Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16384, for George Ranney, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
or Ranney, George Ranny Lucy
W. 16384
{ B.L. Wt. 6377.100. Pst. Issued July 14. 1789.
CONTENTS

Albany 4607
Lucy Ranney widow of George Ranney
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1828 and who died on the 20 th July 1837
Steuben Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded Captain Hall Conn. of the reg't. commanded Col. Swift. in the Com. for 2 years
Enrolled on the Roll of Albany
the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 21. July 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Nov. 1837 and sent to R. Campbell Dorchester, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 168.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Oct. 1840 40.00 $208.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. bk 1. Vol. 2 Page 99
Let to P. Hender 19 Sept 33
Lt. J. B. Powell.
July 23. 1861.

9139 New-york
George Hanney
of Leicester in the state of New-york who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of Six years
Inscribed on the Roll of New-york at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Ap r 1819 and sent to Jonathan Lewis Leicester - Broome Co. New-york.
arrears to 4th of March 1819  10  66 / 20  82.63 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819  6 mos 48.
$130.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent Nov. 2 nd 1820 to M rs Maria D. D. Day, Schenectady N. Y.

Steuben Co N. York
July 18 th 1861
S. B. Powell
Rel. to Claiming the Heirs of George Rainey
cc. July 20 th 1861
Respectfully referred to Commissioners Pension and the writer so informed July 20 th 1861
3 rd Auditor

Bath, November 6 th
York July 15 the 1861
This is to the H. & B. D. E. & R. T. M. E. A. T. F. I am not knowing your names i. address to you this way i. find that George Ranney who was a Pilot in the Connecticut Line of the U. S. Revolutionary Army was intitled to Land from this this Government now Sirs if you can give his Children any thing respecting his Land, or where it is with the A. C. or S. or in young town Co. State you will oblige them very much for they Say that their father never had it
J. B. Powell
My dear Cousin
Mr. Powell

George Ranney. Affidavit

State of New York. Broome County ss.
On this twenty fifth day of April A.D. 1818. Before me the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in the County of Broome, personally appears George Kenney, aged fifty eight years, resident in the town of Lisle in said Broome County who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war". That the said George Kenney enlisted in March or April A.D. 1776. in the town of Guilford, New Haven County State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Smith, Col. Olmoe's Regiment for eight months service, stationed at Fort Stoney, and continued to serve for said eight months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged from service at Fort Stoney, in the State of New York, that he in the month of March A.D. 1777. at the town of Guilford New Haven County, State of Connecticut, again enlisted during the war in the company commanded by Capt. Stephen Hall, of the 2 nd Connecticut Regiment under Col. Heman Swift, that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States, until June 1780. when he was discharged from service in the highlands near West Point, State of New York, - that he was in the Battles at Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield, and many other Skirmishes. - That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and that he has no other evidence (except what is herewith enclosed) now in his power of his said services. - his discharge sent to the Genl. Department about two years since. -
Sworn and declared before me Jonathan Lewis the Judge above named day and year aforesaid. - George Kenney Jonathan Lewis
State of New York. Broome County ss. David Humbert of the town of Lisle County of Broome aforesaid, of lawful age, appears before me Jonathan Lewis one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas in said Broome County on this 25 th day of April A.D. 1818. and being duly sworn according to law, saith, that he was personally acquainted with George Kenney the person above named, and knows that he served in the revolutionary war for some years upon the continental establishment against the Common enemy. Sworn & declared before me the said Jon th Lewis. David Humbert the day & year above named. - Jonathan Lewis

State of New York, Broome County. Asa Page and John Smith of the town of Lisle County of Broome and State of New York of lawful age appear before me Jonathan Lewis one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said Broome County, on this 25 th day of April A.D. 1818, who being by me duly sworn, saith, that they have lived near neighbours to George Kenney the person above named, that his health is much impaired, that he is without property, and that it is frequently difficult for him with all his industry to procure a competency to make himself and family comfortable. John Smith
Asa Page
Sworn and subscribed before me the said Jonathan Lewis the day and year above named. Jan y 2 d Lewis
22 I your Honor are of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Broome do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said George Kenney did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid act of Congress A.D. 1818 Jan y 2 d Lewis
I your Honor's Judge as above mentioned do certify that I am personally acquainted with George Kenney above mentioned & consider him as in deduced circumstances to believe him to stand in need of assistance from his country to make himself & family comfortable Jan y 2 d Lewis

George Rainey, p. Lisle, Broome Co. New-York. 1776 to 1783 - Col c . Swift's reg t . Connecticut line - April 25, 1818.
Jonathan Lewis, Judge, Lisle, Broome Co. New-York.

Broome County Ys.
I hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Lewis at the time of signing the above was a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and that the signatures are in the proper hand writing of the said Jonathan Lewis. -
Broome Clks. Office Mch. 13. 1818
A. Doubleday Clerk

Broom C. P. S. In the Matter of George Runny a Revolutionary Soldier
Runny
9139 C. P. S.

State of New York Broome County ss. On this 15 th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in and for said County of Broome, a court of record. Proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in the point of amount, having a record of their proceedings, and having also the power of fine and imprisonment. George Runney aged 68, here present in the person of Sister in the said County of Broome and being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit from the year 1776 until the year 1783 with a few days intervening from February 1777 until the March following in the Company commanded by Captain David Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elmer in the Connecticut Line 8 months and in Captain Stephen Trafton's Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sherman in the Connecticut Line from March 1777 until June in the year 1780 and that the date of his original declaration was the 23 rd of 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 9139 and that he was in the Battle of New Jersey and in the Battle of Springfield New Jersey and in the Battle of Monmouth County New Jersey and in the Battle of Springfield New Jersey and in a skirmish of McIntosh's West of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed the 18 th of March 1818 and I have not now has any person in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Schedule of the property of the above named George Runney 1 lot house & lot 1 kitchen and house saw mill one horse one cow one pig one sheep one goat one 1 pair of oxen 1 set of plows 6 sleds one set of sleighs one set of harness one set of chains one set of bits one set of reins one set of straps one set of collars one set of traces one set of blinkers one set of blinkers one set of blinkers And the said George Runney upon his oath aforesaid doth further declare that he is by occupation a Poor Farmer but is unable to pursue it being crippled in one hand & troubled with the gravel and other complaints. And the number of his family is three his wife Mary aged 64 years full of infirmities of body unable to labor but little and one adult son an orphan Girl aged 8 years named Polly Mary Cornell who able to contribute any thing to the support of the family. Sworn and declared in open Court the 18 th day of September 1820 George Runney
Sworn and declared in open Court the 18 th day of September 1820 J. H. Lambdin Esq. C.C.H.
George Harvey
State of New York
I, Almeric D'Ardenne Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Broome do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule are truly copies from the records of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty Dollars and ninety Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the seal of the said Court on this 25 th day of September 1878.
Wednesday, Oct 18 th 1880.

4607
6137
Marr'd 24 Nov 1785 Husband died 20 July 1837
Col Swift Capt. Hale's Canal Line
Admitted Private 2 years
R. Campbell Jr Esq, Bath New York

State of New York Steuben County } ss:
On this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben, the same being a Court of Record and having a seal, Lucy Ranney, a resident of the town of Bath in the County of Steuben aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, both 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, 1836 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows".
That she is the Widow of George Ranney who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and was a Pensioner of the United States, as appears by a Certificate of Pension signed by John H. Calhoun Secretary of War, dated the 26th day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen and on file in the Office of the Secretary of War of the United States, which said Certificate, as signed by the John H. Calhoun Secretary of War, certifies that the deceased husband of this Declarant, is inscribed on the pension list of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, commencing on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
She further declares that she was married to the said George Ranney on the twenty fourth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and that her husband the aforesaid George Ranney died on the Twentieth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. That she was not 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, at the time above stated. And this deponent further says that annu-

is the original family record, which is in the hand writing of the said George Ranney, which is all the family record that was ever kept by him. That said record commenced about the time of this deponent's marriage to said George Ranney and has been in the possession of this declarant ever since, and this declarant further states that she was never married to any other person than the said George Ranney.
Lucy Ranney
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me in open Court. W. Hamilton Clerk Steuben County

C. George Prainey his Book Guilford November the 24 th 1785 our Marriage was Recorded We had one Son that was still born December the 8 th 1787 -
Doley was born November the 21 st 1788 Lucy was born January the 26 th 1791 December the 31 st Juliana was born 1793

Steubun County ss: Lucy Nodine being duly sworn says that she is the daughter of Lucy & George Ranney That she is aged forty eight years - That her father George Ranney & her Mother Lucy The declarant whose declaration is annexed hereto from the earliest Recollection of this deponent lived together as man & wife. And this deponent further saith that she is acquainted with the hand writing of her father George Ranney & that the record referred to in the declaration aforesaid is in the hand writing of her said father & that she has known said Record as their family Record from her earliest recollection That her Mother and father have always kept said Record and she knows of no other. That said George Ranney died at the house of this deponent in Bath Steubun County on the 20 th day of July 1857 And that the said Lucy has never since been married And that her father was a pensioner at the time of his death.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 7 th day of September A.D. 1857. in open Court
Lucy Ranney
Thos Hamilton Clerk Steubun County
< Steubun County ss: Polly Hendee being sworn says that she is the daughter of Lucy & George Ranney aged fifty years. That from her earliest recollection her father & mother lived together as man & wife. That she knows her father's hand writing & that the record referred to in the said Lucy's declaration is in his hand writing - That she has known said Record as the family record from her earliest recollection.

and that she has known of no other - Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day of September A.D. 1839. } Polly Knowles before me in open Court
Wm Hamilton Clerk Steuben County

Steubun County ss: James H. Hotchkiss being duly sworn says that he resides in the Town of Wheeler Steubun County aged fifty eight, that he is a clergy man of the Presbyterian Church denomination - That he was born resided in Guilford from in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut, from the year 1785. to the year 1789, that his Beriah father was a presbyterian Clergyman & Pastor of the fourth society in said Town of Guilford during that period - That this deponent in the year 1789. removed with his father to to what is now Greenville in the County of Greene in the State of New York, until the year 1801, that he removed in 1801. to Ontario County State of New York, & resided there until 1809 When he removed to Steubun County, where he has since resided, with the exception of three years during which he resided in Hunter Tompkins County - That this deponent knew George Ranney from a very Early period of this deponents life, That he remembers distinctly being acquainted with him then while this deponent resided at Guilford. That he also knows his Lucy the Widow of said George Ranney the present applicant for a pension. That while this deponent resided in Guilford the said George Ranney Lucy lived together as man & wife, that they were members of the congregation (not of the Church) of this deponents father - and that they were occupied a respect- able standing in society. That they were visited by this deponent That when this is the aforesaid George Ranney with his wife and children of which this deponent thinks that there were then three, about the year 1792. or 1793. removed to the Town of Greenville, and resided about two miles from the residence of this deponents father; that he was well acquainted with the said George and Lucy Ranney in Greenville

That they were members of the congregation over which his father was the Pastor, held a respectable standing in society, and were visited by the parents of this Deponent as persons living in lawful wedlock. That this Deponent has since been acquainted with the said George and Lucy Ranney in the County of Steubenville where the said Lucy now resides; this Deponent has always from his first acquaintance with the said George and Lucy, (which must have been as far back as the year 1786. or 1787.) understood that they were lawful man and wife, that he has every reason to suppose that they were lawfully married as early as the period above mentioned, and have ever since till the decease of the said George Ranney lived in lawful wedlock, as to that he has to believe that any of his acquaintance are living in lawful wedlock respecting whose marriage he was not an actual witness. And further this Deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 5 th day of September A.D. 1837. before me
James H. Hotchkiss.
Thos Hamilton Clerk Steubenville County
Steubenville County ss:
I William Hamilton, the officer before whom the above affidavit of the Rev. James H. Hotchkiss, was taken, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Deponent, and that I know him to be a Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church in said County and of good character and that his affidavit is entitled to the utmost credit -
Witness my hand this 7 th day of September A.D. 1837.
Thos Hamilton Clerk of Steubenville County.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ranney, George GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6377 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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.     Jan 1776 3 mos. Det. David Smith James Conn.   Nov 1777 1 yr 1 mo Stephen Hall James Mott N.Y.        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: He was at New Haven Dec. 24, 1775; Dec. 31, 1775; Jan. 1, 1776; Jan. 2, 1776; Jan. 3, 1776; Jan. 4, 1776; Jan. 5, 1776; Jan. 6, 1776; Jan. 7, 1776; Jan. 8, 1776; Jan. 9, 1776; Jan. 10, 1776; Jan. 11, 1776; Jan. 12, 1776; Jan. 13, 1776; Jan. 14, 1776; Jan. 15, 1776; Jan. 16, 1776; Jan. 17, 1776; Jan. 18, 1776; Jan. 19, 1776; Jan. 20, 1776; Jan. 21, 1776; Jan. 22, 1776; Jan. 23, 1776; Jan. 24, 1776; Jan. 25, 1776; Jan. 26, 1776; Jan. 27, 1776; Jan. 28, 1776; Jan. 29, 1776; Jan. 30, 1776; Jan. 31, 1776; Feb. 1, 1776; Feb. 2, 1776; Feb. 3, 1776; Feb. 4, 1776; Feb. 5, 1776; Feb. 6, 1776; Feb. 7, 1776; Feb. 8, 1776; Feb. 9, 1776; Feb. 10, 1776; Feb. 11, 1776; Feb. 12, 1776; Feb. 13, 1776; Feb. 14, 1776; Feb. 15, 1776; Feb. 16, 1776; Feb. 17, 1776; Feb. 18, 1776; Feb. 19, 1776; Feb. 20, 1776; Feb. 21, 1776; Feb. 22, 1776; Feb. 23, 1776; Feb. 24, 1776; Feb. 25, 1776; Feb. 26, 1776; Feb. 27, 1776; Feb. 28, 1776; Feb. 29, 1776; Mar. 1, 1776; Mar. 2, 1776; Mar. 3, 1776; Mar. 4, 1776; Mar. 5, 1776; 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Respectfully,
Commissioner.

July 2/10, Mil. Hist. 4 H. S. Ross, Adams, Jr. House of Reps. C
Nov. 7-1902 Chas. C. Adams Cromwell Conn 1917 Mar. 10. Dist. to Mrs. P. J. McHugh
16,384
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16384
George Ramsey
Wid
George Ramsey
Rev. Geo. Ramsey
Act: July 27th 1902
Index:—Vol. M , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany
George Ramey act 1818 to what time paid?
VS
Deed 20 th July 1837 p't. that paid 18

William Crawford Esquire Secy War
Sir Please deliver to Victory Birdseye Esquire all such Letters Patent or other Certificates as I may be Entitled to receive from the War Office of the United States relative to my Bounty Lands for my Services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army
Feb. 10 th 1836
Yours Respectfully George Ranney

Baths Aug Sept 6 th 1853
Dear Sir please inform me in Regard to Lucy Ranney who was my Mother whether there was is any thing due the heirs in the way of pension money and how much she drew yearly as I have now for when the amt My father George Ranney was pensioned at the rate of 96$ per annum My Mother Lucy Ranney name was placed on the New York pension Roll she died in the year 1821 on the 17 th day of November Please inform me when she drew her last pension.
Yours Truly
Polly Keene

Nov 20.
Hon D r Ramey
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Customs Washington D. C.

Bath Nov. 14. 1839
W. Edwards Esq
Sir
Permit me to inquire of you if you have examined the claims of Mrs. Skurnah Lord and Mrs. — Ramsey, the former sent to your office last winter & the latter some months since — and to request the result of your examination as soon as convenient
Yours Respectfully Campbell R.
Lucy Ramsey 25 Sept. Han Dnd and  for

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof George Ranny Soldier in the Second Penna t Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States from March 28 th 1777. to June 7 th 1783. and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 7 th day
of June 1783.
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
J. M'Callister Supt.
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. Curtis
Adjutant.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 7 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
George Ramey or Roney born. B.L. Vt 6377. issued 1789

6137 Sept 25
NY July 7. 1838
W. B. Easton Esq. Residence of Friends Washington D.C.

Perth Sept 18. 1897
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Enclosed I send you an application for a pension on behalf of Mrs. Sarah Plummer a resident of the town. Widow of the late Thomas Plummer who died in 1895. and draw a pension as a pensioner by the Government, and I trust the records in your office will fully show - the affidavit of the Rev. Mr. St. John's of her that she was unfortunately widowed with six children and that the accident will not injure the papers and affect them to prevent the worthy widow from obtaining the desired pension from the hands of our Government - I hope you will return her application after the application for pension is determined and that she will be found to be entitled to a pension from the Government -
Yours respectfully, R. Campbell
PP
Please send the form to me, on the receipt of this if convenient and advise me of the result of this application, and of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the papers as soon as practicable -
Yrs &c.
R. Campbell
J. S. Edwards Esq.
* form sent

See: Ranney's application for Land Warrant. V. Birdseye att.
W.P. N o 6577. July 14. 1789.

State of New York Cortland County ss
George Ranney of Lisle in the county of Broome in the State of New York being Duly Sworn deposeth and saith - That he this deponent actually served as a Soldier in the Second Connecticut Regt. in the time of the Continental Army and that he this deponent is the same person and no other than the one described in the annexed discharge and further more this deponent saith not
George Ranney
subscribed & sworn to before me Messrs Poart in one of the judges of judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cortland this 10 day of February 1816
Messrs Poart
State of New York Cortland County ss
John Parker of the Town of Lisle in the County of Broome & State of New York and Mead Merrill of the Town of Homer in the County of Cortland & State aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that they were personally acquainted with George Ranney when a Soldier in the Revolutionary army of the United States and that they the deponents found in the same Regiment with him the said George and that they know him to be the same person described in the discharge herunto annexed and further more the deponents say not
John Parker
Mead Merrill
subscribed & sworn to before me Messrs Poart in one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cortland the above named John Parker & Mead Merrill being personally known to me to be persons of truth & veracity this 10 day of February 1816
Messrs Poart

I William Mallory Clerk of the County of Catland Do hereby certify that the above copy of the Certificate of the date whereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Catland acting under the authority of the State of New York In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed the seal of the County to be hereunto affixed This twelfth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen
William Mallory Clerk

Fort Collins, Colo,
Feb. 19 th - 1917 -
Feb Rec'd
Dept Interior - Bureau of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
Can you give me information concerning George  Ramey , of Conn. a pensioner 1818, residing in New York? Information desired - wife's name children? place of birth and death.
Thanking you,
I remain,
Very truly yours
Mrs P. J. M. Hugh 215 - E. Oak St.

PENSION OFFICE U. S. FEB 24 1917
RECEIVED FEB 23 1917 DIVISION

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RAINES COMPTON, Chairman FRANKLIN BARLETT ROBT. ADAMS E. M. FARR, Clerk
Committee on the Liberator
House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C. June 26 th 1894
Wm Lockhart Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish me with the following information, Isaac Ranney who resided in New York, was a pensioner in 1818 for Revolutionary War Service from Conn, I would like to have a certificate from the Pension Bureau stating the service for which this pension was granted.
Yours Truly Robert Adams Jr me

Cromwell, Conn.
Nov. 3, 1902.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Sir:— I respectfully apply for a copy of the record of the service of the following Revolutionary Prisoners, who served from Conn.
0 David Ranney ✓ William Ranney ✓ George Ranney (remount to N.Y.),
Very truly Yours,
Charles C. Adams,
Late Chaplain 22 nd Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf.