Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6859, for Silas Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental conn.
Pease, Silas Rhoba
No. 6859
CONTENTS

1568
file H9256
Albany
Silas Pease Private
Captain Huntington company of the Regt commanded by Col. Myllyp. Cont. line
Ratio of disability, total
Date of discharge, _____
Time of closing the testimony, _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at eight dollars per month, to commence on the
1 st January 1828
Certificate of pension issued on the 4 th of Jany 1832 and sent to Hon. J. C. Bates House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th Sept. 1831 - $ 353. 03
Sem-an'l all'e ending 4 March 1832 48. -
$ 401. 03
Act of the 20 May 1830.
Rec: Book D. Vol: 5 fol: 35

Dec 28 Apr 1834 Leth S. (at h. 54) N. W. Bastwick, do
2703 New York R. Albany Rhobus Pease widow of Silas Pease Con n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Dec 1850 and sent to
D. D. T. Benedict Auburn N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 81, Vol. A, July 29 th
Examined with Orig. Roll June 1853 W. L.

Family Record
Silas Pease was Born in the town of Suffield State of Connecticut on the 16 th of January 1760
Rhoba Pease was Born in the town of Stamford County of Dutchess State of New York on the 2 nd day of January 1776
Married the 1 st of September 1799 at Stamford — — — — — Chauncy Pease
This day came before me Chauncy Pease of the town of Fleming County of Cayuga & State of New York to me personally known and being duly sworn says that the above is a true copy of the original family Records of Silas and Rhoba Pease copied by his own hand
State of New York, } ss. Cayuga County Clerk's Office.
I, EBENEZER B. COBB, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that John Hammond, Esquire, before whom the annexed Instrument was proven or acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that the annexed Instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity to the laws of said State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at the City of Auburn, this 12 day of April 1830.
E. B. Cobb CLERK.

Family Record
Silas Pease was Born in the town of Suffield State of Connecticut on the 16 th of January 1760
Rhoba Pease was Born in the town of Stanford County of Dutchess State of New York on the 2 nd day of January 1776
Married the 1 st of September 1799 at Stanford — — — — — Chauncy Pease
This day came before me Chauncy Pease of the town of Fleming County of Cayuga & State of New York to me personally known and being duly sworn says that the above is a true copy of the original family Records of Silas and Rhoba Pease copied by his own hand Subscribed and sworn before me at Fleming this 9 th day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty,
Johns Hammond } justice of the peace

Family Records
Silas Pease was Born in the town of Suffield State of Connecticut on the 16 of January 1760
Rhoba Pease was Born in the town of Stanford County of Dutchess State of New York on the 2 d day of January 1796
Married the 1 st of September 1799 at Stanford
Delia Pease was Born the 28 th of May 1800 in the town of Chatham County of Columbia State of New York 1802
Chauncy Pease was born the 29 th of March Chatham Columbia County State of N. York 1804
Oran Pease was born the 23 rd of Feb y New canaan County of Columbia N. York. Died at Scipio on the 16 day of September 1820
Ethan Pease was born on the 13 day of Dec r 1806 Malta Saratoga County N.Y.
Allen Pease was born on the 19 th of Feb 1809 at Malta Saratoga County N.Y.
Betsy Pease the 1 st was born the 25 th of Nov 1811 at Malta Saratoga County N.Y. Died the 3 d of August 1812 at Duaneville
Betsey Pease the 2 d was born on the 5 th of August 1813 at Scipio Cayuga County
Amos Pease was born on the 10 th day of Feb 1818 at Scipio Cayuga County

Khoba & Chauncey Pease's Affidavits

State of New York, } ss. County of Cayuga }
On this 26 th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, John P. Hurlbert, County Judge of Cayuga County, Rhoba Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty eight - That she is the widow of Silas Pease, a private soldier of the war of the Revolution and who drew a pension while living at the rate of eight dollars per month; That she was married to the above named Silas Pease in the town of Stamford in the county of Dutchess and State of New York on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine, and that her husband the aforesaid Silas Pease died in the town of Skane in the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the twenty-first day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six in consequence of a disease not decisively ascertained and that she has remained a widow ever since that time as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Rhoba X Pease Mark
John P. Hurlbert County Judge of Cayuga County State of New York
Town of Fleming, County of Cayuga and State of New York: - I, John P. Hurlbert, County Judge of Cayuga County, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence that Rhoba Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the county of Cayuga and State of New York who has been sworn before me on the date first-

above written at the town of Fleming aforesaid is the widow of Silas Pease, the identical person named in the Pension Certificate which she has this day exhibited before me and which was given at the War Office the fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty two; and further that the aforesaid Rhoda Pease is unable to appear in open Court to make her declaration by reason of bodily infirmity. —
John P. Hurlbert County Judge of Cayuga County in the State of New York
State of New York } ss. County of Cayuga }
On this 26 th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, John P. Hurlbert, County Judge of Cayuga County, Chauncy Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says — That he is a son of Silas and Rhoda Pease mentioned in the above declaration of his mother Rhoda Pease, that he knows that his father the aforesaid Silas Pease died in the town of Seneca in the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the twenty first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty six; and that his mother the aforesaid Rhoda Pease has never been married since that time but still continues the widow of the said Silas Pease, and that she is known as the widow of the aforesaid Silas Pease in the vicinity where she resides.
Sworn and subscribed before me
The day and year first above written
Chauncy Pease John P. Hurlbert County Judge of Cayuga County in the State of New York

State of New York
County of Cayuga Clerk's Office p. I, Ebenezer B. Cobb, Clerk of the County of Cayuga and of the Court of Record thereof do hereby certify that John P. Hulbert, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same County Judge of Cayuga County duly elected and authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe the fore- going to be each his genuine signatures. —
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and official Seal this seventh day of February, 1850
Ebenezer B. Cobb (Clerk)

J. C. Bates Silas Pease
Dec. 15 th 1829
Ref. d to Com. on Mil. Pension
Due $8. —

To the Hon. the Senate & the Hon. the House of Representatives of the United States: Respectfully
represents, Silas Mease of Scipio in the County of Cayuga & State of New York, - that on the sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1776, in the Town of Suffield & State of Connecticut, he enlisted into the Continent- al army for one year, in Capt Ebenezer Hunt ington's Company, he thinks, in the third Con- necticut Regiment, commanded by Colo. Sam l . Wyllys, & that he served faithfully until the first of January following (eleven & a half months) when he was, together with the whole Regiment, regularly discharged at Peekskill, but received no very written discharge - That about the time of his being so discharged, he again enlisted to serve during the war, that under this last enlistment to war he served faithfully until November  October 1782, when having been compelled to do duty barefooted, upon frozen ground he left the service - Your Petitioner would further represent, that he is now aged & in- firm, & scarcely able to perform any labor - he has a wife & six children, the youngest of whom is only ten years of age - He has by daughter who has been sick & unable to labor for the last two winters

ten twelve years, he has been at much expense in nursing & attending to her & in paying phy- -sicians, & has had much other sickness in his family - that by misfortunes & sickness he has lost the property he once owned, & is now in very reduced circumstances, & destitute of prop- -erty, & stands in great need of relief from the bounty of his country, to furnish the necessa- -ries of life for himself & family -
He therefore prays, that he may be allowed a pension for the few remaining days, or years, that he may be suffered to live & as in duty bound &c - Silas Beane Sept 24 th 1828 -

J.L.M. Rev. War Section.
November 1, 1915.
Miss G. Belle Pease.
Mapleton,
New York.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 26 th ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the claim of Silas Pease, W. File No. 6,859, Rev. War that he was born January 16, 1760, at Sheffield, Connecticut, and enlisted there January 16, 1776, as a Private in Captain Ebenezer Huntington's company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Regiment, and served until January 1, 1777, when he was discharged at Peekskill; that about the time of his being discharged he again enlisted to serve during the war, and under this enlistment served until November 10, 1782, when having been compelled to do duty barefooted upon frozen ground, he left the service; for the disability resulting therefrom he was pensioned on an application executed September 24, 1828, while residing at Scipio, Cayuga County, New York.
He married September 1, 1799, at Stanford, Dutchess County, New York. Rhoba--- who was born January 2,

1776, at Stanford, New York. He died March 21, 1836, at Scipio, New York, and his widow Rhoba was allowed pension on an application executed January 26, 1850, while a resident of Fleming, a Cayuga County, New York. She died April 28, 1854
Children.
Delia born May 28, 1800. Chauncey " March 23, 1802. Oran or Ovan " February 23, 1804, died September 16, 1820. Ethan " December 13, 1806. Allen " February 19, 1809. Betsey (1st) " November 25, 1811, died August 3, 1812. Betsey (2d) " August 5, 1813. Amon " February 10, 1818.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

3532 Silas Pease
John Grover, Judge,
Auburn, N. Y.
Rec d Mar. 30. 1819.
Silas Pease (private Colonel Wyllis's Regt. Connecticut line
1776-1781 deserted 10 Nov. 1782
Rejected - Having Deserted 10 Nov. 1782
17. 138.
Silas Pease, Cayuga County, N.Y.
Col o Wyllis's regt. Connect. line, 11 months. 16. Jany 1776, to 1 st Jany, 1777.
found on the rolls of Col o Wyllis's regt. as having deserted in November, 1782, and not afterwards joined his regiment.
Inadmissible
John Grover, judge, Auburn, N. York, Rec d 20. July, 1820.

Silas Pease

State of New York Cayuga County ss Silas Pease of the Town of Scipio County aforesaid being duly sworn saith that on the 18 th day of January 1776 in the Town of Suffield & State of Connecticut, he enlisted int. the continental army for one year int. Capt. Ebenezer Huntington's company in the third (he thinks) Connecticut Regiment, under Colonel Samuel Wyllys & that he served better than eleven months in said Regiment when he was discharged at Poughkeepsie, but received no written discharge: He further saith that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. And further saith not Silas Pease
State of New York Cayuga ss Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cay- uga Silas Pease to me personally known to be the person made solemn oath that the contents of the above affidavit are true. And I do certify to the Hon. the Secreta- ry of the War Department that I am satisfied of the truth of the above affidavit John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas

Andover Ms. Oct 3 rd 1834.
Hon d S t P Waldo, Com r of Pensions.
Sir,
Herewith I send appli- cation of Chauncy Pease, for pension due on the certificate of Rhoba Pease, now deceased.
Your early attention to the same, will confer a favor upon
Yours truly, A H Washburne.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss.
I Gideon Sikes of Suffield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, of lawful age do testify and say, that Silas Pease of Scipio in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, served more more than Eleven Months as a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, in the twenty Second Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Willys in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Huntington, and that when I joined the said company In January Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six, he the said Silas Pease was then there, and that I then belonging to the same company, lived in the same Room with him at Roxbury, and that he served in said Regiment untill untill the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven and was then Dismissed at Peks Kill in the State of New York, together with the whole Regiment, witness my hand, at West Springfield the 18 th Day of January 1819. —
Gideon Sikes
Hampden ss. West Springfield 18 th January 1819. then Gideon Sikes above named personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, and before me, and I hereby certify that I am intimately acquainted with the said Gideon Sikes and that I consider him a man of undoubted truth & veracity Amos Worthington Justing Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss.
I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Hampden do certify that Amos Worthington Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampden and is by law authorized to take depositions & administer oaths - and that the within signature is his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the Seal of the County to be hereunto affixed this Nineteenth day of January
D. 1819 Attest John Ingersoll Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss. I Eliphalet King of West Springfield in Said county of Hampden, of lawfull age do testify and say that I enlisted Silas Pease of Scipio in the County of Cayuga & State of New York on or before the sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, and that he, the said Silas Pease served as a Soldier more than Eleven Months in the Revolutionary army, from the said sixteenth day of January Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven in the twenty second Regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Willys, in the third company, commanded by Captain Ebene- zer Huntington, in which I served as Lieutenant. being in the Connecticut line of troops, and that he was regularly dismissed at Peks kill in the State of New York on the said first day of January Seventeen Hun- dred and Seventy Seven, and that I now have in my house the muster roll of said company for that time with said Pease, name thereon. witness my hand, dated at West Springfield afore said the Eleventh Day of January 1819. Eliphalet King
Hampden ss. West Springfield 11 th January 1819. Then Eliphalet King above named personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, before me, and I here by certify that the said Eliphalet King is a man of Respectable character and Standing in Society, and of truth and veracity. Amos Worthington Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of Judicial Court within & for the County of Hampden do Certify that Amos Worthington is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampden and is by law authorized to take depositions and Administer Oaths - And that the within Signature is his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County to be hereunto affixed this Nineteenth day of January A. D. 1819 Attest John Ingersoll Clerk

20 Aug. The Com ee to whom the 2 Lf. petition of Miles Pease was referred. Report:
That the Petitioner served in the Continental Establishment in 1776-7 eleven & one half months & was regularly discharged. That he re-enlisted, immediately there- after, during the war, & served until Nov. 1782 when he left the service (from the service of it, having, as he states, having been compelled to do duty barefoot upon the frozen ground), without a discharge. He is poor & in need of relief; & as his first term of service entitled him to a pension, the Com ee thinks that his subsequent conduct, connected with the length of his service, ought not to deprive him of his pension. They therefore report a bill for $8. a month.

6 sec. act May 20. 1830
Inward Mss. Rds
— act $8 per mo. from 1 Jan. 1828
Hon. J. C. Bates, H. R.

Washington Jan 4. 1832.
Mr Edwards,
I obtained a pension by act of Congress for Elias Pease in May 1830 - I wish to obtain his certificate & if he is not living I will inform the de- partment of the date of his death.
Yours truly, J. E. Bates

No 1122 Rhoba Rhoba Pease mo of Silas NY at 29 May 1848
Marr'd 1799 Hus d died 1836
Adm o of 96 per annum, from 4 March 1848
Albany Roll
H. H. T. Benedict Auburn NY.

State of New York } County of Cayuga }
On this Sixth ~ day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, Horace T. Cook, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Luse — a resident of the city of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, aged fifty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says — That he has been acquainted with Rhoba Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of New York for twenty years last past: That when he first knew her he knew her as the wife of Silas Pease, and that she is now known as the widow of Silas Pease in the vicinity where she resides: he further states that he knows Rhoba Pease to be a woman of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me the } William Luse day and year first above written }
Horace T. Cook Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Cayuga }
On this Sixth ~ day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, Horace T. Cook, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Hannah Luse — a resident of the city of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, aged Sixty seven ~ years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says — That she has been acquainted with Rhoba Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of

New York for the last twenty years. That when she first knew her she knew her as the widow of Silas Pease; and that she is now known as the widow of Silas Pease in the vicinity where she resides: She further states that she knows Rhoba Pease to be a woman of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of February A.D. 1850
Horace T. Cook
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office Gs: I Ebenezer B. Cobb Clerk of the County of Cayuga and of the County of Record thereof do hereby certify that Horace T. Cook before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner, I hereby believe the foregoing to be each his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand of office seal, this 7 day of February A.D. 1850
Ebenezer B. Cobb Clerk

Then Com of Pensions

1850
Auburn N.Y. April 12 th
Hon Sir Enclosed you will find the proof required by you in case of Rhoda Pease a claimant for a Pension
Yours Respectfully Edward W. Bafter
Per D D Benedict
Mr H
To Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions

Auburn Ny July 3 rd , 1850
Hon Sir,
I herewith transmit to you the Original Family Record of the marriage of Rehoba and Silas Pease, as required by you in your letter of June 17 th .
Yours Respectfully Edward H. Baxter, Per H. C. Newhall

Auburn, N.Y. May 27 th 1830
Honorable Sir:-
Will you please inform me what action has been taken in the claim of Rhoba Pease to a pension as widow of Silas Pease, who was a revolutionary soldier. Please direct to me at Auburn, N.Y. -
Very Respectfully Edward H. Bartol.
The Hon. J. L. Edwards -
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. "

Auburn N.Y. Sept 6 th 1858 Hon Sir You will do me a favor favor by informing me as to the Result of your examination of claim of Rhoda Pease to a pension, as the Widow of a Revolutionary prisoner Yours with Respect Edward H. Barker per D. D. B. and A.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

Auburn, February 7th. - 1850.
Honorable Sir:
Enclosed I hand you proof sustaining the claim of Rhoba Pease, a resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of New York to a pension from the Government of the United States under Act of July twenty-first eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Papers in relation to the matter please direct to me at Auburn, New York,
Very Respectfully Yours Edward H. Baxter
Hon J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions, - Washington, D. C. -

Gallipolis Ohio March 25 th 1859
Hon
Sir your letter of the 20 th inst is here and in answer I would respectfully inform you that I am aware that when Silas Pease first made his application for a pension, an objection was made against allowing the same, on the ground that said Silas Pease deserted from the Revolutionary Army, and I am also aware that that statement on the rolls of his company was subsequently proved to be a false entry, and upon this last mentioned proof being made said Silas Pease was allowed an Invalid's Pension - I wish you here to take particular notice of the fact that Silas Pease was an invalid pensioner at the rate of 96 dollars per annum how did he come to be allowed an Invalid's Pension - Sir I will tell you about that, when Silas Pease found that he had been charged

with Desertion he then made proof that he did not desert but that on the 10th day of November in the year 1789 he the said Silas Pease was so badly injured from having Marched a long March over frozen Ground and he the said Silas Pease being entirely destitute of Shoes or any other covering for his feet during said March that he became on the date last above named unable to march any further that he never did during his life time get the use of his feet but he remained a cripple as long as he lived, it was by producing proof to those facts that a pension was allowed to said invalid and it was for the same reason continued during his life, it is known at the Pension Office that these are the facts in this case I do not say that any attempt has been made to wrong Silas Pease or his heirs out of their just due but I do say that Silas Pease has not had his just due and further I do say that inasmuch

as that I do know that Silas Pease has not had the bounty money and the bounty land that that is his due and inasmuch as that I also know how much is his due and that I know why and how he did prove his right to said claims, as also to the back pension that is still due to him, I shall proceed in this case to have the Government of the United States live up to the letter of the law in setting these claims.
Respectfully Daniel D. G. Benedict
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Auburn N.Y. Nov 9 th 1850
Hon.
Sir you will do me a favor by informing me whether you have made your decision on the claim of Rhoda Pease to a pension as the widow of Silas Pease a Revolutionary pensioner - on the 7 day of February last I sent the first proof in said case to the pension office whereupon I received information that you wished for further proof of the marriage of Mrs Pease and I on the 12 th day of last April sent you the affidavit of Chauncy Pease with wherein he testifies that that part of said affidavit is an exact copy of the original family Record of the Family of Silas Pease his wife now his widow Rhoda Pease and the Hon Commissioner of Pensions not being content with that he saw fit to ask

that the original Family Record of the Family of Silas Pease and his widow Rhoda Pease be sent to the Pension Office which was immediately done by me — Several Months has elapsed, since that document has been in the Pension Office as not heard from the same I would be very thankful to know the result of your examination of the same Yours with Respect Edward H. Baxter per Daniel D. T. Brewster
Hon J L Edwards, Com. of pensions

An burn My Sept 23d 1857 Hon. Sir
In answer to yours of the 18 inst I would call your attention to the fact that on the 17 th day of June last a letter very similar to the one above mentioned, was signed by the Hon Commissioner of Pensions and addressed to Edward H. Bafter of this city and that the original Family Record from which said copy named by the Hon Commissioner to the was taken was sent to the Pension Office on or about the first of July according to the request of the Hon. Commission- er of Pensions -- I have no dispo- =sition to try to find fault with any person connected with the Pension office on the contra- =ry I would do as I have done more than once suffer a loss in consequence of the carelessness of those who have

Charge of the Pension office rather than to have any unpleasant words about the matter - if it were not for the fact that these papers that are lost are almost invariably the last proof required in the claim thereby showing a disposition on the part of the Department to avoid a fair examination in accordance with the proof forwarded to the pension office in said claims - it is not a matter of choice on my part to write a letter of this sort but you may rest assured that I am fully prepared to substantiate every word of what I have written in this letter. So Ganeless are those who have charge of the pension office or so convenient has it become for them to deny the value of having proofs forwarded to the pension office that

Those who have important documents to send to the same are commonly driven to the necessity of sending them to the Secretary of the Interior and then have them go through his hands into the pension office for safety sake in such cases Strange as it is they never get lost - I have now to Request of
you that you would give Mrs. the Rhoda Pease the benefit of all the Proof which have been Received at the pension Office among the rest the original Family Record of Mrs Pease Family , which you can easily find if you will please to make Search in your office for the same
Yours with Respect Daniel D T Benedict
To Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions

Gallipolis Ohio Jan 23d 1853
Hon Sir inclosed you will find the Declaration of Rhoda Pease the widow of Silas Pease, asking that the balance of pen- sion that was due to her husband previous to the time that he drew a pension be paid to her - His pension was not allowed to him as far back as the date when his proof was made complete. She therefore asks that the balance that was not paid to him return the time his proof was completed and the first day of January 1828 or in other words she asks for the pension money that was due to Sail Silas Pease according to law before the first day January 1828 in the year 1828
Yours Respectfully Daniel D. Benedict
Hon J E Heath, Comr of Pensions

Auburn June 8 th 1850
Hon Sir,
I this day received a letter from you, stating, that you had not received any additional proof, as to the date of the marriage of Rhoda Pease, a claimant for a pension, under act of July 29 th 1848. In answer I would say, that on the 12 th day of April last I caused to be mailed to you an affidavit of Chauncy Pease, wherein said Chauncy Pease testified that a certain of said affidavit was a true copy of the family record of his Father, Silas Pease, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, till the day of his death, — said affidavit mentioned precisely the date and place of said marriage.
I took particular pains to have substantial evidence of the contents of the afore said affidavit, and of the fact that said affidavit was mailed to you on the date above mentioned. I have no doubt but on diligent search the same will be found in your office. it is no wonder after so long delay that you should have lost the afore said affidavit.
Yours Respectfully,
Edward H. Baxter per. Newhall.
L. S. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C.

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Rhoda Pease Rhoda Ms
Letter Edward H. Baxter 21 Mar 1850
dit same June 5/ 1850
dit same June 17/ 1850
D.D. F. Benedict 18 th Sept 1850
ad 29 July 1848

Mapleton, N. H.
Oct. 26-1915-
Rev. S. P. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Will you kindly send me data concerning Silas Pease, who served in the Revolutionary war? He was born in Suffield Conn.
Yours truly (Miss) G. Belle Pease.

1915 Nov. 1 Hist. Soc. Miss G. Balle Pease
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6859
Rhoda Pease
Wid
Silas Pease
Dist Rev War
Act: July 29  1848
Index:—Vol. 66 , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York, Cayuga County } ss.
On this Fourteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me William Wood a Justice of the Peace within, and for, the County and State aforesaid Rhoba Pease aged Seventy Seven Years and upwards, a Resident of the town of Fleming in the County of Cayuga and State of New York - who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes, and says that she is the identical Rhoba Pease who did in the month of January, in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty make an Application, for a pension as the widow of Silas Pease - that she is now a Pensioner as the widow of the aforesaid Silas Pease - and that she has reason to believe that the Proof Complete upon which her pension and also the pension of her Husband the aforesaid Silas Pease, was granted, are now in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, where they were deposited at the time of the respective claimants above named sustaining said Claims - She further States, that her Husband the aforesaid Silas Pease was a Pensioner in his life time and that at the time when he obtained his Pension Claim for the first he was in indigent circumstances. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of March eighteenth Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and also the several acts of Congress of subsequent date to that act, which relate to Revolutionary Soldiers - this deponent believes that her Husband

The aforesaid Silas Pease did not receive his pension at as early a date as he was entitled to it and she hereby requests that the pension money which was due to the aforesaid Silas Pease previous to the first day of January Eighteen hundred and twenty eight may be paid to her as the widow of said Silas Pease
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
William Wood
Rhoba hws X Pease mark
Justice of the peace for Cay. Co.
I now all men by these presents that I Rhoba Pease of the town of Fleming in the State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Daniel D. Benedict My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to do all business with the Department of the Interior or any other Department at Washington in order to obtain a fair examination and decision in my Pension Claim mentioned in the foregoing affidavit.
Signed in presence of
Rhoba hws X Pease mark

William Wood Chauncy Pease
State of New York Cayuga County } ss
On this Fourteenth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me William Wood a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cayuga and State of New York, Rho Ba Pease the Party named in the foregoing Power of attorney and acknowledged this Power of attorney to be her act and deed, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written
William Wood } Justice of peace } for Cayuga County
State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office ss: I hereby certify that William Wood was at the time of signing the foregoing Affidavit and acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for Cayuga County and duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe the foregoing to be his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my Official Seal this 14 th January 1853.
Edwin B. Marvin Clerk Cayuga County Court