Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,878, for David Parkhurst, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Parkhurst, David
N. 24,878
Susannah
BL Wt. 6348-100-1790
BL Wt. 155-60-55
CONTENTS
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New York. 32. 520.
David Parkhurst, dec d of Ontario Co. in the State of N. York who was a Dragoon in the les. commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Coun t line for 2 years.
Rep d
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834, and ending 6 th March 1846, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Nov. 1846, _____ and sent to W.G. Wade, Rose, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ant. allowance ending
Deduct what has been paid under Act of 18 th March 1878.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D.H. Wood, Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 4. Page 55.
Payable to Sussannah Parkhurst, his Widow.

1123
New York Albany Susannah Parkhurst widow of David Parkhurst who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Dragon
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August 1848 and sent to M. G. Wade Rose Wayne Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 166 Vol. 4
100 acres to Fowle Assigned 1790

116539 Armen
May 28/55
Susannah Parkhurst wid. David Parkhurst Priv.
Capt. Cagan
Col. Sheldon
Private Joe Sheldon
Capt. Drapers Rev.
Rev. war
Rev. pensions
Ms. July 43-1123
60 Buxton
Ad. 18 Jan'y 16/56
Hirtz
Henry & White
Rochester, N.Y.

Declaration of David Parkhurst.
May 4 th 1818.
David Parkhurst Private 2 d Reg t Light Dragoons Cont t Line 1781-1783
On roll
Admitted
The Honorable Secy of War-
Theo Fowler after Sept 28-1790 Warr t 6348-

State of New York
Ontario County
On this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me, the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Ontario, personally appeared David Parkhurst aged fifty years, resident in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war": That he the said David Parkhurst enlisted in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain David Edgar of the fifth troop or company in said Regiment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the end of the war of the revolution, when he was discharged from service in Danbury in the state of Connecticut; that he was not in any important battle during said term; and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services; and that he enlisted in said service some time in the month of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty one for to serve during the war.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
David Parkhurst
Timothy Barnard
I, Timothy Barnard, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Parkhurst did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
Dated 4th May, 1818.
Timothy Barnard
I, Timothy Barnard, one of the judges as aforesaid do further certify that from the testimony of Samuel Morrison to me known I am satisfied that the said David Parkhurst above named is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Dated, 15th June, 1818.
Timothy Barnard

State of New York } Ontario County } ss Clerk's office }
In Testimony that Timothy Barnard whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate
was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this 19 th day of Aug t A D 1818
Thos. M c Naughton

116539
Bounty Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Susannah Parkhurst.
Widow of David Parkhurst.
a Revolutionary Soldier.
Please communicate with Henry E. White Rochester New York

STATE OF NEW YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER.
I, W. Barron Williams , Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common Seal, do certify that Henry C. White Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a Notary Public of Deeds for the City of Rochester in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 1 st day of May A. D. 185 6
W. Barron Williams Clerk.
War Department Widow's Pension. I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d 1848. Susannah Parkhurst widow of David Parkhurst who was a Dragoon in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry: in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
L. L.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 3 d day of August one Thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions By F. J. Evans
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under act of February 2 d 1848 page 166, vol 4. Gro Johnson Clerk.
(N.B.) The and certify entitled before signed by me
D. M. E. White

of New York more County
I Henry E White
Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Susannah Parkhurst has in her possession a Pension certificate of which the following is a Copy.
War Department Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d 1848. Susannah Parkhurst widow of David Parkhurst who was a Dragoon in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry: in which case the pension is not pay- able after the time of such marriage.
(L.S.)
Given at the War Office of the United States this 3 d day of August one Thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W L Marcy Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
By F. P. Evans
Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensions under act of February 2 d 1848 page 166, vol 4. Geo Jenkins Clerk.
(N.B.) The and certify entitled before signed by me
Henry E. White

Declaration for Widow of a Deceased Officer or Soldier.
State of New-York, ) Monroe County, ) ss.
On this 30 th day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Commissioner of Said within and for the County and State aforesaid, Susannah Parkhurst aged nearly 88 years, a resident of Webster Said County, in the State of New-York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of David Parkhurst deceased, who was a Dragoon in the company commanded by Captain David Edgar in the Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Colonel Sheldon in the war of The Revolution
that her said husband enlisted at cannot say the place on or about the day of A. D., 1787 for the term of during the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about two years and was honorably discharged at Danbury Conn on the 17 th day of June A. D. 1783
She further states that she was married to the said Parkhurst in on the (has forgotten) day of the year A. D. 1788 by one Eugene Stephens a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Susannah Fidd - that her said husband died at Webster aforesaid on the 6 th day of March A. D. 1846 and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act approved any act of Congress nor and obtained a land warrant, No. for which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned. nor did her husband in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." and she refers to her certificate now or file in the department and that she is now a pensioner and draws one hundred dollars annually a copy of the certificate is hereto annexed.
Susannah X Parkhurst mark
We, James D. Murphy and Martin L. Hyde residents of Rochester in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susannah Parkhurst in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
James D. Murphy Martin L. Hyde
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.
Denny E. White

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, _____ of _____ County of _____ do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint _____ my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military Services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration: and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said Attorney, said
Attest,
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and fifty-_____
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a _____ of _____ of _____
_____ in and for the County _____ and State of New-York, this _____ day 185_____

William ... born in ... 18 ... died ... in the year 1798 May the 22 day of John Brown ... 1830 ... John Brown ... 17 May 1832 John Brown ... the 25 ... Anahulu ... July 1838 John Brown ... 18 ... John Brown ... 18 ...

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12880 Susanna Darkhurst widow of David NY act 7 July 1838
Reyd'd husband and 6 March 1846
It appears to me that the birth of the first child as on the original record is 94 and the other proof with that fact established by the record war- rants the conclusion Mrs S. was married before 8. Sept. 194: & she is entitled to a pension - W. L. H.

State of New York Monroe County ) ss. Personally appeared before the sub- scribed Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Miles Parkhurst a resident of said County aged, forty eight years the 22 nd day of May 1846, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth (and saith) that he is, a son of David Parkhurst late a prisoner of the United States. From the aforesaid County, (and who died on the 1 st day of March (1846,) eighteen hundred and forty six, that he left at his death a widow whose name is Susanna Parkhurst, - that this deponent has often heard his parents above named, state that they were married in Dutchess Co New York, at a place called, Nine Partners, at the house of Joseph Tidd the  her maiden name was  Deborah  Deborah  Parkhurst By one Esquire Thompson, that this deponent has a record of his age, which he copied some about twenty years since from, the old original record kept of his father (and Mother above named, and that from such record it appears this deponent was born on the third day of May Nineteen hun- dred and thirty eight, that this deponent has the sister older than this deponent who was born on the 18 th eight eenth day of May Seventeen hundred and ninety four, being just four years (and four days older than this deponent, that he has a record of his sister's age which he copied from the original record at the time he copied his own age from the source as above stated, that he has often heard his Mother state that she was married before she was eighteen years of age, that she has not intermarried since the death of her late husband David Parkhurst, but still remains his widow.
Yours sincerely and subscribed before me Miles Parkhurst The 3 rd day of June 1846.
Simon W Turrell Justice of the Peace
I hereby state that the above named official is a respectable person, Sincerely W. L. Smith
Seman W. L. Turrill, S 70
I Certify the Above Interlineations were made before Execution      Leeman W Turrill J.P.
Lebanon W Turrill J. H.
I certify

State of New York Albany County ss. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County, John Parkhurst of said County aged, forty three years and upwards Who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is a son of Wilcox Susanna Parkhurst, who is making application for a pension as the widow of David Park- hurst, late a pensioner of the United States, - and who was this deponent's father, that this deponent has often heard his parents speak of their marriage, as having been married by an Elder Hopkins of Mine Bottom, New York, that he knows the old family record attached to his declaration. To the best of his original mind which has been in use from his earliest recollection, that the date of the marriage was recorded thereon, - which showed that they were married in the year 1833, Seven hundred and ninety three, that said David Parkhurst, the pensioner and late the husband of the above said Susanna Parkhurst, died on the 15th day of March 1845, - and that said Susanna Parkhurst still remains his widow, not having intermarried since his death. Sworn (also subscribed before me) John Parkhurst on the 29 th day of June 1846
Leeman W Turrill Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named official statements are worthy of full credit and belief.
Leeman W Turrill J.P.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress, passed July 9th 1838, 3rd of March 1843, and 17th June 1844.
State of New York, Montgomery County ss.
On this 4th day of June 1845 personally appeared Susanna Parkhurst an resident of said County aged sixty nine years (or upwards), before William Shipman one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress above named.
That she is the widow of David Parkhurst, who was late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $36 per annum. (and who died in the aforesaid County, on the 6th day of March (1845) one thousand eight hundred and forty six, and who left the deponent his widow, that said David Parkhurst late a pensioner of the United States, was married to this deponent in the summer of (1783) Seventeen hundred and ninety three, at a place then called "Nine Partners" in the State of New York, at the house of his father Joseph Dodd. That the marriage ceremony was performed by Esq. Stephen Kings, that the exact day of the solemnity of the marriage she cannot certify to, but believes it to have been in July 1783, the year she is positive of, as she knows her eldest child was born the year following her marriage, which was in 1784, and further from the fact that she recollects distinctly that it was, but a few weeks from her birth day, which was in June, that she has always kept a record of her marriage which was recorded upon the leaf of the Bible heretofore annexed, which is the old original record, in the hand writing of her late husband David Parkhurst and which has been in her use more than fifty years, but which is so defaced as not to be intelligible, that she has not intermarried since her husband's death but still remains a widow.
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and given under my hand.
William Shipman a Judge of Montgomery County Court.
Susanna X Parkhurst mark. I certify

I certify that the above named official is unable to attend Court on account of age and infirmity, & that she is unable to write her name, and that full credit is, and should be given to her statements,
Jan 4 th 1846
William Stephenson a Justice of Monroe County Courts
State of Norfolk Monroe County ss. I Charles Hill Clerk of said County of Norfolk do hereby certify that William Stephenson Esquire was, at the date of the annexed First and certificate subscribed by him a Justice of the County Courts for said County duly Commission- ed and authorized - And I do also certify that Edmund W. Burrill Esquire was, at the date of the within annexed Second subscribed by him, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and authorized. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said William Stephenson and of the said Edmund W. Burrill and do hereby believe the said signatures without imposting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 4 th day of June 1846
Charles Hill Clerk of Monroe County

base of David Packhurst
on Roll July 1781 for the war
10,000 29 Apr 1819
Feb 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this 19 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) David Parkhurst aged fifty two years, resident in the town of Painsfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the time of two years and upwards in Capt. David Eagers Company in the 2 d Regiment of light Dragons in the Connecticut line, commencing in February 1781.
and that he made application for a Pension on the fourth day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 10,000 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  2 old Horses and Waggon $ 20.00   1 old Cow 5.00 — 1 Heifer 8.00 13.00   3 Hogs 3.00 — 2 pigs 1.00 4.00   Some grain on the ground 15.00   Some potatoes on the ground 3.00 — 2 old App 2.00 5.00   1 Plough 4.00 — 1 Kettle 2.50 — 1 Pot 1.25 7.75   1 Sea Kettle (damaged) .50 — 7 old Chairs 2.50 3.00     $67.75 
David Parkhurst
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and bodily infirmities I am able to perform but little labour of any kind and that my family consists of my wife Susan aged 44 years, unable and not able to labour, my daughter Jennie aged 14 years, my son Abraham aged 12 years, my son Samuel aged 10 years and my son Judah aged 6 years.
David Parkhurst
Sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me, Stephen Bates,
a Judge of Ontario Com. pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Gosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Sixty seven dollars and Seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19 th day of August 1820
J Van Gosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Parkhurst, David GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBER 6348 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 28, 1790 and W.A. No. 155-60-55 W.A. 6348 To Theodosius Fowler, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

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Coacere

Warr t No 6348 to Theodosius Fowler assignee of David Parkhurst Sept 28-1790

Handwritten notes at the top of the page, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Monroe } ss.
On this 24 day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county Susannah Parkhurst a resident of Webster in the county of Monroe aged seventy nine years, who being first duly 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of David Parkhurst who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, that she has rec d a pension of $100. per annum under act of Congress of 17th Feb y 1844.
She further declares that she is a widow.
Affirmed Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me Susannah X Parkhurst John Parkhurst James S. Fryon Clerk B. F. Conning Justice of the Peace of said county
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. - and that in account of age and infirmity she is unable to write her name.
John Parkhurst James S. Fryon B. F. Conning

State of New York
Monroe County ss
I certify that James L. Bryan Esquire is a Justice of the peace in and for said county - and that I am well acquainted with his hand
writing and truly believe that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty fourth day of July 1868
John L. Nash clerk
DECLARATION
Admitted
W. G. Wade Rose my

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Alcock Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol. 6 2
Page by _____
D. H. Wood Clerk.
Duplicate

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, David Parkhurst, dec d . late of New York who was a Dragoon in the Conn. Line and died 6 th March 1846,
is entitled to receive One hundred — dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year, ending 6 th March 1846, & payable to his Widow,
Susannah Parkhurst after deducting what has been paid, under Act of 15 th March 1818, for same time.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13 th day of Nov r . one thousand eight hundred and forty- Six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

100 B Rose N.Y. Aug 15/46
W.G. Wade.
Appeals on pension claim of Susannah Parkhurst.
W229. See Aug 22/46
W.G. Wade Pension Office (Aug 19)
Dear William L. Allen Sept 9th March 25

Rose New York August 15 th 1846.
Sir,
I beg leave to appeal, from the decision of the Court of Pensions, in the claim of Susanna Parkhurst an applicant for a pension under act of Congress of 17 th June 1844. —
In her declaration, she asserts, that she was married to David Parkhurst in the summer of 1783. at the house of her father, by Esquire Hopkins — In proof of this, she furnishes, an old original family register which she swears has been in use for upwards of fifty years, — such a length of time at least, that the record of marriage has been so defaced as to be unintelligible, but which distinctly shows, the birth of a child in May 1784, — which would according to the period of gestation show the relation of husband and wife previous to the 1 st of January 1784.
The only objection to the admission of the claim by the Court of Pensions is, that "The paper purporting to be a family register bears the appearance of having been to recently made, to be admitted as proof

The date of this marriage," In addition to the claimants oath, that this record has been in use "for more than fifty years," - his son John Parkhurst aged forty three, years, certifies "that this identical record has been in use from his earliest recollection that the date of the marriage was recorded thereon, which showed that they were married in 1883."
Miles Parkhurst, another son aged forty eight years, certifies he "has a record of his age which he copied some about twenty since from the old original record kept by his father and mother, and that from such record, it appears that he was born on the 22 nd day of May 1888, that he has a record of the age of his sister older than himself, copied at the same time he copied his own, which shows she was born on the 18 th day of May 1884. being just four years and four days older than himself, -
The Depositions are all duly authenticated by each officer certified to be a respect- able person. I respectfully request an examination of the record, & proofs by the Hon Secy of War, and his dis- cretionary same.
I have,

I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obedt Servt W. L. Wade
Hon Wm. L. Marcy Sec'y War Washington D.C.

37,432
Pension Office.
August 25. 1846.
Commission of Pensions
Report in the case of Susanah Parkhurst
[Faint, illegible text]

Pension Office, August 25 th 1846.
Sir,
I have the honor to return you Mr. Edwards' appeal in the case of Susannah Parkhurst, upon the sufficiency of the proof to establish the date of the marriage before January, 1794.
The illegible family record of the birth of the first Child is relied upon, which you will perceive, upon inspection, may be as properly deciphered 1796 as 1794, and when taken in connection with the births of the 2 d , 3 d , and 4 th Child, at intervals of two years, would more properly be read 1796.
The approximation of the alleged date of the marriage to the limitation of the Act, requires a precision and certainty in the evidence, which it is extremely difficult to obtain from parol proof. In this case no such proof has been offered.
The papers are submitted. I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, Your att. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Wm. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

2 Feb 1848
My
ad 289-111
Dear
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Rose Mogue B.N.E. July 25 th 1848.
Sir,
Herewith is forwarded the application of Susannah Parkhurst for the benefits of the act of Annuity of 2 nd February 1848.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt. W. G. Wade
Henry L. Edwards Conny Parsons

12.886 (B. 11)
Sarah Parkhurst NY
act 7 July 38
adm rejected
act 17 June 44
adm
2 yrs dragoon
100 from
March 46
when her husband died -
Washington D.C.
June 22 Rose
Sarah Parkhurst
July 1838
June 26, 1846
12.886
W. G. Wade Esq. Rose NY.
22

12.886 (By 11) Susannah Parkhurst NY
Act 7 July 38
adms Rejected
Act 17 June 44
adms 2 yrs Grayson 100 from mark 46 when her husband died - Washington Bureau Pensions R.C.
Rose My June 22
12.886 June 26, 1846
to Susannah Parkhurst
July 7, 1838
M c E. Wade Esq. Rose NY.
72

Rose New York Janu 22 d 1842
Sir,
They have to request the honor of presenting the enclosed application of Susanna Parkhurst for a pension,
I am respectfully Your Obt Servt W. G. Wade
Hon. J. H. Edwards Clerk of Pensions Washington D. C.

37420 David Parkhurst dec d NY Act J. June '32 adnd 2 yrs Dragon 100 to 6 th March 46 when he died. deducting what was paid under act of 1878 To Susannah Park hurst his widow W. G. Ward Rose NY

David Parkhurst 8th N.Y. act 81 8 last p.d.?
Died 1 st March 1846. Paid to his death W.B.
G.M.C.

12886
Susannah Parkhurst N
Rejected
W. G. Wade Aug 7/46 to Secy of War 25 Aug -
act 7 July 1838

10,000 New York
David Parkhurst
of Ontario Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of Two years 6 months 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Apr 1819 and sent to Ira Billings agt Pittsford New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819, 9 \frac{28}{31} 80.25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 6 mos 48.
$128.25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Stephen, Phelps, 29 Sep 1819 Commissary, N.Y.

Rep? 2 cts Act 1832, " 1844.
New York. 289.
Susannah Parkhurst widow of David Parkhurst,
who was a Dragoon in the Connecticut Line
Husband died March 6. 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence the 6th day of March, 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th. day of Nov r 1846. and sent to
W. G. Wade, Esq. Rose, N. Y.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 82.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24878
Susannah Parkhurst Wid of David Parkhurst Dragoon Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. P , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ms 61539
PAID
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.