in and for said County, personally came John Patton Esq. of said County, a highly respectable and credible person, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath states, as follows:
That he was acquainted with Abigail Moore, dec d formerly widow of Peter Reilly, dec d and with her children, from his earliest recollections. That as long ago as he can recollect any thing, he lived a near neighbor to the said Mrs. Moore (then Mrs. Reilly) in Huntingdon County, near Lehigh Mines Fork, in Pennsylvania. This disponent was born on the 15 th of October 1791; according to an ancient record he has in a family bible, and to his uniform understanding of his age. When he was a small child, in Pennsylvania, he went to the same school with the four children of said Mrs. Moore, by her first husband Peter Reilly, and was very intimate with them. There were four of them viz: Edward, Margaret, Matthew and Mary. They were all older than himself. Mary was about four years older than himself, as he well recollects, Matthew (who is now living a neighbor to him) was about seven years older than himself, and he thinks Margaret was at least nine years, and Edward was at least eleven years his senior. Said children are all dead except Matthew.

who is now the only surviving child of the said Abigail Moore. She never had any child by her second husband Moore. Peter Peter Reilly died many years ago, and the said Abigail, married Hugh Moore when this deponent was a youth. He recollects that they visited his father's house soon after their marriage, which was the first time he ever saw said Moore. Said Moore died in Pennsylv- ania many years ago, he thinks as early as 1818, and the said Abigail never again married, but remained a widow until she died, in the spring of 1845, but this deponent cannot from his own knowledge state the exact day of her death. Mrs Moore and her children moved to Ohio about the same time deponent did, and he has been acquainted with them ever since, and a great portion of the time has been a near neighbor to Mrs Moore and her son Matthew. Mat- thew was the third child, said Edward Margaret, both having been older than he. John Patton
sworn to and subscribed before me, this day and year first above written.
Harris Moffit
Probate Judge

State of Ohio,
Tuscarawas County ss }
On this 16 th day of May 1854, personally appeared before me, Probate Judge in and for said County, Amelia Bissel a respectable and credible person, who being duly sworn according to law, on her oath says, That she was well acquainted with Abigail Moore, formerly widow of Peter Reilly, for twelve years previous to her death. She was living a near neighbor to Matthew Reilly, her son, (whom she lived with) when she died. She was not present when Mrs. Moore died, and was at the house the same day, after she was dead, and attended her funeral the on that day. Said funeral occurred on the 13 th day of March 1845, according to her recollection. She also states, that the said Abigail Moore was a widow at the time of her death, never having remarried since the death of her second husband, Hugh Moore, and that Matthew Reilly, of Tuscarawas County, is her only surviving child.
Amelia her Bissel mark
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written.
Jamys Moffit Probate Judge

State of Ohio Furnas County ss
On the 16 th day of May A D 1884
Before me Probate Judge in and for the County aforesaid personally came John P Chapin of said County a highly respectable and credible person who being duly sworn according to law as his oath states as follows
That he now is and has for upwards of 20 years past been engaged in the Mercantile business in the town of New Philadelphia in the County aforesaid, that it appears from his account books that on the 13 th day of March 1845 he sold to Matthew Kelly of said County 7 Yards of Shroud Muslin which is charged in said books to the said Kelly in the hand writing of the deponent, that the Memorandum thereof hereunto annexed marked 'A' and which is also in the hand writing of the deponent of which the following is a true copy was made out and delivered with the said Muslin on the 13 th day of March 1845 as this deponent verily believes to wit
"Matthew Kelly
Per J P Chapin
7 Yds of Shroud Muslin 31 1/4 - $2.19
John P Chapin
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
Alma Moffit Probate Judge

Matthew Neilly
Deposition
Jan. 31. 1845

The State of Ohio Tuscarawas county ss
Before me David M.
Brashear a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid Personally appeared Matthew Riley of said county who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith. That he was sixty years of age on the 4 th day of February 1844. That he is the only child now living of Abigail Moore of Hansfield township Tuscarawas county Ohio & Peter Riley deceased. That said Peter Riley died at Bodineat in the State of Virginia sometime in the year 1812. The said Matthew Riley further deposes and saith that said Abigail Moore was afterwards married to Hugh Moore

who died sometime in the year 1818. Since which period said Abigail Moore has remained a widow and remained with said Matthew Riley - that said Abigail Moore was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836. Still remains a widow. The deponent further saith that he recollects seeing papers in the pos- session of father the said Peter Riley who informed him that said papers contained orders and instructions from his superior officers of the revolution but that said papers are now lost.
Matthew Reilly Sworn to and subscribed this 31st day of January A.D. 1845.
David M. Proshane State of Ohio Licking county ss
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Matthew Riley & that his testimony is entitled to full credit & belief. David M. Proshane J. P. Proshane

The State of Ohio Tuscarawas County
I the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that David M. Bradshaw before whom
the within acknowledgement was made was at that time an au- thorized Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commission- ed and qualified, to act as such and to whom official acts full faith and credit should be given And I further certify that I am acquainted with his signature and that the within is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at New Phil- adelphia this 11th day of Feb AD 1845 Chas W. Mitchell Clerk