Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2694, for George Palmer Ransom, Connecticut

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Ransom, George Palmer No. 2694 Elizabeth
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D 884 Pennsylvania Phila. Elizabeth Ransom widow of George P. Ransom who served in the Revolutionary Conn war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 24 day of March, 1848. Sept 1850
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Dec r 1857 and sent to
Hon H. M. Fuller House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 110 Vol. A,

Apr 1828 Guthridge Treasury Convd with Ad C. W. Wood File # 2694

G. P. Ransom
467.
2 0 7 0

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act, entitled "An act for the relief of Certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May, 1828, I George Palmer Ransom of Plymouth township in the county of Luzerne in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a soldier in Captain Edward Eels (or Ayles) — company, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Zebulon Butler of the Connecticut Line. And I also declare, that I was entitled to certificates for the reward of eighty dollars under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th May, 1778; but whether I received said certificates or not, I cannot at this distant day distinctly recollect; my impression however is, that I did.
I further declare, that I was not, on the 15 th of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this 27 th day of July A.D. 1828.
George Palmer Ransom

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
Before me David Scott, President Judge of the eleventh Judicial district in said state, personally appeared this day, the Hon. Matthias Hollenbach of the said county , who did make oath, that George Palmer Ransom by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, to the personal knowledge of the said deponent, did enlist in the army of the Revolution, in Captain Samuel Ransom's Company, in which this deponent was Ensign, for and during the war, and that it is generally reputed and believed, and the said deponent does himself verify believe that the said George Palmer Ransom did faithfully serve continue in the service until the termination of the war.
Matthias Hollenbach
Sworn & subscribed this 7 th July 1828
David Scott Pres t 11 th Jud. Dist. of Penn a

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County
I Charles D. Shoemaker clerk of the Court of the County of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that David Pott, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn, was, at the time President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District in said State and duly empowered to administer oaths In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilkes-Barre the 8 th day of Jan y , A.D. 1828
C. D. Shoemaker clerk

No 1223 5/17 Declaration of Elizabeth Ransom widow of George P. Pa
Act 29 Feb 1848
Married 1794
Hus d died 1829
Adm 2 yrs per 380
for annuity Comy
2 shares per
3 Sept 1850 (Husband of Ransom under Act 15 May 1828)
Phil a Raw
Filed by H m Fuller Ho of Reps

State of Pennsylvania { County of Luzerne { S g :
On this fifth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Luzerne, being a Court of Record in open Court Elizabeth Ransom a resident of the township of Plymouth in the said County of Luzerne aged seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the twenty ninth day of July Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight, as the Widow of George Palmer Ransom late of said township of Plymouth deceased, who was a surviving private of Infantry in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution and a Revolutionary Pensioner as appeared by the original Certificate signed by S. D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury dated the third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and entitled "Revolutionary Claims (U. 417) under the Act entitled an 'act for the relief of Certain surviving Officers and soldiers' of the Army of the Revolution' approved 15 May 1828 which said Certificate was delivered up when the arrearages of pension due the said pensioner at the time of his death were drawn by the said Widow. She the said Elizabeth Ransom further declares that she was married to the said George Palmer Ransom on the ninth day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four; that her husband the aforesaid George Palmer Ransom died on the third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen hundred, viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year first above written, before -
My Jo up Pres d
her Elizabeth Ransom mark

State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } S ci :
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby Certify that William Jessup before whom the within declaration is made and sworn to in open Court is the President Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District of the said State of Pennsylvania, within which said District is the said County of Luzerne, duly Commissioned and sworn - that the within declaration was made and sworn to in open Court before the said President Judge, and that the name W m Jessup within subscribed is in the proper hand writing of the said William Jessup - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of August Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and fifty one -
Samuel Hodgdon Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Luzerne } ss:
On this Third day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared Before C. M. Cass a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Luzerne, James Lamoreux a resident of the township of Jackson in the said County of Luzerne aged Twenty six years, who being duly sworn ac- cording to Law doth depose and say that he has been well acquainted with George Palmer Ransom late of the township of Plymouth in said County, deceased, and Elizabeth Ransom his wife since and before the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three - that the said George Palmer Ransom is dead - that the said George Palmer Ransom died in the month of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty - that the deponent was present at the marriage of the said George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Ransom - that the said George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Ransom were legally married on the ninth day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four - that the marriage ceremony was performed by Lawrence Myers a Justice of the Peace who has been dead for many years - that the said George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Ransom from the said time of their said marriage until the death of the said George Palmer Ransom lived together as husband and wife - and that the said Elizabeth Ransom is now a widow and has not been married since the death of the said George

Palmer Ransom - And further deponent saith not - Sworn and Subscribed before me, the aforesaid Justice of the Peace in the day and year first above written — C W Cass Justice of the Peace James Jameson
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County } ss:
On this Third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared Before me C W Cass a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Luzerne Temperance Van Dorn a resident of the township of Jackson in the said County of Luzerne aged Seventyfour years, who being duly sworn ac- cording to Law doth depose and say that she has been Well acquainted with George Palmer Ransom late of the township of Plymouth in the said County of Luzerne and Elizabeth Ransom his Wife since and before the year seventeen hundred and ninety three - That the said George Palmer Ransom died in the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty - that this deponent was present at the marriage of the said George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Ransom - That they were married in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four - That the marriage Ceremony was performed by Lawrence Myers a Justice of the Peace for said County who has been dead for many years - That the said George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Ransom from the time of their said marriage until the death of the said George

Palmer Ransom lived together as husband and wife - And that the said Elizabeth Ransom is now a Widow and has not been married since the death of the said George Palmer Ransom —
And further deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me the aforesaid Justice of the Peace on the day and year first above written
E. W. Carr
Justice of the Peace
Temperance her Vanloon mark
Witness present at signing
E. W. Carr Noah Higgings
State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss;
On this Fourth day of September
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared Before me Ebenezer Choultree a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Luzerne Henderson Gaylord a resident of the township of Plymouth in the said County of Luzerne aged Forty four years who being duly sworn ac- cording to law doth depose and say that he was well acquaint- ed with George Palmer Ransom late of said township of Plymouth deceased and that the said George Palmer Ransom died on the third day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty — And further deponent saith not —
Sworn & Subscribed Before me, the aforesaid Justice of the Peace on the day and year first above written —
Henderson Gaylord
E. Choultree in Scully Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania County of Luzerne Ss:
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Luzerne do hereby Certify that C. W. Case before whom the first two of the foregoing affidavits are made is and was at the time said affidavits Certified to have been made an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Luzerne duly Commissioned & qualified. That the two signatures of the said C. W. Case within written are both in the hand writing of the said C. W. Case and are the gen- uine signatures of the said C. W. Case. And I do hereby further Certify that E. Chamberlin before whom the last of the fore- going Affidavits was made is and was at the time said last written affidavit is herein certified to have been made an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and sworn: that the signature of the said E. Chamberlin within written is in the hand writing of the said E. Chamberlin and is the genuine signature of the said E. Chamberlin. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Wilkes- Barre in said County this Second day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one — the words "for said County" being in- terlined before signing & sealing this Certificate.
Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary.

March 31, 1934.
Mrs. May R. Welty, 763-10th St., Nevada, Iowa.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.2694, it appears that George Palmer Ransom enlisted, date not stated, and served as a private in Captain Samuel Ransom's Connecticut Company and also in Captain Edward Bell's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment, until the end of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 7, 1828, while a resident of Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He died there September 3, 1850.
He married January 9, 1794, Elizabeth, maiden name not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 6, 1851, while a resident of Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged 75 years. Their children were: William (a resident of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in 1879), Thomas, Livey (married Oliver Davenport or Devenport and residing at Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in 1879), Chester, Minor, Gatura and Eleanor.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

WIDOW, &c.
1924, Mar 31 - Hist. to Mrs. May R. Witty. um. J
File No. 2694
1930 - May 15 - Hist. To Hon R.P. Freeman for Mrs. May B. Bishop. Letter returned To Mr. Freeman.
EEH
Elizabeth Ransom Widow George P. Ransom Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. M. Page 148.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Rawson, widow of George S. Lebanon County and State of Pennsylvania act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a householder Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Hon. M. M. Fuller Wash R
J. C. C. Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
July 31 1828.
George Palmer Ransom, of Plymouth Township in the County of Luzerne, in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Col. Z. Butler's company, in the regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Dikins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
5. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to George P. Ransom in the Connecticut line
It further appears that George P. Ransom is now on the pension list of the the  agency agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Peter Hagner H nd

763-10th St Nevada Ia
Feb 27-1924
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information regarding Geo Palmer Ransom private in 2 nd Independent Company, during the Revolutionary war? I wrote the War Dept at Washington and was referred to you for additional information. I thank you.
Very sincerely,
(Mrs.) May Ransom Willy

File N o 2,694
Elizabeth Ransom Widow of Jno. P. Ransom First Rev. Ward
Receipt for Bible etc., within and to be filed in the case. —
Augt 26/19.3
See C.R.
Ulverston

V. G. M. at B. L. D. M. D. E.
File N o 2.694
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Augt 19 1879
Dear Sir
Herewith transmit to your Post Office address the old family Bible which was sent to this Office to be filed in evidence when Elizabeth Ransom made application for pension in 1851.
You will please acknowledge the receipt of the Bible and return this letter with your reply in the enclosed envelope.
Very respectfully
J. P. Clarke Acting Commissioner
for M. D. E.
Oliver Davenport Plymouth P. O. Luzerne Co Penn a

File N o 2,694
Elizabeth Ransom Widow of Geo. P. Ransom Print Rev. Mass.
Receipt for Bible etc., within and to be filed in the case. —
Augt 26/19.3
See C.O.K.
Ulrich Dempster
Mr. Sir:-
Very respectfully Yours at New York Aug 26/19
I acknowledge the receipt of the Bible family Bible and other items in this 20 night Young, respectfully,

Bounty Land Div. W. B. E.
File No. 2694.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Aug. 13. 1879
Dear Sir
Please furnish this Office with the names and present Post Office address of some of the descendants of Elizabeth Ransom, Widow of Geo. P. Ransom, late a private in the Rev. War.
Application for pension was made by the Widow in 1851. and an Old Bible, containing a family record, was sent to this Office to be filed in evidence. It is now desired to return this Bible to some member of the family, all of whom resided within the delivery of your office in 1851. The names of the children are. William, Thomas, Livery, Chester, Minor, Catura and Eleanor Ransom.
Please return this letter with your reply in the enclosed envelope.
Very respectfully O. P. Kelarke Acting Commissioner for mrs E
Post Master Plymouth Luzerne Co. Penn a .

Oliver Davenport intermarried with Liley Ransom William Ransom
P.O. Address Plymouth Pa.
The first named would probably be the most proper party to return the Bible to.
Yours Respectfully
O. H. Wilson Pa., Plymouth Pa.
1871

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May 17/50 ESK
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.2694, it appears that George Palmer Ransom enlisted, date not stated, and served as a private in Captain Samuel Ransom's Connecticut Company and also in Captain Edward Bell's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment, until the end of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 7, 1828, while a resident of Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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He died September 3, 1850, in Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married January 9, 1794, Elizabeth -----.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1851, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and was a resident of Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Their children were: William, residing in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in 1879; Thomas; Livey, married Oliver Davenport or Devenport and in 1879 was residing in Plymouth, Pennsylvania; Chester; Minor; Catura; and Eleanor.
Handwritten notes: George Palmer Ransom born [illegible] died Sept 3, 1850 Plymouth Township, Luzerne Co. Pa. married Jan 9, 1794 Elizabeth [illegible] She was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1851, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and was a resident of Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.