Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5456, for Joseph Osborn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Osborn, Joseph Rosanna
W. 5456 B.L. Mt. 81-60-55
CONTENTS

see letter Oct. 4. 1825 to Hon John McLean, rejecting an application for continuation.
13,446.
Ohio
Joseph Osborn of Warren County in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Martin of the N. Jersey line, for the term of seven years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1843 and sent to John Osborn Long Ridgeville, Ohio.
19   Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819, 9 th mo 24 th d.  78.19   Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept 1819.  48.00     $126:19  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
1525 72 3
181
Certificate 31 Jan y 1826. in Onkel's collection your same day, sent to Genl. McLean. H. H. P. M. Genl.

17.172 Act March 3rd Apr 9 1857
Rosanna Osborn Widow of Joseph Osborn priv
Applicant is a Revolutionary Pensioner and refers to Pension payments commencing July 1st 1848 - signed Alex H. Stuart Sec of Interior
Private Martins Regt J. Line
App'd July 48 no 4646
Rec'd as Boston
Aloud 60 aces Sept 24/55
Stuart
Dodge
J.C. Dabin Lebanon
0

CASH Rosanna the widow of Joseph Osborn. N.C. who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pirate due from $80 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st July Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sept 1851, and sent to 1851 Thos. Erving Jr. Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 4 th
ct 4476

57-712
Application of Rosanna Albon Bounty Land
M Sabivatz Lebanon Ohio

State of Ohio Mansfield County 3 d
On this fifth day of April A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State of Ohio a resident of Mansfield County Ohio aged ninety years whose name is known to me to be Rosanna Osborn who being duly sworn according to law declared that she is the widow of Joseph Osborn deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that she is the identical Rosanna Osborn named in an Original Certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy.
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d 1848 Rosanna Osborn widow of Joseph Osborn who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per An- num. Commencing on the 1 st July 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage, deducting former payments at $80 per Annum

Given at the Department of the Interior this 25th day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty One
Alex H. Stewart
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned H. C. Heath
"Commission of Pensions," I also certify that said Certificate is indorsed as follows to wit: "Payment to be made at Cincinnati by James Hall City Agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of Cin. payable On the 4th September and 4th March Recorded in the Pension Office On the Roll of Pensions under Act February 2d. 1848, Page 356 Vol 4 H. C. Robinson Clerk" And that she has not again married but continues the widow of the said Joseph Osborn deceased; that she was legally married to the said Joseph Osborn in the State of New Jersey in the Year 1786 And that her said hus- band died at Warren County Ohio in 1839 all of which will appear by the Evidence On file in the Pension department upon which the Original of which the forego- ing Certificate is a copy; was issued She further declares that she has never
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Received any bounty land under any act of Congress, but she makes this declaration for the purpose of receiving the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March the 3 rd 1855. She further declares that she has never made any other Application for bounty land than this
Rosalina her Osborn
We Sam Osborn and Phebe mark Osborn residents of Wayne County in the State of Ohio, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rosalina Osborn 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 we have lived in the neighborhood with her for fifteen Years past and that she has not married but continues a widow and that for Years past she has been very infirm; and weakly— And that we have no interest in this claim.
Sam Osborn Phebe Osborn
State of Ohio Wayne County ss
The foregoing declaration and

Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written. And I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons: that the Claimant is the person she repre- sents herself to be. And that I have no interest in this Claim.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand And Notarial Seal at Elvins this 6th day of April 1855
George N. Frost Notary Public No. 60 C.
The State of Ohio Warren County, ss,
I James Totten Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County do hereby certify that George N. Frost Esq. whose genuine signature appears above was at the time of signing the same and now is an acting Notary Public within & for said County, duly appointed commissioned & sworn having free power to administer Oaths Generally & that full faith & credit are due and of right should be given to all his official acts as such I also certify that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction & that I am not interested in the result of the within claim.
Given under my hand & seal of office at Elvins this 6th day of April A.D. 1855
J. Totten Clerk Court Com Pleas

Joseph Osborn 12 May 1818 private Col Mountjoy Jersey 76 Wai - Wanted the judge's certificate of the re- duced circumstances of the claimant.
One case Ben: Judge McLean Ohio - Recd 28 th June 1818 -

One Case
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Don: Judge M c Lean Ohio -
Rec d 26 th June 1818 -
Joseph Atkinson 112 May 1818 private for Martin Gay being 76 War - wants the proof certificate of the and evidence (case of the document.

Ridgeview Woonsocket RI June 19 th
Dear
Friend
His Secretary of War
Washington City

The State of Ohio
Personally appeared before the sub- scribed judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Joseph Osborn of Warren County, who being duly sworn ac- cording to law, states, that in March one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, he enlisted in the Army of the revolution, by joining the company of Captain Anderson, who formed a part of the first Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel Menden- -that his enlistment was for during the war; all which time he continued faithfully to serve - that during the above time, he was in the battles of Tren- -ton, Short Hills, Germantown, Brandywine, Mon- -mouth, Red Bank, and at the capture of Cornwallis besides numerous other battles and skirmishes at here stated. That he was regularly discharged in eighty three, in June, but since he came to this country, by some means, he lost his discharge. The said Joseph Osborn further states, that his cir- -cumstances in life are extremely reduced. He is now sixty three years old, and is so frail as to be unable to labour for his support. That he stands in need of the assistance of the Government, wherefore he asks, under the law of the last session of Congress, providing for persons whose circumstances are reduced, and who served nine months or more in the Army of the revo- -lution.
Sworn and subscribed } before me this 12 May 1818. }
his Joseph J. Osborn mark
John Wilson.
I am not personally acquaint- -ted with the above deponent Joseph Osborn, but from his appearance and manner of relation I am satisfied, he has stated the truth in his affidavit. John Wilson

This case will be admitted when the Judge shall have certified to the naturalized circumstances of the applicant, and that the Clerk has certified to the official character of the Judge with the seal of the Court attached.
None the less a clear transaction has been granted

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within applicant for a pension Joseph Osborn, is in reduced circumstances and that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
John McLean
Judge Rep. Court of Ohio
There is in the War Office, a certificate of the Clerk, and Seal of the Court, as to my official character. This certificate need not be attached to every application. The Secretary of War will not require more evidence than has been furnished on this subject. The certificate bears date about the time of taking this, and the other depositions.
J. McLean
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.)
More than half a dozen pensions have been granted, applied for, through me, without any exception as to the proof furnished, of my official character. It is regular that such an exception should now be taken - when the depositions all bear date about the same time.
J. McLean

State of Ohio Warren County } ss.
On this eighth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty six personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren in the State of Ohio aforesaid at the April Term thereof in the year aforesaid, Mrs. Rosanna Osborn a resident of Union Township in the County of Warren aforesaid aged about eighty years last winter, 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;" that she is the widow of Joseph Osborn who was a Common soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as she believes during the whole war, but she cannot tell, under what officer, in what company, in what regiment, or in what state or district of country the service was performed. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Osborn on the twelfth day of November, but is not certain in what year it was except that it was in the year after the close of the said War; that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Osborn died on the tenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but

the marriage took place pursuant to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four Nir; at the time above stated - by Rumor and subscribed in Posannah  Osborn open Court this 8 th Day of Mark April 1846-
H. M. Stokes Clerk.
State of Ohio } Warren County } ss
I Horace M. Stokes Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that the above declaration was made in open Court as it purports to be, and that the said Court are satisfied that the declarant is bond fide the widow of the above named Joseph Osborn, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to said declaration as having been duly made in open Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of the said Court at Lebanon in said State and County this 16 th day of April A.D. 1846.
H. M. Stokes Clerk
State of Ohio } Warren County } ss
I Elijah Vance President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas District of the State of Ohio of which the County of Warren forms a part, certify that Horace M. Stokes whose

name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the above declaration of the above named Rosannah Osborn, at the date of the foregoing certificate, and still is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid, duly commissioned appointed and qualified; and that his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law.
Witness my hand this 16 th day of April A.D. 1846.
E. Vance
State of Ohio Warren County
Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Warren aforesaid, in open Court comes Richard Parcell, one of the associate Judges of the said Court, who being duly affirmed deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Joseph Osborn the reputed husband of the aforesaid declarant, that he the said Joseph for a number of years drew a pension under the general act of 1818 and its amendments, that he did same fifteen years ago, that his acquaintance with the said Joseph Osborn and Rosannah his wife began more than thirty five years ago, that they always lived together as husband and wife from his first knowledge of them up to the death of the said Joseph. This affiant further states that the present applicant, Rosannah Osborn is the same identical person, whom he knew and always had recognized as the wife of the said Joseph Osborn.

And that the said Joseph and Rossannah Oleom always since affiant's knowledge of them resided in the County of Warren aforesaid till the death of the said Joseph; and that the said Rossannah has since resided in said County up to the present time - All of which statements affiant merely believes to be true - and further says not.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court April 16 th 1846
Richard Purcell
State of Ohio } Warren County } ss
I Horace M. Stokes Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and affirmed in open Court as it purports to be, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to said affidavit, as having been made in open Court as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said Court at Lebanon in the State and County aforesaid this 16 th day of
April A.D. 1846.
H. M. Stokes Clerk
State of Ohio } Warren County } ss
I Elijah Vance President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Ohio of which the County of Warren forms a part certifies that Horace M. Stokes whose name appears to the foregoing certificate

was at the date thereof, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for Warren County aforesaid duly appointed and qualified, and that his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law.
Witness my hand this 16 th day of April A.D. 1846
E. Daven

Joseph Osborn
Certificate from Record

State of Ohio Warren County ss Circuit Court of Warren County Term 1825
On the 13 th day of September 1825 personally appeared in Open Court (being a Court of Record instituted pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of the State aforesaid) Joseph Osborn aged Seventy two Years a resident in the County of Warren & Circuit aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law doth On his oath declare that he served in the Army of the Revolutionary War as follows to wit I enlisted at Amwell Township in the State of New Jersey to serve during the War in the year 1777 in the Company com- manded by Captain John Anderson in the 4 th Regiment of the New Jersey line commanded by Colonel Martin On the Continental establishment, I was engaged in the following Battles to wit I was in an engagement at a place called the Short Hills the Battle of Trenton Springfield Monmouth Brandywine Germantown and at the famous Siege of Yorktown. That I made a Declaration of the foregoing facts some time about (if my recollection serves me rightly) 1820 and have received a Pension Certificate (Number not known) which was placed in the hands of the Hon. John St. Clair who attended the collection of my Pension which is either lost or mislaid. And 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 to diminish in order 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 Services of the United States in the revolution and War, passed On the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not now any person for me in trust any property Securities contracts or Debts due to me neither have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herewith annexed and by me subscribed to wit
  One lot of Ground containing 10 acres supposed to be worth about $6.00 per acre  3  $60. 00    One Cow supposed to be worth about   6. 00    One Bedstead straw Bed & bedding old known worth  2.  00    One Old Squaw Table worth about   .25    One Cupboard 3 chairs 3 stools 3 cups & saucers 3 plates (old & new) worth about  3  2. 51    2 Hogs worth about 50 cents a piece   1. 00    One Old Pot & one old corn   1. 00    One Old Axe & Hoe   1. 51    Joseph L. Osborne   $74. 25  
am owing some small debts in the Neighborhood and have been under the care of Doctor Noble for some months

Who extracted an extraordinary balance from the back part of My Neck (from which affliction I have very recently recovered) whose Bill will amount to perhaps at an ordinary charge to more than the whole worth of my little property from My advanced age and the many afflictions I have suffered I am enabled to do much towards supporting Myself. I have a Wife (Roxana) who is equally infirm and is about 60 years of age We have had 8 children 6 of whom are living (to wit) Abraham 39 John 37 James 35 Andrew 30 Elizabeth 33 and Son 22 years of age, all of whom are married and have families to support except Son none of whom are able to contribute to My support without injury to themselves or families  Given to & Subscribed in Open Court the 13 th day of Sept. 1835  Joseph his Osborne marks J. H. Wilds Clk
The State of Ohio Warren County ss I Jonathan H. Wilds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of 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 seventy four dollars & twenty five cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 17 th day of September A. D. 1835
J. H. Wilds Clk

October 22, 1934
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PA-J/MCS Joseph Osborn, W. 5456
Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips 128 Oak Knoll Drive Dayton Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to James Walling and Joseph Osborn who served in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a James Walling who served as colonel during the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 5456, based upon the military service of Joseph Osborn.
He enlisted in March, 1776, and served as private in Captain Anderson's company in Colonel Martin's New Jersey regiment; he was in the battles of Springfield, Trenton, Princeton, Short Hills, Germantown, Brandywine, Monmouth, and in the siege of Yorktown and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he stated he was nearly sixty-three years of age and was living in Warren County, Ohio, having moved there about 1800 from Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Joseph Osborn died October 10, 1830, in Warren County, Ohio.

He married November 12, 1784, 1785 or 1786, Rosannah or Rosina Dorch.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 8, 1846, at which time she was living in Union Township, Warren County, Ohio, and she stated that she was "aged about eighty years last winter".
Joseph and Rosannah or Rosina Osborn had eight children but the only names given were the following, who were the only children living in 1825: Absalom, aged thirty-nine years; John, aged thirty-seven years; James, aged thirty-five years; Elizabeth, aged thirty-three; Andrew, aged thirty; Ira, aged twenty-two years. It was stated in 1825 that all the children noted above were married and had families with the exception of Ira.
In 1845 one David Pearce was "sixty-five years old and upwards" and was living in Warren County, Ohio, and he stated that the soldier was his mother's brother. In 1856 Aaron and Phebe Osborn were living in Warren County, Ohio, but their relation to the soldier was not given.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1934, Oct. 22. hist. to Mrs. Hazel D. Phillips 1934 Nov 1 Mrs. Hazel D. Phillips inf. how to obt. late last ment of fees etc. m
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5456
Rodanna Osborn Wid. Joseph Osborn Pvt. Rest. Han
Act: Feb 28/48
Index: — Vol. EB , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 12751. Rufanna Osborn Ohio. Set to Wm J. Osborn May 19. 1846.
Set 7 th July 1858.

PI
Coacere

Bonnyland Farms
FREE
To the Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C.

1676. Ohio Cincinnati Rosanna Osborn widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Reported Apl 7/19
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of April 1849 and sent to J. Durbin Ward Lebanon Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 4.

Reported
Ohio 7820. Cin.
Rosannah Osborn widow of Joseph Osborn
who was a Private in the Rev.
husband died 10th Oct 1830.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June, 1846 and sent to
Sent to Hon. Thos Corwin, Pioneer in H.
[Act, of March 3, 1843.]
17 June '44 Recorded in Book 207 Vol. 2 Page 207

Ohio. 10,090
Report
Rosanna Osborn
Widow of Joseph Osborn who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 10th Oct 1830, of Warren Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mathews, in the Rev. War for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati, at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June, 1846, and sent to Hon. Thomas Corwin, Senate, U.S.
Total amount, $ 401.50
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Rumpkin Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 393

Washington City September 20 th 1851
Sir
Please find enclosed the application of Rosanna Osborn for an increase of pension under the act of 29 th July 1848 to which I request your early attention.
I am very respectfully
Your ob l . Serv t .
Hen. Ewing Sec y .
To
James E. Heath Esq. Comm r . of Pensions Washington D.C.

Payment to be made at Cincinnati by
Wm B. Barry Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Ohio
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 356 Vol. 4
W. Schwing Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Rosanna Albon widow of Joseph Albon who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 7th day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Joseph Brann affidavit
The Secretary of War permitted a cer- tificate to issue in this case - but it is not to be drawn with a precedent
J. L. E.
7

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
The State of Ohio
County of Warren ss.
On this 15th day of December 1825; before me, the subscriber, my Associate Judge of the C.C. a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Warren personally appeared Joseph Osborn who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Wilson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Martin in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Ohio that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, was about the year
_____ day of year 1820, at or near Ridgville Warren County Ohio was lost; having left it in the possession of the late John McLean who has lost or mislaid it
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Osborn mark
J. Preston A.D.
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."

The State of Ohio Warren County } I Jonathan H. Wild Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of State aforesaid do hereby certify that George Sterling Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made was at the the day of the date thereof and still is an authorized Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Warren County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith & credit is due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
In Witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon the 30 th day of December A.D. 1835.
J. H. Wild Clerk War. Com. Pleas
I obtained the certificate of a pension for Mr Edward Osborn and it remained in my possession sometime as I wrote his affidavit annually before he applied for payment. Where this certificate now is, I cannot say - it may be among my papers in Ohio, or it may have delivered it to Mr Osborn or

to his order, or possibly it may have been mislaid. There is no doubt that such a certificate was issued by the War Depart- ment, nor is there any doubt, that the present applicant is the same person to whom it was issued.
John McLean

Lebanon, O. March 31. 1849
Hon Thos Ewing
Dear Sir.
Pardon me for transmitting directly to you this Pension Application. I do so because although I had several times addressed the Com. of Pensions on the subject it was not until Mr Schenck applied at the Office on behalf of my widow that I could procure the forms necessary to make this application. Not knowing exactly in whose custody the Pension Office may be since the establishment of the Warne Department, and fearing that this application may meet with as little attention unaided by other influence as my former, I have taken the liberty of sending it to you directly. Will you be good enough to hand it over to the proper officer.
Allow me Sir, humble though I be to express my sense of the honor done to Ohio and the West by your selection as the head of the Warne Department, and to congratulate you upon your accession

to a post in which you can be so useful to your country.
With Great Respect
I am Sir
Your Obed't Serv't J. Dunbin Ward
Lebanon Ohio
March 31/49
J. D. Ward
Encloses the application of Rosanna
Osborne for a Pension
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 6 p. 7820
Immigration Collection
Ref. to Comms. & Resolutions
Library of Congress April 6/49
J. Dunbin Ward
Wm Lloyd Jones Esq. Attorney for the Comms. & Res. House of Reps.

Official Station Ohio
March 31/49
J. B. Stone,
Cincinnati Ohio
Station of Reunion
at home for a season
Mr. Under 7820
James
at home
By the many friends
of the many friends
of the many friends
J. B. Stone
than the many friends Sec. Name Dep.
to a post in which you can be so useful to your country.
With great respect
I am Sir
Your obedt. Servt J. B. Stone

12757.
Rodanna Osborn Ohio
Act 7 July 38

J. D. Edwards Jr.
Pension Officer Navy

Senate Chamber 11 th May 1846
Dear Sir
I send you the inclosed pension papers. They come from Lebanon where I reside. I know most of the persons who have testified. They are entirely credible. The old lady is certainly the widow of the deceased pensioner. Her husband lived in his life time within two miles of my residence. He died there & the still lives in the same neighborhood. She is a pious & simple minded honest old woman & really is want of something to render her last days at all comfortable. Your friend
J. L. Edmond Esq.
M. Brown

Senate December 19 th June 1846
Dear Sir
I return the pension papers of Mrs. Horner with the verification & certificates which were till now in my poss. n . I hope you may be able to give them a speedy & favorable consideration.
Yrs respectfully
Thos. C. Morris
J. P. Edwards Esq.

Brief in the case of Rosanna Osborn, widow of Joseph Osborn Warren County and State of Ohio act 2 February 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Husband received $96. per annum. Widow is entitled to the same rate of pension, commencing 1 July 1848, at the rate of $80 per annum.
Name and residence of Agent.
J. Ewing, Esq. Present
S. Gale Examining Clerk.

Joseph Osborn affidavit
Certificate from Record

Declaration (made in addition to the Declaration made on the 13 th day of September 1825) in order to be continued on the Pension list under the act of the 1 st May 1830.
The State of Ohio Warren County Seventh Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
On this 15 th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty five Personally appeared in open Court Joseph Orsburn resident in said County aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration (in addition to one made on the 13 th September 1825) in order to obtain the Provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1830 that the reason why the said Joseph Orsburn did not apply earlier for the renewal of his Pension under the act of the 1 st May 1830 was owing in part to his having lost his original Pension certificate which he sought for and expected to obtain and partly on account of his ability to support himself for a time with the funds he formerly received from the Government as a Pension, that no material change has taken place in his property since the 18 th March 1818, although the amount is somewhat reduced which was consumed in provisions for his family. That the bill of Doctor Cotts referred to in his former declaration of the 13 th Sept.

for extracting a Cancer, Medicine, and attendance is $40.00 which sum is wholly unpaid.
That he hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the Present , and that his name is not on the roll of any State except New Jersey to his knowledge.
Sworn to & subscribed in open his  Joseph H. Orsburn Court the 13 th day of Dec. 1835.
J. K. Wild, Clk.
The State of Ohio Warren County, S.
Jonathan H.
Wild, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath or affidavit is truly taken from the records of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 23 rd day of December A.D. 1835.
J. K. Wild, Clk. War. Com. Pleas

10751.
May 13 46
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Roxanna Osborn
Aug 7 1838
J. L. Bellinelli
Counr of Pensions
Washington City. DC
Robt Morris
Hon. J. Corning Senate U.S.

Will the Secretary of War have the goodness to inform me whether the enlarged hopes are sufficient to attain the desired object.
12 Jan 7. 1926
J. M. Clegg

12151. ad 47 8703. 400 44 597.
Mrs Rosanna Osborn Ohio
Application for
Pension - act 7 July 35 admk 2 years pay $80
Also act 4 3/4
Hon: Thomas Corwin Senate

State of Ohio Warren County ss
Before me Benjamin Blackburn one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County came personally Richard Parcel who being duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that he is acquainted with the general character for truth and veracity of Mrs. Nassannah Osborn the above applicant, David Randolph and David Pearce, that he believes their general character for truth and veracity as aforesaid to be good, that he has never heard their creditability impeached and that he believes their affidavits aforesaid are entitled to full faith and credit.
Affirmed to & subscribed before me this 6 th day of June 1846 Benj. Blackburn J.P.
Richard Parcel
State of Ohio } Warren County ss.
I Benjamin Blackburn the above named Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit of the said Richard Parcel was taken, do hereby certify that the said Richard Parcel is

1 State of Ohio } Warren County } ss. I Benjamin Blackburn the above named Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit of the said Richard Parcell was taken, do hereby certify that the said Richard Parcell is well known to me, that his general character for truth and veracity is unimpeachably good, and that he is a witness entirely credible, and worthy of belief. June 13 th 1806. Benj Blackburn J.P.
State of Ohio } Warren County } ss I Horace M. Stokes clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County aforesaid hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Blackburn, before whom the affidavit of Richard Parcell purports to have been taken, and whose name is attached to the above certificate of the credibility of the said Parcell, was at the date of the said affidavit, at the date of the said certificate, and is at this time, an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County of Warren, duly elected, commis- sioned and qualified according to law, that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my

name and the seal of the said Court at Lebanon in the State & County aforesaid - this 13 th day of June A.D. 1844
D. M. Stokes Clerk
State of Ohio
Warren County ss. I. Elizah Vance , President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the seventh Judicial District of the State of Ohio, of which the County of Warren forms a part, Certify that Horace M. Stokes whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for Warren County aforesaid duly appointed and qualified and that his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law -
Witness my hand this 15 th , day of June A.D. 1844
E. Vance

State of Ohio § Warren County § 20
In open Court Came David Randolph, of lawful age who being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a citizen of Warren County, Ohio, that he is about seventy three years old, that he is acquainted with Rosannah Osborn the present applicant, and has been for testimony fifty and sixty years - and that always since he first knew her she passed for, and was recognized as the wife of Joseph Osborn who drew a pension for several years under the act of 1818 and its amendments. This affiant further states that he knew the said Joseph Osborn nearly sixty years ago in the state of New Jersey. Shortly after his return from the army and about the time of his marriage with the said Rosannah, that he was not present at the marriage but that he heard of it at the time; that said marriage as he believes took place in the state of New Jersey in the County of Hunterdon about the year 1784. 5 or 6 but which of said years he cannot tell. Said affiant further states that the said parties always after said reported marriage lived together as husband and wife both in New Jersey and in this state till the death of the said Joseph - and that he nearly believes they were married and never heard it questioned - Said Joe they did about the year 1830

and further saith not - Sworn and subscribed in open Court this eighteenth day of April 1846 -
H. M. Stokes, ex { David Randolph State of Ohio } Warren County } ss
I Horace M. Stokes Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken, sworn and subscribed in open Court as it purports to be, and that full faith and credit are due thereto as having been so sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seal of the said Court at Lebanon in said State and County this eighteenth day of April A.D. 1846.
H. M. Stokes Clerk
State of Ohio } ss Warren County } ss
I Elijah Vance President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Ohio, of which the County of Warren forms a part, certify that Horace M. Stokes, whose name appears to the above certificate was at the date of said certificate, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly authorized, appointed and qualified according to law and that said, attestation and certificate are in due form of law. Witness my hand this 18 th April 1846 -
E. Vance

Rosanna Osborn's
Pension Application
Declaración de

State of Ohio Warren County ss }
On this nin tenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Warren aforesaid, Rosannah Osborn a resident of Union Township in said County of Warren aged about eighty two years, who being duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Osborn, that the said Rosannah Osborn was a pensioner under the act of Congress approved July seventh eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and the amendments thereto, that she drew a pension under the act approved seventeenth of June eighteen hundred and forty four, up to the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and forty eight and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act last aforesaid was the sum of eighty dollars. She further states upon her oath aforesaid, that she cannot remember and does not know to what Regiment or Corps the said Joseph Osborn belonged, that he was a private in the service, that he died in the year eighteen hundred and thirty that she was married to the said Joseph before the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, though she cannot be positive in what year, and that all these facts are more fully set forth in her declaration, now on file in the Pension Office, made to obtain the benefit of the acts aforesaid, and that she cannot state the above facts with any more

particularity.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Benj Blackburn J.P.
Rosanna her X Osborn mark
Witnesses
Benj Blackburn
Robert Hays
B G Van Harlingen
State of Ohio Warren County ss
Before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Warren aforesaid come personally J. Durbin Ward, Richard Parcell and Benjamin Blackburn who being sworn depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Rosanna Osborn, the present applicant, that she is the person she represents herself to be, and that they are each personally cognizant of the fact that she was a pensioner under the acts above stated in her declaration.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th
day of March 1829
David J. Tichenor J.P.
J. Durbin Ward Benj Blackburn Richard Parcell
I certify that I am acquainted with J. Durbin Ward Richard Parcell and Benjamin Blackburn, that they are men of respectability and that their character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable.
Warren County, Ohio March 19 th 1829
David J. Tichenor J.P.
State of Ohio. Warren County ss
J. Granville H. Stokes, Clerk

of the Court of Common Pleas, within & for the County of Warren in the State of Ohio aforesaid, hereby Certify that Benjamin Blackburn and David P. Tichenor whose names are signed to the foregoing declaration and affidavit were at the date at which the said declaration and affidavit purport to have been made, acting Justices of the peace duly commis- sioned and qualified for the County aforesaid and that all their official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that their signatures aforesaid are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid at Lebanon this 26 th March 1849
G. W. Stokes Clerk
State of Ohio Warren County ss
I, Elijah Vance President of the Court of Common Pleas for Judge of the seventh Judicial Circuit, (of which the County of Warren forms a part) in the State of Ohio, hereby Certify that Granville H. Stokes whose name is affixed to the above Certificate was at the date thereof, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, that his Certificate aforesaid is in due form of law, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand this 27 day of March 1849
Elijah Vance
P.S. The interlineation "the Court of Common Pleas for " was made in the above certificate before it was signed by me
- E Vance

Rosanna Osborn's claim for an increase of pension
Act 29 th July 1848
Sec d 6 th July 1848 $80 commencing July 1848,
Census
Presented Sept. 20/51 by
Thos. Ewing Jr.
Present

Know all men by these presents, That I, Rosanna Osborn of the County of Warren and State of Ohio have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint Thomas Cunningham of Washington my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all such sum or sums of money as may be due me on any account whatsoever, any pension certificate which may be issued under the act of 25 th July 1848
and in my name to execute such receipts and acquittances for the same as may be necessary, and generally to do all lawful acts and things touching the premises; and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke; hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 12 th day of September 1851 . Witness Jas C Sabin J. S. Ward State of Ohio County of Warren } to-wit: Rosanna Osborn her mark
On this 12 th day of September 1851 , Rosanna Osborn personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act and deed, for the purpose therein expressed.
Jas C Sabin J. P.
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Warren } to-wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That James C. Sabin Esq., before whom the above acknowledgment was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn. and is the same James C. Sabin before whom the foregoing declaration,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Common Pleas Court, for the County aforesaid, this 13 th day of September 1851
M. [unclear] Clerk.

STATE OF Ohio County of Warren } ss.
On this Twelfth day of September A. D. 18 57 before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Rosanna Osborn who being duly sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of July 29th 1848 and the Court Resolution of July 1848
That she is the widow of Joseph Osborn late of Warren County Ohio deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received in his life-time a pension from the United States, at the rate of $ 96 per annum. That since the decease of her husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of $ 80 00 per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same. She further states, that she believes that, by virtue of said act
she is entitled to an increase of pension. She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
Witness J. G. Babine J. L. Ward
Rosanna Osborn  12th day of September Jas. C. Babine
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this A. D. 18 57
STATE OF Ohio County of Warren } ss.
I, Common Pleas Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify, that the above named within and for said county, Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified. is a
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this day of A. D. 18
same transported
(If the oath is administered by a Notary Public, with his official seal affixed, no certificate from the Clerk of a Court will be required.)

Dayton, Ohio. October 26th, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Pension Department, Washington, D.C..
REFER : BA-J / MCS
Joseph Osborn, W. 5456
Dear Sir:
Thank you kindly for your prompt reply and for the information contained therein.
Can you give me the date of the death of the widow of Joseph Osborn ? Her name as given in your letter was Rosannah or Rosina Dorch, pension allowed on her application executed April 8, 1846.
Is there any way of finding the record of the Father of said Joseph Osborn, whom I believe was also a Revolutionary War soldier, and was dead - or may have been - in 1778 ? His wife's name may have been Patience.
The information requested is for family records only.
Thank you, Yours very truly,
Hazel S. Phillips.
Mrs, Hazel S. Phillips, 128 Oak Knoll Drive, Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton, Ohio, October 3, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
What records, if any, do you have concerning James Walling , a colonel in the American army of the Revolutionary War? He was a native of Virginia. According to my family records he took part in the siege of Yorktown.
Also information desired concerning Joseph Osborn , a native of New Jersey, a private in the American army of the Revolutionary War, later with Hull's army. He located near Cincinnati, Ohio, either in Hamilton County, or Warren County, Ohio. Wife's name was Sally.
This information is desired for no purpose other than family records.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips
Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips, 128 Oak Knoll Drive, Dayton, Ohio.

November 1, 1934
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BA-J/MCS
Joseph Osborn W. 5456
Mrs. Hazel S. Phillips 128 Oak Knoll Drive Dayton Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 26, 1934, requesting information in regard to Joseph Osborn, W.5456, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of his widow, Rosannah or Rosina Osborn, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of her death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: Rosanna Osborn, widow of Joseph Osborn, Certificate 4676, issued September 25, 1851, rate $96 per annum, commenced July 1, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Ohio Agency.
In order to enable this office to make a search for the Revolutionary War record of the father of Joseph Osborn, it is essential that you furnish the full name and as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

State of Ohio Warren County ss
Before me are the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Warren, State of Ohio. James David Pearce of lawful age who being by me duly sworn says, that he is now sixty five years old and upwards, that he has been acquainted with Rossanna Osborn ever since he can remember any one, that her name before she married Joseph Osborn her late husband now deceased was Rossanna Darch, that this affiant as well as the said Joseph and Rossanna Osborn lived in the State of New Jersey, Huntingdon County till about the year 1800 when the said Joseph and Rossannah Osborn removed to the above County of Warren, where they resided together as husband and wife till the said Joseph's death about fifteen years ago, and where the said Rossanna has ever since resided - This affiant removed to this County two years after the said Joseph & Rossanna Osborn and has resided in the same neighborhood with the said Rossanna ever since that time. The said affiant further states that the said Joseph Osborn was his mother's brother, that he always heard in the family, and in the neighborhood that the said Joseph and Rossanna were

regularly married. that he has often heard one Samuel Stout a justice of the Peace of Hunting- don County New Jersey say that he married the said Joseph Osborn and Nassanna Darch - this affiant thinks they were married more than fifty years ago - This affiant was not at the wedding of the said Joseph and Nassanna - but he heard at the time that they were married and they always lived together afterwards as husband and wife until the death of the said Joseph Osborn as aforesaid - And further says not -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15 th day of June 1845
W.S. Mickle
David his Pearce Mark
State of Ohio } ss Warren County } ss
I Horace M. Stokes Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Warren aforesaid hereby certify that William S. Mickle Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken, sworn and subscribed was at the above date when the said affidavit was so taken, sworn and subscribed as aforesaid an acting Associate Judge

of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, that his signature thereto attached purporting to be his, is genuine and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said Court at Lebanon in the State and County aforesaid this 16 th day of April A.D. 1846. H. M. Stokes } Clk
State of Ohio } ss Warren Court } ss
I, Elijah Vance President Judge of the Common Pleas for Seventh Judicial District of the State of Ohio of which the County of Warren forms a part certify that Horace M. Stokes whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for Warren County aforesaid duly appointed and qualified, and that his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law.
Witness my hand this 16 th day of April A.D. 1846
E. Vance