Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,329, for Ezra Pope, Connecticut

SERVICE
Pope, Ezra Mary
NUMBER
R. 8329
CONTENTS

25.917
Chas. Fittenger
Ezra Gipe
of [illegible] in the State of [illegible] who was a [illegible] in the [illegible] commanded by Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] commanded by [illegible] in the [illegible] here for [illegible]
$ 51.00
Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] P. at at the rate of [illegible] Dollars [illegible] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of [illegible] and [illegible] 132 C. P. Sherman, [illegible], Ch.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending [illegible] 41.00
$ 141.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 84 Page 123 -

The State of Ohio } Richland County }
On the sixteenth day of November AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court be- fore the Honorable Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Richland & State of Ohio now sitting Ezra Pope a resident of the County of Richland & State of Ohio aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service in the Month of March AD 1778 in a Company commanded by Captain Elias Martin in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Mathew M c Leod, and that he served therein for the period of eight Months. That he then resided in the Town of Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, at which place he enlisted in said Company. That the Regiment of which his Company formed a part was raised by the State of Connecticut for the purpose of protecting that part of her borders that lay contiguous to those parts of the State of New York which were then occupied by the enemy. That his Regiment was stationed in detached parties along the Western border of the State of Connecticut That he was engaged in no battle, but fought very frequently in skirmages with the Cow Boys, and the Tories. That he received a regular discharge from his Captain, but which is now lost. That he has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service -
He also states that in the Month of March 1779 - he enlisted in a Company commanded by Eli- phat Lockwood in a Regiment under the Command of Col Mathew M c Leod, and that he served therein for the period of nine (9) Months. That he then re- sided in the Town of Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut at which place he enlisted in said Company. That the Regiment of which his Company

formed a part were state troops raised by the state of Connecticut, and was stationed in various places, but principally on the sea shore for the purpose of preventing the embarkation of the enemy upon the shores of the state of Connecticut, that he was engaged in the various skirmishes & battles attending the burning of the towns of New Haven, Norwalk, & Fairfield by the enemy in the month of July 1779. That there no regular troops engaged with him as he can now recollect. That he received a regular discharge from his Captain which is now lost. That he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services.
He also states that in the month of March A.D. 1780 he enlisted in a company under the command of Captain Osiel Marvin in a Regiment commanded by Col — Lilliman. (the Quaker name of Col Lilliman not now recollected) that he served therein for the period of eight months that he then resided in the town of Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, at which place he enlisted in said company. That the Regiment of which his company formed a part were state troops raised by the state of Connecticut, and was stationed on the Western borders of Connecticut and on the Eastern borders of New York — principally at Horse Neck, and Saw Pit and the country adjacent — that he often encountered & fought with the Cow Boys, and that he belonged to the detachment from his company that escorted Major Andre to West Point after he was taken prisoner. That he received a regular discharge from his Captain which discharge is now lost. That he has no documentary evidence to prove his service, and knows no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services.
He also states that in March A.D. 1781. He enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Osiel Marvin in a Regiment under the command of Colonel — Lilliman, that he served therein for the

for the period of six months - that he then resided in the Town of Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut at which place he enlisted in said Company. That the Regiment of which his Company formed a part was composed of State troops raised by the State of Connecticut. and was stationed at Horse neck and Compton in the State of New York. That there was no other Regiment either of the regular service or of the State troops stationed at those places except the Regiment he served in. That he often met & fought with the Cow Boys & Tories. but was not engaged in any regular battle. That he received a discharge from his Captain which is now lost. That he has no documentary evidence in his possession & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure. who can testify to his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension list roll of the agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Connecticut.  Sworn to & Subscribed before me Ezra Pops in open Court this 15 th day of November A D 1833 - Gery Hedges Clerk
Question 1 st Where & in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the Town of Connecticut Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut on the 22 nd day of December 1755
Quest 2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so. where is it?
Ans r My age is recorded in my Father family Bible. which Bible is now in the possession of some of my relatives in Conn.
Quest 3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War. and where do you now live?

Ans 1 When called into service I lived in the Town of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and about four years after the close of the war I removed to Otsego County, New York, I lived there ten years. I then removed to Canada, and resided there until about the year 1814 when I removed into the State of Ohio and since lived in several counties in said State until about five years since I settled in this County where I have since resided.
Ques 4 - How were you called into service - were you
drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? - Ans 5 Every time I went into service I was regularly enlisted, or drafted -
Ques 5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served. Such Continental & Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans 6 - There were no regular troops or officers served with our regiment - nor any militia troops or officers I cannot recollect what Militia regiments were with us at the time the towns of New Haven & Norwalk & Fairfield were burnt, but that there were some Militia regiments with us I can well recollect - While out on the border of Conn. & New York nothing came in our way but Cow Bays & Tories, and there we shot & hung as many as we caught -
Ques 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it -
Ans 7 In my several terms of service during the years of 1778, 1780, 1781. I received three separate discharges from my Captain Osias Marvin, and in the year 1779. I received a discharge from my Captain Elphat Lockwood - all of which are now lost -
Ques 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
Sirs, I would refer to George Armentrout Esq - Charles Throck. Daniel Carpenter. James In- -chres. William Ferguson & Francis Johnson - Sworn to & subscribed before me Ezra Pope in open Court this 16 th day of November AD 1833
Ebenezer Hays Clerk
We George Armentrout, and Charles Throck  Peter P. Pope residing in Richland County Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezra Pope who has subscribed & sworn to the above decla- -ration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years old. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that concurs in that opinion. George Armentrout Sworn to & subscribed this 16 th day Peter P. Pope of November 1833 before me in open Court -
Ebenezer Hays Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by 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 George Armstrong and Charles Church Peter P. Pope who have signed the above, certificate are residents of the County of Richland Ohio, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
D. H. Higgins Pres't Judge
Isaac Askin Wm Riddle } Associates J. Jackson
I Ellzey Bridges Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Richland & State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Ezra Pope for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 16 th day of November AD 1833
Ellzey Bridges Clerk.
Charles W. Sherman Agent Mansfield Ohio

The State of Ohio } Be it known that before me Knox County } the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Pope, and made oath in like form of law that she is widow of Ezra Pope deceased, and that said Ezra Pope is and was the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy - War Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June, 1832 Ezra Pope of the State of Ohio who was a private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every Year -
Given at the War office of the United States this 31 st day of January one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four
Examined and countersigned
Levi Cass Secretary of War
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That said Ezra Pope died at his residence in Knox County Ohio on the 15 th day of February A.D. 1840: that he resided in said Knox County at the time of his death, and had resided there for the space of five Years; and that previous thereto he resided in the County of Richland Ohio, and in Fairfield County Connecticut; and that she his said widow resides in

the County of Knox Ohio. Sworn and subscribed this 13 th day of July A.D. 1840 before me G. D. His Peace.
Know all men by these presents that I Mary Pope of the County of Knox and State of Ohio, widow and Relict of Ezra Pope of the same County deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint William Wilson my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania the pension of my said husband Ezra Pope due to me from the 4 th day of September 1839 to the 15 th day of February A.D. 1840 the day of his death.
Witness my hand and seal this 13 th day of July A.D. 1840 Sealed and acknowledged in presence of
The State of Ohio } Be it known that before Knox County } the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Pope before named widow as aforesaid, and ac- knowledged 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. S. S. S. S.
I certify that all erasures and interlineations were done before signing the foregoing papers
J. H. S. S. S. S.

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Peter I. Pope Was Born March the 5 th 1792 on a Monday, in Otego, Co. N.Y.
and they were married February the 23 rd Dec r 1815
William Pope and Eleanor Baley was married May the 28 th 1840
Thomas I. Pope and Mary Ann Bigelow was married December the 26 th 1843
MARRIAGES.
Betsey Davis, Was, Born August the 10 th , 1796, on Wednesday in Washington
Co. N.Y.
Sylvanus Corydon Pope and Esther Burrow was married December 1842

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
William Perry Pope Was born on Tuesday April 23 1816 Thomas Jackson Pope was born on Tuesday April 28 th 1818 Mary Lavinia Christiana Pope was born on Tuesday April 18 th 1820 Sylvanus Corydon Pope was born on Monday July 3 1822 Lewis Davis Pope was born on Monday November 15 th 1824 Theodore Franklin Pope was born on Monday December 10 th 1827 Sophia Caroline Elizabeth Pope was born Friday April 16 th 1829
BIRTHS.
Elizanne Carpenter Pope was born on Wednesday August 29 th 1832 Antemissia Catharine Mary Pope was born December the 4 th 1835

State of Ohio
County of Richland
Personally appeared before the subscriber Andrew Coon a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Peter P. Pope of the town of Mansfield county of Richland in the State of Ohio, aged fifty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, that he is a son of Ezra Pope, who was a Pensioner of the United States, and who died in the year 1840, and left Mary Pope his deponent's Mother, his widow who made application for a pension as his widow under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1835, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That this deponent has a record of his age, which has been in use as the true record of the same, for more than thirty years, that that this deponent under oath declares, and saith that the record of the marriage of his father and mother, was recor- ded in an old family Bible, which had been in use, - and in which this deponent has ever recorded the marriage of his father Ezra Pope, and Mary Sheperd (now maiden name) who is this deponent's mother and who is the applicant for a pension - from his first recollection, and that he has read it repeatedly in the same, in which it was recorded, that they were married "December 8 th 1788." and that this is the only record of the marriage of this deponent's father and mother, the aforesaid Ezra Pope and Mary Sheperd, now Mary Pope widow of Ezra Pope the pensioner as aforesaid, - which this de- ponent has ever seen, and believing it to have been the only one ever in use by his father and mother, that this deponent is the second child of his father & mother aforesaid That his brother if living at the time of his death is now or will be the 13 th day of September next, (55) fifty five years of age, that this deponent

has always understood and believed that his father and mother were married, were married as afore stated on the 6th day of December 1852, in Cooperstown Otsego Co N.Y. by Peter Vanhook Esq. and that the old original record, record, showed that that they were married at the time afore stated, and that the record was destroyed by fire, several years since when their house was burned, and that since, this defendant has not seen a record of their marriage but distinctly recollects of seeing and reading it in the Bible, a great number of years, and that it showed that they were married as afore stated in 1852. In witness whereof I have hereunto this 15th day of August 1845
Peter A. Rose
Andrew Conn S.P.
I certify that the above named Andrew P. A. Rose is a respectable person whose statements under oath are not to be doubted.
Andrew Conn S.P.
The State of Ohio } I, Elizah M. Lake Clerk of the Court Richland County } of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Andrew Conn Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of the Execution of the same and now is an Acting Justice of the Peace duly com- missioned and authorized so to act
according to law, and his genuine signature is thereto and all whereof official acts full faith append, and an attested copy thereof as attached, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Mansfield this 15th day of August A.D. 1845 Elizah M. Lake Clerk By James E. Cox Deputy

28 4 77.
Emma Pope
Ohio
Return in the
Adm 2 years
$80 Rudolph Lockwood 3 mts 25 day
C. T. Sherman Mansfield Richland Co Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
21 st Nov 1833.
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 subjoined 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. Those 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 Ezra Pope
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778. 8 priv Cap Martin Col Meade 78 years. Should be Cap Martin Act by G. T. Sherman. Vocabulary. —   1779. 7. Cap Lockwood Col Meade Cont   1780. 8 Cap Martin Col Silliman Papers not properly attached — proof of services required — claimant may obtain same evidence by apply- ing to the Comptroller off the State at Hart- ford Connecticut.   1781. 6 "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1882.
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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] 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, (1) 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 inquiry 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

21749
Guyra Pape Ohio
Act 18 March 1818
Rejected 9 Nov 1830
In letter to J. Parker
2
W32- no 25917

1397.
P. O. _____
Henry Pope
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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Mary Pope wid. of Ezra Ohio Rejected 832
See let 23 Apr 1841 J. C. Stockton Hon. J. Matthews Dec. 20 to W. Allison July 10 1843 " C. McMill, July 20 1844 " same to May '44
Let to Col. G. Glade Sept 30 '45 " to same Nov 25 '45
Let to Col. G. Glade Jan'y 20. 1846. " same, June 12, '46.
Let to John Pope - Continental Ohio July 20/46. (Pioneer)
1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846

Rose New York Oct 29 th 1845.
Sir
I beg leave to present the enclosed affidavits, in support of the claim of Mary Pope, an applicant, for a pension, under act of Congress, of 7 th July 1838, from the State of Ohio.
I have the honor to be respectfully Your Ob t Serv t W. B. Maule
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

No 7774
M c Vernon, O.
April 16, 1841.
John C. Stockton
Declaration of Mary Pope; Act July 7, 1841.
S 222. Aprl 22, 1841.
Pension Office.
In - at:
Ohio
July 7, 1838
Mary Pope

Mount Vernon Knox County Ohio. April 15 1841.
I have the honor to enclose herewith (separately made out) the application of Mary Pope, widow of Ezra Pope deceased late a revolutionary pensioned soldier, and the succeeding thereof, by our Court now sitting in this place. ) - . . .
Should any thing more, be required to be done, such as the receiving her certificate of being placed on the pension roll, we beg the favor, in her behalf, that it may be communicated as soon as practicable, as she is extremely advanced in years, and feeble. —
The copy & any other matter may be addressed to John P. Stockton Atty at Law
To the Hon. Secretary of War Washington City
Mount Vernon Knox Co. Ohio to be at present acting as Atty for Mary Pope of De

Rose New York March 23 d 1846
Sir,
Enclosed is the proof required, in case of Mary Doyen-widow of Ezra Doyen of Ohio, an applicant for a pension under act of 7 th July 1838, - which I trust will be satisfactory,
I am respectfully Your Most obedt Servt W. G. Wade
Hon. J. L. Edwards Circ d of Pensions Washington D. C.

Comptroller Office, Connecticut Hartford Feb 18 1846
An application for evidence of the service of Ezra Dope in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents in this Office in relation to that war, and find no roll of Capt Martin Co in this Office for the year 1777 under whom he alleged to have served, but find the following entry in pay Table Daybook March 18 1779 United States Dr
To order on Treasurer for Capt Robert Martin payroll for his Co. Col Morely's Regt, stationed at West Point 515. 5-6
The entry makes no mention of the year when the service was performed, but In Harknell under head of Militia at and near Peekskill is this entry
Col Increase Morely, his Pay Oct 1777
No roll of Capt Lockwood is found in this office, in pay Table Books are found the following entries June 30 1778. War — Dr
To order for Capt Isaac Lockwood, Coast Guards 32. 3-4
In Harknell under head of expense of Coast Guards
1779 Jan 26, Isaac Lockwood at Stamford - 813. 1-1
April 13 Capt Isaac Lockwood at Stamford 489. 10-9
Col John Mear appear to have been in continued service with his Regt of Coast Guards A Gammington Comptroller

Rose New York August 25 th 1845
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith an affidavit, in support of the claim of Mary Pope, an applicant for a pension under act of Congress of 7 th July 1835, from Ohio ,
It would appear, that this affidavit is sufficiently conclusive, to establish the date of the Marriage beyond a doubt, - and surely here it will be perfectly satisfactory to the Hon. Com d of Pensions, together with the proof on file in his office.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obed t Serv t M G d Wade
PS, The enclosed affidavit is prepared from information received, relative to the objections existing. M c W
J L Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Rose New York Dec 1 st 1845
Sir
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of the 25 th ult, in the claim of Mary Pope, an applicant for a pension under act of Congress of 1 st July 1838, from Ohio, in which it is stated, that, "the affidavits of Jacob Houtsberg and Peter Davis, have been examined," &c, but no allusion whatever is made to the three or four affidavits forwarded Nov 10 th , in which the requirements of your letter, of the 30 th of September, are fully complied with, - Permit me respectfully, to request an examination of the same,
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obed Servt W. G. Ward
Here J. H. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington DC

Rose New York November 10 th 1875
Sir
I beg leave to present the enclosed affidavit, in case of Mary Pope, of Ohio, an applicant for a pension under act of Congress of 9 th July 1838, respectfully requesting that they may be filed for examination with, and in connection of these forwarded to your Office on the 29 th ult.
I am respectfully Your Ob. Servt - W. S. Wade
Hon. J. L. Edwards Concerning Pension Washington D. C.

Hon. J. L. Edgeworth.
Will you be pleased to favour me with an answer to the inquiries of the enclosed letter, in order Please return the letter also.
Very Resp. C. G. Morris
House of Reps. 20 th Jan y 1844

Columbia Ohio Feb 7 1860
Sir My father Elyu Pope was a soldier in the War and drew a pension until his death in 1838 his wife Mary My mother survived him She never got pension I made app- -lication for her pension through Brad- ford of Ohio New York and have received nothing I want to know whether there is anything due the heirs on the estate of father's service and the pension father lived at Mt Vernon Ohio for many years before his death and got his pension there did any pension due mother's pension
John Pope
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC

State of New York
Otsego County ) ss I George Jarvis, Town Clerk of the town of Otsego in said County and State do hereby certify that upon application being made to me, for the purpose of obtaining proof of the Marriage of Ezra Pope to Mary Shaper, - I have examined both Tavern and Church Records, and made inquiries and search for private record, for the purpose of establishing such marriage from proofs which might be obtained from such records - and that such records contain no evidence whatever, relative to such Marriage, George Jarvis
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 th day of October 1845
Hiram Babcock
to the foregoing
STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss.
Geo B. Nelson Clerk of said
County, do hereby certify that William H. Babcock Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit
was on the date of the same a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And
further , that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and
verily believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 24 day of
October A. D. 1844
Geo. B. Nelson Clerk.

State of New York
Otsego County } ss I George Jarvis, Town Clerk of the town of Otsego in said County and State do hereby certify that upon application being made to me, for the purpose of obtaining proof of the Marriage of Ezra Pope to Mary Shaffer, - I have examined both town and church records, and made inquiries and search for private records, for the purpose of establishing such marriage from proofs which might be obtained from such records - and that such records contain no evidence whatever, relative to such Marriage, George Jarvis
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 24 th day of October 1845
Hiram Babcock
Justice of the Peace
George Jarvis
I certify that the above named officer is a respectable person, and holds the office of Town Clerk, in said town of Otsego County and State aforesaid,
Hiram Babcock. Justice
Oct 24. 1845

Comptrollers Office December 26 th 1833.
I Elisha Dyer, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that the pay roll of Capt. Orieas Marvin's company, for guards at Norwalk are charged, under date February 4 th 1778, to the United States on the books of the Pay Table; also the pay roll of his company at Norwalk under date April 8 th 1778 - also pay roll his company under date September 1 st 1779. Under date October 23 rd 1779 there is charged to the United States the bounties paid Capt. Orieas Marvin's company Coast Guards.
No roll of Capt. Orieas Marvin's company has been found, or evidence showing how long they served, or in what regiment.
That the pay roll of Capt. Eliphalet Lockwood's company, coast guards, is charged, under date January 31 st 1780, to the United States, on the books of the Pay Table; & that no roll of this company or evidence how long they were in service has been found.

And that the account of amount of Capt. Orias Marvin's account of his company coast guards, is also charged to the United States under date April 6 th 1780; & under date November 17 th 1780, his pay roll "for services at Greenwich," is also charged to the United States.
No roll of his company has been found, or proof of the duration of their services.
C. Phelps

Mary Pope - widow of Ezra Pope - of Ohio Act 1838, Susp d
Ex by Mr Mack

Washington D.C. July 15 th 1857,
Sir,
I beg leave to be favoured with the examination of the papers of Mary Pope widow of Ezra Pope - the papers in the case will show my authority to investigate the claim, application from Ohio -
I am respectfully M c Clintock, N. G. Wade
Hon J. E. Heath Secy Comm ee of Pensions,

7774 Albany Pope of Essex Ohio.
Salon Application of Mary Pope widow, for pension pay
No 7774
Washington City
Tuesday at 11 A.M.
To the Hon. Mr. Bell

On the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1840, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun- dred and forty one, person- ally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid. Mary Pope , of the County of Knox, in the State aforesaid, aged eighty one years the 18 th Sept r 1840. — 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 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". And she is the widow of Ezra Pope who was a Soldier either in Connecticut State or Militia in the Revolutionary war, and was enlisted in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut (as she then was) and was a Pensioner of the United States at eighty dollars a year or thereabouts. That she has not his pension Certifi- cate nor a copy of it. That it was surrendered to the Pension Agent at Pillsbury upon her drawing the last payment accruing thereon. She further declares that she was married to the said Ezra Pope, on the sixth day of December in the year nineteen hundred and eighty nine, that her husband, the aforesaid Ezra Pope, died on the fifteenth day of Febru- ary A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place, previous to the first of January, nineteen

counted and ninety four, viz at the time where stated, but has now, no further proof of his marriage.
Given by me subscribed, on the day, and year, above written, before the Gods aforesaid, with the following additional statement that the following named children with their ages are the children of the said Ezra Tapp & Mary his wife and are now living to wit Charles aged fifty years, Peter aged forty eight, John aged forty four, Robert aged thirty four years and six months, & William B. aged twenty years and six months.
Sworn to in open court this 14th day of April 1840.
J. Hadley Clerk S. C. T. B.
The Matter of Mary Tapp the widow of Ezra Tapp decd. a Revolutionary pension This day came the said Mary Tapp widow as aforesaid and in open court and subscribed & swore to her application for a pension as such & it is therefore ordered by the court to be certified that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file.
(at present) a resident of Monroe City Ohio but lately, (with her deceased husband) of the County of Richland, in the State aforesaid, is the identical person, she has alledged, and set forth herself to be, in her affidavit, now taken before me and we have no hesitation in certifying that the utmost reliance may be placed, upon her statement aforesaid, and it is fur- ther hereby certified, that the court before whom these proceedings are had, is a Court of Record in the County and State aforesaid and in the United States of America, and is expressly made such, by the laws of the State of Ohio aforesaid by which, such Courts have been created.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 14th day of April 1840.

of The State of Ohio Knox County ss:
I, Isaac Hadley Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify, that this Order is truly copied and taken from the Journal of said Court made at the Spring Term April 14. A.D. 1841. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court House in Mount Vernon this 14th day of April A.D. 1841. Isaac Hadley Clerk S.C.P.

State of Ohio Richland County
I, Peter P. Pope of said County being duly sworn according to law, deposit and saith that he is a son of Mary Pope an applicant for a pension, & the widow of Ezra Pope, who was this de- ponent's father, that this deponent is the identical person, who made an affidavit in support of the claim of his mother, the said Mary Pope, some months since, in which reference was made to a record of this deponent's age, which record is hereto annexed, that this is the identical old original record referred to, as above stated, that record is in the hand writing of Peter P. Pope the deponent - that this record shows the true age of this deponent, as deponent has always understood and fully believed, that this identical record has been in use for upwards of thirty years.
Sworn and subscribed before me. this tenth day of March 1846
Peter P. Pope
Andrew Conn Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is a respectable person, that the words "for a pension", was interlined in the above before executed
Andrew Conn S.P.

The State of Ohio } S. Elijah W. Lake clerk Richland County } of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County of Richland do hereby certify that Andrew Connery Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken was, at the time thereof, and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law, and to all of whom official acts full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of Record as elsewhere
Given under My signature and the Seal of said Court at Mansfield this 11 th day of March
A D 1846
Elijah W. Lake clerk By W. Burns supt

May Pope
from Adad Joy
Ex by A Joy Feb 5/55

Gainesfield January 21 1857
Dear Sir I Recd your letter dated 10 and in compliance to your questions 1 what county Charles and I were Born in, I was born in Rutledge and in or near Copenhagen and Charles was Born in the same neighbourhood
2 from what kind Record I take my record from my fathers Record it was Birth use in Charles House - some 40 years ago
4 the Past of us of Charles not known
5 where were Charles eldest Children when first heard from they left for Cincinnati
6 My Brother Robert Lived in Mahopac City Illinois at or near the Mississippi River
7 My Brother Robert was aware of a tale going down The River and that all three I found they in company and left for parts unknown and I heard they went to Oregon
To Edward Lay Esq
Yours Respectfully I hope

Mansfield O. Nov r 1 st 1832,
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Enclosed is the declaration of Ezra Pope of Richland County O. applying for a pension. An early attention to his case and decision on his case is earnestly requested by him. Please address to the undersigned, or to the applicant to the care of the undersigned.
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt -
Jacob Paskus Mansfield Richland County Ohio

1774 Mary Pope Ohio
Act of July 1838 rejected
Read this?
W. S. Allison Pratt
May 28 th 43.

In the matter of Mary Pope the widow of Ezra Pope deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner.
This day came the said Mary Pope, widow aforesaid and in open Court submitted and swore to her application for a pension as such, and it is therefore ordered by the Court to be certified that they are satisfied that the said Mary Pope at present a resident of Knox County Ohio, but lately with (her deceased husband) of the County of Richland, in the State aforesaid, is the identical person, she has alleged, and set forth herself to be in her affidavit, now taken before us, and we have no hesitation in certifying that the utmost reliance may be placed upon her statement aforesaid, and it is further hereby certified, that the Court before whom these proceedings are had, is a Court of Record in the County and State aforesaid and in the United States of America, and is especially made such by the laws of the State of Ohio aforesaid by which such Courts have been created —
The State of Ohio, Knox County ss.
I Isaac Hoadley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify the foregoing to be truly copied and taken from the Journal of said Court at their April Term (April 14) A.D. 1841. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerk's Office in Mount Vernon this 15 th day of May A.D. 1843. Isaac Hoadley, Clerk.

The State of Ohio Richland County ss.
In the Superior Court of said State for the county aforesaid,
On this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1831, personally appeared in Open Court, being a heart of the card for the county and State aforesaid Ezra Pope resident in said county aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st of May 1820. That the said Ezra Pope enlisted for the term of Eight months on the 8 th or 9 th day of March 1777 at Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Ozias Marvin in the First Regiment Commanded by Colonel Mead in the Brigade commanded by General Waterbury in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of said Eight Months when he was discharged at Norwalk aforesaid, that on the first day of March 1778, he re-enlisted for the term of Nine months into the same company then commanded by Captain Eliphalot Lockwood in the First Regiment commanded by the said Colonel Mead, and in the same Brigade in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps under his said last enlistment for the full term of Nine Months and until the month of December 1779 when he was discharged from service in the said Town of Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut, that he was in the Battle in which General Wooster was killed and in the attacks on Shunem at Norwalk & Fairfield in said State when these towns were burned, that he has lost his discharge by time and accident, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension

except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except that of Connecticut, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that he has lived in the State of Ohio since the year 1814, and was informed and believed until within one year past that he could not get his pension without applying for it in the State of Connecticut where he came from, and without having his discharges, that about three years ago, he went to Connecticut to get his dis- charges which he had left among his father's papers there, that he could not find them, his father having been dead for twenty one years, that he supposed and believed he could not get a pension without his discharges, and that his father's papers were scattered and lost, also his discharges with them, also that until within two or three years past he has been able to get his living by his labor, and that so long as he was able to that, he was unwilling to ask aid from his country, nor would he now trouble himself about it, if he was still able to labor. That he is now aged and infirm that his family consists of himself and wife aged 68 years and that she as well as himself is infirm and unable to labor but little
And in pursuance of the act of the 18 th May 1820. I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen 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 as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here to — annexed, and by me subscribed
Schedule of all my property real and personal and

each article thereof necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz, one Cow, Big Kettle, old Broadaxe Set of old plough Irons, 1 old Table, three cups, pair of old Iron Chains, one old Keg, 1/2 dozen Knives & forks - one Old Grubbing Hoe, 2 old chairs, one Tea Kettle one old drawing knife, 5 plates 2 Saucers one Bowl, three lin. Basins, one Tea pot, one Bible & Testament, one Jack Knife, pair of Spectacles, one Old Bake Oven one Spider, 11 Earthen Cracks, one Tin bucket, one Wooden Bucket, one 5 1/4 Auger, one Axe, one pig 11 Chickens, one old Iron pot. No real property of any kind or description.
Ezra Pope
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court by declarant this 23 rd September 1831
Ezzy Hedges Clerk
That since the 18 th of March 1818, no changes of any consequence have been made in my property, and that all the changes therein which have taken place since that time are as follows viz, that in the year 1818 and for about eight years since that time during the interval time he owned about two hundred dollars worth of cattle, and that about four years since he lost most of them by a disease common in this country and called the Murrain, and that the residue not so lost has been expend- ed in the necessary support of himself and family, and that he never sold any of said cattle residue as a for- -said except one cow, for the sum of ten dollars, and another cow for the sum of eight dollars which money he has long since expended as aforesaid for the support of himself and family, that he is by occupation a cloth- -ier and weaver, that he has not followed it for a living for more than thirty years last past, that for thirty years past he followed the occupation of farming and manual labor that his family consists of himself and wife aged sixty eight years, that both he & his wife are infirm and unable to labor but little for their support, and that he has no means of living ex- -cept by his and her labor small as it is

and further this declarant saith not— Ezra Pope Sworn to and Subscribed before me in open court this 23 rd day of September 1831—
Ebenezer Hedges, Clerk The State of Ohio Richland County, s.s.
I Ebenezer Hedges Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in for the County of Richland aforesaid do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Ezra Pope did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under our engagement, on the continental establishment, I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 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 thirty five dollars. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court at Mansfield on this 24 th day of September— A.D. 1831.
Ebenezer Hedges Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for Richland County Ohio—

State of Ohio
Knox County ss On this 10 day of October 1845 Before the subscriber an associate judge  of the in and for the said county, Mary Pope a resident of Knox Co Ohio, to her lawful right heirs, and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith she is the identical person and widow who made application for a pension from the State of Ohio, on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband Ezra Pope who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who died on the 15 th day of February 1840, and left this de- ponent his widow, who made her first application for a pension in the months of 1841, (if she recollects right) That she was married to the said Ezra Pope, late a pensioner of the United States, in the town of
County of Allegany State of New York, by Peter Lambert esq, on the 6 th day of December 1788. That the date of her marriage was recorded in the family bible very soon after her marriage, and in which it was kept for many years, until it was destroyed within their house by fire, - since which she has neglected to make a record of the same, that her eldest child of now liv- ing is upwards of (55) years of age, that she has not intermarried but continues to be the widow of the forenamed, Ezra Pope late a pensioner of the United States, Mary Pope
Subscribed and sworn before me,
This tenth day of October 1845
H on Beman Appach Judge K. C. P.
I certify that the above named official is a respectable person, and that full credit and belief is, and should be given to the above statements, H on Beman

Mary Pope Papers

State of Ohio
Richland County } ss Personally appeared before the sub- scribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Jacob Huntberry of Mansfield in said County. aged Sixty two years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Esra Pope late a pensioner of the United States from Knox Co Ohio, who died in the year 1840, and left Mary Pope a widow, with whom deponent is also acquainted, that this deponent has been ac- quainted with said Esra & Mary Pope, for up- wards of thirty years past, that they have al- ways lived together from this deponent's first acquaintance as mere children, and that they had a large family of children with whom this deponent has also been acquainted, - and that de- ponent knows from his own age, that the eldest of their children is now fifty four or fifty five years of age, as deponent knows there was but five or six years difference in their ages, that is in the ages of the eldest of the children and of this deponent, further that this said Mary Pope widow of Esra Pope late a pensioner, has not remarried but still remains a widow, Jacob Huntberry
Subscribed and sworn to before me This 13 th day of October 1845
Amasa Town J.P.
I certify that the above named affiant is a respectable person, Amasa Town
Justice of the Peace

Malachi W Biss Eureka appeared before me Richland Co. the subscriber a justice of Justice of the peace in and for said County. Peter Davis of Knox in said County this aged thirty nine years and upwards also being first Duley Swann according to Sam Osborn and Smith that he was personally acquainted with Ezra Pope late a pensioner of the United States from Knox Co Ohio who died in the year 1820 and left Mary Pope a widow with whom deponent is also acquainted that this deponent has been ac- quainted with said Ezra and Mary Pope for upwards of twenty five years past that they have always lived together from this deponents first acquaintance as man and wife and that they had a large family of children with whom this deponent has also been acquainted and that de- ponent knows from his own age that the oldest of these children is now fifty four or fifty five years of age as deponent knows there was not more than 10 or 15 years difference in their ages that is in the age of the oldest of the children and of this deponent further that the said Mary Pope widow of Ezra Pope late a pensioner has not intermarried but is still a widow. Subscribed and sworn before me me this 15 Day of August 1845 } Peter Davis Andrew Conn S.P.
I certify that the above named agent is a respectable person and to Andrew Conn S.P.

The State of Ohio } Rutland County } ss In this 13 th day of October A.D. 1875 Before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for said Rutland County, personally came Jacob Hunsberger and Sarah Hunsberger his wife of said County, and being duly sworn says That in the year 1874, or 1875, they became ac- quainted with Ezra Pope, and Mary Pope his wife, then residing in Knox County Ohio. That at that time, and since, until the death of said Ezra Pope, they resided together as man & wife - That at their first acquaintance with said Ezra & Mary Pope, some of their children were residing with them, and the eldest & their young- est. That their eldest child Charles Pope, was at that time, to all appearances, at least twenty years of age - That the next eldest child John Pope that was with them, was to all appearances, at least twenty one years of age -
Jacob Hunsberger Sarah Hunsberger
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13 th day of October A.D. 1875 -
I certify that the the above named affiants are highly respectable persons, whose statements are worthy of full credit and belief.
Amos Coom J.P.