Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18533, for Josiah Morse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Morse, Josiah Emma
N. 18533
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See letter to Pensioner Aug. 7. 1830.
20. 182
New York.
Josiah Morse
of Chautauqua in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Clapp - of the Regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the _____ line, for the term of one year from _____ 1781 to _____ 1782
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of January 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1830 and sent to Pensioner Mina, Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209. 03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1830 48 —
$257. 03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
20 May 1830.
Rec. Book D. Vol. 5. fol. 114

4752 N. York Michael ... widow of ...
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inc. from $40
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848.
July Certificate of Pension issued the day of March 1857;
and sent to
O. Phelps Jr Washington D.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 371 Vol. 2
1853 March 26. Cir. to P. 119 c April 4. to Albany N.Y. from 4 Sept '52, Pens & Notified Maria, N.Y. H. Huntington Dec 18 1855

In this claim the first widow's jacket under Act of July 7, 1838 shows her name as Emma. The Auditor reports payment of arrears of soldier's pension to Emma.
Her first four appli- cations for pension are signed Emma
The last three widows' jackets are made out to Eunice and an appli- cation filed by her in 1853 is signed Eunice but as it refers to the son Elisha who is mentioned in the Auditor's report which refers to the widow as Emma. I have made the name
Emma on Widows record book + jackets.

Declaration of Emma Morse to claim a Pension "
10489
Emma Morse N.Y.
Act 7. July '38.
admd 12 mo pri
$40
from 21 may 1839 the day of her husband's death
Hon. Asher Tyler Ellicottville N.Y.

State of New-York Chautauqua County
On this twenty fourth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before the judges of the Circuit & Oyer & terminer courts for the 8th Circuit State of New-York The Comr being a court of record Emma Morse a resident of the town of Chautauqua in the county of Chautauqua aforesaid and State of New-York aged Twenty four years the first day of February Eighteen hundred and forty three who first being duly legally sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and an act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Josiah Morse who was a private soldier or artificer of the revolution. That she was born at the town of Wendell, Hampshire county (as she believes) State of — Massachusetts in the year 1769, and lived there until she was eighteen years of age when she went to the town of Cambridge County of Washington and State of New-York. That she resided there about four years, and on the 30 th or thirty first day of May (she does not recollect which) A.D. 1791 she married the said Josiah Morse at the town of Cambridge aforesaid. That she did not become acquainted with the said Josiah Morse until she went to Cambridge aforesaid, and therefore she cannot state the the service he rendered during the revolutionary war of her own knowledge. But she does recollect that her said husband stated that he was in Captain Clapp's company in the army of the revolution, and she also heard him state often that he was out in the army when Cambridge was taken. She does further depose and say that the said Josiah Morse was put upon the pension list while she and her said husband resided at the town

of Mineral County of Chemung in the State of New-York That they resided in the County of Chemung aforesaid about twenty years before her said husband's death - That the said Josiah Morse was placed upon the pension list on the 14th day of July A.D. 1830 at Ninety Six dollars per annum to commence on the first day of January A.D. 1828. The pension certificate of the said Josiah Morse is not numbered but it is recorded in Book D. Vol. 5 Page 114 as appears enlarged on said certificate That her said husband drew his pension until the 4th of March 1839. She does further depose and say that she was married to the said Josiah Morse on the thirtieth or thirty first day of May she does not recollect which seventeen hundred and ninety one at the town of Cambridge aforesaid County of Washington in the State of New-York by the Reverend John Watts (not positive as to his Christian name) a Baptist Clergyman of the town of Cambridge aforesaid who was authorized by the laws of the State of New-York to perform the marriage ceremony That the said John Watts has been dead more than twenty five years as she believes. That she is informed and believes that there is no record of the said marriage kept by any laws of the said State of New-York. There was a record of her said marriage kept in a Bible that she and her said husband owned, but several years ago the leaf on which said record was kept was torn out and it was destroyed or lost, and she has no record of her said marriage at this time - That Lewis Berry whose affidavit is hereto attached was present when the said marriage ceremony between her and her said husband was performed. That she does not know as there is any person living that was at her said marriage except the said Lewis Berry. That she and her said husband immediately after they were married moved to the town of Worthington County of Hampshire (as she believes) in the State of Massachusetts and they lived there about twelve years. That she and her said husband then
1791

removed to the town of Greenville Washington County in the State of New-York, and they resided there about two years, they then removed to the town of Cambridge in said County of Washington aforesaid State of New-York and they resided at the town of Cambridge aforesaid about fourteen years - That she and her said husband then removed to the town of Ellery in the County of Chautauqua aforesaid State of New-York, and subsequently they removed to the town of Miner in said County of Chautauqua State of New-York where they resided till the death of her said husband which happened on the twenty first day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty nine as she is informed and believes - She does further depose and say that at the time of her said husband's death she was at Marshall County in the State of Illinois on a visit to a son and daughter of hers who resided there - That she was told while she resided at Marshall County State of Illinois aforesaid that she could obtain a pension - She then went to Whitesboro in Oneida County State of New-York where Lewis Berry resided who was present at the marriage of herself and her said husband and procured said Lewis Berry's affidavit of her said marriage which is here to attached and she then went to the town of Sharon County of Washtenaw State of Michigan to Nathan Morse her son that she applied to a lawyer at Ann Arbor to procure her pension, and said lawyer told her she could not obtain a pension. That afterwards she went to the town of Chautauqua in Chautauqua County aforesaid State of New-York where she now resides and that she was told she could obtain her pension. That the above are the reasons why she has not applied for her pension before. That she was not married to the said Josiah Morse prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated - She does further depose and say that her

maiden name was Emma Wetherbee since that she has not been married since the decease of her first husband the late Josiah Morse, that she is still a widow Swear to and subscribe in open court on the day Emma Morse and year above written
Before
E. F. Warren Deputy Clerk

State of New York Oneida County
Levis Berry a resident of Whitestown in said County, aged 72 Years upwards, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he formerly resided in the Town of Cambridge, County of Washington, and State of New York - and was well acquainted with Emma Wetherbee who resided at the same place, and also in the same family with this deponent - That in the Year 1791, or 1792 and this deponent cannot state positively which the said Emma Wetherbee and Josiah Morse who was also known to this deponent were married at said Town of Cambridge, in the presence of this deponent - This deponent recollects the marriage distinctly, as he was then a young man in business there, and he well recollects the circumstance of the said Josiah Morse's coming to see said Emma Wetherbee , and of some little circumstances connected with their courtship which took place just previous to the marriage, and which renders the facts still distinct to this deponent. This deponent afterwards saw the said Josiah Morse on his way to the Western States - And he further says he is informed and believes, that the said Emma Morse now lives in Marshall County, Illinois, and that her said husband is deceased. This deponent cannot now recollect the person who married the said Josiah Morse and Emma Wetherbee - but he does distinctly remember that it was an individual authorized by the laws of the State of New York to perform the marriage ceremony.
Sworn before me this 17 th day of March 1840 and I certify the said Levis Berry is a man of Credibility. Truth and Veracity "91" "92" "93" on oath
Levis Berry
Wm. Wetmore Court of Deeds

Clerk's office Oneida County
I James Dean Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William G. Wetmore before whom the within affidavit was taken was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner duly authorized to take affidavits, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that his signature to the same is in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 17 th day of March 1840.
James Dean, Clk.

State of New York ) 3 Chautauqua County. ) 3 David Waldo who now resides in the town of Remsen in the county of Chautauqua in the State of New York who was sixty nine years of age the twenty first day of last September being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he formerly resided in the town of Cambridge and saith that he formerly resided in the town of Cambridge in the county of Washington State of New York and at the time he this deponent resided at his residence in Washington County aforesaid he was well acquainted with Emma Morse whose maiden name was Emma Wetherbee and he was likewise well acquainted with Josiah Morse who married the said Emma Wetherbee while she lived at his house they were both at his house the day before they were married and the day after they were married they came back to this deponent's house as man & wife although he this deponent was not present at the marriage yet he knows they were married almost as certain as if he had been present by information & otherwise the said Josiah Morse & Emma Wetherbee were married in the year Seventeen hundred & Ninety one and they lived together as man & wife until the death of the said Josiah Morse which took place in the month of May 1839 The said Josiah Morse & Emma his wife removed from the town of Cambridge aforesaid in the to the said County of Chautauqua where they have resided ever since year 1818 or 1819 I do not recollect which is according to the best of my recollection and this deponent further says that he had been acquainted with the said Emma Morse about two years before she was married to said Josiah Morse and has known her ever since and has lived near them (said Josiah Morse & Emma his wife) ever since they were married and I know the said Emma Morse to be the widow of the said Josiah Morse and this deponent further saith that said Josiah Morse was a Pensioner of the United States at Ninety six dollars a year for services rendered during the Revolutionary war which

This deponent; Bewared by having seen his Pension Certificate and other information and further this deponent says not Dated January 11th 1844 (the word deponent in third line written on Erasure, and a whole line interlined between lines 2 & 3 and before re-read)
Sworn & subscribed before me
This 11th day of January 1844
David Waldo
and I do certify that the said David Waldo is a person of truth & veracity and that full faith & credit ought ought to be given to his testimony
Isaac Rolf Justice of the Peace
Clerks Office Chautauque County
I Alvin Plumb Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Isaac Rolf before whom the within affidavit was taken was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of said County duly authorized to take affidavits and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his signature to the same is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty ninth day of January 1844
Alvin Plumb Clerk

State of New-York
Chautauqua County ss.
3
I Elisha Morse who resides in the town of Mina in the county of Chautauqua and State of New-York aged fifty years last February being duly sworn deposes and saith that Josiah Morse who was his Father died at his house in the said town of Mina on the twenty first day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty. One where the said Josiah Morse had his last sickness, and this deponent further saith that Emma Morse this deponent's Mother and wife of the said Josiah Morse at the time of the death of his father Josiah Morse was on a visit to her children in the States of Michigan and Ohio and she remained there some time after the death of her said Father - and this deponent further saith that before the said Josiah Morse & Emma his wife removed into the said county of Chautauqua they resided in the town of Cambridge Washington County State of New-York and they removed into the county of Chautauqua in the year 1819 and resided there until the death of said Josiah Morse - and this deponent further saith that said Josiah Morse was a Pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the Revolutionary war at which $12 dollars a year, which this deponent knows by seeing the Pension certificate of said Josiah Morse which certificate is now in this deponent's possession and has been in his possession ever since the death of his said Father and further this deponent says not dated for y 12th 1844. Sworn and subscribed before me
this 12th day of January 1844.
And do hereby that the said Elisha Morse
Elisha Morse
is a person of the veracity and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony
William Salton Justice of the Peace
Not while she and her said husband resided at the town

Clerks Office } I Alvin Plumb Clerk of said Chautauqua County } County do hereby certify that William Pulman before whom the within affidavit was taken, was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that his signature to the same is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 29 th day of January 1844
Alvin Plumb Clerk

Jonah Moses
Widow

State of New York Chautauqua County
Sosiah Morse of Minerva in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn saith, that he is the son of Deat. Moses Morse, formerly of Worthington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, now deceased. That his said father entered warmly into the American cause during the American revolution, by means of which he became embarrassed in his pecuniary affairs to such a degree that, immediately after his death (which was on the fourth day of July, 1783, according to the deponent's best recollection) his estate was rendered insolvent and his property sold at public vendue towards the payment of his debts. And this deponent further saith that when he was about eighteen years of age he entered into the American service as stated in the petition herewith presented, that while he was in the service as aforesaid, the a most considerable part of his clothing, which he had procured at his own expense, was stolen from him, which compelled him to expend all that he had saved from his pay, as the money in which he was paid then passed, to procure new ones to enable him to return home, and rendered him unable to assist his father in extricating himself from his embarrassments. And this deponent further saith that in consequence of his hardships & exposures in the service of the United States, his health was impaired & his constitution so injured that for several years afterwards he was unable to labor. So that when he was twenty one years of age he was destitute of a father, destitute of inheritance and impaired in his health, yet had his aged mother to provide for and support. And this deponent further saith that by his own industry & without any other means he supported and maintained his said mother about thirty years after the death of his said father. That his mother lived to the age of Ninety one years - And this

deponent further saith that the above mentioned encumbraments have kept him poor through life, that he is now about sixty four years of age, infirm and unable to labor, that he has no real property of any kind except a hundred acres of wild land on which there is no buildings or improvements of any kind, that the land is worth about two dollars an acre - That all his personal property including every thing he owns does not exceed in value the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars according to its estimated value but would not sell for that in cash - And this deponent further saith that his worldly affluence is not worth over fifteen dollars & is not sufficient to render him comfortable or decent - And that his family consists of a wife fifty nine years old infirm and unable to labor and a daughter thirteen years of age who is also weakly and most part of the time unable to help herself - And further this deponent saith that under his complicated misfortunes he is unable to support himself or maintain his family without the assistance of his country, or the charity of individuals, and that all the facts set forth in his petition herewith presented are true according to the best of his knowledge & belief - Josiah Moose
Subscribed & sworn
before me Novr 8 th 1827
Isaac Harmon one of the Judges of Chautauqua Common Pleas.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Josiah Moose and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Novr 9 th 1827.
Isaac Harmon

Josiah Morse Petition of Josiah Morse uncle
Documents accompanying applying for a Pension &c
Jan - 14 - 1828 Ref d to Com ee on Mil ry Pensions
a December 5. 1828. ref d to the Com ee on Mil ry Pensions .
Alland 88.
Dec - 16 - 1829 Ref d to Com ee on Mil ry Pensions
January 22 - Pensions Norton

To The Honorable The Senate and House of Represent- -atives of the United States in general Congress assembled
The Petition of Joshiah  Joshiah House of Albion in the County, of Chautauqua and State of New York, Respectfully sheweth:
That some time in the year one thousand Seven hundred eighty one your Petitioner enlisted for the term of one year in the revolutionary army of the United States, in the Company of Artificers commanded by Captain Bliss, at Worthington in the State of Massachusetts, That he continued to serve in the said com- -pany until some time in the year one thousand eight Seven hundred eighty two, and for the period of one year, or thereabouts, when he was honorably discharged at New Windsor in the State of New York, together with the remainder of the said Company, their services being no longer required, on account of the prospect of peace: —
During the time of his said service your Petitioner was at the battle of York-Town and the capture of the army under Lord Cornwallis, and on his march to the Northern States, from that place, by reason of the hardships and exposures he suffered cont- -ted a severe sickness, from which, he did not fully recover for a period of about two years, during which time he was wholly inca- -pable of doing any kind of labour.

Your Petitioner further states that he is now far advanced in life, being in the Sixty fourth year of his age, and by reason of sickness, is wholly disabled from doing any labour for the support of himself and his family. He is destitute of property for his support, and has a family consisting of a wife and daughter, both of whom are sickly and infirm and unable to labour, and are dependent on him for their subsistence and support. Under these circumstances, he has been induced from necessity, at this late period of his life, to seek for assistance and aid from the bounty of that country which he has faithfully served, and with that view made application to the War Department for a Pension, but in answer to his application received information from the Pension Office, that the pension laws did not provide for those who served in the Corps of Artificers. The only remaining hope for his relief rests on an application to Congress, and humbly trusting in the sense of justice and favourable feelings which he believes exists towards persons in his situation, he now submits his case to your honorable bodies. He herewith submits documents and certificates from the most respectable characters, which he trusts will fully satisfy Congress of the truth of the facts herein stated, and on which he mainly relies for the favourable consideration of your honorable bodies. —

Your Petitioner will only respectfully observe that he can see no reason why those who faithfully served in the cause of artificers should not be entitled to the aid of their country, when suffering by sickness and want, as well as those who served in the regular line of the army. Their sufferings were as great, and their services as necessary and meritorious, and he cannot but think, that their case was not considered when the general pension laws were passed, or that the law has received a different construction from what it was intended by Congress, as he cannot believe that persons in his situation were intended to be excluded, from those benefits, to which others who were engaged in the revolutionary army are, in similar circumstances, entitled.
Your Petitioner further begs leave to state that there are other circumstances connected with his situation, which he hopes it will not be deemed improper for him to mention. Perhaps there was no family in the time of the revolution who, according to their abilities, rendered more faithful services to their country, than that to which your Petitioner belonged. His father Doctor Moses Moore, formerly of Waltham Massachusetts, was one of the most active and efficient whigs of the revolution, and was once possessed of a good estate, which was mainly expended in the service of his country. He had eight sons

(of whom your Petitioner is one) all of whom bore arms in the service of their Country, during the revolutionary contest. Three of them lost their lives in their Country's service, during that time. By reason of debts and responsibilities incurred by your Petitioner's father in the prosecution of the war, his estate was lost, and your Petitioner deprived of the patrimony which he would otherwise have enjoyed, and since the death of his father, which happened soon after peace was declared, for a period of more than thirty years, by his own industry & exertions, he supported his aged mother who, from the same cause, was left destitute of the means of support.
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays Congress to take his case into their consideration and to pass a law for placing him on the Pension list, or grant such other relief as to them may seem just and proper. and he will pray &c
Josiah Morse

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Josiah Morse wid. file 185-33
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1781 Jan. 1782 Pvt. Stephen Clapp co of Artificers Mass.   discharged at New Windsor N.Y.        
Battles engaged in, Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Worthington Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 8. 1827 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Mina Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 64 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Dr. Moses Morse of Worthington Mass. who died July 4. 1783. He had seven brothers, all in the service. Three of whom lost their lives. no names stated. He married at Cambridge N.Y. May 30 or 31. 1791 Emma Wetherbee, who was born at Mendell Mass. Feb. 1. 1769. He died at Mina N.Y. May 21. 1839. Children: Nathan, Elisha & a daughter whose name is not stated. Widow was allowed pension on an application executed Jan. 24. 1844 while a resident of Chautauqua N.Y. She died at Chicago Ill. June 17. 1855.
Very respectfully,

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 18533
Emma Frances  Morse
Widow of Josiah Morse Dr. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Box:—Vol. M , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct-15-1900
Mrs. Frances M. Powers, Grand Rapids Mich.
1908 Dec. 14
Aud. for Subsidy for name of person to whom pension was paid. V.L.M.
1908 Dec. 23 List to Joseph A. McGuinness L.M.

FREE
J. E. Heath Esq. Commission of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

FREE
L. P. Waldo Esq. Chairman of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Eunice Morse Josiah - My - 2/2/48
Col. Hon. J. P. Waldo Committee of Pensions Washington D. C.

V Let to Hon. A. Tylar 11 March 44.

Albany 8534 New York
1844 under 38 grant 1839. 1844
Emma Morse, widow of Josiah Morse, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. and who died on the 21. May 1839 of Chautauqua in the State of NY who was a Pvt in the Co. commanded by Captain Clapp of the reg commanded by in the line for 12. Mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 14 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836. 21. May 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of July 1844, and sent to Hon. Ashey Taylor Elliptonville NY
Total amount, $ ~
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A. E. Swann, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 169
Rep 13 July 1844 Sent to W Smith July 26 1. Paid at the Treasury the Act of 6. April 1838 4. March to 21. May Cgt notified 13. Dec.

8529 yeb 7. New York
Rebuted P
to Emma Emma Morse widow of Josiah Morse who was a Pirate in the Revolution husband died 21 May, 1839.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of April, 1849 and sent to
Samuel A. Brown Hampton, N York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 258

Let to the Roll... 1837 Report... 1837 Ex to... 1837 To Michigan... 1837 - March 26 1837 - sent to O. Phelps
4752 alby.  Henry Michigan Emma Morse widow of Sarah Morse who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of April, 1849 and sent to
Samuel A. Brown Lang Town N York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 4

Pension Office July 18 th 1830
$8 per month, from Jan. 1. 1828- act May 20. 1830.
Recd. N. York roll
d.

Westville N.Y. July 2 nd
To the my Free P Hon: — Caton
Secretary of War. Washington

State of New York } ss. Chautauqua County
Be it known that before me Amos Sturtevant a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Josiah Morse and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Josiah Morse named in the act of Congress passed on the 20th day of May 1820, that he is entitled to a pension of Eight dollars per month on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary War, that he served in Captain Stephen Clapp's Company of Artificers, that he now resides in the town of Mina, County Chautauqua and State of New York and has resided there for the space of more than five years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in the town of Ellery, county and State aforesaid. Subscribed this 2 a day of July 1820 before me Amos Sturtevant J.P. Josiah Morse

Affidavits of Jaylord Fitch on the basis of Moses

State of New-York Madison County ss. Rufus Tyler of Salem in the County of State aforesaid being duly sworn does depose & say that in April 1781. this deponent enlisted at Worthington in Massachusetts in a Company of artificers commanded by Stephen Clapp, in the United States service for the term of one year, and further this deponent saith that Josiah Morse formerly of Worthington in the State of Massachusetts & now of Salem in the County of Chautauqua & State of New-York also belonged to the said Company & remained therein from the time of enlistment April 1781. until some time in the month of January 1782 when this deponent & the said Josiah were both honorably discharged at New-Milford in the State of New-York - and further this deponent saith that the said Josiah & the said Company as well as the other artificers of the said Company were so discharged because the expiration of their several services then serving no longer necessary.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 23. day of July 1827
J B Eldredge Judge of Madison County
Rufus Tyler
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Rufus Tyler & know him to be a man of truth & veracity - Dated July 23. one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven.
J B Eldredge

State of New York Otsego County S.
Walter Fitch of Milford in the county & State aforesaid being duly sworn does depose and say that in the summer of 1781. This deponent entered at Worthington in the state of Massachusetts in a company of artillery commanded by Stephen Clap in the United States service, for the term of one year. and further this deponent saith that Sarah Morse formerly of Worthing in the state of Massachusetts and now of Milford in the county of Chenango and state of New York also belonged to the said company and served there in from the time this deponent entered as aforesaid until some time in the month of October 1782. when this deponent and the said Sarah Morse were both honorably discharged at New Windsor or Newburgh in the state of New York — And further this deponent saith that himself and the said Sarah Morse as well as the other artillery of the said company were so discharged because the expectation of peace rendered their services no longer necessary —
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th day of July 1827
Walter Fitch
Joseph Westcott Jp
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Walter Fitch and know him to be a man of truth & veracity.
Joseph Westcott Justice

Joshua none
Smith & Chapin Affidavit

We Jesse Smith & Samuel Chapman of lawful age do testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Josiah Morel a resident of the township of Maria in the County of Chautauqua & State of New York He is a man we should judge about sixty five years of age, he lives in a new country owns a piece of wild land, and some personal property, the real & personal property to be worth about four hundred dollars in cash, the land unimproved and the said Morel unable to labor, and has a family to maintain The above is according to our best judgement & abilities further the deponents saith not
Taken and subscribed before me this 8th of January 1828 - Elijah Hays Clerk of Picay

L. Morse
A Ryan appt

Personally appeared before me Asa Spear Esqr one of the Justices of Peace in and for the County of Chautauqua State of New York Det. Alvan Ryan and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Josiah Morse in the year Eighteen hundred and Twelve and was acquain- ted with the said Josiah Morse's Misfortunes in a measure and was conversant with his Family that in the said year in the said deponent assisted in the operation of amputating one of his son's Legs that the said son was sick several Months previous to the said operation and afterwards which subjected the said Morse to a large bill of expense and the said deponent is further acquainted and knowing to the said Morse being sick himself for a long time which has likewise subjected him no doubt to great expense and the said deponent is well satisfied the said Morse is in reality a very unfortu- nate Man and that he is at this time labouring under serious trouble and furthermore this deponent will not swear
A. Ryan
Taken and subscribed before me this 8 th Day of Dec. 1827
Asa Spear J.P. I hereby certify that the above named Alvan Ryan is a man of truth & veracity Asa Spear

Joseph Joseph Morton
affid. of his Service as an Artificer in the First Army
Morton 31. Pans

Personally appeared before me Thomas Knowlton Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace for Erie County John Cowling to me personally known being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was personally acquainted with Josiah Morse in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and was knowing in his serving in the Regular army of the United States in that year under the Command of Captain Stephen Clapp (a Company of Artillery) The deponent further saith he was acquainted with the father of Josiah Morse previous to the said Josiah's going into the service — — —
He was a man of sound integrity and a genuine Republican. Spent much time and property to gain the Independence of the United States and exhausted the prime of his days in the cause of his country and died on the fourth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two leaving his son to take the care of the widow spending so much time and money left him indigent and according to my best memory the loss of continental money was said to be the means of depriving the said Josiah of an interest piece of land which was sold for debts he not being of age and his father Moses Morse dying very suddenly he left him not concerned leaving him to take the charge of his mother and nothing but his hands to maintain her with  and who survived thirty years and died in the thirty second year of her age — — —
The deponent further saith he believes Josiah Morse to be a man of truth and veracity having been acquainted with said Morse between twenty and thirty years in the Town of Worthington in the State of Massachusetts after his coming to manhood — — — and further the deponent saith not.
Taken & Subscribed before Me this 12th day of Nov. A.D. 1827
John Cowling
Tho Knowlton S. Peace
I here certify that the above named John Cowling is a man of truth and veracity — — — Tho Knowlton —

State of New York Erie County Clerk's Office
fr. I Joseph Davenport Jr Deputy Clerk of the County of Erie Certify, That Thomas Knowlton before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken read on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly appointed and sworn; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Tho. Knowlton" within subscribed, to be his proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, at Buffalo this 20. day of November A. D. 1827
Jo. Davenport Jr Dep. Clks.

Certificate of Dora Upham Mr. Justin Peir In the case of J. Morse

I hereby certify that Josiah Morse and his wife have been persons of my acquaintance for a number of years, and that during that time, they have been afflicted with diseases, from which it is my opinion (as a Physician) that they will never recover so far as to be able to support themselves by their labour.
E. P. Upham
Mayville Oct. 10 th 1827.
Sworn & subscribed Before me this 11 th day of Oct 1827 Rufus Piver L. D.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named E. P. Upham and know him to be a man of truth and veracity —
Rufus Piver L. D.

Samuel Parker S c
Affidavit
Feb 1861

State of New York § Samuel Parkin of- fering County of § Byron in the County of & State aforesaid being duly sworn do- repose and say that in the summer of - 1781 this deponent entered at Worthington in the state of Massachusetts in a company of artillerists commanded by Stephen Clark in the United States service for the term of one year and further this deponent saith that Josiah Morse formerly of Worthington in the state of Massachusetts and now of Mina in the County of Chautauqua and State of New York also belonged to the said Company and served therein from the time this deponent - entered as aforesaid until some time in the the month of January 1782 when this - deponent and the said Josiah Morse were both honorably discharged at New Windsor - on Newburgh in the state of New York - and further this deponent saith that him- self and the said Josiah Morse as well as the other artillerists of said Company were so discharged - because the expectation of peace rendered their services no longer necessary - Samuel Parkin Sworn to & subscribed before me { this 4 th day of September 1827}
Amos Hewitt J. Pease {
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the - above named Samuel Parkin and know him to be a man of truth & veracity - Amos Hewitt J. Pease -

Certificate of Judges and Other Gentlemen of Distinction

I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Mr Moore, but, from the concurrent representations of many of my friends who do know him, I am satisfied that he is deserving of the character given of him in the within certificate.
Peter B. Porter
Plattsburgh July 13. 1827
We the undersigned being well acquainted with Mr Josiah Moore now of Medina Chautauqua County State of New York having resided for a number of years in the same neighborhood with him in the State of Massachusetts do state that he always sustained a good character for sobriety and industry and that we believe he is deserving of the honor by of his country to elect him in his old age
Medina Oct 26 1827 - Andrew J. Safford
Edward Tracy
D. A. D. D. D.
Artemas Harrick 2
Thomas B. Campbell 5
Daniel D. D. D.
D. R. D. D. D.
Shira D. D. D. 2
Col. Mullett Jr.
Isaac Harmon 2
Eliza D. D. D.
Jonathan Sprague

We certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mr. Isaiah Morse for about eight years last past, during which time I believe that he has uniformly sustained a fair character; and is generally esteemed as a man of strict integrity - I further certify that his health for some years past has been much impaired by sickness, and that he is now unable from the state of his health and advanced age to labor - Jamestown N.Y. June 5 th 1827 -
E. H. Foote First Judge of Chautauque Co. N.Y.
James Pendergast
Samuel A. Brown
John Dexter
William P. Searock

Josiah Morse
Report

1 st Sess. 28 th Cong.
The committee upon Military Pensions, to whom was refer- red the petition of Josiah Morse, / Report:
That the said Josiah Morse in 1781 enlisted in a company of Artificers in the Army of Revolution & Continen- tal establishment, Com. manded by Capt. Stephen Clapp, for for the term of one year; & served therein until January 1782 when he was discharged, having served more than nine months; & that, in their reports, he is within the provisions of law as to pensions. They, therefore, report a bill for his relief at the rate of eight dollars by the month.
(J. C. B.)

House of Representatives June 4. 1844
J. L. Edmuns Esq. Dear Sir
Enclosed herewith finds you the papers in the case of Emma Horne adversus. I hope they will be found sufficient I shall feel greatly obliged by an answer before the adjournment of Congress very Respectfully yours
A. M. Lyman

House of Representatives Feb. 9. 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
I send enclosed herewith the papers in regard to the pension of Emma Morse. If the papers should be found in any wise defective I shall feel obliged if you would state particularly in what regard they are defective & what is necessary to supply the defect.
I have also recd a letter from J. B. Campbell Esq. of Westfield Cantonment Co. New York from which I extract as follows. "Will you have the goodness to call at the Pension office and enquire what disposition has been made of the application of Martha Merson of Portage Cantonment Co for a Pension Her papers were sent by me to the department in the month of November last and reply has as yet been received by me."
very Respectfully Yours
Asahel Tyler

Chicago Nov. 28/55
Hon. J. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Eunice Morse, a pensioner, Widow of Josiah Morse, a Revolutionary Soldier - Died at this place on the 17 th of June, 55. - She drew her pension half yearly on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September, under the Act of 2 nd July 1848. - Her Name was on the pension Roll at Albany N. Y. - Her legal representatives want her pension for the fractional half year, from the 4 th of March last, to the time of her decease, on the 17 th June last, - That is, if they are entitled to it by Law and the rules of the Department. -
Will you have the kindness to inform me, 1 st - Whether they are entitled to it at all. - 2 nd if they are, what proof is required, & how it can be obtained,
I have written to the pension agent at Albany several times in regard to

this matter, & he has not seen fit to pay any attention to the affair. -
I therefore have taken the liberty of making an experiment, at hazard  the  hazard for light, in behalf of my client. -
Very respectfully
Yours &c. A. Huntington No 96. State St.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 3 d , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Josiah Morse, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and 50 Cents per annum month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 21 st May 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
John N. Paton
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

L. P. Waldo Esq. Commission of Pensions
Pension Agency Detroit March 29 th 1853
Sir In reply to yours of the 24 th inst I have to say that Eunice Monroe widow of Josiah Monroe has been paid at this Agency to the 4 th day of September 1852
I am Sir respectfully
your abt. Servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agency

James C. Heath Esq. Comt. of Penguins Home Dept. Washington D.C.

MECHANICS' AND FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency.
March 10. 1851
J. C. Heath
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 6 th inst l I have to state, that Eunice Morse a Pensioner under the Act of 2 nd Feby 1848 forty Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1850.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
J. C. Heath
PREST' AND PENSION AGENT. per
John King.

Washington January 31, 1857.
Wm. H. Heath, Comm. of Pensions.
Josiah Morse (deceased) was a Soldier of the Revolutionary service, and previous to his death received a Pension of $96. per month annum, and died in 1839. leaving a Widow, Eunice Morse who was placed on the Pension Roll at $40. per annum for life. She was married previous to 1794, and is now eighty three years of age. Her Son wants to know if she cannot receive be placed on the Roll at $96. per annum, as the $40. is not adequate to her support. Her Pension is now paid at Albany, N.Y. I do not know the Company or Regt. he served.
If her Pension can be raised to $96. per annum, please send me the proper instructions for the same.
I am most Respectfully.
R. L. Rose

Sept 1. 48. Samuel A. Brown, Esq. The Duke of Roxburghe
Lt. Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pennies City of Washington

Farmstown, Chautauque Co. N.Y. Aug: 21. 1848-
Hon J. L. Edwards. Sir.
Enclosed I send you the pension papers of Mrs Emma Morse of Mayville in this county.
Mrs Morse is the widow of Joseph Morse who was a pensioner, and she was herself pensioned at 40 Dals a year, as I am informed under the act of 1834, but as her husband did not depart this life till afterwards, I believe she received but a small portion of the 5 year annuity.
I have drawn her papers to get the one year annuity of 1848, I have also drawn her declaration to obtain the 4 year annuity of 1844 and also to obtain the benefit of the act of last February, all of which acts we suppose she is entitled to.
She accounts for her delay in apply- -ing & think very satisfactorily. Her identity and character for truth and veracity, are fully proved by W. Smith Esq. who was long a Justice and Surrogate of this county, which of- -fices he held until removed by the Whigs when they obtained the ascendancy.
If there is any thing informal be pleased to send a set of your prin- -ted forms, according to your usual practice - Yours very Respectfully Sam. A. Brown

Due to J. H. D. & Co. $40 per an Comm. 1 July 1848
Michigan Ave
Oliver Phelps Jr. Washington D. C.

State of Michigan } Branch County. } ss.
Before me Harvey Warner a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally came Charlotte Smith and William Smith two credible and Eunice Morse the widows of Josiah Morse deceased witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, say on oath that Eunice Morse is the widow of Josiah Morse deceased a soldier in the Revolutionary Army; who was placed on the Pension Roll at Nine Six ($96.) dollars per annum, and received that annuity until his death in 1839; since then, the widow of the deceased has been placed on the Pension Roll at $40. per annum, under act March 17 th 1843, (she thinks), she now desires to be placed under the act of Approved July 8 th 1848, entitling widows to receive the same as their husbands. she is of eighty three years of age, and draws her Pension at Albany New York, and desires if increased to draw from the Pension Office in Detroit Michigan
Sworn to and subscribed This 27 th day of February 1851 before me
H. Warner. Justice of the Peace
Charlotte Smith William Smith Eunice Morse
State of Michigan } County of Branch } ss. I, Phineas P. Wright Clerk of said County of Branch do hereby certify that Harvey Warner Esq whose genuine signature appears to the above Affidavit and before whom the same purports to have been made was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified and fully authorized to take acknowledgments and to

administra Oaths for General purposes.
In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for said County at the village of Coleman this Twenty Seventh day of February A.D. 1887. W. P. Wright Clerk
Sub to J. P. D. & Co. 440 per annum Carrying 1 July 1848
Michigan
Oliver Phelps Jr. Washington D.C.

In the matter of Emma Clarke to obtain a Pension —
affidavit
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 1

State of New York Washington County } ss
Daniel Sinkham being duly sworn says that he is now Pastor of the Baptist Church White Brick that he has been pastor of said Church since the year 1816 - and that Elder Waits was formerly Pastor of the said Baptist Church -
And this deponent further says - that he has exam- -ined for the record of the Marriages - and can find no such record kept during the time said Elder Waits was pastor of said Church - and this deponent truly believes that if any such record was kept - it is lost or destroyed Sworn this 22 day of April 1844 before me -
Daniel Sinkham
C. S. Ransom Justice of the Peace
And I certify that the said Daniel Sinkham who makes the foregoing affidavit is well known to me that he is a person of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to his testimony C. S. Ransom Justice Peace

State of New York Washington County ss I Henry Shiphead clerk of said county do hereby certify that Chauncy D. Ransom Esq whose signature is affixed to the within Inuit and certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly qualified and that said signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 18 th day of May in the year of our Lord. 1844 H Shiphead clerk

State of New York Washington County
ss There Waite being duly sworn says that he is seventy years of age that he is a son of William Waite who was formerly Pastor of the Baptist Church and Congregation - Now known as the White Creek Baptist Church - that the said William Waite was Pastor of the said Church in the year 1791, that said Church was then in the town of Cambridge in said County - and that the said William Waite died in the year 1826 - And this deponent further says that since the said William Waite his father became Pastor of the said Church, this deponent has resided in the immediate vicinity of said Church - that he has been repeatedly applied to - since his Father's death for any Record of Marriages - which might have been kept by his Father, as pastor aforesaid - and that he has been unable to find any such record - and truely believes that no such record exists - and further this deponent doth not swear this 22 nd day of April in the year 1844 before me
Lera Waite C.S. Ransom Justice Peace
And I Certify that I know the said Lera Waite who makes the foregoing affidavit to be a person of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to his testimony
C.S. Ransom Justice Peace

State of New York Washington County ss I Henry Shipheard Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Chauncy S. Rankin Esq whose signature is affixed to the within Draft Certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly qualified and that said signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 16 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1844 H Shipheard Clerk

State of New York Washington County ss
Thera Waite being duly sworn Says, that he is seventy years of age that he is a son of William Waite, who was formerly Pastor of the Baptist Church and Congregation - Now known as the White Creek Baptist Church - that the said William Waite was Pastor of the said Church in the year 1791, that said Church was then in the town of Cambridge in said County - and that the said William Waite died in the year 1826 - And this deponent further says that since the said William Waite his father became Pastor of the said Church, this deponent has resided in the immediate vicinity of said Church - that he has been repeatedly applied to - since his Father's death for any record of Marriages - which might have been kept by his Father, as pastor aforesaid - and that he has been unable to find any such record - and hereby believes that no such record exists - and further this deponent doth not swear this 22 nd day of April in the year 1844 before me
Thera Waite
G.S. Ransom Justice Peace
And I Certify that I know the said Thera Waite who makes the foregoing affidavit to be a person of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to his testimony
G.S. Ransom Justice Peace

State of New York Washington County ss I Henry Shiphead Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Chauncy S. Rankin Esq whose signature is affixed to the within Draft Certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and that said signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 16 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1844 H. Shiphead Clerk

State of New York Washington County. ss.
Elijah P Fenton being duly sworn says that he is town clerk of the town of Cambridge. County and State aforesaid and that he has examined the records of said town in his office and finds no record of the marriage of Josiah Morse and Emma Wetherby
Sworn this 15 th day of May 1844. before me
Elijah P Fenton Town Clerk.
C. S. Ransom Justice Peace
And I further certify that the said Elijah P Fenton who makes the foregoing affidavit is well known to me that he is a person of truth & veracity and that full credit ought to be given to his testimony
C. S. Ransom Justice Peace

State of New York Washington County ss I Henry Shipherd Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Chauncy D. Ransom Esq. whose signa- ture is affixed to the within draft and certificate was at the time the same bear date a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and that said signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1816 H Shipherd Clerk

State of New-York Chautauqua County ss. I Emma Morse the widow of Josiah Morse deceased a Pensioner of the United States for services rendered during the war of the Revolution being duly sworn deposes & saith that she had a record of her marriage with said Josiah Morse deceased in a family Bible that belonged to this deponent & said Josiah Morse deceased, and said record was on a leaf in the forepart of said bible and by reason of the long time since they had said bible it had become worn so that the leaf on which said record was, became loose and while this deponent was in the State of Illinois with her children, said bible being with her said leaf on which was the record of her marriage with said deceased her late husband was lost and destroyed and she had no other record of her said marriage, and she has none at this time. The said bible is now in her possession in the Village of Mayville Chautauqua County New-York and further this deponent says not sworn & subscribed before me This 29 day of May 1866 I Emma Morse Reackett J.P.
and I do certify that the said Emma Morse is a person well known to me and that she is a person of truth and veracity and full credit ought to be given to her testimony Reackett J.P.
State of New-York Chautauqua County ss. I Samuel A. Whellan of the Village of Mayville in said County of Chautauqua being duly sworn according to law says that he is over forty years of age and that he has been acquainted and known Emma Morse who has signed her name to and made the foregoing affidavit for more than twenty years -

and here testified upon his oath that the said Daniel Morse is a person of good Moral Character and of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to her testimony and further the deponent says not. Sworn - Subscribe before me 2 J. S. Whallou This 27 day of May 1844 R. Sackett J.P.
and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Morse and that full credit he is a person of truth and veracity - full credit ought to be given to his testimony R. Sackett J.P.
State of New-York } Charlotte Smith aged forty Chautauqua County } years who resides at Mayville Chautauqua County State of Ohio being only Sworn according to law deposed and saith that she has often seen the record of the marriage of Josiah Morse & Emma Morse or Emma Motherly in the bible mentioned in the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Morse before Daniel Morse went to the State of Illinois and she has seen the said bible since she has returned from said State and that the leaf on which said record was made is gone it being a leaf in the forepart of said bible and further the deponent says not. Sworn - Subscribe before me 2 Charlotte Smith This 27th day of May 1844 R. Sackett J.P.
and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Charlotte Smith and that she is a person of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to her testimony R. Sackett J.P.

State of New York } p. Alvin Blunt Clerk Chautauqua County } of said County do hereby Clerks office certify that R. Sackett whose signature is set to the front of the affidavit of Emma Morse, of S. S. Whallon and Charlotte Smith, and also subscribed to the certificate below each of the said affidavits, and thereon written was on the day and date of each, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Commissioned, sworn and duly qualified according to the laws of the aforesaid State to have affidavits &c; And do further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature "R. Sackett J. P." subscribed to each of the said Jurats and certificates to be genuine genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 30 th day of May 1844.
Alvin Blunt Clerk

July 26 45
Paid 25
J. H. Edwards Esq. Pension office City of Washington

Mayville Chautauqua Co. N.Y. July 23 d 1846.
My Dear Sir
I write you in behalf of Emma Morse widow of Judah Morse deceased a Revolutionary Soldier to ascertain what is in the business of Emma Morse is in of obtaining her Pension certificate as the widow of said deceased. The papers in her case were submitted to Agent to the Pension Office by the Hon. A. Tyler M.P. from our District. The last papers were sent about the first of June last and he writes me that he did not receive any answer from the Pension Office on the subject before Congress adjourned.
I wish you would write me on the subject as soon as a determination in the matter has taken place at the Pension Office. I have the control of her business and if a certificate of Pension is granted to Emma Morse aforesaid you will forward the same to me at Mayville aforesaid or if any other communication should become necessary be so good as to send to me very respectfully yours Obedient Serv't
J. H. Edwards Esq.
William Smith
8534

ad 43 96 13 Emmie Morse widow of Josiah New York
admitted Pr: - $40 per am
Samuel A. Brown Farmington, N. Y. Act 3 March 1843

State of New York Chautauqua County
ss - On this seventeenth day of April August 1844 personally appeared before the Hon: James G. Hoyt one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a special term of the Supreme Court, held at the court house in the vil- lage of Mayville, in and for the county of Chautauqua, in New York, the same being a court of Record, Emma Morse a resident of the town of Chautauqua, in the county of Chaut- -qua aforesaid, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn across- -ling to law, doth on her oath make- -the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served dur- -ing the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jariah Morse who was a private in a company of artificers in the army of the Revolution as she verily believes, that she cannot state the regiment to which he belonged, but she believes he was a Massachu- -setts soldier, and that his captain's name was Clark, and that the an- -nual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was forty Dollars a year.
She further declares that she is still a widow and has been since the death of the said Jariah Morse. She further deponeth under oath that she was placed on the pen- -sion list under the aforesaid

at which she resided with a daughter in the town of Chautauqua aforesaid, that after the death of the deceased she was entitled to under said act. She left the State of New York and went to reside with a son in the town of Sharon, county of Waukesha and State of Wis- consin, and that she had no knowledge whatever that laws had been passed to continue the pension of widow till she returned to the county of Chautauqua aforesaid in the month of June last -
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year above written M. R. Varnes Clerk of Chautauqua County
Emma Morse
Chautauqua County ss William Smith of the town of Chautauqua in the county of Chautauqua aforesaid, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has resided in the town of Chautauqua aforesaid for the space of thirty one years, during the last 29 years of which he has been an attorney at law and for nine- -teen years held the office of Surrogate of said county. That he has been inti- -mately acquainted with Emma Morse the above applicant for a pension, whose name appears to the above depo- -sition, and that he knows that she is the identical person who was married

on the pension list at forty Dollars a year as stated in her declaration above, and further that she is a per- -son of strict truth and veracity -
Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of August 1848, in open court -
William Smith
U.S. Pensions Clerk of Chautauqua County
At a Special Term of the Supreme Court held at the Court House in the Village of Mayville in and for the County of Chautauqua on the 17th day of August A.D. 1848
Present Hon. James H. Hoyt Justice
Personally appeared in open court Emma Moose, and made oath in due form of law to the preceding deposition
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County, this Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thou- -sand eight hundred and forty eight
U.S. Pensions Clerk of Chautauqua County

592-665
Emm d Moore widow of Josiah New York
admitted
P. p. 40, per a
Saml A. Brown Farmington N. Y.
Accts 17 June 1844 & 2 Feb 1848.

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss. On this seven- -teenth day of August 1844 personally appeared before the Hon. Jerome G. Hagt one of the justi- -ces of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a special term of the Supreme Court, held at the Court House in the village of Mayville, in and for the county of Chautauqua aforesaid, Emma Morse a resident of the town of Cha- -utauqua aforesaid, in the county of Chautauqua, aged seventy nine years, who being first July sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1844, granting pen- -sions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. and also under the act of the 17 th of June 1844. That she is the widow of Gorham Morse who was an artifi- -cer in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot give the Regiment to which she belongs he belonged, but she believes his Captain's name was Blapth under whom he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 4. 1834 was forty Dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow and has not inter- -married since the death of her husband the said Gorham Morse. She further deponeth and saith

that after she drew her last pension money, she went to the State of Michigan and lived with her son, that she returned to Chautauqua aforesaid in June last, and that she had no knowledge or information in regard to the laws which have been passed for the benefit of widows title last June.
She was then "duly" introduced on the stand here before signing, also the words "she belong" and before signing - I was to call subscribed in open court before the Court the day & year above written
Emma Morse
W.P. Russell Clerk of Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County ss William Smith of the town of Chautauqua in the county of Chautauqua aforesaid, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has resided in the town of Chautauqua aforesaid for the space of thirty one years, during the last 29 years of which he has been an attorney at law, and for nineteen years held the office of Advocate of said county, that he has been intimately acquainted with Emma Morse the above applicant for a pension whose name appears to the above deposition, and that he knows

That she is the identical person who was placed on the pension list at forty dollars a year as stated in her declaration above, and further that she is a person of strict truth and veracity - In witness whereof she has hereunto set her hand the day & year first above written. William Smith M. P. Rinnus Clerk of Chautauqua County
At a Special Term of the Supreme Court held at the Court House in the Village of Mayville in and for said the County of Chautauqua on the 17th day of August A.D. 1848
Present Hon. James K. Hoyt Justice
Personally appeared in open court Emma Morse, and made oath in due form of law to the preceding dep- osition
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court and County this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty eight
M. P. Rinnus Clerk of Chautauqua County.

County of Chautauqua ss
On this 11 th day of March 1853 before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Chautauqua personally appeared Eunice Morse widow of Josiah Morse who on her Oath declares that she is the same person whose name is placed on the Pension Roll of Debit of the State of Michigan from whence she has lately removed that she now resides in the State of New York where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable at Albany in future, the following are her reasons for removing from Chicago State of Illinois where she last resided she was not conveniently situated there and wished to move to Hins Chautauqua County N.Y. for the privilege of living with her son Elisha Morse of that place
Sworn and Subscribed to before me Eunice Morse
the day and year aforesaid. ) the word from between the 10 th & 11 th line
Isaac Rolf J.P. and N.Y. in the 13 th line where intended before signing
Isaac Rolf J.P.
Chautauqua County ss
Elisha Morse being duly sworn said Eunice Morse who has taken the above Oath is the person described in the affidavit. Elisha Morse
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11 th day of March 1853
Isaac Rolf J.P.
I certify that Elisha Morse the above witness is a person of truth and veracity Isaac Rolf J.P.

State of New York Chautauqua County } Clerk's Office }
I hereby certify that Isaac Relf Esq. was on the 14th day of March 1853, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn and authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths &c. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and justly believe that his signatures to the foregoing Deeds and Certificate are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this 16th day of March A.D. 1853
R. O. Green Clerk
There is another application to the Court here from Chautauqua Co. N.Y.

J. C. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
Pension Agency, Detroit March 21 st 1853
I transmit herewith the application of Eunice Morse for a transfer from this Agency to the Agency of New York.
Her address is Mina, Chautauque Co.
N. Y.
I am Sir respectfully Your ob t . Servant E. D. Hastings Pension Agent

Held on desk of V. L. M.
3-397. (Old No. 3-399.)
Record Division. Mid. File No. 185-33
V. L. M. , Ex'r.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Josiah Morse Rev. War.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1908
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of-----
Josiah Morse pensioned under the Act of May 20, 1830 by certificate No. 20,182 which issued July 14, 1830, New York Agency, showing date of death, date of last payment of pension, and full name and relationship of person to whom paid.
Very respectfully,
V. Warner. Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

107 Court St
Grand Rapids Mich
Oct 4 - '00
Bureau of Pension Washington
Sir, - Will you kindly give me the military records in Rev. War of Josiah Morse of Mass. born 1763 and of Moses Morse of same state.
Thanking you in advance for same information
Very truly
(Mrs) Frances Morse Powers

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by AB Wilson
Claim No. Dec. 23, 1908
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Eunice or Emma Morse
Soldier Josiah Morse
Service Rev.
Additional Service. _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
The only other Eunice Morse found on Rev. War records is Wid File 17173 Eunice Morse  former widow of Samuel Burbank not in any way identical No other Rev. War widow named Emma Morse.
Chief Division

1908 Nov. 21 Mrs. Jos. A. M c Ginnies Ripley, N. Y. 3-871. me
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Josiah Morse
Service Mass.
Additional Service Rev. War
of Franklin Co. Mass.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim, except I. # 37258 Dismounted Proved. Co. Me. W. # 18533 of Hampshire Co. Mass. cannot identify

Board of Supervisors, 1908 CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK
OFFICE OF JOSEPH A. MCGINNIES, Clerk
Ripley, N. H., Dec 8, 1908 190
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to a letter of Nov. 21st from the department in relation to services of Josiah Morse a revolutionary soldier will say; That Josiah Morse was born in Franklin Co. Mass June 17th. 1763 enlisted from Franklin Co. Mass in the revolutionary army and died in Chautauqua County N.Y. May 21st 1839 We do not wish to present a claim for pension but simply to establish the fact of his services in the revolution. Any information you can give me along those lines will be appreciated
Very truly yours

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Dec 18 th 1908
The Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
In reply to your letter of 14 th inst, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Albany, the records of this office show payment to have been made to Josiah Morse, Act 20 May 1830 certificate No. 20182 at $ 8- per month to 21 May 1839 date of death. The pensioner died at the house of Elisha Morse, his son, and the voucher shows that the widow Emma, was on a visit to children in Illinois at the time of the death of Josiah. Payment was made under Act 6 April 1838, - 5 October 1844 to the widow Emma, who was seventy five years old 1 February 1844. The pensioner resided in Mayville, Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Robert S. Person,
Auditor.
Handwritten signature of Deputy Auditor
Deputy Auditor.