Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18534, for Ephraim Morrison, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Morrison, Ephraim Lucretia.
W. 18534 B.L.W. 26254-160-55.
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New 20 923 York
Ephraim Morrison
of Allegany Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. H. commanded by Captain Stockwell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webster in the New York line for 18 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Oct 1833 and to Mrs. Angelica
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 1 50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mths 30 $1 80
Revolutionary Claim, dated June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. [Signature] Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 69

Reported
Col H Wm H. Ramsey Jr 24th Dec 1841 " " 3rd Auditor "
1150. Albany NEW-YORK
Lucretia Morrison widow of Ephraim Morrison N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August, 48 and sent to
A. S. Lyon, Esq. Puffin N. Dak.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 176 Vol. 4

C. J. Howard. March 11/56
No 2. 637 May 21. Act Mar. 1/55
Lucretia Morrison wid. Ephraim Morrison fms
Rev. "Prasior."
July 48-1150
Wilbala May 20/59
OLG
B. B. P. R.
Geo. C. Ames Asst. Treasurer Present
Vol. No. 2-97.

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss.
David King, of the Town of Seneca in said County, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that on the 16th day of August in the year 1798 he married Rachael Morrison, the daughter of Ephraim and Lucretia Morrison; that for many years previous to his marriage with the said Rachal Morrison he was well acquainted with her parents; that during the whole period of his acquaintance with them, they lived together as husband and wife; and, as this deponent believes, were lawfully married: And this deponent further says, that, as he believes, his wife , the said Rachael Morrison is now sixty-four years of age
Sworn and subscribed { this 22 d day of Feb. 1848 { before me Walter G. Bradley
Justice of the Peace
David King, the maker of the above affidavit, is a man of good moral character, and his statements entitled to credit—
Walter G. Bradley Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office ss: I Ebenezer B Cobb Clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify, that Walter G Bradley whose name is subscribed to the foregoing proof of affidavit, was at the time of taking the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified & authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the foregoing purporting to be to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Official Seal & the Seal of the County Court at said County this 29 th day of February 1848.
Ebenezer B. Cobb

1959
Ephraim Morrison Allegany County New York
J.
Admitted Private 18 months
Ransom Lloyd Angelica Ontario Co. N.Y. New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjouined 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 Ephraim Morrison Allegany Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     20 May. 1780 9 pr. Capt. Stockwell — 64 Salem Traditionary   April. 1781 6 " Capt. Sher- — N. York Washington City   Octr. 1781 3 " wood— Capt. Arm Strong Col. Web- ster N. York   18  
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 A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District 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) _____ 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 day 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 [j] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
H. Munran

State of New York County of Cayuga
On this 23 rd day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me S. H. Wethey a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Lucretia Morrison aged Ninety years, a Resident of Genoa in the County of Cayuga and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, de- clares that she is the widow of Ephraim Morrison deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensionsed under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $60 per annum, and that she has been Pensionsed under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of $60 per annum, as the widow of the said Ephraim Morrison deceased.
That she has no private record of her said mar- riage or of her said Husband's death, That for proof of the same & of her widowhood reference may be had to the Evidence on file in the Pension Office upon which her said Pension was granted
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Morrison in Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York in the month of October A. D., 1781 She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Morrison died in Rushford in the County of Alegany and State of New York on the 15 th day of October 1847 and that she is still a widow.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled un- der the act of March 3 rd 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
S. H. Wethey
"Attest"
Lucretia Morrison her mark
We Delana King and Fanny Sickles , residents of Genoa Cayuga County in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and ac- knowledged by Lucretia Morrison , 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, & that she still remains the widow of Ephraim Morrison deceased Delana King Fanny Sickles
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 rep- presents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
S. H. Wethey Notary Public

State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's Office
I do hereby certify that J. H. Wethey Esq was at the time of taking the within affidavit a notary public  justice of the peace in and for the County of Cayuga duly elected and authorized to act as such and that the within is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal this 16 th day of May 1855 Edwin P. Marvin Clerk Cayuga County
Lucretia Morris - widow of Ephraim Morris - late County Judge, Co. of Cayuga, New York and March 3. 1855
142. 637
Filed May 21. 1855 by Joseph H. Wethey Washington City D.C.

19059 Ephraim Morrison Declaration

State of New York Ontario County ss.
Samuel Narrow of the Village of Geneva County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath de- pose and say, that he is seventy three years of age and upwards, that in the year 1780 he resided at Salem in Washington County New York, then Albany County, that he was well acquainted with Ephraim Morrison who resided at the same place, knows that said Morrison enlisted in the spring of that year thinks it was in April, in the company of Captain Levi Stockwell. Lieutenant Thomas Priggs - for the Nine Months service. Saw him frequently in the service at Skeneateles during the summer and fall, that he returned home in the winter fol- lowing. That Captain Stockwell told this deponent that he had discharged all his men and that Morrison was among the number - this was he thinks in January; that the year following 1781 said Morrison was absent from home and it was then said and believed in the neighborhood that he was at Fort Anne and in the Three Months service; that the following years depo- nent and said Morrison were frequently out together on short tours of duty from five days to three weeks at a time, making in the whole from two to three months, and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of June  September 1832 before the subscri- ber a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid. Witness my hand and seal & office R. M. Day N.P.

I Richard M. Bayly Notary Public as aforesaid do hereby Certify that I am well acquaint- ed with Samuel Slarrow who has made the foregoing affidavit & that he is a man of good moral character & that his statement is entitled to full credit. Said
Richard M. Bayly
State of New York } Ontario County ss. }
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Richard M. Bayly, whose name is above subscribed, was, at the and also subscribed to the within certificate of affidavit, was, at the date of said certifi- cate, a Notary Public in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-eighth day of June A.D. 1833.
Charles Crane
In the matter of the Application of Ephraim Morrison for a pension -

State of New York Allegany County } ss:
On this 30 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before John Griffin Josiah Utter and Asa S. Allen the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Ephraim Morrison a resident of the town of Rushford in the County of Allegany and State of New York aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz - that in the month of April or May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight  seventy hundred and thirty eighty at Salem in the County of Washington in the State of New York he enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Levi Stockwell that Thomas Bogs was lieutenant in the said Company that they marched from Salem aforesaid to Ralston in said County and from thence to Granville and to Skeneateles (now Whitehall) and was then stationed in a stone house for the space of nine months at which time he was discharged and returned home that he received his pay and a written discharge which discharge was burnt in the house of father about three years thereafter that while he was so stationed at the stone house aforesaid he was several times sent on scouts and with scouting parties into the narrows of Lake Champlain & sometimes as far as Ticonderoga and to East bay & South bay that it was in the winter & think in January when he was discharged as aforesaid - that in the spring of the year and deponent thinks in April 1881 he again enlisted under Captain Sial Sherwood Ezekiel Roberts was first Lieutenant and the second
Hand and seal of John Morrison

That the said Robert Baldwin, a Lieutenant, his name was Baldwin at Salem aforesaid and marched to Scotch Patent and to Fort Edward in the said County and remained there about two weeks then marched through Kingsbury Quensbury to Fort Ann, in said County and help build the said Fort and remained there till the Fort was taken some time in the month of September 1781 that this deponent then went to Salem aforesaid and gave the alarm and the militia turned out and started with this deponent for Fort George that before they got there and between Fort George and a place then called bloody pond were surrounded by a party of the enemy & Indians said to have been between four & five hundred and only about forty with this deponent that a skirmish took place where all of the party with this deponent except himself and a man by the name of Thomas Lyon were killed - that they made their escape by running through the ranks of the enemy that soon after and this deponent thinks in about two weeks thereafter which time this deponent was in the woods & at Fort George he returned to Salem aforesaid - that he enlisted for six months and that the time had then expired that the reason he did not obtain his discharge was because that Capt Sherwood was taken prisoner and carried into Canada and that he did not receive any pay for the said six months service.
That in the course of the same fall & deponent thinks in the month of October 1781 he again enlisted under Captain John Armstrong for three months at Salem in the County of Washington & State of New York and was attached to Colonel Melsler's Regiment & marched to Kingsborough & remained there about two weeks that he was then attached to a party and marched to Fort Ann where the enemy was then expected that he remained there

three or four weeks and then returned to Skeneateles where he remained till he was discharged his term having expired that he did not receive a written discharge nor his pay - that he has no documentary evidence - that Samuel Harrison of Geneva in the county of Ontario has testified to the service of this deponent -
And this deponent further says that he was born in Salem in the county of Washington & State of New York in the year 1763 the tenth day of September - that his father kept a record of the ages of his children in a bible which was burnt when his father's house was burnt - that he has not kept a record of his age since that time except by memory - that he always volunteered his service that he lived at Salem Washington County aforesaid till after war closed when he removed to Ovid in the county of Seneca & State of New York where he lived till about twelve years ago when he removed to Rushford in the county of Allegany & State of New York - that Abraham J. Teyon and the Rev. James Going live in the neighborhood of this deponent and are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid -
his Ephraim J. Morrison mark
Witness Ransom Sloyd as to signature.
J. P. Sherman CR

162 We James Going a clergyman residing in the town of Rushford in the county of Allegany & State of New York and Abraham J. Lyon of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Morrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this 30 th day of October 1832
W. Sherman Clerk
James Going Abraham J. Lyon
And the said board 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 & served as he states - And the board further certify that it appears to them that James Going who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Rushford in the County of Allegany & State of New York & that Abraham J. Lyon of the same who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Griffin } Judges of Josiah Atter } Comptroller Asa H. Allen }

I Judson H. Sherman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Morrison for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30 th of October A. D. 1832
J. H. Sherman Clerk

State of New York } Allegany County } ss: On this 19 th day of April, 1848, personally appeared before me William G. Angel, Judge of the county aforesaid, Lucretia Morrison, a resident of the town of Rushford in the county of Allegany and State of New York, aged eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled " An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, and also the acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844, ;" That she is the widow of Ephraim Morrison of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and drew a pension under the law of the United States of the 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum agreeable to an original pension certificate given at the War Office of the United States, the 21 st day of October, 1833; For proof of services of her husband she respectfully refers the Commission of Pensions to his papers now on file in the pension office: She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Morrison in the month of of October - in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, in the town of Salem in the county of Washington and State of New York, by Moses Martin a justice of peace; That her husband the said Ephraim Morrison, died on the fifteenth day of October 1847, in the town of Rushford in the county of Allegany; That she is not certain that she was married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated; That she further declares that she has no family record of her marriage or ages or births of her children.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before W. G. Angel County Judge of Allegany County.
her Lucretia Morrison Mark
I hereby certify that the above named Lucretia Morrison cannot write her name for the reason of age and bodily infirmity — and for and on account bodily infirmity

She is unable to appear in open Court; and further That the foregoing declaration or affidavit was carefully and distinctly read in her hearing before being sworn,
W. G. Angel
County Judge of Allegany County
State of New York
Allegany County } I Martin Butts Clerk of said County and also Clerk of Allegany County Courts, do hereby certify that William G. Angel before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose name is attached to the certificate thereto annexed, was at the time of taking such affidavit and signing such certificate, a Judge of Allegany County Courts and duly authorized to take the same and that full faith and credit should be given to his acts as such Judge, and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name signed to the said affidavit and certificate is his genuine hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this 21 st day of April 1848
Martin Butts Clerk

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension; on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Harrison  Med. File No. 5-32
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 1780 9 mos. Pvt. Ebenezer Stockwell N.H.   Apr. 1781 6 mos. Daniel Sherwood   Oct. 1781 3 mos. John Amadson Wheeler       
Battles engaged in, Antietam Sharpsburg Bloomsburg Fredericksburg
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salina, Kan.
Date of application for pension, Oct 30, 1882  First time of
Residence at date of application, Stafford Glasgow Sec. 1
Age at date of application, born at [illegible] Sept. 10, 1763
Remarks:

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Lucretia Morrison of Senov Cayuga County N.Y. do hereby constitute and appoint George C Ames of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of myself for Land and Bounty under the Act of March 3 rd 1835 as the widow of Ephraim Morrison deceased Who was a Private in the War of the Revolution & Pensioned under the Act of June 7 th 1832.
and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me. Witness my hand and seal this 22 nd day of March 1856
Signed and delivered in presence of
Lucretia X Morrison mark
J. H. Wethey Aaron Murphy
State of New-York, { ss. Cortland County, {
BE IT KNOWN that on the 22 nd day of March 1856 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Lucretia Morrison above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
J. H. Wethey Notary Public

named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be true and correct.
STATE OF NEW YORK, Cortland County Clerk's Office, } 55.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument, is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the Laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that J. H. Wetmore Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Notary Public
in and for the said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized, to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 21st day of March A. D., 185 6
Rufus A. Reed Clerk.

State of New-York. } ss. County, }
Be it known that on this _____ day of _____ 185 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county, and state aforesaid, personally appeared _____ of _____ county of _____ and state of _____ and made oath in due form of law that _____
That _____ has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that _____ is directly interested in said claim as _____ That _____ makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day } and year aforesaid before me, }
I _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said coun- ty, do hereby certify, that _____ who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of _____ and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Lucia Morrison wid of Ephraim N.Y.
Bounty Land 3 March 1855.
Revolutionary
Be pleased to file this with bounty land papers and send the important correspondence to me
Bro C Davis
Filed here about 24 May 1855
Bro C Davis Present

Know all Men by these Presents, That, I Lucretia Morrison of Genoa Cayuga County do hereby constitute and appoint _____ of _____ my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of myself for Pensions and Bounty under the act of March 3 rd 1835 as the Widow of Ephraim Morrison deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. that she is now receiving a pension as his widow and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me.
Witness my hand and seal this 23 rd day of March 1853
Signed and delivered
in presence of J. H. Wethey
Delana King
Lucretia Morrison mark
State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County, }
BE IT KNOWN that on the 23 rd day of March 1853 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,, personally appeared Lucretia Morrison above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
J. H. Wethey Notary Public

State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County Clerk's Office. }
I, EDWIN B. MARVIN, Clerk of the County of Cayuga, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that J. H. Hether Esq., was at the date of the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, a Notary Public in and for said county, and duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to said Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
I further certify that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New-York.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said county, this 6 day of April 185 5
E. B. Marvin
CLERK.
ve Public

State of New-York, } ss. County, }
Be it known that on this _____ day of _____ 185 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county, and state aforesaid, personally appeared _____ of _____ county of _____ and state of _____ and made oath in due form of law that _____
That _____ has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that _____ is directly interested in said claim as _____ That _____ makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day } _____ and year aforesaid before me, }
I _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said coun- ty, do hereby certify, that _____ who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of _____ and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Lucius Morrison widow of Ephraim Morrison die - County same claim - Power of atty - to Joseph H. H. H.
Filed by John H. H. H. Washington City.

Ephraim Morrison N. York Act 1832 § 10
for Annuity -
To what time was the last paid.
July 28 - 1848 Pension Office
Lyodoin
Paid to H. (Mar 47) A.B.

Hon. J. J. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Ames
May 2nd 1848 13646 Lucretia Morrison Wd of Ephraim Act 1838, N York
A. J. Lyon, Rushford, N.Y.

Kirkford April 26. 1868
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you The claim of Lucretia Morrison widow of Ephraim Morrison of this town to obtain a pension under the act of July the 7 th 1838 Mr Morrison her husband has not draw any payment since the 4 th of march 1867 cannot her Certificate commence on that day
Please give directions on that point
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt A. Ryan
Hon J. S. Edwards Com of Pensions

act 44 Con No 13646 Lucena Morrison wid of Ephraim Ms
act 7 July 1838 Marnid before 1794 Repeto Mullan and 15 Oct 1847 acord 17 June 44 & 2 Feb 1848 18mo Miss $60 00 per an 15 Oct 1847
A. J. Lyon Rushmore

Shakelford 23 May 17 th
Free
Hon. Jas L. P. Waldo Board of Pensions Washington City DC
Ms. A. 2. 63

State of New York, Allegany County } ss: I, Martin Butts, clerk of the county Court of Allegany county holden on the 19 th day of April, 1848, do hereby certify that satisfac- tory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Ephraim Morrison was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum; was a resident of the town of Rushford in the county of Allegany and State of New York, and died in said town of Rushford, in the year one Thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, on the fifteenth day of October; that he left a widow whose name is Lucretia Morrison.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Angelica this 21 st day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Martin Butts Clerk

State of New York Allegany County, ss
On this 12 th day of February 1848. Personally came before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of Allegany James McCall a resident of the town of Rushford in said County aged Seventy three years. Who being by me duly sworn deposes, & says that he became acquainted with Ephraim Morrison late a pensioner of the United States at the town of Ovid in the now County of Seneca State of New York in the year 1798 who then resided in the now town of Genoa & that in two or three years thereafter he the said Morrison moved into the neighborhood of this deponent with his family & settled on land belonging to the husband of his (Morrison's) Oldelt Daughter as this deponent verily believes - and that this deponent was acquainted with his family at that time which consisted of his Wife Lucretia One daughter (who was married) and three sons the oldest of the sons being a lad of the age of seven or eight years - and that this deponent has been acquainted with the said family ever since up to the time of the death of the said Ephraim Morrison which took place on the 15 th day of October 1847 - said family having removed to this place soon after this deponent came which was in 1815 - and that this deponent distinctly recollects the above facts from dates in his possession and from the date of his own marriage which was in 1799 & from comparing the ages of his own children with the ages of said Morrison's children and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me the day and year first above written
Chauman Brooks Justice of the Peace
James McCall

State of New York )
Albany County ss ) On this 19 th day of February 1848 Personally came before the undersigned a justice of the Peace of said County Seth Gillet a resident of the town of Rushford in said County Aged Seventy seven years who being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he became acquainted with Ephraim Morrison late a pensioner of the United States and Lucretia his wife about the year 1800 when this deponent's oldest living son was about one year old, & that said son is now Forty nine years old according to family record kept by this deponent That the said Morrison moved into the town of Ovid in the now County of Seneca about the year 1800 when this deponent then lived & where this deponent first became acquainted with him as aforesaid and that his family then consisted of one daughter (who was then married) and three sons two of which were older than this deponent's oldest living son who is now Forty nine years old, as aforesaid and that the oldest son of said Morrison was at that time (1800) about ten or eleven years old - And that this deponent has been acquainted with the said family ever since up to the time of the death of said Ephraim Morrison which took place on the 15 th day of October 1847 said Morrison & family having removed from Ovid aforesaid to this place soon after this deponent did, which was in 1816 or 1817 - and that this deponent distinctly recollects the above facts from dates in his possession and from the date of his own marriage which was in 1795 & from the ages of his own children, compared with the ages of said Morrison's children - and further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year first above written
Seth Gillet
Chapman Brooks - Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Seth Gillet who made the foregoing affidavit before me and that he is a man of truth & veracity and his statements entitled to full credit
Chapman Brooks - Justice

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James McCall who made the foregoing affidavit before me and that he is a man of truth and veracity & his statements are entitled to full credit. Chapman Brooks - justice
State of New York Albany County Clerk's Office
I, Martin Butts clerk of said county do hereby certify that Chapman Brooks Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed thereto to be his proper hand writing.
In presence of hand and the Seal of said County this 22 nd day of February A.D. 1848.
Martin Butts clerk

State of New York
Washington County ss: James A. M c Farland of Salem in said County, being duly sworn says, that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Salem aforesaid that he has made Search for a Record of Marriages among the Books & papers of said office and that he is unable to find any Record of marriages in the Town Clerks office of said Town and that he verily believes there is no such Record of Marriages in the Town Clerks office of said Town of Salem
Sworn before me the 31 st day of January 1848
Aaron Martin Justin Mann
James A. M c Farland
State of New York
has the County Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Aaron Martin whose name is subscribed to the above and every other Oath or certificate, is a justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature subscribed to said Oath is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County February 3 rd 1848
Wm. R. Miller, Dep. Clerk
True Copy

Feb 20-1857 Addl Evidence in case of Lucretia Morrison
March 18-1156
one Penny (ad)
How D. Ramsey H. R...

No. Reps Feb 20, 1851
Sir
I send you herein Wm Robinson County land papers. Also additional evidence in the case of Lucetta Morrison vs Munroe. I beg leave to refer you to the papers already on file in this last case
Very res G. B. Phelps
H. H. Munroe
Hon. Com. Princes

579 Albany. New-York
Report
Lucretia Morrison widow of Ephraim Morrison who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 15th Oct 1847.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 15th day of March , 1848. Oct.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August 1848, and sent to A. J. Lynn, Esq., Hushfield N. York
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2. Page 80

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26. 254
J Veo Aug

1894 J. [unclear] Veo Aug

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1910 Apr. 27 Fish to Philip H. Gilbert V.L.M.
File No. 18534
Lucretia Morrison
widow of Ephraim Morrison
His next of kin
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rushford, New York March 29, 1910.
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions,
Will you please look up the record of the fol- lowing Revolutionary sol- diers if there is no & no expense attached? If there is please inform me of the amount before making the search.

Ephraim Morrison.
Born 1762
Died Nov. 13, 1847
Name of wife Sucretia.
Lived in Rushford, New York
the last years of his life.
Before coming to Rushford lived in Onond N.Y.
Edvard Tarbell
1. Place of residence at enlistment probably Mason, New Hamp- shire.
2. After discharge - Mason, N.H.; Cavendish, Vermont; and Rushford, N.Y.
3. Born about 1761.
4. Name of wife Rachel Hil- dreth.
APR 22 1910
Yours respectfully, (Mrs.) Helen White Gilbert.

Payments to be made at New York by James W. M c W. Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice in Book E. Vol. 4. Page 51 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Abraham Morrison of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Sixty 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 even years.
Given at the War Office of the United States this Twenty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
L. D. Bishop
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
E. H. Brumf
Adams Commissioner of Pensions.