Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11353, for Jonathan Pitman, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Pitman, Jonathan Aunt, Jane (Former widow.)
No. 11353
CONTENTS

Ohio 19.729.
Jonathan Pitman
Hamilton in the State of Ohio.
who was a Captain in the C o comm.
Captain of the Reg t comman d
Col. Norman in the War of 1812
for two years.
$180.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 180 Dollars 00 Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug t 1833 and sent to Thos. Henderson Cincinnati Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833, 960.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep r - 33. 240. -
$1200.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk. Book C. Vol. 8. Page twenty.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 The State of Ohio
Hamilton County ss. on this twenty fourth day of September 18 32 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Jonathan Pitman a resident of said County aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz Captain Peter Wayne off Captain Nathl Palaymous. Col Saml Herman first Col Elisha Lawrence and others in the fall of 17 76 at Monmouth New Jersey and marched from there to Amboy where he was taken sick and returned home having served about one month. and again entered the service soon after his discharge he again entered the service in said Company as an Ensign and and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Captain in said Col Herman regiment and continued in said Office to the close of the War serving in what was called monthly tours during which time he was in the battles of Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania and the Battle of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey He thinks he was elected a Captain about the 16th of Oct 1777. But owing to the continued depredations of the enemy

His Company were compelled to serve nearly the whole time although it was the express understanding that they were to serve monthly tours. after the battles above stated his company was occupied in guarding the lines between Toms River and Shrewsbury in the State of New Jersey aforesaid after He is confident his term of service was not less than three years That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person except the one whose deposition is herewith submitted who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court Jonathan Pitman
Dan d Dano clerk P.J.
We Garet Vlet and Providence White residing of the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Pitman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
Garet Vlet Providence White
Dan d Dano clerk P.J.
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the Applicant 1 st where and in what yr were you born Ans In the yr 1748 In Burlington County N. Jersey

1 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Ans None that I know of
2 Where were you living when called in to service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live
Ans In Monmouth Co. N.J. and removed from there to the State of Pennsylvania and from there removed to this County in the year 1791 where I have resided since
4 How were you called in to service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans Always volunteered
5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Ans Genl Washington Genl Smallwood Genl David Fairman the general circumstances of my service are contained in my declaration
6 Did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it
Ans Yes! It was signed by Governor Livingston the Governor of New Jersey which has long since been destroyed
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans Henry Jones Esqr. Henry Mops Esqr.

Jas Whalon Esqr. Thomas Smith Esqr. Col John Myers Jas Graham Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court Jonathan Pitman Haw d Fano Clerk P.T.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interroga- tories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that Garret Vliet & Providence White — who signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County aforesaid & are credible persons and that their statement is enti- tled to credit
The State of Ohio } s.t. Hamilton County }
I, Daniel Fano Clerk. Pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Pitman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 24 th September 1832
Haw d Fano Clerk P.T.

5822
Indiana Ind s ,
Jane Hunt, formerly widow of Jonathan Pitman
DEAD.
who served in the Revolutionary
N. J.
war, as a Captain
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $ 80. dollars 00, cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 18 th day of June 1856 and sent to
D. W. Coffin, Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 225 Vol. B
1884 Aug 1st Pen n Agent reported died in Sept 1883 in Greensboro Ripley Co Ind a aged 76 years -
FEB 2 1908 B Hunt ad accrued payable only as rent etc
[Handwritten signature/initials]

State of Indiana } S.S. County of Decatur }
On this ninth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Decatur in the State of Indiana, Jane Hunt a resident of said County, and State, aged Forty Nine years who first being 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 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and the act of Congress passed August 5 th A.D. 1854 entitled an act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty five - that she was formerly the Widow of Jonathan Pitman who was a Captain in the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary War , and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th A.D. 1832, and whose Pension was paid at the Ohio Agency to the papers in whose case on the files of the Pension Office she respectfully refers - She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Pitman , who was a Captain as above mentioned on the Second day of December A.D. one thousand

eight hundred and twenty five - that her said husband died on the twenty eight day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four - that she was not married to him prior the 2 nd of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated - that she was afterwards married to Isaac Kneut who died on the second day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one She further declares that she is now Jane Kneut a Widow.
We Robert Argadine a resident of Warren County, State of Ohio, and John S. Scoby a resident of said County of Decatur in said State of Indiana upon our oath declare, that the foregoing declar- -ation was signed and acknowledged by Jane Kneut in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she repre- -sents herself to be. We further declare that we believe that the said Jane Kneut who has signed said declaration formerly lived in Hamilton County in the State of Ohio, and that she was formerly the wife of and the widow of Jonathan Putnam of

Hamilton County in the State of Ohio, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and the said Jane is generally reputed in this County of Spencer in the State of Indiana, so to have been. We have that the said Jane Hunt was formerly a resident of the County of Hamilton in the State of Ohio, because when she removed to this County of Spencer, Indiana, she stated that she had removed from Ham- ilton County in the State of Ohio, and it is generally reputed that she removed from that County. Said Brigadine further says that he knows that said Jonathan Pitman and said Jane Hunt lived to- gether as Husband and Wife, and as evidence thereof, he herewith proffers and files the original articles of Indenture of himself as an Apprentice to them, and he states that under said Indenture he lived and resided with said Jonathan and Jane from the date of said Indenture until the death of said Jonathan Pitman and during all said time they said Jonathan and Jane acted, conducted, & treated each other as Husband and Wife, and were so received and reputed generally and universally as such, where they were known.
Robert Brigadine John S. Scobey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this Claim.
April 10 th 1856
Royal P. Cobb Judge (Seal) Barnes Circuit of Common Pleas of Decatur County Ind
I Henry H. Talbott Clerk of the Decatur Common Pleas Court do hereby certify that Royal P. Cobb is the Judge of said Court and that the foregoing is his genuine signature and seal
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 10 th day of April A.D. 1856.
Henry H. Talbott Clerk

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. HAMILTON COUNTY, }
I JOHN BURGOYNE , Judge of the Probate Court within and for said County, do hereby certify that the following Entry of the Marriage of Jonathan Pitman and Jane Argardine is correctly copied from the Record of Marriages in said County, which Record is now in said Probate Court in pursuance of Law.
Married, on the Second day of December A. D. 1825. Jonathan Pitman and Jane Argardine by me a Justice of the Peace
Beyza E Bliss
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Cincinnati, this Fourth day of October A. D. 1855.
John Burgoyn Probate Judge.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Pitman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Mt. File 11,353
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     4th 1776 1 mo. Peter Mikott N.J.   Nichl Polhemus Saml Forman   soon after above Ens. same company Saml Forman   Oct 16 77 promoted and served 3 years. Capt ✓ ✓  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Mon. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Morris Co. N.J. Date of application for pension, Sept 20 1832. allowed Residence at date of application, Hamilton Co. Oh. Age at date of application, born in 1748 in Burlington Co. N.J.
Remarks: at mar. Dec 2 1825 Carol Agardine  He died Aug. 25, 1834, she mar. Isaac Hunt who d. Oct. 2, 1851.  mt. appln. Apr. 10 1856 at 49 yrs. Decatur Co., Ind. she died in Sept. 1853.

Jane Hunt, formerly widow of Jonathan Pitman - Decatur Co. Indiana - Adm d Act July 3. 1853. at rate of $480 per annum commencing at date of said Act.
Husband was a Captain of Infantry 2 years
(Pay widow)
Certificate to Isaac N. Coffin Washington, D.C.

Pension Office, June 26/56
No. 6353
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid and to whom arrear were paid if in his power
Very respectfully J. P. M c Rea
Act Commissioner
(Addy.)
3 d auditor's office
June 17, 1832
Sir,
Jonathan Tilton, Act 1831. Ohio, $4800 per ann, died 29 August 1832, & his pension
has been paid in full to Jane Tilton his widow.
Very Resp y
J. Minot Esq r Commt r of Pensions
Wm. Johnston auditor

Rev
Em
Hammonton New Jersey. Feb 27- 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions;
Please send the record of one Captain Johnathan Pitman who served in the war of the Revolution.
Also date and place of birth and place and date of death.
Respy yours Miss Arabella Hoffner.
Box 683.

Finance Division, ★ JAN 20 1903 ★ Bureau of Pensions.
PENSION A JAN 17 1908 U. S. OFFICE.

THE DENVER WATCH CASE CO.
Manufacturing Jewelers and Watch Case Makers
Jewelry and Watch Case Repairing and Manufacturing. Diamond Mounting. Lapidary Work. Engraving and Raised Monograms. Watch Makers for the Trade. Gold and Silver Plating.
Telephone Main 3821.
906 Fifteenth Street.
Denver, Colorado.
Jan 14/08
The Commission of Pension Washington D.C. Sir.
Under Pension Certificate No 5822. Roll of pensioners under Act of July 3 rd 1853. Page 775. Volume "X". My Mother Jane Hunt widow of Jonathan Pitman My Mother died Sept 20 th 1883. She probably was paid an installment of said Pension Sept 4/83. Is it absolutely necessary that a pension Agent be had to collect any amount due on account of said Pension. information regarding the

A handwritten mark or signature in dark ink, consisting of a large, stylized loop with a diagonal stroke, located on the left side of the page.

THE DENVER WATCH CASE CO.
Manufacturing Jewelers and Watch Case Makers
Jewelry and Watch Case Repairing and Manufacturing. Diamond Mounting. Lapidary Work. Engraving and Raised Monograms. Watch Makers for the Trade. Gold and Silver Plating.
Telephone Main 3821.
906 Fifteenth Street.
Denver, Colorado, _____
Status and requirements in this matter will be thankfully received,
The payments were made at the Indianapolis End Agency.
Very Respectfully Prasier Hunt 1620 Champa St Denver, Colo.

O.W. Wirt File 11.555 Jane Hunt
GREENSBURG, IND.
3 MAY 5 1886
M.O.B.
Jane Hunt Died in the month of Sep. 1883.
Very Resp. H.B. Black P.M.
Wirt. Jane Hunt. Sent 5822 on file 3-53. Dec 2

Widow.
Jane Hunt.
cert 5822
act Feb 3-53. sec 2
Am
HERBACK
Very Resp.
Month of Sept. 1883
And in the Jane Hunt
M.O.B.
3 MAY 8 1886
GREENSBURG, IND.
O.M. Miller File 11.353 Jane Hunt

W
Sec 2. act Feb 3. 53
5822
SPECIAL EXAMINATION DIVISION.
3 rd inquiry to G. 6-2-86.
Department of the Interior, PENSION OFFICE,
Indianapolis Ind 4-17, 1886.
Postmaster at
Greensburg Ind
SIR:
Will you please inform me at your VERY EARLIEST CONVENIENCE whether the pensioner Jane Hunt is living or dead; and, if dead, the EXACT DATE OF DEATH ; if living, whether REMARRIED ; and, if so, the EXACT DATE thereof and whom to?
Her last known address was at your place in 1883
Your reply, ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET , forwarded to me in the inclosed addressed official envelope, will be appreciated.
Very respectfully,
Rodney Clipp Special Examiner.

Brief in the case of Jane Hunt, formerly widow of Jonathan Pitman Decatur County and State of Indiana. act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $488 per annum, and died 29 th August 1834, as certified by 3 d Auditor, to which date claimant was paid the annuity.
(in 1825) Marriage, proved by certified transcript of Probate Court Records
Hestily and present widowhood proved by John S.
(For increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Scobey, Robert Argadine, and Keziah Laurens and death of claimant's second husband shown by certificate of Hon. William Cumback of the House of Representatives
Isaac N. Coffin Esq. Resident.
Name and residence of Agent
R. G. Deder Examining Clerk.

Cincinnati June 19 th 1833
Dr Sir There with return you the papers of Captain John Smith Jonathan Pitman with such testimo- ny as he has been able to procure -
With Great Respect
J. G. Edwards Esqr Commr of Pensions
Yr obt Humble Servt Thomas A. Hendricks

7. e tall
DEAD. Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11353 Jane Hunt widow of Jonathan Pitman Conf. States War Act: Feb. 22 1858 Index:—Vol. a , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 24 Letter to John Herb Greensburg Ind. Apr. 25 1902 Mrs Henrietta Arting Evansville Ind 1908 Mar. 6. Hist. to Miss Arabella Stoffner 1908 Apr. 7. R.R. Jones Ohio S. of R. info date & place of death

Washington June 12 th 1856.
Sir. I herewith transmit Declaration of Mrs Jane Hunt (formerly widow of Jonathan Pitman) of Decatur County Indiana, under the Acts of Feb y 3 d 1853 and Aug st 5 th 1854 being application for pension under those Acts, and also the following papers, viz:
Affidavit of Robert Argadine & John S Scobey, with Indenture attached.
Affidavit of Mrs Keziah Larew.
Certificate of Record of the marriage of Mrs Jane Hunt to Jonathan Pitman.
Evidence of Identity as being formerly the widow of Jonathan Pitman a Revolutionary soldier and Pensioner of the United States is exhibited by Affidavits of Keziah Larew, & of Robert Argadine & John S Scobey. The Affidavit of Robert Argadine contained in that of John S Scobey & Robert Argadine states, "Said Argadine further says that he knows that said Jonathan [and the said Jonathan is the person who in the 1 st & 2 d lines of the same page is stated to have been a Revolutionary Pensioner] "and said Jane lived together as husband and wife" and annexes a certified copy by R Cunningham of his Indentures to them.

2 d The Judge of the Court Officially Certifies, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be — and she represents herself to be "formerly the widow of Jonathan Pitman" a "Pensioner of the United States" who died on the twenty eighth day of "August One thousand eight hundred and thirty four" and that "she was, afterward, married to Isaac Hunt who died on the second day of "October One thousand eight hundred and fifty one" — which is equivalent to the Judge or Court Deciding that she was, the widow of Isaac Hunt on that day.
3 d The Hon ble William Cumback, Officially as a Member of the "House of Representatives" Certifies "she is a woman of high moral worth" and her statements are entitled to full credit and "that she has the confidence and esteem of the neighborhood among whom she resides" and knows she is the widow of Jonathan Pitman & of Isaac Hunt and that "she was a widow when she moved to Greensburg" [at which place he Mr Cumback resides] in June of 1853." As her oath that she was the widow of Isaac Hunt on 2 d Oct r 1851, is thus fortified by evidence of the highest character that she is a woman of "High moral worth and her statement entitled to full credit" and is also corroborated by that evidence that she was a widow, back as far as June 1853 — and her statement being corroborated by the Decision of

the Court that "she is the person she represents herself to be" viz, widow of Isaac Hunt on 2 d Oct. 1851, — I respectfully request, that no farther proof additional to this large mass of the Highest Evidence be exacted.
I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obed t Serv t
Isaac N. Coffin.
Seth P. Cole Esq.
Hon ble Josiah Hunt
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

Jonathan Pitman
23592

The State of Ohio } County of Montgomery } Sct
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for said County William Morris a resident of said County to me well known who being duly sworn deposes and says that he served two one month tours under Captain Jonathan Pitman the applicant named in the annexed declaration in the year 1777 that he entered the service with him at Shrewsbury New Jersey and was occupied during said time in the office of Sergeant and that this deponent from the knowledge he has of the said applicant very justly believes he served in the manner as stated in his declaration and that he the said deponent always understood that the said applicant was honourably discharged from the service Sworn & subscribed to before me this nineteenth day January of 1833 } William Morris James Russell
The State of Ohio } County of Montgomery } Sct
And I James Russell - a justice of the Peace within and for said County do certify that the above deponent William Morris is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit Given under my hand and seal this nineteenth day of January A.D. - 1833 James Russell - J.P. (Seal)

The State of Ohio. Montgomery County ss
I Charles R. Greene Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby Certify that James Russell Esq. before whom the within Affidavit of Wm. Morris was sworn to, was at the time and now a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and sworn and duly empowered to Administer oaths and that all his acts are entitled to full faith & credit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Official Seal at Dayton, this 19th day of January A.D. 1833
C. R. Greene Clk

State of Indiana } Decatur County }
Risiah Laren 1 being by me duly sworn on her oath says that she is near sixty four years of age - that she is now a resident of Hamilton County State of Ohio, and has lived in said County since the year 1800 . She further says that since said year 1800, till his death she was well acquainted with Jonathan Pitman, who lived at said County of Hamilton and was a Revolutionary Soldier, and died at said County twenty years or more, the date of whose death she does not now remember - she further on her oath says that she is acquainted with Jane Hunt, now living in Decatur County Indiana - that she knew said Jane since she was a small girl at Hamilton County Ohio - she also knows that said Jane afterwards married said Jonathan Pitman and she states this for the reason that she lived from said Pitman at that time about two miles distant, and frequently was at his house, frequently said said Pitman and said Jane from home on visits and at Church and other places, and they always acted and treated each other as husband and wife, and were, as by the whole com- -munity in which they lived so treated and regarded and reputed.

She further Swears that said Jane Kerr now of Spencer County Indiana is the identical person who was as afore - said the Wife of said Jonathan Pitman as aforesaid, and of this fact, namely the identity of said Jane Kerr, as the Wife & Widow of said Pitman, she has no doubt at all, as she has known her continuously ever since, and has frequently visited her.
Attest
Chris. Dharle } Orville Thresher } her Resident mark
Subscribed and sworn to before the under- -signed Notary Public of said County and State, this fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
Witness my hand and official seal the date last written
John S. Seaby Notary Public
H. Rept June 10 th 56
I know that John S. Seaby Esq was an acting Notary Public at the date of the above certificate duly commissioned and qualified to act as such
Will Gumbback

The State of Ohio } S.S. Montgomery County }
On this seventeenth day of June in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appears before me James Russell a Justice of the peace in and for Said County Aaron Nutt Snr. being in the seventy fifth year of his age & a resident of Said County who first being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and saith, that he the Said deponent was for many years personally & well acquainted with Capt. Jonathan Pitman who he believes now to be in the eighty fifth year of his age and that to his personal knowledge the S d Jonathan Pitman was in possession of the commission of Captain and acted as such & in that capacity during his knowledge of him throughout the Revolutionary war, but altho' he the Said deponent in person saw the Said Jonathan Pitman always while in the service in the time of the S d war act in the capacity of Captain, he the Said deponent never saw his written commission, but this deponent sincerely believes that the S d Jonathan Pitman was in possession of a Legal and written Commission in as much as a thing of this kind was never questioned by neither officers nor men, and that from his intimate and particular acquaintance with the S d Capt. Jonathan Pitman, and having resided many years in the same neighbourhood with him in Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey full credit and due respect ought to be paid to all his statements as a man of truth and veracity, and this deponent further saith, that he was himself a Soldier in the time of Said war, and was in the Battle of Monmouth about the first of June in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight & that S d Jonathan Pitman was in S d Battle and at that time wore the commission of Captain

and as he verily believes proposed it Legally and was honored and respected as such by both Officers & the Soldiers, and this deponent further States that Colonel William Irvine was also in the above engage- ment viz. the Battle of Monmouth, and Some days before  during the Battle they passed over Crowswicks Bridge while the British were firing grapeshot & might if necessary State many other particulars of that event, and this Deponent further States that he was also well acquainted with Colonel Samuel Fairman under whom the S d Jonathan Pitman served in the office of Captain to the personal knowledge of this Deponent but as to the particular time when Capt Jonathan Pitman entered the Service, or when discharged this deponent cannot recollect but is in possession of Satisfactory and full belief that he served during the S d war, and further said Deponent sayth not — affirmed and subscribed to the day and date first above written Aaron Knott senem
Before me James Russell. Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Montgomery County } ss
Q. I James Russell a justice of the peace Within the said County of Montgomery Before whom the foregoing affidavit or Deposition was taken do Certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Aaron Knott sen for upwards of thirty years and believing him to be a man of truth and full credit ought to be given to him as such. given from under my hand and seal This seventeenth day of June A.D 1833
James Russell Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio 38 Montgomery County 38
I Charles R. Greene Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that James Russell Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was made, was at the time of making the same, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned &c, and all of his Official Acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Dayton this 17th day of June A.D. 1833. C. R. Greene Clerk

23. 592.
Jonathan Pitman
Ohio
19. 729.
Adm. 2 years as Capt. —
Thos. Henderson Esq. Cincinnati. Ohio

The State of Ohio Butler county ss.
Seal. Be it remembered that on the 13 th day of June 1833. personally appeared before me James Keaton a Justice of Peace in the county of Butler aforesaid Joseph Compton who being about seventy five years old, and good reputation, deposeth and saith that during the revolutionary war he lived in a New Jersey, in Monmouth county and in upper freehold township and that during the same war, Captain Jonathan Pitman lived in the same township, and that he knows said Jonathan Pitman was very active against the British in that war, that he knows he acted a part of his time with the same troops in which Defendant served - especially he saw him in the service under Colonel Samuel Fairman at a town then called Shrewsbury in a New Jersey, and that the American troops marched in the night from thence to a place called the "Long Branch" and in the morning the British fired on us all that day from their vessels - from thence the troops were divided sent in different directions, this was in the fall of the year before the winter in which General Washington caught the 900 Hessians, - and further he saith not - Sworn to and subscribed before me, James Keaton Justice of Peace Joseph Compton

The State of Ohio Butler county ss. I John Reily clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Butler afore- said certify that James Heaton Esquire, is a Magistrate as above, or within, and that the foregoing and within signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name the fourteenth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
John Reily clerk of Butler com. pleas
By W. H. Moran

Robert Argadine Indenture

This Indenture made the 4 th Day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and twenty six witnesseth that the said Edward Argadine son of his sire Robert Argadine aged twelve years six months and thirteen days as an apprentice to Jonathan Pitman and Jane his wife of Sycamore Township Hamilton County and State of Ohio to be taught in the mystery House- husbandry to wit Education to shell and to read and write and said Jonathan Pitman and Jane his wife is to furnish said apprentice at the expiration of said the term hereafter mentioned a good complete suit of clothes suitable for a young man when free besides all such common every day clothes as is necessary for him until he is free during such term the said Robert is to serve the before master and mistress Jonathan Pitman and Jane Pitman and to keep their secrets obey their lawfull commands do and obey them his said master and mistress he shall not do nor wilfully suffer it to be done by others out of the same to the utmost of his power shall forthwith give notice to his said master and mistress he shall not embezzle or waste or lend without their consent to any he shall not take up with any bad company or absent himself at any time from the service of his master and mistress during the said term without their leave he shall not commit fornication or contract matrimony said term but in all as a good and faithfull apprentice he his master and mistress shall and will demean and behave himself toward his said master and mistress and all theirs during said term and the before bounded Jonathan Pitman his wife his administrators or assigns agree to pay unto the said Robert Argadine One Hundred Dollars when he is free from this indenture and while completing this indenture is to give sufficient meat drink washing lodging and clothing sufficient for such an apprentice as witness and confirmation to the within obligation we the parties here hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first above written in the presence of
A. Cumming Jesse Cumming
Edward Argadine (seal) Jonathan Pitman (seal) Jane Pitman (seal)
A True Copy By me A. Cumming

Evansville Ind, 3-25-1902 Hon. H. Clay Evans, Sir,
NAVY MAR 29 1902 P. 111 55. B.
I write to ask your kind assistance in finding the particulars regarding the service of Johnathan Pittman who served as a Captain of the Perry Ma- litia in the war of the revolution, I would like to know where and at what time he joined the army and how long he served. My object in receiving this information is to join the D. A. R. — Hon. Will Cum- back of Greensburg Ind, got a pension for Mrs Jane Hunt of the same place (now deceased) on account

of her formerly being the widow of Capt. Jonathan Pittman - who was my great grandfather, I also had another great grand father - William Molland by name of Penn, who served as Surgeon in the same war - although I do not know that he was a pensioner. If possible I would like a record of his service - enlistment - &c - age is essen- tial - I saw will look into this for me. I shall be very grateful. U. S. 27 1902 Respectfully yours
Mrs Henrietta Arlingstall. 6251 Mary St - I forgot to mention I would like to know the Reg't & Co -

House of Reps re limitations
June 10 th 56
I certify that the above mentioned Jane Hunt who applies for a pension herein is to me well known - that she is a woman of high moral worth and her statements are entitled to full credit and that the she has the confidence and esteem of the neighbors among whom she resides: that I live in the same town that she does and am well acquainted with her standing there. I have heard her say that she is the widow of Jonathan Pitman and have heard others say the same who knew them when they lived together as husband and wife in Hamilton Co Ohio and from the general reputation of the fact and from the standing of the parties I have not a single doubt of the fact. I have no doubt that the said Pitman was a Revolutionary Pensioner. - that she afterwards married Isaac Hunt who has since died of which fact I know but as to the date of his death I cannot speak with certainty. I know that she is now a widow and was a widow when she moved to Greenburgh in June 1858.
Will Cumback