Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32427, for William Patterson, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn.
NUMBER
Patterson, William S. 32427
CONTENTS

13.017
Illinois
366
William Patterson
of Franklin Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Crawford of the by in the Pennsylvania line for Militia for six months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May 1833, and sent to P. B. Wilson, Columbus Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of Sep' 33 10. 00
$ 50. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. R. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 20
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4. March 1838 to 16. March 1840. Age notification 29. Decr 1841

State of Illinois } Sangamon County } p. 3
On this second day of June 1838 before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Sangamon personally appeared William Patterson who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain George Crawford in the regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Cullen in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Illinois where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Ohio to that of Illinois namely, that his children and Grand Children reside in the aforesaid County and State and being very aged deceased and affirm he was desirous of living with them in order to receive from them their filial due and protection -
Sworn & subscribed to before me } the day & year aforesaid } William Patterson his mark G. W. Surley J. Peace

State of Illinois Sangamon County ss
I Charles R Matheny Clerk of the Sangamon County Commission Court do hereby certify that G. W. Smith whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County regularly commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts
Given under my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of June 1838
C R Matheny Ck

State of Illinois } Sangamon County } On this second day of
June before me the subscriber to Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Alexander Patterson Grandson of the said William Patterson who on his oath declares that the person who has taken the above oath is the identical person described in the affidavit to which his name is affixed.
Alex Patterson
Sworn to & subscribed before me } the day and year aforesaid. } G. W. Turley J. Peace.
State of Illinois } Sangamon County }
I George W. Turley an acting justice of the Peace within and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alexander Patterson the above named witness and from my own personal knowledge of his character can also certify that he is a person of veracity and entitled to belief & confidence.
Given under my hand & seal this second day of June 28. 1838 G. W. Turley J. Peace.

State of Illinois Vangamun County 355
I Charles R Matheny Clerk of the Sen gamen County Commission Court do hereby certify that J. W. Vurly whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County regularly commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 16 th May 1838
C. R. Matheny Ck

24. 208 William Patterson Tri-vonier Franklin Co Ohio 13. 017.
Adm 6 Months from 1776
18 B Wilson Columbus

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Patterson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1 year before the Battle of Brandywine 3 Private Col t Cattlethorn 70 years Tradition   and off - there - 3 " Col t Bransford 60 years Lumberland Co Pennsyl a a Clergyman  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Ohio. Franklin County ss.
On this 24 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Frederick Grimké, President and Samuel G. Fennikake, Aurora Bultke, and William McElvain, his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting, William Patterson a resident of the Township of Canaan in the County of Madison and State of Ohio aged 70 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 served two tours in the Revolutionary War.
First Tour.
He was a volunteer for three months under Capt. Robert Culbertson. Conrad Baermer was Lieutenant, and one Boyd whose first name he does not recollect, was also a Lieutenant. William Cigna was Sergeant. He entered the service late  late in the summer or early in the fall of the year but does not remember the month or day of the month, it was in the year next preceding that in which the battle of Brandywine was fought. He left the service late in the same fall or early in the succeeding winter, the month and day he cannot remember, but when he was discharged or a short time before the snow was "shoe mouth" deep, and he was discharged sometime after the regiment called the "flying camp" was formed. At the time he entered the service he resided about 6 miles from Shippensburg on Canadawique Creek about 21 miles from Carlisle in Cumberland County Pennsylvania. He was engaged in no battle during this tour. His company rendezvoused in Shippensburg where he attached himself to it , and marched from thence to Carlisle, thence through Lancaster to Philadelphia thence through Amboy to within three miles of New York City and thence to Elizabethtown in New Jersey where he was discharged and returned home having served the full term for which he volunteered. Second Tour.
Some time in June or July next after his discharge as hereinbefore stated he was drafted for three months as a Militiaman and at the same time entered the service under Capt. George Crawford, and was attached to General Potter Brigade. Robert Culbertson who was his Captain in his first tour was now a Colonel but not of this Declarout Brigade. Declarout rendezvoused with his company at said Shippensburg in June or July does not recollect which month or the day of the month, but remembers that he had not worked his corn the first time after planting and before it was in June. He went with his company to Carlisle thence through Lancaster to Iron Hill where the British had shortly before landed. Then marched forward and was in the battle of Brandywine. The

evening after that battle marched to the town of Chester. Then went near to Philadelphia and this Declarant and Capt. Crawford and one or two more of his company went into Philadelphia to hunt for Blankets but found none. The Americans had left Philadelphia and then  and soon after the British took possession of it. He and his company camped that same night on the bank of the Schuylkill. The next morning the British came upon them and they retreated. Declarant and his company then went to a place called "The Traps" near some iron works and lay there nearly a week, then went to Germantown and was in the battle of Germantown. The three months for which he and his company were drafted had expired some weeks before the battle of Germantown, but how long before he does not remember. He recollects that Capt. Crawford and all his company voluntarily agreed not to leave the army as matter stood before the battle of Germantown. There was another company of which one Astor was the Capt. whose time of service expired about the same time with the company to which Declarant belonged. This Capt. Astor with all his company except one man refused to join in the Battle of Germantown on the ground that their term of service had expired. This one man joined Declarant's company and after the Battle General Washington in person commended Capt. Crawford and his company and censured the conduct of Capt. Astor and his company, and gave order that this one man and Capt. Astor should have his rations with Capt. Crawford's company. Declarant was discharged on the same day of the battle of Germantown and went home. He has lost his discharges and has no writings or documents which  can in relation to his said services  he knows of he knows of any person who can testify to his said services. This Declarant was born at in the province of Senster in Ireland
in the year A.D. 1762. He has no record of his age and derives his information from family tradition.
This applicant Declarant 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 to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Patterson
Attest
A. J. McDowell (Clerk)
We Henderson Crabb — a clergyman residing in Canaan township Madison County Ohio and Joel Buttle — Columbus in said Franklin  residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Patterson who has in our presence subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and further more that we believe him to be a sober and honest man
H. Crabb Joel Buttle
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A. J. McDowell (Clerk)
And thereupon the said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and send as he has above stated — And the said Court further declare that it appears to their satisfaction that Henderson Crabb who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in said Canaan township and that Joel Buttle who has also signed the same Columbus in said Franklin County is a resident of the same township , and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I A. J. McDowell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Patterson for a pension.
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of March A.D. 1833.
A. J. McDowell (Clerk)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190___
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Patterson 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 3 mos. Pvt. Robert Patterson Pa.   Jan. 1777 1 yr. 4 mos. Robert Patterson Robert Cuthbertson "              
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: His children living in Vincennes, Ind. in 1835 and children and grandchildren in Sangamon Co., Ill. in 1838 - one a grandson named James Patterson...
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Ms. 1840

Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pen Washington D.C. Ohio to Me
William Patterson

May 20.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Recd Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Ohio
5

Con. May 12. 1855.
Sir
Your letter rec d . and the instructions therein contained complied with.
The only person officially acquainted with the fact of S. M. Ward being Mayor at the time of the date of the instrument and of the genuineness of his signature is C. S. Laine the President of the City Council. The County Clerk or Secretary knows the fact only from report. I presume this will prove satis- factory. Address as before the Subscriber
Very Respectfully
Yours
A. H. Pierson
J. S. Edwards. Esq.

Columbus, Ohio. March 1833
Please communicate the result of this application to me at this place
V. B. Wilcox

July 9 M c Evans
See J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Indian Washington

Franklin Bank of Cincinnati 2 July 1838
Sir
The last payment made to William Patterson a prisoner per act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, was up to the 4 th of March 1836. No further payments will be made.
I am Yours
Very respectfully John H. G. [unclear] [unclear] By A. W. Baume
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Dear
J. B. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
July 23
W. Swan

Franklin Bank of Cincinnati 16 July 1838
Sir,
The last payment made to William Patterson a pensioner per act of the June 1832 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum was up to the 4 March 1836. No further payments will be made. —
I am Yours
Very respectfully John H. Groesbeck T. H. H. By R. W. Lawrence
J. B. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War. Treasury Department. 14 March 1831.

Know all men by these presents that I William Patterson of Columbus in the County of Franklin & State of Ohio have made constituted & appointed by these presents do make constitute & appoint William Scott of the County & State aforesaid my sufficient & lawful attorney for me & in my name & to my use to accept & receive all and every the sum or sums of money which shall be coming to me from the United States by way of pension for services performed in the revolutionary war -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal This seventh day of March AD 1831 -
In presence of us William Patterson
Wm H Clain J. J. Author
State of Ohio Franklin County ss.
Before me an Associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appeared the above named Wm Patterson who made oath that he made the above appointment of his attorney voluntarily & of his own free will & accord March seventh 1831
Wm H Clain
SB. If any person is granted a communication will be expected notifying me of the fact in Columbus, Ohio
Wm Scott

To the Hon, Samuel D. Englehart Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
The Petition of William Patterson of the County of Franklin and State of Ohio respectfully states that that your petitioner served in the Militia of the army of the United States in the revolutionary war against the Commonwealth for the space of eleven months to wit: Four months under one period of enlistment in the fall of the year 1776 - and seven months under another period of enlistment in the summer of the year 1777 - as specified more particularly within; That your petitioner is very old, very weak and in very poor circumstances - that he is and has been for many years unable to support himself - and that he has lived and has lived upon the benevolence of the world for many years - That your petitioner has been unable to obtain a pension under any of the acts of Congress which have been in effect before the present for the relief of revolutionary soldiers And that your petitioner expects to obtain a remuneration for his services in the revolution under the "Pension law" passed on the last session of Congress. I your petitioner will ever be - With Mr. Secretary William Patterson not

The State of Ohio Franklin County 383
On this seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty one personally appeared before me an associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid William Patterson a resident in said County aged about seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by Congress for the support of those who served in the war of the American revolution:—
That he (the said) William Patterson enlisted for the term of two months in the fall of the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Cullough of Militia that he was detained & continued to serve in said Corps for upwards of four months from the time of his enlistment when he was discharged from the service:—
That he (the said) Patterson in or before the month of March 1777 again entered the Militia service of the United States in the State of Pennsylvania in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain George Crawford & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Potter; that he continued to serve in said Corps until the sixth day of October 1777 when he was discharged from the service in Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania; That he was engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown & in the siege of the

White Horse" which took place a few days previous to the latter battle near the City of Philadelphia; That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the pension roll of any state, and that he has never before petitioned for a pension because there has not previous to the present existed a law which authorized Revolutionary soldiers to receive a pension who had not served under one series of enlistment at least the term of nine months - That he the said Patterson has from his birth been a citizen of the United States & that he has never by gift grant sale in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to disqualify himself to bring himself within the provisions of any act of Congress for the relief of revolutionary soldiers and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income - That his whole property consists in one horse of little value together with a few articles of wearing apparel; That in consequence of his age & debility he is altogether unable to procure a subsistence by his own labor - And that he is now and has for many years lived upon the charity of his friends -
William Patterson mark
Teste
Sworn to and subscribed before me an associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin - on this 7 th day of March 1831
Wm. J. Buchanan

copy of March 18 th 1831
1831
State of Ohio Franklin County ss
I John McElvain associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of our said do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Patterson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the terms therein specified, in the militia & that the above is a true statement of his property and circumstances. March 7 th 1831
John McElvain 

Columbus Franklin County Ohio

W m Patterson Revs. Ohio.
Rejected. March 16. 1831. See letter to W m Scott. Ohio to Ills AD 32. 13017

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 14 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child of William Patterson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 16 th March 1840,
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Ladd
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, February 27 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Patterson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1836, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio.
County of Hamilton City of Cincinnati: set.
On this 24th day of April 1885, before me, the subscriber, Mayor of the city of Cincinnati personally appeared Wm Patterson
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Robt. L. ... George Crauford in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Robt. L. Robertson in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Illinois to settle in the state of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Illinois
to Ohio, are to receive his Pension from the agency at Cincinnati having made fruitless attempts to obtain the same at the Illinois agency for want of a transfer which the War Department would not give at that time but which he has since ascertained has been sent without his knowledge and to the day and year aforesaid. I live with his children residing in Madison County Ohio.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid. with the seal of my office. James M. Davis Mayor
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of Ohio. City of Cincinnati ss.
I James W. Davies, Mayor of the city aforesaid, do hereby certify that Aaron H. Pierson, to me personally known as a respectable citizen of the city aforesaid, and as a man of strict veracity, came before me and being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that the within named William Patterson is the identical person described in the within affidavit contained in his application for a transfer; and further deponent saith not.
A. H. Pierson.
Sworn and subscribed this 8 th day of May 1835 before me, with the seal of P. city office
James W. Davies, Mayor

Application for a Transfer
State of Illinois
Sangamon County ss
On this 13 th day of November 1834 before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Sangamon personally appeared W m Patterson who on his Oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Robert Calhoun in the Regiment commanded by Colonel (his name not remembered) in Genl Potter's Brigade Pennsylvania Militia in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be then Payable, in future. The following are his Reasons for Removing from the State of Ohio to the State of Illinois viz. He is old and infirm - has no family of his own and wishes to live with some of his Children who are living in the State of Illinois
W m Patterson mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me The day and year aforesaid
Thomas Moffett Jus Peace
State of Illinois Sangamon County ss on this 13 th day of November 1834 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Sangamon personally appeared James Patterson who upon his Oath says that W m Patterson who made and subscribed the above Oath is the Person described in said Affidavit James Patterson I do certify that James Patterson the took & subscribed the foregoing Affidavit before me and that he is a person of veracity given under my hand this day & year aforesaid - Thomas Moffett Jus Peace

State of Illinois Sangamon County
I Charles R. Matheny Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in & for said do hereby certify that Thomas McAffett whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace and the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Springfield this 13 th day of November A D 1834
C. R. Matheny Clerk

July 30
M. Br...
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J. S. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Pension Department.
Washington
District of Columbia
voluntary release all other papers

Lee Edward Esq. Som millionaire of Portland. Pension Department. Washington Dist. of Columbia attorney in law attorney at law am? At 30-35

Cin. April 26 th 1855 J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir.
Application was this morning made at the Franklin Bank, Cincinnati for the payment of the Pension due Mr. Patterson whose certificate is dated 6 th May 1833. The paying Clerk informed him that an order had been received not to pay him by reason of a transfer from this to the Illinois Agency. This was much to the chagrin & disappointment of the Pensioner as he never could obtain while resident in Illinois, a transfer from Ohio. This is the reason principally why he is now on his way from Illinois to settle in this State where he intends to remain. He now wishes a transfer from Illinois back to the Ohio Agency as indicated by the enclosed papers application which I presume will prove to be drawn in sufficiently legal form. Address the transfer to me at Cincinnati, if proper and if you please at as early a period as

Practicable. By so doing you will much oblige the Petitioner and
Yours
Obt. Servant
A. H. Pierson.
It may be proper to remark that he has never received any payment in Illinois during his residence there of eighteen months. Nor here since.

Samuel W. Davies Mayor
State of Ohio City of Cincinnati set.
J. E. S. Haines, President of the City Council of the City of Cincinnati, do hereby certify that Saml. W. Davies of the City aforesaid was on the 6 th day of April 1835. elected to the office of Mayor of the City of Cincinnati; that he the S d Saml. W. Davies, is now acting in the official capacity of Mayor as aforesaid, and has been since the day of his election as aforesaid: that his term of office will expire the 6 th day of April 1837.; and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I, in capacity of the President of the City Council of the City of Cincinnati have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of S d City this 13 th day of May A. D. 1835.
E. P. Haines President

June 18 NEW BEDFORD JUN 7 1861 Mr. Roman
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Hon. James L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City

Springfield, Me. June 6 th 1835
Hon. Jas L. Edwards Sir:
You will please disburse the sum of the transfer as prayed for by the within papers and direct it to me as soon as will be convenient for you.
Also inform me who is the present agent for this State for the payment of pension claims.
Yours very Respectfully, Antion Campbell
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Wm Patterson b Dec 1 for Transfer
(To Illinois)

See Cir. Ina. Mar. 11 th 1835
Transf d to Illinois, from 4 th Sept. 1833 - Mar. 31 st 1835.
See Cir. Ina (to Illinois) - May 22 nd 35
To Ohio from 4 th Sept. 1833 - June 20 th 1835 -
As to Pa. Age 21. June 1838.
To Illinois from 4 th March 1836. 24 th July 1838. Notification sent to A. Campbell Springfield Illinois
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 from 4 th  Sept March 1836 to 4 th March 1838. Age notified 15 th March 1839.
Illinois 3.017 Illinois
W m Patterson
of Franklin Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Crawford of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Penn a . line for Six months.
$20.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 20. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Mar 33 W m and sent to P.B. Niles. Columbus Ohio.
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar 1833. 40. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. 33. 10.
$50.00 100.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { As of June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 20.

32427 INVALID.
1911, Mar. 31 Hist. to Mr. John C. Patterson 1919 June 3 Hist. to Mrs. F. W. Highley.
File No. 82,427
William Patterson
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 815-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec Enc.
Mr E C Trench Washington D.C.
Pension Commission My Dear Sir, Yours of May 6 th is at hand. William Patterson, at time of Rev War, lived in Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania, don't know date of birth, but was young at time of war. don't know date of death, family after war moved to Virginia, but I don't know whether before or after William's death. And later moved to Kentucky. Alexander Patterson lived in Cumberland Co. Pa. during Rev War brother of William. Was married during the war or just after. don't know any dates, as our family records were destroyed by fire in 1877. This Alexander was my mother's gr grandfather. he or his family had a pension for the Government. William Patterson is Cousin's Ancestor and I am helping her with her records

We realize the trouble that all this means to the people in Pension department but we are anxious to get the records and there were so many Pattersons in Pennsylvania at time of Rev War and our information is so vague that it is not easy to get all the facts. don't know name of either wife. each married either at time of Rev War or just at end. please help me if you can. and pardon me for the persistent effort I make to get these records.
Respectfully
Miss J. H. Highley
Heslop Mo.
May 12 th 1919.

The Tuscarawas Ice and Cold Storage Co.
MANUFACTURING
Pure Ice From Distilled Water
PLANT ON B. &amp; O. RAILWAY
New Philadelphia, Ohio, Mar 24 1911,
The Pension Department, Washington D. C., Gentlemen—
↓ see street below
My wife's, Great-grandfather Jonathan Hottingham, was a soldier in the revolution- ary war, he I think enlisted from near Baltim- ore, but after the war lived and died in Jefferson Co Ohio. Can you give me a copy of his enlistment or discharge or whatever is necessary for his great-grand-daughter, to be eligible as a daughter of the American revo- lution? And further I had a great-great-unc- le, Wm Patterson, who went from Fulton Co, Pa., in the same war, have you a record of his services, also have heard that the above Wm Patterson, had a brother in the war, and at the close as he with others were walking home, to Penna, through Va., was poisoned and that he and several others died. Has your depart- ment any record of this, or could you put me on the track of such information, if you could I would be very thankful indeed, Yours & John C. Patterson 348-N. Fair Street.